Smarthome EchoVue 405 Operating Instruction

Operating Instruction

Digital Video Recorder

EchoVue 405

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE

COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an

equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the

presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the

product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to

constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is

intended to alert the user to the presence of important

operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the

literature accompanying the appliance.

WARNING:

TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE

THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

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PRECAUTIONS

• Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or

system installers.

• Do not block the ventilation opening or slots on the cover.

To prevent the appliance from overheating, place it at least 5 cm (2 inches) away from the wall.

• Do not drop metallic parts through slots.

This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the power off immediately and contact

qualified service personnel for service.

• Do not attempt to disassemble the appliance.

To prevent electric shock, do not remove screws or covers. There are no user-serviceable parts

inside. Contact qualified service personnel for maintenance.

• Handle the appliance with care.

Do not strike or shake, as this may damage the appliance.

• Fully charge up the backup battery.

Keep the appliance turned on for at least 48 hours to recharge the backup battery. This

procedure is necessary when using the appliance for the firs time or after it has been unplugged

for a long time from the AC outlet. Insufficient charging of the battery may cause erasure of

settings if the AC power supply should fail. The battery, if fully charged, will back up the

settings for 480 hours in an ordinary environment.

• Do not expose the appliance to water or moisture, nor try to operate it in wet areas.

Do take immediate action if the appliance becomes wet. Turn the power off and refer servicing

to qualified service personnel. Moisture may damage the appliance and also cause electric shock.

• Do not use strong or abrasive detergents when cleaning the appliance body.

Use a dry cloth to clean the appliance when it is dirty. When the dirt is hard to remove, use a

mild detergent

• Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings.

Do not use the appliance in an extreme environment where high temperature or high humidity exists.

Use the appliance at temperatures within +5°C - +40°C (41°F - 104°F) and humidity below 90 %.

The input power source for this appliance is 110V-220V AC 50/60Hz.

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Contents

 Controls

1. Front Panel

2. Rear Panel

3. Remote Controller

 Installation & Connections

1. Camera, Monitor, Microphone, Alarm sensor and Power cord

2. Alarm inputs and Alarm outs

3. External Backup Device.

4. PAN/TILT/ZOOM Camera

5. NETWORK

 Programming

1. Main Menu

2. Display Set

3. Record Set

4. Group Recording Set & Motion Detection Set

5. Alarm Recording Set

6. Schedule Recording Set

7. Time & Date Set

8. System Set

9. Network Set

Ⅳ Operation

1. Live View

2. Basic Recording

3. Alarm Recording

4. Schedule Recording

5. Motion Detection Recording

6. Playback

7. Time & Date Search

8. Alarm List Search

9. Motion Search

10. Information & Log List

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11. Zoom

12. PAN/TILT/ZOON Camera Control

13. External Backup Device Control (DAT24)

 Client Program

1. How to install and connect?

2. Features

3. Image file down load from the DVR server

4. DVR Setting

5. Local Player

 How to connect modem  Specification & Contents

1. Specification

2. Contents

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 Controls

1. Front Panel Controls

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LOCK

RESTORE

POWER

BACKUP

P/T/Z/FOCUS

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1) POWER button

Press this button to turn the power on; press again to turn the power off. The

POWER LED (red) lights/goes off when the power is on/off. It flashes when

switching during initializing and disk checking.

2) LOCK button

Press this button to lock all unit’s key buttons including the remote controller.

The LOCK LED (green) lights/goes off when the lock is on/off. To release

press it again and enter the password.

SCHEDULE

INFO

ZOOM

MENU

CLEAR

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CURSOR

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TIME

SEARCH

ALARM

SEARCH

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REC AUDIO-PB

Digital Surveillance Recorder

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STOP

PLAY

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RECPOWER SCHEDULE

SHUTTLE

HOLD

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LOCK

3) RESTORE button

Press this button to restore recorded data to the main hard disk from an

archive device only when an external SCSI DAT24 is connected.

4) SCHEDULE button

Press this button to make scheduled recording standby. The SCHEDULE

LED (green) lights/goes off when the schedule is on/off.

5) INFO button

Press the button to display current system information; press again to

display log list.

6) BACKUP button

Press this button to begin making a backup copy of the hard drive. If there is

no peripheral recording device connected, this button cannot be used.

7) PAN/TILT/ZOOM button

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Press this button to control a PAN/TILT/ZOOM camera via RS-232

connection.

8) ZOOM button

Press this button to display zoom area box; press again to enlarge the image.

Pressing cursors can move this zoom area.

9) MENU button

Press this button to display the MAIN MENU screen.

It is also used as EXIT button to exit all kinds of OSD screen.

10) CLEAR button.

In Zoom mode, pressing this button reduces the image.

In stop mode and playback mode, pressing this button disappears time &

date OSD.

Pressing it again appears the OSD.

On ‘RECORD GROUP SET’ menu, it sets each channel ‘Motion Detection’.

11) Direction (bcef) buttons.

In Menu setup mode, used to move the cursor.

In Zoom mode, used to move the zoom area.

12) TIME SEARCH button

Press this button to display the Time Search menu.

13) ALARM SEARCH button

Press this button to display the Alarm Search menu.

14) Numeric buttons (NO. 1~9)

Used to enter the password and select the camera numbers.

15) Quad/Sequence, 0 button

Press this button to display the cameras in quad mode or to switch sequence

function.

In addition, this button can be used as number 0 to set the password.

16) AUDIO PB button

Press this button to synchronize the sound track with the scenes.

17) Remote control signal receiver.

18) Mode Indicator.

19) SHUTTLE HOLD button

This button retains the selected playback or reverse playback speed.

Rotate the SHUTTLE ring to the desired search speed, and then press the

SHUTTLE HOLD button while holding the SHUTTLE ring at the selected

search speed. Search speed will be maintained even when the SHUTTLE

ring is returned to its original position.

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20) Jog and shuttle operation

SHUTTLE ring

Use the ring to set various menus and search functions, to adjust the

playback speed, and to rewind or forward the image.

JOG dial

Use the dial to set various menus and search functions, and to forward or

reverse the image during playback (field-by-field).

2.

Rear Panel Connectors

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VIDEO

75ohm

OUT

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COMPOSITE

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S-VIDEO

ON

OFF

SCSI

CAMERA

IN

CAMERA

OUT

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AUDIO MIC

INOUT

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1) CAMERA IN connectors

These are BNC input connectors for 4 cameras

2) VIDEO OUT connectors

A BNC standard composite video output connector

3) CAMERA OUT connectors

These are BNC output (looping) connectors for cameras.

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4) S-VHS OUT connector

An S-VHS connector for separate luminance and chrominance (Y/C) signals

5) AUDIO OUT connector

This is an RCA output connector for an audio signal.

6) AUDIO IN connector

This is an RCA input connector for an audio signal.

7) MIC jack

This is an input connector for a microphone.

8) 75 Ohm Termination switch.

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9) SCSI-2 connector

This connector is for peripheral recording device.

10) ALARM IN/OUT terminal.

11) RJ-45 ETHERNET connector

12) RS-232C

13) AC power socket

14) Power Fan

3. Remote Controller

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AUDIO-PB

POWER

BACKUP

RESTORE

POWER

BACKUPAUDIO-PB

INFO

RESTORE

INFOR M A TIO N

ZOOM

MENU

TIME SEARCH

ZOOM

MENU

REC

PLAYT-SEARCH A-SEARCH

T

STOP STILL

CLEAR

A

P/T/Z

PAN/TILT/ZOOM

CLEAR

PALYBACK

ALARM SEARCH

REC STILL

STOP

FAST

FAST VIEW FIELD BY FIELD

QUAD

QUAD SCHEDULE REC ON/OFF

STEP

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NUMBER

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LIGHT

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LIGHT

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 Installation & Connections.

1. Camera, Monitor, Microphone, Alarm sensor and Power cord.

MONITOR

SENSOR#1

CAMERA#1

AUDIO OUT

MIC IN

Up to 4 cameras

CAMERA

IN

CAMERA

OUT

VIDEO OUT

S-VIDEO OUT

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AUDIO MIC

INOUT

MICROPHONE

2. Alarm inputs and Alarm outs.

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75ohm

ALARM IN

GND

VIDEO

OUT

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COMPOSITE

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S-VIDEO

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OFF

SCSI

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POWER CORD

ALARM IN 1

ALARM IN 2

ALARM IN 3

 Connection of N.O (Normally Open)

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ALARM IN 4

GND

ALARM OUTPUT

GND

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POWER OFF

POWER ON

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REC START

REC END

GND

3. External Backup Device connection.

1) DDS3 HP Sure Store DAT24

2) On-Stream ADR50 (50GB)

3) HDD SCSI-IF Type

CAMERA

IN

CAMERA

OUT

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AUDIO MIC

OUT IN

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75ohm

VIDEO

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COMPOSITE

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External Back-up Stroage

SCSI cable

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4. PAN/TILT/ZOOM Camera

1

) C&B Technology (Model: PTZ102)

2) The other models: as buyers request; the camera sample and protocol should be

supported.

RS485 to RS232C

CAMERA

IN

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OUT

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AUDIO MIC

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PTZ CAMERA

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CONTROL LINE

RS-232C

5. NETWORK connection.

1) Enter the IP address, Net mask and Gateway on the NETWORK

SET menu

2) PC system requirement.

(a) 200MHz CPU (b) 64MB RAM (c) 4MB Video Card (d) Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME (e) Spare 10-BaseT Ethernet Port

(f) RJ-45 Network Cable

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 Programming

1. MAIN MENU

1) Press the MENU button or SHUTTLE HOLD button to display the MAIN

MENU.

2) Press ST buttons or turn the JOG dial to go to the desired sub-menu.

3) Press X button or turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right to enter the desired

sub-menu..

4) Press the MENU button to exit the MAIN MENU.

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2. DISPLAY SET

1) Press the MENU button or SHUTTLE HOLD button to display the MAIN

MENU,

And then, press X button or turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right while the

DISPLAY SET flashes. The DISPLAY SET sub-menu appears.

2) Press S T buttons or turn the JOG dial to move to the desired item, and

then press W X buttons or turn the SHUTTLE ring to switch the options.

3) Settings (a) PIP SET : Choose two channels out of four cameras and set up main

picture(full screen) and PIP.

- You can choose the size of PIP: SMALL DUO LARGE

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- PIP POSITION: DOWN RIGHT  UP LEFT  UP RIGHT

DOWN LEFT

(b) BORDER LINE colors in quad mode.

BLACK (default)  DARK GRAY  GRAY  WHITE

(c) SEQ INTERVAL: Cameras can be sequenced individually,

and the sequence interval can be adjusted from 1 sec to 5 sec.

01SEC(default)  02SEC  03SEC  04SEC  05SEC

(d) CAMERA SELECT: Select the desired camera, and then the brightness,

contrast, color and sequence bypass of each camera can be adjusted

individually.

CAM1 (default)  CAM2  CAM3  CAM4

(e) BRIGHTNESS adjustment.

a) Camera number can be switched by pressing the number buttons

(1,2,3,4).

b) The brightness of each camera can be adjusted by pressing W X

buttons or by turning the SHUTTLE ring

CONTRAST adjustment.

(f )

a) Camera number can be switched by pressing the number

buttons (1,2,3,4)

b) The contrast of each camera can be adjusted by pressing W X

buttons or by turning the SHUTTLE ring.

(g) COLOR adjustment

a) Camera number can be switched by pressing the number buttons

(1,2,3,4).

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b) The contrast of each camera can be adjusted by pressing W X buttons

or by turning the SHUTTLE ring.

(h) LPF B/W (Low Pass Filter Bandwidth)

High: recommended for complicated image recording (Outside)

Low: recommended for simple image recording (Inside)

( i) SEQ. BYPASS (YES, NO)

If the SEQ. BYPASS is YES, then the selected camera will not be shown in

the sequential display mode.

To complete the setting and return to the MAIN MENU, press MENU button or

SHUTTLE HOLD button.

*NOTE:

- The vertical position of monitoring screen can be adjusted upward/downward by

Screen vertical position adjustment.

pressing the S or T button on the front panel/ remote controller in the

Stop/Recording mode.

3. RECORD SET

1) Press the MENU button or SHUTTLE HOLD button to display the MAIN

MENU,

And then, go to the RECORD SET using ST buttons or the JOG dial.

2) Press the X button or turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right while the

RECORD SET flashes. The RECORD SET sub-menu appears.

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3) Press S T buttons or turns the JOG dial to move to the desired item, and then

press W X buttons or turns the SHUTTLE ring to switch the options.

4) Settings

(a) RECORD GROUP

Select the current recording group you wish to record.

* Refer to the REC GROUP SET.

GROUP1 (default)  GROUP2  GROUP3  GROUP4

(b) AUDIO RECORD

NO (default)  MIC  LINE

(c) REPEAT RECORD (applies to both internal main HDD and external SCSI

DISK)

YES (default): the recorder overwrites data repeatedly from the

beginning of HDD when the end of the disk is reached

during recording.

NO: the recorder stops recording when the end of the disk is reached.

(d) MOTION AREA SET

 Press the X button and Select one of the cameras.

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 Motion Area SET sub-menu appears. Choose the area by numerical

order.

(e) MOTION SENSITIVITY

Sensitivity Level; LEVEL 1(Low sensitivity) – LEVEL 15(High sensitivity)

(f) MOTION DURATION

20 –40(default)-60-80-100-120-180-240 Sec

To complete the setting and return to the MAIN MENU, press MENU button or

SHUTTLE HOLD button.

4. RECORD GROUP SET & MOTION DETECTION SET

1) Press the MENU button or SHUTTLE HOLD button to display the MAIN

MENU,

And then, go to the REC GROUP SET using ST buttons or the JOG dial.

2) Press the X button or turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right while the REC

GROUP SET flashes. The REC GROUP SET sub-menu appears.

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