Digitus DN-16150 User manual

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NETWORK VIDEO RECORDER
DIGITUS®PLUG&VIEW NVR
Quick Installation Guide
DN-16150

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Chapter 2 NVR Connection
2.1 HDD Installation
Caution: Please do not take out hard drive when NVR is running!
HDD Installation:
(1) Cut power first, then remove the screws on both sides and rear panel and open the NVR
upper cover.
(2) 1. Insert 4 hard drive screws into the bottom of the hard drive and tighten them 1/2 of the
way.
2. Place the hard drive in the screw slots with the power and data connectors facing left (if
looking at the NVR from the front), and slide the hard drive into place.
3. Tighten the hard drive screws to secure the hard drive in place.
(3) Connect the HDD data cable and power cable to the main board. Install the HDD and fix it
on the bracket; then connect the HDD power cable and data cable.
2.2 Setup
After hard disk installation, connect the NVR to the router or Ethernet switch using an Ethernet
cable to the LAN port on the NVR. Then connect either a VGA or HDMI monitor to the NVR as
local display. Also connect USB mouse to the USB port on the NVR to setup configuration.
Then power on the NVR with the DC12V power adapter.
In parallel, install up to 4 DIGITUS Plug & View cameras via a router or Ethernet switch on the
same network as the NVR.

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Chapter 3 NVR Boot Up
3.1 System Initialization
On the local display with the VGA or HDMI monitor, after connecting the power cable of the
NVR to a wall outlet and pressing the power button, you will see on screen that the NVR
system is initializing, as shown below.
3.2 Setup Wizard
After NVR start-up is completed, enter “admin” for both login and password to login. The
“Setup Wizard” will be displayed. Follow the “Setup Wizard” to guide you through the first time
installation.
Local Display with
HDMI or VGA
monitor
DC12V input
power supply
USB mouse for local
control and configuration

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Wizard setting menu includes: Homepage, Network Setup, IPC Setup, Record Schedule and
Hard Disk Maintenance.
1. Homepage and Network Setup. On the Network Setup page, keep the default “DHCP”
setting as the NVR will be assigned with an IP address automatically when it is connected
to the router or access point.
2. IPC Setup: On this page, you add and delete IP cameras. It automatically searches all the
DIGITUS Plug & View IP cameras installed under the same network as the NVR. Then you
select the desired cameras for recording to NVR by enabling the channels.
Record Schedule: On this page, you set recording time and scheduled recording of the
NVR.
3. HDD: It supports HDD formatting and overwriting setting.

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Chapter 4 NVR Menu
4.1 Main Menu
In LIVE mode, click or press the [Menu]
button on the remote control, or click the
[ ] icon in the toolbar to enter the
main menu for more setting options.
4.2 IP Camera
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter” →“Display” →“IP Camera” to enter the menu as shown
below.
Channel: IP camera channel.
Edit: Modify the name and location of
channels, change settings.
State: Display camera online status.
IP Address/Domain: IP address of the
IP camera connected of the channel.
Subnet Mask: IP camera subnet mask.
Port: Connection port number of the
currently set IP camera.
Alias: The name you can give to the
camera.
IP Address/Domain: IP address
should be automatically assigned by
the router.
Subnet Mask: IP camera subnet mask.
Port: The port number is normally
automatically detected and displayed. I
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it is not displayed, for DIGITUS Plug &
View Revision1 camera, the port
number is 80. For Revision2 camera,
the port number is 1018.
User Name: Enter “admin”.
Password: Enter “admin”.

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4.3 Live View
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter” →“Display” →“Live” to enter the menu as shown below.
Channel: Select channel number.
Show Time: Tick the checkbox to
display the time.
Channel Name: Name marked on IP
camera.
Date Format: Set date format such as
mm/dd/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd.
Time Format: 12-hour or 24-hour.
OSD Position: Freely set the position
of IP camera name and time.
4.4 Output
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter” →“Display” →“Output” to enter the menu as shown below.
Video Output: Live output.
Seq Mode: Set sequence mode.
SEQ Dwell Time: Sequence dwell time
is 5 seconds by default. You may set it
as required.
VGA/HDMI Resolution: VGA output or
HDMI output. Including 1024×768,
1280×1024, 1440×900, 1280×720,
1920×1080, 1680×1050, 1600×1200,
1900×1200, 2560×1440, 3840×2160.
Transparency: Set the transparency o
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the menu in the range of 0-128.
4.5 Record
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter” →“Record” →“Record” to enter the menu as shown below.
Channel: Set the desired channel in the
drop-down menu.
Record: Set up the record status
(Enable/Disable) of each channel.
Stream Mode: Select Mainstream or
Substream.
PreRecord: “Enable” status supports
pre-record for motion detection record o
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4.6 Schedule
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter” →“Record” →“Schedule” to enter the Schedule interface
and set the recording schedule of the NVR.
Select the channel and the date to be set.
One week’s schedule can be set.
The recording schedule of the current
channel can be copied to any other channel
or all channels.
Note:
1. In the Record menu and Record Search
menu, No Color stands for no record.
2. “Green” stands for normal record and
“yellow” stands for motion record.
3. “Red” stands for alarm record.
4.7 Mainstream/Substream
Go to “Main Menu” →“Parameter” →“Record” →“Mainstream/Substream” to enter the menu
as shown below.
Mainstream and substream are the two video
streams of the IPC. Mainstream is mostly
used for recording and the substream is
mostly used for remote network monitoring.
Channel: Select a channel.
Resolution: Set camera resolution.
FPS: Min 1 and max 30.
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Bitrate: Set IPC bitrate.

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4.8 Record Search
Go to “Main Menu” →“Record Search” →“Record Search” to enter the menu as shown below.
Channel: Select the channel you want
to search.
Type: There are two options besides
All: Normal and Alarm.
Start Time/End Time: Select the
specific period of time. The default
setting is from 0:00 to 24:00.
Playback Channel: Click a date and
select the corresponding channel in
Playback Channel.
Playback: Select the desired year and
month and click “Search”. If there are
any records, a green corner mark
which shows the recording at the
specified date will appear in the bottom
right corner of the date sheet. Select
the date checkbox and select the
playback channel; then click Playbac
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to enter the menu.
Playback menu: You can use the
Playback control bar to operate Fast
Forward (X2, X4, X8 and X16), Rewind
(X2, X4, X8 and X16), Slow play (1/2,
1/4 and 1/8 speed), Play,
Pause/Frame. Click or drag the volume
control bar to adjust the volume. When
playback ends, the NVR will remain in
the playback menu.
4.9 Play Backup Files
1. Copy backup files to the computer.
2. Open playback player and click “+” or “ ”. For example, if you want to select
*.264, add backup file and select a file to play

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