Trendnet TV-NVR104K User Manual

TRENDnet User’s Guide TV-NVR104K

Product Overview

TV-NVR104K

Package Contents

TV-NVR104K package includes:

• TV-NVR104 Network Video Recorder

• 2 x TV-IP320PI Network Cameras

• 2 x Network cable (100 ft.)

• Network cable (1.8 m / 6 ft.)

• HDMI cable (1.8 m / 6 ft.)

• Multi-Language Quick Installation Guide

• CD-ROM (User’s Guide)

• Camera mounting accessories

• Power adapter (48V DC, 1A)

If any package content is missing or damaged, please contact the retail store, online retailer, or reseller/distributor from which the product was purchased.

Features

TRENDnet’s standalone 4-Channel HD PoE NVR Kit, model TV-NVR104K, offers a comprehensive video display, storage, and management solution which features a plug and play PoE camera installation*. The TVNVR104K comes with a pre-installed 1 TB hard drive and two powerful TV-IP320PI Outdoor 1.3 MP HD PoE IR Network Cameras. The NVR networks and powers up to four PoE cameras*, auto-recognizes TRENDnet cameras, records over 6.5 days of continuous video**, and supports advanced video playback.

*See list of compatible cameras **6.5 days of continuous video per camera with four cameras recording 1280 x 960

at 30 fps and set to medium VBR

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TV-NVR104 Hardware

PoE Ports

Plug and play PoE network cameras to the four PoE (IEEE 802.3af) ports with a total PoE budget of 35 Watts

Storage Bay

Pre-installed 1 TB SATA hard drive

Network Port

Ethernet network port

Display Ports

HDMI and VGA display ports

Audio Ports

Audio in and out ports

USB Ports

One USB port for the included mouse and one for configuration backup and firmware upgrade

TV-NVR104 Management

Remote Access

Access the NVR over the internet

Camera Setup

Auto-recognizes compatible TRENDnet cameras*

Live View

Single camera and quad-view modes with variable-time auto-scan function

Camera Management

For each camera, manage on screen display, image settings, PTZ functionality, motion detection, privacy masks, tamper detection, and video loss

Video Recording**

Record up to Full 1080p HD video at 30 fps in H.264 compression (included TV-IP320PI cameras record up to 1280 x 960)

Recording Time

 6.5 days of recording per camera: 4x cameras with continuous

recording at 1280 x 960 at 30 fps

 8.5 days of recording per camera: 4x cameras with continuous

recording at 720p at 30 fps

Scheduled Recording

Create weekly continuous and motion detection recording schedules for each camera with video overwrite when storage is full

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Advanced Playback

Advanced archived video playback with a quick reference timeline and calendar

Video Export

Quickly export specific video types over a specified time

Dynamic DNS Support

Support for dyn.com and NO-IP.org

IPv6

IPv6 support

ONVIF

ONVIF compliant

TV-IP320PI Hardware

Adjustable Bracket

Fully adjustable integrated mounting bracket provides installation flexibility

PoE

Save installation costs with Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af)

Outdoor Ready

Outdoor IP66 weather rated and an operating temperature range of -30 – 60 °C (-22 – 140 °F)

1.3 Megapixel

Record 1280 x 960 pixel HD video at 30 fps in H.264 compression

Night Vision

Night vision up to 30 meters (100 ft.) in complete darkness

Smart IR

Dynamic IR adjustment optimizes night visibility

D-WDR

Digital Wide Dynamic Range improves video quality in high contrast lighting environments

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Power:

Solid: The power is on. Off: The power is off.

Storage:

Blink: The system is reading or writing the built-in

storage.

Off: The system is not accessing the storage.

Network:

The LEDs on network port are always off

Power:

Power socket of camera (48V DC, 1.04A)

Note: Use only the adapter that came with your camera

Audio In:

RCA connector to active microphone (1.0Vp-p, 1kΩ)

Audio Out:

RCA connector to speaker (1.0Vp-p, 1kΩ)

VGA:

Connect to VGA monitor with resolution higher than 1024 x 768

HDMI:

Connect to HDMI monitor or HDTV

USB:

Connect to optical mouse and/or external USB flash drive for file import and export.

Network:

Connect to your office or home network for remote access and viewing

PoE:

Connect 802.3af (15.4W Max.) cameras.

Grounding

Point:

Connect to grounding wire. This is especially important when you install your camera outdoor.

Power

Storage

Network

Audio

Power

VGA

HDMI

USB

Network Port

PoE

Grounding Point

TV-NVR104 Front View

TV-NVR104 Back Panel

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Sun Shield:

Protect camera lens from direct exposure to the Sun.

Reset Button:

Push and hold the reset button then power on the camera. Keep holding the reset button for more than 10 seconds to reset configuration to factory default.

Grounding

Screw:

Connects to electric ground.

Lock Ring:

Loosen to adjust the camera position. Tighten to hold the camera position.

Ambient

Light

Sensor:

Detects the brightness in the environment and enable day/night modes automatically.

IR LEDs:

Infra-red LEDs for night vision.

Sun Shield

IR LEDs

Ambient Light Sensor

Sun Shield

Grounding

Screw

Lock Ring

Reset Button

Mounting Base

10/100 PoE Network

DC Power 12V DC

1A

TV-IP320PI Hardware Overview

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Hardware installation

TV-NVR104K comes with everything you need to set up a basic network surveillance system. Just connect to a monitor or HDTV (not included in this package), you can do the live view and settings on the NVR.

It is recommended to setup the system on your table before physically wiring and mounting the cameras.

Wiring for System Setup

Connect NVR to your network (optional)

If you want to remote access the NVR and want to install the TV-NVR104 on your home network, you can connect the NVR to the network in the first beginning, by connecting one end of your network cable to your home router or network switch, and then connect the other end of the cable to the network port on TV-NVR104.

The TV-NVR104 install cameras automatically after power up. If you decide the let the NVR gets its IP dynamically or setup the IP address to your network, please setup your NVR without camera connected. After the IP set up, power off the NVR and then going through the installation again.

Connect to the cameras

Using the included network cables connect the TV-IP320PI camera’s PoE network port to any of the PoE network ports on the NVR. The TVNVR104 powers up the PoE cameras over the network cable. (So, the optional power connection on the cameras are not using in this installation.)

Connecting the power supply

1. Connect the 48V DC power adapter to the TV-NVR104 power port.

2. Connect the power cables to the power adapters.

3. Plug the power cables into a power source.

4. Connect the grounding point to a ground wire.

Connect to the monitor or TV

Connect a monitor to either the HDMI or VGA port.

Connect the mouse

Connect the included mouse to one of the USB ports.

NVR Installation

Setup a safe and secured place for your NVR. Place it in a locked or not easy accessed place can add more factors in the security. Connecting to a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) is recommended.

Provide a good ventilation and away from clusters and damp environment is also important to the location of your NVR device. Make the NVR installation accessible for annual maintenance to clean up the fan or replace the hard drive is a decent consideration for maintenance.

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Camera Installation

There are number of factors involved in a successful camera installation. Follow the suggested installation steps and go through the check lists. This guide will help you make your camera installation smoothly and easily.

Viewing angle

The TV-IP320PI is a bullet camera with a focused viewing angle (70 horizontal) that provides non-distorted and detailed images. Choose the location where has good angle to shoot the image you expect to see. The motion detection area should also be considered when installing the camera.

Weather conditions

The TV-IP320PI is a small bullet camera, which fits most installations indoor and outdoor. The camera can work under a wide range of weather conditions. For severe weather conditions, a camera housing with temperature and moisture control is recommended. Using the camera in milder weather conditions will help extend the camera’s product life and preserve the quality of the video image.

• Sunlight: Avoid direct sun light exposure into the lens. Direct sun

light will damage the image sensor. If sunlight is necessary for your viewing purposes, provide protection for the image sensor.

• Lighting: Consider installing your camera faces the same direction

of the light sources. Shooting images with top-down position outdoor or next to the existing light source are good choices. Avoid the light source if it creates a shade that darkens the viewing area.

• Moisture: Avoid damp or moist environments whenever you can.

The TV-IP320PI is an IP66 grade water proof camera, and it will work in moist environments. However, rain may affect the picture quality, especially at night, water may reflect the light from the infra-red illumination and degrade picture quality.

• Temperature: TV-IP320PI works within a specified temperature

range. Areas with severe temperatures should be avoided when installing the camera. It’s recommended that you use an enclosure with a heater and blower if you plan on using this camera outside of the specified temperature range.

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List of keyboard styles

English keyboard (default)

Numeric keyboard

Special characters

English keyboard

Lower case (default)

Upper case

Keyboard Style

Capital

Special

Characters

Basic System Setup

Soft Keyboard Instruction

To set up your TV-NVR104 with the mouse, you can invoke the soft keyboard on the screen to enter the text.

Keyboard styles

There are three keyboard styles available, English letter, numeric, and special characters. The default keyboard style is English letter keyboard in lower case letter mode. Click the keyboard style button if you want to change it into another style.

English keyboard

Click on the letter of your choice to enter the text. Click on the toggle button on lower left corner to switch between upper case and lower case (default)

Numeric keyboard

Click on to change the English keyboard to numeric keyboard.

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Special characters

Click on to the lower left corner to enable the special character

menu. Click on or on upper right corner to browse through the

special characters. Click on the special character of your choice.

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Enter default password admin and your new password here.

Then click on

Next.

Setup Wizard

1. Setup wizard will show up after the TV-NVR104 is powered up. Click

Next to start the wizard.

2. Click the text field to the right of Admin Password. Enter the default

administrator password of admin. Click the text field to the right of New Admin Password to enter a new administrator password.

3. Enter the new password again in the Confirm text field and then click

Next.

Note: After the new password is setup, the NVR will install the TV-IP320PI automatically in the background. When the camera installation is done, live video will be displayed.

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5. Time Zone

6. Date Format

7. Date

8. Time

4. Click the selection list to the right of Time Zone.

5. Select your time zone.

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6. Click the selection list to the right of Date Format and then select a

date format.

7. Click the selection list to the right of System Date.

8. Click the selection list to the right of System Time and then enter the

time with 24-hour format.

9. Click OK to exit the wizard.

 Select the year by clicking on left or right arrow.  Select the month by clicking on left or right arrow.  Select the day by clicking on the date.

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Start Recording

You can start recording immediately just with a few clicks. In Live View, right click on the mouse. A short menu will come up. Choose Start Recording and then Continuous Record.

Click Yes to start continuous recording. (For more advanced video recording features, please see Scheduled recording on page 70 for more details.)

Instant Playback

Move your mouse pointer over the camera display you want to playback the video and select the display by click on it. The instant playback tool bar will show up.

Click on to playback the last 5 minutes of recording. (For more advanced video playback features, please see the Video playback on page

79 for more details.)

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Short Menu

Menu:

Click to show the main menu (see page 26 for

Main Menu instructions)

Single Screen:

Display video live view one at a time. Click on Single Screen and then choose the camera you want. (The video you choose will be replaced with other video if the auto-switch is on, and the auto-switch is on by default.)

Multi-screen:

Display all four video live views at the same time. By default, the video live view is set in the

Multi-screen mode. If you are now in Single Screen mode, click on Multi-Screen and then

choose 2 x 2 to switch to multi-screen live view mode.

Previous Screen:

In Single Screen mode, you can manually switch the video to the previous channel.

System Management (local)

With the basic system setup, your system is now up and running. Now, you can use your mouse pointer and monitor to view, set up, and manage your network video recorder.

Using the Short Menu

Right click your mouse while you are viewing the live video. The short menu will be popped out.

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Next Screen:

In Single Screen mode, you can manually switch the video to the next channel.

Stop/ Start Auto-

switch:

Start (default) or stop automatic live view switch. The live view video will be changed by channel sequence.

Start Recording:

Start Continuous or Motion Detection recording.

To set up motion detection area, or stop continuous and motion detection recordings, you need to navigate to the detailed settings through the main menu.

Playback:

Click Playback to go full playback menu. For more information, please reference the please see the Video playback on page 79 for more details.

Output Mode:

Select a monitor display setting from Standard, Bright, Gentle, and Vivid of your choice. Click OK to confirm your choice.

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Left-Up

Left

Left Down

Up

Down

Right-Up Right Right Down

Speed

Shortcut Menu

Each video in live view has a short cut menu to perform the frequent adjustments of the video. Move your mouse pointer over the camera display you want to bring up the Shortcut Menu. Click on the video. The frame of the video shows active (yellow frame). And then click on the button of the selected jobs.

Instant playback

Click on to playback the last 5 minutes of recording.

Audio

Click on to enable the audio on selected channel. Click to mute the audio.

PTZ control

Click on to proceed PTZ operations.

The PTZ menu will show up on the screen.

Basic pan and tilt

Click the buttons you want to pan or tilt the camera. Adjust the distance of each step of moving by sliding the Speed. Each step can have farther distance when sliding the Speed toward the right, and vice versa.

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Turn on or turn off external lighting

Turn on or turn off external wipe on the camera

Zoom operation. Zoom In: Click and drag area from left to right to zoom in the defined area. Zoom Out: Drag area from right to the left to zoom out that area. PTZ menu: Right click on the mouse brings the hidden PTZ menu back.

Center operation. Point and click on the video. The camera will move the camera and make the pointed spot the center of the video.

Menu. Bring up the advanced PTZ menu.

Switch

between the

lists:

Use and buttons to switch between different preset lists: Camera, Preset, Patrol, and Pattern.

Camera:

Select the viewing video channel

Preset:

Select the preset PTZ position. Use the scroll bar to see more presets.

Patrol:

Select the preset PTZ patrol. Click to start patrol and click to stop patrol.

Policing

Zoom Focus Aperture (Iris)

Advanced PTZ

You can further control zoom, focus, and aperture with compliant PTZ camera. Click on + or – to adjust zoom, focus and aperture (iris). Click button, the camera will turning it around continuously. Click the button

again to stop moving.

Special features

(Feature availability depends on camera models)

Navigation

Quickly adjust the PTZ camera point and shooting area with presets.

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Pattern:

Select the preset PTZ pattern. Click to start pattern playback and click to stop patrol.

Digital zoom

Click on to enable digital zoom. A navigate window will showed up on right lower screen corner. Drag and drop or double click to define the area

you want to zoom in. The defined area is showed in red rectangular. Right click to exit the zoom mode.

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Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the image brightness. Default: 128

Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the image contrast. Default: 128

Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the color saturation. The greater number means the color will be more saturated. Default: 128

Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the image HUE setting. Default: 128

Image settings

Click on to adjust the video display settings.

Live view strategy

Click on to manage the live view strategy. The Real-time strategy allocate all resources to minimize the delay of video delivery. When the

network is congested, the video may be interrupted. Fluency strategy makes larger video buffer to save and play video back. It makes the communication more robust, but the live view playback timing is delayed. Balanced strategy set up the good enough video buffer to take care of the playback fluency while maintain the network robustness.

Close

Click on to close the shortcut menu.

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Using the Main Menu

Right click your mouse while you are viewing the live video. The short menu will be popped out. Mouse over the Menu and click the button to bring up the Main Menu.

Login to the Management Pages

The NVR will ask you to enter the password every time you want to login to the management page. Enter the password and then click on OK to bring up the main menu.

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Restore Default Password

For security purposes, if you find yourself in need of restoring the TVIPNVR104 to factory default settings you will need to contact support.

Click Reset Password and provide the Serial Number to the support agent for a temporary access code.

This code is time sensitive; please ensure you reset the password immediately.

Online Support:

www.trendnet.com/support/helpdesk

In the call or email, you need to supply the serial information. Click Reset Password to get the information. The serial number is a calculated number based on your NVR identity and start up time. Please do not power off your NVR before you complete the password reset process. Otherwise, the secure code you get from the support center may not work to reset the password to factory default.

USA/Canada phone support:

Toll Free English: (855) 373-4741

• Monday – Friday: 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM, PST

After hours 24/7: (866) 845-3673

Global Support:

Find the support number for your country at: www.trendnet.com/contact

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Logout, start up, or shut down the NVR

The TV-NVR104 is a class A network equipment designed for 24/7 operation. Just plug-in the power source, the TV-NVR104 is up and running. When you want to change the NVR settings, manage the cameras proceed system maintenance or software upgrade, you need to log in, log out, restart, or shut down your NVR gently.

Pulling out the power source may cause unexpected hard drive damage and system malfunction which is not a suggested way to power down your NVR.

Startup your NVR

Make sure the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is highly recommended that an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to be used in conjunction with the unit.

Shutdown your NVR

Bring up the main menu. Click on Shutdown Menu icon. The

Click Shutdown to gracefully end the recording sessions and prepare the hard drive for shutting down. Then click the Yes to confirm that you

want to shut down the NVR.

Rebooting your NVR

Click Reboot to reboot your NVR without power down.

Shutdown sub menu is showing up.

Log out from NVR management

When you have done the NVR settings and managements, you’ll want to

lock your NVR before you leave. Click Logout to exit the NVR management.

Note: You can also set automatic time out. The default setting is 5 minutes without management interaction.

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IP Camera

Camera No.

The camera number is also called channel number. All video recordings and camera settings are using this sequential number as the major index number.

Status:

This column shows the camera connection status.

: The camera is online. You can click on the icon

to show the video and identify which camera you are setting.

: The camera is not connected to NVR

IP Camera

Address:

This is the IP address detected by the NVR or set statically to the camera.

Edit:

Click this icon to edit the camera connection settings. The default settings is plug-and-play.

Camera Name:

This is the camera name. The default name is the camera model name. You can set it up on your camera directly or set it up in NVR for compatible cameras.

Protocol:

This is the camera product group. You can choose from TRENDnet 1, TRENDnet 3, ONVIF (generic), or ONVIF installation with other brand name cameras.

Camera Settings Menu

Setting and manage your cameras by bring up the main menu. Click on

Camera Settings Menu icon.

Camera Connection Settings

Camera installations

The TV-NVR104K comes with two TV-IP320PI. Other compatible cameras are listed on compatible camera list. There are three major groups of TRENDnet compatible cameras interacts differently with the TV-NVR104, TRENDnet 1, TRENDnet 3, and ONVIF cameras. TRENDnet cameras may fit into one or more camera groups. Please reference the compatible camera list on page 120 for more details.

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Model Number:

This is the model number of the camera. The model number will be showed up automatically for compatible cameras.

Management

Port:

Different camera management protocols has different management port number. Please see the compatible camera list for more detail.

PoE Password

Set:

If you install plug-and-play TRENDnet 1 with its factory default setting, the TV-NVR104 will set the camera away from the default and load the TVNVR104 password as camera access password. If your plug-and-play/TRENDnet 1 camera was manually setup and coming back to plug-and-play installation, you can click the button to synchronize the camera password to the same password of TV-NVR104. When you click this button, all plug-and-play TRENDnet 1camera passwords are synchronized.

Refresh:

Click refresh to refresh the camera list. Only the cameras listed with valid camera index number (1 to 4) are connected to the NVR. Other cameras listed on the table are cameras on the network, but not connected. You can double click on the listed camera, more detailed information will be showed up. The information is valuable for manual camera settings.

Back:

Click on this button or right click on the mouse to go back to live view.

Net Receive

Idle

Bandwidth:

The TV-NVR104 can process total 25Mbps video streams. This reference number indicates how much more network capacity is available now.

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Plug-and-Play installation

This is an effort free installation. Just to make sure all your cameras are set to factory default and connect the plug-and-play cameras to the PoE ports. One for each port. The NVR will detect the camera and install it automatically. TV-IP320PI and TRENDnet 3 cameras are all plug-and-play cameras to TV-NVR104.

If you changed the channel settings before, click the Edit icon and then select Plug-and-Play on Adding Method and then click OK to save the settings.

Manual installation

1. Click the Edit icon and then select Manual on Adding Method.

2. Enter the camera IP address.

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3. Select the protocol. (See compatible camera list for more details)

4. Management port. (See compatible camera list for more details)

6. Enter camera access user name.

7. Enter camera access password.

5. Choose the camera video channel number or leave it with default

channel 1.

8. Click OK to save the settings.

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Camera:

Click to choose the camera you want to change the settings.

Camera Name:

The name of the chosen camera.

Display Name:

Check this box to display camera name.

Display Date:

Check this box to display system time.

Display Week:

Check this box to display time of the week.

Time Format:

Select 12 or 24-hour time format.

Date Format:

Select the date format

Display Mode:

Choose how the text will show on the screen.

Camera:

Click to choose the camera you want to change the settings.

Camera Name:

The name of the chosen camera.

Brightness:

Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the image brightness. Default: 128

Contrast:

Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the image contrast. Default: 128

Saturation:

Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the color saturation. The greater number means the color will be more saturated. Default: 128

HUE:

Use the slider or enter a number (0-255) to adjust the image HUE setting. Default: 128

On screen Display Settings

Compatible camera on screen display can be changed directly through camera access or through NVR.

Note: Please reference compatible camera list for more details.

Display Settings

Adjust video image quality, lightness, and color settings here.

Note: Please reference compatible camera list for more details.

Move the yellow or red box to position the text. Click Apply to apply the change.

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Mirror:

Choose horizontal, vertical or both to adapt to the physical installation.

Click Apply to apply the settings.

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Camera:

Click to choose the camera you want to change the settings.

Left-Up

Left

Left Down

Up

Down

Right-Up Right Right Down

Speed

Policing

Zoom Focus Aperture (Iris)

PTZ settings

Control PTZ camera’s video shooting position, patrol route, zoom, focus,

and iris.

Note: Please reference compatible camera list for more details.

Basic pan and tilt

All compatible PTZ cameras can do the basic pan and tilt to adjust the video shooting position. Click the buttons you want to pan or tilt the camera. Adjust the distance of each step of moving by sliding the Speed. Each step can have farther distance when sliding the Speed toward the right, and vice versa.

Advanced PTZ

You can further control zoom, focus, and aperture with compliant PTZ camera. Click on + or – to adjust zoom, focus and aperture (iris). Click

button, the camera will turning around continuously. Click the button again to stop policing.

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Preset positions

Set and recall the video views and settings for easier navigate and patrol.

To set up a preset:

1. Move your camera to the position you want with arrow keys.

2. Adjust the zoom, focus and aperture.

3. Select Save Preset.

4. Click the number of preset.

You can setup up to 255 presets depends on camera’s capability. To access preset

number more than 17, click on . The preset selection screen will pop up. Click

up/down arrow to select the preset number you want.

Pattern

Setup the patter to perform the navigation automatically.

To edit the pattern:

1. Click to start recording the pattern.

2. Use preset (Select Call Preset and then click on number) or PTZ

buttons to move your camera.

3. Click to stop and save recording.

Running the pattern of behaviors:

 Click to start running the pattern.  Click to stop recording.

To recall a preset:

1. Select Call Preset.

2. Click the number of preset.

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Patrol

Setup detailed patrol route with key points, speed toward the key point and stop by duration.

To edit the patrol

Note: please setup all preset positions before you edit the patrol route.

1. Click to add a key point. Select the preset number, duration

you want to stay on this key point and the speed you want to go this key point and then click OK.

2. To erase a key point, click on the key point. If you want to edit

a key point, just erase the key point and then add a new one.

3. Click or to move the order of the patrol key points.

4. Click to clean up all key points.

Start or stop a patrol:

 Click to start patrol.  Click to stop patrol.

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Camera:

Click to choose the camera you want to change the settings.

Enable Motion

Detection:

Check this box to enable motion detection. Click

Apply to apply the choice.

Settings:

Setup the motion detection detail.

Sensitivity:

Move the slider to adjust detection sensitivity. Sliding to the right means the motion event is easier to be triggered.

Draw Area:

Click and drag on the area you want to set up the motion detection or click Full Screen for the whole image area. The red grids represent the motion detection area. Click Clear to clear the motion detection areas.

Motion Detection

Set up how the motion detection event will be triggered and what actions will be triggered.

Note: Please reference compatible camera list for more details.

Motion detection settings

Click Settings to bring out the detailed set up menu.

Trigger channel

By default, a motion detection generated by the camera will only trigger the events on that channel. If you want to trigger event on other channels, select the channel number or select All for all channels.

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Arming schedule

1. Select day of the week you want to edit on the row of Week.

Copy to:

To quickly setup the same schedule over the week, click Copy. Click another day of the week (1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday and 7: Sunday). Click All to select the whole week. Click OK after you select the day of the week you want to copy to.

2. Enter the period of time you want to actively detect the motion

events.

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Full Screen

Monitoring:

Switch the video on the VGA/HDMI monitor to the camera detected motion event.

Audible Warning:

Activate the audible on board buzzer.

Send Email:

Send email to notify the system manager.

Linkage action

When motion event detected, the corresponding actions will be executed.

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Camera:

Click to choose the camera you want to change the settings.

Enable Privacy

Mask:

Check this box to enable privacy masking.

Draw Area:

Click and drag on the area you want to set up the privacy mask.

Clear All:

Click this button to clear all the masking area.

Clear Zone 1 to 4:

Click this button to clear specific masking area.

Privacy Mask

Create a masking area to keep your privacy.

Note: Please reference compatible camera list for more details.

Click Apply to apply the changes

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Camera:

Click to choose the camera you want to change the settings.

Enable Tamper-

proof:

Check this box to enable video tamper.

Draw Area:

Click and drag on the area you want to set up the video tamper.

Clear:

Click this button to clear the video tamper area.

Sensitivity:

Move the slider to adjust detection sensitivity. Sliding to the right means the motion event is easier to be triggered.

Video Tamper

Detects if a camera has been tampered with and surveillance is compromised. You can set up video tamper notifications to alert the system manager to check the camera.

Note: Please reference compatible camera list for more details.

Video tamper settings

Click Settings to bring out the detailed set up menu.

Arming Schedule

1. Select day of the week you want to edit on the row of Week.

Click Apply to apply the changes

2. Enter the period of time you want to actively detect the motion

events.

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Full Screen

Monitoring:

Switch the video on the VGA/HDMI monitor to the camera detected motion event.

Audible Warning:

Activate the audible on board buzzer.

Send Email:

Send email to notify the system manager.

Copy to:

To quickly setup the same schedule over the week, click Copy. Click another day of the week (1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday and 7: Sunday). Click All to select the whole week. Click OK after you select the day of the week you want to copy to.

Linkage action

When motion event detected, the corresponding actions will be executed.

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Camera:

Click to choose the camera you want to change the settings.

Video Loss

Detects if a camera has lost its video. You can set up video loss notifications to alert the system manager to check the camera.

Video loss settings

Click Settings to bring out the detailed set up menu.

Arming Schedule

1. Select day of the week you want to edit on the row of Week.

Click Apply to apply the changes

2. Enter the period of time you want to actively detect the motion

events.

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Full Screen

Monitoring:

Switch the video on the VGA/HDMI monitor to the camera detected motion event.

Audible Warning:

Activate the audible on board buzzer.

Send Email:

Send email to notify the system manager.

Copy to:

To quickly setup the same schedule over the week, click Copy. Click another day of the week (1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday and 7: Sunday). Click All to select the whole week. Click OK after you select the day of the week you want to copy to.

Linkage action

When motion event detected, the corresponding actions will be executed.

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General

Language:

The TV-NVR104 GUI is setting to English.

Resolution:

The default monitor resolution is set to the lowest option (1024 by 768) to maximize the monitor compatibility. Choose a better resolution for your monitor to see better quality video.

Time Zone:

Click the selection list to the right of Time Zone.

Date Format:

Click the selection list to the right of Date Format and then select a date format.

System Date:

Click the selection list to the right of System Date.

System Time:

Click the selection list to the right of System Time and then enter the time with 24-hour

format.

Mouse Pointer

Speed:

Setting the mouse cursor moving speed. Adjusting to the right for faster speed.

Enable Wizard:

Enable or disable setup wizard every time the system is boot up. Default: Enabled.

Enable

Password:

You need to login for system management. Enable password will ask entering password when login. Uncheck this box will set the management free to anyone physically access the NVR. Default: Enabled.

System Configuration Menu

Setting and manage your NVR system by bring up the main menu. Click on

System Configuration Menu icon.

System Settings

General

Set up the basic time, display resolution, and operation settings here.

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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Daylight saving time

Auto DST

adjustment:

The daylight saving time adjustment is setting to automatic adjustment according to the time zone setting by default. If you want to set the daylight settings manually, uncheck this box to disable the automatic DST adjustment.

Enable DST:

Manually enable or disable daylight saving time adjustment.

From / To:

Enter the daylight saving time starting and end dates.

Time Zone:

Click the selection list to the right of Time Zone.

DST Bias:

Choose the amount of time shifting for daylight saving adjustment.

More settings

Device Name:

This is the name of the NVR. Default: TV-NVR104

Auto logout:

Set up the timeout to logout NVR management after management inactive for a period of time.

Menu Output

Mode:

The video output is active for both HDMI and VGA interfaces.

DST settings

Set up Daylight Saving Time.

More settings

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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Network General Settings

NIC Type:

Choose one of the Ethernet duplex and speed to match your network. Default: 10/100M Auto detection.

Enable DHCP:

Check this box if the IP address is assigned by DHCP server.

IPv4 Address:

The IPv4 dynamic or static address

IPv4 Subnet

Mask:

Network range of the subnet

IPv4 Default

Gateway:

The default route going further from TV-IP320PI IPv4 subnet

IPv6 Address 1:

IPv6 self-assigned address including the subnet prefix expression in the end of the string.

IPv6 Address 2:

IPv6 static address including the subnet prefix expression in the end of the string.

IPv6 Default

Gateway:

The default route going further from IPv6 subnet

MAC Address:

The MAC address of the NVR network interface.

MTU:

Maximum transmission unit. The maximum field size in the Ethernet packet. Default: 1500

Preferred DNS:

Enter your first IPv4 or IPv6 DNS server address

Alternate DNS:

Enter your second IPv4 or IPv6 DNS server address

Network

Set up NVR network, DDNS, NTP, Email, and UPnP settings.

General

Setup the network interface connecting to the Internet.

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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DDNS

Enable DDNS:

Check this box to enable DDNS Service.

DDNS Type:

Select a DDNS service provider: dyn.com or noip.com.

Server Address:

Enter the DDNS server address.

Device Domain

Name:

Enter your registered domain/host name on selected DDNS service.

Status:

The DDNS connection status.

User Name:

Enter the account name.

Password:

Enter the password.

Confirm:

Enter the password again.

NTP settings

Enable NTP:

Check this box to enable NTP Service.

Interval:

The time interval that the TV-NVR104 will synchronize the time with NTP server. Default: 60 minutes

NTP Server:

Specify a time server (NTP server) to synchronize with. (e.g. pool.ntp.org)

NTP Port:

The server port number. Default: 123.

DDNS

Dynamic Domain Name Service, DDNS, allows you to find your NVR from the Internet with an easy to remember domain name.

NTP

Network Time Protocol Service. The accuracy of the system clock is important for scheduling and accurate logging. You can automatically check the time accuracy with a network time server (NTP server).

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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Email

Enable Server

Authentication:

Check this box if your server requires a password in order to send email. Most email servers require authentication when sending an email.

User name:

Enter the user name of outgoing email account

Password:

Enter the password

SMTP Server:

Simple Mail Transportation Protocol Server address, the outgoing email server address. It may has address the same as your incoming email server, maybe not. Please ask your email service provider for detail.

SMTP Port:

Service port number for outgoing email.*

Sender:

Enter the name to be appeared as the email sender.

Sender’s

Address:

Enter sender’s email address.

Select

Receiver:

Select the pull down menu to select the receiver you want to set up the detail. You can send to 3

accounts at the same time, but just set up separately.

Receiver:

The receiver’s name.

Receiver’s

Address:

The receiver’s email address.

Email

Set up email accounts for notifications.

*Note: Many ISPs does not allow service port 25 going through their network. Please consult your email service provider and ISP for detail.

Click Apply to apply the changes.

Click Test to test if all the information are entered correctly.

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UPnP

Enable UPnP:

Check this box to enable UPnP connection.

Mapping Type:

Choose Manual or Auto port mapping.

UPnP List

Port Type:

The service type on the UPnP port

Edit:

Click the icon to manually edit the port mapping.

External Port:

Choose the port number for mapping.

Mapping IP

Address:

0.0.0.0 is the TV-NVR104 self-address.

Port:

Local port number.

Status:

UPnP Status.

More Settings

Server Port:

The service port number for NVR management. The default service port of TV-NVR104 is 8000.

HTTP Port:

The default web access port. You can change the port number. The default port number is 80.

RTSP Port:

The Real-Time Streaming Protocol port for video streaming. You can change the port. The default port number is 554.

UPnP

Universal Plug-and-Play is a device discovery protocol set. It allows your camera to easily be found, for example, on a Windows operation system.

More settings

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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Live view general settings

Video Output

Interface:

The video output interface is VGA or HDMI

Live View

Mode:

Choose the default Live View mode to be 1x1 single video on the screen or 2x2 four video on the screen at the same time. Default: 2x2.

Dwell Time:

Set up how long each display will be showed up

on the screen. There’s no effect on 2x2 display

mode. On 1x1 mode, each video will be shown on the screen for Dwell Time and then change to the next video. Default: 10 seconds.

Enable Audio

Output:

Enable or disable audio output on the NVR. Default: disabled

Event Output:

Define where the video is going out when event triggered. The TV-NVR104 is set to both VGA and HDMI.

Full Screen

Monitoring

Dwelling Time:

When event triggered full screen display, who long the video is going to stay on the screen. Default: 10 seconds.

Live View

Change the live view settings.

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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Live View Layout and Sequence Settings

Video Output

Interface:

The video output interface is VGA or HDMI

Camera List:

Installed cameras will be listed here by channel.

Layout Panel:

Preview how the layout the video display. To remove a camera from the display, just click

on the selected cell to remove the channel number. To assign a channel to a display cell, choose the camera from the camera list.

Note: Each video channel can be assigned to one display cell. Click on camera when it is not assigned and double click on the list if it is currently assigned to other display cell.

NO LINK: If you assign a channel to a display cell and there's no video stream, the cell is showing

NO LINK. To remove the NO LINK message, just remove the channel assignment on the display cell.

Control Panel:

: Single channel display

: Quad channel display : Automatic channel assignment : Remove all channel assignments : Previous page : Next Page

: Current page / Total page

Note: In single channel display, you can set up the display sequence with the page numbers.

Layout Panel

Camera List

Control

Panel

View

Setting live view display arrangement and sequence.

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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Exception Type

All:

Any of the following exceptions will trigger the notification.

HDD Full:

By default, the recording video does not overwrite when the hard drive is full. You can set up an audio warning or send email to system manager to remove the recording. (You can also setup the NVR for automatic overwrite the recordings when the disk is full. Please see page 75 for more detail.)

HDD Error:

When the hard drive reading or writing error, the NVR can make audible sound or send email to system manager for the error. You can use the

hard drive maintenance tools on the NVR checking and managing your hard drive. See page 67 for more detail.)

Network

Disconnected:

The exception is triggered when network port is disconnected.

IP Conflicted:

The NVR is constantly monitoring if there’s an IP

conflict is happening. Exception is triggered when there’s an IP conflict.

Illegal Login:

Exception is triggered when NVR detect the attempt login with wrong credential.

Record

Exception:

Exception will be triggered when anything goes wrong during video recording process.

Exceptions

Setup the action when exception happened. Select the exception you want to monitor and then choose the audible warning or email notification. Click Apply to apply the changes and remember to setup your email account if you choose the email notification (see page 49 for set up details.)

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Add account

User:

Enter the user name.

Password:

Enter the password.

Confirm:

Enter the password again.

Level:

Select the user’s level from Guest or Operator for the preset permissions.

User’s

MAC

Address:

Enter the user’s MAC address limit the access to add on

security. Leave it 00:00:00:00:00:00 as wild card address

if you don’t limit the access.

User Accounts

You can setup up to 16 user accounts to access the camera’s video stream

with a web browser or real time video stream (RTSP). Only one administrator account (username: admin) can be setup to configure the TV-NVR104 and cannot be deleted.

Edit

Click Edit on user to change the account settings.

Permission

Click Permission on user to change the account permission settings.

Add

Click Add button to add an account

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Permission: Local configuration

Local Log Search:

Search the NVR log with local login.

Local Parameters

Settings:

Setting NVR with local login.

Local Camera Management:

Manage cameras on NVR with local login.

Local Advanced

Operation:

Setting NVR advanced features with local login.

Local Shutdown /

Reboot:

Access the shutdown menu with local login.

Permission: Remote configuration

Remote Log Search:

Search the NVR log with web login.

Remote Parameters

Settings:

Setting NVR with web login.

Remote Camera

Management:

Manage cameras on NVR with web login.

Remote Advanced

Operation:

Setting NVR advanced features with web login.

Web Shutdown /

Reboot:

Access the shutdown menu with web login.

Permission: Camera configuration

Camera

Permission:

The camera management permission list:

Remote Live View: Viewing video through the

network.

Local Manual Operation: Manage camera

settings with local NVR login.

Remote Manual Operation: Manage camera

settings with web login.

Local Playback: Allow recording playback on

connected monitor.

Remote Playback: Allow recording playback

via network access.

Local PTZ Control: Allow camera PTZ

operations through NVR with local NVR login.

Remote PTZ Control: Allow camera PTZ

operations through the network.

Local Video Export: Allow exporting video

through USB port.

Channels:

Select D1 ~ D4 channels to apply the permission to selected channel(s). Select IP Camera for all channels.

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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NVR Information

Device Name:

Human readable device name for easy identification. You can change this name in System configuration > More settings on page 47.

Model:

The model name of the TV-NVR104.

Serial Number:

The unique identification number of this device.

Firmware

Version:

Firmware version

Encoding

Version:

Encoding version

Camera Information

Camera No.:

The channel number camera assigned into.

Camera Name:

Camera device name

Status:

Showing the camera is connected or disconnected.

Motion

Detection:

Showing the status and setup of the camera motion detection.

Tamper-proof:

Showing the status and setup of the camera video tamper detection.

Video Loss:

Showing the status and setup of the video loss detection.

System Maintenance Menu

Manage your NVR system by bring up the main menu. Click on System

Maintenance Menu icon.

System information

System Information is displaying here for system maintenance.

NVR information

Camera information

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NVR Recording Status Information

Camera No.:

The channel number camera assigned into.

Recording

Status:

Showing the status and setup of the video recording.

Frame Rate:

Showing the camera recording frame rate.

Bitrate:

Showing the camera recording video stream bitrate in thousands bits per second.

Resolution:

Showing the camera recording video resolution.

Record Type:

Showing the type of recording.

Encoding

Parameters:

Showing the encoding parameters.

NVR Network Interface Information

NIC:

Network Interface Card. LAN1 is the assigned network interface which represent to the non-PoE network port.

IPv4 Address:

The IPv4 address on this interface

IPv4 Subnet

Mask:

Network range of the subnet

IPv4 Default

Gateway:

The default route going further from TV-IP320PI IPv4 subnet

IPv6 Address 1:

IPv6 self-assigned address including the subnet prefix expression in the end of the string.

IPv6 Address 2:

IPv6 static address including the subnet prefix expression in the end of the string.

IPv6 Default

Gateway:

The default route going further from IPv6 subnet

Enable DHCP:

The IP address is assigned by DHCP server or not.

Recording Information

Network Information

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HDD Status Information

Label:

Index of the HDD. TV-NVR104 has only one hard drive which is assigned on number one.

Status:

Showing the hard drive working condition.

Capacity:

The total hard drive storage capacity after formatting.

Free space:

Displays how much space is available free for video recordings.

Property:

R/W: Allow read and write.

Type:

Local: The hard drive is installed on the NVR.

Group:

The HDD on NVR is assigned to the group 1.

Hard Disk Storage Information

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Log Search

Start Time:

The starting time of a log search.

End Time:

The end time of the time range for the log search.

Major Type:

Filter the search by type of logs: all, alarm, exceptions, operation, and information.

Minor Type:

Filter the search by type of logs. Select the major type and then choose the minor type. Alarm: Start motion detection, stop motion

detection, start temper-proof, stop tamperproof, and IP Camera Alarm.

Exception: video loss, illegal login, HDD full,

HDD error, IP conflict, network disconnect, recording exception, IP camera

disconnection, IP camera address conflict, recording buffer overflow.

Operation:

 power on, abnormal shutdown  Local operations: shutdown, reboot,

login, logout, configure parameters, upgrade, start recording, stop recording, PTZ control, lock file, unlock file, initialize HDD, add IP camera, delete IP camera, set IP camera, playback by file, playback by time, export configuration file, import configuration file, export recordings,

restore administrator’s password,

operate tag, and HDD detect.

 Remote operations: reboot, login,

logout, configure parameters, upgrade, start recording, stop recording, PTZ control, lock file, unlock file, initialize HDD, add IP camera, delete IP camera, set IP camera, playback / download by file, playback / download by time, export configuration file, import configuration file, export recordings, interrogate parameters, interrogate working status, start-two way audio, stop two-way audio, alarm arming, alarm disarming, and

operate tag. Information: local HDD information, HDD S.M.A.R.T. start recording, stop recording, delete expired recording, and system running status.

Log Information

All NVR activities are registered on the log. Find the activity by searching with time range and log type. Click Search to start the search.

Log Search

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Export

Click Export on this page to export log on the list.

Click Export again to export the log to the USB drive of your choice. Select the USB drive on the Device Name and then click Refresh if you want to change the drive. Click New Folder to create a new folder on current directory. Click Format to format this USB storage.

Log Export

To export all logs saved on NVR, click the Log Export tab, select the hard drive, and then click Export.

Click Export again to export the log to the USB drive of your choice. Select the USB drive on the Device Name and then click Refresh if you want to change the drive. Click New Folder to create a new folder on current directory. Click Format to format this USB storage.

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Save and Load NVR System Settings

To save current or load previous TV-NVR104 settings, choose the Import / Export page and then export the file to the USB drive or import the file.

Click Export to export the settings to a file on the USB drive of your choice. Select the USB drive on the Device Name and then click Refresh if you want to change the drive. Click New Folder to create a new folder on current directory. Click Format to format this USB storage.

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Firmware Upgrade

Local Upgrade

TRENDnet may periodically release firmware upgrades that might add features or fix problems associated with your TRENDnet model and version. To find out if there is a firmware upgrade available for your device, please check your TRENDnet model and version using the link.

http://www.trendnet.com/downloads/

1. If a firmware upgrade is available, download the firmware to your

computer.

2. Unzip the file to a folder on your computer.

3. Read the firmware upgrade instruction for specific version

update information.

4. Log into the TV-NVR104K.

5. Getting to this Maintenance page to upgrade firmware.

Extract the firmware file from the downloaded zip file and then save it to the USB drive. Plug in the USB drive to one of the available USB slot on the NVR. Choose Upgrade page and then click on Upgrade.

Remote Upgrade

You can setup the upgrade over the network with FTP protocol. To proceed FTP upgrade, you need to prepare a FTP server on the local network with username: ftp and password: ftp. Place the firmware file on the root directory when the ftp account is logging in the FTP server.

Navigate to the remote upgrade (FTP) page. Enter the FTP server address, and then click on Upgrade.

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Factory Default

To reset your TV-NVR104 to the factory default, navigate to this Default page and then click on OK to reset all TV-NVR104 settings back to factory default.

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Traffic

LAN1:

The network interface.

Sending:

The network traffic generated from the NVR.

Receiving:

The network traffic receiving by the NVR.

Link Status:

The network linking status.

Type:

Type of network, Ethernet.

MAC Address:

Media Access Address of the network interface.

MTU:

Maximum Transmission Unit in bytes.

NIC Type:

Type of the network card. Speed and duplexing.

Network Monitoring

Traffic

To monitor the network traffic, navigate to the traffic chart.

Network Tools

Use network tools (Network Detection) on the NVR to test the network status.

Network delay and packet loss test

The basic PING test tool. Enter the testing destination IP address and then click on the Test.

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Network packet export

Capture packets and save to external USB storage for network analysis. Plug-in your USB network drive and then click Export to export the packet capture files. Click Refresh to list the directory on your USB storage again.

Network Statistics

To review the network statistic information, navigate to the Network Statistics page. Click Refresh to update the information.

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S.M.A.R.T. Settings

Continue to use:

Check the Continue to use this disk when selfevaluation is failed if you want it to do so. Click Apply if you change this setting.

HDD:

The Disk number. The TV-NVR104 has one HDD.

Capacity:

The total hard drive storage capacity after formatting.

Self-test Status:

Showing the self-testing status.

Self-test Type:

Choose a type of S.M.A.R.T. test: short, expanded, and conveyance tests.

S.M.A.R.T.:

Click to start S.M.A.R.T. test.

Temperature:

The temperature of the hard drive in Celsius.

Power on days:

Days the hard drive is on.

Self-evaluation:

The result of self-evaluation.

All-evaluation:

Functional evaluations.

S.M.A.R.T.

Information:

Detailed S.M.A.R.T. hard drive information.

Hard Drive Maintenance

S.M.A.R.T Settings

The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring technology to detect and report on various performance and reliability factors to help predict and prevent disk failures.

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Bad Sector Detection

HDD No.:

The Disk number. The TV-NVR104 has one HDD.

Capacity:

The total hard drive storage capacity after formatting.

Type of

Detections:

Select key area detection or full detection.

Detect:

Click this button to start bad sector detection.

HDD Capacity:

The storage capacity of the hard drive.

Block Capacity:

The block capacity.

Status:

The status of bad sector detection.

Error count:

The total error count detected.

Error Info.

Detailed sector damage or shield information.

Pause:

Pause the bad sector detection once it start running.

Bad Sector Detection

Detect if there’s any bad sector on the disk drive.

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Storage quota settings

Mode:

Quota setting

Camera:

Select the camera you want to setup the storage quota.

Used Record

Capacity:

The storage space spend in recording for the specific channel.

HDD Capacity:

The storage capacity of the hard drive.

Max. Record

Capacity:

Allocate the recording space to selected video channel in gigabytes.

Hard Drive Management

Manage and allocate your storage space by bring up the main menu. Click

on HDD Maintenance Menu icon.

Format/Initiate the Hard Drive

Select the hard drive and then click on Init to format and initialize the hard drive.

Advanced Storage Quota Settings

To set up the disk quota for each channel video recording, select the camera and then enter the maximum recording capacity.

Click Copy to copy the same quota setting to other channel.

Click Apply to apply the changes.

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Scheduled recording

Setup the video recording settings by bring up the main menu. Click on

Scheduled Recording Menu icon.

Schedule

Select the video channel, type of recording, and then click and drag on the weekly schedule. Click Edit to bring up the detailed schedule setting table or click Copy to copy the same schedule to other channel.

1. Select channel.

2. Select recording type. Choose from Continuous or Motion

recording. If you want to clear out some scheduled recording time, choose None.

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Schedule:

Select the day of the week

All Day:

Select if you want to setup the all-day recording.

Start/End Time:

Specify the starting and end of recording time in 24-hour format.

Type:

Select Continuous or Motion Detection recording

3. Select the time slots you want to make the scheduled recording.

Each time slot represents a half hour interval. The row number represents the week of the day starting from Monday.

4. If you want to define the schedule in finer intervals, click on Edit

button.

5. Make your selection and then click Apply to apply the changes.

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Copy to:

To quickly setup the same schedule over the week, click Copy. Click another day of the week (1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday and 7: Sunday). Click All to select the whole week. Click OK after you select the day of the week you want to copy to.

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Main Stream (Record) Settings

Camera:

Select the camera you want to change the recording video quality.

Encoding

Parameters:

The type of video from the camera.

Stream Type:

Select you want to stream video only or video and audio.

Resolution:

Select the video resolution.

Bitrate type:

The bitrate is the rate of information generated from the video. The higher bitrate means more data and more traffic and better video quality. Constant bitrate generates same amount of information over the same period of time. Variable bite rate takes one step further to compress the information whenever it can, therefore, generates the same or lower amount of information compare to the constant bitrate.

Video Quality:

Select the video compression algorithm.

Frame rate:

Select the frame rate to decide how many pictures you want to take in each second.

Max. Bitrate

Mode:

Select General to set the maximum bitrate in certain brackets. Choose Customized to set the maximum bitrate on your own.

Max. Bitrate:

The maximum information allowed to record on the NVR in thousands of bits per second.

Max. Bitrate

Range

Recommended:

Recommended bitrate setting.

Pre-Record:

If the recording is triggered by the motion event, this value specifies to start recording some period of time before the motion event happened.

Post-Record:

If the recording is triggered by the motion event, this value specifies to record video some period of time after the motion event happened.

Expired Time:

Lock the recording video for some period of time (in days) to prevent accidentally been overwrite or delete.

Record Audio:

Recording audio or not.

Video Settings

Set up the video quality for recording (main stream), the higher video quality require larger storage space and better network condition. Please choose the best profile of your choice.

Note: Settings in this section are not available all cameras. The NVR will prompt the message to remind you the setting is not available on selected camera.

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Sub Stream

Camera:

Select the camera you want to change the recording video quality.

Stream Type:

Streaming type is video only.

Resolution:

Select the video resolution.

Bitrate type:

The bitrate is the rate of information generated from the video. The higher bitrate means more data and more traffic and better video quality. Constant bitrate generates same amount of information over the same period of time. Variable bite rate takes one step further to compress the information whenever it can, therefore, generates the same or lower amount of information compare to the constant bitrate.

Video Quality:

Select the video compression algorithm.

Frame rate:

Select the frame rate to decide how many pictures you want to take in each second.

Max. Bitrate

Mode:

Select General to set the maximum bitrate in certain brackets. Choose Customized to set the maximum bitrate on your own.

Max. Bitrate:

The maximum information allowed to record on the NVR in thousands of bits per second.

Max. Bitrate

Range

Recommended:

Recommended bitrate setting.

Sub Stream

The sub stream video is mainly for NVR live view. Change your camera option to lower resolution if your camera generates too much information to the NVR for live view.

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Advanced recording setting

Setup if the NVR can overwrite the previous video recording or not. If you checked this option, the NVR will overwrite old recordings when the disk is full. Otherwise the NVR will send Disk Full Notification to let administrator knows that the disk is full and cannot proceed any recording.

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Edit Holiday Schedule

Holiday Name:

Change the holiday name to meaningful name instead of index numbers.

Enable:

Enable or disable this holiday rule.

Mode:

Select the holiday is for a day, a week or a month. Day mode: Select the start and end dates to specify the period of holidays. This setting is good for one time only. It does not repeat periodically. Week mode: Select the start and end dates of the week to specify the period of holidays. This setting is repeating every year.

Month mode: Select the start and end dates to specify the period of holidays. This setting is repeating every year.

Start Date:

Select the day when the holiday starts.

End Date:

Select the day when the holiday ends.

Holiday scheduling

Recording video in holidays may has different requirements. You can set up to 11 holidays of a year sharing the same holiday profile.

Set up the holiday schedule by click on button.

Click Apply button to apply the change and click the OK button to finish the editing.

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Backup Video Recordings

Quickly and backup and export your video recordings with the file exporting menu. Bring up the main menu then click on Export Menu

icon.

Export

Select the video channel and range of time and then click on Search to search the video you want to export. Click Quick Export if you want to export all video recordings.

Quick export

Click Export again to export all the video recordings to the USB drive of your choice. Select the USB drive on the Device Name and then click Refresh if you want to change the drive. Click New Folder to create a new folder on current directory. Click Format to format this USB storage.

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Export with search

Select the video clips you want to export by check or uncheck the video clip. Then click Export to export the video recordings.

Click to preview the video clip.

Click to lock the video clip. When video is locked, the video clip is not going to be overwrite accidentally. To unlock the video clip, click

. The warning message will remind you again you are unlocking the

video clip. Click Yes if you want to proceed unlock.

Click Export again to export the video recordings to the USB drive of your choice. Select the USB drive on the Device Name and then click Refresh if you want to change the drive. Click New Folder to create a new folder on current directory. Click Format to format this USB storage.

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Type of

Playback

Live View

Channel Selection

Recording

search

Action Buttons

Playback Buttons

Time Line

Scale Buttons

Video playback

Bring up the main menu then click on Export Menu icon.

Playback screen

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Click this button to play the video backward.

Click this button to play the video.

Click this button to pause video playback.

Click this button to stop playback.

Click this button to skip forward 30 seconds.

Click this button to skip backward 30 seconds.

Click this button increase playback speed*.

Click this button decrease playback speed*.

Click this button to jump to the next day.

Click this button to jump to the previous day.

Search for video recordings

Check on the camera you want to see the playback or check on Camera to select all channels. Then, choose the date for the recording. If there are video recording in selected channel, the date on the calendar will show blue. Double click the date to start playback.

Time line

There is a play back head in the center of the time line represented in a yellow vertical line. To look for a specific video recording, move the play head by clicking and dragging it. If the recording is short, zoom in by

Playback buttons

Use playback controls to play back the video recording.

clicking button. Click to zoom out the time scale.

* Note: There are 5 steps of playback speed you can choose from: 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, and 4 times of original speed.

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The audio is on. Click this button to mute the audio.

The audio is muted. Click this button to enable audio.

Click this button to start video clipping.

Click this button to stop video clipping. You can make multiple video clips. When you finish all clipping and exit the live view, the NVR will prompt and asking you to save the video clips.

Click this button to add a tag with default tag name.

Click this button to add a tag with customized tag name.

Click this button to manage the tags

Click this button to zoom in the live view.

Playback operations

More playback operations such as mute the audio, clip a customized video, add and manage tags, and zoom in the viewing are available on the action buttons section.

Tagging

Tagging on video recordings help you to mark the critical time of video recording and easier tracking and editing. Find the video is critical and

click on to make the tag with default tag name “tag”. Click on to make the tag with customized tag name. Search the video on Tagged

video playback mode explained in following sections.

Zoom

Click to zoom the playback. A navigate window will showed up on right lower screen corner. Drag and drop or double click to define the area

you want to zoom in. The defined area is showed in red rectangular. Right click to exit the zoom mode.

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Playback modes

The video playback not only can playback the video recorded on the hard drive indexed by the time. You can also search the video with motion detection event, tag, or playback the video stored on the USB external hard drive.

Event

To search video with motion detection event, click and select the Event playback mode.

Select the channel you want to search the motion detection. Enter the start and stop time. And, then click on Search.

The motion recording events are showed on the list. Click to view the video.

Use the scroll bar to browse the recordings and adjust the pre-play and post-play between 5 seconds and the maximum amount of a single section of recording to decide the length of playback before and after the motion event.

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Tag

If you set up the tags and want to search video with the tags, click and select the Tag playback mode.

Select the channel you want to search the tags. Enter the start and stop time. If you want to search for specific tag name, enter the tag name or leave it blank for all tags. And, then click on Search.

The tags searched are showed on the list. Click to view the video.

Use the scroll bar to browse the recordings and adjust the pre-play and post-play between 5 seconds and the maximum amount of a single section of recording to decide the length of playback before and after the motion event.

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External file

To playback the video files saved on the USB drive, click and select the External File playback mode.

Select the USB device to browse the files. Click Refresh to update the list when necessary.

Click to view the video and use the playback control to control the playback.

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System Default

Management IP:

192.168.10.60.

Administrator name:

admin

Administrator password:

admin

Access your NVR with the Web Browser

Default Settings and Factory Reset

To manage your TV-NVR104 through the web browser, you have to setup the network connection first. If you didn’t set up your NVR attaching to your home/business network, please enable NVR’s DHCP client (see page 48 for details). Click Apply and then restart the NVR. If you have already installed your cameras, you have to manually change their settings. (You don’t have to do anything for plug-and-Play models connected directly on PoE ports.) Check the network status (see page 58 Network Information) when necessary to make sure the NVR gets the IP address from your network.

Here’s the list of your NVR’s factory default settings:

Note: If you are not having a brand new TV-NVR104, you may not know what password was setup on the NVR. In this case, you have to call our 24-hour tech support to get temporary access code to reset the NVR. See page 27 for more details.

System Requirement

To access you NVR with the browser, you need a Windows or OS X based computer and up-to-date browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox). A web browser plug-in must be installed to supported computer and browser to watch the video.

You need to setup the IP address in the same network of TV-NVR104. (192.168.10.x network or your home network). For example, setup your computer with 192.168.10.2 static IP address.

For Windows system, please go to the next paragraph.

For OS X system, please go directly to page 88.

Logging-in to the NVR for the First Time (Windows)

1. Connect your computer to you home network and look for the

NVR by browsing your Network in File Explorer and then double click the icon to visit the NVR. (If your computer does not configured to find sharing resources, you can reference “Turn on

network discovery on Windows” on page 119.) Or, you can find the TV-NVR104 IP address assigned by your home gateway by visiting home

gateway’s web management

page, and then press Enter.

2. Enter the user name, admin, and the password you setup through the

basic setup. If you didn’t setup your password, the change password

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window will pop up on step 9 to guide you through the password changing. The default password is admin.

3. The NVR management page will detect if you installed the camera

video streaming plug-in or not. Click the link to download the plug-in from TV-NVR104.

4. Download the plug-in to your computer and then and close your

browser. Launch the plug-in installation to install the plug-in.

5. Permission request may show up depends on the Internet security

settings on your computer. Click More Info and then Run anyway to install the plug- in.

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6. Click Next to install the plug-in.

7. Click Finish to finish the installation.

9. (Go to step 11 if you already changed your password). The TV-

NVR104 will ask you to change your password from default setting. Please enter the new password twice and click OK. The password must be between 8 and 16 characters. (Alphanumeric: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, !, @, #, $).

10. Enter the user name admin and new password again to start secured

session.

8. Open the browser and login again.

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11. The Live View page will show up and begin streaming video.

Note: If you were not go through the basic setup, the camera plug-and-play process will begin after you setup the password. Wait a few minutes and press F5 to refresh the browser for the live video.

Logging-in to the Camera for the First Time (OS X)

1. Open the web browser on your computer. In the address bar, enter

the IP address of the camera 192.168.10.60. (If you have a DHCP server on your network, the IP address will be assigned dynamically. For example, if you have a home gateway on your network and you plug-in the camera on the same network, then you can find the camera IP address on your home gateway), and then press Enter.

2. Enter the user name, admin, and the default password, admin, and

then click OK.

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3. The camera management page will detect if you installed the camera

video streaming plug-in or not. Click the link to download the plug-in from the TV-NVR104.

Note: Internet connection is required to download the plug-in. If you do not have Internet access, you can find the plug-in on the CD comes with the package under /Mac folder.

4. Quit your browser completely by command-Click on the browser

icon and then click Quit before installing the plug-in.

5. Go to the Finder and navigate to the Download folder. Command-

Click the WebComponents.pkg and then click Open. (If you are install the plug-in from the CD, just browse to /Mac folder and double click the WebComponents.pkg file.)

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6. Click Open to start installation.

7. Click Continue to install the plug-in.

8. Select a destination to install the plug-in. Then click Continue.

9. Use the default location and click Install.

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10. Enter your password and click Install Software

11. Installation will process automatically.

12. Click Close to exit the installation.

13. Open the browser and login again with the default IP 192.168.10.30

or the IP that was dynamically assigned by your router.

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14. Enter the user name, admin, and the default password, admin, and

then click OK.

15. Click Trust (You’ll have to do this again when your camera changes to

a new IP address.)

16. The TV-NVR104 will ask you to change your password from the

default setting. Please enter the new password twice and click OK. The password must be between 8 and 16 characters. (Alphanumeric: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, !, @, #, $).

17. Enter the user name admin and new password again to start secured

session.

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18. The Live View page shows up and the video starts to stream.

Note: If you were not go through the basic setup, the camera plug-and-play process will begin after you setup the password. Wait a few minutes and press command- R to refresh the browser for the live video.

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After you log-in into the camera management page, you’ll see the Live View page.

Start/Stop Streaming

Video Stream

Display Mode

Start/Stop All Streams

Snapshot

Start/Stop Recording

Zoom

Microphone

Speaker

PTZ Control

Live View

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Pan and tilt

controls

Brightness Contrast Saturation HUE

Speed

Zoom Focus Aperture (Iris)

Presets

Start/Stop Streaming

Click this button to start or stop streaming. Select the display cell by click on it, (The yellow frame will wrap around the selected display cell.) then click on the icon of the stream you want. If the channel has been selected by others, stop that streaming before you change.

Video Stream

Click this button to choose the video stream between main stream and sub stream. 1: main stream; 2: sub stream.

Click this button to select the display mode to display a single video on the screen or display four videos on the screen at the same time.

Click this button to start or stop all video streams.

Snapshot

Select the video you want to take a snapshot and then click this icon to take a video snapshot.

Display Mode

Start/Stop All Streams

Microphone

Select the video channel and then click on this button to start/stop talking through the camera.

Select the video channel and then click on this button to start/stop listening from the camera. Use the slide below to adjust the volume.

PTZ Control

Click this button to bring up the PTZ user interface.

Speaker

Start/Stop Recording

Select the video you want to record and then click this icon to start or stop video recording.

Zoom

Select single video display and then click once to enable zoom. When enabled, click and drag the area on the picture to zoom in. Right click to resume 100% zoom. Click the icon again to disable zoom. The zoom function works in full

screen mode as well.

Where can I find saved files?

Videos and snapshots captured from Live View will be saved to your computer. See Live View Settings on page 104 for more details.

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Click and drag the time line to move your time manually.

Click this button to zoom in the scale

Click this button to zoom out of the scale

Click this button to specify a specific time of the day.

and then click to confirm selection and then click X to close this dialog box.

Playback

You can playback the video recording one at a time at this page. You can also download the video clip and snapshots to your local computer. Select the video channel on the left hand side and then search for the video.

Time Line

There is a play back head in the center of the time line represented in a yellow vertical line. To look for a specific video recording, move the time line by clicking and dragging it. If the recording is short, zoom in by clicking button. Click to zoom out the time scale. If you know the

exact time of the day you are looking for, click then enter the time you want to playback.

Different types of recordings are identified differently. The scheduled recordings are marked in blue, and the recordings triggered by motion detection are marked in red.

Search for video recordings

Click the date selection, and then choose a date as the date range of searching. Click Search to start searching.

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Click this button to play the video.

Click this button to pause video playback.

Click this button to stop playback.

Click this button increase playback speed*.

Click this button decrease playback speed*.

Click to playback video frame by frame. Click again for the next frame�

Click this button to stop video playback streams.

Click this button to take a snapshot of current playback.

Click this button to start clipping a video from playback.

Click this button or anywhere on the timeline to stop clipping a video from playback.

Click this button to download the files.

Click this button to enable or disable the audio playback.

Click this button for full screen playback.

Play video

Use playback controls to play back the video recording.

* Note: There are 5 steps of playback speed you can choose from: 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, and 4 times of original speed.

Slice images from video playback

You can take snapshots from playback video or make new video clips from the video you are playing back.

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Download recorded videos

To save complete video sections, you can download the files directly.

Click button to download files.

Where can I find saved files?

Videos and snapshots captured from Playback will be saved to your computer. See Live View Settings on page 104 for details.

Check the time of the recording, select the videos you want to download, and then click Download.

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Log

The log of the TV-NVR104 is saving on the hard disk drive. You can search the relevant records and save to your local computer.

Search for logs

Click the type of log and then the Start Time and End Time. Click Search to start searching.

Click First Page, Prev Page, Next Page, and Last Page to show the logs. Click Save Log to save the logs to your computer.

Where can I find saved files?

Videos and snapshots captured from Playback will be saved to your computer. See Live View Settings on page 104 for details.

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Basic Information

Device Name:

Human readable device name for easy identification.

Firmware

Version:

Firmware version

MAC Address:

The MAC address of Ethernet Interface

System Time:

The system time setup in the camera. Keeping this time correct is important for recording, scheduled control and logging accurately.

Network Information

IP Address:

IP address of the TV-NVR104

Subnet Mask:

Network range of IP address

Default

Gateway:

The default route going from the TV-NVR104 subnet.

Primary DNS:

Primary DNS server address

Secondary DNS:

Secondary DNS server address

System Information

System Information page shows the TV-NVR104’s basic information. Click System then click System Info to show the page.

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Table of Contents

Product Overview

Package Contents

Features

TV-NVR104 Hardware

PoE Ports

Storage Bay

Network Port

Display Ports

Audio Ports

USB Ports

TV-NVR104 Management

Remote Access

Camera Setup

Live View

Camera Management

Video Recording**

Recording Time

Scheduled Recording

Advanced Playback

Video Export

Dynamic DNS Support

IPv6

ONVIF

TV-IP320PI Hardware

Adjustable Bracket

Outdoor Ready

1.3 Megapixel

Night Vision

Smart IR

D-WDR

TV-NVR104 Front View

TV-NVR104 Back Panel

TV-IP320PI Hardware Overview

Hardware installation

Wiring for System Setup

Connect NVR to your network (optional)

Connect to the cameras

Connecting the power supply

Connect to the monitor or TV

Connect the mouse

NVR Installation

Camera Installation

Viewing angle

Weather conditions

Numeric keyboard

English keyboard

Basic System Setup

Soft Keyboard Instruction

Keyboard styles

Special characters

Setup Wizard

Start Recording

Instant Playback

System Management (local)

Using the Short Menu

Shortcut Menu

Instant playback

Audio

PTZ control

Basic pan and tilt

Advanced PTZ

Special features

Navigation

Digital zoom

Image settings

Live view strategy

Close

Using the Main Menu

Login to the Management Pages

Restore Default Password

Logout, start up, or shut down the NVR

Startup your NVR

Shutdown your NVR

Rebooting your NVR

Log out from NVR management

Camera Settings Menu

Camera Connection Settings

Camera installations