Super Circuits DMR81U, DMR82U User Manual

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CAUTION

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER.
NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
PLEASE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class “A” digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause harmful interference in which case the users will be required to correct the
interference at their own expense.

FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, use only shielded interface cables
when connecting to computer or peripheral devices. Any changes or
modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

This Class A digital apparatus meets all the requirements of the Canadian
Interference Causing Equipment Regulations.

WARNING

TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS
APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY

KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THE THIRD PARTY’S
RIGHT.

 THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR

TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE ADDED TO THE INFORMATION
HEREIN, AT ANY TIME, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THIS PUBLICATION
AND/OR THE CORRESPONDING PRODUCT(S).

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SUPPLIER BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY OR ANY PERSON,
EXCEPT FOR REPLACEMENT OR REASONABLE MAINTENANCE OF THE
PRODUCT, FOR THE CASES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
FOLLOWINGS:

 ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS, INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR

INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY, ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THE PRODUCT;

 PERSONAL INJURY OR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE USE OR

NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF THE USER;

 UNAUTHORIZED DISASSEMBLE, REPAIR OR MODIFICATION OF THE

PRODUCT BY THE USER;

 ANY PROBLEM, CONSEQUENTIAL INCONVENIENCE, OR LOSS OR DAMAGE,

ARISING OUT OF THE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH THE DEVICES OF THE
THIRD PARTY;

 ANY CLAIM OR ACTION FOR DAMAGES, BROUGHT BY ANY PERSON OR

ORGANIZATION BEING A PHOTOGENIC SUBJECT, DUE TO VIOLATION OF
PRIVACY WITH THE RESULT OF THAT SURVEILLANCE-CAMERA’S PICTURE,
INCLUDING SAVED DATA, FOR SOME REASON, BECOMES PUBLIC OR IS USED
FOR THE PURPOSE OTHER THAN SURVEILLANCE.

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PRECAUTIONS

 Please refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service

personnel or system installers.

 Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power

source ratings.

Use the appliance at temperatures between 0oC ~ +45oC (32oF ~ 113oF) and hum idity
below 85%.
The input power source for this appliance is between 90 ~ 264 VAC, 47 ~ 63 Hz.

Performance and lifetime of hard disk drives are easily af fected by heat (used at high

temperature). It is recommended to use this appliance at temperature b etween +20oC ~
+30oC (68oF ~ 86oF)

 Handle the hard disk drives with care.

It is possible to dam age them if they are moved while their motors are still running. Do
not move them just after turning the power on or off (for around 30 seconds).
Protect the hard disk drives from static electricity.
Do not stack them or keep them upright.
Do not use an electric screwdriver to fix them.

 Clean only with dry cloth.
 Do not block any ventilation openings.
 Do not use the appliance near any heat sources su ch as radiators, heat registers, stoves or

other apparatus that produce heat.

 Protect the power cord from being stepped on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenient

receptacles and the points where they exit from the apparatus.

 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.

 Handle the appliance with care. Do not st rike or shake, as this m ay da mage the

appliance.

 Do not expose the applia nce to water or m oisture, nor try to operate it in wet areas. Do

take imm ediate action if the appliance becomes wet. T urn the pow er of f and refer
servicing to qualif ied s ervice personnel. Moisture may damage the ap pliance and also
cause electric shock.

 Do not use strong or abrasive deter gents wh en cleaning the appliance body . When the

dirt is hard to remove, use a mild detergent and wipe gently.

 Do not overload outlets and extens ion cords as this m ay result in a risk of fire or electric

shock.

 Please make a note of your settings and save them. This will help when you are required

to change the system configuration, or when unexpected failure or trouble occurs.

 Distributing, copying, d isassembling, reverse compiling, reverse eng ineering, and also

exporting in violation of export laws of the software provided with this product, is
expressly prohibited.

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Table of Content

0.Quick Reference to Start this DVR························································

1.Product Overview····················································································

1.1Features·······························································································

2. Panels And Remote Controller······························································

2.1 Front Panel·························································································

2.2 Back Panel·························································································

2.3 Remote Controller·············································································

3. Hardware Installations···········································································

3.1 Basic Connections··············································································

3.2 Hard Disk and Internal DVD Burner Install····································

3.3 PTZ Control Connections··································································

4. Power-on DVR and Quck Start·····························································

4.1 Live View Screen(Status Bar)····························································

4.2 Main Menu(Tools Bar)······································································

4.3 Format HDD······················································································

4.4 Video Record·····················································································

4.5 Video Playback··················································································

4.6 Video Backup·····················································································

4.7 Play Backup Video on PC··································································

4.8 PTZ Control·······················································································

5. DVR Setting····························································································

5.1 Menu Tree & Operate········································································

5.2 System Setting···················································································

5.2.1 Language····················································································

5.2.2 V

ideo

Standard···········································································

5.2.3 VGA Setting···············································································

5.2.4 Time Format···············································································

5.2.5 Time Setting···············································································

5.2.6 Password Setting and what if forgotten·····································

5.2.7 Hard Disk Overwrite··································································

5.2.8 Create/Delete User Account, assign its authorities, set up SEQ

Display(Preview Cruise), Lock Cameras and Spot Setting·····················

5.3 Record Setting····················································································

5.3.1 Video Channel············································································

5.3.2 Record Schedule········································································

5.3.3 Video Qaulity·············································································

5.3.4 Record Fram Rate······································································

5.3.5 Record Source············································································

5.3.6 OSD Setting···············································································

5.3.7 Record Resolution······································································

5.3.8 Dual streaming for network(Record-Advanced Setting)···········

5.4 Video Setting···················································································

5.4.1 Video Channel·········································································

5.4.2 PTZ Protocol··············································································

5.4.3 PTZ Buad Rate···········································································

5.4.4 PTZ ID·······················································································

5.4.5 Color Setting··············································································

5.4.6 Motion Detection & Region······················································

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5.4.7 Privacy Mask(Mosaic)······························································

5.4.8 Motion, Video Lost and Channel Name(Video-Advanced
Setting)································································································

5.5 Net Setting·························································································

5.5.1 Network(Static IP/DHCP)·························································

5.5.2 Http Port·····················································································

5.5.3 Command Port···········································································

5.5.4 Media Port··················································································

5.5.5 PPPoE/DDNS(Net-Second Page)··············································

5.5.6 E-Mail Server·············································································

5.6 Alarm Input/Output Setting ······························································

5.6.1 Alarm Input Channel··································································

5.6.2 Alarm Input Type·······································································

5.6.3 Event Handling··········································································

5.6.4 Alarm Setting(Schedule), Zoom Out and HDD Full actions·····

5.7 Maintenance ······················································································

5.7.1 Log View····················································································

5.7.2 Software Upgrade······································································

5.7.3 HDD Manage·············································································

5.7.4 HDD Capacity············································································

5.7.5 Hardware Version·······································································

5.7.6 Software Version········································································

5.7.7 Software Release Date·······························································

5.8 Save & Exit ·······················································································

6.

We

b Browser Operation(IE Browser Only)·········································

6.1 Enable Download Un-Signed ActiveX control··································

6.2 Turn off UAC for Windows 7 and Vista ···········································

6.3 Web Browser Main Screen································································

6.4 Alarm Notification·············································································

6.5 Device Parameters Setting·································································

6.6 Video Files Playback & Download····················································

6.6.1 Video Files Playback··································································

6.6.2 Download Video Files································································

6.6.3 Device Log·················································································

6.6.4 Water Mark Verification·····························································

6.7 Channels allocation in camera view windows··································

7. 3G/3.5G Mobile Phone/PDA Support ··················································

7.1 Windows Mobile PDA·······································································

7.2 Nokia/Samsung/LG Symbian S60 3

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/S60 5th Phones·······················

7.3 3G/3.5G iPhone Series·······································································

7.4 Blackberry Series················································································

8.Appendix··································································································
Appendix A – HDD Capacity/Recording Time Estimate························

Appendix B – Compatible HDD List·······················································
Appendix C – Compatible USB portable DVD Burner List····················
Appendix D – What is inside the CD·······················································
Appendix E – What is inside the DVR Package······································
Appendix F– Change Notice····································································

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0. Quick Reference to Start this DVR

Please Refer to the Manual inside the CD for details, the hard
copy is only for reference

WWhhaatt iiss iinnssiiddee tthhee DDVVRR ppaacckkaaggee??

Please refer to Appendix E– What is inside the DVR package

CChhaannggee NNoottiiccee::

Please refer to Appendix F– Change Notice for details.

Before Turning On The System

 Please install SATA HDD in the Hard Disk Tray. (Chapter 3.2 and Appendix B)
 Please refer to Chapter 3 for all connections.
 To use the remote controller (Chapter 2.3)

After Turning On The System

 Please wait for about 40 seconds for the system to start up.
 Please log in the sy stem ( Chapter 4 ), and then ph ysically format the HDDs ( Chapter

4.3). (Please note that the H DDs cann ot be used for recording if they are not

formatted yet.)

 Please refer to Chapter 4 for all basic operations.
 Please ref er to Chapter 5.2 to setup the system correctly , esp. for NTSC/P AL, Record

Resolution, Time & Language.

 Please refer to Chapter 4.4 and Chapter 5.3 for recording setting.
 Please refer to Chapter 4.5, Chapter 4.6, Chapter 4.7 to search, playback, and archive the

recorded video/audio.

 Please ref er to Chapter 5.4.6

/5.4.8 for motion Detection, Chapter 5.4.7 for Privacy

Mask(Mosaic), and Chapter 5.6

for Alarm setting

 Please refer to Chapter 3.3 for PTZ camera connection, Chapter 4.8 and Chapter 5.4 to

set up and control the PTZ cameras correctly.

 Please refer to Chapter 5.5 for Network Setting including DHCP/Static IP/PPPoE, ports no.,

DDNS and E-mail Server

 Please refer to Chapter 6 for remote access via internet or intranet from PC/Laptop
 Please refer to Chapter 7 for remote access via internet or intranet from mobile phone
 Please refer to Appendix A for the estimated recording time.
 Please ref er to Appendix B and Appendix C for the comp atible HDD/USB port able DVD

Burner List

Login/Logout The System

 Logout : MENU(Setting) →SAVE→Logout
 Login: Power on or after Logout

Setup The System

 Format HDD : MENU(Setting) → <Maintenance> → <HDD Manage>→Click〖>>〗→

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【Formatting】to start HDD format..

 Change Language, Time, NTSC/PAL, Record Resolution, Password, User Auority :

MENU(Setting) →<System>

 Setup PTZ: MENU(Setting) →<Camera>
 Setup Network: MENU(Setting) →<Net> →<Network> Static IP/DHCP, or MENU(Setting)

→<Net> →<Next Page> for PPPoE/DDNS

 Change Network Port: MENU(Setting) →<Net> →<Network> for Http/Command/Media

Ports, MENU(Setting) →<Net> →<Next Page> for Mobile Port

 Set up E-mail Server: MENU(Setting) →<Net> →<Network> →<Next Page>→<Next

Page>

Basic Operations

 Change Split Window : CH1 ~ Ch4 / , or 1 ~ 8/ in the remote control
 Move Focus : ▲, ▼, ◄, ►

 Search/Playback/Backup : for faceplate/remote control, and for OSD, please

refer to Chapter 4.5

Video playback and Chapter 4.6 Video Backup

Remote Access -> Before Logging On

 User’s computer need download ActiveX co mponents for web access at the first time

connect to DVR. If user ’s Internet explor er prohibit s the download action then please
manually enable the download of un-signed ActiveX in IE.

 Download unsigned ActiveX controlsÆ Enable or Prompt
 Initialized and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Æ Enable or Prompt
 If has upgraded this DVR for new version software, it is better to delete some components

from the C:\WINDOWS\system32 of PC used to remote access this DVR by the batch
command file “WebOcxClean.dat” inside the CD:\Multiplex H264 DVR Utility, please

close IE before run this batch command file.

Remote Access -> IE Operations

 Please note that the PC user must login as system a dministrator, otherwise the process

will fail, and an error dialog will be shown.
For the Windows 7/Vista, please turn off the UAC function – Chapter 6.2 Turn off UAC for

Windows 7 and Vista, and source info:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx

 Please refer to Chapter 6

for details

Remote Access -> Mobile Player

 These DVRs have mobile player sof tware for 3G/3.5G mobile phone/ PDA(Windows

Mobile/iPhone/Nokia/Blackberrry), please refer to 7. 3G/3.5G Mobile Pho ne/PDA Support
for more details.

 For limited upload bandwidth of internet that DVRs connect, or limited streaming capability

of some mobile phone/PDA, you have to adjust bandwidth of DVR to internet, please refer
to 5.3.8 Dual Streaming for Network(Record- Advanced Setting) or 6.5 Device Parameters

Settings - ChannelÆ Camera setting, Sub Bitstream, Subcode (from IE) for more details

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1. Product Overview

1.1 Features

Model

8 Channel 16 Channel

Video Format PAL/NSTC

Video Compression H.264 Baseline Compression

Video Input BNC 8 Input / 1 Output BNC 16 Input / 1 Output

Video Main Output

BNC x 1 and VGA(maximum 1920 x 1080 resolution)
display simultaneously

Call(SPOT) Out N.V. BNC Output

Audio Compression G.726 8Kx16bit ADPCM Mono

Audio Input RCA 8 Input / 1 Output RCA 16 Input / 1 Output

Alarm Type

Motion detection, Sensor Input, Relay Output , Video
Lost

Sensor In/Out 4 Inputs / 1 Output

16 Inputs/ 4 Outputs(NC,
NO relay)

Display Frame Rate

Each Channel PAL：25 FPS, NTSC：30 FPS

Recording

Resolution and

Frame Rate

PAL：CIF 200FPS/352×288

Half D1 100FPS/704x288

D1 50FPS/704x576

NTSC:CIF 240FPS/352×240

Half D1 120FPS/704x240

D1 60FPS/704x480

PAL：CIF 400FPS/352×288

Half D1 200FPS/704x288

D1 100FPS/704x576

NTSC:CIF 480FPS/352×240

Half D1 240FPS/704x240

D1 120FPS/704x480

Playback

Resolution and

Frame Rate

1CH/4CH
PAL：CIF 100FPS/352×288

Half D1 50FPS/704x288

D1 25FPS/704x576

NTSC:CIF 120FPS/352×240

Half D1 60FPS/704x240

D1 30FPS/704x480

Record method

Power-on Auto Record, Schedule Record
(Manual Record, Motion Detection, Sensor Trigger)
Support Privacy Mask(Mosaic)

Storage

SATA Interface support 2000GB for each HDD, up to
maximum 2 SATA HDDs(4TB), or 4 SATA HDDs(8TB)
optional(only for special 16CH version)
Internal SATA DVD Burner capability

Network Protocol TCPIP/ DHCP/DNNS/PPPoE/E-Mail

Network Function

IE Browser Live Monitor, Configuration, Download
Video, Playback, and Mobile Phone Surveillance

USB 2.0 Interface

Mouse / Portable Mobile HDD/ Flash Drive/Portable
DVD Burner/ Firmware Upgrade

Playback method Normal Play, Fast Forward, Backward, Single Step

Network Interface RJ45 10M/ 100M Ethernet Auto Detect

PTZ Protocol PELCO-P ,PELCO-D, Samsung, Panasonic

Video Backup

AVI, MPEG4 or H.264 Raw for USB Flash Disk
MPEG4 format for internal or USB DVD Burner

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3. ESC

Exit window or switch the tool bar(main menu) and status bar

4. REC

Start or Stop manual record function.

5. Backup

Open video search and backup menu

6. Play/Pause ( )

Open video search and playback menu. Press to play/pause playback when activated

7. PTZ

Open camera selected with PTZ operation menu.

8. , , ,

Arrow Buttons. Press , to m ove to selection box, press , to sele ct s ubmenu
parameters.

9. Enter

Confirm operation.

10. Power LED

11. HDD LED

12. IR Window

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Support PTZ camera control

16CH DVR:
Alarm Input Connectors (ALARM IN 1-8, Ground, 9-16, Ground)

Connect to external sensor device

Alarm Output Connectors (ALARM OUT 1+, 1-, 2+, 2-, 3+, 3-, 4+, 4-)

Connect to external sensor device

RS-422 Connector (TX+, TX-, RX+, RX-)
RS-485 Connector (TX+, TX-)

Support PTZ camera control

10. Power Switch

11. Power Input Socket (12V DC)

12. Fan: 16CH DVR on the side

2.3 Remote Controller

The remote controller is an accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by
the remote controller instead of the buttons on the front panel.

1. Alpha-numeric Buttons (1-9, 0, 10+)

Press these buttons for camera selection in most circumstances as on the front panel. These
buttons can also be used to enter text and number

2. DEL Button (DEL)

In text editing mode, this button is used as “del” key.

3. Alarm Reset Button

Press this button to cancel alarm activation; click this button will pop a message to show the
present alarm information.

4.

Contrast Button

Adjust image contrast up(+)/down(-).

5. Brightness Button

Adjust image brightness up(+)/down(-).

6. Stop Button (

)

Press this button to stop the playback.

7. Play/Pause Button (

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Press this button to search and play the recorded images, or pause the playback.

8. Fast Forward Button ( )

Press this button for fast forward playback.

9. Fast Backward Button ( )

Press this button for fast backward playback.

10. Function Key(FN)

Start time and Stop time setting of playback or back up in schedule record(Chapter 4.5 Video

Playback), or 5.4.6 Motion/5.4.7 Privacy Mask setting(Mosaic) setting, or 5.3.2 Record
Schedule/5.6.4 Alarm Schedule setting

11. Single Step Button ( )

Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame.

The Other Buttons

Each of the other bu ttons corresponds to one of thos e buttons on the front panel. Please refer
to the descriptions in Section 2.1. Front Panel

3. Hardware Installation

3.1 Basic Connections

 Cameras

Connect the camera output to video input connector in real panel of the DVR.
The video input interface is standard BNC connector, 1Vp-p, 75 Ω.

 Audio Connector

The audio input interface is standard RCA socket, 2Vp-p, 600 Ω.

The audio input resistance is a little bit high; please use active sound collection device or
active microphone. And the audio signal cable should keep away from the interference of

strong electromagnetism and electric field.

 Monitor

Connect the m ain output connector to a m onitor. Use BNC-to-RCA connector to work with
Audio/Video RCA cable.

 Power

Use adapter come along with DVR, plug 12VDC output connector into the power socket.

 Alarm Input/output

Please refer to Chapter 5.6.2.

 Ethernet

Connect the Ethernet connector to a standard tw isted-pair Ethernet cable for rem ote access via
LAN or internet

 USB 2.0

Support Mouse, USB Flash Drive, USB portable HDD, USB portable DVD Burner.

Only support FAT32 file system.

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3.2 Hard Disk and internal DVD Burner Install

There are u sually p ower cable and data cable with the DVD
Burner you buy, connect to our DVR as follows(right):

Internal DVD Burner message appears only in Video Backup with MPEG4 format, please
refer to Chapter 4.6 Video Backup

3.3 PTZ Control Connections

Connect the PTZ control interface to RS485 TX+ and TX- interfaces of rear panel.

8CH DVR

16CH DVR

HDD must be formatted by DVR system before it can be used to record.
PS. Do not format HDD by PC, it will cause incompatibility.
Please refer to Section 4.3 Format HDD to format the HDD.

Please refer to PTZ setting section for 5.4.2 ~5.4.4 PTZ protocols, baud rates

and IDs

Data Cable

Power Cable

Data Cable

Power Cable

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4. Power-on DVR and Quick Start

Power-on the DVR and wait for system program loading. The DVR will buzz and “NO Hard
Disk” appears when no hard disk installed in DVR.

First window will request to select user account and password to operate DVR system.

Default password of Admin is [888888] User is [666666]

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DVR system status bar at the bottom of the screen. Right-click mouse key or press 【Enter】at
front panel will open【Tools Bar】for system setting and operating.

4.1 Live view screen(Status Bar)

 Single Channel display

When in 4/9/16 split view modes, the window with highlight green border is the current

selected one. User can use mouse or press 【Direction】 buttons to switch to another channel.
If the audio output device is connected, the audio can also be monitor together with video. User

can select to display a single particular channel by pressing the corresponding 【Numbers】
buttons 0~9.

When in single split view mode, user can enter into 4/9/16 splits view mode by pressing

button directly, or reverse.

 Channel Status Display

Indication of “motion detection” / “common recording” / “alarm recording” and etc. will be
displayed on the right upper corner of each split screen

. The details are as follows:

Indicates “ motion detection” .

Blue indicates “ common recording”

Green indicates “ motion detection triggered recording”

Red indicates “ alarm triggered recording”

Grey indicates “ manual recording”

 Status Bar - Peripheral alarm input / alarm output/HDD/Network display

Indication will be displayed on system status bar:

8CH

16CH

The four icons(8CH) or 16 icons(16CH) indicate the alarm input status. When happened, it

changes into red color

8CH

16CH

The last icon(8CH) or four icons(16CH) indicates alarm output. When happened, it changes

into red color.

8CH

16CH

HDD normal(blue) HDD Failure(red) Network connected(blue) Network

disconnected(gray) HDD percentage recorded No. of cameras network

connected Hard Disk Overwrite

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4.2 Main Menu(Tools Bar)

Right click mouse or press 【Enter】 button in preview mode, the Tool Bar shown as below will
appear:

: Hide the tool bar.

: System configuration : Manual record

: Search, playback and backup record files : PTZ operation

: Cancel alarm notification. Click this button will pop a message to show the present alarm

information.

Shut down the system, only for 16CH DVR

. 、 、 、 ：To switch screen display mode - “Single camera” Æ “Quad 4 camera”
Æ”9 camera” Æ”16 camera”

：To adjust the screen, 8 pixels per unit can be adjusted as follows:

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、 ：To reduce or increase screen in vertical direction.

、 ：To reduce or increase screen in horizontal direction.

、 、 、 ：To move the screen up, down, left, right

：To zoom out the screen to largest and show in central.

4.3 Format HDD

Login DVR system as【Admin】account.

Select <Tool Bar> → <Setting> → <Maintenance> → <HDD Manage> item.
Click〖>>〗to open HDD Mange window.

HDD information will display on the windows if DVR detection HDD correctly.

Click 【Formatting】to start HDD format.

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4.4 Video Record

There are two methods to precede record in DVR, manual record and schedule record.
The priority of manual record is higher than schedule. If the record schedule is conflict with

manual record, the manual record will be processed firstly until the manual record being canceled.
Record types include “common recording” / “alarm triggered recording” / “motion detection
triggered recording” / “alarm & motion detection triggered recording”, the following indications
will be displayed on the right upper corner of each split screen

Blue indicates “ common recording”

Green indicates “ motion detection triggered recording”

Red indicates “ alarm triggered recording”

Grey indicates “ manual recording”

 Manual Record

Please select <Tool Bar>→<Manual Record> to let the specific channel record or not. Press
【●】 button to start/stop recording manually.

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 Schedule Record

Please select <Tool Bar> → < Setting > → <Record> → < Record Schedule> to set.
The setting screen is shown as the figure below:

①

． The current recording channel number

②

． The record schedule

③

． Description of record type

System provides a recording option for 24 hours every day and Sunday through Saturday
every week. Unit is hour. One grid indicates one hour.

Move highlight icon to a time grid using 【Direction】 buttons.
Specify the recording type by repeat pressing 【Enter】 button or double left clicking
mouse,(the color of the grid will change relevantly).

Select OK to confirm settings. The settings will take effect after being saved.

For the detailed operations, please refer to 5.3.2 Record Schedule

When motion detection & alarm recording is selected, the motion
detection sensitivity and area should be set ahead. Please refer to 5.4.6

Motion Detection Settings for details.

When alarm recording is selected, the alarm triggering settings should
be set ahead. Please refer to 5.6.3 Event Handling for details.

The video recorded manually is named “common recording”