AlienHybrid ALIEN804 Operator's manual

User Instruction Manual
Models: ALIEN804 / ALIEN808 / ALIEN816
Attention
Email: support@alienDVR. om Last Revised 01/11/2011
Version 1.0.1
Dual IP and Analogue
Hybrid Video Recorder

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Install a manufa turer re ommended HDD
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Contents Page No.
Attention 2
Contents 3
1. Introdu tion 6
1.1 Overview 6
1.2 Produ t Key Features 7
1.3 Operating your DVR 10
1.4 Using the Infra Red ontroller 13
1.4.1 If the remote ontroller does not operate the DVR 14
1.5 Using a USB mouse 14
1.6 Using the Soft Keyboard 15
1.7 Rear Panel Diagram 16
2. Getting Started 17
2.1 Starting and Shutting down the DVR 17
Option 1 : Standard Shutdown 17
Option 2 : Manual Shutdown 17
2.2 Rebooting and Lo king Your DVR 18
2.3 Using the Setup Wizard 18
3. Live Preview 22
3.1 Wat hing a Live Preview 22
3.2 Operating Live Preview 22
3.2.1 Using the Mouse in Live Preview 23
3.2.2 Using Digital Zoom 24
3.2.3 Using an Aux Monitor 24
3.3 Configuring Live Preview Displays 25
3.3.1 Setting Camera Order 26
3.3.2 Channel Zero En oding 27
4. Re ord Settings 28
4.1 Configuring Settings for Re ording 28
4.1.1 Initialising Re ord Settings 28
4.1.2 S heduling a Re ording 29
4.1.3 Starting a Manual Re ording 30
4.2 Prote ting Re orded Files 30
4.2.1 Lo king and Unlo king Re orded Files 30
4.2.2 Setting HDD to Read-Only 31
4.3 Configuring Advan ed HDD Settings 32
4.3.1 Setting up HDD Redundan y 32
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5. Playba k 34
5.1 Playing Ba k a Re ording 34
5.1.1 Understanding the Playba k Interfa e 34
5.2 Playing Ba k from a Video Sear h 35
5.3 Playing Ba k from Event Sear h 36
5.4 Playing Ba k from Live Preview 36
5.5 Playing Ba k from System Log 37
5.6 Playing Ba k Frame by Frame 38
5.7 Smart Sear h 38
5.8 Using Digital Zoom 39
6. Ba kup 40
6.1 Exporting Files 40
6.2 Exporting Event Sear h Files 42
6.3 Exporting Video Clips 42
6.4 Exporting Files via e-SATA (optional) 43
6.5 Managing Ba kup Devi es 44
7. Alarm Settings 45
7.1 Configuring Alarms 45
7.1.1 Setting up Motion Dete tion 45
7.1.2 Setting up Sensor Alarms 47
7.1.3 Triggering Alarm Outputs Manually 49
7.1.4 Dete ting Video Loss 49
7.1.5 Dete t Video Tampering 51
7.2 Setting Ex eption 53
7.2.1 Understanding Ex eption Trigger Options 53
8. Network Settings 54
8.1 Configuring Network Settings 54
8.1.1 Configuring Basi Settings 54
8.1.2 Configuring PPPoE Settings 55
8.1.3 Configuring DDNS 55
8.1.4 Configuring an NTP Server 56
8.1.5 Configuring a Remote Alarm Host 56
8.1.6 Configuring Multi ast 57
8.1.7 Configuring MTU 57
8.1.8 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports 58
8.1.9 Configuring Email Settings 58
9. PTZ Controls 60
9.1 Navigating PTZ Menus 60
9.2 Configuring PTZ Settings 60
9.3 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns 61
9.3.1 Understanding PTZ Controls 61
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9.3.2 Customising Presets 61
9.3.3 Customising Patrols 62
9.3.4 Customising Patterns 63
10. Camera Management 65
10.1 Configuring IP Cameras 65
10.2 Configuring OSD Settings 68
10.3 Setting up Priva y Mask 68
10.4 Adjusting Display Settings 69
11. HDD Management 71
11.1 Initialising HDDs 71
11.2 Setting Network HDD 71
11.3 Setting HDD Groups 72
11.4 Che king HDD Status 74
11.4.1 Setting HDD to Read-Only 74
11.4.2 Setting HDD to Redundan y 74
11.5 Che king HDD Status 75
11.6 Configuring HDD Alarms 76
12. DVR Management 77
12.1 Configuring General Settings 77
12.2 Configuring Advan ed Settings 78
12.3 Configuring RS-232 Port Settings 78
12.4 Managing User A ounts 79
12.4.1 Adding a New User 79
12.4.2 Deleting a User 82
12.4.3 Modifying a User 82
12.5 Importing & Exporting Configuration 83
12.6 Updating System Firmware 83
12.6.1 Updating via a USB devi e 83
12.6.2 Update via an FTP server 84
12.7 Restoring Default Settings 85
12.8 Viewing System Information 85
12.9 Viewing System Logs 86
13. Glossary 88
14. Frequently Asked Questions 89
15. Menu Stru ture 90
16. Re ord Times for 16 hannel DVR 91
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1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
The Alien800 series of digital video re orders omprise of the following models:
ALIEN816
This DVR is the 16 hannel hybrid model and an support the following ameras:
Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4
16 x 4CIF analogue 16 x 4CIF analogue 8 x 4CIF analogue 8 x 4CIF analogue
8 x IP 4CIF 4 x IP 720P 16 x IP 4CIF 8 x IP 720P
ALIEN808
This DVR is the 8 hannel hybrid model and an support the following ameras:
Option 1 Option 2
8 x 4CIF analogue 8 x 4CIF analogue
8 x IP 4CIF 4 x IP 720P
ALIEN804
This DVR is the 4 hannel hybrid model and an support the following ameras:
Option 1 Option 2
4 x 4CIF analogue 4 x 4CIF analogue
4 x IP 4CIF 2 x IP 720P
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1.2 Product Key Features
Co pression:
• Supports PAL/NTSC video input.
• Adopts H.264 video ompression standard.
• DSDH digital video re orders support both analogue ameras and IP ameras.
• Ea h analogue hannel supports dual stream. Main stream supports up to 4CIF
resolution and sub stream supports up to CIF resolution.
• Ea h IP hannel of Hybrid unit supports up to UXGA (1600*1200) resolution.
• Video en oding parameters of ea h hannel an be set separately, in luding resolution,
frame rate, bit rate, image quality.
• Ea h hannel supports normal ontinuous and event ompression parameters.
• Supports both omposite stream and video only stream. Audio and video streams are
stri tly simultaneous.
• Supports watermark.
Monitoring:
• Support three independent lo al outputs in luding HDMI, VGA, main and AUX
omposite video output.
• Full HD HDMI supports 1920*1080 resolution.
• Supports 1/4/6/8/9/16 s reen live view, hannel sequen e is adjustable.
• Support live view group swit h, manual swit h and automati y le, the interval of
automati y le an be adjusted. (Automati y ling refers to sequen ing)
• Supports digital zoom on live view.
• Supports shielding the assigned live view hannel.
• Supports motion dete tion, tampering alert, video ex eption alert and video loss alert.
• Supports priva y mask.
• Supports various PTZ proto ols, PTZ preset, patrol and pattern.
• Supports zoom in by li king the mouse and tra e fun tion by dragging mouse.
HDD Manage ent:
• Supports up to 8 x SATA HDDs, 8 x network HDD ( 8 x NAS disks or 7 x NAS disks
plus 1 x iSCSI disk) and ea h disk an support over 2TB apa ity.
• Supports S.M.A.R.T. te hnology.
• Supports HDD standby fun tion.
• Supports hard disk group management.
• HDD file system is ompatible with Windows. Use pre-allo ating hard disk
management te hnology and no disk defragmentation.
Recording and Playback:
• Supports y le and non- y le re ording mode.
• Supports normal and event video en oding parameters.
• Supports multiple re ording types, in luding manual, ontinuous, alarm, motion, motion
| alarm and motion & alarm re ording, and intelligent re ording.
• Supports 8 re ording time periods with separate re ording types.
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• Supports Pre-re ord and Post-re ord time for alarm, motion dete tion and intelligent
alarm, and pre-re ord time for s hedule and manual re ording.
• Supports lo k and unlo k video files.
• Supports lo al redundant re ording.
• Supports setting hard disk to read only.
• Supports video data sear h and playba k by hannel number, re ording type, time, et .
• Supports video data sear h by events su h as alarm input, motion dete tion and
intelligent alarm.
• Supports video smart sear h by motion dete tion event.
• Supports overlay intelligent analysis types on the video.
• Supports digital zoom fun tion in playba k.
• Supports pause, rewind, play fast, play slow, skip forward, and skip ba kward when
playba k, lo ating in progress bar by dragging the mouse.
• The Alien800 series supports up to 16- hannel syn hronous playba k dependent on
whether 4, 8 or 16 hannel and amera resour es used. IP ameras redu e total available.
Backup:
• Supports USB devi e ba kup.
• Supports SATA CD/DVD-R/W ba kup.
• Supports ba kup by file or by time.
• Supports ba kup devi e maintenan e and management.
• Supports video lips ba kup when in playba k mode.
Alar & Exception:
• Unified management of DVR and IP amera alarm in/out.
• Unified management of DVR alarm in/out.
• Unified management of DVR motion dete tion, view tampering and video loss.
• Supports alarm in/out arming s hedule setting.
• Supports various alarm inputs su h as hard disk full, illegal a ess, network failure, IP
onfli ts, hard disk errors, video ex eptions and video output standard mismat hes.
• Supports alarms for amera re ording, relay out, on s reen warning, audible warning,
sending Email and upload to enter, et .
• Supports auto re overy from ex eptions.
Network:
• Supports 10/100/1000M adaptive network interfa e.
• Supports TCP/IP proto ols, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, NFS, iSCSI and SADP.
• Supports uni ast and multi ast, TCP, UDP, and RTP for uni ast.
• Supports remote sear h, playba k, downloading video files and breakpoint resume.
• Supports remote onfiguration and remote import and export of DVR settings.
• Supports remote a quisition of devi e status, system log and alarm status.
• Supports remote button operation, remote lo king and unlo king of panel buttons.
• Supports remote format of hard disk, upgrade, reboot, shutdown and other system
maintenan e operations.
• Supports RS232 and RS485 transparent hannel transmission.
• Supports event alarm and ex eptions upload to remote management host.
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• Supports remote manual re ording.
• Supports remote manual alarm output ontrol.
• Supports JPEG image apture.
• Supports remote PTZ ontrol.
• Supports voi e talk and broad ast.
• Built-in WEB Server.
Other:
• Supports front panel, mouse, IR ontroller, spe ial keyboard operation.
• Supports multi-level user management, ea h user an have individual DVR a ess
rights.
• Powerful DVR log, in luding operation, alarm and ex eption log.
• Supports remote manual alarm output ontrol.
• Supports onfiguration information for import/export.
Product Application Diagra
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1.3 Operating your DVR
There are various methods for ontrolling your DVR in luding using the front panel
ontrols, the infra-red remote, soft keyboard or the mouse.
The ontrols on the front panel in lude:
1. Power Button: Powers DVR on/off.
2. IR Receiver: Re eiver for IR remote.
3. USB Ports: Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devi es su h as USB
mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
4. Status Indicators: Status indi ators for different features on the DVR.
• Alar : Alarm indi ator turns red when a sensor alarm is dete ted.
• Ready: Ready indi ator turns blue when DVR is fun tioning properly.
• Status: Status indi ator turns blue when DVR is ontrolled by an IR remote.
Indi ator turns red when ontrolled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and
keyboard are used at the same time.
• HDD: HDD indi ator blinks red when data is being read from or written to
HDD.
• Mode : Reserved
• TX/RX: TX/RX indi tor blinks blue when network onne tion is fun tioning
properly.
• Guard: Guard indi ator turns blue when the devi e is armed, off when the
devi e is unarmed. The arm/disarm state an be initiated by pressing and holding
on the ESC button for more than 3 se onds in Preview mode.
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5. Alphanu eric Buttons: Alphanumeri buttons used in various menus on the DVR.
Some uses in lude:
• Swit hing to the orresponding hannel in Preview or PTZ Control mode.
• Inputting numbers and hara ters in Edit mode.
• Swit hing between different hannels in Playba k mode.
6. Control Buttons:
• ESC Button: The ESC button is used to es ape to the previous menu and to
arm/disarm the DVR in Preview mode.
• REC/SHOT Button: The REC/SHOT button is used to enter the Manual
Re ord interfa e. If used when ontrolling a PTZ, pressing the REC/SHOT button
and then a Numeri button will all a PTZ preset.
• PLAY/AUTO Button: The PLAY/AUTO button is used to enter the Playba k
menu. It is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playba k menu and auto s an in
the PTZ Control menu.
• ZOOM+ Button: The ZOOM+ button is used to zoom the PTZ amera in when
in the PTZ Control menu.
• A/FOCUS+ Button: The A/FOCUS+ button is used to adjust fo us in the PTZ
Control menu. It is also used to swit h between input methods (upper and
lower ase alphabet, symbols and numeri input). It an also be used to lear entire
masked areas e.g the Motion Dete tion and Priva y Mask menus.
• EDIT/IRIS+ Button: The EDIT/IRIS+ button is used to edit text fields. When
editing, it will also fun tion as a Ba kspa e button to delete the hara ter in front
of the ursor. In he kbox fields, pressing the EDIT/IRIS+ button will tick the
he kbox. In PTZ Control mode, the EDIT/IRIS+ button opens up the iris of the
amera. In Playba k mode, it an be used to generate video lips for ba kup.
• MENU/WIPER Button: Pressing the MENU/WIPER button will return the
user to the Main menu (after su essful login). Pressing and holding the button for
5 se onds will turn off audible key beep. The MENU/WIPER button will also
bring up sensitivity Interfa e settings. In PTZ Control mode, the MENU/WIPER
button will start wiper (if appli able).
• F1/LIGHT Button: The F1/LIGHT button when used in a list field will sele t
all items on the list. In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/off PTZ light.
• F2/AUX Button: The F2/AUX button is used to y le through tab pages. It will
also bring up the hannel & OSD position settings.
• MAIN/SPOT/ZOOM- Button: The MAIN/SPOT/ZOOM- button is used to
swit h between main and spot output. In PTZ Control mode, it an be used to
zoom the amera out.
• PREV/FOCUS- Button: The PREV/FOCUS- button is used to swit h between
single s reen and multi-s reen mode. In PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the
fo us in onjun tion with the A/FOCUS+ button. It an also be used to sele t
entire masked areas, su h as in Motion Dete tion and Priva y Mask menus.
• PTZ/IRIS- Button: The PTZ/IRIS- button is used to enter the PTZ Control
mode. When in the PTZ Control mode, it is used to lose the iris of the PTZ
amera.
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7. DIRECTION/ENTER Buttons:
• DIRECTION Buttons: The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between
different fields and items in menus. In Playba k mode, the Up and Down button is
used to speed up and slow down re orded video. The Left and Right button will
sele t the next and previous day of re ordings. In Preview mode, these buttons
an be used to y le through hannels.
• ENTER Button: The ENTER button is used to onfirm sele tion in any of the
menu modes. It an also be used to tick he kbox fields. In Playba k mode, it an
be used to play or pause the video. In Single Play mode, pressing the ENTER
button will advan e the video by a single frame.
8. JOG SHUTTLE Control: The JOG SHUTTLE ontrol an be used to move the
a tive sele tion in a menu. The inner ring will move the sele tion up and down; the outer
ring will move it left and right. In the Playba k mode, the inner ring is used to jump 30
se onds forward/ba kward in a video. The inner ring an be used to speed up/slow down
the video. The outer ring an be used to speed up/slow down the video. In Preview mode,
it an be used to y le through different hannels.
Note: If GUARD indi ator is blue (default), all alarm event and ex eption settings are
valid. Otherwise, alarm event and ex eption settings will be invalid, but normal re ording
will still be available. It is important to note that you must li k the EDIT button on either
the remote or front panel in a text field before you’re able to edit its ontent. After
entering text, you must hit the ENTER button to be able to move on to the next field.
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1.4 Using the Infra Red controller
The remote ontroller requires 2 x AAA batteries. Ensure that they are fitted with orre t
polarity.
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The keys on the remote ontrol losely resemble the ones found on the front panel. Referring to
Figure 5, they in lude:
1. POWER Button: Same as POWER button on front panel.
2. DEV Button: Enables/Disables Remote Control.
3. Alphanu eric Buttons: Same as Alphanumeri buttons on front panel.
4. EDIT Button: Same as EDIT/IRIS+ button on front panel.
5. A Button: Same as A/FOCUS+ button on front panel.
6. REC Button: Same as REC/SHOT button on front panel.
7. PLAY Button: Same as PLAY/AUTO button on front panel.
8. INFO Button: Same as ZOOM+ button on front panel.
9. VOIP Button: Same as MAIN/SPOT/ZOOM- button on front panel.
10. MENU Button: Same as MENU/WIPER button on front panel.
11. PREV Button: Same as PREV/FOCUS- button on front panel.
12. DIRECTION/ENTER Buttons: Same as DIRECTION/ENTER buttons on front panel.
13. PTZ Button: Same as PTZ/IRIS- button on front panel.
14. ESC Button: Same as ESC button on front panel.
15. RESERVED: Reserved.
16. F1 Button: Same as F1/LIGHT button on front panel.
17. PTZ CONTROL Buttons: Buttons to adjust the iris, fo us and zoom of a PTZ amera.
18. F2 Button: Same as F2/AUX button on front panel.

1.4.1 If the re ote controller does not operate the DVR
Aim the remote ontrol at the IR re eiver lo ated at the front of the unit to test operation.
If there is no response:
1. Using the front ontrol panel or the mouse, go into Menu > Settings > General > More
Settings.
2. Che k and remember DVR ID number. The default ID number is 255. This ID number
is valid for all IR ontrols.
3. Press the DEV button on the remote.
4. Enter the DVR ID number from step 2.
5. Press the ENTER button on the remote.
If the Status indi ator on the front panel turns blue, the remote ontrol is operating
properly. If the Status indi ator does not turn blue and there is still no response from the
remote, please he k the following:
1. Batteries are installed orre tly and the polarities of the batteries are not reversed.
2. Batteries are fresh and not dis harged.
3. IR re eiver in DVR is not obstru ted.
1.5 Using a USB Mouse
A regular 3-button (Left/Right/S roll-wheel) USB mouse an also be used with this
DVR. To use a USB mouse:
1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB ports on the front panel of the DVR.
2. The mouse should automati ally be dete ted. If in a rare ase that the mouse is not
dete ted, please refer to the re ommended devi e list from your provider.
The buttons on the mouse orresponds to:
1. Left Button:
• Single-Click: Sele t a omponent of a menu, su h as a button or an input field. This is
similar to pressing the ENTER button on the remote/front panel ontrols.
• Double-Click: Swit h between single s reen and multi-s reen mode in Preview/
Playba k mode.
• Click and Drag: Cli king and dragging the Left mouse button an be used to ontrol
the pan/tilt of a PTZ amera as well as to vary the position of digital zoom area and
amera OSD. It an also be used to setup the alarm areas.
2. Right Button:
• Single-Click: Shows pop-up menu.
3. Scroll-Wheel:
• Scroll Up: In Preview mode, s rolling up will swit h to the previous s reen. In Menu
mode, it will move the sele tion to the previous item.
• Scroll Down: In Preview mode, s rolling down will swit h to the next s reen. In Menu
mode, it will move the sele tion to the next item.
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1.6 Using the Soft Keyboard
When a mouse is used to perform a task on the DVR, li king on a text input field will
bring up the Soft Keyboard, shown below.
The buttons on the soft keyboard represents:
Lowercase: Designates lower ase input is being used.
Uppercase: Designates upper ase input is being used.
Switch to Lowercase: Swit h to lower ase input.
Switch to Uppercase: Swit h to upper ase input.
Nu ber: Designates number input is being used.
Sy bols: Swit h to symbols input.
Backspace: Delete the hara ter in front of the ursor.
Enter: Confirm sele tion.
ESC: Exit out of Soft Keyboard.
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1.7 Rear Panel Diagra
No Description Function
1 RS232 Connection for RS232 devices
2 Video In BNC connectors for analogue video input
3 Audio In BNC connectors for analogue audio input
4 RS485 interface Connection for RS485 devices. Connect to T+ and T-
5 Controller port D+, D- connect to Ta, Tb pins on controller. For cascading
devices the first DVRs D+, D- pins should be connected to the
D+, D- pins on the next DVR.
6 Alar Out Connections for alar output (4 channels)
7 Power Input AC 110v ~ 220v
8 Power Switch On / Off power switch
9 Audio Spot Out BNC connector for audio output. If VGA is connected, audio
is synchronised with VGA. If not audio is synchronised with
Video Spot Out.
10 Video Spot Out BNC connector for onitor. If VGA is connected, interface is
for video output only. If VGA is not connected, interface is for
video output, playback and showing PTZ controls.
11 Video Out BNC connector for video out. If VGA is connected, the
interface is used for spot output only with local video display,
playback, recording and PTZ controls. If VGA is not
connected , the interface is used as the ain video output with
local video display and enu operations.
12 Audio Out BNC connector for audio output. This connection is
synchronised with Video out.
13 Line In BNC connection for audio input
14 VGA DB9 connection for VGA output. Display local video output
and enu.
15 HDMI HDMI video output connector
16 LAN interface Connection for LAN (Local Area Network)
17 USB interface Connection for USB devices
18 Ter ination Switch RS485 ter ination switch. Switch down to ter inate.
19 Alar In Connections for alar input (up to 16 channels)
20 Ground Ground needs to be connected when DVR starts up
Loop Out (Optional) DB15 connection for video matrix and monitor
eSATA (Optional) Connect external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RM or di k array
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2. Getting Started
2.1 Starting and Shutting down the DVR
Proper startup and shutdown pro edures are ru ial to extending the life of your DVR.
To startup your DVR:
1. Ensure the power supply is plugged into an ele tri al outlet. It is HIGHLY
re ommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in onjun tion with
the unit. The Power indi ator LED on the front panel should turn red, indi ating the unit
is re eiving power.
2. Press the POWER button on the front panel. The Power indi ator LED should turn
blue. The unit will begin to start.
3. After startup, the Power indi ator LED will remain blue. A splash s reen with the
status of the DSP and HDD will be shown. The first row of i ons at the bottom of the
s reen shows the DSP status. If an ‘X’ is shown on top of an i on, it means that the DSP
initialisation has failed. The se ond row of i ons at the bottom of the s reen will show the
HDD status. If an ‘X’ is shown, it means that the HDD is not installed or annot be
dete ted.
There are two proper ways to shutdown the DVR. To shutdown the DVR:
• OPTION 1: Standard Shutdown
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1. Enter the Shutdown menu, shown below by li king on Menu > Shutdown.
2. Sele t the Shutdown button.
3. Cli k the Yes button.
• OPTION 2: Manual Shutdown
1. Press and hold the POWER button for 3 se onds.
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2. Enter the administrator’s username and password in the dialogue box for
authenti ation.
3. Cli k the Yes button.
Note: Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down.
2.2 Rebooting and Locking Your DVR
While in the Shutdown menu (see 2.1 diagram), you may also reboot or lo k your DVR.
Lo king your DVR will return you to the Live Preview mode, whi h will require a user
name and password to exit out of it. The Reboot button will reboot your DVR.
To reboot or lo k your DVR:
1. Enter the Shutdown menu by li king Menu > Shutdown.
2. Sele t the Lo k button to lo k the DVR or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR.
2.3 Using the Setup Wizard
By default, the Setup Wizard will start on e the DVR has loaded, as shown in Figure 2.
The Setup Wizard will walk you through some of the more important settings of your
DVR. If you do not wish to use the Setup Wizard at this time, li k the Can el button.
You may also hoose to use the Setup Wizard at a later time by leaving the “Start
Wizard when DVR starts?” he kbox he ked.
To start using the Setup Wizard:
1. Cli k the Next button on the Wizard window. This will take you to the User
Per ission window, shown below.
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2. Navigate to the Ad in Password input field.
3. Enter the admin password into the Ad in Password input field. By default, the
password is 12345.
4. To hange the admin password, he k the New Ad in Password he kbox. Enter the
new password and onfirm the password in the given fields
5. Cli k the Next button. This will take you to the Time Settings window shown below.
6. After the time settings, li k the OK button, whi h will take you ba k to the Setup
Wizard window.
7. Cli k the Next button. This will take you to the HDD Manage ent window, shown
below.
8. To start HDD management, li k the Enter button.
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9. If a new HDD was re ently installed, sele t the HDD from the list to initialise it.
Initialising the HDD will format and remove all data from it.
10. After the HDD has been initialised, li k the OK button, whi h will take you ba k to
the Setup Wizard window.
11. Cli k the Next button. This will take you to the Record Settings window, as shown
below.
12. To enter the Record Settings window, li k the Enter button.
13. Sele t the Schedule tab
14. Cli k the Edit button. This will open up a new re ording s hedule.
15. Che k both the Enable Schedule and All Day he kbox. This will enable the
re ording s hedule and have it re ord ontinuously all day.
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