U.S. Security Solutions RVH9000Z, RVH9000ZD, US916Z, US916ZD User Manual

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User Manual

RVH9000Z/9000ZD

US916Z/US916ZD

High Definition Hybrid H.264

DVR

This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.

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WARNING

NOTE:

Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment

(Applicable in the European

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE
THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR
MOISTURE.

This symbol is intended to
alert the user to the presence
of unprotected “Dangerous
voltage" within the product's
enclosure that may be strong
enough to cause a risk of
electric shock.

This equipment has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for a
class digital device, pursuant to part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful

This symbol is intended to
alert the user to the presence
of important operating and
maintenance (servicing)
instructions in the literature
accompanying the appliance.

interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential
area is likely to cause harmful interference
in which case the user will be required to
correct the interference at his own expense.

Union and other European countries with separate collection systems)

This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated
as household waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the applicable collection point for the
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of
correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and
human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this
product. The recycling of materials will help to conserve natural resources. For more detailed
information about recycling of this product, please contact your local city office, your household
waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.

Notice: Ghosting or fractured images may occur on the screen when there is a suddenly surge
or lightning stroke which cause damage on IC in the DVRs.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS ________________________________________ 4

1-1 LIVE M
1-2 PLAYBACK M
1-3 PTZ M

CHAPTER 2 MAIN MENU SETUP ______________________________________________________ 10

2-1 RECORD SETUP _________________________________________________________________ 11

2-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup ___________________________________________________ 12

2-2 EVENT SETUP __________________________________________________________________ 13

2-2.1 MOTION SETUP _____________________________________________________________ 14
2-2.2 SENSOR SETUP _____________________________________________________________ 16

2-3 SCHEDULE SETUP _______________________________________________________________ 16

2-3.1 Schedule Record Setup _______________________________________________________ 17

2-3.2 Holiday Setup ______________________________________________________________ 17
2-4 CAMERA SETUP ________________________________________________________________ 18
2-5 ACCOUNT SETUP _______________________________________________________________ 20

2-5.1 Permission Setup ___________________________________________________________ 20

2-5.2 User Picture Setup _________________________________________________________ 21
2-6 NETWORKING SETUP ___________________________________________________________ 22

2-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP ________________________________________________________ 22

2-6.2 HTTP Setup ________________________________________________________________ 25

2-6.4 Mail Setup _________________________________________________________________ 26
2-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP _____________________________________________________________ 28
2-8 SYSTEM SETUP _________________________________________________________________ 29

2-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP _____________________________________________________________ 30

2-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP___________________________________________________________ 31

2-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP ______________________________________________________ 33

2-8.4 SPOT SETUP _______________________________________________________________ 34
4-9 UTILITY SETUP _________________________________________________________________ 35
4-10 DIAGNOSTIC __________________________________________________________________ 36

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CHAPTER 3 BACKUP & SEARCH _______________________________________________________ 37

3-1 BACKUP SETUP _________________________________________________________________ 37
3-2 SEARCH SETUP _________________________________________________________________ 40

3-2.1 EVENT SEARCH ____________________________________________________________ 40

3-2.2 TIME SEARCH _____________________________________________________________ 42

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CHAPTER 1 LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS

1-1 LIVE Mode

You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under
LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen
graphical icons under LIVE mode.

Table 3-1.1 Functions of remote control under LIVE mode

Button Description

REC Start/Stop recording.

PLAY Start playing back the most recently recorded segment.

LOCK Enable/ Disable lock.

1,2,3,4 Select full screen channel.

FREEZE Enable/ Disable screen freeze.

ENTER/MODE Switch to full screen or multi split display.

MENU/ II Enable/ Disable setup menu.

BK-UP／／／／ESC Enable/ Disable backup menu.

SRH Enable/ Disable search menu.

MUTE Switch channel 1 audio output enable/disable.

STATUS Enable/ Disable status menu.

OSD Enable/ Disable OSD display

ZOOM/ZOOM－－－－

PIP/ ZOOM＋＋＋＋

PTZ Enter the PTZ mode.

AUTO

DVR1,2,3,4

: DVR factory default ID is ID1.

＊＊＊＊

d normally, press the

Table 1-1.2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.

Icon Description

Switch to 4-split display.

Switch to 9-split display.

Enable/ Disable 2x zoom. Using the arrow keys or mouse to move
the enlarged area.

Enable/ Disable PIP display

Use the mouse to click the channel name to switch to other channels.

Start the automatic switch.

Switch ID1~4 for DVR ＊＊＊＊

"DVR1"

In case the remote control

button

re-mapping

ID.

could not be operate

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons.

Main menu.

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Search menu.

Backup menu.

PTZ mode.

Turn on/off recording.

Playback.

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons.

FREEZE.

PIP，picture in picture display.

ZOOM, double the screen size

AUTO-sequence

LOCK, activate the key lock.

Full screen display.

Quad display.

5 display

9 display

9 display

9 display

Table 1-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode

Icon Description

Recording is on

Schedule Recording is on

Live Audio is on

Live Audio is off

Motion detected on the channel

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Shows the current hard disk space has been used

The channel sensor alarm has been triggered (depends on model).

Video loss detected on the channel

USB device is detected

Burner is detected.

Connected to the LAN cable.

AUTO-seq is on

Freeze is on, screen is frozen

LOCK is on

PTZ control is on

(99% mean used 99%, remain 1%)

Lower right of each CH will show the current time

Icon Description

/

/

Image quality (High/Low)

Full screen

Record

Snapshot

Record and snap shot file saving path setup

Enable / Disable Shortcut Toolbar

1-2 PLAYBACK Mode

Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon

will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will
show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on
any location of your screen.

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Table 1-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode

Button Description

ENTER / MODE

Switch to full screen or multi split display.

MENU / Turn on/off PAUSE.

PLAY Play back at normal speed.

/ SLOW Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,

by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of the normal
speed.

/ Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There

are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.

/ Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There

are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.

/ Stop playback.

Table 1-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode.

Icon Description

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「 / 」 Fast rewind

／

「 / 」Fast forward

Play/pause

「▲▲▲▲ / SLOW」，slow playback

「▼▼▼▼ / ■」stop playback

Playback channel by channel with snap shot display

Full screen display

Quad display

9 screen display

9 screen display

9 screen display

5 channel display

If you want to monitor single channel, please choose a channel and click left butt
on of mouse two times.

Zoom-in display

1-3 PTZ Mode

Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing “PTZ” button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon
will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side
of screen.

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Below functions need support from specific PTZ

manufac

turer.

Please check user manual of your PTZ for more detail.

Table 1-3.2 Mouse operation under the PTZ mode

Icon Description

Leave PTZ Mode，back to the LIVE mode

Pre-set number N. (0~255)

Go to pre-set number N.

Set current PTZ location at pre-set number N.

「TOUR」，press to activate pre-set tour＊

「PIP」，Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. ＊

「FREEZE」， Activate line-scan. ＊

「ZOOM」，Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan. ＊

To move PTZ in 360°

PTZ zoom in; PTZ zoom out

PTZ focus in; PTZ focus out.

PTZ IRIS open, PTZ IRIS close.

to

＊＊＊＊ PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren’t compatible 100%
sometimes. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.

AUX 1~8,「AUTO」Key ＋ Number key「1~8」

「Backup」, Customized function。

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CHAPTER 2 MAIN MENU SETUP

To enter the main menu and set up DVR, log-in account and user password are required.
The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please check the “Account Setup” for
related setup of other log-in users.

Table 4-0.1 Some definition of virtual keyboard.

Item Description

Switch between capital and small letters.

/

Switch between numbers and letters.

Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login

account.

Delete the last character.

Enter to identify the password. It will enter the set
up menu, If the password is verified.

Space key

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Item Description

Switch to different options under one item
Switch to different items
MENU Save setup and back to LIVE mode
ESC Back to Upper level of menu without saving
ENTER Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard

Table 2-0.2 The operation of remote control under the setting menu

PS. The initialization of new-installed HD is required before recording, please refer to “UTILITY
SETUP” for detail.

2-1 RECORD SETUP

Item Description

HDD FULL

OSD position X Setup OSD X axis

OSD position Y Set up OSD y axis

Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the
HDD when HDD is full

Stop

「

Overwrite

「

Stop Recording

」：

Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data

」：

of HDD, and continue to record.

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OSD position setup Set up OSD axis

Video Preservation

Quality & Frame Rate
Setup

Setup the video preservation period. Recorded video will be
deleted automatically after expiry of preservation period.

Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.

2-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup

Item Description

Normal setup/
event setup

No. Check/uncheck the box enable/disable selected channel recording

Resolution

Quality Select quality: Below Basic/ Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest

FPS Select recording frame rate.

Auto Assign each channel with its maximum accessible fps

Note: Channel 1 is for HD, so it is one more option 720P in Resolution

Select recording mode

Select recording resolution:

NTSC:360x240, 720x240, 720x480

PAL:360X288,720X288,720X576

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2-2 EVENT SETUP

Item Description

Motion Setup Enter to set up motion detection

Motion Setup Enter to set up sensor detection

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2-2.1 MOTION SETUP

Item Description

Alarm Duration(Seconds) When is motion detect, the number of seconds continuous alarm

Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all

Motion Popup

1~9 You can setup independently for each channel.

Enable Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each channel.

Sensitivity

Motion Area Setup Enter to setup motion detection area

Apply to All The setting can be applied to all channels.

channels. When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected
channel image will pop up in full screen display.

Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Sensitivity from value 1 to

10 for each channel. The higher value you set the higher sensitivity it
will be.

2-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP

The motion detection has been divided into 20x15 grids. The default detection area is
full screen as it marked in transparent for local DVR and purple for remote access.
Areas deselected for motion detection are marked in red for both local and remote site.

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Item Description

Mask Mouse Selection Switch between “select” and “deselect” for cursor-dragging function

All Area Detection Select entire screen as detection area.

Mask All Area Deselect entire detection area.

Continue Continue setup

Exit & Save Save setup and leave

Exit & Discard Cancel setup and leave

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2-2.2 SENSOR SETUP

Item Description

Alarm
Duration(Seconds)

Sensor Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all

All Off Set all sensor off

All Low Set all sensor polarity low

All High Set all sensor polarity high

Sensor Polarity

When motion is detect, the number of seconds continuous alarm

channels. When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected
channel image will pop up in full screen display.

Click or press ▼ to select between HIGH, LOW voltage for triggering

sensor detection or OFF to turn off polarity for each channel

Low Polarity：Sensor has not been triggered. When connected,

sensor will be turned on..

High Polarity：Sensor has been triggered. When connected, sensor

status will be turned off..

Off ：Sensor is deactivated, and will not be turned on/off.

2-3 SCHEDULE SETUP

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Except from starting recording manually, you can also setup the recording time by weeks
and schedule including normal, motion detect, and recording type.

Item Description

Page Each page provides 10 schedules for setup. 5 pages in total.

Holiday Setup Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,.

View Event/ Motion/
Sensor Setup

View Normal/ Motion/Sensor

2-3.1 Schedule Record Setup

Click on the time on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have
detail setup by dates, Time and event.

2-3.2 Holiday Setup

Since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of
your location accordingly.

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2-4 CAMERA SETUP

Item Description

1~9 You can setup independently for each channel.

Mask Check the box to Enable/Disable mask function for LIVE mode

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Sharpness of your camera from

value 0 to 15.

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Brightness of your camera from

value 0 to 255.

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Contrast of your camera from
value 0 to 255.

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Saturation

Hue

Name Set up name of each channel

Volume

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Saturation of your camera from
value 0 to 255. The default value is 128.

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Hue of your camera from value 0
to 255. ( This function doesn’t support at PAL system)

Audio volume under LIVE mode and recording mode can be
adjusted.

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2-5 ACCOUNT SETUP

The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for
each user (maximum of 4 users) to access DVR over network. The default admin account and
password is “admin” and “123456”

(The default password remains the same after firmware upgrade)

Item Description

No. Check to activate the user’s account.
Username Set up username
Password Set up password for each user. Password is 8-digits required and can

be mixed by letters and numbers with case-sensitive. Letters can be
mixed with capitals or lowercases.

Permissions Set up Permissions for each user
Change Admin

Password
Picture Change user’s picture

Change administrator’s password

2-5.1 Permission Setup

The Account Setup is set to provide individual user (maximum of 4 users) role-based
permissions, including access to Setup menu, Network operation, PTZ function, Playback,
Utility, Backup, Password expiry date and Mask on specific channels while playing back.

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2-5.2 User Picture Setup

User can select picture wished to be changed to from hard drive.

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2-6 NETWORKING SETUP

Item Description

Connect type

Setup mode for network connection: (ADSL、、、、DHCP、、、、LAN、、、、3G).

HTTP Setup Enter to set up HTTP

DDNS Setup Enter to set up DDNS

Mail Setup Enter to set up mail

2-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP

There are three ways to connect to the network as followed.

2-6.1.1 ADSL

Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required.

Item Description

User Name Enter user name provided by ISP

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Password Enter password provided by ISP

2-6.1.2 DHCP

When DHCP is selected, IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically.

2-6.1.3 LAN

Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required.

Item Description

IP Address Enter IP address provided by ISP

Subnet Mask Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP

Gateway Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP

DNS Enter DNS address provided by ISP.

(Note: The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function).

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2-6.1.4 3G

Select 3G for network connection, the following information is required.

Item Description

Dial-up Number

Dial-up Number，Determined as the ISP

PIN Enter SIM card password

APN Enter ”internet”

Advance Setting The advanced settings (Taiwan ISP outside)

Item Description

Enable Enable advance setting

User Name Enter ISP username

Password Enter ISP password

IP Address

PS：：：：This feature currently only supports the Huawei 3G card

Enter the ISP provides a fixed IP address。

(if the client uses the Internet only need to enter a fixed IP)

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Item

Description

ssss＊、、、、

＊

、、、、

、、、、

、、、、

2-6.2 HTTP Setup

Item Description

Enable HTTP
Server

Port Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80.

Auto Assign each channel with its maxima accessible fps

No. Chanel number

Quality Set up record quality. There are below basic, basic, normal, high,

FPS Set up record FPS

Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the
DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated.

highest

2-6.3 DDNS Setup

Enable DDNS Enable/disable DDNS function.

DDNS Server

Host Name Enter the completed registered SMTP Server.

Enter the registered SMTP Server:

ez-dn

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DYNDNS.ORG

NO-IP.ORG

3322.ORG

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(Including username + Server)

If the user name is h.264 and you choose i-dvr as your server,
you should enter: h.264.i-dvr.net

User Name Enter user name.

Password Enter password.

＊＊＊＊For more detailed I-DVR.NET operation instruction, please refer to appendixⅠⅠⅠⅠ、、、、ⅡⅡⅡⅡ

2-6.4 Mail Setup

When event occurs (VLOSS, MOTION), email will be sent to the receiver account automatically.

Item Description

Enable E-mail Notification Check the box to enable/disable E-mal Notification function.

Port Port for SMTP server.

SMTP Server

Enter to set up SMTP Server name.
(Varies according to the user)

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User Name Enter to set up User Name.

Password Enter to set up Password.

Sender E-mail Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers.

Trigger Event

Receiver E-mail Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually.

Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below
circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).

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2-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP

The DVR allows users to control PTZ functions of your camera. To enable PTZ function, the 485
cable should be connected to the RS-485 port of DVR.

Item Description

Enable PTZ Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel.

Protocol Set up the protocol of PTZ cam. The supported protocol are

PELCO-P, PELCO-D, KND, LI-LIN, SAMSUNG, LG, AVTECH.

PTZ ID

Baud Rate Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400, 4800, 9600,19200
RS-485 ID Select RS-485 ID from 1 to 64
RS-485 Baud Rate Select RS-485 Baud Rate from 2400. 4800, 9600,19200
Keyboard Select Keyboard.

Click or press
to 64.

◀ ▶ to

set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1

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2-8 SYSTEM SETUP

Item Description

DVR Name

Language

Remote ID Default ID is 0. DVR is controlled by standard remote control,

Auto Lock

Auto Reboot Enter to set up auto reboot time

Display Setup Enter to set up Display

Date/Time Setup Enter to set up Date/Time

Device Setup

The name of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access.

Click or press ▼ to select OSD language.

After one minute without any action, the DVR will switch to LIVE
mode automatically. Auto lock can function differently according to
the setting below.

Function

Setting

Key lock

Key unlock(Note

3)

Disable

Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay

Auto Logout (Note1) Key Lock (Note2)

○ ○

○ ×

× ×

Spot Setup

There are three options: Disable, key unlock, key lock

Enter to set up Spot

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「○」: Enable the function, 「×」: Disable the function

Note 1: When logged out automatically, you will have to operate in limited authority such as

operations like: Freeze the screen, Picture in picture, Zoom in/ out, switch between
channels…etc. If you need to enter the Setup menu, Search menu, backup menu,
Record…etc, user’s account and password are required.

Note 2: When the key lock automatically, remote control and mouse can’t function before

entering verified password.

Note 3: When in “key unlock” mode, the system will log out automatically if there’s no DVR

operation in one minute.

2-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP

Item Description

Auto-Seq Interval Set up duration time in seconds for the interval between channels

under Auto-Seq mode.

Show OSD Turn On / Off OSD display

Show DVR Status Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display

Show Date/Time Turn On / Off date and time display

Show Channel Name Turn On / Off channel name display

Border Color

Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.（Red,

Green, Blue）

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2-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP

Item Description

Hour Format 12HOURS/ 24HOURS

Date Format MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD

Date/Time Position Choose the position of Time and Date display

Change Date & Time Setup time and date of DVR

Time Zone Setup Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time.

Internet Time Setup Setup automatic synchronization with internet server

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2-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME

Setup date and time of DVR manually according to user’s local time.

2-8.2.2 TIME ZONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP

Set up time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time function according to user’s DVR location.

Item Description

Select Time Zone Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13

Daylight Saving Time Turn on/ off Daylight Saving Time

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2-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP

Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.

Item Description

Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function.

Automatic
Synchronization

Update Now

Effective by this option selected, DVR will automatically
synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after
booting.

Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately
correspond with those in internet server.

2-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP

Item Description

Mouse Speed

Buzzer & Relay Setup

Move the mouse cursor speed, the more the faster to the
right. (Only Local machine)

Into the buzzer & relay setup.

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Item Description

Key Tone Enable/Disable keystrokes.

Buzzer

Relay

Enable/Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for
sensor, motion and vloss (Video Loss).

Enable/Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks
when the alarm is triggered for sensor, motion and vloss.

2-8.4 SPOT SETUP

DVR's Main Monitor output signal, do the main screen output or switch SPOT mode
output

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Please stop

Item Description

SPOT MODE

Interval (Seconds)

Skip Video Loss
Channel

4-9 UTILITY SETUP

Channels display in spot for two different modes:
Disable:The screen is same the main screen with VGA output,
Enable: Spot Mode
The duration time in seconds for the interval between channels under

SPOT mode.
Whether to skip channels without video signal.

Item Description

HDD Initialization

USB Initialization Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and

System Recovery

Reset System Events Reset all the recording events in DVR.

Copy Setup to USB

Download Setup from USB

Upgrade

Select to enter hard disk initialization menu.
recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu,
system will show all the data (model ,volume ) of HDD that
installed in DVR. Check the HDD you’d like to initialize
then press “Start”. HDD initialization is successful when
the status shows “Succeed”

press YES to clean up all data on your USB. The
initialization is done when it’s showed “Succeed”.

Restore system default values

Copy configuration to a USB device. There will be a file

named 「sdvr_conf.dat」 on your USB.

Download configuration from a USB device into DVR.

Upgrade DVR through USB.
Please stop recording and backup setup configuration
before upgrading.

System will reboot automatically when the upgrade is

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completed.

Notice! DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR UNPLUG USB DEVICE DURING THE UPGRADE

as it may cause incomplete firmware upgrade and damage to the DVR.

4-10 DIAGNOSTIC

Item Description

Version The current firmware version of DVR

IP The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected

from network, the screen will display” NETWORK
DISCONNECT”.

MAC MAC Address of DVR

HDD Status No. HDD number

Volume HDD Capacity

Used Rate Percentage of space used on HDD.

Shows HDD status.

USING means the HDD is being used for recording

Status

Format Time The latest format time of HDD

now

GOOD/BAD means the HDD has a known/unknown
format for the DVR. (Note: Please initialize your
newly-installed HDD before using it.)

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CHAPTER 3 BACKUP & SEARCH

3-1 BACKUP SETUP

User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD
R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. The format of backup file is
IRF file that can be played by both “Ifileplay” and “CMS”

＊＊＊＊:Use the USB flash backup, the system will automatically copy "Ifileplay" to the USB

Item Description

From The start time of backup file

To The end time of backup file

Device Select USB or PC as the backup device

Free Space The available space in your backup device. (not available for PC backup)

Refresh Recalculate the available space of backup device. (not available for PC backup)

Required Space Show the size of the backup file

Calculate Calculate the size of backup file

Start

Note! Do not unplug the USB device or turn off the DVR during the backup process to

avoid unrecoverable error.

Start backup operation.

Be sure to calculate the size of backup file BEFORE operating backup.

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iFileplay Use Method

Step 1: install 「iFileplay」software to your PC. You can get「iFileplay」file from the CD with DVR

Packing.

PS: When you using USB to backup file, iFileplay.exe will copy to USB with the backup
file automatically.

Step 2：Setup「ifileplaypack.exe」。

Step 3：Click「open」，choose and star a DVR backup file。

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Step 4：Ifileplay software will play the backup file automatically.

Step 5：If there is no display on the screen, The backup file is not our DVR recording format.

Please check it.

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3-2 SEARCH SETUP

Item Description

Event Search Event search menu

Time Search Enter time search menu

3-2.1 EVENT SEARCH

The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included. If there

is recording data for an event, a yellow signal will be shown on the left side of time
information. Rest your cursor under the line and press “enter”, or left click your mouse to
playback the recording data.

P.S. Event Records will still be generated even when hard disk is not installed or the
record function is not activated. However, the record can’t be viewed after selecting it.

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Item Description

Criteria Setup conditions of event search

Page Switch between pages of events

Date/Time Date/time when event occurred.

Event type, defined as following

MOTION Motion Detected

Video Loss Video Loss

Remote Login user log-in over the network

Event Type

Info

Remote Logout user log-out over the network

Power On DVR Power on

HDD Full HDD Space FULL

HDD Error Detect HDD error

Reboot DVR Reboot

The channel where event occurs or login user

3-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH

The amount of events can be numerous. Therefore, you can facilitate event sorting by setting
up “criteria”. Setup “start time” and “end time” for event search, then the search result will be
limited to this specific period of time. Only checked events and channels will be sorted in event
search.

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3-2.2 TIME SEARCH

TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press “Enter” or
left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a

red square “ □□□□ “System will start playing back according to the date you selected. Calendar will

be shown by using mouse to click on “year” and “month”.

Click “date” to display recording time of that specific date with time bar. You can change time
(hour/minute/second) or click on a specific time of time bar by mouse then press “ok”. DVR will
playback the selected recording data.

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CHAPTER 4 Remote Software Installation and Setup

4-1 AP Software Installation and instruction

AP software:「DVR Remote Desktop」can allow you to remotely access and control the DVR

from PC.

p.s. Operation system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above and Window
s Vista, Windows 7

Step One：Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default

user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account
and password, please check “Account Setup. “

Step Three: Click on the link to start downloading the AP software.

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Step Four: Run or Save our AP software.

Step Five: If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter

information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose “Play

Recorded File” to open backup files in your PC.

Step Six: You’ve logged into the DVR

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4-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE

Step One：Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is

only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR.

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default

user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account
and password, please check “Account Setup. “ The user name and password

appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual user name and password
depend on the setup of on-site DVR.

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Step Three: Click on “Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8”to start downloading the AP software. ( The
first option is for IE view, please refer to next chapter for more information)

p.s. There will be IE connection security issue when clicking this link for the first time.
Please refer to index II for Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction.

Step Four: DVR images appear.

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4-3 How to do remote monitoring through JPEG VIEWER (Only Monitor
Function)

Step One：Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is

only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR.

Step Two: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default

user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account
and password, please check “Account Setup. “ The user name and password

appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual user name and password
depend on the setup of on-site DVR.

Step Three: Click on “Jpeg Viewer”

Step Four: DVR images appear.

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PS : Only for viewer, without any operation function.

4-4 AP Software Operation

Open the file “DVRemoteDesktop.exe”; enter the information of DVR “IP address”, “Port”

“Username” and “Password” and click “OK”. You should be able to login DVR successfully and
start to use the software. The default username and password is 「admin/ 123456」

“DVRemoteDesktop.exe” AP software provides some extra functions for remote users.
Please check below table for minimum system requirements for “DVRemoteDesktop.exe”
operation.

Table 4-4.1 System Requirements for AP software

CPU Intel Pentium 4 above

OS

RAM 512M above

VGA Card Needed to support DirectX9.0 (Above) Note 1

Others DirectX 9.0 above

Note 1:

Known VGA card that support DirectX9.0 currently:

NVIDIA: Geforce FXseries, Geforce 6series, Geforce 7series, Geforce 8series, Geforce

9series, Geforce 200series, etc.

Or

visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units

ATI: Radeon R300series, Radeon R400series, Radeon R500series, Radeon R600series,

Radeon R700series, Radeon HD 3xxx IGPseries, Mobility Radeonseries (9500
above), Mobility Radeon Xseries, Mobility Radeon HDseries, or FireGL Vseries etc.
Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_graphics_processing_units

SiS: SiS 67Xseries, or SiS 77Xseries etc.

Or visit: http://www.sis.com/support/support_compare.htm

Intel: 91Xseries, 94Xseries, 96Xseries, G3Xseries, or G4Xseries, etc.

Microsoft Windows 7、Windows Vista、Windows XP SP2 above

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Or visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA

CHAPTER 5 SPECIFICAITONS

1. VIDEO

Input Level

Display Speed

Display Resolution

Monitor Output

2. RECORDING

Compression Method H.264

NTSC HD 30FPS, D1 240fps

PAL HD 30FPS, D1 200fps

NTSC 1280x720,704(H) X 480(V)

PAL 1280x720,704(H) X 576(V)

1.0 Vp-p±10% Composite, 75Ω Balanced

1VGA(1280x1024)+1BNC(704x480 / 704x576) for
Co-monitor

Recording Speed

Recording Resolution

Quality

Schedule Setup by “minute” as unit

Mode Manual / Event (Motion, Sensor) / Schedule

Method

3. SATA DEVICE

Capacity

Type

External Bay Interface E-SATA

4. ALARM

Motion Detection Available per each camera/ Multi-detection level

5. CONNECTIONS

Video Input SDI camerax1+(704x480 / 704x576) analog canerax8

Video Output

Audio Input RCA 8 port

Audio Output RCA 2 port

USB 2.0 USB memory stick, USB Touch Monitor

USB 1.1 USB Mouse

Remote Remote control

External I/O 1 RS-485, 9 Sensor, 2 Relay Output

NTSC 1280x720,704 X 480 , 704 X 240 , 352 X 240

PAL 1280x720,704 X 576 , 704 X 288 , 352 X 288

Independent for
each channel

Internal Storage Max: 3 Device

External Storage Max: 1 Device(E-SATA)

NTSC Max.HD 30 fps → D1 45 fps / Max. D1 120 fps

PAL Max.HD 30 fps → D1 37 fps / Max. D1 100 fps

Below Basic/ Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest

By resolution, fps and quality

Setup fps and quality separately for normal and event
recording

SATA / SATAⅡ compatible

BNC : 1 port (To switch the main output or SPOT output)

VGA : 1 port (Max Resolution:1280X1024)

HDMI : 1 port (Option)

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Ethernet 1 RJ45 connector, 10/100 Mbps

6. ELECTRICAL

Power Source DC 12V / 5A (4CH/8CH), DV 12V / 6A (16CH)

7. ENVIRONMENTAL

Operation Temperature 5℃ ~ + 40℃

Humidity Less than 90%

8. PHYSICAL

Dimension 430(W) x 293(D) x 55(H) mm

Weight 1.85kg ( without HDD)

9. BACKUP

BACKUP

10. SEARCHING & PLAYBACK

Searching Type Event/ Time

Playback speed HD30 FPS,D1 240 FPS

11. MULTI-REMOTE SURVEILLANCE

Monitoring Environment Web / Client Software(CMS)

Max. client Supporting multi-client (5 clients accessible)

12. OTHERS

OS Embedded Linux

USB Stick Video Data, Audio

Network Video Data, Audio

Multi Task Pentaplex

Control Device

PC Viewer Direct monitoring of DVR’s HDD on PC

Numbers of event list 10000

Live、Record、Playback、Network、Backup

Front Keys / Remote Control /
Virtual Keyboard / Mouse / AP Software

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CHAPTER 6 MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE

You can remotely monitor all channels of DVR through your mobile device.
The required mobile application is from DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for

1. Windows mobile 5.0 above.

2. Symbian.

3. Google Android

4. Blackberry

5. Apple Iphone

6-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian

Please refer to shipping the Mobile->Symbian directory CD

6-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile

Please refer to shipping the Mobile->WindowsMobile directory CD

6-3 Google Android Phone OS application and operation

Please refer to shipping the Mobile->Gphone directory CD

6-4 Blackberry Operation System Software Installation and Operation

Please refer to shipping the Mobile->Blackberry directory CD

6-5 iPhone Software installation and operation

Please refer to shipping the Mobile->Iphone directory CD

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CHAPTER 7 CMS INSTALLATION AND USAGE GUIDE

9-1 CMS Installation

System Requirement:

＊

Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent.

＊

Microsoft Windows Vista、Windows XP、Windows 2003 Server.

＊

Besides OS and other required APs, there will be 512MB remaining memory needed or above.

＊

512MB memory above.(500M requested for group DVR connection and 180M for single DVR)

＊

20MB HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage.

＊

VGA Card needs to support DirectX9 and function well while running it. Please refer to

p48 Note 1.

Installation:
Please refer to shipping the CMS directory CD

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