Dahua Forensic NVR0404FD-S User manual

Forensic NVR Quick Start Guide
Version 2.2.0

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Table of Contents
1Hardware Installation and Connection..........................................................................1
1.1 Check Unpacked NVR........................................................................................1
1.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel ..................................................................1
1.3 After Remove the Chassis .................................................................................1
1.4 HDD Installation...................................................................................................1
1.5 Front Panel...........................................................................................................2
1.6 Rear Panel ...........................................................................................................3
1.7 Connection Sample.............................................................................................3
1.8 Alarm Input and Output Connection.................................................................4
1.8.1 Alarm Input and Output Details.................................................................4
1.8.2 Alarm Input Port...........................................................................................5
1.8.3 Alarm Output Port........................................................................................5
2Overview of Navigation and Controls............................................................................6
2.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu...............................................................................6
2.1.1 Login..............................................................................................................6
2.1.2 Main Menu....................................................................................................7
2.1.3 Logout ...........................................................................................................7
2.1.4 Auto Resume after Power Failure ............................................................8
2.2 Live Viewing .........................................................................................................8
2.3 PTZ Control..........................................................................................................9
2.4 PIP Setup ...........................................................................................................13
2.4.1 Video 1-4 PIP.............................................................................................13
2.4.2 4-window PIP mode..................................................................................14
2.5 Real-time Burning and CD Playback..............................................................15
2.6 Overlay Temperature/Humidity Information..................................................18
2.6.1 RS232 Mode ..............................................................................................18
2.6.2 RS485 Mode ..............................................................................................20

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2.7 Backup ................................................................................................................22
2.8 CD Copy .............................................................................................................23
2.9 CD Verification...................................................................................................23
3Web Operation................................................................................................................26
3.1 Network Connection..........................................................................................26
3.2 Login....................................................................................................................26
3.2.1 Real-time Monitor......................................................................................28
3.2.2 PTZ..............................................................................................................30
3.2.3 Color ............................................................................................................33
3.2.4 Picture Path and Record Path.................................................................33
Appendix Toxic or Hazardous Materials or Elements .....................................................35

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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our NVR!
This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our NVR in a very short time.
Before installation and operation, please read the following safeguard and warning carefully!
Important Safeguard and Warning
1．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.
2．Transportation security
Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and
installation.
3．Installation
Keep upwards. Handle with care.
Do not apply power to the NVR before completing installation.
Do not place objects on the NVR.
4．Qualified engineers needed
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.
5．Environment
The NVR 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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1Hardware Installation and Connection
Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local
electric safety rules.
1.1 Check Unpacked NVR
When you receive the NVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible
damage. The protective materials used for the package of the NVR 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 NVR.
Note
Remote control is not a standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.
1.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel
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.
1.3 After Remove the Chassis
Please check the data cable, power cable, COM cable and main boar cable connection is secure
or not.
1.4 HDD Installation
You can refer to the User’s Manual for recommended HDD brand. Please follow the instructions
below to install hard disk. This series NVR has two SATA HDDs. Please use HDD of 7200rpm or
higher.
All the figurers listed below are for reference only. Slight difference may be found on the front or
rear panel.
1. Take the HDD bracket out
of the accessories bag and
then place the four gaskets to
the four holes. .
2. Place the HDD to the holes of
the bracket and then use the
screws to fix firmly.
3. Secure the brackets of the two
sides on the HDD.

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Important
zWhen there is a bracket, please make sure the installation direction of HDDs is the same.
zPlease pay attention to the front cover. It adopts the vertical sliding design. You need to
push the clip first and then put down.
1.5 Front Panel
The front panel is shown as in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1
Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.
Button Name Icon Function
HDD record indicator
light 1-4 The corresponding HDD is recording when it is on.
Network abnormal
indicator light NET It is to alert you when network is abnormal or no
connection.
4. Unfasten the screws of the
rear and side panel of the device.
5. Use special data cable to
connect the HDD cable and power
cable.
6. Place the bracket in line with
the four holes of the device and
then use screws to fix from the
bottom.
7. Put the cover in accordance
with the clip and then place the
upper cover back.
8. Secure the screws in the
rear panel and the side panel.

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Remote control
indicator light ACT Remote control indicator light
Power indicator light The light is on when power connection is OK.
Burning Start/stop REC/ST
OP
zREC：Start burning.
zSTOP：Stop burning.
Cancel ESC Exit
Microphone Microphone port.
Line audio input Line audio input port.
Line audio output Line audio output port.
USB port Connect to mouse, HDD and etc.
1.6 Rear Panel
The series NVR rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
1 Audio output
2 Video output
3 Network port
4 VGA output
5 RS232 port
6 HDMI port
7 USB port
8 eSATA port
9 Alarm input/alarm output/RS485 port
10 Line audio input port
11 Microphone port
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.
1.7 Connection Sample
Please refer to Figure 1-3 for connection sample.

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Figure 1-3
1.8 Alarm Input and Output Connection
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
Figure 1-4
You can refer to the following sheet for alarm input and output information.
1，2，3，4，ALARM 1 to ALARM 4. The alarm becomes active in low voltage.
NO1 C1，NO2 C2 There are two groups of normal open activation output (on/off
button)
Earth cable.
485 A/B 485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as
PTZ. Please parallel connect 120TΩbetween A/B cables if there are
too many PTZ decoders.
AB cable
connection

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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 NVR and the ground of the alarm detector.
zPlease connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the NVR alarm input(ALARM)
zUse the same ground with that of NVR if you use external power to the alarm device.
Figure 1-5
1.8.3 Alarm Output Port
zProvide external power to external alarm device.
zTo avoid overloading, please read relay parameters sheet in the User’s Manual carefully.
zRS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.

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2Overview of Navigation and Controls
Before operation, please make sure:
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 AC100～240V 50+2% Hz.
zAlways use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure.
2.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu
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. Password: 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.
Continuous three times login failure will result in system alarm and six times login failure will
result in account lock!

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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 seven icons: search, Information, setting, backup, remote device, 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.

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Figure 2-5
The other ways is to press power button on the front panel for at least 3 seconds, system will
stop all operations. Then you can click the power button in the front panel to turn off the NVR.
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.
2.2 Live Viewing
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). You can view there is a volume bar at the right
bottom corner. The volume bar becomes red when it is the max value.
Right click mouse, you can see system pops up the following menu. See Figure 2-6.
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Name Function
View 1 System displays in one-channel. You can select channel 1 to
channel 4.
View 4 System displays in 4-window.
View PIP System displays in picture in picture mode. One picture is big
and one picture is small.
Pan/Tilt/Zoom Set PTZ parameter and realize fast positioning.
Auto focus Click it to adjust auto focus distance.
Color Setting
Set video hue, brightness, contrast, saturation and gain.
Please note you need to set a period here and the time format
shall be 24H.
Search Search record.
Record Set record mode.
Remote device It is the connected IPC setup.
Real-time burn Click to go to real-time burn interface.
Alarm output Set alarm output mode.
Main menu Go to main menu.
1 Recording status 3 Video loss
2 Motion detection 4 Camera lock

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Figure 2-6
2.3 PTZ Control
Before the operation, please go to Main Menu->Setting->Pan/Tilt/Zoom to set PTZ protocol first.
In the one-window surveillance mode, right click mouse (click “fn” Button in the front panel or
click AUX key in the remote control). Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as below.
See Figure 2-7.
Here you can set the following items:
zStep: value ranges fro 1 to 8.
zZoom
zFocus
zIris
Please click icon and to adjust zoom, focus and iris.
Figure 2-7
In Figure 2-7, please click direction arrows (See Figure 2-8) to adjust PTZ position. There are
total 8 direction arrows.
Figure 2-8
3D Intelligent Positioning Key

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In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure
2-9.XPlease make sure your protocol supports this function and you need to use mouse to control.
Click this key, system goes back to the single screen mode. Drag the mouse in the screen to
adjust section size. The dragged zone supports 4X to 16X speeds. It can realize PTZ
automatically. The smaller zone you dragged, the higher the speed.
Figure 2-9
Here is a sheet for you reference.
Name Function
key
function Shortcut
key
Function
key
function Shortcut
Key
Zoom Near Far 
Focus Near │_Far ►│
Iris close WOpen f
Preset/ Patrol/Pattern/Scan
In Figure 2-7, please click the “set” button. The interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-10.
Here you can set the following items:
zPreset
zTour
zPattern
zBorder
Figure 2-10
In X328H328H328H Figure 2-7, click page switch button, the interface is shown as in Figure 2-11.
Here you can activate the following functions:
zPreset
zTour
zPattern
zAuto scan
zAuto pan
zFlip
zReset
zPage switch

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Figure 2-11
Note:
zPreset, tour and pattern all need the value to be the control parameter. You can define it as
you require.
zYou need to refer to your speed dome user’s manual for Aux definition. In some cases, it
can be used for special process.
zThe following setups are usually operated in the X332H332H332HFigure 2-7, Figure 2-10 and Figure 2-11.
Preset Setup
In Figure 2-7, use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position.
In Figure 2-10, click preset button and input preset number. The interface is shown as in Figure
2-12.
Now you can add this preset to one tour.
Figure 2-12
Activate Preset
In Figure 2-11, please input preset number in the No. blank, and click preset button.
Patrol setup (Tour Setup)
In Figure 4-38, click patrol button. The interface is shown as in Figure 2-13.Input preset number
and add this preset to a patrol (tour). For each patrol (tour), you can input max 80 presets.
Figure 2-13

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Activate Patrol (tour)
In X341H341H341H Figure 2-10, input patrol (tour) number in the No. blank and click patrol button
Pattern Setup
In Figure 2-10, click pattern button and then click “begin” button. The interface is shown as in
Figure 2-14. Then you can go to Figure 2-7 X to modify zoom, focus, and iris.
Go back to Figure 2-14 and click “end” button. You can memorize all these operations as pattern
1.
Figure 2-14
Activate Pattern Function
In X346H346H346H Figure 4-39, input mode value in the No. blank, and click pattern button.
Auto Scan Setup
In X347H347H347H Figure 4-38, click border button. The interface is shown as in X348H348H348H Figure 4-43.
Please go to X349H349H349H X349H349H349HFigure 4-35, use direction arrows to select camera left limit
Then please go to X350H350H350H Figure 4-43Xand click left limit button
Repeat the above procedures to set right limit.
Figure 2-15
Activate Auto Scan
In Figure 2-11, click “Auto Scan” button, the system begins auto scan. Correspondingly, the auto
scan button becomes Stop button. Click stop button to terminate scan operation.
Flip
In Figure 2-11, click page switch button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure
2-16. Here you can set auxiliary function. The aux value has relation ship with the Aux button of
the decoder.
Click page switch button again, system goes back to Figure 2-7.

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Figure 2-16
In Figure 2-16，click Page Switch button, you can go to Figure 2-17.(Please note only SD1 and
SD2 protocol can go to the following interface.)
The direction button here ti to control the speed dome menu. The displayed button here may vary
due to different protocol. The button is grey if current protocol does not support this function. Use
up/down button to switch between menu items and use left/right button to change setup. Click
enter/exit menu button to go to or exit speed dome menu. Click Page Switch button, system goes
back to Figure 2-7.
Figure 2-17
2.4 PIP Setup
2.4.1 Video 1-4 PIP
You can view different channels on the PIP mode. You can follow the steps listed below.
a) From main menu->setting->general, check the navigation bar to enable navigation function.
Close general interface and then left click mouse on the preview interface, you can see an
interface shown as in Figure 2-18.
Figure 2-18
b) In Figure 2-18, click to set a mode and then click . Now system goes to PIP mode.
Tips:
zOne the preview interface, right click mouse and then select View PIP mode, then click
on Figure 2-18. You can go to PIP mode.

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zThe PIP mode uses one channel as the main window. You can select channel 1/23/4
as the main picture.
c) On the PIP interface, click at the top left corner to select a channel you want
to display and then click to save. In mode 1, you can select 2/3/4 as the PIP mode.
Now you can see an interface shown as in Figure 2-19.You can use mouse to drag the PIP
picture to the proper position and drag mouse to zoom in or zoom out.
Figure 2-19
Note
z: The grey highlighted channel is the main channel. The white channel is the
PIP channel and black channel is the current selected channel.
zOn the PIP mode, the volume bar is the mixed audio. For mode 1 to mode 4, system can
mix the audio of the main interface and the PIP interface. It is the audio of the PIP preview
and record audio.
2.4.2 4-window PIP mode
You can view 4-window on the PIP mode. You can follow the steps listed below.
a) From main menu->setting->general, check the navigation bar to enable navigation function.
Close general interface and then left click mouse on the preview interface, you can see an
interface shown as in Figure 2-20.
Figure 2-20
b) In Figure 2-20, click to set a mode and then click . Now system goes to 4-window
PIP mode.

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c) On the PIP interface, click at the top left corner to select a channel you want to
display. You can select to set mixed audio and then click to save. See Figure
2-21.
Figure 2-21
Note
z: can only be displayed on the first channel and can only be displayed on
the second channel. You can click at the top left corner to set mixed audio. P1 is the
mixed audio of channel 1 and channel 3. P2 is the mixed audio of channel 2 and channel 4.
During the preview mode, you can not select P1 and P2 at the same time. It is the output
audio of the preview interface, that is to say it is the audio of the channel P on the PIP mode.
zYou can use mouse to drag the PIP picture to the proper position and drag mouse to zoom
in or zoom out.
2.5 Real-time Burning and CD Playback
This series product can burn real-time video to the CD for future reference. You can click the
REC/STOP at the front panel to start or stop burning. Or you can go to the burning interface
via the right-click mouse menu. Please follow the steps listed below.
a) One the preview interface, right click mouse and then select real-time burning. You can
see an interface shown as in Figure 2-22. Please note the record channel needs to set
as P (PIP), otherwise, you can not see the three setup buttons on the right pane.

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Figure 2-22
Tips
zClick the REC/STOP at the front panel; you can go to burning interface. Click
REC/STOP for a short time, you can begin or pause burning. If you click REC/STOP for
a long time during the burning process, you can stop burning operation.
zOn the left-click mouse menu, select main menu and then click Backup button. Click Burning
button, you can go to Figure 2-22 too.
b) Select a device from the dropdown list and then select a record channel.
c) Now you can set burn setup, mark setup and etc. Please note you can not set during the
burning process.
Click Settings button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 2-23.
Here you can set interrogation time and resolution. Click Save button. System can calculate
the corresponding channel bit stream according to you input information and the CD space.
Figure 2-23
Click Burn setup, system pops up the following interface. See Figure 2-24.Please input
record password twice to confirm and check the corresponding box here to select information
you want to overlay on the burning record. Check the Check button at the bottom of the