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N6 1U Series DVR Quick Start Guide
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Table of Contents
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1.8.1 Alarm Input and Output Details.................................................................6
1.8.2 Alarm Input Port...........................................................................................6
1.8.3 Alarm Output Port........................................................................................7
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2.1.1 Login..............................................................................................................8
2.1.2 Main Menu....................................................................................................9
2.1.3 Logout ...........................................................................................................9
2.1.4 Auto Resume after Power Failure ..........................................................10
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2.3.1 Manual record menu.................................................................................11
2.3.2 Basic operation..........................................................................................11
2.3.3 Enable/disable record...............................................................................12
2.3.4 Enable all channel recording...................................................................12
2.3.5 Stop all channel recording .......................................................................13
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2.5.1 Quick Setup................................................................................................18
2.5.2 Redundancy...............................................................................................19

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2.6.1 Schedule Snapshot...................................................................................20
2.6.2 Activation Snapshot ..................................................................................20
2.6.3 Priority .........................................................................................................21
2.6.4 Image FTP..................................................................................................21
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2.7.1 Network Setting .........................................................................................24
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2.8.1 PTZ Setup ..................................................................................................24
2.8.2 PTZ Operation ...........................................................................................25
2.8.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key .................................................................26
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3.3.1 LAN Login...................................................................................................28
3.3.2 WAN Login .................................................................................................28
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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our DVR!
This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our DVR in a very short time.
Before installation and operation, please read the following safeguard and warning carefully!
Important Safeguard and Warning
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᧪Electrical safety
All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes.
We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper
handling or installation.
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᧪Transportation security
Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and
installation.
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Keep upwards. Handle with care.
Do not apply power to the DVR before completing installation.
Do not place objects on the DVR.
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All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers.
We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.
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᧪Environment
The DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable,
explosive substances and etc.
6. Accessories
Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer.
Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included:
Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is missing in your package.
7. Lithium battery
Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury!
When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!

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When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible
damage. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental
clashes during transportation. Then you can open the box to check the accessories.
Please check the items in accordance with the list. (Remote control is optional). Finally you can
remove the protective film of the DVR.
Note
Remote control is not a standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.
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For detailed information of the function keys in the front panel and the ports in the rear panel,
please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resource CD.
The model label in the front panel is very important; please check according to your purchase
order.
The label in the rear panel is very important too. Usually we need you to represent the serial
number when we provide the service after sales.
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Please check the data cable, power cable, COM cable and main boar cable connection is secure
or not.
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You can refer to the User’s Manual for recommended HDD brand.
Please follow the instructions below to install hard disk.
This series DVR has two SATA HDDs. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or higher.
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Please note the following introduction is based on the general 1U series only. For detailed
information, please refer to our resource CD included in your package for electronic
version of the User’s Manual.
The front panel is shown as in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1
Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.
Name Icon Function
Power button Power button, press this button for three seconds to
boot up or shut down DVR.
Number button Number 0-9 and
etc
zInput Arabic number
zSwitch channel
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5. Fix the HDD firmly.6. Connect the HDD cable and
power cable.
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numeral, English (Small/Capitalized), donation and
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Play previous _In playback mode, playback the previous video
Play Next fzIn playback mode, playback the next video
Up/Down , zActivate current control, modify setup, and then
move up and down.
zIncrease/decrease numeral.
zAssistant function such as PTZ menu.
Left/Right , zShift current activated control, and then move left
and right.
zWhen playback, click these buttons to control
playback bar.
ESC ESC zGo to previous menu, or cancel current operation.
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zGo to default button
zGo to menu
Assistant Fn zOne-window monitor mode, click this button to
display assistant function: PTZ control and image
color.
zBackspace function: in numeral control or text
control, press it for 1.5 seconds to delete the
previous character before the cursor.
zIn motion detection setup, working with Fn and
direction keys to realize setup.
zIn text mode, click it to switch between numeral,
English character(small/capitalized) and etc.
zIn HDD management interface, you can click it to
switch HDD record information and other
information (Menu prompt)
zRealize other special functions.
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Window switch Mult Click it to switch one-window/multiple-window.
USB port To connect USB storage device, USB mouse, burner
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Record light 1-16 For 4/8/16 channel device: indication light on means
that the channel is in recording.
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HDD abnormal
indication light
HDD HDD error occurs or HDD capacity is below specified
threshold value, the light becomes red to alert you.
Network abnormal
indication light
Net Network error occurs or there is no network connection,
the light becomes red to alert you.
IR Receiver IR It is to receive the signal from the remote control.
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Please note the following introduction is based on the general 1U series only. For detailed
information, please refer to our resource CD included in your package for electronic
version of the User’s Manual.
The 4/8-channel series DVR rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2
The 16-channel series DVR rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-3
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
1 Video input
2 Audio input
3 Video spot output
4 Video CVBS output
5 Bidirectional talk input
6 Audio output
7 Network port
8 USB port
9 HDMI port
10 Video VGA output
11 RS232 port
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13 Power socket
14 GND port
15 On/off button
When connect the Ethernet port, please use crossover cable to connect the PC and use the
straight cable to connect to the switcher or router.
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information, please refer to our resource CD included in your package for electronic
version of the User’s Manual.
Please refer to Figure 1-4 for connection sample.
The following figure is based on the 8-channel series product.
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Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not
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Please note the following introduction is based on the general 1U series only. For detailed
information, please refer to our resource CD included in your package for electronic
version of the User’s Manual.
There are two alarm input types for you to select: normal open (NO) and normal close (NC).
1.8.1 Alarm Input and Output Details
4/8-channel series 16-channel series
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You can refer to the following sheet and Figure 1-5 for alarm input and output information.
In the first line, from
the left to the right,:
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from the left to the
right:
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NO3 C3ˈ
There are three groups of normal open activation output (on/off
button)
CTRL 12V Control power output. The power output is off when the alarm is
canceled.
Earth cable.
485 A/B 485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as
PTZ. Please parallel connect 120Tȍbetween A/B cables if there are
too many PTZ decoders.
1.8.2 Alarm Input Port
Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
zNormal open or Normal close type.
zPlease parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide external
power to the alarm detector).
zPlease parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.
zPlease connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input(ALARM)
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zProvide external power to external alarm device.
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zYou have properly installed HDD and all the cable connections.
zThe provided input power and the device power are matched.
zThe external power shall be DC 12 V.
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2.1.1 Login
After system booted up, system pops up the startup wizard.
Click the Cancel button; you can go to the system login interface.
Click the Next Step button; you can go to the startup wizard interface. Here you can set the
system basic information. See Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1
The system login interface is shown as in Figure 2-2.
System consists of four accounts:
zUsername: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network)
zUsername: 888888. Password: 888888. (administrator, local only)
zUsername: 666666. Passwords: 666666(Lower authority user who can only monitor, playback,
backup and etc.)
zUsername: default. Password: default(hidden user)
You can use USB mouse, front panel, remote control (not included in the accessory bag) or
keyboard to input. About input method: Click to switch between numeral, English character
(small/capitalized) and denotation.
Note:
For security reason, please modify password after you first login.
Within 30 minutes, three times login failure will result in system alarm and six times login failure
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Figure 2-2
2.1.2 Main Menu
After you logged in, the system main menu is shown as below. See Figure 2-3.
There are total six icons: search, information, setting, backup, advanced and shutdown.
You can move the cursor to highlight the icon, and then double click mouse to enter the sub-
menu.
Figure 2-3
2.1.3 Logout
There are two ways for you to log out.
The first one is from menu option:
In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See
Figure 2-4.
Figure 2-4
There are several options for you. See Figure 2-5.
Figure 2-5
The other ways is to press power button on the front panel for at least 3 seconds, system will
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Please note, before you replace the HDD, do remember shutting down the device and unplug the
power cable.
2.1.4 Auto Resume after Power Failure
The system can automatically backup video and resume previous working status after power
failure.
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After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode by default. You can see system date, time
and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings
(Main Menu->Setting->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the
display settings (Main Menu->Setting->Display)
Preview Control
The preview control function has the following features.
zSupport preview playback.
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current channel. Please go to the Main Menu->General to set real-time playback
time.
Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any playback
start time.
Support playback, pause and exit function.
Right now, system does not support slow playback and backward playback function.
zSupport digital zoom function.
zSupport real-time backup function.
You can follow the contents listed below for the operation instruction.
Preview control interface
Move you mouse to the top centre of the video of current channel, you can see system pops
up the preview control interface. See Figure 2-6. If your mouse stays in this area for more
than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.
Figure 2-6
You can refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN Name Function
1 Realtime playback It is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes
record of current channel.
Please go to the Main Menu->General to set
real-time playback time.
System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no
such record in current channel.
2 Digital zoom It is to zoom in specified zone of current
channel. It supports zoom in function of multiple-
channel.
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The selected area has an icon as and the
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3 Real-time backup
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the USB device. System can not backup the
video of multiple-channel at the same time.
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Playback control
The playback control has the following features.
zSupport play, pause, and exit and drag function.
zDuring the preview playback process, you can not see the channel title and record status
of current channel. It will display the channel title and the record status once you exit the
preview playback.
zDuring the preview playback, you can not switch the displayed channel or change
current window-display mode.
zPlease note, the tour function has the higher priority than the preview playback. System
automatically exits the preview playback function and its corresponding interface when
the tour function started. You can not control the preview playback until the tour function
ended.
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2.3.1 Manual record menu
There are two ways for you to go to manual record menu.
zRight click mouse or in the main menu, Advanced->Manual Record.
zIn live viewing mode, click record button in the front panel or record button in the remote
control.
Manual record menu is shown as in Figure 2-7.
2.3.2 Basic operation
There are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. Please highlight iconĀƻā to select
corresponding channel.
zManual: The highest priority. After manual setup, all selected channels will begin ordinary
recording.
zSchedule: Channel records as you have set in recording setup (Main Menu->Setting-
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2.3.3 Enable/disable record
Please check current channel status: “ż” means it is not in recording status, “Ɣ” means it is in
recording status.
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Figure 2-8
2.3.4 Enable all channel recording
Highlight żbelow All, you can enable all channel recording.
zAll channel schedule record
Please highlight “ALL” after “Schedule”. See Figure 2-9.
When system is in schedule recording, all channels will record as you have previously set
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Figure 2-9
zAll channel manual record
Please highlight “ALL”after “Manual.”See Figure 2-10.
When system is in manual recording, all scheduled set up you have set in will be null ((Main
menu->Setting->Schedule)).
You can see indication light in front panel turns on, system begins manual record now.
Figure 2-10
2.3.5 Stop all channel recording
Please highlight “ALL”after “Stop”. See Figure 2-11.
System stops all channel recording no matter what mode you have set in the menu (Main
menu->Setting->Schedule)
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Click search button in the main menu, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-12.
Usually there are three file types:
zR: Regular recording file.
zA: External alarm recording file.
zM: Motion detection recording file.
Figure 2-12
Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
SN Name Function
1 Display
window
zHere is to display the searched picture or file.
zSupport 1/4/9/16-window playback.
2 Search
type
zHere you can select to search the picture or the recorded file.
zYou can select to play from the read-write HDD or the connected external
device.
3 Calendar
zThe blue highlighted date means there is picture or file. Otherwise, there is no
picture or file.
zIn any play mode, click the date you want to see, you can see the corresponding
record file trace in the time bar.
4
Playback
mode
and
channel
selection
pane.
zPlayback mode˖1/4/9/16. (It may vary due to different series.)
In 1-window playback mode: you can select 1-16 channels.
In 4-window playback mode: you can select 4 channels according to your
requirement.
In 9-window playback mode, you can switch between 1-9 and 10-16 channels.
In 16-window playback mode, you can switch between1-16 and 17-32
channels.
1
2
3
4
56
7
8
12 9
10
11

15
zThe time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the channel
option.
5
File list
switch
button
zDouble click it, you can view the picture/record file list of current day.
zThe file list is to display the first channel of the record file.
zThe system can display max 128 files in one time. Use the S/Tor the mouse to
view the file. Select one item, and then double click the mouse or click the ENTER
button to playback.
zYou can input the period in the following interface to begin accurate search.
zFile type˖R—regular record˗A—external alarm record˗M—Motion detect
record.
zLock file. Click the file you want to lock and click the button to lock. The file
you locked will not be overwritten.
zSearch locked file: Click the button to view the locked file.
zReturn: Click button , system goes back to the calendar and channel setup
interface.
Please note:
zSystem max locks 16 files. The size of the locked file shall be less than the 1/4 of
the HDD total space. The first 16G of each partition can not be locked.
zSystem can only lock one file at one time and can not lock the extra stream. For
the file that is writing or overwriting, it can not be locked.
6
Card
number
search
The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card
number/field setup bar. You cam implement advanced search.
7 Playback
control
pane.
Ź/
Play/Pause
There are three ways for you to begin playback.
zThe play button
zDouble click the valid period of the time bar.
zDouble click the item in the file list.
In slow play mode, click it to switch between play/pause.
ŶStop
W
Backward play
In normal play mode, left click the button, the file begins backward play.
Click it again to pause current play.
In backward play mode, click Ź/to restore normal play.
ŇW/
XŇ
In playback mode, click it to play the next or the previous section. You can
click continuously when you are watching the files from the same channel.
In normal play mode, when you pause current play, you can click WŇand
ŇXto begin frame by frame playback.
In frame by frame playback mode, click Ź/to restore normal playback.
ŹSlow play
In playback mode, click it to realize various slow play modes such as slow
play 1, slow play 2, and etc.

Fast forward
In playback mode, click to realize various fast play modes such as fast
play 1,fast play 2 and etc.
Note: The actual play speed has relationship with the software version.
Smart search

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The volume of the playback
Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode, the system can snapshot
1 picture per second.
8 Time bar
zIt is to display the record type and its period in current search criteria.
zIn 4-window playback mode, there are corresponding four time bars. In other
playback mode, there is only one time bar.
zUse the mouse to click one point of the color zone in the time bar, system begins
playback.
zThe time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.
The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are
playing the file.
zThe green color stands for the regular record file. The red color stands for the
external alarm record file. The yellow stands for the motion detect record file.
9 Time bar
unit
ƔThe option includes: 24H, 12H, 1H and 30M. The smaller the unit, the larger the
zoom rate. You can accurately set the time in the time bar to playback the record.
zThe time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.
The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are
playing the file.
10 Backup
Select the file(s) you want to backup from the file list. System max supports files
from four channels. Then click the backup button, now you can see the backup
menu. Click the start button to begin the backup operation.
Check the file again you can cancel current selection.
System max supports to display 32 files from one channel.
11 Clip
zIt is to edit the file.
ƔPlease play the file you want to edit and then click this button when you want to
edit. You can see the corresponding slide bar in the time bar of the corresponding
channel. You can adjust the slide bar or input the accurate time to set the file end
time. Click this button again and then save current contents in a new file. .
12 Record
type In any play mode, the time bar will change once you modify the search type.
13 Smart
search
Click the button, system begins smart search. System supports 396(22*18
PAL) and 330(22*15 NTSC) zones. See Figure 2-13.
Figure 2-13
Click the , you can go to the smart search playback. Click it again, system stops
smart search playback.
Please note:
zWhen system is playing, you can select a zone in the window to begin motion