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Rancent Technologies Ltd,.
10/F Hong Kong Trade Centre, 161 Des Voeux
Road Centrl, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2816 7037
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DIGITAL VIDEO RECODER
USER’S MANUAL
User Manual
Contents
SAFETY INSTRUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 1: DVR FEATURES................................................................................................................................................ 2
CHAPTER 2: LAYOUT .............................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.1 DVR F
RONT PANEL
.............................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.1.14-CH DVR Front Panel ...................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1.2 8-CH DVR Front Panel ............................................................................................................................................ 4
2.2 R
EAR PANEL
......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2.1 4-CH DVR Rear Panel ................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.2.28-CH DVR Rear Panel .............................................................................................................................................. 5
2.3 R
EMOTE CONTROLLER
......................................................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 3 DVR INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 HDD I
NSTALLATION
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3.2 C
AMERA AND MONITOR CONNECTION
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3.3 P
OWER SUPPLY CONNECTION
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CHAPTER 4: DVR START UP ................................................................................................................................................. 8
4.1 S
YSTEM INITIALIZATION
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4.2 L
IVE SCREEN
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CHAPTER 5: DVR MENU ......................................................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 POP-
UP MENU
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5.2 M
AIN MENU GUIDE
.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
5.3 M
AIN MENU
....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
.2.1 Display setup .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
5.2.2 Record setup ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
5.2.3 Network Setup ...........................................................................................................................................................11
5.2.4 Record Search ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
5.2.5 Playback Player ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
5.2.6 Device Management ............................................................................................................................................... 16
5.2.6.1 HDD Management ................................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.2.6.2 Alarm Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
5.2.6.3 PTZ setup ................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
5.2.6.4 Mobile ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
5.2.6.5 Motion Detect Setup ................................................................................................................................................................ 20
5.2.7 System ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5.2.7.1 Time Setting ............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
5.2.7.2 Password .................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
5.2.7.3 Video/Audio Setup ................................................................................................................................................................... 21
5.2.7.4 Language ................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
5.2.7.5 System Information .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
5.2.7.6 Maintain ................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.4 MENU LOCK ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.4 R
ECORD SEARCH
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5.5 PTZ C
ONTROL
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5.6 R
ECORD
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5.7 S
TOP RECORD
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CHAPTER 6: WEB APPLICATION MANAGER .................................................................................................................. 24
6.1 P
LUG-INS DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION
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6.2 W
EB CLIENT LOG-IN
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6.3 WEB CLIENT INTERFACE..................................................................................................................................................... 25
6.3.1 Menu Bar .................................................................................................................................................................. 25
6.3.1.1 Live Display ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25
6.3.1.2 Playback................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
6.3.1.3 Remote Setting ......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Channel Parameters ........................................................................................................................................................ 26
Alarm Parameters ........................................................................................................................................................... 27
PTZ Parameters .............................................................................................................................................................. 28
Network Parameters ....................................................................................................................................................... 29
Device Parameters .......................................................................................................................................................... 30
Device Manage ............................................................................................................................................................... 31
6.3.1.4 Local setting ............................................................................................................................................................................ 32
6.3.1.5 Logout ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.3.2 PTZ Control ............................................................................................................................................................. 32
6.3.3 Play Control ............................................................................................................................................................. 32
CHAPTER 7: SPECIFICA TIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER 8: APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................................................ 34
8.1 R
ECORD ALARM SETTING
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8.2 S
USTAINABLE RECORD TIME LIST
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8.3 M
AIL BOX SERVER LIST
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8.4 T
ROUBLESHOOTING
............................................................................................................................................................ 35
8.5 S
YSTEM CONFIGURATION
................................................................................................................................................... 36
8.6 A
CCESSORIES
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Safety Instruction
1. Read Instruction
All the safety and operating instruction should be read before the equipment is operated.
2. Power sources
This equipment should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If
you are not sure of the type of power, please consult your equipment dealer.
3. Objects and Liquid
Never push objects of any kind through openings of this equipment and / or spill liquid of any kind on the
equipment as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a fire or electric
shock.
4. Water and / or Moisture
Do not use this equipment near water or in contact with water.
5. Heat sources
Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other apparatus (including
amplifier) that produce heat.
6. Cleaning
Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet before cleaning it. Do not use liquid aerosol cleaners. Use a
damp soft cloth for cleaning.
7. Lightning
Unplug this equipment during lightning storm or when unused for long periods of time.
8. Accessories
Do not place this equipment on an unstable cart, stand or table. When a cart is used, use caution when
moving the cart / apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.
9. Moving
Disconnect the power before moving the equipment. And the equipment should be moved with care.
10. Attachment
Never add any attachments and/or equipment without the approval of the manufacturer as such additions
may result in the risk of fire, electric shock and other personal injury.
11. Correct Batteries
Risk of explosion occurs if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Therefore you must use the same type
of battery as the one being used in the product.
12. Ventilation.
Do not block any ventilation openings, installation of the equipment in the rack should be such that the
amount of airflow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised.
13. Overloading
Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords to avoid the risk of fire or electric shock.
14. Reliable Earthlings (Grounding)
Reliable grounding of rack mounted equipment should be maintained. Particular attention should be given to
supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit.
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Chapter 1: DVR Features
Function Brief and Description
Real-time Monitoring
Double video output, with Monitor or VGA virtual output, support Net-viewer and
Mobile Live monitor, and also support zoom in/out, auto sequence and PIP display.
Record Function
H.264 video compression format; record quality adjustable, multiple recording
modes (Always, Scheduled, Manual, Alarm, Motion detection and remote record)
Record storage Support SATA large capacity HDD and save real-time record image to HDD.
Playback Support DVR single CH and multiple CH Search/Playback of recorded files.
Backup
Support DVR backup via USB flash drive, removable drive, Recorder and
network.
Alarm Setting
Supports HDD & video input alarm management and external alarm signal
inputs.
Network operation Supports remote surveillance by authority users to increase system security.
Mouse Operation Supports Mouse operation for faster menu navigation.
PTZ Control
Supports PTZ camera operations through RS-485.
List 1-1
Other Features：
H. 264 video compression format; supports D1, HD1 and CIF resolutions;
ADPCM audio compression format
;
Windows Graphical interface; embedded real-time Linux 2.6 operation system;
Multiple operations (Live, record, playback, backup, network surveillance and mobile phone monitoring
simultaneously);
Supports Double Encode bit network transmission;
Supports remote live viewing via 3G mobile network;
The video package time is adjustable;
Friendly Menu reminder;
Multiple alarm record mode
Rear USB2.0 ports for back-up, upgrade and mouse operation
;
With IR remote control;
Multiple language OSD;
Supports auto maintenance
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Chapter 2: Layout
2.1 DVR Front Panel
DVR is a short form of Digital Video Recorder.
2.1.1 4-CH DVR Front Panel
Item
Key title
or Indicator
Remark Function & Description
1
Power button Power on/off
2
Power Indicator
PWR
If the “Green” indicator is on the system is getting power
normally.
3
IR Receiver
Receives IR signal from Remote Controller
4
HDD Indicator
HDD
When the “Red” indicator flashes it means the hard drive is
being read or written to.
5
CH select Key:
CH1 CH2
CH3 CH4
CH select key
6
QUAD
On Live display or Playback mode, switch to Quad
display.
7
REW
Left direction key, Rewind key;
Pressing the key to decrease PTZ rotation speed and
parameter value.
8
PAUSE
Pause / play frame by frame manually
9
PLAY
Enter into [Record Search] Menu; Play record file.
10
FWD
Right direction key, Forward key;
Pressing the key to increase PTZ rotation speed and
Parameter value.
11
STOP
Stop Playing and/or manual recording.
12
REC
●
Start manual record
13
MENU/ESC
Enter into Main menu or Exit
14
Up key
Move to up
15
SEL/EDIT
Enter into pop-up menu; Select or Enter menu;
Edit menu.
16
Down key
Move to down
17
PTZ：
Enter into pop-up menu.
List 2-1
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2.1.2 8-CH DVR Front Panel
Item Key title or Indicator Remark Function & Description
1
Power button Power on/off
2
Power Indicator
PWR
If the “Green” indicator is on the system is getting power
normally.
3
IR Receiver
Receives IR signal from Remote Controller
4
HDD Indicator
HDD
When the “Red” indicator flashes it means the hard drive is
being read or written to.
5
SEARCH
Record search
6
MUTE Mute on/off
7
CH- Switch to previous channel
8
CH+
Switch to next channel
9
QUAD
On live mode, clicking the button will switch to
Quad display.
10
REW
Move to left;
Rewind playing at multiple speeds;
Decrease parameter value of image setting.
11
PAUSE
Pause/play frame by frame manually
12
PLAY
Enter into pop up menu; Play recording file
13
FWD
Move to right;
Forward playing at multiple speeds;
Increase parameter value of image setting
14
STOP
Stop playing; Stop manual record
15
REC
●
Start manual record
16
MENU/ESC
Enter into Main menu/Exit
17
Up direction key
Move to up
18
SEL/EDIT
Enter into pop-up menu;
Confirm the selected operation
Enter into [Edit] function
19
Down direction key
Move to down
20
PTZ：
Enter into pop up menu.
List 2-3
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2.2 Rear Panel
2.2.1 4-CH DVR Rear Panel
2.2.2 8-CH DVR Rear Panel
Item Physical port Connection method
1 Video input
Connect CH1-8 (Virtual) video input device（BNC interface）
2 Video output Connect monitor output (BNC interface)
3 Audio I/O 4CH DVR: 4CH audio input and 2CH output;
8CH DVR: 8CH audio input and 1CH output. (RCA interface)
4 Ethernet: Port Connect LAN, Ethernet (RJ45 interface)
5 VGA Port Connect to VGA monitor, such as PC monitor (Optional)
6 USB Port Connect USB device (Flash Drive, Hard Drive and Recorder etc)
7 USB Port Connect USB mouse
8
RS-485/Sensor/Alarm
RS485/Sensor/Alarm interface (see pin outs below)
9 Power Port Connect power supply - DC12V 3A/5A
List 2-3
4-CH: RS485/Sensor/Alarm port functions (from
left to right):
Pin 1-2：PTZ Control port (Pin 1：RS-485A / Pin 2：
RS-485B)
Pin 3-4：Connect external sensor 1 input
Pin 5-6：Connect external sensor 2 input
Pin 7-8：Connect external sensor 3 input
Pin 9-10：Connect external sensor 4 input
Pin 11-12：Connect external sensor output
8-CH: RS485/Sensor/Alarm port functions (from left to right):
Pin 1-2：PTZ Control port (Pin 1：RS-485A / Pin 2：RS-485B)
Pin 3-4：Connect external sensor 1 input
Pin 4-5：Connect external sensor 2 input
Pin 6-7：Connect external sensor 3 input
Pin 7-8：Connect external sensor 4 input
Pin 9-10：Connect external sensor 5 input
Pin 10-11：Connect external sensor 6 input
Pin 12-13：Connect external sensor 7 input
Pin 13-14：Connect external sensor 8 input
Pin 15-16：Connect external sensor output
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List2-5
2.3 Remote Controller
Mouse Operation
Except using buttons of front panel or remote controller, you also can use mouse to perform system
operation.
TYPE Function
Click left key of
Mouse
In menu lock mode, Enter into pop-up menu and clicking any sub menu to pop up Log-in
window; on menu unlock mode, enter into pop-up menu, and then clicking left key to
enter into any sub menu directly.
After entering into main menu, clicking left key could enter into any sub menu; On
[Detailed file] menu mode, clicking left key could playback one recording file.
Change the status of check box and motion detection area.
Clicking combo box to access pull-down menu; Click left key to stop dwell time display
when dwell time display is activated.
By clicking left key you can adjust Color control bar and volume control bar.
Clicking combo box to access pull-down menu
By clicking left key you can select values in edit boxes or pull-down menu and supports
Chinese word input, special symbol, numeric and character input, use instead of
[Enter- ] or [Backspace ]
Click right key of
Mouse
In live display mode, clicking right key will display pop-up menu (shown as Picture 5-1).
In Main menu or sub menu mode, clicking right key will exit current menu.
Double-click Left
key of Mouse
In live display or playback mode, double-clicking left key will maximize the screen.
Moving Mouse Select menu item
Sliding Mouse On motion mode, sliding mouse will select motion area; On [Color set] menu mode,
sliding mouse will adjust color control bar and volume control bar.
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Key title Key function
1 1-8
Channel select 1-8; Numeric key
2
9、0
Numeric key
3 ALL
Multiple display mode
4 Menu
Enter into Main menu/Exit
5 ▲
Up direction key, Volume adjust
6
▼ Down direction key, Volume adjust
7
◄/
Left/Down direction key,Decrease/increase
parameter value of control bar
8 SEL
Select key/Edit key;Confirm the selected operation.
9
Rewind key
10
Enter into record search menu;Play key
11
Forward key
12
●
Record key
13
Pause/Sequence key
14
■
Stop manual record; stop playing
15 Audio
No function for this particular model
16 Mute
Mute function
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Chapter 3 DVR INSTALLATION
3.1 HDD Installation
Caution：
1. Please do not Install or take out hard drive when DVR is running!
2. Some model has a HDD drawer. Please use provided key to take out the HDD drawer and put HDD
into the drawer correctly.
HDD Installation:
After cutting power, remove screws on two sides of body and on rear panel and open DVR
upper cover carefully;
Connect data cable and power cord of HDD to main board securely shown as Picture 3-1.
Fix the HDD back body shown as Picture 3-2;
Put the upper cover back carefully, re-attach screws.
Note: If users need higher performance HDD, strongly recommend to use special HDD for Security
Protection.
3.2
Camera and Monitor Connection
Connect camera cable to video input of DVR, and from video output of DVR to Monitor via BNC
connector (Refer to section2.2-Rear Panel); or
If the camera is a PTZ speed dome, you could connect RS485 A & B to the according port of DVR
respectively (refer to system figuration on Chapter 8).
3.3
Power Supply connection
Please only use the power adapter supplied with the DVR.
After power on please make sure the video I/O connection well and select microphone and audio device
with RCA cable.
Picture 3-2
Picture3-1
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After connecting the Power cable of DVR to wall outlet and pressing the
Power button on the front panel, you will enter into the system initializing
screen shown as Picture 4-1.
After finishing initialization the system will enter into Live screen.
Picture 4-2 is the 9-split display defaulted by system, which is showing
no video input status. Once there are video inputs, the screen will
display live images from the cameras. In Live mode, if you use the
mouse to double-click the live image of any channel, the image will be
maximized to full screen, by double-clicking again, image will be come
back to 4-split or 9-split display mode; clicking the right button of the
mouse will enter into Pop-up Menu; clicking the left button of the mouse
allows you select menu items; and clicking any area outside the menu
allows you exit the Pop-up menu.
Picture 4-2
Picture4‐1
Chapter 4: DVR Start up
4.1 System Initialization
4.2 Live screen
Note: When internal HDD is not connected or an error occurs, the character “H” will appear on the first
channel of the live screen and accompany buzzer alarm. If you want to close the buzzer alarm, please enter
into [Device manageAlarm setting] to set HDD loss, HDD space not enough and alarm output to “off”.
Chapter 5: DVR Menu
5.1 Pop-up Menu
After finishing system initialization, click right key of mouse on Live mode to enter into Pop-up Menu.
Now you could perform parameter setting and operate on Main Menu, Multi-Pics, PTZ, PIP, Rec. Search,
Mute, Manual record, Start Rotate, Start Cruise and UI to VGA etc.
Note: options of the Pop-up menu will differ depending on different parameter setting and application
environment.
Picture5-1a Picture5-1b
Picture5-1c
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5.2 Main Menu Guide
Camera
Title Set
Color set
Display Set
Record
Record Resolution
Record Scheduled
Network
Static set
DHCP set
PPPoE set
DDNS set
HDD
Device Manage
Alarm Email Set
PTZ set
Mobile
Motion Area Set
Search
Search/Playback
File List
File Backup
Log Search
Log Export
System function
Time
Password
Audio/Video
Volum e
Margin
Language
System Info
System Maintain
Back to Factory Set
Main Menu
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After clicking right button of mouse, pop-up menu appears on
the screen. You can click [main menu] option on pop-up menu mode
to enter into Main menu interface (Shown as Picture 5-2). In Main
Menu mode, you can control device management settings, such as
Display, Record, Network, Search, Device and System setting etc.
You can adjust image brightness, saturation, contrast
and hue parameters of each channel after entering into
[Color] menu.(shown as picture 5-4).
You can set up whether each channel can be previewed or not
under Live display and/or record mode, enable live time or not under
live screen and set up record time or not on the record history.
Please note that the name of each channel supports up to eight
characters or four Chinese characters.
Copy function: allow you copy all data of one channel to any
other channel.
Explanation：
1、 The modifications will be available after clicking [APPLY]
button on the bottom of the sub-menu windows and being
prompted to save and then clicking [ok] button.
2、 If you want to cancel the modification, click [Exit] button to exit
the menu.
3、 When clicking [DEFAULT] button, all system default values will
be reset to default value.
Picture 5-2
5.3 Main Menu
.2.1 Display setup
Go to [Main menuCamera] to set up the CH name and position for each channel shown as Picture 5-3.
5.2.2 Record setup
Click [Main Menu] [Record] to enter into [Record Setup] menu (Shown as Picture 5-5).
[Record] option allows you set up record status (Enable/Disable) of each channel.
[Bit rate] include three options – Best, Good and Normal.
Picture 5-3
Picture 5-4
Picture 5-5
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When selecting DHCP the router will allocate DVR IP address
automatically after you exit the menu. The IP address of the DVR
might change whenever the unit is turn on.
[Record CH] options include All, CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, CH-4,
CH-5…CH-16 in turn. Please click the channel you need.
To setup weekly schedules, tick-select the box of the record
status you want (Alarm, General, or No Record) and then click on
each box in the schedule time line that you want this method to apply
to. You can use the [From – To] pull-down menus and Copy button to
copy settings from one day to another day or all days.
Picture 5-7
[Frame rate] include two options – Fixed and Manual. When set
to “Manual” and click [Frame rate setup] option, you may
allocate the frame rate for each channel.
[Audio] option allows you turn audio on/off.
[Mode] allow you select record modes, including Always and
Scheduled. To record 24 hours a day set the [Mode] to Always.
To record on motion or a set schedule, select the [Schedule]
option.
When selecting Static from the Type, user can directly set IP
address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Web Port and DNS shown as
Picture 5-9.
Picture 5-8
Picture 5-6
[Pack time] indicates maximum continuous record time (15, 30, 45 and 60 min).
[Pack time] allow you copy current settings to any other channel.
When setting [Mode] to Schedule, the schedule screen will appear as shown in Picture 5-6.
After you complete the schedule you activate it by clicking the [Apply] button.
You can also click the [Default] button to use the system defaults.
Explanation: On the [record] Set and [Search] mode, original color stands for no record, “Red” stands
for alarm record and “Green” stands for normal record
5.2.3 Network Setup
Enter into [Main MenuNetwork Setup] to setup the network configuration (Shown as picture 5-7):
After selecting network mode - such as DHCP, PPPOE or static allocation- and setting up web ports，you
can visit DVR remotely through a network or internet.
DNS: DNS server is generally provided by local ISP. Herein please enter the IP address of your DNS.
Picture 5-8
Picture 5-9
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Port forwarding is required when you want to access the
DVR connected to the router from outside of the router’s
network.
1. Input router’s IP address from IE-based browser to open
the Router configuration interface;
2. Click [Transmittal rule] option to take you to the port
forwarding instructions for your router;
3. Set the corresponding parameters illustrated in Picture
5-11. When server port and web port forwarding the DVR IP
address
,
user can visit the DVR remotely.
When selecting PPPoE form the Type, user can input user name
and password provided by ISP and set Media and Web port
(details please refer to the Picture 5-10). You can visit your DVR
via public network without port forwarding when network type is
set to “PPPoE” and web port is right.
At the bottom of the NETWORK SETUP window there is an
option to setup the DVR to be accessed through a DDNS service.
When you click on the DDNS button it brings up the window
displayed as Picture 5-11. You can access the DVR through a static
or dynamic IP address; however a dynamic address can change
from time to time. How often depends on your service provider When
it changes you need to go to a website such as
www.myipaddress.com from a computer attached to the same router
as the DVR to find out what the new IP address is.
DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is a service that register a domain name and the floating IP address with the
DDNS server so that the domain name can be routed to the IP address even if the IP address is changed in a
dynamic IP system.
Server: select a Dynamic domain name server provided by ISP;
Host Name: Input host name registered from Dynamic Domain Naming System, for example:
DVR2009.3322.org;
User Name: Input a user name registered before applying for a domain name;
Password: Input a password you set when registering a user name.
Router’s Port Forwarding
4. User can enter below website or domain name as per current PC network environment to visit the
remote DVR.
1. http://public
IP: Web port（such as 0080）
2. http://intranet IP: Web port（such as 0080）（only available at the same LAN）
3．http://superdvr.3322.org: Web port（such as 0080）
Friendly Reminder: The router’s port forwarding interface may be different, however, when entering
into virtual server, user will always need forward port 8080 and port 9000 of router to IP address of DVR
allocated or automatically captured, and select [All] or [Both] in corresponding protocol column and save the
Picture 5-10
Picture 5-11
Picture 5-12
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Channel: allows you select the channel(s) you desire to search.
Time Search: In the Video Search screen, user can search for a
specific date and time for a recording and view it in Playback mode.
This is useful for hunting a specific recording of an incident if you
know the date and time it occurred.
Date Search: In the Video Search screen, user can search for all
the recordings in a specific date. To execute a video search, highlight
and select the date numeric field，and then click a detailed time
First：Indicates the first page of recording history you have
searched. When you view other pages, clicking [First] button brings
you back to Page one.
PREV (Previous page): When viewing event list, clicking
[Previous page] button will take you back to page before the one
you are currently viewing (except the first page).
NEXT (Next page): When viewing event list, clicking [Next
page] button will take you to the page after the one you are currently
viewing (except the last page).
above setting.
Above steps may differ from the router device depending on the manufacturer.
5.2.4 Record Search
Click [Main MenuRecord Search] to enter into below window shown as Picture 5-13.
quantum of the specific date, system will start the playback from the first recoding of the time quantum.
Playback Mode: You can use the Playback Control bar to operate the Fast Forward (X2, X4 and X8),
Slow play (1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 speed), Play, Pause/Frame, Rewind(X2, X4 and X8). When ending playback,
DVR will return back to previous menu.
File List: click [File list] button to enter into the [File List] screen shown as Picture 5-14, the video
recordings for the time quantum will appear in the screen. And you also can filter the recordings you want to
view by the Channel or recording mode based on date/time search.
LAST (Last page): Indicates the last page of recording history you have searched. When you view other
pages, clicking [Last page] button will take you to the Last page.
ALL (Select All): Allows you to select all the events on the current page.
INVERSE (Select Invert): Allows you to select other events on the current page except those you have
currently selected.
Back up: In the [File List] mode, if you wish to backup records, please tick-select the [Select] check-boxes
which corresponds to the recording and click [Backup] button to enter into the below windows illustrated in Picture
5-15. When backup processing ends, system will prompt you “Backup finished!” shown as Picture 5-16.
Picture 5-13
Picture 5-14
Picture 5-16 Picture 5-15
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Note:
1. Backup file will be saved as H264 format; you can playback the recorded files using the Multimedia
Player program that comes with the DVR or through the net-viewer program.
2. Please make sure you have connected backup device, such as USB and DVD, well before
backing-up.
Log Search
In the Record Search screen, Click [Log Search] to pop up the Log search screen shown as Picture 5-17(a).
Select log type, enter start date & end date, and then click the [Search] button on the bottom of the
interface to search all the logs you need shown as Picture 5-17(b).
Export
User can export all the logs which have been searched to U flash disk and save it as TXT format.
Before exporting the logs, please make sure you have connected the U flash disk well. Detail operations please
refer to Picture 5-18.
After Log export success, please click [OK] button shown as Picture 5-19.
5.2.5 Playback Player
1. Copy backup file to your PC;
2. Open Playback Player, and then click [+] button to open the file shown as Picture 5-20
Picture 5-17(a) Picture 5-17(b)
Picture 5-20
Picture 5-18
Picture 5-19
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3. Select the playback file you desired from the file shown as Picture 5-21.
Note: Please select the file with *.264 format or *.nvr. The record file backed-up by U flash disk or removable
disk is with *.264 format, and DVD Recorder with *.nvr format.
4. Open backup file
Double-click the record event at the right side of screen to start record file playback.
The button functions from left to right in turn are as follows:
[Play] button: start playing record file
[Pause] button: pause the record file playback
[Stop] button: stop the record file playback
[Rewind] button: rewind playing the record file at X2, X4, X8 and X16 speeds.
Picture 5-22
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Picture 5-25
Picture 5-23
In the [Device Management] screen, highlight and click [HDD] icon to
enter into the window shown as Picture 5-24.
Options in device management include HDD, Alarm, PTZ, Mobile,
Motion and Serial set.
Click [Main MenuDevice Management] option to enter into the
window shown as Picture 5-23.
When DVR is connected to a HDD, the system will
automatically detect if HDD is normal or not;
If the cable connected to HDD is loosen or HDD is abnormal, HDD
status will be shown as “No Disk”, or,
If HDD need to be formatted, status will be shown as “no format”,
otherwise, the HDD status will be shown as “Normal” (refer to
Picture 5-25).
NO：HDD number defaulted by system
Picture 5-24
[Forward] button: forward playing the record file at X2, X4, X8 and X16 speeds.
[Frame by frame]: Play the record file frame by frame.
[Snapshot]: click the button to capture the record image and save the image to a specified position.
[Add]: click the button to add one record file
[Del]: click the button to delete one record file.
[Del all]: click the button to delete all the record files in the event list.
5.2.6 Device Management
5.2.6.1 HDD Management
State：Available Hard drive. You could use HDD only when formatting the HDD and inspect its status normal.
TOTAL/AVAIL: Indicates total space available on Hard Drive. / Unused space available on the Hard Drive.
AVAIL TIM E: Based on current image detail/quality and frame rate, system will show you how many
record time you have left on the Hard Drive.
OVERWRITE: If you select “on” the system will automatically overwrite the oldest recordings once the
hard drive is full; if you select “off”, recording will stop once the hard drive is full.
HDD FORMAT: You use this option to format the hard drive, you can not record files to the hard drive until
it has been formatted. Click [Format HDD] button to start formatting. When selecting [Format HDD] option
the system will prompt you – “Format HDD will loss all the data, do you confirm?” ; click “OK”, system will
prompt you – “Is formatting…” and “successful format”; and then system will restart automatically.
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USB FORMAT: Use this option to format USB devices.
Note: It is an important first step when configuring your DVR to make sure that the hard drive (HDD)
options are correctly set. So, it is strongly recommended that you do format the HDD before start the first record.
5.2.6.2 Alarm Setup
Click [Main MenuDeviceAlarm] to enter into the below window shown as Picture 5-26 (a).
Click [Alarm Config] on the bottom of the [Alarm setup] screen to enter into the interface shown as
Picture 5-26(b).Now you are allowed to set detailed alarm parameters.
Channel: the option allows you select one channel you want.
I/O Status: allows you select the three options – NO (Normal Open), NC (Normal Close) and OFF. Set
to “Normal Open”, I/O status Alarm will be activated while sensor is ON; set to “Normal Close”, I/O status
alarm will be activated while sensor is OFF; set to “OFF”, I/O status alarm will not be triggered.
HDD Loss: When setting [Buzzer] to ON and there be no HDD detected or the HDD is not formatted, a
small “H” appears on the screen with buzzer sound. Setting this to OFF will only show the “H” on the
screen but the buzzer will not sound.
HDD Space: When setting [Buzzer] to ON and the DVR is running out of storage space the buzzer will
sound. No alarm will sound if it is set to OFF.
Video Loss: When setting [Buzzer] to ON and when a camera has been disconnected. “Video Loss”
icon will also appear on the screen with buzzer sound. Set to OFF, you will only see the “Video Loss”
appear but no sound
Alarm Manage：Alarm Output: you can set how long the external sensor alarm will last when motion is
detected (off, 10s, 20s, 40s, 60s);
Buzzer time: you can set how long the buzzer will sound when motion is detected (0s, 10s, 20, 40s, 60s);
Alarm duration time: you can set how long alarm record will last when alarm ends (0s, 30s, 1minute，
2minute，5minute);
Pre-record time: you can set how long record will last before alarm occurs (Off, on).
Full screen Alarm: The function is defaulted to “On". When the motion detection or external alarm is
triggered, the corresponding channel will be displayed on the full screen mode.
Email：The option allows you set the alarm images is issued to a specified email or not.
You could freely select buzzer alarm or not and alarm output time for all the alarm types, and for the MD
alarm and I/O status alarm you could set email and full screen reminder.
Alarm Type Function
Video Loss
Sends alarm when DVR can’t receive video signal (such as camera damage, cable broken or damaged
or power supply malfunction).
Motion Detection
When an object moves into motion detection area, alarm will be triggered. You can adjust sensitivity
level to suit the needs of your actual application environment.
I/O Status
System can convert alarm signal triggered by external sensor into signal identified by system.
HDD loss
When Hard Drive is not detected (HDD damage, power supply malfunction), or HDD auto-overwrite is
off, and free space is not enough, an alarm will be triggered.
Picture 5-26 a Picture 5-26 b
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Click [Email Set] to enter into the interface shown as Picture 5-27.
On the [EMAIL] screen, when Enabling [Email] option, you can
set its parameters shown as Picture 5-28.
EMAIL Setup
SSL: is a security link transport protocol. You can encrypt your communication info (including your email)
using SSL to prevent hackers from monitoring your email or communication info and even your
password.
Generally Gmail.com server set SSL to [On] shown as Picture 5-28, and other mail server to [Off]. If your
setting is still not right, please contact the web site where you have applied for your email box to get SMTP
port and SSL of mail box.
SMTP Port: indicates sender port of SMTP server. Generally the SMTP port value is 25, but there are
exceptions, for example, SMTP port of G-mail server should be 465.
SMTP server: indicates server address you use.
Sender email: indicates sender’s email address. The email address should be consistent with the
server you use. That is to say, when you use email address – aaa@gmail.com
, the according server
should be smtp.gmail.com.
Receiver address: indicates receiver’s email address. The email address is used to receive image
transmitted from motion detection alarm of DVR. Please clear the images you have received as soon as
possible to avoid overloading your email account.
Note: Sender email is required to enable IMAP/POP3/SMTP function (details please refer to Picture
5-29 & Picture 5-30, which show IMAP/POP3/SMTP Enable setting function for Gmail and SINA mail). Login
your GMAIL ID and turn to Settings page. Find out Forwarding and POP/IMAP option and then tick-select
[enable IMAP] option.
Picture 5-27
Picture 5-28
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Enter into [Main menuDevice PTZ Setup] to select the
channel you desire to control and set PTZ protocol (Pelco-D or
Pelco-P), Baud Rate (1200, 2400, 4800, 9600), Data bit (8, 7, 6, 5),
Stop bit (1, 2), Parity Check (None, Odd, Even, Mark, Space),
Address Code and Cruise status respectively. Please note the PTZ
device can be activated only when a channel in connection with the
Click [Main menuDeviceMobile] to enter into [Mobile]
menu shown as Picture 5-32.
User Name: indicate user name of DVR.
User password: indicate user password of DVR
Server port: Mobile monitoring port. Setting range is between
1024 and 65535. Please note that
Explanation: Please connect DVR to Internet before setting
DVR port number and the server port no is not equal to network
menus.
Picture 5-31
Picture 5-32
If you can’t receive email alarm information successfully, please check below points:
DVR connection is normal or not;
The receiver and sender email support SMTP protocols or not;
Emails account setting is correct or not;
Email alarm parameters configuration is right or not;
DVR is on the status of I/O alarm or Motion detection or not.
5.2.6.3 PTZ setup
5.2.6.4 Mobile
The DVR is currently compatible with mobile phones running Andriod, Windows Mobile and Symbian
operating systems on 3G networks. Details access methods please refer to separate Mobile phone Access
Instructions.
Note:
1. The user name and password you enter can not be empty.
2. The Server port no is not equal to network web port you set.
You should forward the server port number to router (details please refer to section 5.2.3 – Network setting)
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The [System] Menu includes the below sub-menus: Time Set,
User Password, Audio/Video Setting, Language select, System Info
and System Maintenance.
After entering into the [System] menu, you can configure the
relative parameters to meet your needs.
After entering into the [System] menu, you can configure the
relative parameters to meet your needs.
On the [System] menu screen, click [Time] icon to enter into [Time
set] menu shown as Picture 5-36.
Now you are allowed to modify system date, time, date/time
format and time zone, setup DST (day saving time) status and
mode.
This option allows you set the device ID for the DVR and set the
system password if you want to use one. The new passwords will
be available after clicking [APPLY] button.
Click [MainDeviceMotion] to enter into the [Motion Detection]
menu shown as Picture 5-33.
The [Motion detection] Menu has three sections, including
Channel Status, Sensitivity and Motion area.
Channel STATUS: This option allow you enable motion detection
on any channel.
SENSITIVITY: This option allows you to set sensitivity level of
motion detection from higher to low with 4 being the most sensitive.
The channel is separated into a 13X10 area. When any object
moves into the motion detection area, and the area where the
object is located is displayed in red recording will be triggered. In
the semi-transparent area the motion detection is off.
Picture 5-34
Picture 5-35
Picture 5-36
Picture 5-37
5.2.6.5 Motion Detect Setup
MD AREA: This option allows you select the area you want to be sensitive to motion.
5.2.7 System
5.2.7.1 Time Setting
5.2.7.2 Password
Picture 5-37
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Enter into [Language] menu to select the language you want to use
on the DVR (shown as Picture 5-40), and then click [APPLY] button.
The selection will be available after system Auto restarts.
Enter into [System Information] menu to view system info,
including Device type, Software (firmware) version, IE version and
MAC address etc.
When connecting multiple DVRs to the same local area network
environment, you need to change MAC address for each DVR
respectively; otherwise, you may not connect these DVRs to network.
When you set Password Enabled to “ON” (shown as Picture
5-38), you can setup a user password and administrator password
respectively. The password supports up to 6 characters.
The password defaulted by system is 123456.
Video System: allow you set Camera system (PAL, NTSC).
VGA Resolution: include five options - 1280×1024、1024×768、800
×600 and 1440×900.
OSD Device: allow you select video output device, Main output and
VGA. User can hold pressing [Rew] button on the front panel to
convert output device quickly.
Poll time：allow you select sequence time between from 5s and
300s.
Picture 5-38
Picture 5-39（a）
Picture 5-39（b）
5.2.7.3 Video/Audio Setup
Click [Main MenuSystemVideo/Audio] to setup Video and Audio parameters shown as Picture 5-39 (a).
5.2.7.4 Language
5.2.7.5 System Information
Click the [Volume] and/or [Margin] options on the right-bottom
corner of the Video/Audio screen to adjust the volume and/or margin
respectively. Details please kindly find the Picture 5-39 (b).
Picture 5-40
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This option allows you recover the DVR settings to factory
default settings, update system software (firmware), and set system
auto-maintenance. Click [Main menuSystemMaintain] to enter
into the [System Maintain] menu shown as Picture 5-42(a).
Auto Maintain: After enabling [Auto Maintain] function,
system will perform regular maintenance as per the schedule you
have set. Please note the [Auto Maintain] function will be available
only when DVR is on the Main interface and have no user online.
5.2.7.6 Maintain
System Update: Copy the file named with “dvrupgrade” to U flash drive; and connects U flash drive to
USB port of DVR, and then click [System upgrade] menu.
Default: Click the [Load Default] button to recover all the DVR settings back to factory set.
Reboot: Click the [Reboot] button to restart the device manually.
Power off: the button allows you cut the power after making sure the DVR shutdown.
Note:
1. Please obtain the updated program from local supplier before system updating.
2. Please not cut power and unplug U flash disk during the update.
3. System will automatically restart after finishing system update.
4. User needs to manually recover the ex-factory default setting after restarting.
5.4 Menu Lock
Considering a system safety feature you can click [Menu Lock] menu to lock menu when leaving the
DVR shown as Picture 5-44(a). If you want to login in the DVR again, you would input device code and
password shown as Picture 5-44 (b).
Explanation: Common user only has the authority to search recordings, but Administrator has
full authority over Main Menu operations.
Any user can start and close manual record on the non-record mode.
Picture 5-42（a）
Picture 5-42（b）
Picture 5-43
Picture 5-44（a）
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5.4 Record search
You could enter into [Record Search] menu from Pop-up menu conveniently and quickly and search/playback
the record histories. We introduced Record search details previously in section 5.2.4.
5.5 PTZ Control
Open auto cruise function on PTZ setting menu if you want to setup cruise function (system default: on),
and set up cruise channel, cur point and total quantity and stop time etc.
Channel select: select one channel with PTZ camera
Total: set up pre-set bit quantity
Pre: indicates starting point cruised. System default point is 01.
STP：sets the stop time at each point
GOTO：allow you go to a specific preset point.
SET：allow you set a set of specific preset points of a PTZ camera.
1. Select a camera you desire to set a preset point;
2. Adjust the camera in a desired direction
3. Click [Set] to set the point as preset point
4. Click [Save] to save the preset point
5. Follow the above step to add one more preset point.
CLR: allow you delete one selected preset.
Note: Up to 255 preset bits for the DVR can be stored. However, actual preset quantity differs depending on
PTZ performance.
5.6 Record
Enter into Pop-up menu to select the [Record] option. Now you can start manual record function, or you
also can click [Rec.] button on the Front panel or Remote controller to activate manual record. Please stop
record manually once you activate manual record.
5.7 Stop Record
To stop record quickly, please enter into pop up Menu to select [Stop] option.
Picture 5-46
Picture 5-47 Picture 5-48
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Chapter 6: Web Application Manager
6.1 Plug-ins download and installation
1. Open your web browser and input the IP address and web port of DVR;
2. If your computer is connected to internet, you will be prompted to download and install “ActiveX Control”;
3. You may have “Windows Security Alert” that attempts to block this with the windows Firewall. In that case, click
[Unblock] button to continue your installation processing.
4. The Vista system user may need to set user authority. Details please refer to the below:
Reminder: If the plug-in program is not downloaded successfully, please check if your browser’s safety
level or firewall setting is too advanced. Also refer to section 5.2.3 Network Setup to make sure network
configuration is correct, ports are forwarded correctly, and ActiveX is enabled.
Note: If you want to delete old IE webcam at DVR system update, run the command characters:
“regsvr32/u HiDvrOcx.ocx
6.2
Web Client Log-in
After plug-ins installation, please enter password and click [Log-in] button, and now you can view DVR
remotely through the Web Client.
Please note default password is empty. System allows Administrator to set new password as per
instructions in section 6.3.1.3 - [Device Manage] menu.
4-CH and 8-CH DVR allow you have respectively five users and three users on-line simultaneously.。
After successful logging-in web client, you will enter into the Live interface shown as Picture 6-3 and
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simultaneously Audio / Video will be automatically connected well (Shown as Picture 6-2(a) and (b).
6.3 Web Client Interface
6.3.1 Menu Bar
Menu bar include [Live], [Playback], [Remote setting], [Local Setting] and [Logout] option and [Language
select] option on the right-up corner.
6.3.1.1 Live Display
After PC Web Client logging in, system will be defaulted to enter into Live mode. User can open or close image
preview by Play control bar, and select display modes, including full screen mode, 4-split mode and 9-split mode.
Click the [ ] icon of one channel to display the channel’s image.
Click the [ ]
icon to start manual record.
6.3.1.2 Playback
Click [Playback] option to playback record files from remote DVR by selecting relevant date, channel and type.
Details please refer to below Picture 6-3.
Picture 6-2（a）
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Double-click any file listed or highlight any file and click [Play] button to play the selected recording file.
Click [Download] button to download and save selected recording file to specified saving path shown as Picture 6-4.
You can set [Save Path] option on the [Local Setting] menu.
The [Play control] bar is located at the bottom of the interface, include [Play], [Pause], [Stop], [Slow Play],
[Fast Play], [Next Frame] and [Volume adjust] option.
6.3.1.3 Remote Setting
Click [Remote setting] option and enter into the interface shown as Picture 6-5. Now you are allowed to
perform the parameter settings of Channel, Alarm, PTZ, Network and Device and Device manage.
Note: The remote setting is available only when the DVR is on the Live mode, and setting method is
same as Local setting.
Channel Parameters
Click [Rec Para] option to set record para, frame rate, bit rate and resolution for each channel and copy
the remote setting to DVR. Details please kindly refer to the Picture 6-5 (a) and Picture 6-5 (b).
Picture 6-3
Picture 6-5（b） Picture 6-5（a）
Picture 6-5（c）
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Click [Copy to] option on the right-bottom corner of the interface to copy all the remote setting to any
channel shown as Picture 6-5(c).
Enter into [Record Set] option to set record control parameters, including record enabling, audio enabling,
Pack time, Record mode and Timer Rec. schedule etc. (shown as Picture 6-6)
Click [Motion] option, you are allowed to set Motion channel, its sensitivity and MD Area, and also copy
the settings to other channels.
Alarm Parameters
Click [Alarm Parameters] option to enter into the Device Alarm interface, which include [Device Alarm]
option (Picture 6-8), [Channel Alarm] option (Picture 6-9) and [Alarm output] option (Picture 6-10).
Highlight [Device alarm] option to set HDD full and HDD Error enabling/disabling shown as Picture 6-8.
Picture 6-6
Picture 6-7
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Click [Channel Alarm] option to enable or disenable I/O alarm, video loss and video cover for each
channel (shown as Picture 6-9).
Clicking [Output] option allows you set alarm output parameters, including buzzer time, Post Record
time, Alarm out time, and open Pre-record function
PTZ Parameters
Click [PTZ Parameters] option to enter into the interface shown as Picture 6-11. Details settings please
refer to section 5.2.6.3.
Picture 6-9
Picture 6-10
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Network Parameters
Click [Network Parameters] option to enter into [Network setting] menu, including [Basic character],
[PPPoE], [DDNS], [Mobile] and [Email set] (Picture 6-12). Relevant parameters setting please refer to
section 5.2.3 – [Network Setting].
Picture 6-12
Picture 6-13
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Device Parameters
Click [Device Parameters] option to enter into the interface shown as Picture 6-14. Now you can check
device info (Picture 6-14), Software version (Picture 6-17) and HDD info (Picture 6-18) etc.
Picture 6-17
Picture 6-18
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Device Manage
Extend [Device Manage] option to enter into sub menus – System setting, Authority and DST shown as
Picture 6-20, Picture 6-21 and Picture 6-22.
Picture 6-19
Picture 6-21
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6.3.1.4 Local setting
The option allows you set [Record Save Path], [Frame Save Path] and [File Save Path] shown as Picture 6-23.
Note：Remote manual recording file will be saved to Record save path.
Local recording file will be saved to [File save path].
6.3.1.5 Logout
Click [Logout] option to return back Log-in Interface shown as Picture 6-2.
6.3.2 PTZ Control
1. PTZ direction control: the buttons allows you control PTZ moving direction.
2. Zoom, Focus and Iris control: the buttons allows you control PTZ moving direction, zoom, focus and iris.
Preset bit control
1. Pan & Tilt Pos: indicates starting point you desire to cruise firstly.
: On the Live mode, enter preset point No you want to display and click the icon to load
the last preset point you set.
: allow you set a series of specific preset points of a PTZ camera, and click [ ]
icon to save the preset point you set.
: input the preset point no you want to display and click the icon to quickly go to the preset
point on live mode.
Clicking the [ ] icon allows you delete the current preset point.
: allow you enable/disable the [Cruise] function.
6.3.3 Play Control
6. In the [Setting] interface, click [Fresh] button to update data at any time.
1. On/Off Live display: clicking the button will open or close live
display.
2. Capture: clicking the button will capture the live image from one
selected channel and save the image with *.bmp format to PC.
3. Record: clicking the button will remotely record the live images and
automatically save the recording to a specified position.
4. Channel display mode: the icons stand for the Single channel display,
Quad display, 9-split mode, 16-split mode and full screen mode respectively.
5. Volume control: clicking the icon to adjust sound volume.
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Chapter 7: Specifications
Model parameter
4CH 8CH
Video System
NTSC/PAL(Optional)
Video/Audio
Compression Format
Video：H.264 Audio：8kHz*16bit ADPCM
Video I/O
4-CH BNC input;
2-CH BNC output；
VGA (Optional);
8-CH BNC input;
2-CH BNC output；
VGA(Optional);
Audio I/O 4-CH input / 2-CH output 8-CH input / 1-CH output
Display Resolution
D1：704×576(PAL) 704×480 (NTSC)
Display frame rate
Single Channel PAL：25 fps ，NTSC：30 fps
Record Resolution
PAL: CIF(352*288) HD1(704*288) D1 (704*576）
NTSC:CIF(352*240) HD1(704*240) D1 (704*480)
Record Total frame rate
PAL：50 fps@D1、100 fps@HD1、200 fps @CIF
NTSC：60 fps@D1、120 fps @HD1、240 fps @CIF
Image Quality
Best / Good / Middle
HDD
Support USB removable HDD and SATA HDD
Record Mode
Always, Scheduled, Manual, motion, Alarm, Web Client record.
Pack Time
15/30/45/60 min (adjustable)
Backup Function
Support U flash disk, removable HDD, recorder and network backup；
Backup file format is *.264 format and network file will automatically be
backed-up to AVI format).
Playback Mode Normal play, Fast Forward, Rewind and slow play frame by frame.
Alarm I/O 4-CH input / 1-CH output 8-CH input / 1-CH output
Alarm Mode Motion Detection, Sensor triggered, Video Loss, HDD Full, HDD Error
PTZ control Embedded RS-485 port / supports PELCO-P & PELCO-D protocol.
USB Port Support Mouse, removable HDD and U flash disk backup and upgrade.
Network Interface One RJ-45 10M/100M self-adaptable Ethernet interface.
Network Function
Support Mobile surveillance, IE browsing, Remote Live surveillance and
parameter setting.
Network Protocol Supports TCP/IP, DHCP, UDP, DDNS, PPPOE network Protocol
IR remote control
Support IR remote control.
Power Adapter
DC 12V&3A
Power Consumption
10~15W (excluding HDD)
Operational Temperature 10℃~+40℃
Operational Humidity
10%~90%
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Chapter 8: Appendix
8.1 Record Alarm setting
Please refer the below matrix: “⊥” stand for “only alarm but no record”; “AMR” stand for “alarm record”;
“NLR” stand for “normal record”; and “NOR” stand for “ no record”. Once alarm is triggered, alarm icon will occur,
and when many alarms are triggered, alarm remarks will occur on the screen.
Record alarm setting
Alarm icon
Record Mode
Record after
power on
Scheduled recording
Manual Record
AMR NLR NOR
Alarm
mode
MD alarm AMR AMR NLR ⊥ NLR
I/O triggered alarm AMR AMR NLR ⊥ NLR
HDD loss, HDD Full
⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥
Video Loss Video Loss ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥ ⊥
In the record mode, [
] icon or [ ] icon will appear on the screen. But when [ ] icon and [ ] icon appear on
the screen that means a motion alarm is triggered. When [ ] icon appears on the screen, that means HDD alarm has
occurred.
8.2 Sustainable Record Time List
The sustainable record time differ depending from Resolution, Para, Video Input, Image parameter and Audio input etc.
Factor:
Audio set to ON / 4-CH video input / Twenty-four hours Continuous record / 250G HDD / Unit: Day
Resolution
Quality (Image Quality）
Best Good Middle
D1 6 8 11
HD1 6 8 11
CIF 8
11
14
Calculation formula:
241402
1024250××
When using 250G HDD and Record for 4-CH occupies 1402M space per hour, system can continuously record 183
hours.
8.3 Mail box server List
Web s i te
Mail box
Sender server（25） Receiver server（110）
www.163.com
@163.com smtp.163.com pop3.163.com
@vip.163.com smtp.vip.163.com pop.vip.163.com
@188.com smtp.188.com pop.188.com
@126.com smtp.126.com pop3.126.com
@netease.com smtp.netease.com pop.netease.com
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@yeah.net smtp.yeah.net pop.netease.com
www.qq.com @qq.com smtp.qq.com pop.qq.com
163.net smtp.163vip.net popx.163vip.net
www.sina.com @sina.com.cn smtp.sina.com.cn pop3.sina.com.cn
www.yahoo.com
@yahoo.com.cn smtp.mail.yahoo.com.cn pop.mail.yahoo.com.cn
@yahoo.com smtp.mail.yahoo.com pop.mail.yahoo.com
google.com @gmail.com smtp.gmail.com(465/587) pop.gmail.com(995)
www.china.com @china.com smtp.china.com pop.china.com
www.sohu.com @sohu.com smtp.sohu.com pop.sohu.com
Mail.163.com smtp.163.net pop.163.net
Mail.163vip.com smtp.163vip.net pop.163vip.net
Mail.tom.com @tom.com smtp.tom.com pop.tom.com
Mail.263.com @263.net smtp.263.net pop3.263.net
x263.net smtp.x263.net pop.x263.net
263.net.cn smtp.263.net.cn pop.263.net.cn
139 mail box @139.com smtp.139.com pop.139.com
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8.4 Troubleshooting
1. Q: What can I do if the system does not detect the HDD?
A: Check if the power supply system is properly connected and data cord and power cables are securely
connected.
2. Q: We have changed the password but do not remember the new password, how can we access the system?
A: If you forget system password, please consult with the service personnel.
3. Q: We are not getting any video signal on the DVR, what is wrong?
A: Check camera video cable and connections; or check monitor video cable and connections; or confirm that the
camera has the power and / or check camera lens setting.
4. Q: Why some channels display just a blank screen even if they receive video sources?
A: Check if the camera is connected to the system properly displays the image; check if the camera is properly
supplied with power.
5. Q: Can the DVR have problems if it gets too hot, how can I prevent this?
A: The DVR has a fan to help it dissipate heat while it is running. Please place the DVR in a place where there is
good air circulation and away from heat sources to increase stability and life of the DVR.
6. Q: “Record” Can not work normally, how to deal with?
A: Check if the current screen is in Play mode, pressing [Stop] button to exit the Play mode and then you can
enter into the [Record] function.
7. Q: Why the Remote Controller can’t work normally?
A: Check if the battery is power off; or check if the Remote Controller is broken.
8. Q: Can we records whilst playing-back?
A: Yeah, you can do it. The system support you records whilst playing-back.
9. Q: Can we erase some recorded file from DVR.
A: Considering the safety factor, you can’t delete the recorded file directly from the device. When you actually
erase all the recorded files, please select HDD format function
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10. Q: Why does the Buzzer keep sounding?
A: Please check if motion detection is on and the system has detected motion, make sure the HDD is being
detected and has sufficient space available; check if video has lost etc.
11. Q: Why can’t stop [Stop] function?
A: Pressing [Stop] button only can stop manual record. If you want to stop Scheduled record, please revise to [No
Record] during this period.
8.5 System Configuration
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8.6 Accessories
Software CD USB Mouse Remote Controller
Power Cord Power Supply User Manual
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