Arec LS-300 User manual

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LS-300
Media Station
User Manual English

LS-300 User Manual
Introduction
Specifications
Package Contents
Product Appearance
Connection
Front Panel Buttons and Indicators
Getting start
Overview of the LS-300 Web Interface
Chapter 1 Administrator
1.1 Media I/O
1.1.1 Video inputs
1.1.1.1 Content / Cam 1 / Cam 2
1.1.1.2 Advanced conguration
1.1.2 Camera manager
1.1.3 PTZ control port
1.1.4 Audio
1.1.5 Display
1.2 Video
1.2.1 Recording
1.2.2 Streaming
1.2.3 Content
1.2.4 Logo and background
1.3 Storage
1.4 Upload
1.5 System
1.5.1 System settings
1.5.2 Network
1.5.3 Firmware
Chapter 2 Online Director
2.1 Recording controls panel
2.1.1 Background
2.1.2 Layout
2.1.3 Volume control
2.1.4 Recording control buttons
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2.2 Visual Sources Monitoring
2.3 Recording/Streaming setup
2.3.1 Recording settings
2.3.2 Streaming settings
2.3.3 Other settings
2.3.4 Content settings
Chapter 2 Video Manager
3.1 Upload the recording
3.2 Download the recording
3.3 Delete the recording
3.4 Playback the recording
3.5 Editing the recording information
3.5.1 Table of On Screen Disaplay Icons
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Specifications
Featuring a compact and stand-alone design, AREC LS-300 Media Station consists of diverse features and functionality,
including multi-signals capturing, recording synchronously, codec, streaming online, live broadcasting, and web-based
monitor page, providing complete presentation or lecture capture solution.
Product Name Media Station
Model Name LS-300
Dimension 185mm(L) x 354mm(W) x 46mm(H)
Weight 1710g
Power Requirement 12V/2A
Power Consumption (Max.) 24W (Max.)
Operating Temperature / Humidity 0ºC ~ 40ºC / 90%
Maximum normal load description LS-300XXXXX
Introduction
Package Contents
AREC LS-300 Media Station
Quick Installation Guide Power Adapter
Terminal Block

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No. Name Brief introduction
1Background function key Control the Background function
2Layout function keys Control the Layout function
3Record function keys Control the Record, Pause, Stop function
4Power Power on/off the device
5Front USB port For external USB storage device* Firmware update through USB disk
6Power port 12V / 2A
7Video input VGA / HDMI input source for PC [ ]
8Video input VGA / HDMI input source for camera [ ]
9Video output HDMI preview output
10 Video output VGA loop thru from input [ ]
11 Audio input Line audio input
12 Audio input Mic audio input
13 Audio output Line audio output
14 Back USB port USB interface for camera control over RS-232
15 Network port RJ-45 Ethernet connector for network connection
16 Network camera input 1 RJ-45 Ethernet connector for network camera input source
17 Network camera input 2 RJ-45 Ethernet connector for network camera input source
18 Setting port RJ-45 Ethernet connector for device conguration and control
19 RS-232 Captive screw connector for control over RS-232
20 Reset button Restoring devices to its factory default state
Product Appearance
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Front
Back
NOTE: The LS-300 can detect and record to USB storage devices using FAT32, NTFS le systems.

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Connection
Power
AREC
Network Camera Setting PC
document cam
notebook
DV
microphone
amplier
networkRS-232
Audio output LAN
LAN
Video output VGA / HDMI
Video input VGA / HDMI
Audio input USB
Digital I/O
USB
Speaker
TV
projector

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Front Panel Buttons and Indicators
Getting start
Connect PC to the setting port of Media Station with standard network cable. Open up the browser, and input 192.168.11.254
in the browser page. Log in Administrator with default username admin and password admin, then entering the LS-300
system Administrator webpages.
Button Display method of indicator Product status
Background switch
Solid green. Image background in the video.
Single / Dual / Triple Layout switch
Green light of these three buttons
flashes alternately.
Device booting up.
Green light of any Single/ Dual/ Triple
layout button glows continuously.
Boot up completed; One of the Single/
Dual/ Triple layout is selected
Green light of all layout buttons
flashes rapidly at the same pace.
Device shutting down.
Record/ Pause/ Stop
Record button glows red
continuously.
Recording in progress.
Record button flashes red rapidly. Recording is paused.
Record button flashes red slowly. Recording is being nalized.
Power
Solid red. Device is powered, yet not booted up.
Fast flashing red. Firmware update in progress
Slow flashing red. Fan abnormal.

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Overview of the LS-300 Web Interface
LS-300 web interface has three user types, which are described in detail in the following chapters :
Online Director
For quick start recording, log in Online director from the initial login page with default
username director and password director. This user also has access to Video Manager
web pages.
Administrator
To setup the device, log in Administrator with default username admin and password
admin, then entering System Administrator webpages. The admin account provides the
user all three type of privileges.
Video Manager If you only need to access to the recordings, log in Video Manager with default username
video and password video

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Chapter 1 Administrator
The Administrator web pages provide a system administration interface of the LS-300: it can perform Media I/O, Video,
Storage, Upload, System settings and conrm operations. The Media I/O settings make sure each input source are properly
connected, and adjust the audio volume. The Video setting pages congure the recording, streaming, and other functions
which dene the content being recorded. System are pages contain basic settings and information of this device.
1.1 Media I/O
The pages within Media I/O include the following :
Video inputs Select the signal type, video source and PTZ control method for each input.
Camera manager List out all the connected network cameras.
PTZ control port Set LS-300 back USB-to-RS-232 serial port to drive PTZ cameras.
Audio Adjust the volume and select the audio input source.
Display Set the LS-300 on screen display language.

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1.1.1 Video inputs
The LS-300 is capable to process up to three video inputs. The name of these inputs are user congurable; by default are
Content, Cam 1 and Cam 2.
1.1.1.1 Content / Cam 1 / Cam 2
Signal type can be choose from Network Camera, Encoder or Video port. The last option is available only for the rst two
video inputs.
PTZ control : The LS-300 is highly integrated with PTZ cameras and provides two control methods, Over IP or via Serial
port.
Video port
Select Video source: The LS-300 provides VGA and HDMI input options for video port. If only one of
those is connected, the system would detect and automatically switch to source of signal. If both
options are connected, select one in between.
Network Camera
Select IP address: Select from the camera ip address drop list of those available.
Note: A login authentication with the camera might be required. See Media I/O\ Camera manager for
more details.
Encoder Select Protocol: The available options are UDP, RTP, RTSP, or RTMP. Enter the primary and secondary
url/port number.
Serial port Select this option when the appointed camera uses RS-232 PTZ control protocol. Then complete the
Serial port selection from drop list Port 1~4. See Media I/O\ PTZ control port for more details.
Over IP The option is available when the specied signal type is a network camera. Select this option if that
camera supports networking PTZ control.