Comelit 49146 User manual

16-8 INPUTS STANDALONE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
ART. 49146-49148
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Please read this manual thoroughly before use
and keep it for future reference.
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WARNING
TO REDUCE THE R SK OF F RE OR ELECTR C SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE TH S PRODUCT TO RA N OR MO STURE.
DO NOT NSERT ANY METALL C OBJECT THROUGH THE VENT LAT ON GR LLS OR OTHER OPEN NGS ON THE
EQU PMENT.
CAUTION
Explanation of graphical symbols
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is
intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”
within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a
risk of electric shock to person.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to
the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in
the literature accompanying the product.
The user is obliged to inform himself and to conform himself to the national and local rules concerning the monitoring
and the audio and video recording. Nobody else will consequently be held responsible for an improper use of this
system which could break the laws in force.

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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
1. REA AN KEEP THESE
INSTR UCTION S
Please read this m anual tho roughly
before use and keep it for future
reference.
2. CLEAN IN G
Unp lug this equipm ent from the wall
outlet before cleaning it. Use a mild
household detergent, never use strong
solvent. Clean the unit with a slightly
dam p soft cloth.
3. ATTA CHM ENTS
Never add any attachm ents and/or
equipm ent without the approval of the
manufacturer as such add itions m ay
result in the risk of fire, electric shock
or other personal injury .
4. W ATE R AN /O R M OISTU RE
Do not use this equipm ent near water
or in contact w ith water.
5. ACCES SO RIES
Do not place this equipm ent on an
instable cart, stand or table. The
equipm ent may fall, causing serious
injury to a child or adult, and serious
dam age to the equipm ent. W all or shelf
mounting should follow the
manufacturer’s instructions and shoul
use a m ounting kit approved by the
manufacturer. This equipm ent and cart
com bination should be moved with
care. Quick stops, excessive force and
uneven surfaces may cause the
equipm ent and cart com bination to
overturn.
6. VENT ILATION
f existing, the openings or v entilation
grills of the device have been planned
with the scope to supply ventilation to
the apparatus, to assure a reliable
operation of the sam e and to protect it
from overheating. D o not block or cover
these openings.
7. POW ER SOUR CES
This equipm ent should be operate only
from the type of pow er source ind icated
on the marking label. f you are not
sure of the type of power, please
consult yo ur equip ment dealer or local
pow er com pany. W arning if this
equipm ent works w ith battery, risk of
explosion if battery is replaced by an
incorrect typ e. D ispose of used batteries
according to the local law.
8. GRO UN IN G
Do not defeat the safety purpose of the
polarized or grounding-type plug. A
polarized plug has tw o blades w ith one
wider that the other. A ground ing type
plug has two blad es and a third
gro unding prong. The w ider b lade or the
third prong are provided for yo ur safety.
f the provided plug does not fit into
your outlet, co nsult an electrician for
replacem ent of the obsolete outlet.
9.
PO W ER A N CON NECTIO N CAB LE S
PRO TE CT ION
Protect the cables from being walked on
or pinched particularly at plugs and the
point where thy exit from the
equipment.
10. LIG HTN IN G STO RM
For adde
d protection for this equipm ent
during a lightning storm or when it is
left unattended and unused for long
periods of tim e, unplug it from the w all
outlet and disconnect the antenna or
cable system . This w ill prevent dam age
to the equipm ent due to lightnin
g and
power line surges.
11. O VER LO A IN G
Do not overload w all outlets and
extension cords as this can result in the
risk of fire or electric shock.
12. SE RVICIN G
Do not attem pt to repair this eq uipm ent
yourself. The opening and the
m ovem ent of the covers could y
ou
expose at high voltage or other
dangers. Refer all servicing to qualified
serv ice personnel.
13. A M AGE REQ UIRING S ERVICE
Unplug this equipm ent from the wall
outlet and refer servicing to qualified
personnel und er the following
conditions:
a. f the power sup
ply cord or the plug
has b een dam aged.
b.
f liquid is sp illed or objects have
fallen into the equipm ent.
c.
f the equipment has been exposed
to rain or w ater.
d.
f the equipm ent does no t operate
norm ally by fo llowing the operating
instructions. Adjust only those
controls that are covered by
operating instructions. A n im proper
ad justm ent of other controls m ay
result in dam age.
e.
f the equipm ent has been d ropped
or the case dam aged.
f.
f the equipm ent exhibits a distinct
change in perform ance.
14. RE PLA CEMEN T P ARTS
W he
n replacem ent parts are required,
be sure the service technician has
used
replacem ent parts specified by the
m anufacturer or that have the sam e
characteristics as the original part
.
Unauthorized substitutions may results
in fire, electric shock or other hazards.
15. SA FETY C HECK
Upon com pletation of any service or
repairs to this eq uipm ent, ask the
serv ice technician to perform safety
checks to determ ine that the equipm ent
is in prop er operating condition.
16. INS TALLA TION IN P UBLIC PLA CES
This kind of installat
ion would have to
be made by specialized personnel and
to be in comp liance with the local law s
.

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CONTENTS
1. FEATURES AND FUNCTION…………………………………………………….…..5
2. UNIT DESCRIPTION OF FRONT PANEL…………………………………………6
3. REAR PANEL AND SYSTEM CONNECTION…..…………………………………9
4. REMOTE CONTROL…………………………………………………………………13
5. SYSTEM SETUP………………………………………………………………………13
5.1. SETUP MENU……………………………………………………………………13
5.2. SYSTEM SETUP…………………………………………………………………14
5.2.1. TIME/DATE SET………………………………………………………………15
5.2.2. HDD FORMAT SET…………………………………………………………15
5.2.3. FACTORY RESET……………………………………………………………15
5.3. DISPLAY SETUP……… ……………………… ………………….. ………16
5.3.1. CAMERA NAME SET…………………………………………………..……16
5.3.2. COLOR SET…………………………………………………………………17
5.3.3. AUTO SEQUENCE SET…………...………………………………………17
5.4. RECORD SETUP………………………………………………………………….18
5.4.1. AUDIO CH SET………………………………………………………………19
5.4.2. REC CH SET.……………………………………………………………..…19
5.5. NETWORK SETUP………………………………………………………………20
5.5.1. N/W ENABLE SET…………………………………………………………20
5.5.2. MAC SET………………………………………………………………………21
5.6. SENSOR SETUP…………………………………………………………………21
5.6.1. MOTION AREA SET………………………………………………………22
5.7. SCHEDULE SET……………………………………………………………………………….22
5 . 8 . B A C K U P … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2 3
5.9. STORAGE INFO…………………………………………………………………24
5.10. PROTOCOL SET…………………………………………………………………24
6. USER’S GUIDELINE…………………………………………………………………25
7. USING THE NETWORK VIEWER…………………………………………………29
8. TROUBLES SHOOTING………………………………………………………………33
9. SPECIFICATION………………………………………………………………………35

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1. FEATURES AND FUNCTION
 Video input: 8/16 channels; Video output: 3 channels.
 Audio input: 4 channels; Audio output: 2 channels.
 16 alarm input and 1 relay alarm output.
 Compression mode: M-JEPG.
 Support USB disk and CD_RW backup (optional).
 Compatible with NTSC and PAL format.
 Support zooms, auto function, watermark security.
 Four optional levels of image quality: very high, high, normal, low. Record and playback frame
rate changeable for recording.
 Support alarm recording, time recording.
 Support loss and motion detection functions.
 Multi-function searches: be able to distinguish different alarm records and time records from
ordinary records; be able to search by time, by segment or by event.
 Support various playback modes: pause, several fast forward and backward play modes.
 Equipped with remote device and PTZ control enables (RS485).
 Triplex operation can play back, recording and network view.
 480 frame (NTSC, PAL is 400) per second for view, 120 frame (NTSC, PAL is 100) per second f
or recording.
 ATA-100 Hard Disk Interface, support over 200G Byte.

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2. UNIT DESCRIPTION OF FRONT PANEL
1 - ON/OFF, DVR Power Switch.
2 - CD-RW OR HDD Window
3 - IR Window
4 - HDD LED and Power LED.
5 - Recording/Playing Control Buttons Area
1. REC: It is manual recording button. Push this button to record video to hard disk. Re-push this button, it
will stop recording. So, this button is the switch button of manual recording and stopping recording operation,
recording and stop will work simultaneously on 16 channels. This button doesn’t work in schedule mode.
2. PLAY: Push this button to start playing the video stored in hard disk. Re-push this button, it will stop
playing. So, this button is the switch button of playing video and stopping playing operations. Play and stop will
work simultaneously on 16 channels. This button doesn’t work while time recording and alarming recording.
3. REW: fast backward button. Push this button to start fast backward playing till push play button to start
normal playing.
4. FORWARD: fast forward button. Push this button to start fast forward playing till push play button to start
normal playing. The fast forward has five speeds, each time you push the button will change the speed from
slow to fast and then back to slow.
5. MODE : mode change key, push this key to change to shift mode. Re-push to change to normal mode.

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6 - Function Control Area
16CH DVR
8CH DVR
1. Auto/1: Auto key. In shift mode, push this button, the DVR will be in auto dwell state. It dwells according to
the time set in auto sequence set menu, you can set the dwell time of each channel. Push this button to quit
this mode. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 1. While inputting numbers, this
button is used as number key of “1”.
2. Zoom/2: Zoom key. In shift mode, push this button, the DVR will be in zoom mode. Please refer to zoom
operation in user guideline for details. Push zoom button again to cancel zoom operation. If not in shift mode,
push this button to see big picture of channel 2. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of
“2”.
3. USB/3: USB key. In shift mode, push this button, the DVR will start USB backup. Please refer to USB
backup operation in user guideline for details. Push USB button again to cancel USB backup. If not in shift
mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 3. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number
key of “3”.
4. Display/4: Display key. In shift mode, push this button to display current information on the screen. Push
again this to clear the information display. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 4.
While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of “4”
5. Freeze/5: Freeze key. In shift mode, push this button, the DVR will be in freeze mode. Please refer to freeze

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operation in user guideline for details. Re-push this button to quit freeze mode, If not in shift mode, push this
button to see big picture of channel 5. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of “5”.
6.WM/10+: Watermark button. In shift mode, if the DVR is playing video, you can push this button to see the
watermark of the picture. If the video was recorded by this DVR and has not be changed, there will be a
watermark symbol in each picture. Push watermark key again to clear the display. If not in shift mode, push this
button and then push 1 to 6 to see big picture of channel 11 to channel 16. In 8CH DVR, this button is PTZ.
7. Schedule/6: Schedule button. In shift mode, push this button to enter schedule state. If the DVR is in
schedule state, there will be an “S” symbol on screen. Push again this button to quit schedule mode. If not in
shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 6. While inputting numbers, this button is used as
number key of “6”.
8. ADD/7: Add button. Push this button to see big picture of channel 7. When in system setup menu this is an
increase button. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of “7”. In 8CH DVR, this button is
“SR”.
9. DEC/8: Decrease button. Push this button to see big picture of channel 8. When in system setup menu this
is a decrease button. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of ”8”. In 8CH DVR, this
button is “SF”.
10. SR/9: Single frame rewind button. In shift mode, while in playback state, long press this button to see single
frame rewind. Press play button to play normally. If not in shift mode push this button to see big picture of
channel 9. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of “9”. In 8CH DVR, this button is “Add”.
11. SF/0: Single frame forward button. In shift mode, while in playback state, long press this button to see
single frame forward. Press play button to play normally. If not in shift mode push this button to see big picture
of channel 10. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of “0”. In 8CH DVR, this button is
“Dec”.
12. Search/Menu: push this button to enter search menu, please refer search play in user guideline for details.
Long press this key to enter menu (need password). In menu setup push this key to quit current menu.
7 - Channel Choosing Control Area
1. Single Channel/up: Push this button to see full screen. Re-push this button to see the next channel. While
selecting menu items, push this button to move up the cursor.
2. Sixteen Channel /right: Push this button to see sixteen pictures
display. Re-push this button to see thirteen pictures. While selecting menu
items, push this button to move the cursor rightward. In 8CH DVR, push
this button to see nine pictures display. Re-push this button will display
next four pictures.
3. Four channel/down: Push this button to see four pictures display. Re-
push this button will display next four pictures. While selecting menu items,
push this button to move down the cursor. In 8CH DVR, push this button
to see full screen. Re-push this button to see the above channel.
4. Nine Channel/left: Push this button to see nine pictures display. Re-push this button to see eight pictures.
While select menu items, push this button to move the cursor leftward. In 8CH DVR, push this button to see
four pictures display. Re-push this button to see the next four pictures.
5. Enter: While selecting menu items, push this button to select the item.

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3. REAR PANEL AND SYSTEM CONNECTION
16CH DVR
8CH DVR
3.1 Back panel and connection terminals
The power cable and input / output signal terminals are all at the back of the machine, The connection to
monitor, camera etc equipments are all carried out through the terminals and sockets on the back panel .
The back view of the machine is illustrated as below.
Each part of the back panel is illustrated as below:
1. Video input 1÷16 (or 1÷8); 2.main output; 3.assistant monitor; 4.S-VIDEO; 5.audio input; 6.audio output;
7.net interface; 8.USB port; 10.debug port; 11.power; 12.VGA port
9.Alarm and RS485 port define:
1-12: sensor 1 ÷ sensor 12; 13: VCC; 20-24-25: GND; 14 ÷ 17: sensor 13 ÷ sensor 16;
18: RS485A; 19: RS485; 21: COM; 22: NC; 23: NO

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3.2 Video and Audio Connection
The DVR can support up to 16 cameras video input at the same time.
AUDIO
IN
OUT
3 4
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S VIDEOOUT
OUT
CH16
CH8
CH15
CH7
CH14
CH6
CH13
CH5
CH12
CH4
CH11
CH3
CH10
CH2
CH9
CH1
Main
Out
Assisant
Out
S Video
Out
Video In 1
Video In 16
Microphone
16CH DVR
The DVR can connect 4 channel’s audio input, but you can only select one for recording. To display
the DVR picture, the DVR video output signal should be transferred to your TV set or monitor. Any
TV set that has a “video input” terminal is suitable for displaying the image. The figure above shows
the video and audio signal line connection.
Note: at one time, you can only connect one audio input, which means, if you connect an audio to
CH1, you cannot connect any CH2 to CH4.
3.3 Alarm Connection
The DVR can support up to 16-alarm input and 1 alarm output.
Alarm input: there are two types of alarm input.
1. Voltage output (5V and 0V)
A: In case sensor output high voltage (5V) normally and output low voltage when triggered (0V),
then users must set DVR as low voltage alarm.
B: In case sensor output low voltage (0V) normally and output high voltage when triggered (5V),
then users must set DVR as high voltage alarm.
Please refer to the picture below, channel 2 to channel 16 are the same as channel 1.
2. Open/Close output
A: N.O. Normally open, close when triggered. DVR must set as low voltage alarm.
B: N.C. Normally close, open when triggered. DVR must set as high voltage alarm.
Please refer to the picture below, channel 2 to channel 16 are the same as channel 1.

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Alarm output:
There are three alarm output pin, the status of these pin are illustrated as below
N O . .
COM
N C . . N C
. .
COM
N O
. .
There is an example for alarm output connection
Alarm
5V
N C . .
COM
N O . .

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3.4 Hard Disk Connection
If you have another HDD, please jump that HDD to SLAVE, and open the machine, put the HDD to
the HDD shelf, and then connect the power and digit cable.
1. Push out the
hard drive rack from the
DVR side panel.
2. Open the top cover of the drawer.
3. Jump HDD to Master!!
Jump to Master
4. Connect the ribbon (IDE) cable &
the
power cable.
5. Close the top cover of the drawer and
put the hard drive drawer back into the
DVR
6. Lock the hard drive draw by turning the
key clockwise

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4. REMOTE CONTROL
0 ÷ 9, 10+: Select the channel (Full screen)
2x2: 2x2 Screen Mode
3x3: 3x3 Screen Mode
4x4: 4x4 Screen Mode
USB: USB Storage Backup
AUTO: Auto Sequence Mode
ZOOM: 2X Zoom
FREEZE: Freeze
DISPLAY: system Information
MENU/EXIT: System Setup
SEARCH: Time Search, Event Search and Start Stop Search
ENTER: Enter Next Menu
REC: Record
WM: Watermark display
PTZ: Control Speed dome
5. SYSTEM SETUP
Before using the video recorder, the first step is to set up the system according to user’s needs; otherwise
the machine will run with the default settings.
5.1 SETUP MENU
When in setup mode, push upward button or downward button, the cursor will move among the settable
items, continuous pushing will make the cursor move among the options one by one, and it can recur. The
selected one will display in yellow color.
While choosing digital fields, e.g. year, month, day, hour, minute, second etc, push leftward button or
rightward button, the cursor can move leftward or rightward among.
The several digits of one field, continuous pushing will make it move among digits one by one, and it can recur.
Please push leftward or rightward button to change the value that the cursor on, push “ENTER”
button to enter sub menu and push menu button to return to previous menu.
Long press the menu/search button on the keyboard or press the remote controller to enter the Setup Main
Menu. You can show password input box according setting of password set. If you fault password input 3-
times, then you can’t enter the setup menu. Default password is “0000”,

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If you enter the correct password, the main menu will display ad below.
5.2 SYSTEM SETUP
Push “ENTER” button to enter sub
menu
PLAY REPEAT: Set the Playback
Repeat
VIDEO SYSTEM: Set the NTSC/PAL
BUZZER SOUND: Set the Buzzer
On/Off

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5.2.1 TIME/DATA SET
Set the date and time.
DATE: Set the date
TIME: Set the time
FORMAT: Set the time display format
DISPLAY: Set the time display on/off
5.2.2 HDD FORMAT SET
Format the hard disk .
Select “YES”, to format the hard disk.
All video on the HDD will loss. If you
have two HDD, chose master or
slave HDD format or all formats.
5.2.3 FACTORY RESET
Initialize all the setup, the DVR will reset
to default. You need reboot the DVR.

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5.3 DISPLAY SETUP
BOUND COLOR: set the color of video
boundary (BLACK / WHITE / GRAY).
BLANK COLOR: set the background color
of loss video (BLACK / WHITE).
VGA set: Set the VGA resolution
(800*600 60Hz, 800*600 75Hz,
1024*768 60Hz 1024*768 75Hz,
1280*1024 60Hz)
5.3.1 CAMERA NAME SET
When the cursor moves to camera name, please push enter button, the camera name setup window will
appear, which is illustrated as below.
Each channel’s name is the combination of eight characters. Push upward or downward button to select
each character, push rightward or leftward button to modify each character, and then push enter button to save
this name.

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5.3.2 COLOR SET
When the cursor moves to color set, please push enter button, the Color setup window will appear, which is
illustrated as below.
CON: picture contrast
BRI: picture brightness
HUE: picture hue
SAT: picture saturation
5.3.3. AUTO SEQUENCE SET
Set the Display Time of Auto Sequence. Please push enter button, the auto sequence setup window will
appear, which is illustrated as below.
Set the time of the relevant channel. Time can be set in the range from 0 to 99 seconds.

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5.4 RECORD SETUP
OVER WRITE: if set to “YES”, the DVR will automatically overwrite the HDD from the beginning when the HDD
is full; if set to “NO”, the DVR will automatically stop recording when the HDD is full. If there are two HDD in the
DVR, when the MASTER HDD is full, the video will store to the SLAVE HDD, and when the SLAVE HDD is also
full, the DVR will overwrite the MASTER HDD if set this to yes, otherwise it will stop recording is set to “NO”.
REC SPEED: is the recording frame rate of the DVR. Factory default setting is 30f/sec for NTSC (25f/sec for
PAL), which means DVR records the events at the speed of 30 shots of frames per second. The higher the
record frame rate, the more natural look will be displayed on the screen when you playback. The lower the
record frame rate, the more you can save the space on the hard disk. The highest frame rate is 120f/sec (PAL
is 100f/sec) when the resolution is in CIF mode.
REC QUALITY: there are four different video quality settings: VERY LOW, LOW, NORMAL, HIGH and VERY
HIGH. The higher the video quality, the clearer images when you playback; the lower the video quality, the
more you can save the space on the hard disk drive.
RESOLUTION: is the record picture size of the DVR. There are two modes: CIF and FIELD, default is CIF. In
FIELD mode, the record picture is twice bigger than is CIF mode. In CIF mode the REC speed is 120f/sec
（PAL is 100f/sec), the maximal REC speed in FIELD mode is 60f/sec (PAL is 50f/sec).
PB SPEED: is the frame rate of playback. Default is NO USE, which means the same as record.

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5.4.1 AUDIO CH SET
When the cursor moves to audio CH Set, please push enter button, the audio CH setup window will appear,
which is illustrated as below.
There are four audio input channels, for each channel you can select anyone of the 16 channels. Although
there are four audio input channels, you can only record one channel’s audio at the same time, so, for the right
audio set, you have to select one channel in these four channels in the Record Setup menu.
5.4.2 REC CH SET
When the cursor moves to REC CH Set, please push enter button. The REC CH setup window will appear, it
is different for CIF mode and FIELD mode. In FIELD mode, the window is illustrated as below. Push upward
and downward buttons to select channel, push leftward or rightward button to change the setting. If the channel
is setting OFF, this channel will not be recorded in recording mode. If the resolution is set CIF mode, the REC
CH Setup window can’t access, and you can’t set record ON/OFF for the relevant channel.

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5.5 NETWORK SETUP
When the cursor moves to Network Setup, then push enter button, the network setup menu window will appear,
which illustrated ad below is. If a PC View software from Internet is connected to the DVR, you can’t access this
menu unless you disconnect the PC View.
IP MODE: the DVR has 2 IP modes, STATIC IP and DHCP. If you select STATIC IP, you have to set the IP
address manually, if you select DHCP mode, the DVR will automatically get the IP address.
For STATIC IP, push upward or downward button to move the cursor among the digits, you can push rightward
or leftward button to modify the digits, also, when select a digit, you can push enter button then push leftward or
rightward button to select each bit of the digit, and then push rightward or leftward button to modify the bit of
this digit, push enter to save your change.
NETWORK ENV: the DVR has three types of different network conditions: LOCAL, EXTER_LAN,
EXTER_WAN. If in local network, please select LOCAL, if for internet use, please choose EXTER_LAN, if the
internet condition is not very good, please select EXTER_WAN.
VIDEO PORT: the video transmits port for the computer.
COMMAND PORT: the command transmits port for the computer.
If you change any of the VIDEO PORT and COMMAND PORT or MAC address, you have to restart the DVR to
use the “net viewer” software.
Note: if you have change the MAC address, you can’t see the “MAC ADDR SET”
5.5.1. N/W ENABLE SET
If you set the channel OFF, this channel will not transmit to the network, so if you want to see a
channel from network, you have to set this channel on.