Unifore 4CH Mini NVR, 8CH Mini NVR Quick Start Manual

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Mini NVR

Quick Start Manual

Product Description

The mini NVR was specially designed for network video surveillance system. It has embedded Linux
operating system which makes the system operation more stable; it has standard H.264 video
compression algorithms which achieve high definition, low bitrate and single-frame play video function.

The mini NVR is small, dimension 88mm*88mm*32mm, but with complete ports and function. It
supports Onvif, 4CH/ 8CH 720P or 1080P IP cameras input, preview and playback; P2P and mobile
phone controller; Mobile HDD, E-SATA hard disk cartridge and E-SATA HDD expansion. HDMI and
VGA output simultaneously. The power supply was made of standard 5V2A micro-mini USB port,
energy saving and environmental protection.

1.1 Declaration：

 Thank you for purchasing our NVR. If you need any help, please feel free to contact us.
 The manual apply to 8CH mini NVR and 4CH mini NVR
 The manual will be updated according to the enhancement of product function. Description of

product or program will be improved or updated periodically. The updated stuff will be added in
new manual without prior notice. If any product description in manual not in conformity with the
real object, subject to the real object.

2 .1 Attentions:

 The IP address of all devices in LAN can’t conflict with each other.
 The gate way should match with IP address, and setting up correctly.

The product supports external HDD only, including mobile HDD, hard-disk cartridge with E-SATA port.
We have tested following HDD brands and model numbers work with the mini NVR:
Seagate Backup Plus 1TB 2.5’’ USB3.0 mobile HDD, Model No.: STBU1000300
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2.5’’ USB3.0 mobile HDD, Model No.: STBX1000301
Seagate Expansion 2TB 3.5’’ USB3.0 external HDD, Model No.: STBV2000300
Western Digital (WD) Elements 1TB 2.5’’ USB3.0 mobile HDD, Model No.: WDBUZG0010BBK

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3.1 Technical Parameters

3.1.1 8CH mini NVR

Model Number

8CH Mini NVR

Operating System

Embedded LINUX operating system

Image Code Control

Adjustable; variable bitstream and constant bitstream optional

Dual Stream

Each channel can set main stream and sub stream
Video Standard

1080P(1920×1080)30fps/ 960P/(1280×960)/ 720P(1280×720)30fps
Monitoring Image Quality

1080P(1920×1080)/ 960P/(1280×960)/ 720P(1280×720)

Image Motion Detection

Each screen can set multiple detection areas and set 6-level sensitivity(if IPC

support it)

Recording Playback

4CH playback simultaneously in 8CH 720P/960P mode;

1CH 1080P playback in 8CH 1080P mode

Region Cover

Every channel can set 4 cover regions(if IPC support it)

Recording Mode

Support manual, auto, dynamic detection, alarm trigger record mode(Partly

needs IPC support it)

Backup Way

Support HDD, U disk, USB mobile HDD, USB DVR-RW, network storage and

backup

Operation Way

Mouse
Local Login

User name and password
Recording Storage

Local HDD, network

①  8×(1280*720)+sub[640*360]+1Ref.+4Play 8CH 720P IP Camera

② 8×(1280*960)+sub[640*480]+4Ref.+1Play 8CH 960P IP Camera

③ 8×(1920*1080)+sub[640*480]+2Ref.+1Play 8CH 1080P IP

Camera

Video Input

④ 8×(720*576)+sub[352*288]+2Ref.+8Play 8CH D1 IP Cameras

Audio Input

8CH network audio input

Video

Output

1CH VGA + 1CH HDMI

External

Ports

Network

Port

1 RJ45,10M/100M self-adaptive LAN port

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USB Port

2 x USB 2.0 ports

Wireless Port

3G，WIFI
HDD Port

E-SATA/ Mobile HDD/ U-Disk
Capacity

Maximum 4TB HDD/ port
HDD

Mobile View

Support(iPhone，Windows Mobile，BlackBerry，Symbian，Android) smart

phones

Power Supply

5V2A
Power Consumption

≤10(without HDD）

Working Temperature

-10℃～＋55℃

Working Humidity

10％-90％
Dimension

Equipment: 88mm×88mm×32mm, With Packing: 185.5mm×115.5mm×36mm
Weight(without HDD)

N.W.: 105g; With packing: 250g
Outside Carton

30pcs/ carton; Dimension: 365mm×350mm×188mm; Weight: 8 Kg。

Installation Way

Desktop Installation

3.1.2 4CH mini NVR

Model Number

4CH Mini NVR
Operating System

Embedded LINUX operating system

Image Code Control

Adjustable; variable bit stream and constant bit stream optional

Dual Stream

Each channel can set main stream and sub stream
Video Standard

1080P(1920×1080)30fps/ 960P/(1280×960)/ 720P(1280×720)30fps
Monitoring Image Quality

1080P(1920×1080)/ 960P/(1280×960)/ 720P(1280×720)

Image Motion Detection

Each screen can set multiple detection areas and set 6-level sensitivity(if IPC

support it)

Recording Playback

4CH playback simultaneously in 4CH 720P/ 960P mode

1CH 1080P playback in 1/4CH 1080P mode

Region Cover

Every channel can set 4 cover regions(if IPC support it)

Recording Mode

Support manual, auto, dynamic detection, alarm trigger record mode(Partly

needs IPC support it)

Backup Way

Support HDD, U disk, USB mobile HDD, USB DVR-RW, network storage and

backup

Operation Way

Mouse
Local Login

User name and password
Recording Storage

Local HDD, network
External

Video Input

①  4×(1280*720) +sub[960*576]+4Ref.+4Play 4CH 720P IP Cameras

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② 4×(1280*960)+sub[960*576]+1Ref.+4Play 4CH 960P IP Cameras

③ 4×(1920*1080)+sub[960*576]+4Ref.+1Play 4CH 1080P IP Cameras

④ 1×(1920*1080)+sub[960*576]+4Ref.+1Play 1CH 1080P IP Cameras

⑤ 4×(720*576) +sub[352*288]+4Ref.+4Play 4CH D1 IP Cameras

Audio Input

4CH network audio input

Video
Output

1CH VGA + 1CH HDMI

Network
Port

1 RJ45,10M/100M self-adaptive LAN port

USB Port

2 x USB 2.0 ports

Wireless
Port

3G，WIFI

Ports

HDD Port

E-SATA/ Mobile HDD/ U-Disk
Capacity

Maximum 4TB HDD/ port
HDD

Mobile View

Support(iPhone，Windows Mobile，BlackBerry，Symbian，Android) smart

phones

Power Supply

5V2A
Power Consumption

≤10(without HDD）

Working Temperature

-10℃～＋55℃

Working Humidity

10％-90％
Dimension

Equipment: 88mm×88mm×32mm, With Packing: 185.5mm×115.5mm×36mm
Weight(without HDD)

N.W.: 105g; With packing: 250g
Outside Carton

30pcs/ carton; Dimension: 365mm×350mm×188mm; Weight: 8 Kg。

Installation Way

Desktop Installation

4.1 Ports Instruction

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Connection Diagram

5.1 Device Operation

5.1.1 Power On

Connect power and mobile HDD, and then switch on the power button (on the right side of NVR). The
video output is default multi-screen mode after startup is completed. If the startup time is among the
time of setting record, system will auto start timing video recording.

Notice: Please use the NVR matching power supply instead of any other power supply of any other
type or brand.

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5.1.2 System Login

After normal booting, single-click icon，

1) Power off: Click “Power off” button, the device will shutdown.

2) Reboot: Click “Reboot” button, the device will reboot.

3) Click “Login” button to login the system.
User name: admin, password: blank by default;

4) Lock: Click “[ ] Lock”, the menu will be locked.

5.1.3 IP Channel Setting

After login successfully, system will pop out the host side
IP address setting menu automatically, after setting
successfully click “ OK”, then it will pop out the menu for IP
channel setting, click “ Yes”, the system will save the IP
automatically. If need to manual setting IP address, click
“NO”.

5.1.4 Power Off

Click the power switch at the top panel can shutdown the device
Or【Main Menu】【Power Off】，select 【Yes】
Note: Suggest to shutdown device in this way, it can avoid damaging the device from v electricity
cut-off by accident).

5.2 Display Setting

Click icon， show the menu as the right side:

1 Language：select different language according to the

necessary(eg. Chinese, English), after that need restart
the device

2 Auto Logout： system will logout automatically and

locked according to the setting time
3 TV Adjust：set image display dimension on TV
4 Display ： adjust the monitor lightness 、 contrast、

saturation and color
5 Resolution：the default setting is 1024×768, please select

the best resolution according to the monitor or the

image clarity will be affected or the image cannot display well as it exceed monitor display range
6 Rotation Interval: Setup the time interval of rotation. Tick “Enable SEQ” to start rotation.

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6.1 Network Setting

Connect NVR with network cable to the LAN switch,
After power on, click to enter setting menu, set
NVR IP address, subnet mask, and gateway and so on.
Then use PC to run ping command to check NVR IP has
connected with LAN

Notice: IP address might conflict with each other, please
set the gateway correctly, or NVR might fail to work.
Please ensure all the IP addresses in LAN are unique.

Device port setting: the default is 5050, if there are several NVRs in the LAN, need to change this
port is for login NVR by IE, CMS. Login NVR by mobile, the port should be +3 based on the device
port.
HTTP port: the default port is 80, suggest modifying it. This port is for login NVR by IE, input NVR IP
address or domain name; need to add colon and HTTP port number.

Example: show as the above right picture, access NVR by IE in LAN, first add 2 forwarding rules in the
router, the IP address is 192.168.1.188, the forwarding ports are 5050-5053, 80. Please input
http://192.168.1.188:80 at IE browser and download ActiveX, then close the IE before install the
ActiveX, after installing it successfully, then reopen IE with http://192.168.1.188:80, it will show login
menu, input device port:5050, user name: admin, no password, can access NVR.

If access NVR by IE in WAN, please use static IP or dynamic domain name, the operation is same as
LAN.

6. 2 Connect with IP Camera

6.2.1 Manual Search

Right click to select 【IP channelSetting】Manual, click
Search button, NVR will search out all IP cameras in the LAN,it will
take 18-30 seconds, after finishing the configuration, click Save to logout,
then the image will come out.