Seenergy NVR-304 Basic, NVR4CH Basic Quick Start Manual

Entry-Level 4 Channel

Network Video Recorder

Quick Guide

v1.6.0

NVR-304 Basic NVR4CH Basic

EN/QV16/09012010/001

Contents

Purpose 3
Package Contents 3
Hardware Illustration 4
NVR4CH Basic 4
NVR-304 Basic 5
LEDs and Buttons 6
Hard Drive Installations 8
NVR4CH Basic 8
NVR-304 Basic 9
Connect to the NVR 10
Set up Password 14
Add a Camera 15

Recording Congurations 17

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Purpose

This document provides information for installing the 4CH Basic Net­work Video Recorder on your network. The information included in this

document should be sufcient for users to quickly setup the device and

start the live video monitoring. Users should also be able to perform
basic troubleshooting with information provided in this document. For
all other aspects of using this product, please consult the user’s manual
available on the CD

Package Contents

• 4CHBasicNetworkVideoRecorder

• PowerAdapter:Input100-240V,Outpupt 
+5V/4.2A,+12V/3A

• Ethernetcable

• PrintedQuickInstallationGuide

• PrintedWarrantyCard

• CDwithAdobeAcobatReader/QuickInstallation

Guide/User’s Manual/NVR Search Utility

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HardwareIllustration

(Front)

(Rear)

Manual Recording button

(Manual Recording)

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(Front)

(Rear)

HDD Tray

HDD Tray

Power button
and LED

HDD LEDs

USB Connector

Power jack

Ethernet jack

USB connector

Reset/Restart but­ton

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LEDsandButtons

OSLED

Solid green: System ready

Off: System Off

Blinking:

1. System shutting down

2. Upgrading rmware
a) Through USB drive: Blinking indicating the upgrade is in pro-

cess. Once rmware upgrade completes, the LED goes off. Manually turn
off the power and turn it back on would be required afterwards.

b) ThroughthewebUI: Blinking indicating the upgrade is in pro-

cess. Once rmware upgrade completes, the LED goes off. The NVR will
then restart automatically. Once it nishes restarting, the LED should turn

to solid green to indicate the system is now ready.

3. Restoring previously saved conguration le
a) Through USB drive: The LED should blink to indicate the process
has started. The LED will then go off to indicate the process is complete.
Manually turn off the power and turn it back on would be required after­wards.
b) ThroughWebUI: The LED should blink to indicate the process
has started. The LED will then go off to indicate the restoring is complete
and the system is restarting. The OS LED should indicate in solid green
once the system becomes ready.

RecordingLED
Solidamber: recording
Off: not recording

Blinking: Manual recording:
When “manual recording button” is pressed

* To start manual recording with the “manual recording button”, press and hold
the button for 2 seconds then release it. Follow the same procedure to stop.

Power Button: (Blue when ON) Press to turn on/off the system

FrontLEDs:

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Restart Button

Press and release the button for hardware re­start. The OS LED should should go off during the
restart to indicate the system is restarting. The
LED should indicate in solid green once the sys­tem becomes ready.

Reset Button

Press this button will restore the system’s set­tings to factory default values. To start, press and
hold the button for 5 seconds then release it once
the OS LED goes off. The OS LED should indicate
in solid green once the system becomes ready.

EthernetPortLED

The green LED on the left indicates the link connection and the LED on the
right indicates the speed

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HardDriveInstallations

1. Remove the four screws
from the bottom of the case.

2. Push the inner enclosure
out, and remove the outer
chassis.

3. Install the rst hard drive

by placing it in the enclosure
and connecting the SATA plus
power cables.

4. Mount the drive with two
screws on each side.

5. Attach the thermal probe
with the tape provided to the

rst hard drive.

Choose a location in between
the two drives but without
damaging the thermal probe
when installing the second
drive.

6. Install the second hard drive
by placing it in the enclosure
and connecting the SATA plus
power cables.

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1. Push the silver button to
release the HDD tray

2. Pull out the HDD tray

3. Place the HDD on the tray
and secure the HDD with the
screws at the bottom (as illus­trated)

4. Push the tray back in the
unit and press down the black
bar to secure the tray

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Connect to the NVR

There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are
the suggested methods for different network setup:

• The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to
the NVR by using “NVR Search” Utility

• The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server (or you are
connecting to it directly): Accessthe NVRwithitsdefaultIP

UseNVRDeviceSearchUtility

If the NVR is placed in a corporate network or a local area network
where a DHCP server is already presented, run the “NVR Device
Search” utility from a computer that is on the same network and
locate the NVR with its IP address that is assigned by the top-level
DHCP server.

To begin, launch the “NVR Search” utility from the CD and proceed
with the installation:

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Once the installation is complete, check the “Launch the Search AP”
option and click “Finish”:

The search should start automatically and its status should be dis­played:

The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed:

Double-click on an NVR and the search program should automati­cally access the NVR’s web administration page from your default
browser

double-click

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You should be prompted for the the NVR’s username and password.
Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then
click”OK” to enter the system

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The NVR comes with a pre-congured static IP “192.168.101.50”.
However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in
the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act
as the DHCP server in the network. To connect to the NVR, use a PC
that is on the same network over a switch or hub, or connect the PC
directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable.

The PC that is connected directly to the NVR (or within the same local
area network) should receive an IP from the NVR. Simply access the
NVR from your web browser with its IP address

Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. En­ter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then
click”OK” to enter the system

AccesstheNVRwithitsdefaultIPaddress

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Set up Password

The default login username and password is admin/admin. To change
the password of the admin account, go to “Setup” --> “System Con­gurations” --> “User Account”, click on the “admin” account in the ac­count list then press the “edit” button to change its password. Finally,
click “Apply” to save the change.

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AutomaticSearch:

1. Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. You
should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for
the search to function properly. Go ahead and click “Install”

3. Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from

the list and press “Congure”

4. Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera
Information” section. Enter its username and password and select
the channel ID and name the camera.

AddaCamera

2. After that, the search should begin and its status should be dis­played:

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5. Click on “Detect” to establish connection between the recorder and
the camera. If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed
information should be polled and displayed as below

6. Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate…etc if you

wish and then click “Add” to nish adding the camera

Addacameramanually

Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of
using the “Search” function, enter the camera’s IP address and cre­dential in the “Camera Information” manually, then follow step 5 ~6
described above.

Enter manually

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RecordingCongurations

The “recording congurations” gives users the overall control of how
and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types

of recordings performed on each channels. It can help the recorder to

operate with sufcient system resource by performing recording only

when it’s necessary with adjustable recording frame rate.

You can dene the following in “General Settings”:

• Pre-Alarm/Post-Alarm recording length

• Recording frame rate

• Enable/disable different recording types on different cameras

• Enable/disable audio recording

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The “recording buffer” allows user to dene “pre-alarm” and “post-

alarm” time for event recordings. The “pre-alarm” time sets the NVR
to record in advance when an event is triggered. The “post-alarm”
time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after an

event trigger is nished.

Recording frame rate allows you to set different frame rate for dif­ferent types of recording instead of recording at one frame rate only.

Use the drop-down menu and select one of the pre-dened frame

rates for a particular recording type

The “Camera Recording Setting” section allows you to turn on or off
a particular recording type on any channels.

* The “Pre-alarm” function only

works when the “Continueous”

recording is also activated.

The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio
recording (record video only) of particular channels.

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Schedule Recording

Here you can dene the time range of the schedule recording for all

channels.

Tocongureaschedulerecording:

1. Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera rst

2. You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the

cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform
recording during a day. Click and move vertically lets you set what

days to perform recording at a specic time.

* Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time. Click one or more boxes to
omit consecutive recording

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3. You can also use the “Quick Conguration” to dene recording

time range instead of clicking cell boxex one by one on the time ta­ble. Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and
specify the recording duration by either choosing “All Day” or enter a

start and end time for specic recording duration.

4. Select the “Copy to” option if you would like to set the same re­cording schedule to another camera.