CCTV SDVR004A User manual

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DIGI T AL VIDE O RE CO RDER
ART. SDVR004A
SDVR194B
SDVR198B
SDVR196B
Quick Guide
This manual is to help you set up your DVR in a basic manner and playback or remote access
your DVR. Please see the User Manual on included CD or more detailed instructions.
Via Don Arrigoni, 5 24020 Rovetta S. Lorenzo (Bergamo)
http: www.comelitgroup.com e‐mail:export.depa[email protected]

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Table of Contents
1. Important Safeguards and Warnings.......................................................................................2
2. Package Contents...................................................................................................................2
3. Hard Disk Installation...............................................................................................................2
4. Front Panel..............................................................................................................................3
5. Rear Panel (please take actual machine model as quasi).......................................................4
6. Remote Controller ...................................................................................................................6
7. Basic Operation.......................................................................................................................6
7.1 Login System.....................................................................................................................6
7.2 Live View...........................................................................................................................6
7.3 Status and Tool Bar ...........................................................................................................7
7.4 HDD Management.............................................................................................................7
7.5 Record Setting...................................................................................................................7
7.5.1 Manual Recording...................................................................................................8
7.5.2 Schedule Recording................................................................................................8
7.6 Video Playback..................................................................................................................8
7.7 File Back Up......................................................................................................................9
7.8 PTZ Control—(optional).....................................................................................................9
7.9 Network Settings—(optional).............................................................................................9
8. Web Operation (products with LAN function) ........................................................................10
9. Wap Connection (products with LAN function)......................................................................11
10. Mobile Phone Support (products with LAN function)............................................................11
11. How to use Auto ID………………………………………………………………………………….12

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1.Important Safeguards and Warnings
Don’t place heavy objects on the DVR. Avoid dropping or striking the DVR.
Keep the DVR in a normal room environment, between 0
o
C ~ +45
o
C, away from any direct
heat source like direct sun light. Please do not install the DVR in a damp, smoky, or dusty
environment. Do not let solids or liquids fall into or infiltrate the DVR.
Please install the DVR on a flat surface.
Use within the power and surge protection rating.
Don’t disassemble or try to repair the DVR by yourself. Attempts to do so will void
manufacturer’s warranty!
2.Package Contents
Y our DVR package should come with the following items:
DVR
Remote Control
Power Adapter and Power Cord
CD (with full manual and DVR software)
This Quick Guide
Mouse (optional)
3.Hard Disk Installation
Your HDD needs to be installed before you can start recording. Some DVRs come with
pre-installed hard drive. Please install HDD as following:
1) Open case by removing screws from back and sides of DVR.
2) Please connect the HDD in the standard way, screwing the HDD into the HDD brackets or
DVR base. All necessary cables are delivered with the DVR. Use instructions that came with the
hard drive for exact wiring and installation. Please connect the power cable to the appropriate
socket, and the data cable to its corresponding connector.
3) Close case and re-screw the screws to secure.
Power connector
Data connector
NOTE: format the HDD before first use (7.4 HDD Management).

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4.Front Panel
(some products have this function, please take actual machine mode as quasi)
Type Name Introduction
Control Buttons Use arrow buttons to move among the menu
items
Press Enter ( ) to confirm your choice. On
Enter
live view the [ ] button is used as PTZ
control key
Menu/Exit Access tool bar/ Hide tool bar/ Exit menu/ Exit
sub menu
Rewind ◄◄ Rewind video during playback
Opens video search and playback menu. When
Play/Pause the playback mode is activated, press this button
to play/pause playback
Stop ■Stop playback
Fast Forward ►► Fast forward video during playback
REC ●Start or Stop manual recording
Channel Selecting
Button (4CH/8CH)
Using these buttons you can choose to output
video on your monitor either as a full-screen view
of each of the cameras individually (channels 1
through 4/8 depending on the model) or from all
channels simultaneously ( / ).
Channel Selecting
Button (16CH)
Number 0~9
Buttons/
Using the number buttons you can choose to
output video on your monitor either as a
full-screen view of each of the cameras
individually (channels 1 through 9) or you can
combine button “ ” with other buttons to select
channels among Channel 10 and Channel 16.
Pressing the button “ ” to switch display
modes.
Mute ON/Mute Off Turn on or turn off sound
Spot View Using this button to enable auto sequencing
Power Off Turn off the DVR
LEDs Power LED/ REC LED/
Net LED LED lights indicate your connection to the power
supply, recording status and net status.
Note: on live view press the button or or numerical button ten times when
there is no tool bar, to switch the main menu between BNC video output and VGA video
output.

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5.Rear Panel (please take actual machine model as quasi)
Art. SDVR194B
Art. SDVR004A 6
Art. SDVR198B
Art. SDVR196B

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1. USB connectors
Use these USB ports to connect the mouse and backup devices (flash drive, DVD recorder).
Note: for some machine model USB port is on the lateral panel or on the front panel.
2. Audio Output Connector (optional)
1 channel audio output, for connecting speakers (4ch  RCA, 8ch/16ch  DB9)
Note: there are two video output connectors for 16 CH and there are the same as each other.
3. Audio Input Connectors (AUDIO IN 1-4/1-8/1-16)
4/8/16 channels audio input, for connecting audio signal (4ch  RCA, 8ch/16ch  DB9)
4. Video Input Connectors (1-4/1-8/1-16)
4/8/16 channels video input, for connecting analog video signal input, BNC (1Vp-p, 75 Ω )
5. Video Output Connector
Video output for connecting monitor or TV, BNC (1Vp-p, 75 Ω )
6. VGA Connector
For connecting VGA/LCD monitor
7. Ethernet Connector (optional)
RJ-45 10/100 Base-T Ethernet network
8. Alarm Input Connectors (4ch/8ch-ALARM IN 1-4/16ch-Alarm in 1-16) (optional)
For connecting to external sensor device
Each alarm has one input pin on the terminal block of the rear panel.
Connect positive (+) output pins of the device to the input slots (Alarm In) on the DVR terminal
block (1 -4/1-16).
Connect ground (-) output pins of the device to the DVR Ground slots (G). Multiple devices can
be connected to one ground slot.
4CH/8CH 16CH
Alarm Output Connectors (pin NO-COM) (optional)
For connecting to external alarm device
RS-485 Connector (pin A-B) (optional)
For connecting PTZ camera control
9. Power Input Socket (12V DC)
10. Power Switch (optional)
12. Ground – Ground the machine if necessary
13. Spot Video output (16ch)
16. HDMI video output

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6.Remote Controller
The functions of remote keys are as the same
as front panel. Detail introduction please refer to
section 4 Front Panel.
7.Basic Operation
Note: during configuration, press button to restore to default setting, press button to
save parameter, the parameter will take effect after clicking button .
7.1 Login System
In live view, press the button “ ” twice or double-click
right key of mouse on live view to display tool bar, it will
appear the login window if the password is enabled. You
can fill in user name and password to login.
Note: 1. The default password for Admin is “888888”.
2. The Auto ID is used for connecting the IE
interface. For detail operation please
reference appendix 6 of the detail guide CD .
7.2 Live View
Displayed on the live screen are the real time images, name and state of each channel. Channel
icons indicate the following:
Icon indicates that the channel has detected motion in
the motion detection mode.
Icon indicates that the channel has detected sensor
alarm in the alarm mode.
● Red dot indicates that the channel is running in the
mode of recording.

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7.3 Status and Tool Bar
1) In live view, press the button “ ” once or click right key of mouse on live view to display
status bar, it will appear the status bar as following.
System time Approximate Remaining Hours of HDD recording
2) In live view, press the button “ ” twice or double-click right key of mouse on live view to
display tools bar if password is disabled. When password is available, you can see it after login.
PLAY KEYLOCK SEQ EZOOM Advance
SYSTEM SETTINGS MUTE ON/MUTE OFF
MANUAL REC / STOP MANUAL REC PTZ (Some products have this function)
Click the “ADVANCE” button and the screen will display the following figure:
Hide Advance PIP*1 PIP*2 VO SWITCH QUAD 6 SHOW 8 SHOW 9 SHOW
7.4 HDD Management
If you have not yet installed a hard disk drive into the
device or the device didn’t read the HDD, or a new
HDD didn’t be formatted, or there is no space of the
HDD to record, it will display an icon “ ” in the
video preview interface. You must format the HDD
in the DVR before first using. The steps as follows:
System settings > SYSTEM > HDD management >
format.
7.5 Record Setting
Click [Tool Bar→System settings →Record] to
enter [Record] menu. You can set quality, resolution,
frame rate, pack time and record mode. There are
three record modes: Manual Record, Always and
Schedule.Always record mode will record with
every channel all the time.
Frame Rate: It is possible to adjust each channel
frame rate independently. Real-time recording is
considered 25 frames per second (fps) for PAL and
30fps for NTSC. Depending on TV system, for 4CH
and 8CH the maximum frame rate is either 200
(PAL) or 240 (NTSC) fps in CIF resolution, 100
(PAL)/120(NTSC) fps in HD1 resolution and 50

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(PAL)/60(NTSC) fps in D1 resolution. For 16CH the maximum frame rate is either 400 (PAL) or
480 (NTSC) fps in CIF resolution, 200 (PAL)/240(NTSC) fps in HD1 resolution and 100 (PAL) / 120
(NTSC) fps in D1 resolution.
Please note that the recording frame rate limit varies depending upon the recording resolution
selected. Even though you may set the recording frame rate here, the system will automatically
downgrade the recording frame rate if it exceeds machine limitations.
Resolution: the recording resolution has three options: D1, Half D1 and CIF resolution. Standard
Quality TV is equivalent to D1 quality. The resolution of each channel for recording can
be adjusted independently.
7.5.1 Manual Recording
Manual recording is useful for times when you want to immediately record something on screen.
To turn on manual recording, click [Tool Bar→Manual Record] or hit the REC button on the front
panel or the remote control. A red button will appear on the down left hand corner. To turn off the
manual recording, hit the REC button again.
7.5.2 Schedule Recording
It allows you to create a schedule for recording tasks throughout the week, so that only certain
selected events are actually recorded on the HDD.
CHANNEL: you can select all channels or just
one channel.
There are three modes for recording: ALARM,
NORMAL and NO RECORD. Different colors
signify different recording modes: Red means
alarm record, green means normal record, orange
means motion record, grounding means no
record.
After you complete the schedule you activate it by
clicking the [ ] button.
7.6 Video Playback
Click [Tool Bar→System settings →Play] to enter [Playback] menu.
Method 1: playback by date
Date input: adjust the checking date and time, and press【Enter】to input the number directly to
adjust the year, month, date. Next, input the time in the next box, click “play” and then choose
playback channel as shown in left Fig, then
click “play”.
Method 2: playback by recording status:
Input the date, click【search】and you can see
the recording status on this date.
Method 3: playback by file list:
Input the searching date and click 【search】
to view the recording status. Click an exact
day and then click “LISTING” to see the
interface of “FILE LISTING”.

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7.7 File Back Up
Click [Tool Bar→Play →Search] to enter file list. In this interface, you can back up video file. Click
[ ]、[ ]、[ ] and [ ] to switch page, select the video file you want to back up and
click [ ] to back up the video file to USB disk.
7.8 PTZ Control (optional)
Double-click the right mouse button to enter tool bar menu under real-time monitoring frame, and
choose “PTZ” or push “ENTER” key to enter the control frame on live view.
Under PTZ control frame press the [ ] / [ ] button or right click and an icon “ ” will appear at
the top right corner of the screen.
[PTZ Direction Control]: under PTZ control frame, move the mouse to the upper, lower, left and
right locations of the current frame, and this time, left click and hold the mouse. Enter the control
area of the corresponding location.
In “ ” mode, use the mouse or the [▲] [▼] [◄] [►] buttons on the remote control front panel to
control detection.
[SPEED]: regulate the rotating step length of the PTZ by using the slide bar. This function is
mainly for the controlling direction operation. The bigger the value is, the faster the rotational
speed is, with values ranging from 0~63.
[IRIS －, IRIS +]: regulate the diaphragm.
[FOCUS －, FOCUS+]: bring objects into focus finely.
[ZOOM －, ZOOM+]: zooms the lens In and Out. Magnification can be changed by using the
mouse wheel under the current frame.
Note: you have to configure parameters before control Pan-Tilt-Zoom and you can access PTZ
setting by clicking Tool Bar→System Setting→PTZ.
7.9 Network Settings (optional)
To connect the DVR to the internet, certain settings must be input into the DVR. To access your
DVR from the internet, you will need either a Static IP from your internet service provider (ISP) or a