Gtec GT804M User manual

GT804M
USER MANUAL
4 CHANNEL
DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this
instruction manual carefully and completely.

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this instruction manual
carefully and completely.
FCC Compliance
USER-INSTALLER CAUTION: YOUR AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THIS FCC VERIFIED EQUIPMENT
COULD BE VOIDED IF YOU MAKE CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY
THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.
NOTE: 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 COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES,
USES, AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL
INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE THE USER WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE
AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.
THIS CLASS A DIGITAL APPARATUS MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANADIAN
INTERFERENCE-CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS.
WARNINGS, CAUTIONS & COPYRIGHT
WARINGS
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR
MISTURE.
DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC OBJECT THROUGH VENTILATION GRILLS.
CAUTION
Explanation of Graphical Symbols
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert
the user to the presence of insinuated "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 rhombus is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instruction in the literature
accompanying the product.
USERS OF THE SYSTEM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING AND COMPLYING WITH ALL FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS AND STATUTES COIPCERNING THE MONITORING AND RECORDING OF
VIDEO AND AUDIO SIGNALS. ULTRAK SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF THIS
SYSTEM IN VIOLATION OF CURRENT LAWS AND STATUTES.
COPYRIGHT
THE TRADEMARKS MENTIONED IN THE MANUAL ARE LEGALLY REGISTERED TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE COMPANIES.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................4
1.1 FEATURE.......................................................................................................................4
1.2 SPECIFICATION...........................................................................................................4
2HARDWARE OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................7
2.1 FRONT PANEL.............................................................................................................7
2.2 BACK PANEL ...............................................................................................................9
2.3 EXTERNAL ALARM(reserved)...............................................................................10
2.4 IR REMOTE CONTROL(Optional)..........................................................................12
2.5 RS-485 CONTROLLER (reserved).........................................................................13
2.6 PTZ (PAN, TILT AND ZOOM) CAMERA & JOYSTICK CONTROLLER
(reserved)................................................................................................................................13
2.7 VGA OUTPUT(reserved)..........................................................................................15
2.8 NETWORK...................................................................................................................15
3SYSTEM SETUP.....................................................................................................................16
3.1 MENU SETUP INTERFACE(GUI)............................................................................16
3.2 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU.....................................................................18
3.3 CAMERA SETUP......................................................................................................19
3.4 MOTION SETUP.......................................................................................................21
3.5 RECORD SETUP......................................................................................................21
3.6 ALARM SETUP.........................................................................................................22
3.7 HARD DISK SETUP.................................................................................................23
3.8 NETWORK SETUP...................................................................................................24
3.9 BACKUP SETUP......................................................................................................25
4DVR PLAYBACK....................................................................................................................27
4.1 TIME SEARCH............................................................................................................27
4.2 EVENT SEARCH ........................................................................................................28
5DVR & USB BACKUP PLAYBACK....................................................................................29
5.1 MAIN SCREEN SETTING.........................................................................................29
5.2 PLAYER USER INTERFACE...................................................................................30
6NETWORK VIEWING & PLAYBACK.................................................................................32
6.1 IP ADDRESS SETUP ON PC SITE..............................................................................32
6.2 OPTIONAL MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER SETUP:...................................33
6.3 LOGIN................................................................................................................................34
6.4 LIVE VIEWING..................................................................................................................35
6.5 CONFIGURE.....................................................................................................................36
APPENDIX A: RECORDING TIME LAPSE ...............................................................................44
APPENDIX B: HDD/ USB DRIVE COMPATIBLE TABLE.......................................................46
APPENDIX C: HARD DISK INSTALLATION.............................................................................47

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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 FEATURE
 MPEG-4 Video Compression.
Resolution: Real-time 720×480 ( NTSC )/ 720×576 ( PAL )
Recording 720x240 ( NTSC )/ 720x288 ( PAL )
Audio Backup / Audio Streaming.
Internal SATA Hard Disk Support.
Graphic User Interface ( GUI ).
Mouse/ IR Remote Controller Support.
USB Back Up/ Firmware Update
Compact Size, Easy Space Arrangement
Support Smart Phone and PDA.
1.2 SPECIFICATION
VIDEO
MODE Triplex
IMAGE SYSTEM NTSC PAL
LIVE-TIME RESOLUTION 720×480 720×576
LIVE-TIME DISPLAY RATE 4 × 30 Frame / Sec 4 × 25 Frame / Sec
SPLIT SCREEN 1, 4
VIDEO INPUT BNC × 4
VIDEO LOOPING No
VIDEO OUTPUT (BNC) BNC × 1
VIDEO OUTPUT (VGA) Yes (Option)
AUDIO
AUDIO INPUT RCA × 1
AUDIO OUTPUT RCA × 1
AUDIO BACKUP Yes
AUDIO STREAMING Yes
RECORDING
COMPRESSION TYPE MPEG-4
RECORDING RESOLUTION
720×240, 360x240 720×288, 360x288
RECORDING RATE (CIF)
360 x 240 up to 120 PPS 360 x 288 up to 100 PPS
RECORDING RATE (FIELD)
720 x 240 up to 30 PPS 720 x 288 up to 25 PPS

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COMPRESSION RATE
Low ：2K Bytes
Medium ：4.2K Bytes
High ：6.2K Bytes
Bes
t
：
8
K Bytes
RECORDING MODE 12 Manual / Schedule
PLAYBACK & SEARCH
PLAYBACK SPEED
Fast Forward X 2 X 8 X 16 X32 X64
Fast Backward X32
field by field Playback
Pause
Slow Motion Playback X1/2 X1/4
TIME SEARCH Yes
EVENT SEARCH Yes
EVENT LIST 3000 records per H.D.D (Maximum)
OSD & CONTROL INTERFACE
TITLE 8 Characters
ON SCREEN DISPLAY & SETUP Time / Date / Setup Menu
GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE (GUI) Yes
DVR CONTROL PANEL Yes
MOUSE Yes (Option)
IR REMOTE CONTROLLER Yes (Option)
IE BROWSER Yes
PLAYER F4 Viewer
STORAGE & BACKUP DEVICE
INTERNAL HDD SUPPORT SATA HDD x 1
USB BACKUP Yes
NETWORK
ETHERNET Yes
ETHERNET COMPRESSION FORMAT MPEG-4
DDNS Yes
E-MAIL & FTP Yes
NETWORK IP Static/ Dynamic/ PPPoE
MULTI-REMOTE CLIENT Yes ( 5 Clients at the same time available)
PDA/ CELL PHONE SUPPORT Yes
ALARM
MOTION DETECTION Yes
MOTION DETECTION AREA 30 x 24 grids
MOTION DETECTION SENSITIVITY 1-100
VIDEO LOSS DETECTION Yes

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ALARM RECORDING Yes
BUZZER Yes
SETUP & OTHER FUNCTIONS
PASSWORD CONTROL
Two levels, one for system and the other for HDD format
KEY-LOCK Yes
MULTI-LANGUAGE Yes
FIRMWARE UPDATE USB Host
OTHERS
POWER INPUT DC 12V
POWER CONSUMPTION (W) 17W
DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) 218mm (W) × 44mm (H) × 202mm (D)
WEIGHT (kg) 1.4kg
OPERATION TEMPERATURE 0 - 45 ℃
ATTENTION：
：：
： A. PLEASE format the hard disk before changing the recording resolution.
Different record resolution cannot be stored in the same hard disk.
Failing to do so may cause data lost or hard disk damage!!
B. DVR needs to STOP recording before processing USB backup function.
C. DVR needs to STOP recording before processing USB firmware update
function.
D. DVR system will reboot after changing recording quality setup.

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2 HARDWARE OVERVIEW
2.1 FRONT PANEL
DVR OPERATION
NO. ITEM DVR Function
1 POWER Power status LED.
2 REC Recording status LED.
3 PLAY Playback status LED.
4 H.D.D H.D.D. LED.
5 O IR Sensor for remote control.
6 USB connector.
7 ▲Move upward or increase the number.
8 ▼Move downward or decrease the number.
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
MENU Press MENU to enter or exit MENU.
10 ◄Move leftward or decrease the number.
11 ►Move rightward or increase the number.
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REC Recording button.
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Rew search
Fast Backward x 32.
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STOP
Press STOP to stop playback or recording.
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Pause Pause & Field by Field Forward.

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F.Fwd
Fast Forward ×2, ×8, ×16, x32, ×64.
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PLAY
PLAY button & Get into Quick Time Search.
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1 Channel One Full Screen & Number: One.
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2 Channel Two Full Screen & Number: Two.
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3 Channel Three Full Screen & Number: Three.
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4 Channel Four Full Screen & Number: Four.
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Quad Quad screen: All cameras are displayed.
23 Confirmation and Backup.
FRONT PANEL KEY COMBINATION
Auto Swap：Press “Quad”, then press “>>” within 5 seconds.
Zoom Function：Press”Enter” while in the single channel mode.
HDD Information：Press ”Enter” while in the Quad mode.

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2.2 BACK PANEL
NO. ITEM FUNCTION
1 MOUSE Mouse interface.
2 CAMERA IN Camera 1 video input with BNC connector.
3 CAMERA IN Camera 2 video input with BNC connector.
4 CAMERA IN Camera 3 video input with BNC connector.
5 CAMERA IN Camera 4 video input with BNC connector.
6 MONITOR OUT Video output with monitor
7 Audio IN Audio input.
8 Audio OUT Audio output.
9 Ethernet RJ-45 Ethernet network interface.
10 VGA OUT
D-SUB Reserved.
RS-485 Reserved.
ALARM IN Reserved.
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Relay Out Reserved.
12 Power DC 12V /3A.

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2.3 EXTERNAL ALARM(reserved)
There are three types of alarms that the system can be configured, such as Motion
Detection Alarm, External Alarm, and Video Loss Alarm.
Motion Detection Alarm and External Alarm：
When Motion Detection or External Alarm was triggered, there are 5 possible
actions will be taken.
a. Recording speed changed from normal to alarm recording.
b. If Alarm Display Mode of Alarm Setup is ON, when the alarm is triggered, the
corresponding full screen alarm channel will be displayed automatically;
however, if the alarm is triggered and the setup is done within five seconds,
the corresponding full screen alarm channel won’t be displayed.
c. It’s optional to activate Relay.
d. Motion Detection and External Alarm both will be recorded in the event list.
In Motion Detection Record of Alarm Setup, the user can set up ON or OFF
to record the motion event or not.
e. When Motion Detection was triggered, the color of camera title will be
transformed into yellow. In addition, when External Alarm was triggered,
“ALARM” text will be displayed on the screen.

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Terminal Connectors：
：：
：
EXAMPLE 1：Connect Alarm In One with PIR (Passive Infrared).
EXAMPLE 2：Connect with Alarm Siren at Relay N.O.
T+ RS-485 sends +
T - RS-485 sends -
R- RS-485 receives -
R+ RS-485 receives +
ALARM1-4 Camera alarm input.
GND GND.
N.C Relay N.C.
COM Relay COM
N.O Relay N.O.

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2.4 IR REMOTE CONTROL(Optional)
ITEM
REC
Press REC to start recording and press twice to stop.
1 - 4 Select channel 1-4 with full screen.
QUAD Fast backward.
Picture by picture backward.
Picture by picture forward.
Fast Forward.
Play video forward.
COPY
Switch channel format.
▲
Move upward or increase the number.
►
Move rightward or increase the number.
▼
Move downward or decrease the number.
◄
Move leftward or decrease the number.
Enter selected items.
MENU Enter or Exit Main Menu.
STOP Stop the playback.

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2.5 RS-485 CONTROLLER (reserved)
Data Format：
：：
：
Data: 1 Byte / Parity: None / Start bit: 1 / Baud: 9600
Totally 3 bytes as follows:
1. Byte=0x10 ：Broadcasting DVR
Byte=0x80+ID Number ：Joystick Control DVR (ID number:1~32)
2. Byte=Reference to the table as follows. ：Commands of each button.
3. Byte= the 1
st
Byte+ the 2
nd
Byte :Command for confirm checksum.
4-ch DVR
Command
4-ch DVR Command
CH1 0x11 PLAY 0x52
CH2 0x12 UP 0x31
CH3 0x13 DOWN 0x32
CH4 0x14 MENU 0x20
QUAD 0x15 LEFT 0x33
RFAST 0x3A RIGHT 0x34
STOP 0x51 SELECT 0x35
PAUSE 0x3D ENTER 0x35
FFAST 0x3E
2.6 PTZ (PAN, TILT AND ZOOM) CAMERA & JOYSTICK CONTROLLER
(reserved)
The following diagram is for DVR connect PTZ camera with joystick controllers.
Make sure CAMERA ID, BAUD RATE (default at 9600 bps) and RS-485 +/-. If the
PIN DEFINE
R+ RXDA
R- RXDB
T+ TXDZ
RS-485
T- TXDY

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user wants to connect DVR with joystick controllers, please make sure each DVR
ID Number is unique.
0 1 0 10 1 0 1
A B A BA B A B
D+ D- D+ D-D+ D- D+ D-
A B A BA B A B
D0+ D0- D1+ D1-D0+ D0- D1+ D1-
D0+ D0- D1+ D1-D0+ D0- D1+ D1-
A B A BA B A B
R+ R- T+ T-R+ R- T+ T-
R+ R- T+ T-R+ R- T+ T-
DVR 1
ID 1 DVR 2 ID 2
Dome Cam 1
CH 1
ID 1
Dome Cam 2
CH 2
ID 2
Dome Cam 3
CH 3
ID 3
Dome Cam 4
CH 4
ID 4
Dome Cam 1
CH 1
ID 1
Dome Cam 2
CH 2
ID 2
Dome Cam 3
CH 3
ID 3
Dome Cam 4
CH 4
ID 4
DATA+
DATA-
Up to 16CH
D+ D- D+ D-D+ D- D+ D-
Up to 128 ID
Dome Cam 1
ID 1
Dome Cam 2
ID 2
R+ R- T+ T-R+ R- T+ T-
Dome Cam 3
ID 3
Up to 128 ID
Up to 32 ID
Up to 16CH

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2.7 VGA OUTPUT(reserved)
VGA Output is optional. VGA output can connect with CRT or LCD monitor by
D-SUB connector and the user can switch different resolutions and frequencies
as follows.
Resolution Frequency
V G A 6 4 0 × 4 8 0
56Hz
S V G A 8 0 0 × 6 0 0
60Hz
X G A 1 0 2 4 ×76 8
70Hz
SXGA 1280×1024
75Hz
2.8 NETWORK
When the DVR is turned on, it will detect the network connection automatically. If
without network connection, the network function will be disabled. Thus, please
make sure the network connection before turning on the DVR.

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3 SYSTEM SETUP
3.1 MENU SETUP INTERFACE(GUI)
A. CAMERA SET E. HARD DISK SETUP
B. MOTION SETUP F. NETWORK SETUP
C. RECORD SETUP G. BACKUP SETUP

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D. ALARM SETUP H. SYSTEM SETUP

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3.2 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU
NOTE：
：：
：The pop-up menu can be activated by moving the mouse cursor to the
bottom of the live viewing screen.
A. GUI MENU BAR
With live viewing mode, press this button to get into the GUI menu.
B. DISK INFORMATION
With live viewing mode, press this button to display disk information.
C. DIGITAL ZOOM
In the full screen mode, right-click or left-click the mouse to zoom in or zoom
out the image.
D. AUDIO CONTROL
Press this button to turn the audio on or off。
E. DISPLAY CONTROL
Within live-viewing or playback mode, use display control to switch the camera
channel.
F. RECORD AND PLAYBACK CONTROL
Same as front panel controller and remote controller. Please see chapter 2.1 &
4 for more detail.

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3.3 CAMERA SETUP
Press ▲or ▼to select items.
Press ◄or ►to change values.
Press SET to see more options.
A. CAMERA
Press ◄or ►to switch channels.
B. VIDEO ADJUST
B.1 CONTRAST
Press ◄or ►to change contrast level.
B.2 BRIGHTNESS
Press ◄or ►to change brightness level.
B3. HUE
Press ◄or ►to change HUE level.
B4. COLOR
Press ◄or ►to change color level.
B5. SHAPRNESS
Press ◄or ►to change sharpness level.
C. CAMERA TITLE
Use mouse to select and change character.

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D. DISPLAY
Press ◄or ►to change value for the corresponding camera would be
displayed on the screen or not.
E. AUTO SWITCH
Press ◄or ►to ON/OFF auto switch.