Seenergy SVD-832 User Manual

SVD832 User’s Manual

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Version 1.0.0

SVD-832 Network Video Decoder

User’s Manual

32CH Full HD Network Video Decoder
with Dual Display

05262014

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Table of Contents

Hardware ................................................................................. 4

Overview ........................................................................................ 4

LED & Buttons Definitions .............................................................. 5

Connect to the NVD .................................................................. 6

Use Search Utility .......................................................................... 6

Access the NVD with its default IP address .................................. 11

Main/Live View ...................................................................... 13

a.The UI’s 5 main functions: ......................................................... 14

b. Date and Time display .............................................................. 14

c. User’s configuration .................................................................. 14

d. Hardware events notification ................................................... 15

e. Channels status ........................................................................ 15

f. Video frame ............................................................................... 15

g. List view ................................................................................... 17

h.1, 4, 9, 16 Pattern view ............................................................. 18

i. Sequence view ........................................................................... 18

j. Save view .................................................................................. 18

k. Saved view ............................................................................... 18

l. Digital zoom .............................................................................. 20

Playback view ........................................................................ 22

a. Zoom on a range of time ........................................................ 24

b. Minimize the bar of the playback ............................................ 24

c. Certain functions you can perform to the playback video......... 24

d. Take a snapshot of a playback video ........................................ 25

Event view .............................................................................. 29

NVD Setup – Settings ............................................................. 31

Display ......................................................................................... 31

Network Settings .......................................................................... 32

Time and Date .............................................................................. 34

Users & privileges ........................................................................ 36

Add a new user ............................................................................ 36

Change the password of the “admin” account ................................... 37

Group Privilege ............................................................................ 37

Camera ......................................................................................... 39

Automatic Search ......................................................................... 39

Add a camera manually ................................................................. 44

Preset Point Setting ..................................................................... 45

PTZ Preset Settings ...................................................................... 45

PTZ Preset Sequence .................................................................... 46

OSD Settings ................................................................................ 47

Event sources & notifications ....................................................... 49

Event sources .............................................................................. 50

Notifications ................................................................................ 50

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Device Info ................................................................................... 52

Log ............................................................................................... 53

Maintenance ................................................................................. 54

Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................ 54

Backup & Restore ......................................................................... 56

Video Wall Mode ..................................................................... 57

NVR Media Player ................................................................... 58

Play the backup file with the NVR Media Player ............................ 58

Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player ................... 63

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Hardware

Overview

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LEDs Status Definitions

Network Green Solid green for activity on a 10/100Mbps network

Amber Solid amber for activity on a 1Gbps network

Status Green

*Shows solid green for normal operation
*Blinking green when firmware upgrade is done

Red Blinking red for failed firmware upgrade through USB disk
Amber Blinking amber during firmware upgrade

Power Green

*Solid green - Normal operation
*Slow blinking in green after press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds indicates the device will enter
the restore default process. Other LEDs remain unchanged during this state.

Red System off (power cord remains plugged in)
Amber

*Fast blinking in amber during system initializing/starting. Continous blinking when system is unable to
start properly (All other LEDs should be off when this LED is blinking in amber)
* Slow blinking indicating the system is shutting down. Other LEDs go off according the stage of the
process.

Alarm Red Blinking in red when a system/camera event occurs. Blinking should last 10 seconds for each event

None Goes off if reaches the 10-second duration, or when buzzer stop button is pressed (if buzzer is triggered)

Buttons

Power btn ON Press and hold for 2 seconds

OFF Press and hold for 2 seconds

Reset Restore default Press and hold for 5 seconds

Restart Press and hold for 2 seconds

Buzzer stop STOP Press and release should stop buzzer right away

Buzzer

Beep Complete start Beep once (indicating the system is fully started)

Initiating restart Beep once (Indicating the restart process has begun)
Initiating shutdown Beep once (Indicating users to release the Power button as the shutdown process has begun)

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Connect to the NVD

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

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

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

Use Search Utility

If the NVD is placed in a corporate network or a local area network

where a DHCP server is already presented, run the “Search” utility

from a computer that is on the same network and locate the NVD with
its IP address that is assigned by the top-level DHCP server.

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To begin, launch the “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.

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The NVD should be located and its IP address should be displayed.

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

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

 Please make sure you are using Internet Explorer 8 or above
 If you are running Windows Vista or 7, please make sure you are

running Internet Explorer with the “administrator” privilege.

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Access the NVD with its default IP address

The NVD comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.101.50”.
However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in
the network. To connect to the NVD, use a PC that is on the same
network over a switch or hub, or connect the PC directly to the NVD
using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable.

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

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Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter

its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then

click ”Login” to enter the system

Besides using web browser, you use local UI to operate NVD, click
to display virtual keyboard to enter user name and password.

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Main/Live View

The main/live view is the first interface displayed once you access to
the NVD through the internet browser.
It displays the live video of all the cameras added to the NVD and
following the pattern chosen by the user. The interface has many
functions explained bellow.

The “Live View” page provides the following functions:

• Retrieve camera’s video stream

• Retrieve camera’s status

• Perform Live Sequence Viewing

• PTZ Control (Click directly on the video)

• Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing

• Perform manual recording

• Take snapshot - as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the

snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x"
represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\)

• Receive audio of a video stream

• Send audio

• Control “Buzzer”

• Change web UI display language

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a.The UI’s 5 main functions:

The bar displays the 4 main functions of the Web User Interface (UI).

The Live view is the main view .The other 3 views will be explained in
each chapter.

b. Date and Time display

The Date and the Time are defined by the user in the settings

section of the NVR.

c. User’s configuration

It displays the name of the current user.
If you click on the name of the user, the context menu offers the

functions bellow:

- Language settings

- User setting

- Locking the screen

- Logout function

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d. Hardware events notification

In this section, you will receive notifications if a warning sound is

triggered or if the hard drive of the NVR failed in recording data.

e. Channels status

If you click on the icon, page tab will display the current status of
the channels added to the NVR.

It can also display the current configuration used for the event
recording or the configuration settled for the scheduled and manual
recording.

The channels status page is updated as long as the NVR’s main
user interface is open.

f. Video frame

All the camera’s videos are displayed in this frame.

- The PTZ function is available by clicking of the left button of the

mouse on the camera’s view.

- Double click on the left button of the mouse enables the zoom

function. To disable it you can click on the right button of the
mouse.

If the cursor is pointing on one of the cameras, it will show a bar
in the top.
The bar displays the channel’s number and some functions as
showed on the snapshot above.

Click to display a function manual to control camera

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Main function: Digital PTZ, snapshot, and audio post

Lens controls: control PTZ

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Change channel: switch channel to display on this video frame

g. List view

It displays the list of channels added to the NVR. Each channel
represents a camera with its name, the channel number and its
currents status.

The channel’s status is defined by 3 colors:

- Red: The channel is recording and the live view is available

- Blue: The channel is connected and live view is available

- Grey: The camera is disconnected

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h.1, 4, 9, 16 Pattern view

Different patterns of live view can be displayed on the video frame.
You can display 1, 4, 9, or 16 cameras at once.

Every time you click on an “ n” pattern icon, the live video of the next
“n” cameras will be displayed.

i. Sequence view

The sequence mode will automatically switch between a single or
group of cameras every a certain period of time. You can define this
period to 1 second to 60 seconds

j. Save view

Click on the save view button and you will able to name the current
view and save it.
This will help to quickly display your configured views when needed.

k. Saved view

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This section can display the views that you have already saved.
You can choose the views from the list you have created. You are
also able to switch between saved views every certain period of
time by clicking on the “start sequence function”.
If you check the box beside the name of the view, you can edit or
delete the view.

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l. Digital zoom

Next, hold the mouse left button and draw a square on the video to
specify the zoom in area

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Once the image is digitally zoomed in, use the mouse scroll button to
further zoom on or zoom out the image. Hold and left-click on the
image and move the mouse to move the zoomed in video.

You are able to adjust brightness of the live video from the right-click
menu.

Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the live
video from the right-click menu as well.

You can change the web UI display language from the current login
username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link
opens up a new window, which displays detail information about the
user as well as a drop-down menu that lets you change the display
language.

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Playback view

Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that
were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an
event trigger. The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4
channels and various types of search methods are provided to help
you find the footage you need quickly.

You can turn on or off the audio of a recorded video at your choice if
audio was also recorded during the recording of the video.

Playback video can be viewed in full screen and snapshots can be
taken and saved during a video playback.

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To play a recorded video:

1. Select NVR

2. Select channel

3. Choose “search mode”, by times

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a. Zoom on a range of time

If you click on the icon you can zoom on range of the time and get
more details on the playback bar.

b. Minimize the bar of the playback

If you click on the icon you can minimize the playback range to get
more space for the videos.

c. Certain functions you can perform to the playback video

You can do the followings by right clicking on the playback video:

1. Play Audio

2. Snapshot

3. Send Audio

4. Digital PTZ

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d. Take a snapshot of a playback video

To take a snapshot, click on the button “ ”, there is a manual
showing up. You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3
continuous snapshots.

If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window
displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the
"Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.

However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are
automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition
where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\)

You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture
As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.

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“Bookmark” is used to set a time range for export.

1. Click will set the current playback time as “Start” time. A blue slider
should be displayed on the timeline.

2. Click again will set the current playback time as “end” time. A blue
slider should be displayed on the timeline.

Click “Download” to open a pop-up dialog for export options

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The recorded video can be backed up to a USB disk with AVI file. It is
required to plug in a USB disk formatted in FAT32 prior to using the
backup function.

Click “OK” to open a pop-up dialog for USB disk options. It will display
error message if there is no USB disk.

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Click “OK” to start back up

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Event view

This section displays the last events recorded by the NVD.

The events can only be detected and displayed if you have configured
it on the NVD’s settings. You can display the event of all the channels
at once or by each channel.

The event indicators will be shown on live view screen:

By clicking the event indicator to switch to event monitor.

You can also click the button to enable monitor.

To play event video, click on one of the event list in the right of the UI
to display the event related to it.

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NVD Setup – Settings

The “Settings” page provides users options to setup the device quickly
and properly. After properly configuring all settings in all the sub­pages, users should expect a fully working network video decoder that
is ready to manage cameras and NVR on the network.

Display

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The "Display" configuration page allows you to choose the most
optimized display resolution for the monitor that's used with NVD, as
there will be circumstances that the incorrect resolution may be used
when the system first boots up.

The NVD comes with two video outputs (HDMI: Primary as default,
VGA: Secondary as default). You can set which to be used as primary
and secondary in this page other than setting the resolution.

You are also able to set the function to be displayed on the secondary
monitor in this page.

Currently you can configure the secondary monitor to display live
videos with selected channels in desired layout, or live video in
automatic sequence view.

NOTE: The NVD will reboot automatically upon change of
resolution/or monitor for the new setting to take effect or be
detected.

Network Settings

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The NVD supports three connection types that can be configured
depends on how the network is setup:

1. Get network configuration automatically

Set the NVD to configure network settings automatically

1) When no other DHCP server is in the network, the NVR should use the default IP:

192.168.101.50

2) Users should not be able to change IP settings when this mode is selected

2. Use manual configuration

Set the NVR to use static IP

1) Use the NVR’s default static IP when this mode is selected.

2) Users can change the IP settings

You need to adjust settings in this page for the device to work properly
in your network. It is critical that settings here are configured correctly
based on your network configurations so that the recorder can be
administered through the local area network and cameras can be
connected from it.

By default, the decoder is set to " Get network configuration
automatically" which if there's a DHCP server in the same local
network, the NVD can obtain IP address from DHCP server, and you
can locate the NVD by using the search utility.
If there's no DHCP server in the network, and the NVD will use its own
default static IP 192.168.101.50.

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If you wish to set the recorder to use a static IP address in your local
area network,

1. Choose “Use manual configuration”

2. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and

DNS server address for the decoder

* The decoder can detect the presence of a DHCP server upon startup.

It sets itself to use static IP address if there is no DHCP server
currently presented in the network.

Time and Date

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Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your
location. It is imperative that you set the decoder’s time correctly to
avoid the following errors:

• Incorrect display time for playback videos

• Inconsistent display time of event logs and when they actually occur

After selecting the time zone, choose an option below to set the
decoder time

•Sync with NTP server – enter the hostname or IP address of a valid

NTP server and set how often the recorder should synchronize the time

with it by using the “Update interval” drop-down menu

•Configure manual – Use the drop-down list and configure the time

manually

• Sync with PC – Check this option to synchronize the decoder time

with the PC that you are currently using to access the recorder

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Users & privileges

Multiple users can access the recorder simultaneously. You can add,
remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep
user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in

“admin” account with password “admin”. It’s highly recommended to

change the password upon your initial login.

Add a new user

• Click “Add” to add new user

• Enter a username and password

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• Select a group from the “Group” drop-down menu to assign the new

user to a particular group

• Click “Apply” to finish configuration

Change the password of the “admin” account

1. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click

2. Its information should be displayed

3. Enter a new password in the “Password” field and enter it again in

“Confirm Password”

Group Privilege

Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access
policies for situations if you need the decoder to be accessed by users
other than the administrator. There are 7 pre-defined user groups for

privilege configurations. You can do so by creating a group, and then

remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras.
Users that are created and assigned to this group will have limited
access instead of full administration rights.

The decoder comes with seven built-in groups and five built-in
privilege profiles, except the “admin” and the “guest” accounts; the
other five groups are fully customizable or you can simply assign a
group with one of the default privilege profiles. You can, however,

assign more than one users to the “admin” account if you wish to do
so. The guest account comes with a “view-only” privilege in the “Live

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View” page, and users in this group do not have the power to make
any changes in the “Live View” page or have access to pages other
than the “Live View” page.

To change a group configuration, after clicking “Add” to add new user
account, press “Edit” to change Group privileges.

You can change the group name and privilege.

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Camera

Automatic Search

In “Settings” >> “Cameras”, click the “Add camera directly” or “Add
cameras from NVR” button to perform the camera search.

After clicking the “Add camera directly”, press to start search and its
status should be displayed:

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Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the
list

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Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera
Information” section. Enter its username and password and press
“Next” to detect this camera.

If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed information
should be polled and displayed as below.
Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc if you
wish and then click “Apply” to finish adding the camera.

You can add cameras through NVR, the camera should be added in
NVR previously.

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By click “Add cameras from NVR” to add NVR, the press to start
search

Double click the NVR, then type user name and password to detect

By using “Assign channel” drop-down menu, assign the camera to NVD
with channel ID

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Then click “Apply” to add this camera

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Add a camera manually

Simply enter the camera’s or NVR’s IP address and credential in the
“Camera Information” manually.

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Preset Point Setting

PTZ Preset Settings

The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points
or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This
is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a
particular camera.

To set up PTZ preset points:

1. Select a camera from the “Channel” drop-down menu

2. Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page to set the

preset point

2. Press “Add” to add preset point

Press “Edit” to enter edit mode to change preset point names or delete
preset points

The function of “Sync from camera” is to retrieve preset points from
camera

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You can choose to make this preset point a “Home” point among all
other preset points, as well as making the camera to move to this
particular point when an event is triggered.

PTZ Preset Sequence

Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is
convenient for monitoring to set up the sequencing viewing among
those preset point and let the recorder automatically switch between
them for you.

To configure preset sequence for a camera,

1. Select a channel from the “Channel” drop-down menu. The available

preset points should be listed in “Camera Presets” section.

2. Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the “->”

button to move them to the “Preset Sequence” section, then

3. Use the up and down buttons to adjust their sequencing positions.

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4. Finally, select a dwell time from the drop-down menu and click

“Apply” to save the configuration

OSD Settings

The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text
message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is
turned off. To add texts to one or more videos:

Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD”

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Choose one or more display options if you would also like the recorder
to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you. Or
simply choose to display a custom message of your own.

Next, define where the text will be displayed by either entering an X/Y
value based on percentage or use the system pre-defined position
from the drop-down menu.

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Click on the “Preview” button to see the preview of your setting and
click “Apply” to save the configuration.

Event sources & notifications

The “Event sources” section allows users to define conditions that
constitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will
be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and

notify the administrator only when it’s necessary.

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Event sources

The 1st step is to define the condition to trigger event, we can finish up
the event triggers by defining which system events should trigger the
decoder to send out notifications.

Notifications

Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of
unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder
can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a
destined event server according to the configuration.

E-Mail notification

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1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server

2. Enter the port of the SMTP server

3. Check “Enable Authentication” and enter the username and

password of the SMTP server if it requires authentication

4. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field

5. Enter the sender’s e-mail address

6. Click “OK” to save the configuration

 The NVD supports SMTP servers that use base64 or MD5

authentication methods.

 3rd party free E-mail services such as Gmail (openssl) is

supported.

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Device Info

The “Device Information” provides the general information of the
device such as firmware version and system time. It also provides
information of the current network settings and status.

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Log

“Log” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and

provides basic information for troubleshooting.

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Maintenance

“Maintenance” provides functions for users to:

• Perform Firmware Upgrade

• Restart the NVD when necessary

• Restart cameras directly from the NVD

• Reset the NVD’s settings to their factory default values

• Change device’s logo

Firmware Upgrade

The firmware can be upgraded through web UI. Before upgrading
firmware, please backup configuration in advance.

** the firmware file comes with a “.bin” file extension.

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Click “Browse…”, A new dialog should display and let you choose the
location of the firmware file.

When done, click “Upgrade”.

Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish

(After upgrade, the system will reboot automatically, it’s part of the

process)

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Backup & Restore

It is a function that allows users to backup the NVR’s settings to a local
hard drive.
Users also can restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved
configuration file

The configuration can be backed up to or restore from a USB disk. It is
required to plug in a USB disk formatted in FAT32 prior to using the
backup and restore functions.

Once it’s detected, click “Backup” to store configuration file in USB disk.

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Video Wall Mode

The decoder can be operated in video mode and controlled by CMS
software. When decoder is controlled by CMS software, it switches to
video mode automatically. If user turns off CMS, decoder will switch
back to standalone mode.

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NVR Media Player

You can use the NVR Media Player to play the exported AVI files or
media database file. This can save you the trouble of installing third­party media player or codecs when playing the exported AVI videos.

The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS
software is installed. You can find it in the Windows Start menu.

Play the backup file with the NVR Media Player

Play Media database

The backup files can be played with the NVR media player. To do, open

the player and select “Open” >> “Media Database”

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Click “Browse...” to select the file from the USB disk.

A new dialog should be prompted for you to select the file location.

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When done, click “Check” to validate the file.

Once the file has been successfully verified, you should be prompted
with the message shown below.

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Select the time zone according to your current location.

Finally, click “OK” to begin playing. The player should now play the

backed up file.

Play Media database

Open the player and select “Open” >> “AVI File”

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Select the AVI file

Click “Open” to play file

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Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player

The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a
destined FTP server or mail recipient. These types of snapshot images
are saved in a proprietary image file format, h4i or p4i, and can only
be opened by the NVR media player.