Q-See QSD004 User Manual

INDEX

1. DVR Features ........................................................................1

2. Layout

2.1 Front Panel............................................................................................... 1

2.2 Rear Panel................................................................................................ 2

2.3 Remote Control..................................................................................... 2

3. Installation

3.1 Installing the Hard Drive.................................................................. 3

3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor................................................. 3

3.3 Connecting Power Supply…………………………..…..3

4. System Boot

4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive ..................................................... 4

4.2 Recovering Lost Data ........................................................................ 4

4.3 Restore Recording Feature.............................................................. 4

4.4 Main Screen ............................................................................................ 5

5. DVR Setup

5.1 Setup Menu ............................................................................................. 5

5.2 Camera Select ........................................................................................ 6

5.3 Record Select ......................................................................................... 6

5.4 Resolution ................................................................................................ 7

5.5 Record Frame......................................................................................... 7

5.6 Record Quality ...................................................................................... 8

5.7 Schedule Set............................................................................................ 8

5.8 Miscellaneous Menu - Auto Record.................................9

5.9 Miscellaneous Menu - Password Enable .........................9

5.10 Miscellaneous Menu – Change Password........................9

5.11 Miscellaneous Menu - Color Set......................................9

5.12 Miscellaneous Menu - Time Set.....................................10

5.13 Hard Disk Setup................................................................................. 10

5.14 Motion Setup ........................................................................................11

5.15 Video Mode.......................................................................................... 12

5.16 Factory Reset....................................................................................... 12

6. Recording

6.1 Start Recording................................................................................... 12

6.2 Stop Recording................................................................................... 13

6.3 Recording Time on Hard Drive ................................................. 13

7. Playback ...............................................................................14

8. USB Programming..............................................................15

8.1 PC Viewer Program.........................................................15

8.2 Program Buttons..............................................................15

8.3 PC Backup ............................................................................................. 16

9. Specifications .......................................................................17

10. Appendix

10.1 System Connection Diagram..........................................18

10.2 DVR Accessories (included) ..........................................18

Q-SEE Product Warranty ...........................................................19

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Chapter 1: DVR Features

 4 Channel BNC Camera Input
 1 Channel BNC Video Output
 Video Source Option: NTSC / PAL
 Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings
 Time Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording
 One ATA-100 Hard Disk Interface
 USB 2.0 Back up to computer
 Remote Control

2.1 Front Panel

CH1 #1

CH2 #2

Channel #1

Channel #2

Chapter 2: Layout

Stop #10

REC #11

IR Receiver

Stop recording / playing

Record

CH3 #3

CH4 #4

Quad #5

REW #6

Pause #7

Play #8

FWD #9

Channel #3

Channel #4

Quad View

Rewind

Pause

Play recorded video

Forward

Menu/Esc #12

SEL/Edit #13

Up #14

Down #15

PWR #16

HDD #17

Enter / exit setup menu

Select / modify item

Move up / left cursor

Move down / right cursor

Power indicator LED

Hard disk indicator LED

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2.2 Rear Panel

1 BNC video output

4 BNC video inputs

Power Supply Input

USB Port is located on the right side of the case.

Fan

Grounding Terminal

2.3 Remote Control

CH1 Select or enlarge Channel #1

CH2 Select or enlarge Channel #2

CH3 Select or enlarge Channel #3

CH4 Select or enlarge Channel #4

Quad Quad View

Rewind

Play recording list

Forward

Record

Pause

Stop recording / playing back

Menu Enter or exit setup menu

Move up / left cursor

SEL Select / modify item

Move down / right cursor

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Chapter

3

:

Installation

(optional)

3.1 Installing Hard Drive

1. Unplug the power supply. Don’t install or uninstall HDD when DVR is on!!

2. Carefully open the DVR case.

3. Connect the power cord and data cable to hard disk drive.

The 4 pin connection is the DC power cable for HDD, and the wider cable is the standard

hard drive IDE type connection.

Make sure the HDD is set as MASTER according to the hard drive manual.

4. Carefully replace the case cover.

3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor

There are 4 camera inputs and 1 video output with BNC connectors (Refer to

2.2 Rear Panel). Attach the cable from each of the cameras to one of the BNC video

input ports. Attach a RCA video cable (not included) to the video out put port on the

DVR using a RCA to BNC adapter (included) and to a RCA video in port on the TV.

3.3 Connecting Power Supply

Please only use the power adapter supplied with the DVR. The standard power

supplied to the DVR is DC 12 Volts, 3 Amps.

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Chapter 4: System Boot

4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive

Checking HDD ……

MASTER…

4.2 Recovering Lost Data

RECOVER HDD?

04811-101735

(SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO

After connecting the power, the system

will boot-up and detect the installed hard

drive.

On the screen it will show the hard drive

information.

A power error can cause data to be lost,

and the DVR system can automatically

recover lost data after power is reconnected.

4.3 Restore Recording Feature

Power Error Detected

Restore Hard Disk (Master) OK

Restore REC Mode………… OK

If a power error occurs during the

recording process, the system will

automatically resume recording after

power is reconnected.

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4.4 Main Screen

＞＞＞＞

5.1 Setup Menu

While the DVR is running, the
monitor will display the information from
the cameras as follows:
Upper left: Percentage of space used on
hard drive.
Middle: Channel number (CH1 through
CH4)

Bottom right: Date and Time
Bottom left: System status. (Refer to 6.1

Start Recording)

Chapter 5: DVR Setup

CAMERA SELECT

RECORD SELECT

RESOLUTION

RECORD FRAME

MAIN

RECORD QUALITY

MENU

SCHEDULE SET

MISCELLANEOUS MENU

HARD DISK SET

MOTION SET

Menu Directory

AUTO RECORD

PASSWORD ENABLE

PASSWORD CHANGE

COLOR SET

TIME SET

VIDEO MODE

FACTORY RESET

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PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

CAMERA SELECT 1 2 3 4

RECORD QUALITY HIGH

MISCELLANEOUS MENU
HARD DISK SET
MOTION SET
VIDEO MODE PAL
FACTORY RESET

PRESS (UP

5.2 Camera Select

MAIN MENU

EACH

25

，，，，

DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)

1 2 3 4

[ Menu]: enter system menu

Note: If you are recording to enter

Menu you need to push stop button to

stop recording first.

[

Up] and [

Down]: move the cursor

[ SEL]: select/modify settings

[ Menu]: press again to exit

The DVR system can display 4

camera feeds in one picture (Quad Mode).

You can configure which cameras are

displayed.

Press [ SEL] to modify setting, or

press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3] and [CH4] to

select each channel separately.

If a channel is disabled, the system will display “OFF” on the monitor, and this

channel will not be selected to record. (Refer to 5.3 Record Select)

5.3 Record Select

Configure which channels you want to record.

Note: If no channels are selected, an error message will appear briefly on

the screen when record is selected.

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5.4 Resolution

There are two resolutions for video recording:

EACH Mode:

The DVR compresses and records each video channel separately so you can

enlarge a single channel to full screen display and still be recording on all channels.

You can also record on specific channels, for example, you can turn off the

recording function of CH1 and CH2 and then the system will only record video on

CH3 and CH4.

Press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3], and [CH4] to enlarge relative channel to full

screen display.

In EACH Mode you can use the Auto Switch Function.

Auto Switch Function:

When the system is in live mode or recording mode, press the [QUAD] button

and hold for three (3) seconds to make each video channel enlarge to full screen in

sequence.

The full screen view of each channel will be displayed for three (3) seconds,

including Quad view.

The switch will last until any button is pushed.

For example, [ Stop] will stop the switch and may stop the recording

depending on Record Schedule Settings (5.7 Schedule Set).

QUAD Mode:

The DVR will compress and record all 4 video channels into one file, therefore,

you cannot enlarge a single channel to full screen in play back mode or live

monitoring mode.

Auto Switch Function is not available in QUAD Mode.

5.5 Record Frame

Record frame will affect the movement of objects in recorded video. More

frames per second gives smoother movement and uses more hard disk space.

System default value is 30fps (frames per second) for NTSC (PAL is 25fps),

which means the system will record 30 frames per second shared by all cameras.

You can set frame rate for NTSC to 30,15,10,7,5,4,3,2,1 frames per second (PAL is

25,12,8,6,4,3,2,1)

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hours of

a

day

5.6 Record Quality

There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low.

Higher quality uses more hard drive space.

Record frame rate, record quality and available hard drive space will all affect

the total recording time of the DVR system.

5.7 Schedule Set

You can set the video recording method by Time and Motion Detection

Triggered Recording.

TTTMMMTTTTTTMMTTTTT--MMT

│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24

PRESS (UP

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

SCHEDULE SET

，，，，

DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)

“-” No Recording

“T” Time (System Default)

“M” Motion Detection Triggered

[

Up] and [

Down]: To move the cursor

[ SEL]: To modify record method

Numbers along middle indicate the 24

For example:

If you want to record by motion detection during 3am to 6am, please set the

time points (3, 4, 5, 6) from to be “M”; if you want to continuously record during

7am to 12 noon, please set the time points (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) to be “T”.

Both of the two recording methods need to be triggered by pressing [ REC]

button. After pressing [ REC] button, if the schedule is set to be “T” at that time,

DVR will start to record immediately; if the schedule is set to be “M”, DVR will

not start record until motion is captured and detected by system.

Force Record：

：

：：

When DVR is set to record by motion detection, DVR will not record if there is

no motion. If you want to record immediately, please press [ REC] button and hold

for 3 to 5 seconds, DVR will start force record.

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: 0-99

[

Menu

]: E

xit

5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record

When the function is set to “ON”, DVR will be awaked to record automatically

by record schedule if DVR is without any manual operation in five (5) minutes.

When you choose “OFF”, DVR will not record until you press the [ REC]

button.

5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Enable

When this option is set to be “ON”, you will be required to enter the password

if you want to stop recording or enter menu.

System default password: Press [CH1] button six (6) times.

5.10 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Change

CURRENT

NEW

CONFIRM

PASSWORD : - - - - - -

PASSWORD : - - - - - -

PASSWORD : - - - - - -

All keys can be used as a

password key except the [ Menu]

key, which is used to exit.

If you forget your password,

please refer to 5.16 Factory Reset.

5.11 Miscellaneous Menu-Color Set

SATURATION: 0-99
CONTRAST: 0-99
BRIGHTNESS: 0-99

[

Up] and [
[REW]: Decreases value
[FWD]: Increases value
[CH1-CH4, QUAD]: Select channel

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C

onfigure system

date and

time

:

hard drive is full.

5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-Time Set

TIME SET

∨∨∨∨

2008/08/08 20:08:08

PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

5.13 Hard Disk Set

OVERWRITE ENABLED [YES]
HDD SIZE 120042MB
HDD USED 80865MB 77%
HDD FORMAT

PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

HARD DISK SET

[

Up] and [

[ SEL]: modify the value

[ Menu]: exit and save

OVERWRITE ENABLED:

If you choose “YES”, recording

continues and overwrites oldest

previous recordings when the hard

drive is full.

If you choose “NO", the

recording process will stop when the

Down]: move the cursor

HDD SIZE:

Indicates the total capacity of the hard drive installed in the DVR.

HDD USED:

Indicates the space used on the hard drive and the percentage of hard drive

space being used.

HDD FORMAT:

If you format the hard drive, it will erase all the data on the hard drive.

You need to input your password when you want to format the HDD.

Note: When you install a new hard drive in the DVR, you use this function to

format the hard drive.

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5.14 Motion Set

MOTION RECORD TIME: 10
MOTION ALARM TIME: OFF

MOTION SET

PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

MOTION SET:

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MOTION RECORD TIME:

This number indicates how many
seconds the motion detection recording
continues after a motion triggered event
ends.

MOTION ALARM TIME:

This number indicates how many
seconds the buzzer inside the DVR will
sound after the DVR has been triggered
by motion.

CONT: Continuous alarm until press
any key to stop.

OFF: No alarm

MOTION DETECTION SET

>CHANNEL 1 SENSITIVITY 4

CHANNEL 2 SENSITIVITY 4
CHANNEL 3 SENSITIVITY 4
CHANNEL 4 SENSITIVITY 4

CHANNEL 1 AREA SET
CHANNEL 2 AREA SET
CHANNEL 3 AREA SET
CHANNEL 4 AREA SET

PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

SENSITIVITY:

Use [

Up] and [

Down] button to

select the channel you want to modify,

press [ SEL] to adjust sensitivity of

motion detection on each channel.

High (1----------9, OFF) Low

When it’s “OFF”, the channel cannot

be triggered by motion.

AREA SET:

Use [

press [ SEL] button to enter the sensitive area of each camera. The picture of the

selected channel is divided into 144(12*12) blocks, press [REW] to move left,

press [FWD] to move right, press[

Up] and [

Down] buttons to select the channel you want to modify,

Up] and [

Down] to move the cursor up and

down, press [ SEL] to set the block active or not.

When the block is transparent, it’s active to record. When the block is covered

by shadow, it is not active, and motion in this area will NOT be detected.

Make sure Record Schedule is set to Motion for the times required.

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5.15 Video Mode

1

3

2

4

5

6

7

8

1

2

3

4

Select NTSC or PAL video source.

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5.16 Factory Reset

Press [ SEL] button to reload factory defaults, then the DVR will reboot, all

custom settings (including password) will be restore to factory default.

Caution: There is no confirming dialog box for this selection after you

press [ SEL] button, please be patient!

If you forget your password, please keep the system on main screen, and then

press [Pause] button ten (10) times, the DVR will reset the system. Then the default

password will be: [CH1] button six (6) times.

If the DVR is recording, please unplug the power supply and uninstall the HDD,

then connect power to boot DVR and press [Pause] button for ten (10) times.

Chapter 6: Recording

6.1 Start Recording

Press [ REC] to start recording (as set in 5.7 Schedule Set).

DVR will display system information on screen.

EACH REC [M] (T) 2008/07/01 16:22:30

10%

R

R

R

R

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1. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage)

2. Recording symbol (channel is currently recording)

3. Channel Number

4. Record Resolution (QUAD or EACH)

5. Status (REC, Play, FF1, FF2, FF3, REW, PAUSE)

6. HDD Info. ([M] Master Hard disk)

7. Record Schedule: (T) Continuous (M) Motion Detection (-) No Recording

8. The date and time on the DVR

6.2 Stop Recording

Press [ Stop] button to stop recording. If you have already activated the

password protection, you need to input the password.

6.3 Recording Time on Hard Drive

Estimated record time based on a 120GB Hard Drive (Quad Mode) in hours:

System Quality Frame Rate 30 15 7 1

HIGH 20 K Bytes 58 117 251 1748

NTSC

System Quality Frame Rate 25 12 6 1

NORMAL

LOW 12 K Bytes 97 194 416 2913

15 K Bytes 78 155 332 2330

HIGH 20 K Bytes 70 146 291 1748

PAL

NORMAL

LOW 12 K Bytes 117 243 485 2913

15 K Bytes 93 194 388 2330

You can estimate recording hours by the formula:

120 (G Byte) × 1024 (M Byte) × 1024 (K Byte)

Divided by:

15 (Kbyte/frame) × 7 (frame/sec.) × 60 (sec.) x 60 (min.)

Estimated time would be 332 Hours.

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Chapter 7: Playback

Press [

Play] button to play the latest recording.

During playback, press the [ Menu] button to list all recorded video clips

from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top.

Press [

[

Play] button to start playback.

Up] and [

Down] to move the cursor and select an event, press

1. Starting time of the event 2. TIME: continuous recording

3. MOTION: Motion Triggered event 4. FORCE: Force Record event

5. “*” marks un-played video recording

You can also play recorded video by searching exact date and time using the
following steps:

1. Press [FWD] button to change the select mode

2. Press [

Up] and [

Down] button to select date starting time or ending time

3. Press [ SEL] to edit time value

4. Press [

2008 /0 1 / 0 8 08 : 30 : 3 2 --- 2008/0 1 / 0 8 16 : 00 : 05

Play] to play the video

Search Date and Time

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Chapter 8: USB Programming

By connecting the DVR to a PC you can use PC Viewer software to play back

and backup DVR recorded video through the USB 2.0 port.

8.1 PC Viewer Program

1. Put the USB Driver Program CD into your CD-ROM Drive

2. Open CD directory

3. Double click on the “PCViewerInstall.exe” file to install the PC Viewer software

4. Run the installed PC Viewer program

PC Viewer will detect the hard drive installed inside DVR automatically when

you connect the USB cable from DVR to PC.

8.2 Program buttons

1

2

3

4

5

6
7

8

9

10 11 12 13 14

15

16 17 18

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Item Remark

1. Capture picture Save an image of current frame

2. Save video clip Save DVR’s video clip to PC in .mys/.avi file

3. Directory Setting

4. Time Search Search for time file on DVR hard disk

5. DVR event list Open event list recorded in DVR

Change location of capture directory On PC

6. DVR Mode*

7. PC Mode*

8. Channel selection keys CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, QUAD

9. Playing scroll bar

10. Fast reverse Play backward at fast speed

11. Previous frame Move to previous frame

12. Reverse Play backward at normal speed

13. Pause Pause playing

14. Play Play forward at normal speed

15. Next frame Move to next frame

16. Fast forward Play forward at fast speed

17. Volume scroll bar Not available for this model

18. Exit Exit PC Viewer

To switch working mode between PC viewer

mode and DVR viewer mode

 DVR Mode: play video clip save in DVR’s HDD.

 PC Mode: play video clip (.mys file) save in PC

8.3 PC Backup

Press button to open the DVR recorded event list, and then select an

event, press to start backup. The video file you want to save in PC can be

“.avi” file or “.mys” file.

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Chapter 9: Specifications

ITEM DESCRIPTION NOTE

Video Format NTSC / PAL

Operation System None Stand-alone

Camera Input Channel 4 channel Composite BNC

Video Output Channel 1 channel Composite BNC

Display Frame Rate

Recording Frame Rate

Recording Frame Rate

(Each Mode)

Record Mode Continuous, Time Schedule, Motion Triggered.

Resolution

Video Compression Format

HDD Support Over 500G Byte ATA -100 Interface

Estimated Record Length

USB For PC playback & backup USB 2.0

Remote Control Included

Search

Dimension ( L × W × H ) 250 × 235 × 38mm (10 x 9.25 x 1.5in)

NTSC 120 frames/second 4×30 frames/second

PAL 100 frames /second 4×25 frames/second

NTSC Max.30 fps (Quad) Quad Mode

PAL Max.25 fps (Quad) Quad Mode

NTSC

PAL

Display

Record

Method

Full Screen YES

Each Channel =

30 fps ÷ Number of Cameras

Each Channel =

25 fps ÷ Number of Cameras

NTSC: 720×480

PAL: 720×576

NTSC: 320×112, 640×224

PAL : 320×136, 640×272

Motion-JPEG

(12-20K bytes/frame)

120GB Hard drive @ 7 frames per second @ Normal Quality

(120×1024×1024 Kbyte) ÷ ( 7×15×60×60 ) = 332 Hours

Time、Date、Event

Max. 30 frames/s (Total)

Max. 25 frames/s (Total)

Quad: 640×224 (total)

Each: 640×224

Low : 12K Byte

Normal: 15K Byte

High : 20K Byte

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CD-ROM

Chapter 10: Appendix

System Connection Diagram

10.1

Note: refer to 2.2 Rear Panel on page 2 for connections.

DVR Accessories (included)

10.2

Power Cord

The shape of the plug might

be different for different

countries or regions.

Power Adaptor

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Q-SEE Product Warranty

Thank you for choosing our products.

All of our products users have a conditional free warranty repair service for hardware within
12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one month (valid for
manufacturing defects). Permanent upgrading service is provided for the software.

Liability Exclusions:

Any product malfunction, abnormalities in operation or damage caused by following reasons
are not within the free service scope of our company. Please select payable service.

(1) Equipment damage caused by improper operation

(2) Improper environment and conditions in/on which the equipment operates, e.g., improper
power, environment temperature, humidity and lightening strike etc. that cause equipment damage.

(3) Damage caused by acts of nature: earthquake and fire etc.

(4) Equipment damage caused by the maintenance of personnel not authorized by our company.

(5) Product sold over 12 months ago.

In order to provide various services to you, please complete registration procedure after you
purchase the product. Cut off or copy User’s Information Card and fax or mail it to us after the
card is filled in. You can also register the product by going to the www.q-see.com website and
clicking on the Register link.

User’s Name Mr./Mrs.

Company Name

Postal Address

Postal code

Phone Number

E-mail

Model Number

of Product

Serial Number

of Product

Purchase Date

Distributor

Customer Information Card

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