Avtech AVC-756D User manual

KD678_677_676_675_AC758D_757_756D_755_CD536_538_manual_V1.1
DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
USER MANUAL
Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference.

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uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric
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product end-of-life. This applies to your product and any peripherals marked with this symbol. Do not dispose of these products as
unsorted municipal waste. Contact your local dealer for procedures for recycling this equipment.
This apparatus is manufactured to comply with the radio interference requirements.
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Further source codes which are subject to the GPL-licenses are available upon request.
We are pleased to provide our modifications to the Linux Kernel, as well as a few new commands, and some tools to get
you into the code. The codes are provided on the FTP site, and please download them from the following site or you
can refer to your distributor:
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Version
Firmware: 1055-1015-1010-1023-1007 (For 16CH Models) / 1030-1015-1010-1023-1007 (For 8CH Models)
Video Viewer: 0114
CAUTION:
To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.
Only operate this apparatus from the type of power source indicated on the label.
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even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SPECIAL NOTES ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
2. FRONT AND REAR PANEL...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. Front Panel ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2. Rear Panel...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3. CONNECTION AND SETUP .................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1. HDD Installation.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
3.2. Camera Connection........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
3.3. Optional Peripheral Connection (Selected models only)................................................................................................................................ 7
3.4. Power Setup ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.5. Date and Time Setting .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.6. Password Setting............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
3.7. Record Setting................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
4. BASIC OPERATION ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
4.1 Live Page......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2. Recording ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.3. Playback ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Via DVR........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Via Supplied Software “Video Viewer” ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.4. Search .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Via DVR........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Via Supplied Software “Video Viewer” ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.5. Firmware / OSD Upgrade ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
5. ADVANCED OPERATION ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.1. QUICK SEARCH .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.2. RECORD ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.2.1. Quick record setting ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.2.2. Detailed record setting ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.3. TIMER........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
5.4. DETECTION................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
5.4.1 For Model 1 & 3................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
5.4.2 For Model 2 & 4................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.5. REMOTE ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
5.6. SYSTEM INFO ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
5.7. NETWORK ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
5.7.1. STATIC ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
5.7.2. PPPOE ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
5.7.3. DHCP ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
5.8. BACKUP....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5.8.1. USB BACKUP .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5.8.2. DISK BACKUP (Selected models only) ............................................................................................................................................. 21
6. REMOTE OPERATION........................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
6.1. Video Viewer................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
6.1.1. Installation & Network Connection ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
6.1.2. Control Panel...................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
6.1.3. General Operation.............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
6.2. IE Web Browser............................................................................................................................................................................................ 28
6.3. QuickTime Player ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
APPENDIX 1 PIN CONFIGURATION......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX 2 TROUBLESHOOTING ......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
APPENDIX 3 COMPATIBLE USB FLASH DRIVE LIST ............................................................................................................................................. 34
APPENDIX 4 COMPATIBLE SATA HDD LIST............................................................................................................................................................ 35

APPENDIX 5 COMPATIBLE USB DVD WRITER LIST.............................................................................................................................................. 36
APPENDIX 6 RS485 PROTOCOL ............................................................................................................................................................................. 37
APPENDIX 7 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 38
APPENDIX 8 RECORDING TIME TABLE.................................................................................................................................................................. 42
APPENDIX 9 DVR BATTERY REPLACEMENT......................................................................................................................................................... 44

SPECIAL NOTES
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1. SPECIAL NOTES
 Remote Surveillance
1). This DVR series supports remote independent operation, and the image transmission per channel is
independent at the remote site. Therefore, during the remote surveillance, the image transmission may not be
so fluent when you’re viewing four channels or more at the same time.
2). During the remote surveillance, you can only switch the channel display when you are in DVR Control ( ).
You’re not allowed to enter the DVR menu.
3). When you click snapshot to take a snapshot of the current view, each channel will have one image file.
The snapshot will be saved in the path you specified in “Record Setting”.
4). You can choose the single channel to watch when you are playback the record.
5). The channel title will not be shown when the user level for remote login is “guest”.
 VGA Output Resolution Support
Some models have VGA interface built-in, and users are allowed to change the resolution depending on their
display monitor.
Go to “ADVANCE” “DISPLAY”, and move to “VGA OUTPUT” to select the VGA resolution you want. There are
seven options as follows:
1). 800 x 600 2). 1024 x 768 (default) 3). 1280 x 1024
4). 1440 x 900 5). 1400 x 1050 6). 1680 x 1050
7). 1600 x 1200
Note: To have the best image quality on your LCD monitor, make sure (1) the selected DVR VGA output
resolution is supported by your monitor, and (2) the VGA output settings on both the LCD monitor
and DVR are consistent.
If the image is not positioned or scaled properly, please go to your monitor’s menu for adjustment.
For details, please refer to the user manual of your LCD monitor.
 Power Supply
To ensure that your DVR works constantly and properly, it's recommended to use an UPS, Uninterruptible Power
Supply, for continuously operation. (Optional)
 HDD Scanning & Formatting
When a HDD is connected for the first time and the DVR is turned on, the DVR will automatically detect & format
the HDD as needed. At the same time, the DVR will also scan the HDD for any bad sector, and use the good ones
for recording and data storage. It takes about eight minutes for a 1TB HDD to finish the whole process, and the
actual time needed varies based on different HDD capacity.
When the DVR is rebooted, the DVR will scan the HDD for any bad sector, and use the good ones for recording
and data storage. It takes about three minutes for a 1TB HDD to finish the whole process, and the actual time
needed varies based on different HDD capacity.
 USB DVD Writer Support
USB DVD writer connection is only supported for the selected models to have disk backup function.
To know whether your DVR supports USB DVD writer connection, please refer to “APPENDIX 7
SPECIFICATIONS” at page 38.
To know the compatible USB DVD writer list, please refer to “APPENDIX 5 COMPATIBLE USB DVD WRITER
LIST” at page 36.
To know how to use a USB DVD writer for video backup, please refer to “5.8.2. DISK BACKUP” at page 21.

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 DVR Battery Replacement
DVR time might reset after the disconnecting of the DVR power, for example, caused by a power outage, because
the DVR battery is low or even running out of power.
For details about battery replacement, please refer to “APPENDIX 9 DVR BATTERY REPLACEMENT” at page
44.

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2. FRONT AND REAR PANEL
2.1. Front Panel
1) LED Indicators
POWER : DVR is powered on.
HDD : HDD is reading or recording.
ALARM : An alarm is triggered (Selected models only).
TIMER : Timer recording is on.
PLAY : Under playback status.
2) MENU
Press to enter the main menu.
3) ENTER
Press to confirm the setting.
4) LIST
To quick search the recorded files by event, press this button to show all types of the event lists.
Select one of the event list and press “ENTER” to playback the selected file.
5) SLOW
Under the playback mode, press to slowly playback the recorded file.
6) ZOOM
In the live or playback mode, press to enlarge the image of the selected channel.
7)
16CH: Press to show the 4 / 9 / 16 channel display modes.
8CH: Press to show the 4 / 9 channel display modes.
8) SEQ
Press to switch the channel display one by one, and press again to quit.
Note: When channel sequence display is on, the channel(s) with video loss and covert recording will be
skipped.
9) POWER or
Press long enough to turn on/off your DVR.
Note: Under the recording mode, please stop recording before turning off your DVR.
Note: To ensure that your DVR works constantly and properly, it's recommended to use an UPS,
Uninterruptible Power Supply, for continuously operation. (Optional)
10) 1~16 / 1~8
Press one of the buttons to select the channel to display.
11) PLAY
Press to play the recorded video.
12) S(PAUSE / +), T(STOP/ -), W(REW), X(FF)
Press one of these four buttons to move up/down/left/right.
Under the playback mode, press these buttons to pause / stop / fast rewind / fast forward the playback file.
Under the setting mode, press ” S” or “T” to change the setting in the menu.

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13) AUDIO (SEQ + )
Press SEQ + simultaneously to select the audio channel you want for listening to the live audio (in the live
mode) or playback audio (in the playback mode).
14) PTZ (SLOW + ZOOM)
Press these two buttons at the same time to enter / exit the PTZ control mode.
15) USB port
To quickly backup or upgrade firmware/OSD, you can insert a compatible USB flash drive into this USB port.
Before using the USB flash drive, please use your PC to format the USB flash drive as “FAT32” first.
16) EJECT (Selected models only)
Press to open / close the built-in DVD Writer.
17) “MENU” + “ENTER” (Key lock)
Press these two buttons at the same time to lock keys on the DVR front panel.
Press any button on the DVR front panel and enter the DVR password to exit the key lock mode.
2.2. Rear Panel
1) INPUT (1 ~ 16CH / 1 ~ 8CH)
INPUT: Connect to video sources, such as cameras.
Note: If you want to make a video backup with audio, please make sure whether your DVR supports the
audio function, and connect audio cameras to the channels which support the audio function.
2) MONITOR
Connect to a CRT monitor for video output.
3) Audio IN
Connect to audio sources, such as cameras equipped with the audio function.
Please get to know whether your DVR supports the audio function, and how many audio inputs are supported
first.
Note: Depending on the model you have, this DVR series supports UP TO FOUR audio-in channels, which
are Audio 1, Audio 2, Audio 3 and Audio 4 accordingly, and the audio data will be recorded with the
video data of CH1, CH2, CH3 and CH4 respectively.
For example, if your DVR supports two audio-in, its audio channels will be Audio 1 and Audio 2.
When you playback CH1, you will also hear the audio recording of Audio 1.
4) Audio OUT
Connect to an audio device, such as a microphone or speaker.
Note: Depending on the model you have, this DVR series supports UP TO TWO audio-out channels.
Please get to know whether your DVR supports the audio function, and how many audio outputs
are supported first.
5) USB (Selected models only)
To quickly backup or upgrade firmware/OSD, you can insert a compatible USB flash drive into this USB port.
Before using the USB flash drive, please use your PC to format the USB flash drive as “FAT32” first.
6) IR
Connect the IR receiver for remote control (IR receiver optional).
7) EXTERNAL I/O
Insert the supplied 25 PIN DSUB to this port for connecting external devices (external alarm, PTZ camera, etc).

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For detailed I/O port PIN configuration, please refer to “APPENDIX 1 PIN CONFIGURATION” at page 31.
8) VGA (Selected models only)
Connect to a LCD monitor directly.
Note: To select the suitable VGA resolution, please go to “ADVANCE” “DISPLAY” “VGA OUTPUT”.
9) LAN
Connect to Internet by LAN cable.
10) LINK ACT.
When your DVR is connected to the Internet, this LED will be on.
11) DC 19V
Connect to the supplied adapter.

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3. CONNECTION AND SETUP
3.1. HDD Installation
The HDD must be installed before the DVR is turned on. The steps below are for your reference only. The actual
installation process may vary depending on different models and situations.
 For Model 1 ~ 4
Step 1: Loose the screws on the upper cover and open the upper cover of the DVR.
Note: The DVR cover is made of metal. Please be careful with its edge when you remove the cover.
Step 2: Find the HDD brackets supplied within the sales package,
two L-shape brackets for each HDD.
Step 3: Get a compatible HDD, and align the screw holes of the
bracket with the HDD’s screw holes. Make sure the PCB
side of the HDD is facing up. Then, fasten the HDD to the
brackets.
Step 4: Connect the power connector and data bus connector to
the HDD.
Step 5: Find the screw holes on the DVR base, and fasten the
brackets to the DVR base.
Step 6: Close the upper cover of the DVR, and fasten all the screws you loosened in Step 1.
 For Model 6 & 8
Step 1: Loose the screws on the upper cover and open the upper cover of the DVR.
Note: The DVR cover is made of metal. Please be careful with its edge when you remove the cover.
Step 2: There are two HDD brackets for this DVR as indicated on
the right picture.
2-1 To install on the first bracket
Remove the bracket, and align the screw holes of the
bracket with the HDD’s screw holes. Make sure the PCB
side of the HDD is facing up.
Fasten the HDD to the bracket, and connect the power
connector and data bus connector to the HDD. Then,
replace the bracket to DVR.
2-2 To install on the second bracket
Connect the power connector and data bus connector to
the HDD.
When connecting the power cable, make sure the cable is
passed through the power cable of DVD writer. This is to
prevent the HDD power cable from interfering with the fan
spinning.
Align the screw holes of the bracket with the HDD’s screw
holes. Make sure the PCB side of the HDD is facing up.
Then, fasten the HDD to the bracket.

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Note: Make sure the HDD power cable is connected to the WHITE jack on the DVR mainboard as shown
below. The black jack is reserved for DVD writer installation.
Step 3: Close the upper cover of the DVR, and fasten all the screws you loosened in Step 1.
Note: When a HDD is connected for the first time and the DVR is turned on, the DVR will automatically
detect & format the HDD as needed. At the same time, the DVR will also scan the HDD for any bad
sector, and use the good ones for recording and data storage.
It takes about eight minutes for a 1TB HDD to finish the whole process, and the actual time needed
varies based on different HDD capacity.
3.2. Camera Connection
The cameras must be connected and power-supplied. And then connect the camera video output to the DVR
video input port with a coaxial cable or RCA lines with BNC connectors. The DVR will automatically detect the
video system of the connected camera(s) (NTSC / PAL), and switch itself to the correct system.
1) Power connection
Connect the camera with indicated power supply.
2) Video cable connection
Connect the camera video output to the DVR video input port with a coaxial cable or RCA line with BNC
connector.
3) Audio cable connection
Connect the camera audio output to the DVR audio input port with a coaxial cable or RCA line with BNC
connector.
4) Camera Setup (PTZ cameras only)
For detailed camera title, ID, protocol and baud rate setup, please refer to “5.5. REMOTE” at page 17.
3.3. Optional Peripheral Connection (Selected models only)
Depending on the DVR model you have, this DVR series may support to connect other peripherals. For detailed
connection, please refer to their own user manuals.
3.4. Power Setup
This device should be operated only with the type of power source indicated on the manufacturer’s label. Connect
the indicated AC power cord to the power adapter, and plug into an electrical outlet. The power LED will be on.
Note: To ensure that your DVR works constantly and properly, it's recommended to use an UPS,
Uninterruptible Power Supply (Optional), for continuously operation.
3.5. Date and Time Setting
Before using your DVR, please set the date and time on your DVR first.

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Press “MENU” and enter the password to go to the menu list. The default admin password is 0000. Move to
“DATE” and you can set the date / time / daylight saving in the “DATE” menu list.
Note: Please DO NOT change the date or time of your DVR after the recording function is activated.
Otherwise, the recorded data will be disordered and you will not be able to find the recorded file to
backup by time search. If users change the date or time accidentally when the recording function
is activated, it’s recommended to clear all HDD data, and start recording again.
3.6. Password Setting
Press “MENU” and enter the password to go to the menu list. Then, move to “ADVANCE” to enter the advanced
setting menu.
In the “ADVANCE” menu, move to “SYSTEM INFO”. Select “PASSWORD” and press “ENTER” to enter the
submenu to set the password (four digits). The default admin password is 0000.
3.7. Record Setting
By defaults, the record function is activated when the DVR is powered on and a camera is connected.
To change the record settings, press “MENU” and enter the password to go to the menu list. Then, move to
“ADVANCE” “RECORD” to enter the advanced setting menu. You can set the image size, image quality and the
image per second for recording.
For details, please refer to “5.2. RECORD” at page 13.

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4. BASIC OPERATION
4.1 Live Page
Depending on the DVR you have, you may see the following live view screen with status icons.
Icon Function Icon Function Icon Function Icon Function
Key lock Key unlock
The 1st live audio
channel
The 2nd live audio
channel
3rd live audio channel 4th live audio channel
The 1st playback
audio channel
The 2nd playback
audio channel
The 3rd playback
audio channel
The 4th playback audio
channel
Audio channel
unselected Digital zoom mode
Digital zoom
unselected HDD overwrite Timer recording Motion
Recording Alarm R.E.T.R. on
(Selected models only)
R.E.T.R. delay
(Selected models only)
4.2. Recording
When the recording and the pre-alarm function are activated, this device will overwrite 8GB data from the oldest
for continuous recording without notice.
1) Manual Recording Icon
By defaults, when the DVR is properly connected with cameras and the HDD is installed, you can see “ ”
(recording) on the screen.
2) Event Recording Icon
When the motion / alarm detection is activated, once motion or external alarm happens, you will see “ ” (motion)
or “ ” (external alarm) on the screen.
3) Timer Recording Icon
When the timer record is activated, you will see the LED light of “Timer” is on, and “ ” (timer) on the screen.

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4.3. Playback
Via DVR
Press “PLAY” on the DVR control panel, and the device will playback the latest recorded video.
You could only watch 4-channel playback images at the same time. If you want to watch other channels, press
button on the front panel to show the next 4-channel display.
Note: There must be at least 8192 images of recorded data for playback to work properly. If not, the
device will stop playback. For example, if the IPS is set to 30, the recording time should be at least
273 seconds (8192 images / 30 IPS) for the playback to work properly.
1) Fast Forward / Fast Rewind
You can increase the speed for fast forward and rewind on this device. In the playback mode:
Press “FF“ once to get 4X speed forward and press twice to get 8X speed, etc. And the maximum speed is 32X.
Press “REW“ once to get 4X speed rewind and press twice to get 8X speed, etc. And the maximum speed is 32X.
Note: During playback, the image size of the recorded data (FRAME, FIELD or CIF) will be shown on the
screen.
2) Pause / Image Jog
Press “PAUSE” to pause the playback.
In the pause mode:
Press “►” once to get one frame forward.
Press “◄” once to get one frame rewind.
3) Stop
Press “STOP” under the playback mode, and the screen of this device will return to live monitoring mode.
4) Slow Playback
Press “SLOW” to get 1/4X speed playback and press twice to get 1/8X speed playback.
5) Audio Playback
In the playback mode, press SEQ + to select the audio channel you want for audio playback.
Playback audio of the 1st audio channel
Playback audio of the 2nd audio channel
Playback audio of the 3rd audio channel
Playback audio of the 4th audio channel
The audio channel is not selected.
Note: If you want to make a video backup with audio, please make sure whether your DVR supports the
audio function, and connect audio cameras to the channels which support the audio function.
Via Supplied Software “Video Viewer”
In DVR Control
Click on the menu bar to show the DVR control panel, and click . A channel selection window will pop up,
and you and select the channel and time within which includes the images you want to see.

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Then, click “Play” to immediately start playback.
4.4. Search
Via DVR
1) Full Event Search
Press “LIST” to show the list for all types of the recorded files. Choose the item you want to see and press
“ENTER” to start playback.
2) Search by Time
Press “MENU” to enter the menu list, and go to “ADVANCE” “EVENT LOG”. Move to “QUICK SEARCH”, and
press “ENTER” to enter the quick time search menu. You can search any specific events by time (Year / Month /
Day / Hour / Min) and directly play the file you find.
Via Supplied Software “Video Viewer”
Search by Event via the Supplied Software “Video Viewer”
Click on the menu bar, and click to enter the “Status List” page. Select the “Record” tab to show all
the recordings, or sort the list by time or event.
Select a log from the list, and click “Play”, or double-click the selected log. A channel selection window will pop up,
and you can select the channel you want to see from the drop-down list.
Then, click “Play” to immediately start playback.
4.5. Firmware / OSD Upgrade
1) By using USB flash drive
Step 1. Format the USB memory device as FAT32 format first.
Step 2. Get the upgrade files from your distributor and save the upgrade files in your USB flash device (do not
change the file name).
Step 3. Insert your USB flash drive into the USB port. Wait till the DVR detects your USB flash drive.
Step 4. Press “MENU”, and move to “ADVANCE” “SYSTEM INFO”. Select “UPGRADE” “START”, and press
“ENTER”.
Step 5. Select “YES”, and press “ENTER” again to confirm upgrade.
2) By using the supplied software “Video Viewer”
Step 1. Save the upgrade files at your PC (do not change the file name), and log into Video Viewer.
Step 2. Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) to show the miscellaneous control panel. In the miscellaneous control

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panel, click “ ” (Tools) on the miscellaneous control panel to enter the upgrade window.
Step 3. Enter the user name, password, IP address and port number of the DVR.
Step 4. In “Update Server”, click “Firmware” or “Language” tab as needed, and click “Add” to select the firmware
or OSD files to upgrade.
Step 5. Click “Update Firmware” or “Update Language” button to start the upgrade.

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5. ADVANCED OPERATION
5.1. QUICK SEARCH
You can search any specific events by time and directly play the file you find from the DVR.
Move to “QUICK SEARCH”, and press “ENTER”. You will see the following submenu items:
1) DATE
Select the specific time period (YEAR / MONTH / DAY / HOUR / MIN) that you want to search.
2) SEARCH HDD
Change to the HDD you want if there are more than 1 HDD in your DVR.
3) START
Move to “START” and press “ENTER” button to search and directly playback the recorded files.
5.2. RECORD
In this menu list, you can set record settings. Press “MENU” on the front panel. The default admin password is
0000. Enter the default password, and press “ENTER”.
5.2.1. Quick record setting
Move to “QUICK START” J“RECORD”, and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following submenu items:
1) IMAGE SIZE
Select FRAME, FIELD (Selected models only) or CIF.
2) QUALITY
Select one of the four quality options: BEST, HIGH, NORMAL and BASIC.
3) IMAGE PER SECOND
Select the images per second for MANUAL RECORD.
5.2.2. Detailed record setting
Move to “ADVANCE” J“RECORD”, and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following submenu items:
1) MANUAL RECORD ENABLE
Start / stop the manual recording function.
2) EVENT RECORD ENABLE
Start / stop the event recording function. When this function is enabled, the recording will be triggered by any
motion or external alarm.
3) TIMER RECORD ENABLE
Start / stop the timer recording that is activated according to the scheduled time
4) EVENT RECORD IPS
Select the images per second for EVENT RECORD (Recording that is triggered by alarm or motion).
5) TIMER RECORD IPS
Select the images per second for TIMER RECORD (Recording that is activated according to the scheduled time.).

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6) PRE-ALARM RECORD
Select to enable or disable the pre-alarm function (ON / OFF).
When pre-alarm and event recording functions are both activated, the DVR will record 8MB data before an alarm /
motion event is triggered.
7) OVERWRITE
Select to overwrite previous recorded data in your HDD. When the HDD is full under the O/W recording mode, the
DVR will clear 8GB data from the oldest for continuous recording without notice.
5.3. TIMER
In this menu list, you can schedule different sets of time for recording and detection function. Move to “TIMER”,
and press ”ENTER”. Select to enable (ON) or disable (OFF) the recorder timer and / or detection timer functions.
1) RECORD TIMER
Use Sor Tto change the setting (ON / OFF). When it’s set to “ON”, press “ENTER” to go to its submenu for
further settings.
RECORD TIMER
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MON
TUE
WED
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SAT
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uv stMOVE SELECT
X axis 0 ~ 24 hours. Each time interval within a square is two hours (divided into four 30-minutes).
Y axis Monday ~ Sunday.
Operation Move to the start time point, and press enter to set the start time point (marked in red color). Then,
press S/ T/ W/ Xto set the timer-recording schedule. After setup, press “ENTER” again to create
an ending time point (marked in yellow color) and press “MENU” to exit.

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2) DETECTION TIMER
Use Sor Tto change the setting (ON / OFF). When it’s set to “ON”, press “ENTER” to go to its submenu for
further settings.
DETECTION TIMER
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SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR INSTALLER FOR ADVANCE SETTINGS
uv stMOVE SELECT
X axis 0 ~ 24 hours. Each time interval within a square is two hours (divided into four 30-minutes).
Y axis Monday ~ Sunday.
Operation Move to the start time point, and press enter to set the start time point (marked in red color). Then,
press S/ T/ W/ Xto set the timer-recording schedule. After setup, press “ENTER” again to create
an ending time point (marked in yellow color) and press “MENU” to exit.
Note: This function here is only for detection timer setup and activation.
5.4. DETECTION
In this submenu, you can set up detection-related functions.
Move to “DETECTION”, and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following submenu items:
There are two different ways to set the detection area depending on the model you have.
5.4.1 For Model 1 & 3
DETECTION
(Take Model 3 as an example)
TITLE DET AREA TS ALARM
CH1 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
CH2 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
CH3 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
CH4 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
CH5 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
CH6 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
CH7 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
CH8 ON SETUP HIGH OFF
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR INSTALLER FOR ADVANCE SETTING
uv SELECT sBACK tNEXT ENTER
1) TITLE
Show the camera title of each channel set in “CAMERA”.
2) DET
Select if you want to activate the motion detection function for the selected channel (ON/OFF).

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3) AREA
Press “ENTER” to set the detection area. You will see similar screens as the following:
Transparent blocks are the area under
detection.
Press “ENTER” to confirm the start area. Press W/ Xto choose the width of the
detection area.
Press S/ Tto choose the height of the
area.
You can also set up multi-detection area. When any movement is detected, you will
see the grids are flashing.
*Pink blocks represent the area that is not being detected while the transparent blocks are the area under detection.
4) TS (Time of Sensitivity)
“TS” is to set the sensitivity regarding how long one object stays in the detection area and triggers the recording.
There are three level of sensitivity for motion detection. (HIGH / NORMAL / LOW)
5) ALARM
Select N.C. (Normally Closed) / N.O. (Normally open) / OFF for the alarm polarity. The default alarm value is OFF.
5.4.2 For Model 2 & 4
DETECTION
(Take Model 4 as an example)
TITLE DET AREA
CH1 HIGH SETUP
CH2 OFF SETUP
CH3 OFF SETUP
CH4 OFF SETUP
CH5 OFF SETUP
CH6 OFF SETUP
CH7 OFF SETUP
CH8 OFF SETUP
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR INSTALLER FOR ADVANCE SETTING
uv SELECT sBACK tNEXT ENTER
1) TITLE
Show the camera title of each channel set in “CAMERA”.
2) DET
Select HIGH / NORMAL / LOW to activate the motion detection function with different sensitivity for the selected
channel, or select OFF to disable this function.
3) AREA
Press “ENTER” to set the detection area. You will see similar screens as the following: