Avtech DR163Z User manual

163_086_083_082_046_043b_042b_Quick_V1.2
H.264 DVR
Quick Start
GUI Display with USB Mouse Control
Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference.
For the actual display & operation, please refer to your DVR in hand.

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1. GUI DISPLAY WITH USB MOUSE CONTROL
1.1 Connect USB Mouse
Connect your USB mouse to one of the USB ports on the DVR front panel, and check if there’s a mouse icon ( )
on the screen, indicating the USB mouse is detected properly.
Move your mouse to enter the DVR password with the password keypad. The default administrator password is
0000. The status will be changed from (key lock) to (administrator), and the quick menu bar appears on
the left side of the screen.
Note: There are two user levels for DVR access which can be set in the main menu “SYSTEM” “TOOLS”.
For details, please refer to your user manual.
Password Input Quick Menu: Close
1.2 Quick Menu Bar
Move to the arrow mark to extend the quick menu bar and show the five functions as follows:
Quick Menu: Open
Click to show the channel switch panel and select the channel you want.
For details, please refer to “3.2 Quick Menu Bar” in the user manual.
Click to display the playback control panel, and click to play the latest
recorded video clip, or click to enter the search list.
Switch to the channel you want first, and click to enter the zoom-in
mode. In this mode, click and drag the red frame on the bottom left of the
screen to move to the place you want to see. To exit this mode, click 7.
Click to select the audio channel you want:
In the live mode, only the live audio channels can be selected.
In the playback mode, live and playback audio channels can be selected.
Click to enter the PTZ mode and show the PTZ camera control panel.
Click to show the power off panel to either halt or reboot the system.
1.3 Main Menu
Right-click anywhere on the screen to show the main menu as follows, and right-click again to exit.
Main Menu
QUICK START Click to set the status display, image settings, and date &
time.
DATE SETUP Click to set the date display and daylight saving.
SYSTEM Click to set the system configurations.
EVENT INFORMATION Click to enter the event search menu.
ADVANCED CONFIG Click to set CAMERA, DETECTION, ALERT,
NETWORK, DISPLAY, RECORD and DEVICES.
SCHEDULE SETTING Click to set record timer, detection timer & alarm timer.

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Main Menu Structure
QUICK START GENERAL CHANNEL TITLE
EVENT STATUS
DATE DISPLAY
MOUSE SENSITIVITY
IMAGE SIZE (For Selected Models Only)
QUALITY (For Selected Models Only)
I.P.S. (For Selected Models Only)
RECORD CONFIG (For Selected Models Only)
TIME SETUP DATE
TIME
DATE SETUP DATE INFO DISPLAY DATE OF MODE
FORMAT
DAYLIGHT DAYLIGHT SAVING
SYSTEM TOOLS LANGUAGE
ADMIN PASSWORD
OPERATOR PASSWORD
UPGRADE
BACKUP CONFIG
RESTORE CONFIG
SYSTEM INFO BAUD RATE
HOST ID
AUTO KEY LOCK
CLEAR HDD
RESET DEFAULT
REMOTE CONTROL ID (For Selected Models Only)
SERIAL TYPE
VIDEO FORMAT
VERSION
BACKUP DATA (USB)
BACKUP LOG (USB)
EVENT INFORMATION QUICK SEARCH
EVENT SEARCH
HDD INFO
EVENT LOG
ADVANCED CONFIG CAMERA BRIGHTNESS
CONTRAST
SATURATION
HUE
COV.
REC
CHANNEL TITLE
DETECTION MOTION
ALARM
AREA
ALERT EXT. ALERT
INT. BUZZER
KEY BUZZER
VLOSS BUZZER
MOTION BUZZER
ALARM BUZZER
HDD BUZZER
ALARM DURATION (SEC)
HDD NEARLY FULL (GB)
NETWORK NETWORK
SNTP
FTP
E-MAIL
DDNS
DISPLAY FULL SCREEN DURATION
QUAD SCREEN DURATION (For Selected Models Only)
DISPLAY COVERT
HDD DISPLAY MODE
DISPLAY OUTPUT PATH (For Selected Models Only)
RECORD MANUAL RECORD
EVENT RECORD
TIMER RECORD
EVENT RECORD IPS (For Selected Models Only)
TIMER RECORD IPS (For Selected Models Only)
PRE-ALARM RECORD
OVERWRITE
KEEP DATA LIMIT (DAYS)
RECORD CONFIG (For Selected Models Only)
DEVICES
SCHEDULE SETTING RECORD
DETECTION
ALARM

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2. FRONT AND REAR PANELS
2.1 Front Panel
1) LED Indicators
HDD is reading or recording.
DVR is powered on.
2) (▲) / (▼) / (◄) / (►)
Press ▲/ ▼/ ◄/ ►to move up / down / left / right.
In the playback mode:
Press “” to pause playback.
Press “” to stop playback.
Press ““ to fast forward.
Press ““ to fast rewind.
3) MENU
Press to enter the main menu.
4) ENTER /
Press to confirm the setting.
5) SEQ. /
Press to display each channel in full screen one by one starting from CH1. When the last channel is displayed, it
will repeat from CH1 again. To exit this mode, press “SEQ” again.
6)
Press to show the 4 channel display mode.
7) SLOW
In the playback mode, press to show slow playback.
8) ZOOM /
Press to enlarge the picture of selected channel in the FRAME mode.
9) PLAY / ►
Press to playback the latest recorded data.
10) LIST (Event List Search)
Press to quickly search the recorded files by four event lists: RECORD / MOTION / ALARM / TIME, or select
FULL to show all the event logs.
To quickly search the time you want, select “QUICK SEARCH”. Set the time range you want, and select “Start” to
play the recorded video clip during the specified time.
11) CH1 ~ 16 / 1 ~ 8 / 1 ~ 4
Press the channel number buttons to select the channel to display.
12) P.T.Z. / ( + SEQ / )
Press “ ” + “SEQ” or “ ” at the same time to enter / exit the PTZ control mode.
13) AUDIO / (SLOW + ZOOM / )
Press “SLOW” + “ZOOM” or “ ” to select live or playback audio from the audio channel.
Live audio (indicated in white) Playback audio (indicated in yellow)
Audio channel unselected
14) USB port
There are two USB ports on the front panel, one for connecting your USB mouse for mouse control, and the other
one for connecting your USB flash drive for video backup.
Note: It’s not allowed to have two USB mice or two USB flash drives connected on the front panel.
For the compatible USB flash drive list, please refer to “APPENDIX 3” in the user manual.

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2.2 Rear Panel
1) VIDEO 1 ~ 16 / 1 ~ 8 / 1~4: Connect to the video connector of a camera.
Note: The DVR will automatically detect the video system of the camera, please make sure that the
cameras are properly connected to the DVR and power-supplied before the DVR is turned on.
2) AUDIO IN
Connect to the audio connector of a camera if the camera supports audio recording.
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 TWO audio-in channels, and
the audio data will be recorded with the video data of CH1 & CH2 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.
3) AUDIO OUT
Connect to a speaker with 1 mono audio output.
Note: To know how many audio outputs your DVR supports, please refer to its specifications.
4) MONITOR
Connect to a CRT monitor for video output.
Note: For selected models, only one video output is allowed: either connected to a CRT monitor
(MONITOR), or a LCD monitor (VGA).
When both MONITOR and VGA are connected, press the left key ◄on the DVR front panel during
DVR power-on to force the video output via MONITOR. For details, please refer to “3.5 Video
Output Switch”.
5) VGA
Connect to a LCD monitor directly.
Note: For selected models, only one video output is allowed: either connected to a CRT monitor
(MONITOR), or a LCD monitor (VGA).
When both MONITOR and VGA are connected, press the left key ►on the DVR front panel during
DVR power-on to force the video output via VGA. For details, please refer to “3.5 Video Output
Switch”.
6) EXTERNAL I/O
This port is used to connect external devices (such as speed dome cameras or external alarm, etc).
For detailed I/O port PIN configuration, please refer to “APPENDIX 6” in your user manual.
7) LAN
Connect to Internet by LAN cable.
8) DC 19V or 12V
Connect to the supplied adapter.
9) Power Switch (For Selected Models Only)
Switch to “\” to turn on the power, and “|” to turn off the power.
Note: Some DVR models require DC19V adapters, and some require DC12V adapters. Before switching
on the power, make sure the power output of your adapter suits the power requirement of your
DVR.

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3. BASIC OPERATION
3.1 Live Page
Icon Function Icon Function Icon Function
Live audio channel (1~4) Playback audio channel (1~4) Audio channel off
Digital zoom on Digital zoom off Timer recording
Network disconnected Internet connected LAN connected
USB mouse connected USB flash drive / device connected No USB device connected
Key lock PTZ mode on HDD overwrite
Administrator Operator Sequence
Motion Recording Alarm
Record mode: Frame
(For Selected Model Only) Record mode: CIF
3.2 Record Icon
1) Manual Recording
By defaults, manual recording is on ( ) when the DVR is powered on and a HDD is installed.
2) Event Recording
When the motion detection or alarm is on, the motion icon ( ) or alarm icon ( ) shows on the screen for any
motion or alarm event.
3) Timer Recording
When timer recording is on, you will see “ ” on the screen.
4) HDD Overwritten
Be defaults, the HDD overwritten function is set to ON, and “ ” will be shown on the screen.
3.3 Playback
Click “ ” on the quick menu bar to display the playback control panel, and click to play the latest recorded
video clip, or click to enter the search list.

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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.
Note: During playback, the image size of the recording (FRAME, FIELD or CIF) will be shown on the
screen.
Playback Control
Fast Forward Increase the speed for fast forward. Click once to get 4X speed forward and click
twice to get 8X speed, etc., and the maximum speed is 32X.
Fast Rewind Increase the speed for fast rewind. Click once to get 4X speed rewind and click
twice to get 8X speed, etc., and the maximum speed is 32X.
/ Play / Pause Click to play the latest recorded video clip immediately, and click again to pause.
In the pause mode, click once to get one frame forward, and click to get
one frame rewind.
Stop Click to stop the video playback.
Slow Playback Click once to get 1/4X speed playback, and click twice to get 1/8X speed
playback.
/ Previous /
Next Hour
Click to jump to the next / previous time interval in an hour, for example, 11:00 ~
12:00 or 14:00 ~ 15:00, and start playing the earliest event video clip recorded
during this whole hour.
Repeat Click to set point A and point B in a video clip, and the system will play only the
specified range in that clip.
Backup Click to open the backup menu for video backup.
Event Search
Click to quickly search the recorded files by four event lists: RECORD / MOTION / ALARM / TIME, or select
FULL to show all the event logs.
To quickly search the time you want, select “QUICK SEARCH”. Set the time range you want, and select “Start” to
play the recorded video clip during the specified time.
Audio Playback
In the playback mode, click on the quick menu bar as many times as needed to select live or playback audio
from the audio channel.
Live audio (indicated in white). Playback audio (indicated in yellow). Audio channel unselected
Note: To make a video backup with audio, make sure the camera which supports the audio function is
connected to the video-in channel and audio-in channel. For example, the audio data from the
audio channel 1 will be recorded with the video data from the video channel 1.
3.4 User Level Switch
In the key lock mode ( ), move your USB mouse to display the password input keypad. There are two user
levels for accessing the DVR: Administrator ( ) & Operator ( ).
When the administrator password is entered, will be shown on the status bar of the screen and all operations
are allowed. The default administrator password is 0000.

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When the operator password is entered, will be shown on the status bar of the screen, and the main menu is
NOT allowed to access. The operator user level needs to be set in the main menu “SYSTEM” “TOOLS”.
To switch between these two user levels, click the current user level icon to switch to the key lock mode, and
move your mouse to show the password input keypad, and enter the password of the user level you want.
3.5 Video Output Switch (For Selected Models Only)
Note: Check the monitor (either LCD or CRT monitor) is connected to the DVR before the DVR is powered
on for correct video output detection.
It’s not allowed to have video output simultaneously on a CRT monitor (connected to MONITOR) and LCD
monitor (connected to VGA).
The default video output setting is “AUTO”, meaning the DVR will automatically detect the video output source.
When VGA and MONITOR are both connected, the default monitor output is VGA.
To change the video output setting manually:
 To force the video output via MONITOR, press the left key ◄on the DVR front panel at DVR power-on.
 To force the video output via VGA, press the right key ►on the DVR front panel at DVR power-on.
The setting is changed when you hear a short beep sound.
OR:
When the DVR is powered on and initialized, right-click to show the main menu, and select “ADVANCED
CONFIG” “DISPLAY” “DISPLAY OUTPUT PATH”.
Select “VGA” to switch to the connected LCD monitor, or “COMPOSITE” to switch to the connected CRT monitor.
The DVR will then reboot for the change to take effect.
ADVANCED CONFIG
CAMERA FULL SCREEN DURATION 03
DETECTION DISPLAY COVERT ON
ALERT HDD DISPLAY MODE HDD SIZE
NETWORK DISPLAY OUTPUT PATH AUTO
DISPLAY
RECORD
DEVICES
EXIT