Quantum XTRA Quick User Manual

Vista QXTRA quick user guidel V1.0

Quick user guide for QXTRA range of

DVRs

Quantum XTRA – Quick User manual

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CE Information

The product must be installed according to the currently valid installation regulations
for EMC to guarantee the designed use and to prevent EMC problems.

The device supplied with this manual is according to the EC, EMC Directive,
2004/108/EC & LVD 2006/95/EC

Standard used for showing compliance with the essential requirements of the device:
EN 55022
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3
EN 50130-4
EN 55024
LVD: EN60950-1

Safety Precautions

Caution before Use

Please read this manual before installing or using the DVR.
Please keep this manual in a safe place, to allow for future reference
For the safety and proper use, The DVR is marked with various symbols. Please read these
to prevent injury of financial loss.

Installation Site

Ensure installation position is level, secure and adequately ventilated.
Avoid installing close to sources of humidity or water.

Contact details

Belgium [phone]
Nederland [phone]
Portugal [phone]
South Africa [phone]
Spain [phone]
Middle East [phone]
UK [phone]
Rest of world [phone]

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Contents

OPERATION ......................................................................................................................... 6

1. NAVIGATION ..................................................................................................................... 6

1-1. Mouse Control .......................................................................................................................................... 6

1-2. Menu Navigation ...................................................................................................................................... 6

2. MONITORING .................................................................................................................... 7

2-1. Live screen OSD Description ................................................................................................................... 7

2-2. Select Channel ......................................................................................................................................... 7

2-3. Digital Zoom ............................................................................................................................................. 7

3. PLAYBACK ....................................................................................................................... 8

3-1. OSD Description ....................................................................................................................................... 8

3-2. Playback Control ...................................................................................................................................... 9

3-3. Playback Search .................................................................................................................................... 10

DATE & TIME, EVENT AND BOOKMARK SEARCH ..................................................................... 11

Calendar / Date and time searches ............................................................................................................... 12

Event Search ................................................................................................................................................. 13

Log search ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

Bookmark search ........................................................................................................................................... 15

GOTO SEARCH OPTION .......................................................................................................16

4. ARCHIVING EVIDENCE TO DVD/CD OR USB .....................................................................17

Time and Date archive................................................................................................................................... 17

Event list archiving ......................................................................................................................................... 20

CLIENT VIEWER SOFTWARE ............................................................................................21

1. LIVE MONITORING ...........................................................................................................24

2. REMOTE SEARCH ................................ ................................................................ ............25

2-1. Search .................................................................................................................................................... 25

2-2. Archive.................................................................................................................................................... 27

INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................30

1. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ................................................................................................30

2. REAR PANEL CONNECTORS .............................................................................................32

3. REMOTE CONTROL ..........................................................................................................34

4. CONNECTION GUIDE ........................................................................................................35

5. TURNING ON THE DVR ....................................................................................................37

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Operation

1. Navigation

You can navigate the on screen menus using the front panel buttons, remote controller or
mouse.

1-1. Mouse Control

Right clicking the mouse brings up the following popup menu.

Screen view selection
PAN/Tilt Menu
Search menu
Goto function (only in Search mode)
Setup menu icon
Sequence icon
Eject icon
Emergency record icon (Stop/start toggle)
Playback mode

1-2. Menu Navigation

To enter the Setup menu, the user has to have the required access rights and be logged on.
Press the Menu button or right click with mouse on screen and select the menu icon.
The following screen will be displayed asking for password.

Select the user ID.
Enter the password.

The default password is 00000000(8 zeros).
Press OK, the setup menu will be displayed

on screen.

All menus are navigated around using the Left/
Right/ Up/ Down and the Select button or mouse.

To step back out of the menus, press MENU button
or click the right button of the mouse.

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2. Monitoring

2-1. Live screen OSD Description

The Status Bar on screen shows HDD capacity, network connection, current time, etc.

Archiving in background

- HDD capacity: Used capacity / Total capacity

- Network connection: It is shown that admin or user is connected.

- Mouse connection

~ - Multi-screen Display Buttons

- Current Date/Time

– Click here to temporarily hide the information bar

2-2. Select Channel

Use the Multi-screen display buttons on the status bar to select the display mode.

Example: 9 Channel

Also you can use the DIS button on the remote controller to change the display mode.
Display switches in the following order when the DIS button is pressed.

Single Channel  4 Channel  9 Channel  16 Channel  17 Channel

2-3. Digital Zoom

When the system is in full-screen mode, left click and drag your mouse over the area to be
enlarged a grey rectangle will appear. Left click the mouse to zoom in on the highlighted

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area.
To exit digital zoom, right click the mouse.

3. Playback

Click the right button on the mouse, the popup menu will be displayed on screen.

(Ensure that the PTZ function is turned off – Otherwise Play back mode will not operate)

3-1. OSD Description

The Control Bar on screen shows Playback control buttons, Progress bar, Display mode
buttons, Playback time, etc.

To begin playback, press the
Play button on the popup
menu.

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3-2. Playback Control

Play Forward

When the Play Forward button( ) is pressed, the unit will play forward at the rate the data
was recorded. While in the play mode, the user may change the playback direction, playback

speed. To return to play forward operations, press the Play Forward button( ).

Reverse Play

To begin reverse playback, press the Reverse Play button( ).

Pause

During playback, press the Pause button( ). This feature pauses all full screen and multi­screen images. To release the pause press the pause button for a second time.

Single Frame Advance

During the pause mode, press the Frame Advance button( ) to view the frame directly after
the frame displayed on screen.

Single Frame Rewind
During the pause mode, press the Frame Rewind button( ) to view the frame directly before

the frame displayed on screen.

Fast Forward

In playback mode, press the Fast Forward button( ) to switch between various fast play
modes such as x2, x4, x8, x16 play.

Fast Backward

In reverse playback mode, press the Fast Backward button( ) to switch between various
reverse play modes such as x2, x4, x8, x16 reverse play.

Stop

To stop playback and return to the live mode, press the Stop button( ).

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3-3. Playback Search

To search within the recorded video, while in play back mode, right click on the screen, the
following menu icon menu will appear,

Cameras Selection

Click the Camera selection icon to display the following box:

Interlace selection

A choice of OFF, D1 or D2 will be offered
OFF – Optimized for resolution, but shows 2 individual fields so can produce juddering on

moving objects.
D1 - Optimized for moving images, with slight reduction in resolution
D2- Optimized for resolution but shows integration artefacts on moving objects

Camera selection

Interlace selection

Date & Time, Event and
Bookmark search

GOTO selection

Main menu

Sequence selection

DVD Eject

Emergency record

Return to live

Full screen camera selection

Quad screen selection

Nine way split selection

Sixteen way split selection

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Click on the Date and time search icon to display the following selection window:

Review screen

Playback of recordings will be displayed in this window, in either full screen or split screen
format, format is chosen using icons below the screen.

Playback time

The time at which the recorded images were made is displayed in this box

Bookmark toggle arrows

Click on the right arrow to display the Bookmark search screen, see Book marks below.

Time
line

Calendar search,
days with recording
shown in blue

Date and Time
selection

Date and Time /
Event search
and log
selection bar

Toggle to
Bookmark
search

Review screen
split selection

Review
screen

Playback
time

Archive button

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Calendar / Date and time searches

Time Line

When a specific date is chosen in the calendar search box, cameras with recordings will be
graphically displayed in the this box,

Blue – Time-lapse recording

Red – Alarm recording

Yellow – Motion recording

Calendar Search

Select the required month using the arrows, days within this month that have recordings
related to them, will be displayed in blue

Time and Date selection

A specific time and date can be chosen; click on the start time, a data entry box will appear,
enter the correct start time and press PLAY.