Advanced Technology Video VLDVR4 User manual

VLDVR4/8 QUICK SETUP GUIDE
FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS (1)
FRONT PANEL
Camera Buttons HDD LED Alarm LED
Arrow Buttons Play/Pause Button Menu Button
PTZ/Zoom Button Panic Button Search Button
USB Port
*Select camera buttons (1-8) to view individual cameras full screens.
REAR PANEL
Video Input Audio In/Out Factory Reset Switch
Video Out Network Port Alarm In/Out
RS485 Port RS232C Port Power Cord Connector
SYSTEM SETUP
1. After connecting the power cord, the unit will be operational in 60 seconds.
*NOTE: There is no record button on the unit. Please refer to the
Configuring Record Settings section for the proper record settings.
2. Press the “MENU” button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen
and then select (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu, enter the password
then press the
button. There is no default password when logging in the
admin user for the first time. To assure the secure management of the system,
setting up a password is strongly recommended.
3. Go to <System> <Information> to name the site location, assign a System
ID number, select the language the screens are displayed in, display software
version number, upgrade the software, show the System Log, show Event
Status, display recorded time data, and clear all data.
4. Go to <System> <Date/Time> to enter a new date and time.
5. Go to <System> <User> to add and delete groups and users.
6. Go to <System> <Wizard> to configure the system for basic operation.
*NOTE: Before powering down the DVR (or logging out the current user)
highlight System Shutdown, press the
button (or pressing the “Menu”
button) and confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down
(or logging out the current user).
NETWORK SETUP
1. Go to <Network> <Network> to set the transfer speed and remote quality to
limit bandwidth used to the remote site.
2. Go to <Network> <LAN> to select the type of network configuration first then
set up LAN parameters for the selected network configuration.
CONFIGURING INPUT DEVICES
1. Go to <Devices> <Camera> to turn On or Off each camera,
assign camera titles and hide the video of covert cameras.
2. Go to <Devices> <Audio> to select which camera you
want associated with what audio input and enable audio out.
3. Go to <Devices> <Alarm-Out> to establish a schedule
and set titles for each alarm output from the DVR.
4. Go to <Devices> <Display> to select what information will be displayed
on the monitor and set up the main monitor.
5. Go to <Devices> <Remote Control> to select a port and make correct
settings for a remote control device.
CONFIGURING RECORD SETTINGS
1. Go to <Record> <Settings> to configure recording settings. Highlighting
Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In
the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all
available storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off,
the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used.
2. Go to <Record> <Panic Record> to configure panic recording settings.
Highlight Use Panic Recording and press the
button to toggle between
On and Off. When setting to On, set the length of time of the duration,
images per second and quality for panic recording.
Recording Schedule
1. Go to the <Record> <Schedule> to set up the recording schedule.
2. Highlight Schedule On and press the
button to toggle between On
and Off. In the Schedule On mode, the DVR records video based on the
schedule established in the Schedule screen. When turning Schedule
recording Off, you will be asked to confirm your decision. Panic recording
will function even when Schedule is turned off.
3. Select the schedule mode between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode
first. Highlight the + and press the
button to add a schedule item,
and highlight the box under the X heading and press the
button to
delete the recording settings.
*NOTE: Refer to the User’s Manual for each schedule mode for details.
Pre-Event Recording
1. Go to <Record> <Pre-Event> to set up pre-event recording.
2. You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre-event recording and
set the image speed, image quality, resolution and the amount of time
to record prior to the event (dwell).
*NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time or Time & Event mode, it ignores
the pre-event settings and follows the time settings.

VLDVR4/8 QUICK SETUP GUIDE
FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS (2)
EVENT ACTION SETTINGS
1. Highlight the Alarm-In, Motion Detection, Video Loss, Video
Blind, Text-In in the Event menu and press the
button.
The Event Setting and Actions setup screens will appear.
2. In each Event Actions screen, you can set the actions
(Record, Alarm-Out, Notify and PTZ) the DVR will take
whenever it senses alarm input, detects motion, loses
video, detects video blind and senses text input.
3. Highlight the System Event in the Event menu and press the
button. The
System Event setup screen will appear.
4. In the System Event Actions screen, you can set the actions (Alarm-Out and
Notify) the DVR will take when it detects system events.
CLIP-COPY
The Clip-Copy screen can be used to copy video to an external USB hard disk
drive or flash drive. The clip copy can be simply done by pressing the
“SEARCH” button on the front panel for more than three seconds, or selecting
Clip-Copy or A-B Clip-Copy in the Search menu.
*NOTE: The Clip Copy feature requires the camera title or number along
with the date and time of the recorded images to be copied. To view
the copied images, remove the device from the DVR and connect it to
your PC. On the PC access the device and select the image file name.
The executable Clip Player software program will open automatically
displaying playback controls for viewing the video clip.
SEARCH AND PLAYBACK
1. Press the “SEARCH” button on the front panel or select (Search Mode)
in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the Search mode. If a user who has
Search authority logs into the system, the user can view recorded images.
2. Press the “MENU” button while in the Search mode or move the mouse pointer
to the top of the screen to display the Search Menu. Select the type of search
using the arrow buttons and press the
button.
Search Go To Export Camera Menu
Alarm Panic Data Source Exit
Event Search
1. Select <Event Log Search>, <Motion Search> or <Text-In Search> in
the Search Menu.
2. The event log list will be shown on the screen. Highlight the event you
would like to see and press the
button.
For more specific search conditions, select <Option> and enter search
parameters then select <Search>. The search results will be displayed
in each screen.
3. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment. Press
the “SEARCH” button to return to live monitoring.
Record Table Search
1. Select <Search> <Record Table Search> in the Search Menu.
2. Recording information about video images currently displayed on the
screen displays on the recording status bar.
Compact View
Standard View Expanded View
3. Selecting the and icon located at the bottom switches to other
view modes.
4. Selecting displays eight hours (1-minute based), and selecting
displays 24 hours (3-minute based) at once.
5. Selecting located at the bottom displays the Calendar Search screen.
6. Selecting located at the bottom displays the Search menu.
Go To Search
1. Select <Go To> in the Search Menu. Selecting <Go to the First> displays
the first recorded image, selecting < Go to the Last> displays the last
recorded image, and selecting < Go to the Date/Time> displays the Go
to the Date/Time screen.
2. Enter a specific date and time and select “OK” by pressing the button.
The button and arrow buttons to review the video.
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