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Chapter 1 Overview ............................................................................................ 1
1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 1
1.2 Packaging and accessories ....................................................................... 1
1.3 Main features ........................................................................................... 1
1.5 Product appearance and interface definition ............................................ 3
1.5.1 Front panel ................................................................................. 3
1.5.2 Back panel .................................................................................. 4
1.5.3 topology....................................................................................... 4
1.6 Remote controller ..................................................................................... 5
1.7 Mouse ....................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2 Quick installation ............................................................................... 7
2.1 HDD Installation ...................................................................................... 7
2.2 Boot .......................................................................................................... 7
2.3 System login ............................................................................................. 7
2.4 Shortcut menu .......................................................................................... 8
2.4.1 Main menu .................................................................................. 8
2.4.2 Lock ............................................................................................. 8
2.4.3 Channel switch ........................................................................... 8
2.4.4 Video search .............................................................................. 8
2.4.5 Start Sequence .......................................................................... 8
2.4.6 Start Cruise ................................................................................. 8
2.4.7 PTZ Control ................................................................................ 8
2.4.8 MUTE .......................................................................................... 9
2.4.9 Manual recording/stop recording ............................................ 9
2.4.10 ZOOM ....................................................................................... 9
2.4.11 PIP ........................................................................................... 10
Chapter 3 Advanced settings ........................................................................... 10
3.1 Main menu ............................................................................................. 10
3.2 Recording mode ..................................................................................... 11
3.3 Video search ........................................................................................... 12
3.4 Backup ................................................................................................... 13
3.5 Hard disk management ........................................................................... 14
3.6 Basic setup ............................................................................................. 14
3.6.1 System language ..................................................................... 15
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3.6.2 Time setup ................................................................................ 15
3.6.3 User password ......................................................................... 16
3.6.4 CAMERAS ................................................................................ 16
3.6.5 VIDEO/AUDIO ......................................................................... 17
3.7 Advanced ................................................................................................ 17
3.7.1 Alarm ......................................................................................... 18
3.7.2 System info ............................................................................... 19
3.7.3 Motion detection ...................................................................... 20
3.7.4 Mobile phone monitoring ........................................................ 21
3.7.5 System maintenance .............................................................. 21
3.7.6 PTZ ............................................................................................ 22
3.7.7 Network setup .......................................................................... 22
3.8 Domain name application ...................................................................... 24
3.9 Port forwarding ...................................................................................... 28
Chapter 4 DVR network ................................................................................... 29
4.1 Functional characteristics ....................................................................... 29
4.2 Installation and download of controls .................................................... 29
4.3 IE login ................................................................................................... 30
4.4 Real-time preview .................................................................................. 30
4.5 Record playback ..................................................................................... 31
4.6 Recording mode ..................................................................................... 31
4.7 Alarm setup ............................................................................................ 32
4.8 PTZ control ............................................................................................ 32
4.9 Network setup ........................................................................................ 32
4.10 System setup ........................................................................................ 33
4.11 Host info ............................................................................................... 33
Chapter 5 Client software & Player .............................................................. 34
5.1 Client software ....................................................................................... 34
5.2 Video Player ........................................................................................... 34
Appendix 1. Q&A ........................................................................................ 39
Appendix 2. HDD capacity .......................................................................... 40
Appendix3. Topology ................................................................................... 41
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Notes
The power supply of this DVR is provided through DC12V3A adapter, please
check the power outlet before installation and ensure it can meet the
requirements of adaptor;
Do not place the DVR at a place subject to rain or moisture;
Do not install the DVR at a place subject to violent vibration;
Do not install the DVR at a place subject to direct sunlight, and be far away from
heat and high temperature environment;
The back panel shall be 15cm or more away from other objects or wall, to
facilitate fan cooling;
The DVR shall work under temperature, humidity and voltage according to its
technical specifications;
The space where DVR installed shall not be stored with corrosive chemicals that
may produce volatile gases, to avoid to affect the DVR’s life;
The DVR shall be installed in a space without much dust, and the environment
should be kept clean and tidy;
Proper grounding shall be installed during operation;
DVR should be installed to ensure the proper connectivity with other devices.
Please buy hard disk from official channel to meet DVR’s long time and much
data reading and writing requirements.
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Chapter 1 Overview
1.1 Introduction
This product is a consumer-oriented 16-channels CIF real-time network DVR, and
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dopt the industry's most advanced SOC technology and standard H.264 encoding
method, so that the image quality is higher, network transmission effect is better and
system is more stable; the body is made under stylish appearance design and
sophisticated manufacturing process, the 1U standard chassis is suitable for
small-scale monitoring places such as shop, supermarket, residence, school, hotel,
Internet cafe, family and other civilian sites where require more on video quality,
network transmission and real-time playback.
1.2 Packaging and accessories
Following parts are included in the package:
◎ O
ne IR remote controller
◎ A pair of remote controller batteries
◎ One piece of product certificate
◎ One piece of product instruction
◎ 1 SATA hard disk data cable(installed in the host)
◎ One DC 12V3A(one HDD) power adapter
◎ Support HDD (already installed) and a set of mounting screws.
◎ 1HDD power cable (already installed in the host)
◎ One piece of CD.
1.3 Main features
◎ S
tandard H.264 video compression format
◎ 16-bit true-color semi-transparent graphical menu interface, menu options tip
◎ A variety of recording modes: manual, timing, movement and alarm recording
◎ Optimized four-channel simultaneous playback
◎ A variety of backup (USB flash disk, mobile hard disk, network)
◎ One USB2.0 for data backup, one USB1.1 for the mouse operation
◎ Multi-functional operation, recording, playback, monitor, backup and network
transmission can be realized at the same time
◎ Dual stream technology
◎ Support network to implement multi-screen real-time browsing, parameter setting,
copy or playback
◎ Support mobile phone monitoring
◎ Support event classification and precise time search and playback
◎ Defaulted parameter value fast recovery
◎
Flexible USB interface for mouse
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1.4 Technical parameters
Features Description
Operating system Embedded LINUX
Video compression H.264
Video input/output 16/1 channel BNC 1 VGA
Audio input/output 2/1 channel BNC
Alarm input/output 8CH input 1CH output (switch)
Display split 1/4/9/16 channels
Multiplex operation Live, recording, network, mobile phone
surveillance simultaneously
Recording mode Timer/manual/motion detection/alarm
Recording frame rate PAL：25fps NTSC：30fps adjustable
Recording quality Best, Fine, Normal
Recording resolution CIF(352*288)
Recording playback 4 channels playback simultaneously
(the playback channel is optional .Support
remote playback )
Recording backup Support USB disk backup, mobile hard disk
backup, network backup, backup by files,
backup by time
HDD Support 1 SATA HDD，capacity to 2T
Network transmission 4 channels with CIF resolution
Email alarm Send pictures to the designated Email
PTZ control Support
PTZ protocol PELCO-D, PELCO-P
PIP Support
Zoom Support
Network and protocol 1 RJ-45 10/100M via Ethernet ， support
TCP/IP,DHCP,DNS,DDNS,SMTP,NTP etc.
Capture function Support
IE browser Support, max 5 users on line
Client software Support, max 5 users on line
Dual stream Support（main and secondary interchange）
Multi-language Support
Mobile phone surveillance Support
Windows,Symbian,IPhone,Blackberry,Android ;
max 3 users on line
SDK package Optional
Mouse interface USB1.1
Backup interface USB2.0
Remote controller Support
User authority Support multi-level user authority distribution
Power adapter 12V/3A
Working temperature -20℃ - 60℃
Working humidity 10%－90%
SIZE(mm) 354(W) * 230(D) * 45(H)
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1.5 Product appearance and interface definition
1.5.1 Front panel
Front panel 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
F
ront panel 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
No.
Definition No.
Definition No.
Definition
1
Power switch
7
MENU: Main menu 9
Confirm
2
Manual recording
PTZ: PTZ control 10 Directional keys: up, down, left and right
3
Stop recording
ESC: Exit/Return 11
Power LED
4
Video search
8
REC: Video recording
indicator
12
2.0 USB interface, which can be accessed
to USB disk for backup or upgrade
5
Mute
LINK: Network
connection indicator
13
Remote control infrared receiver
6
Display mode
ALARM: Alarm
indicator
14
USB mouse interface
No.
Definition No.
Definition No.
Definition
1
Power switch 7
Mute 9
PTZ control
2
Rewind 8
Video search 11
Exit/Return
3
Play
10
ALARM: Alarm indicator 12
DISPLAY: Display mode
MENU: Main menu
4
Pause
LINK: Network
connection
indicator
13
up, down, left , right and enter
5
Forward
REC: Video
recording
indicator
14
USB: Used for connecting USB device
6
Manual start/stop
recording
PWR: Power LED 15
Remote control infrared receiver
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1.5.2 Back panel
1.5.3 Topology
No.
Physical interface
Interface description
1 1-16CH Video in Connect analog video(camera) signal input, standard BNC
2 Video out CVBS output and connect the monitor
3 AIN1,AIN2 Connect active audio signals, such as pickup
4 Audio out Connect the audio output
5 VGA Connect VGA monitor, such as computer monitor
6
NETWORK
Connect the Ethernet
7 RS485 / ALARM / DC PTZ control, alarm switch output, DC 12V output for assistance
8 SENSOR 1-8 Connect alarm switch input
9 ALARM Connect alarm switch output
10 DC12V Power input：DC 12V/5A or 12V/3A(one HDD)
11 G
Grounding
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1.6 Remote controller
For reference only, the real product shall prevail.
Key Functional definition
Spare keys
Mute
0~10 Channel selection; number keys
PTZ PTZ Control
Single and multi-split screen
Quit shortcut menu
Shortcut menu
Direction buttons
OK or 10+x channel(x=1-6)
ESC Exit / Return
MENU Enter the main menu
STARTREC Start recording
STOPREC Stop recording
Video Search
Stop playing
Fast backward
Fast forward
Step forward
F1, F2
Spare key
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1.7 Mouse
This equipment supports USB mouse, so the user can operate with mouse (mouse
operation is the same as WINDOWS operating setting) to realize menu functions. It is
just ok to insert the mouse with USB interface to the mouse interface in this equipment.
Mouse
action
Function
Right button
Enter system main menu: real-time screen preview, single mouse left
click
Double
mouse left
click
Single left click the functional menu icon, and enter menu setting page
The image in a channel can be enlarged by double click real-time
monitoring and playback screen, it can be recovered into monitoring
and multi-split image after double click again
Click the left
mouse
button
Access to volume adjustment, color adjustment and PTZ control
menu. The volume adjustment, color adjustment and PTZ control can
set only one channel, please select corresponding screen if
multi-screen mode is on prior to setting.
If you single click mouse button in volume adjustment and PTZ
control:
PTZ control is available if clicking direction or "+ and -" icon;
There is a volume bar in volume control interface. Move mouse to a
position and click right button, the corresponding volume will be
shown in the right side of the volume bar, click "×" to exit;
The operations like color adjustment can be referred to above volume
adjustment.
If there are many options in the option box, click the left button and
drop-down menu will be shown.
Fast forward and fast backward function can be realized by left
clicking in video playback interface.
Click the left button or right button can activate the soft keyboard in
input box, clicking right button can switch English and Chinese input
state; the number, symbol and English word capitalization can be
realized only by clicking.
The Chinese spell is also available via the soft keyboard input when
Chinese input, its input method is as same as remote control; left
button can be used for turning page.
Mouse drag
Click left button and move can adjust the parameters in volume
adjustment and color adjustment interface, there is corresponding
parameter display in right side when movement.
Click left button and move the motion box can set the dynamic
detection zone in motion detection zone.
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Chapter 2 Quick installation
2.1 HDD Installation
Hard disk installation must be carried out by technicians to avoid damage to the
e
quipment and hard disk. The DVR mainframe must be powered off before operation.
This equipment supports hard disk with SATA hard disk interface. Seagate hard disk is
recommended.
Installation procedures are as follows:
A. Open the equipment and a hard disk support can be seen.
B. Connect the hard disk data and power cable well
C. Put the hard disk into support, and align the hard disk’s screw hole with the support.
D. Fix the hard disk on the support with screw, and cover the DVR.
Note: the new hard disk just can work well after formatted by the DVR.
2.2 Boot
Connect the power adapter to the power cord socket in back panel, and press the
p
ower button in front panel, the recorder will be on, power indicator “POWER” is on, the
monitor will display 16-channel split image. If non-formatted hard disk exists in the
equipment, hard disk formatting information will be shown. If boot-record mode is on, or
boot time is in the setting time, the system will start automatic recording function, the
“REC” indicator will be on to indicate the system is working normally.
Note:
1.If hard disk fails to be installed when DVR is power on, or the newly installed hard
disk fails to be formatted on the DVR, the red “H” logo will be shown in video pre-view
picture.
2.The newly installed hard disk must not be used until formatted in the equipment as
follows: Main Menu → HDD → HDD Format. The system will be restarted after
completion of formatting.
2.3 System login
The DVR initial code is 000000 without any password, the user can log in main menu
d
irectly. For better safety of equipment operation, the administrator can enter system
“Basic Settings” – “User Password” to change the code and password of this
equipment. You can set ordinary user password and administrator password, the
administrator has all the operating privileges, ordinary users only have limited
privileges, and they can only monitor and video search/ playback. (the mainframe will
match automatically when you enter password, and different permissions will be given
according to different passwords).
If you want to operate in mainframe menu after password is set, the system will display
“USER LOGIN” interface:
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Equipment code: it is just ok to enter equipment code “000000” displayed on right side
in corresponding input box. The defaulted code will be guided to the number box when
mouse operation; we recommend to set mainframe password when remote controller is
operating many equipments, to divide through targeted equipment code input, or the
remote controller will disturb the adjacent mainframe.
2.4 Shortcut menu
Click right button in the interface after system startup, quick operations are available to
D
VR system in the pop-up menu, it can set or control parameters including main menu,
lock, video search, PTZ control and video recording.
2.4.1 Main menu
Click "Main Menu" to enter the main menu interface, please see 3.1.
2.4.2 Lock
When the password function is on (please see 2.3), click right button in monitoring
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nterface, and select "Lock" in the pop-up menu, the system interface can be locked
immediately, password is required to log in if operation to mainframe menu is needed.
2.4.3 Channel switch
Choose a specific channel
2.4.4 Video search
Please see Chapter 3.
2.4.5 Start Sequence
Start video channel automatic switching function. (Right-click to exit)
2.4.6 Start Cruise
PTZ preset start cruising capabilities. (right click again to opt out cruise)
Note: This feature can only be valid after set up PTZ control parameters and
p
reset points.
2.4.7 PTZ Control
Click right button in main interface and select “PTZ control”, following interface will
p
op-up:
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PTZ speed (fast or slow) can be controlled in this interface, zoom, focus and aperture is
also controllable.
Cruise setting:
S
tep 1 Select the PTZ channel
Step 2 Set the pause time (s)
Step 3 Adjust the arrow keys to the position which needs to be monitored
Step 4 Press SETTING POINT .Repeat steps 2-4 to set the second location
Step 5 Select the APPLY button to save the settings
Step 6 Exit to live screen and select START CRUISE.
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Note: 1, if you need to set up more points, repeat steps 2-5
2, to view the point has been set, in the current point enter the NO and select JUMP
3, to delete the point has been set, enter the number, select CLEAR
2.4.8 MUTE
T
urn on / off sound.
2.4.9 Manual recording/stop recording
If “timing record” is on (please see Chapter 3), and recording is not set in this period,
"
manual recording" and "timing record" is effective. When boot-record mode is on, this
function is not available.
2.4.10 ZOOM
In the single-channel full-screen mode, this function can be done by dragging the
mo
use to marquee area to enlarge
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2.4.11 PIP
In the single-channel full-screen mode, you can see floating images of other channels.
Chapter 3 Advanced settings
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.1 Main menu
The main menu has the “PLAYBACK”, “RECORD”, “HDD”, “BASIC”, “ADVANCED” and
“E
xit” options, as shown below:
Note: The setup of all the submenus below will not be effective until “Enter” is pressed.
T
he setup of this menu will be invalid if you exit directly. A significant characteristic of
this product is when you move the cursor to any option, the prompting message of this
option will be displayed automatically in the lower part of the screen.
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