COP-USA SL-DVR User manual

SLDVR
Product Features :
• 1/3" High Resolution COLOR CCD Camera with Embedded DVR
• 540TVL
• Slow shutter 0.001 LUX SDNR
• Digital Wide Dynamic
• Embedded DVR with Remote Control
• Motion Detection Available
• Full Overwrite function
• Supports up to 32GB SD Card Memory
• D1 Resolution MPEG4 Compression
• DC12V 450mA
Specification: * Monitor and Lens are Optional
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Contents
1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .......................................................................................................... 1
2. FEATURES..................................................................................................................................2
3. PACKAGE CONTENT................................................................................................................ 3
4. SLDVR Description..................................................................................................................... 4
4.1 SLDVR LAYOUT .................................................................................................................4
4.2 CONNECTION OVERVIEW ............................................................................................... 4
5. Operation...................................................................................................................................... 5
5.1 Power On................................................................................................................................5
5.2 Live Mode .............................................................................................................................. 5
5.3 Record Mode.......................................................................................................................... 6
5.4 Playback Mode....................................................................................................................... 8
5.5 PC Playback ........................................................................................................................... 9
5.6 SD Card Maintenance ............................................................................................................ 9
5.7 How to Download the Updated Software .............................................................................. 9
6. MENU SETUP........................................................................................................................... 10
6.1 Main Menu...........................................................................................................................10
6.2 Date/ Time............................................................................................................................ 11
6.3 Motion Detection ................................................................................................................. 11
6.4 Record Setup ........................................................................................................................ 13
6.5 SD Card Options .................................................................................................................. 15
6.6 System Status ....................................................................................................................... 16
6.7 Power On Setup.................................................................................................................... 16
6.8 Factory Default..................................................................................................................... 17
7. TROUBLE SHOOTING ............................................................................................................ 18
9. SPECIFICATION....................................................................................................................... 19
The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this
document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information herein.
VER.: 1.0, CD

1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
DO NOT OPEN!
CAUTION :
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK,
DO NOT OPEN COVERS (OR BACK).
NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSONNEL.
It is advised to read the Safety Precaution Guide through carefully before operating the
product, to prevent any possible danger.
WARNING: This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage”.
CAUTION: This sy mbol is intende d to alert the user to presence of i mportant operating and
maintenance (Servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.
Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment (Applicable in the European Union
and other European countries with separate collection systems).
This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated as household
waste. Instead it s hall be handed over to the applicable collection poin t fo r th e re cycling of electrical a nd
electronic e quipment. By e nsuring this produc t is disposed of co rrectly, you will h elp prev ent po tential
negative cons equences for the e nvironment and human health, whic h could otherwise be caused by
inappropriate waste handling of this produc t. The r ecycling of m aterials will help to c onserve natural
resources. For more detailed information about recycling of this product, please contact your local city office,
your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.
Do not Plug and unplug the power cord, it may result product malfunction.
Do not install the product in an environment where the humidity is high.
Unless the product is waterproof or weatherproof, otherwise poor image quality may occur.
Do not drop the product or subject them to physical shocks.
Except for vandal-proof or shockproof product, otherwise malfunctions may occur.
Never keep the product to direct strong light.
It can damage the product.
Do not spill liquid of any kind on the product.
If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Alcohol or beverage can contain minerals that corrode the
electronic components.
Do not install the product in extreme temperature conditions.
Use the camera under conditions where temperatures are between 5∘C (41∘ F ) ~ 4 5 ∘C.(113∘ F ) . B e e s p e c i a l l y
careful to provide ventilation when operating under high temperatures.
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2. FEATURES
zThe Mini DVR Module supports NTSC or PAL video system, and auto detects video loss.
zThe Mini D VR Module is built-in with MP EG4-SP video and G .726 audio codec. It
supports 1 channel video and 1 channel audio recording and playback operation.
zAudio/ Video data are recorded directly on the SD card with F AT16/ 32 file system and
ASF file format. Simple data backup method to a PC.
zAudio/ Video data are recorded directly as ASF file format. You can view the data straight
from your PC, and playback those ASF files with popular media players.
zUSB interface that enables data to be transfer to a PC.
zFor 1 GB SD card, the record tim e is about 5 hours at Standard Quality for NTSC: 30 fps
@ 352 x 240 and PAL: 12 fps @ 640 x 480.
zThe DVR supports: Manual, Motion Detection, Schedule, and Alarm Recording mode
with independent video size, quality, and frame rate set up.
zSchedule Record (Schedule Record Priority Order: Alarm/ Motion Detection/ Continuous)
and IR Illuminator can be setup to ON/ OFF and per hour.
zSupport external alarm signal connection to enable alarm trigger recording.
zFor m otion detection, multiple detection blo cks and appropriate m otion trigger level
set-up.
zSupport key lock function.
zUse anywhere, the device supports either DC power adaptor.
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3. PACKAGE CONTENT
* 4G SD Card
* Remote Control
* 2 x AA Batteries
3.1 Remote Control Functions
1. Record Button: On/Off
2. ESC / STOP Button
3. Play / Pause Button
4. Directional Buttons
5. Menu / OK Button
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4. SL DVR Description
4.1 SL DVR Layout
4.2 Connection Overview
4.2.1 SD Card Slot
4.2.2 A/V Connection:
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MONITOR
VIDEO
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5. OPERATION
5.1 Power On
1. To power-up, connect to a DC 12V power input connector.
NOTE 1: Each time after power-on, the system auto-detects its p eripherals. When the REC LED
flashes indicate that the SD card is procee ding te sting (c omplete bo ot t ime i s seve ral seconds)
When an image file error has been detected, the system will initiate auto repairing.
2. After power on, the system auto enters live m onitoring. W hen the system is
currently under schedule recording, it auto enters record mode.
3. “” icon shown on the status line, indicates that SD card is operating normally.
4. When SD card is not inserted or problem occurs on the SD card. Rec in dicator will
flash quickly. Please re-format before proceeding.
5. You can play while the SD card is “read only”, but you cannot record; and Rec
indicator will flash quickly.
6. After power-loss the system auto returns to the previous recording mode.
Do not withdraw the CF card while booting. It may destroy the data stored within the CF card.
5.2 Live Mode
Live mode is the default setup after system start-up.
c Time Display: System Date and Time.
2 Button Lock: Indicates all buttons are locked (buttons are ineffective).
3 Video Status: Indicates external camera connection.
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4Record Status: Manual Record Parameter.
：Record Size, please refer to 【7.4 Record Setup 】for VIDE O SIZE
setup.
：Record Quality, please refer to【7.4 Record Setup】for VIDEO QUALITY
setup.
：Audio Of f Record, please re fer to【7.4 Record Setup 】for AUDIO
RECORD setup.
5 SD Card Status:
：SD Card has not been inserted or malfunction.
：SD Card is proceeding file testing.
：SD Card is functioning normally.
：Overwrite record.
When SD card is not inserted, record a nd playback function is inapplicable, but
monitoring is applicable.
5.3 Record Mode
1. Start Record: 3 Types of recording mode.
(1) Manual Record: Suitable to record at anytime. Press《Rec》button, to enter
manual recording status (sta rt recording). For more inform ation, please refer to
【7.4 Manual Record & Schedule Record】.
(2) Motion Detection Record: Suitable to record, when there are severe im age
changes. Motion detection triggers sc hedule recording, but it will only start
recording when the variation exceeds the alar m lim itation value. For m ore
information, please refer to【7.3 Motion Detection】and【7.4 Manual Record &
Schedule Record】.
(3) Continuous Record: Suitable for few constant frame recording or on long-term
continuous recording. For more information, please refer to【7.4 Manual Record
& Schedule Record】.
(4) Alarm Record: Suitable for external alarm recording. When alarm s chedule
been setup, alarm icon will be shown on the d isplay status bar (alarm triggered
recording is setup).
2. Stop Record:
Manual Record Press《/∩》button/ Manual Power-Off/ Auto Power-Off when
System Power Shortage.
Schedule Record Enter《/II 》schedule recording, all kinds of recordings (Alarm/
Motion Detection/ Continuous) will be stopped.
To continue recording, please follow the methods below to restart recording.
Manual Record Repress《》button.
Schedule Record Stop playback and the system wi ll auto re-check the record
schedule setup again.
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3. Record Display:
1 Record Status:
: Indicates recording is in progress.
2 Record Mode:
：Manual Record ：Schedule Record
：Motion Detection Record ：Alarm Record
3 Record Storage Mode Status:
：Continuous Record
% ：Remaining Storage Capacity
4System recording is determined according to th e recording priority order (Record Priority:
Manual/ Alarm/ Motion Detection/ Continuous).
5. Different recording m odes m ay ha ve dif ferent kinds of setups. Basi c s etup: vi deo s ize,
recording frames, video quality, and audio recording. When different recording modes are
triggered, the system starts recording according to the different setup. This kind of design
provides f lexibility to e nsure efficient rec ording tim e and quality . Exa mple: Work hour
from 8:00am to 6:00pm, setup「Schedule Record」to low video quality with less recording
frames to extend the recording tim e. And of f work hour , setup 「Motion Detection
Record/ Alarm Record」 to enable high video quality wi th the highest recording frames,
when an event occurs.
6. Video or audio may be recorded into the SD card (SD card is purchased separately).
Do not withdraw the SD card while recording. It may destroy the data stored within the SD card..
Power loss during recording results incomplete videos or errors.
Video loss during recording, the system st ops recording, backups the files, and when
the videos are normal again, the system will continue recording.
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5.4 Playback Mode
Selectable Playback format: Continuous Playback and Searching Playback.
(1) Normal Playback: Press《/》button to first playback the final recorded data, and then
according to the SD card file recording order.
1 Playback Status:
` ： Press《/》button once to playback, press it again to pause.
 ： Press《》or《》button to Fast Rewind or Fast Forward (Speed:
x2/ x4/ x8/ x16/ x32). Press《/》button to return to normal speed
playback.
II ： During playback, press《/》button to pause playback and press
again to return to playback status.
 ： During pause, press《》or《》button to step back one frame or
to step forward one fram e and press 《/》button to retu rn to
normal speed playback.
Press《/∩》button to stop playback function and to return to live status.
(2) Search and Playback: Enter MENU and select【SEARCH AND PLAY】item.
1 File directory shows dates and the amount of contents under the directory. The
user may press《》or《》button to move the cursor up or down.
2 Current location page.
3 Event Record Status Icon:
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：Manual ：Motion Detection ：Continuous ：Alarm
(NOTE 1 & NOTE 2).
4 Each color distinguishing different recording events, the user may press《》or
《》button to m ove t he cursor left or right and immediatel y shows the first
image of the highlighted event on the screen display background.
5 Displays the time highlighted by the event bar.
NOTE 1：Select the starting point and press《Enter》button to playback.
NOTE 2：Press《/∩》button to stop playback and the system will return to【SEARCH
and PLAY】selection and enables the user to select the prefered input source.
The device supports playback only to i mages recorded by our device, other ASF video
files are not guaranteed.
5.5 PC Playback
1. The device uses SD card as its main storage. User may read the data stored in the SD
card from the computers that supports SD card reader device.
2. All files (under DVMPG4 f older) has appr oximate size of 1MB and file nam es are
ordered according to recorded times (sequence).
File Playback: User may use Micro soft®－Media Player or DivX －DivX Player
(http://www.divx.com/) to playback video files.
When first tim e using Media Player to pl ayback, it requires the m ost updated decoder
from the Microsoft® software website.
5.6 SD Card Maintenance
1. The device supports only F AT16/ 32 file sy stem; therefore it is unable to determ ine
other file systems. Please format the SD card (enter【MENU/ SD CARD OPTIONS】
and select “Format”).
2. The system supports only partial SD card file system repair. The system is unable to
detect any file system damage, therefore please form at the S D card (enter 【MENU/
SD CARD OPTIONS】and select “Format”).
5.7 How to Download the Updated Software
1. Use the SD card to update your system firmware.
2. Please follow the steps below to update the software:
(1) Copy the new system firmware into the ne w directory of the SD card from your
computer.
(2) Insert the SD card; switch off the main power and then restart.
(3) Wait for 5 to 6 seconds, the system update will be complete and return to live mode.
Do not withdraw the SD card while booting, wh en power-loss occurs while proceeding step
(3), please repeat step (2) and (3).
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6. MENU SETUP
6.1 Main Menu
1 MAIN MENU: Item subject.
2 Menu Layer Indication: The device consists of three menu layers.
■ : First Menu Layer (Main Menu)
■■ : Second Menu Layer
■■■ : Third Menu Layer
3 MENU Content: Basic Menu Operations.
Press《》or《》button, to select the item.
Press《ENTER》button, to enter the sub menu (＞).
Press《/∩》button:
Under second or third menu lay er, the system will retu rn to the prev ious menu
layer (second layer to first layer or third layer to second layer).
Under main menu (first menu layer), the system will enter live mode. Press《》
or《》button, to increase or decrease th e setting value of the item selected
(NOTE 1).
NOTE 1: All words underlined and bold indicates「Default Value」.
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6.2 Date/ Time
1Date Format ： Y / M / D M / D / Y D / M / Y
2Date/ Time Ad
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ustment ： Year Setup: 2000 - 2099
Month Setup: 01 - 12
Time Setup: 00 : 00 - 23 : 59
Return to factor
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6.3 Motion Detection
1. Window Setup:
1Detection Block: Formed by two or more cells.
2Cursor: Press《/II》button to switch to Select/ Edit mode.
3Detection Cell: The whole screen is divided into 16x12 cells.
4Detection Block.
2. Cursor Movement: Press《/II》button to switch to setup mode (cursor color is black),
press《///》button to move the cursor freely.
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3. Motion Detection Area Setup:
(1) Press《/II 》button to edit detection block.
5 Mode
CELL EDIT Single detection cell setup (detection/ non-detection)
DELBLOCK Disable a block
DELALL Delete all cells
ADD BLOCK Enable a block
ADD ALL Enable all cells
(2) Press《/II 》button to sw itch cursor to edit m ode (cursor co lor i s p ink). P ress
《///》button, follow step (1) to change the size of the detection block.
(3) Detection area is shown by color red, press 《Enter》to e nable/ d isable th e
detection block.
4. Motion Detection Sensitivity Setup:
Changing the alert value may affect the recording sensitivity of the Motion Detection.
1MD ENERGY ：Reveals current sensitivity rate (NOTE 1).
2MD THRESHOLD ：Reveals user sensitivity rate setup. Press《》or《》
button, to change the motion detection threshold level
(NOTE 2).
NOTE 1: Motion detection is triggered when MD ENERGY level exceeds MD THRESHOLD level
(red block).
NOTE 2: The red cells reveals the setup made by the user.
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6.4 Record Setup
Selectable manual or schedule recording, basic setups are shown below:
1. MANUAL RECORD: Press () button to start recording (NOTE 1).
1Video Size/ Frame Rate Setup:
VIDEO SIZE 320x240 640x480
FRAME RATE (MAX) 30 fps 12 fps
2Image Quality:
HIGH Using high recording quality (More CF card storage capacity will be required).
MEDIUM Using medium recording quality.
LOW Using low recording qu ality (Less CF card storage capacity will be
required).
3Audio Record: Enable or disable audio recording.
NOTE 1: Menu setup is inapplicable during manual recording.
2. SCHEDULE RECORD (Alarm Detection/ Motion Detection/ Continue): Records only
within the setup time range.
1SCHEDULE SETUP ：Enable/ Disable schedule and record mode setup.
2ALARM RECORD ：Alarm setup.
3MOTION RECORD ：Motion detection setup.
4CONTINUE RECORD ：Continuous setup.
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(1) SCHEDULE SETUP：
1SCHEDULE ： Record ON / OFF setup (default setup is OFF).
2SCHEDULE MODE ： Press《》or《》to setup schedule time. Press《》 or 《》
to setup different types of recording schedule. ( ：Motion Detection
Record ：Continuous Record ：Alarm Triggered Record).
(2) Increase setup during Alarm Detection:
1DURATION ： Duration tim e when m otion detection has been triggered (05 ~ 90
SEC (increase by every 5 SEC) / 10 SEC).
2ALARM INPUT ： Alarm trigger method (N.C./N.O.).
(3) Increase DURATION setup during Motion Detection Record:
1CONTINUOUS RECORD ：Continuous record tim e when motion detection has
been triggered (05 ~ 90 SEC (increase by every 5
SEC) / 10 SEC).
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(4) CONTINUE RECORD:
Setup m ethod is sim ilar to m anual record setup, for m ore infor mation please refer to [7.4 1.
MANUAL RECORD].
6.5 SD Card Options
1TOTAL SPACE ： SD card total capacity.
2REMAIN SPACE
： SD card remainin
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acit
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.
NOTE 1: Proceeding continuous recording, old videos can be deleted and overwritten. Please confirm before
setup.
NOTE 2: Recording time depend on the SD card capacity, different recording modes, and degree of video
variation.
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6.6 System Status
Press any button to return to the Main Menu.
6.7 Power On Setup
1LANGUAGE ： Setup menu language.
2COMPOSITE ： Setup video output format, NTSC/ PAL (NOTE 1).
NOTE 1: Connect the camera, the device auto detects NTSC/ PAL video system (the output video system
will be setup the same as its in put video system). Without connecting the camera, the video system setup
will be the same as its previous setup.
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6.8 Factory Default
Press《Enter》button, returns all settings to the factory default value (NOTE 1).
Press《/∩》button, exit this screen display and returns to the Main Menu.
NOTE 1: Return to factory default will erase all configuration values and return to the Factory Default
values（except Date and Time setup）. Therefore, confirm before you proceed.
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7. TROUBLE SHOOTING
Q1. What is the recording capacity for 1GB SD card?
A1. Dif ferent record ing setup has dif ferent recording capacity . T able below shows possible
recording time during continues recording applying different record mode.
Quality Frame Rate SD Card High Medium Low
VGA (640 x 480) 12 FPS 1 GB 155 min 280 min 340 min
QVGA (320 x 240) 30 FPS 1 GB 150 min 380 min 600 min
Q2. Why does the system auto reboot during normal operation?
A2. It indicates th at the SD card error has b een detected. T o enable data co mpleteness,
monitoring procedure will reboot th e device. Af ter device reboot the sy stem returns to the
status before reboot (Ex.: returns to Manual Record or Schedule Record).
Q3. Why won’t the drag scroll work when playback on PC?
A3. To solve this problem, please download “AsfTools” (http://www.geocities.com/myasftools).
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