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DS-7108HI-S series Net DVR User Manual
V2.0
Thank you for purchasing our Net DVR. This manual is applicable to DS-7108HI-S Series
Net DVR. Please read this User Manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly
and safely.
The contents of this Manual are subject to change without notice.

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Index
Chapter1 Product Introduction .........................................................................................................4
1.1 Overview.................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Model Description...................................................................................................................4
1.3 Features...................................................................................................................................4
Chapter2 Installation.........................................................................................................................6
2.1 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories ..................................................................................6
2.2 HDD Installation.....................................................................................................................6
2.3 Rear Panel Description............................................................................................................7
Chapter3 Operating Instructions.......................................................................................................8
3.1 Front Panel Introduction .........................................................................................................8
3.2 IR Remote Control..................................................................................................................9
3.3 Menu Description..................................................................................................................11
3.3.1 Menu Items .........................................................................................................11
3.3.2 Menu Operation ..................................................................................................12
3.4 Input text...............................................................................................................................14
Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide....................................................................................................15
4.1 Power on ...............................................................................................................................15
4.2 Preview .................................................................................................................................15
4.3 Video spot output..................................................................................................................17
4.4 User name and password.......................................................................................................17
4.5 PTZ Control ..........................................................................................................................20
4.6 Manual Record......................................................................................................................21
4.7 Playback................................................................................................................................22
4.8 Backup Recorded Files .........................................................................................................25
4.9 Shut down DVR....................................................................................................................26
Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide..................................................................................................27
5.1 Administrator and Password.................................................................................................27
5.2 Add and Delete User.............................................................................................................28
5.3 Unit Name and Device ID.....................................................................................................31
5.4 Video Output Standard and VGA Setup................................................................................33
5.5 Camera name and OSD Setup...............................................................................................33
5.6 Video Parameters Setup ........................................................................................................35
5.7 Mask Area Setup...................................................................................................................36
5.8 View Tampering Alarm.........................................................................................................37
5.9 Video Loss Alarm..................................................................................................................39
5.10 Motion Detection ..................................................................................................................40
5.11 Preview .................................................................................................................................42
5.12 Recording Setup....................................................................................................................43
5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output................................................................................46
5.14 Network Parameters..............................................................................................................50
5.15 PTZ .......................................................................................................................................53
Chapter6 Utilities............................................................................................................................57

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6.1 Restore Parameters................................................................................................................57
6.2 Upgrade.................................................................................................................................57
6.3 Hard Disk Management ........................................................................................................58
6.4 Stop Alarm Out .....................................................................................................................59
6.5 Reboot...................................................................................................................................59
6.6 Power Off..............................................................................................................................59
6.7 View Log...............................................................................................................................59
6.8 System Information...............................................................................................................61
Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade ..........................................................................................................62
7.1 FTP Server Setup ..................................................................................................................62
7.2 Upgrade Mode ......................................................................................................................64
Appendix A Mouse control function............................................................................................67
Appendix B HDD Capacity Calculation .....................................................................................69
Appendix C DVR Connect Cable Definition ..............................................................................70
Appendix D Specifications..........................................................................................................72
Appendix E Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................73
Appendix F Product Service .......................................................................................................74
Appendix G Customer Information Card ....................................................................................75

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Chapter1 Product Introduction
1.1Overview
DS-7108HI-S series network digital video recorder is an excellent digital surveillance
product. It adopts the embedded MCU and Linux, along with the most advanced technology in the
Information Industry such as video and audio encoding/decoding, hard disk record and TCP/IP
function. The firmware is burned into the flash, making the product more stable and reliable.
DS-7108HI-S series device combines the features of both digital video recorder (DVR) and
digital video server (DVS). It can be used as a standalone video surveillance product, as well as to
build a powerful surveillance network that is widely used in the fields of banks,
telecommunication, transportation, factories, warehouse, irrigation, etc.
1.2Model Description
1.3Features
Compression
H.264 video compression algorithm and each channel can be real-time (PAL is 25FPS and
NTSC is 30FPS).
Support multi-area motion detection.
Support privacy mask.
Support view tampering alert.
Support video signal loss alert.
Support adjustable OSD.
Support both variable bit rate and frame rate.
DS –71 08 HI-S
Support SATA HDD
Oversea products
Model name
8 channels video input
Embedded Net DVR series
Digital Surveillance

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Support dual-stream and the sub stream can support CIF/QCIF resolution.
Storage function:
2 SATA interfaces, Each HDD max support 2000GB capacity.
Support HDD S.M.A.R.T function.
Support FAT32 files system
Support various record types: schedule recording, motion detection, alarm, motion &
alarm, motion | alarm, command, and manual recording.
Support cycle and non-cycle recording mode.
Support SATA CD/DVDRW, USB disk, USB hard disk and USB CD/DVD R/W for
backup
Preview & Playback function:
Support one composite video output and one spot video output
DS-7108HI-S can support one VGA output.
Support fast playback, slow playback, pause, forward, backward and frame-by-frame,
etc.
User-defined preview layout.
Support one playback channel.
Network function:
Support TCP, UTP, RTP, Multicast, DHCP, etc
Support ADSL (PPPoE) dialup function.
Remote parameters setup
Remote playback, download the recorded files in DVR.
Remote DVR firmware upgrade
Remote PTZ control
Support Internet Explore for network control
Remote DVR alarm information acquisition
Others: Support network voice talk.
Support local and remote PTZ control.
Support multi-level user management.
Support local and remote log query.
Automatically recovery from exceptions
Provide SDK and demo source code for development.

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Chapter2 Installation
Warning: Before you install the DVR, please make sure that the power of DVR is switched
off.
2.1Checking the DVR and ItsAccessories
When you get the product, check that all the goods are included in your product package.
There is a list in the package. If any of the goods is missing, please contact your dealer.
2.2HDD Installation
Installation notice
Note: Afactory recommended HDD should be used for this device.
There is no HDD in the DVR when leaving factory. According to the record schedule, you
can calculate the total capacity you need (refer to Appendix A). Please ask the specialist to
disassemble the DVR and install HDD.
Installation instrument
One cross screw driver
HDD installation
1. Open the DVR box.
2. Place the HDD on the mounting plate.
3. Connect the SATA data cable correctly. First put the power plug of the HDD in the
motherboard. Plug the data line of the HDD into the SATA interface.
4. Fix the HDD into the Chassis.
5. Cover and fix the DVR box.
Note: After the HDDs installation, you must format them. Please refer to chapter 6.3

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2.3Rear Panel Description
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Fig 2-1 DS-7108HI-S Rear panel
Notice: Please refer to real product for different models.
DS-7108HI-S
①Video in ②Video out ③VGA interface
④Alarm in ⑤Alarm out ⑥Power switch
⑦Audio in ⑧Audio out ⑨UTP interface
⑩RS485 T+ T- R+ R- ⑪RS232 interface ⑫Video loop output
⑬+12V DC power supply

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Chapter3 Operating Instructions
3.1Front Panel Introduction
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4
5
Fig 3.1 Front panel introduce
Form 3-1 Items on front panel
Index
Type
Name
Description
1
Lamp
PWR
Red means the system power off and green means the
contrary.
2
State
Lamps
READY
STATUS
ALARM
RECORD
NETWORK
Green means DVR is working; Extinguish means DVR is
power-off
Green means you can IR remote control, and red means
working in “numeric keys” mode while light out means
work in “function keys” mode
Red means there is alarm(only triggered by external alarm
input)
Twinkle in red means reading or writing HDD
Twinkle means network transmission is happening.
3
Numeric
Keys
Input number, lower case, upper case, number and symbols.
Function
Keys
MENU
2
3
ESC
EDIT
1. Switch preview mode to menu;
2. Brush control short key [WIPER].
[ZOOM-] in PTZ control.
1. [ZOOM+] in PTZ control.
2. Switch to spot output mode
Cancel and back to the menu.
1. In edit state, delete the current cursor character;
2. [IRIS+]in PTZ control;

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PLAY
REC
PTZ
PREV
A
SHIFT
3. Select or ×to enable or disable.
1. Local playback;
2. [AUTO] in PTZ control.
1. Manual record;
2. [SHOT] in PTZ control (adjust preset).
1. Enter PTZ control mode;
2. [IRIS-] in PTZ control.
1. Multi- screen preview;
2. Switch the menu to preview mode;
3. [FOCUS-] in PTZ control.
1. Input (number, lower case, upper case and symbol)
switch;
2. [FOCUS+]in PTZ control;
3. In preview mode, display or hide the channel status
bar.
Switch between numeric keys and function keys
4
Control
Keys
Direction
Keys
ENTER
Composed of [], [], [] and [].
1. Menu mode, use[]/[] and []/[] to move;
2. PTZ direction control;
3. Playback speed control.
1. Menu confirmation;
2. Select or ×to enable or disable;
3. Pause playback.
5
Physical
interface
physical interface for USB
6
IR
receiver
Received IR signal from IR remote control
3.2IR Remote Control

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Fig. 3.2 IR remote control
Form 3-2 Instruction of IR
Index
Name
Description
1
POWER
Turn off device.
2
DEV
Enable IR remote control
3
Numeric Keys
Same as numeric keys of front panel.
4
EDIT
Same as EDIT key of front panel.
5
A
Same as Akey of front panel.
6
REC
Same as REC key of front panel.
7
PLAY
Same as PLAY key of front panel.
8
INFO
Reserved
9
VOIP
Reserved
10
MENU
Same as MENU key of front panel.
11
PREV
Same as PREV key of front panel.
12
Direction Keys
ENTER
Same as direction keys and enter key
of front panel.
13
PTZ
Same PTZ key of front panel.
14
ESC
Same as ESC key of front panel.

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Reserved
16
F1
Light
17
Lens control
IRIS, FOCUS ZOOM for lens
control.(“ZOOM+” is also used to
switch spot output mode)
18
F2
reserved
Placing the batteries into the IR control
1. Open the battery cover.
2. Insert the battery. Please make sure that the poles (+ and -) are correctly placed.
3. Fold the battery cover.
Start to use IR control
Switch the device power on, wait without any operations until preview screen appears, then
you can use IR control managing DVR, and the default ID of device is “255”, which can be
changed in “Display” menu.
If the default device ID has been changed, please press [Power] & [DEV] key of IR control,
input the present device ID and then press [ENTER] key. Then you can use IR control to operate
this DVR.
Note: When you use IR remote control to control a device which has a device ID 255, the
corresponding STATUS light is off, but you still can control it.
Stop using IR control
When IR control status is on, press [DEV] key again, then the IR control cannot control this
DVR.
Switch the DVR off
When IR control is working, please press [POWER] key for several seconds, the power-off
prompt will pop-up, confirm it and shut down the power manually.
When IR control cannot work normally
Check batteries poles.
Check the remaining charge in the batteries.
Check IR control sensor is masked.
Please change another IR control and try again. If the problem still exists, please contact
administrator.
3.3 Menu Description
3.3.1 Menu Items
Form 3-3 First Glance at menu

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Menu Name
Function
Menu Name
Function
Display
Device ID
Require password
Screen saver
Video standard
Enable scaler
Brightness
Menu transparency
VGA resolution
Date/Time
Preview
Camera
Select camera
Name
Color
Date OSD
Motion Det. Level
Advanced Settings
Copy to camera
Recording
If HD Full
Select camera
Stream type
Resolution
Frame rate
Bit rate
Enable Rec
PreRec time
PostRec time
Copy to camera
Network
IP
Port
Mask
Gateway
Http Port
Advanced Settings
PPPoE
Alarms
Select Alarm in
Alarm type
Alarm Handling & policy &
PTZ linkage
Copy to alarm in
Alarm out & time
Copy to alarm out
Exceptions
PTZ
Select Camera
Baud Rate & Data Bits
Stop Bits & Parity
Flow ctrl & Protocol
PTZ Addr. & Preset
Sequence No. & Cruise
Copy to Camera
User
Add/Delete
Password/Verify
Default Privileges
Set Privileges
Utilities
RS232
Default parameters
Firmware
Hard Disk
Alarm output
Reboot
Power off
View log
System information
3.3.2 Menu Operation
How to enter the menu mode
Press [MENU] key to enter the DVR main menu.

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Press [PLAY] short key to enter the playback menu.
Press [REC] short key to enter the manual record menu.
Press [PTZ] short key to enter the PTZ control interface.
Notes: You must input user name and password. The default user name is “admin” and
password is “12345”.
Main Menu Description
The main menu interface is shown as Fig.3.3 below:
Fig. 3.3 Main menu
There is one small frame named “Active Frame”. It can be moved from one item to another by
using direction keys ([↑] [↓]). When the “Active Frame” is located on one icon, you can press
[ENTER] key to enter the sub menu. For example, move the “Active Frame” to “Camera” icon,
press [ENTER] to enter the sub menu as follows Fig.3.4 below:

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Fig. 3.4 Camera input adjustment
Each menu contains different kinds of items. There is a small rectangular frame named
“Active Frame” which is pointing to the selected item. This “Active Frame” can be moved by
direction keys ([↑] [↓][←][→]). There are several kinds of menu items as follows:
1. Check Box: Provides two options, “” means enable and “×” means disable. You can
use [ENTER] or [EDIT] key to switch over.
2. List Box: Provide more than 2 options. Only one of them can be selected. After
pressing [EDIT] you can use [↑] and [↓] to select one option. For example, on the right
side of “Select Camera”, there is a list box for you to select one camera.
3. Edit Box: This is for you to input characters. Press [EDIT] key to enter the edit status,
you can input text there:
a) Press [A] key to select number, upper case, lower case or symbols;
b) Use [→] and [←] keys to move cursor;
c) Use [EDIT] key to delete the character in front of cursor;
d) Press [ENTER] to save & [ESC] to exit without saving.
4. Button: Trigger a special function or enter the next sub-menu. For example, press
“Policy” button to enter the sub-menu. Press [Confirm] to save parameters and return to
main menu. Press [Cancel] button to cancel and return to main menu. The button in
grey means it can be operated only after being enabled.
How to exit menu
Press [PREV] key to exit menu and return to preview mode. Also you can press [ESC] key to
exit sub-menu as well as main menu.
3.4Input text
In the menu interface, if in edit status (for example, in the “camera name” edit box), at the
bottom of screen, the input status is appeared as follow:
Here it means you can press numeric keys to input digital number.
Press [A] key to change input ways. You can select “number”, “Uppercase”, “Lowercase” or
“Symbol”.
Uppercase
Lowercase
Symbol
There are 24 symbols in all. They are divided into 4 pages, and you can press [SHIFT] and then
use [0] key to turn over pages.

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Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide
4.1Power on
Note: Please make sure that the power supply matches DVR and DC adapter is
connected correctly. Before switching DVR on, please connect one monitor through VOUT
or VGA interface. Otherwise, you cannot see graphic user interface and operate.
If [POWER] lamp is off, please do as follows:
Step1: Connect power supply correctly;
Step2: Switch on the power button on the rear panel.
When DVR is started, [POWER] lamp is green. If the HDD is not installed or detected, the
information “No Disk A ×” will be seen in the lower right corner of the preview screen.
4.2Preview
DVR will enter the preview mode after started.
On preview screen, you can see date, time, and camera icon.
Set system date and time in “Camera” → “Date OSD” menu; Change camera name in
“Camera” menu, please refer to 5.5
On the screen, you will see record and alarm status of each camera. Shown as Fig. below,
these two kinds of status will alternate automatically.
Press [A] key to display or hide the camera status bar.
Fig. 4.1 Recording Status

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Form 4-1 Camera record status
Icon
Icon Color
Status Description
White
No video signal
Yellow
Video input
Pink
Manual recording
Green
Continuous recording
Blue
Motion detect recording
Red
External alarm recording
Fig. 4.2 Alarm status
Form 4.2 Camera alarm status
Icon
Icon Color
Status Description
White
Video signal loss
Yellow
View tampering alarm
Pink
Motion & External alarm

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Green
No alarm
Blue
Motion alarm
Red
External alarm
Press numeric keys to switch individual camera preview in SHIFT mode. For example, you
can press [2] key to preview 2nd camera.
Press [EDIT] key to manual cycle preview. You also can set the auto preview mode in
“Preview” menu, referring to 5.11.
Press [PREV] key to switch multi-screens preview.
4.3Video spot output
Make sure that the numeric button is in “function” mode (the status lamp is off), Press [shift]
button to switch numeric button between “numeric” mode and “function” mode.
Step1: Connect Video out 2 with monitor by a cable.
Step2: Press [3] to enter the spot out mode.
Step3: Press [shift] to enter the numeric mode
Step4: Press [1] to [4] button to switch video spot output from channel 1 to channel 4
Note: make sure that there is video signal input; otherwise spot out will be only shown as
blue screen.
4.4User name and password
Note: When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default administrator
named “admin”, and password is “12345”. The administrator’s name cannot be modified,
while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and define their
operating rights.
Login
Login dialog as shown Fig.4.3 below

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Fig. 4.3 Login dialog
Use []/[] keys to select one user, press[]key to enter “Password” edit box, input
corresponding password, press[ENTER]key to exit edit box. The “Active Frame” will move to
“Confirm” button. Press [ENTER] key and enter main menu. If there is buzzing alarm, it means
the user name and password are not matched. After three times errors, DVR will enter the preview
mode.
Modify password
For those users created by admin, they can modify their passwords as follows:
Step1: Enter main menu
Press [MENU] key, in the login dialog, select your user name, input the correct password,
you can enter the main menu. As shown in Fig.4.4 and Fig.4.5 below.
Fig. 4.4 Input passwords

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Fig. 4.5 Main menu
Step 2: Select the target user name by using [↑]/[↓], then move the “Active Frame” to
“Password” icon by using[]/[]keys. As shown in Fig.4.6 below.
Fig. 4.6 Modify user’s password
Step 3: Input new password
Use numeric keys to input new password. The password can be null. It also can be 16
numerals. Press [ENTER] to exit edit box, and move to “Verify” item to verify password.
Note: In edit box, use []/[]to move cursor and[EDIT]key to delete the numeral in
front of the cursor.
Step 4: Modify password successfully
Move the “Active Frame” to “Confirm” button, press [ENTER] key. If the password is
modified successfully, you will turn to the main menu. Or an error dialog will pop up. You can
repeat step 3 to modify again.

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4.5 PTZ Control
Note: The user must have the “PTZ control” right.
PTZ control interface
In menu mode, press [PTZ] key, you can enter the PTZ control interface directly.
In preview mode, press [PTZ] key, in the login dialog, select one user name and input the
correct password, you can enter PTZ control interface. As shown in Fig. 4.7 below.
Fig. 4.7 PTZ Control interface
The position where current camera name displays can be user-defined.
Select channel
In PTZ control mode, you can press numeric keys under SHIFT mode to select channel. For
example, you can press [2] key to select the 2nd camera PTZ.
After you select the camera PTZ, you can use the control keys to control PTZ.
Description of PTZ control keys in IR remote control
Direction control keys: [↑], [↓], [←], [→];
ZOOM control keys: [ZOOM+], [ZOOM-];
FOCUS control keys: [FOCUS+], [FOCUS-];
IRIS control keys: [IRIS+], [IRIS-];
Adjust preset keys: [REC];
Auto control key: [PLAY];
Wiper control key: [MENU/WIPER];
Light control key: [F1].
Adjust preset description
In PTZ control mode, press [REC] key, and press the preset number (three numeric keys),