Speco D4WCSM1TB, D4WCSM2TB, D4WCSP1TB, D4WCSP2TB, D8CS1TB Quick Reference Guide

Quick Reference Guide

Speco Technologies D4CS, D8CS DVRs

Congratulations on purchasing your new CS DVR.

We hope that this Quick Reference Guide will help you quickly
setup and configure your new Speco Technologies DVR.

Thank you!

Front Panel and Rear Panel

① Menu Button
② Copy Button
③ Esc Button
④ Play/Stop Button
⑤ Camera Buttons

⑥ Arrow Buttons
⑦ Play/Pause Button
⑧ HDD LED
⑨ Power LED
⑩ USB Port

EZ Record Setup

1. If you selected the EZ Record,
selecting the Next button starts
the EZ Record.

2. Set the system date/time and
select the date / time format.

3. Set the time zone.
It can be selected on the map.

4. Set the system to use
daylight saving time.

EZ Network Setup

1. If you selected the
Go to EZ Network,
select the Next
button to start
the EZ Network.

2. Select whether or
not your DVR is
connected to the
Internet.

3. Select between Auto
Configuration and
Manual Configuration
for network
configuration.

Event Action Settings

1. Go to <Event> <Alarm-In, Motion Detection,
Video Loss, Video Blind, Text-In> to display
the Event Setting and Actions setup screens.

2. In each Event Actions screen, you can set the actions
(Record, Alarm-Out, Notify, PTZ, Spot Monitor and
Digital Deterrent) the DVR will take whenever it
senses alarm input, detects motion, loses video,
detects video blind and senses text input.

3. Go to <Event>
< System Event > to
display the System
Event setup screen.

① Video Input
② Audio In/Out
③ Factory Reset Switch
④ Video Out
⑤ Network Port

⑥ Alarm In/Out
⑦ RS485 Port
⑧ RS232 Port
⑨ Power Cord Connector

EZ Setup

1. Go to <System> <EZ Setup> to display the EZ Setup screen.
NOTE: The EZ Setup screen can only be accessed when logged
on as the admin user.

2. Select either EZ Record or EZ Network and select the Next button
to start the selected setup.

3. If you selected the EZ Record, selecting the Next button starts the
EZ Record.

5. Select the desired recording mode from: Motion Event
Record Continuous & Motion Event Record, and
Continuous Record.

6. Select the desired video quality profile from: HVQPP, SRP
and LRTPP.

7. Select the Finish button to finish the EZ Record and select the
Go to EZ Network button to start the EZ Network.

4. Select the Test button
to test the network
configuration you
selected.

NOTE: The network configuration you set should be tested by selecting
Test, otherwise the Next button cannot be selected, and you cannot
move to the next step.

5. Select the Use DVR
Name Service box to
use the DVR Name
Service.

6. Enter the IP address
or domain name of the
DVRNS server.

7. Set the port number
of the DVRNS server.

8. Select the Use NAT
box to use the NAT
(Network Address
Translation) device.

9. Enter the DVR name
to be registered on the
DVRNS server.

10. Select the Check
box to check whether
or not the name you
entered
can be used.

11. Select the Finish
button to finish the
EZ Setup

4. In the System Event
Actions screen, you can
set the actions
(Alarm-Out and Notify)
the DVR will take when
it detects system events.

Clip-Copy

The Clip-Copy screen can be used to copy video to an internal
DVD RW, or external USB hard disk or flash drives. The clip copy
can be simply done by pressing the “Copy” button on the front panel,
or selecting Clip-Copy or EZ Copy in the Search menu.

NOTE: The Clip Copy feature
requires the camera title or number
along with the date and time of the
recorded images to be copied.
To view the copied images,
remove the disk from the
DVD RW device and insert it into
any PC with a CD or DVD reader.
On the PC access the CD or DVD
drive device and select the image
file name. The executable Clip
Player software program will
open automatically displaying
playback controls for viewing
the video clip.

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Quick Reference Guide

Speco Technologies D4CS, D8CS DVRs

Event Search

1. Go to <Search Menu> < Event Log Search, Motion Search,
Text-In Search>. The event log list will be shown on the screen.
Highlight the event you would like to see and press the button.

For more specific search conditions, select <Option> and

enter search parameters then select <Search>. The search
results will be displayed in each screen.

2. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment.
Press the “PLAY/STOP” button to return to live monitoring.

Record Table Search

1. Go to <Search Menu> <Search Record Table Search>.
Recording information about video images currently
displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar.

2. Selecting the and icon
located at the bottom
switches to other
view modes.

Expanded View

Compact View

Standard View

3. Selecting displays eight hours (1-minute based), and
selecting displays 24 hours (3-minute based) at once.

4. Selecting located at the bottom displays the Calendar Search screen.

5. Selecting located at the bottom displays the Search menu.

Record Setup

1. Go to <Search Menu> <Search à Go To>. Selecting <Go to the First>
displays the first recorded image, selecting < Go to the Last> displays
the last recorded image, and selecting < Go to the Date/Time> displays
the Go to the Date/Time screen.

2. Enter a specific date and time and select
“OK” by pressing the button. The button
and arrow buttons to review the video.

SNS Notification

The DVR can be set up to post a message via SNS
(Social Network Service) when an event occurs. Go to <Network>
< Notification à SNS > to add and edit the SNS (Social Network Service)
account. The SNS account can be turned On or Off by highlighting the
boxes under the No. heading and pressing the button.

1. To add an SNS account, highlight the + and press the button.

2. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. Select Twitter
from the Type allows the DVR to post a tweet on Twitter when an
event occurs.

3. Highlight the box beside
User Name/Password
and press the button.

4. You can add and edit notification
schedules on this screen.
Highlight the + and press
the button to add a schedule.

System Setup

1.

After connecting the power cord, unit will be operational in 60 seconds.

NOTE:

Press the “MENU” button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the

2.
screen and then select (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu, enter the
password then press the button. There is no default password when
logging in the admin user for the first time. To assure the secure
management of the system, setting up a password is strongly recommended.

3. Go to <System> <Information> to name the site location, assign a

System ID number, select the language the screens are displayed in,
display software version number, upgrade the software, show the
System Log, show Event Status, display recorded time data, and
clear all data.

4. Go to <System> <Date/Time> to enter a new date and time.

5. Go to <System> <Storage> to display information about the

DVR’s storage devices.

There is no record button on the unit. Please refer to
the Record Setup section for the proper record settings.

6. Go to <System> <User> to add and
delete groups and users.

7. Go to <System> <EZ Setup> to
configure the system for basic
operation.

Pre-Event Recording

1. Go to <Record> <Pre-Event>
to set up pre-event recording.

2. You can turn individual cameras

On or Off for pre-event recording
and set the image speed, image
quality, resolution and the amount
of time to record prior to the
event (dwell).

NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time or Time & Event mode,
it ignores the pre-event settings and follows the time settings.

Network Setup

Device Setup

3. Go to <Devices> <Alarm-Out> to establish a schedule and set titles
for each alarm output from the DVR.

4. Go to <Devices> <Digital Deterrent> to set up the DVR to sound when
events are detected.

5. Go to <Devices> <Display> to select what information will be
displayed on the monitor and set up the main monitor.

6. Go to <Devices> <Remote Control> to select a port and make
correct settings for a remote control device.

Search and Playback

1. Press the “PLAY/STOP” button on the front panel or select
(Search Mode) in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the Playback
mode. If a user who has Search authority logs into the system, the
user can view recorded images.

2. Press the “MENU” button while in the Search mode or move the
mouse pointer to the top of the screen to display the Search Menu.
Select the type of search using the arrow buttons and press the button.

Display
Search
Go To

Bookmark

1. Go to <Network> <Network>
to set the transfer speed and
remote quality to limit
bandwidth used to the
remote site.

2. Go to <Network> <LAN>
to select the type of network
configuration first then set up
LAN parameters for the
selected network configuration

1. Go to <Devices> <Camera> to turn On or Off each
camera, assign camera titles and hide
the video of covert cameras.

2. Go to <Devices> <Audio> to select which camera
you want associated with what audio input
and enable audio out.

Export
Camera Menu
Alarm
Digital Deterrent

Panic
Data Source

11

Playback

Record Setup

1. Go to <Record> <Settings> to configure recording settings.
Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between
On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest
video data once all available storage space has been used.
When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all
available storage space has been used.

2. Go to <Record> <Panic Record> to configure panic recording
settings. Highlight Use Panic Recording and press the button to
toggle between On and Off. When setting to On, set the length of
time of the duration, images per second and quality for panic
recording.

Recording Schedule

1. Go to <Record> <Schedule> to set up the recording schedule.

2. Highlight Schedule On and press the button to toggle between
On and Off. In the Schedule On mode, the DVR records video based
on the schedule established in the Schedule screen. When turning
Schedule recording Off, you will be asked to confirm your decision.
Panic recording will function even when Schedule is turned off.

3. Select the schedule mode between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode
first. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule item, and
highlight the box under the heading and press the button to delete the
recording settings.
NOTE: Refer to the User’s Manual for each schedule mode for details.

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