EverFocus ECOR 4 User manual

Instruction Manual
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EC CO OR R S Se er ri ie es s D DV VR R

EVERFOCUS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
ECOR Series DVR
Instruction Manual
2008 EverFocus Electronics Corp
www.everfocus.com
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means without written permission of the Everfocus Electronics Corporation.
Release Date: Dec. 2008
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Safety Precautions
• To avoid any damage, please consider the following safety warnings:
• Never place the recorder near to heaters, furnaces, other heat sources or under direct solar irradiation.
• Operate the device only in locations providing the tolerable operating temperature range
0° ~40° /32°F ~ +104°F.
• Make sure that the device‘s ventilation slots are not covered or sheeted.
• For cleaning, make sure the device is plugged off and only use a damp cloth without acid detergent.
• Install the device only in dry and dustproof surroundings. Protect the device against any liquid‘s
penetration.
• Avoid the penetration of any artifacts, e.g. through ventilation slots.
• Do not attempt to disassemble the appliance. To prevent electric shock, do not remove screws or
covers. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. ontact qualified service personnel for maintenance.
Handle the appliance with care. Do not strike or shake, as this may damage the appliance.
• Do not operate appliance with other than specified power supplies. The input power source of the power
supply is 12 VD with external power supply 100 ~ 240 VA .
• Avoid any affection of the device through vibrations or mechanical shock at the recorder‘s installation
location.
• Avoid to power off DVR during playback or recording operation.
ATTENTION!
This is a class A product which may cause radio interference in a domestic environment; in
this case, the user may be urged to take adequate measures.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a lass B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the F Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one of the following measures :
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• onnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• onsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
F aution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the users’ authority to operate this equipment.

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This Product is RoHS compliant.
WEEE
The information in this manual was current upon publication. The manufacturer reserves the right to
revise and improve his products.
Therefore, all specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Misprints reserved.
Please read this manual carefully before installing and using this unit. Be sure to keep it handy for later reference.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1PRODUCT OVERVIEW..................................................................................................... 1
1.1 F EATURES ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS .......................................................................................................... 2
1.3 S PECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 3
1.4 F RONT P ANEL ..................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 B ACK P ANEL ...................................................................................................................... 7
2INSTALLATION.................................................................................................................. 9
2.1 V IDEO C ONNECTIONS ......................................................................................................... 9
2.2 A UDIO C ONNECTION I NSTALLATION .................................................................................. 9
2.3 A LARM I NPUT / O UTPUT I NSTALLATION ........................................................................... 10
2.4 N ETWORK C ONNECTION ................................................................................................... 11
2.4.1 Direct PC Connection through Crossover Network Cable ...................................................................11
2.4.2 Network Connection through Patch Cable............................................................................................11
2.4.3 Network System Requirements ..............................................................................................................12
2.5 S PEED D OME I NSTALLATION ............................................................................................ 12
2.6 F INAL I NSTALL P ROCESS .................................................................................................. 13
3MOUSE AND FRONT PANEL OPERATION ............................................................... 14
3.1 G ENERAL USB M OUSE O PERATION ................................................................................. 14
3.1.1 OSD Root Menu ....................................................................................................................................14
3.1.2 Operation in Configuration Menu.........................................................................................................15
3.1.3 Component Options...............................................................................................................................15
3.2 G ENERAL F RONT P ANEL O PERATION ............................................................................... 17
3.2.1 Front Panel Key Review........................................................................................................................17
3.2.2 Operation in Configuration Menu.........................................................................................................17
3.2.3 Component Options...............................................................................................................................18
4GENERAL DVR OPERATIONS...................................................................................... 19
4.1 R ECORD ............................................................................................................................ 19
4.2 L OGIN ............................................................................................................................... 19
4.3 P LAYBACK OPERATION ..................................................................................................... 21
4.3.1 Playback................................................................................................................................................21
4.3.2 Reverse playback...................................................................................................................................21
4.3.3 Pause.....................................................................................................................................................21
4.3.4 Fast forward..........................................................................................................................................21
4.3.5 Fast backward.......................................................................................................................................22
4.3.6 Step forward..........................................................................................................................................22
4.3.7 Step backward.......................................................................................................................................22
4.3.8 Stop playback ........................................................................................................................................22
4.4 S TART S EQUENCE ............................................................................................................. 22
4.5 L AYOUT C HANGE ............................................................................................................. 23

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4.5.1 Layout Change ......................................................................................................................................23
4.5.2 Bring to Full Screen Mode....................................................................................................................23
4.6 Q UICK M ENU .................................................................................................................... 24
4.6.1 Triplex Operation..................................................................................................................................24
4.6.2 Change Camera Order..........................................................................................................................24
4.7 A RCHIVE ........................................................................................................................... 25
4.7.1 Standard Archive...................................................................................................................................25
4.7.2 Quick Archive........................................................................................................................................26
4.8 S EARCH ............................................................................................................................ 26
4.8.1 Time Search...........................................................................................................................................27
4.8.2 Event Search..........................................................................................................................................27
4.8.3 Smart Motion Search.............................................................................................................................28
4.8.4 Search Result.........................................................................................................................................29
4.9 L OGOUT ............................................................................................................................ 31
5DVR CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................. 32
5.1 OSD S ETTING M ENU ........................................................................................................ 32
5.2 R ECORD & P LAY S ETTING ................................................................................................ 32
5.2.1 Record ...................................................................................................................................................32
5.2.2 Play .......................................................................................................................................................33
5.3 C AMERA S ETTING ............................................................................................................. 34
5.3.1 Basic Setting..........................................................................................................................................34
5.3.2 Video Adjust ..........................................................................................................................................36
5.3.3 Motion ...................................................................................................................................................37
5.3.4 Video Loss.............................................................................................................................................39
5.4 S CHEDULE S ETTING .......................................................................................................... 40
5.5 A LARM & E VENT S ETTING ............................................................................................... 42
5.5.1 Alarm.....................................................................................................................................................42
5.5.2 Event......................................................................................................................................................43
5.6 N ETWORK S ETTING .......................................................................................................... 48
5.6.1 LAN .......................................................................................................................................................48
5.6.2 EMAIL...................................................................................................................................................49
5.6.3 DDNS ....................................................................................................................................................50
5.7 D ISK S ETTING ................................................................................................................... 51
5.8 D ISPLAY S ETTING ............................................................................................................. 52
5.8.1 Monitor OSD.........................................................................................................................................52
5.8.2 Main M/T SEQ ......................................................................................................................................53
5.9 S YSTEM S ETTING .............................................................................................................. 54
5.9.1 Date/Time..............................................................................................................................................54
5.9.2 Daylight Saving.....................................................................................................................................55
5.9.3 User.......................................................................................................................................................56
5.9.4 Security..................................................................................................................................................57
5.9.5 I/O Control............................................................................................................................................58
5.9.6 Firmware & Misc..................................................................................................................................59
5.10 I NFORMATION S ETTING .................................................................................................. 60
5.10.1 System....................................................................................................................................................60
5.10.2 Log.........................................................................................................................................................61
6REMOTE OPERATION FROM BROWSER................................................................. 63

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6.1 C ONNECTING TO ECOR.................................................................................................... 63
6.2 IE B ROWSER S ETTING & A CTIVE X C ONTROL I NSTALLATION ................................................... 64
6.2.1 Installing ActiveX controls....................................................................................................................64
6.2.2 Enabling ActiveX Controls....................................................................................................................66
6.3 R EMOTE L IVE V IEW ......................................................................................................... 69
6.4 R EMOTE PTZ C ONTROL ................................................................................................... 70
6.5 R EMOTE P LAYBACK ......................................................................................................... 71
7NETWORKING OVERVIEW.......................................................................................... 72
7.1 I NTRODUCTION TO TCP/IP............................................................................................... 72
7.2 S UBNET M ASKS ................................................................................................................ 72
7.3 G ATEWAY A DDRESS ......................................................................................................... 72
7.4 V IRTUAL P ORTS ................................................................................................................ 73
7.5 P RE -I NSTALLATION .......................................................................................................... 73
7.6 W HAT IS YOUR N ETWORK S ETUP ?.................................................................................... 74
7.7 S IMPLE O NE TO O NE C ONNECTION ................................................................................... 75
7.8 D IRECT H IGH S PEED M ODEM C ONNECTION ..................................................................... 80
7.9 R OUTER OR LAN C ONNECTION ........................................................................................ 82
8EVERFOCUS DDNS SETUP............................................................................................ 85
9LINKSYS & D-LINK PORT FORWARDING ............................................................... 86
9.1 L INKSYS P ORT F ORWARDING ........................................................................................... 86
9.2 D-L INK P ORT F ORWARDING ............................................................................................. 88
10 TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................. 91
APPENDIX A: TIMING OF ALARM MODES...................................................................... 92
APPENDIX B: DATA LOST TIME FOR VIDEO LOSS ...................................................... 96

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1PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The E OR series DVR is based on MPEG-4 compression technology, resulting in enhanced recording
capacity and improved network image transmission speed with high image quality. omprehensive
features and extended event recording settings enable the most universal application of this DVR series.
1.1 FEATURES
•Pentaplex Operation (Simultaneously live, recording, playback, archive, and remote viewing)
•User friendly GUI with graphical icons and visual indicators
•Multiple ontrol Inputs: mouse/front panel/remote control/EKB500
•Free EverFocus DDNS service
•Remote configuration support from built-in web interface
•Smart Motion Search function
•Gigabit Ethernet interface for remote network viewing and controlling
•Real-time live display for all cameras
•Individual channel control on schedule recording
•USB 2.0 ports for video archive and mouse usage
•Multi-language support
•Watermark capabilities to identify intentional modifications of recorded data
•Simultaneous VGA and composite output*
•Built-in DVD burner*
•Audio recording capabilities*
*Functions not available in all models
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1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS
Digital Video Recorder x1
User’s Manual x1
A Adapter and Power ord x1
Handheld Remote ontrol (batteries included) x 1
Hard Drive Rack Mount x1 *
SATA onnection able x1 *
Pack of screws x 1 *
* marked accessories not included in some models

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1.3 SPECIFICATIONS
Video Format NTS / PAL (auto detected by system)
Operating System Embedded Linux
Video Input E OR4: 4 x 1 V
pp
FBAS, BN , 75 Ohm
E OR8: 8 x 1 V
pp
FBAS, BN , 75 Ohm
Video Output Main monitor: 1 V
pp
FBAS, BN at 75 Ohm
1 x VGA ( res. 800x600@60 Hz)
Video Compression MPEG-4
Video Display Full screen, Picture In Picture (Live only), 4-channel, 9-channel (for 8
H model only)
ecording esolution NTS : 704 x 480, 704 x 240 or 352 x 240
PAL: 704 x 576, 704 x 288 or 352 x 288
Audio*
Input: 1 x Line In, 1 V
pp
@ 20 KOhm (R A)
Output: 1 x Line out 1 V
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@ 20 KOhm (R A)
(* audio models only)
Alarm Inputs E OR4: 4
E OR8: 8
Alarm Output 1 Alarm Output (N. / OM/N.O)
Hard Disk 1 x 3.5” SATA hard disk
ecording ate
NTS
352 x 240: 240 IPS
704 x 240: 120 IPS
704 x 480: 60 IPS
PAL
352 x 288: 200 IPS
704 x 288: 100 IPS
704 x 576: 50 IPS
ecording Modes ontinuous, schedule, or event recording
Playback ate
NTS
352 x 240: 240 IPS
704 x 240: 120 IPS
704 x 480: 60 IPS
PAL
352 x 288: 200 IPS
704 x 288: 100 IPS
704 x 576: 50 IPS