Costar Video Systems Central Point CR08CI00 User manual

Quick Guide
4/8/16/32 Channel NVR
(Network Video Recorder)
Please read this manual thoroughly before use and keep it handy for future reference.

WARNING
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EX-
POSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT INSERT ANY
METALLIC OBJECT THROUGH THE VENTILATION GRILLS OR OTHER
OPENNINGS ON THE EQUIPMENT.
CAUTION
EXPLANATION OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is in- tended to
alert the user to the presence of dangerous voltage within the products
enclosure that may be
of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock
to persons.
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 theproduct.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICSHOCK,
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL

FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
CE COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject
to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful inter-
ference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
FCC INFORMATION: This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commer-
cial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the in-
struction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful in-
terference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference
at his own expense.
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.
This ClassA digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil nume
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rique de la classe A est conforme a
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la norme NMB-003 du
Canada.
WARNING
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause
radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate
measures.
CAUTION
RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BYAN INCORRECT TYPE.
DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read these instructions.
2. Keep these instructions.
3. Heed all warnings.
4. Follow all instructions.
5. Do not use this apparatus near water.
6. Clean only with dry cloth.
7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions.
8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other
apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized
plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two
blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong is provided for
your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for
replacement of the obsolete outlet.
10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs,
convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.
11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified
by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is
used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to
avoid injury from tip-over.
13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused
for long periods of time.
14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is
required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply
cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the
apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate
normally, or has been dropped.
15. CAUTION – THESE SERVICING INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOR USE BY QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO
NOT PERFORM ANY SERVICING OTHER THAN THAT CONTAINED IN THE
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS UNLESS YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO DO SO.
16. Use satisfy clause 2.5 of IEC60950-1/UL60950-1 or Certified/Listed Class 2
power source only.
17. ITE is to be connected only to PoE networks without routing to the outside plant.

Quick Guide 1
1. Overview
1.1 Package Contents
The device package contents consist of the following:
Note Please check all components involved.
No Name
번호
Name
1 NVR 6 SATA cable
2 DC Adapter(4/8ch) & Power cord 7 SATA power cable
3 Mouse 8 HDD fixing screw
4 Quick guide 9 Rack mount bracket(16/32ch)
5 Program CD 10 Bracket fixing screw(16/32ch)
1.2 NVR Description
Each part is listed in the below:
4/8CH NVR
16/32CH NVR
No. Name Function
1 Power status LED Pointing out device ON/OFF
2 Recording status
LED Pointing out recording in process
3 Network LED With a network viewer, pointing out network in connection
4 USB port USB port is connected for USB mouse or firmware upgrade, and data
back-up.

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4CH NVR
8CH NVR
16/32CH NVR
No. Name Function
1 IP CAM / PoE IP camera input port, IEEE802.3at PoE support.
2 Audio In Audio input port.
3 Audio Out Audio output port.
4 VGA VGA output port.
5 HDMI HDMI output port.
6 Network Network connector.
7 Alarm In/Out Alarm connector.
8 RS485 RS-485 communication connector.
9 e-SATA e-SATA storage connection connector.
10 USB 3.0 USB 3.0 port is connected for data back-up.
11 Power Switch Power On-Off.
12 DC48V DC Adapter input port.

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2. Installation
This chapter describes the way to install NVR.
When installing a device, connect rear of the device with each port on the basis of below connection map.
The device starts first like below sequences:
1 Installing HDD
2 Connecting with an exterior device
3 Starting a system
4 Setting an quick setup
2.1 Installing HDD
How to install HDD in the device:
Attention
Withdraw the mains plug before installing HDD to reduce the risk of injury or
electrical shock, or device malfunction.
Make sure to check the compatibility of HDD with the device.
1 Always switch off and unplug the unit.
2 Unscrew with a screw driver (+) and open the unit cover.
3 Unscrew HDD set screws of the bracket to disassemble.
4 Install HDD in the HDD bracket.
5 Fix the HDD-installed bracket with the unit.
6 Connect a data cable and power cable with HDD.
7 Close the cover and tighten screws.

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2.2 Starting System
Power supply begins with system operation as follows:
1 Switching on initialize with below icons in order.
Note Installing new HDD might take more initialize time.
2 With buzzer sounds, the start screen is presented.
3 In Log inscreen, enter the ID, Password and press OK.
Note Default ID & Password is admin/admin
Attention Please change password after login due to security.
Click to see the MAC address.
Note If lost password, inform the MAC address to supplier to create temporary
password.

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2.3 Quick Setup
2.3.1 Account
1 Set ID and Password.
Note
Default ID/Password is admin/admin.
Change the password for security.
Max character length is 16.
2.3.2 System
How to set the system of Easy Installation:
1 Set each item in System setting screen.
Language: Select system language.
Device Name: Enter the device name.
Keyboard ID: To identify device usages in controlling NVR with RS485 through a keyboard
Selecting the device ID. In case of simultaneous use of equipment, set ID with difference.
Note As for using many NVRs, set ID with difference.
HDMI/VGA: Set resolution of a monitor connected to the device.

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Note
Video is not displayed through VGA port if set 3840x2160 resolution.
If resolution is set to 3840x2160 and a monitor that does not support this
resolution is connected to the HDMI port, it will automatically change to
1024x768 resolution.
2.3.3 Network
How to set the network of Easy Installation:
1 Set each item in Network setting screen.
WAN Port: Select whether to use static IP or dynamic IP.
IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, DNS, and Port: As for dynamic IP, enter information in each
space.
2.3.4 Time/Date
1 Set each item in Time/Date setting screen.
Network Time Sync: Select network for synchronizing with time server.
System Time: Not for synchronizing with network time server, set the device time; otherwise
(applying for Daylight saving time), select DST.
Time Zone: Select time zone for the system being installed.
DST Start/End: For applying Daylight saving time, set the application period.

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3. Live Screen Configuration
UI screen is configured like below figure.
No. Item Description
1 Setup menu Setting menu is located in the corner of upper screen.
2 Live screen Show live video of connected cameras.
3 Launcher menu Launcher menu is located in the corner of below screen.
4 Quick menu Clicking the right button of a mouse displays Quick menu.
5 Add to CH Move mouse cursor on the center of window to register IP camera
manually. See”3.3.1 Camera Registration” to display detailed
information about the camera registration.

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3.1 Icons in Live screen
Each icon in the live screen displays a present setting status or a function. UI screen consists of like
below.
No. Icon Description
1 CH1 CAM1 Channel numbers and camera titles.
2 A camera with PTZ function.
PTZ control function in process.
Recording in alarm event mode.
Recording in motion event mode.
Recording in panic recording mode.
Recording in consecutive recording mode.
3 Video loss icon.
4 Mic on/off.
Speaker on/off.
6
Displaying present time and date.
Note Chosen live screen is marked as a blue frame; mouse-located live screen is marked
as yellow one.

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3.2 Live Launcher menu
This chapter describes Launcher menu in the bottom of the screen.
No. Item Description
1 Log in/out status and logged in ID.
2 Date & Time Displaying present date and time.
3 HDD Displaying HDD capacity in use.
4 Moving to previous/next partition screen.
5 Displaying live screen in order set (toggle).
6 Selecting partition mode to mark in live screen (single screen, 4-, 9-, and 16-
partition).
7 Stopping or replaying selected live screen images (toggle).
8 Audio on or mute chosen live screen(toggle).
9 Instant recording for 10 seconds.
10 Make a backup video of users want.
11 Searching recording data (time, event, thumbnail, smart search, text and VCA).
12 Playback recorded data.
13 Starting immediate recording of selected channel.
14 Locking or releasing launcher menu (toggle).

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3.3 Quick menu
This chapter depicts Quick menu when users click the right button of the mouse in live screen.
No. Item Description
1 Screen Mode Selecting the partition mode of live screen (Full, 2X2, 3X3, and 4x4).
2 Fisheye Filter
Selecting Fisheye filter. This menu is shown when fisheye camera
connected.
3 Zoom in Magnifying selected live screen (Zoom out, 2 times, 4 times, and 8 times).
This menu is shown full screen mode only.
4 Freeze Freezes the video selected live screen images (toggle on / off).
5 Speaker
Output/Mute Turning on/off a sound speaker.
6 PTZ Control Controlling PTZ function
. This menu is shown when PTZ camera
connected.
7 Stop Alarm Stopping monitoring alarm output and event.
8 Text Overlay POS text
overlayed on the screen. This menu is show when enable Text
menu.
9 Playback Playing selected live screen images
(before 30 sec, 1 min, 5 min, 10 min,
30 min, 1-hour, Go to last play time, and Go to last record time).
10 Search Searching recording data (time, event, thumbnail,
smart search, text and
VCA). See “5.1 Search” to display detailed information about search.
11 Backup Backup video to USB drive. See “3.2.1 Backup
” to display detailed
information about back-up.
12 Setup Opens the NVRs main set up menu
. For more information about setting
menu, see section “4 Setup menu”.
13 Warp Monitor and control for remote recorder.
14 Camera
Registration Opens a pop-up menu for IP camera registration.

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No. Item Description
15 Status Opens a pop-
up menu showing: device system log, event, and recording
status (system log, event, and record).
16 Log in/Log out Log in/Log out.
17 Shutdown Shuts down or restarts the device (shutdown, restart).
3.3.1 Camera Registration
Users can register the IP cameras
No. Item Description
1 Search the connected IP cameras.
2 Auto Assign Automatically assign the channel windows.
3 Port Show the detected camera port (WAN, PoE).
4 Assign Selecting the channel windows manually.
5 Model Show detected camera model number.
6 IP Show detected camera IP address.
7 Status Show connection status.
8 Priority Select IP Address or Zero conf IP. When camera
have IP address and zero
conf IP, NVR display selected priority address.
9 Add Manually Select channel and click to open manual add window.

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4. Setup menu
This chapter describes Setup menu in the upper side of the screen.
Selecting the menu opens the setting screen.
Note Setup screen is available to click Setup in Quick menu by clicking the right button
of the mouse.
No. Item Description
1 SYSTEM Setting the system environment.
2 CAMERA Setting the camera.
3 DEVICE Setting the non-camera devices connected to the NVR.
4 RECORD Setting the recording parameters.
5 EVENT Setting each event.
6 NETWORK Setting the network environment.
Note For more details on each section within the Set Up menu, please refer to the main
manual contained on the CD supplied with the NVR.