HIK VISION DS-9000-ST User manual

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DS-9000-ST Series Hybrid DVR
DS-9600-ST/RT/XT Series NVR
DS-7700NI-SP Series NVR
USER’S MANUAL
Version 3.3

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Hikvision® Network Digital Video Recorder User’s Manual
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Regulatory information
FCC information
FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for 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.
FCC conditions
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
EU Conformity Statement
This product and - if applicable - the supplied accessories too are marked with "CE" and comply therefore with the
applicable harmonized European standards listed under the Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC, the EMC Directive
2004/108/EC, the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.
2012/19/EU (WEEE directive): Products marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste
in the European Union. For proper recycling, return this product to your local supplier upon the purchase of equivalent
new equipment, or dispose of it at designated collection points. For more information see: www.recyclethis.info.
2006/66/EC (battery directive): This product contains a battery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal
waste in the European Union. See the product documentation for specific battery information. The battery is marked
with this symbol, which may include lettering to indicate cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), or mercury (Hg). For proper
recycling, return the battery to your supplier or to a designated collection point. For more information see:
www.recyclethis.info.
Industry Canada ICES-003 Compliance
This device meets the CAN ICES-3 (A)/NMB-3(A) standards requirements.

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Preventive and Cautionary Tips
Before connecting and operating your DVR, please be advised of the following tips:
• Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment.
• Unit is designed for indoor use only.
• Keep all liquids away from the DVR.
• Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications.
• Ensure unit is properly secured to a rack or shelf. Major shocks or jolts to the unit as a result of dropping it may
cause damage to the sensitive electronics within the unit.
• Use the DVR in conjunction with an UPS if possible.
• Power down the unit before connecting and disconnecting accessories and peripherals.
• A factory recommended HDD should be used for this device.
• Improper use or replacement of the battery may result in hazard of explosion. Replace with the same or equivalent
type only. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions provided by the battery manufacturer.

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CONTENTS
C H A P T E R 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................9
Overview..................................................................................................................................................9
Product Features..............................................................................................................................10
Rear Panel.........................................................................................................................................12
Product Application Diagram..........................................................................................................17
Operating Your DVR............................................................................................................................18
Using the Front Panel Controls......................................................................................................18
Using a USB Mouse.........................................................................................................................23
Using the Soft Keyboard.................................................................................................................23
C H A P T E R 2 Activating Your DVR...............................................................................................25
C H A P T E R 3 Getting Started.........................................................................................................44
Starting and Shutting Down Your DVR.............................................................................................44
Startup Your DVR.............................................................................................................................44
Shutdown Your DVR........................................................................................................................44
Rebooting Your DVR.......................................................................................................................45
Locking Your DVR............................................................................................................................45
Setting Date and Time.........................................................................................................................46
Checking the Status of Your DVR.....................................................................................................47
C H A P T E R 4 Live Feed....................................................................................................................52
Watching a Live Feed..........................................................................................................................52
Understanding Live Feed Icons.....................................................................................................52
Operating the Live Feed..................................................................................................................53
Using Display Menu.............................................................................................................................59
Configuring Live Feed Displays.........................................................................................................62
Setting Camera Order .........................................................................................................................64
Channel-Zero Encoding......................................................................................................................65
C H A P T E R 5 Record Settings........................................................................................................68
Configuring Settings for Recording....................................................................................................68
Configuring Recording Settings.....................................................................................................68
Configuring Record Schedule ........................................................................................................70
Configuring Holiday Settings..............................................................................................................75
Configuring Settings for Capturing ....................................................................................................76
Configuring Capture Quality Settings............................................................................................76
Configuring Capture Schedule.......................................................................................................76
C H A P T E R 6 Playback.....................................................................................................................78

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Playing Back a Recording...................................................................................................................78
Understanding the Playback Interface..........................................................................................78
Searching for Recorded Files.........................................................................................................79
Playing Back Recorded Files..........................................................................................................80
Playing Back Multiple Channels.....................................................................................................81
Smart Playback.....................................................................................................................................82
Smart search.....................................................................................................................................83
Playing Back Pictures..........................................................................................................................83
Playing Back Tags ...............................................................................................................................84
Playing Back POS events...................................................................................................................86
C H A P T E R 7 Backup........................................................................................................................88
Backing up Video Clips .......................................................................................................................88
Selecting Video Clips.......................................................................................................................88
Backing up Video Clips ...................................................................................................................89
Backing up Recorded Files.................................................................................................................92
C H A P T E R 8 System Configuration.............................................................................................94
Configuring Network Settings.............................................................................................................94
Configuring General Settings.........................................................................................................94
Configuring DDNS............................................................................................................................95
Configuring SNMP ...........................................................................................................................96
Configuring UPnP.............................................................................................................................97
Configuring More Settings ..............................................................................................................97
Managing User Accounts....................................................................................................................99
Changing Password.........................................................................................................................99
Adding a New Remote/Local User ..............................................................................................100
Changing the permission of User ................................................................................................101
Deleting a User...............................................................................................................................103
Editing a User .................................................................................................................................103
Switch User.....................................................................................................................................103
Resetting Password...........................................................................................................................105
Reference: Password Strength Requirements..............................................................................111
Configuring PTZ Cameras................................................................................................................115
Configuring Basic PTZ Settings...................................................................................................115
Customizing PTZ Presets, Patterns and Patrols.......................................................................116
Configuring Alarms and Exceptions................................................................................................118
Setting up Motion Detection..........................................................................................................118

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Configuring Alarm Inputs...............................................................................................................121
Configuring Alarm Outputs............................................................................................................122
Configuring Exceptions .................................................................................................................123
Configuring E-mail Settings..............................................................................................................125
Configuring Hot Spare Settings .......................................................................................................126
To setup hot spare settings:.............................................................................................................126
Configuring POS (Point of Sale) Settings.......................................................................................127
C H A P T E R 9 Camera Management.................................................................................135
Configuring Cameras.........................................................................................................................135
Adding and Removing IP Cameras.............................................................................................135
Adding and Removing Analog Cameras ....................................................................................139
IP cameras List Import and Export..............................................................................................140
PoE Information..............................................................................................................................141
Configuring Privacy Mask.................................................................................................................142
Configuring Tamper-proof.................................................................................................................142
Configuring Video Loss.....................................................................................................................144
Configuring OSD Settings.................................................................................................................144
Configuring Video Quality Diagnosis...............................................................................................145
Configuring VCA.................................................................................................................................146
C H A P T E R 10 RAID Configuration.............................................................................................148
Configuring Array and Virtual Disk..................................................................................................148
One-touch Configuration...............................................................................................................148
Manually Creating Array and Virtual Disk...................................................................................149
Rebuilding Array.................................................................................................................................152
Automatically Rebuilding Array....................................................................................................153
Manually Rebuilding Array............................................................................................................153
Repairing Virtual Disk........................................................................................................................154
Deleting Array / Vitual Disk...............................................................................................................155
Deleting the Virtual Disk................................................................................................................155
Deleting the Array...........................................................................................................................155
Migrating and Expanding..................................................................................................................156
Upgrading Firmware..........................................................................................................................158
C H A P T E R 11 Disk Management................................................................................................160
Managing Disks..................................................................................................................................160
Checking Disk Status.....................................................................................................................160
Setting Network HDD.........................................................................................................................160

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Formatting Disk...................................................................................................................................162
Enabling HDD Overwrite...............................................................................................................162
Enabling HDD Sleeping mode......................................................................................................163
Enabling eSATA Auto Archive......................................................................................................163
Managing eSATA...............................................................................................................................163
Configuring Quota Mode...................................................................................................................164
Managing HDD Group.......................................................................................................................164
Disk Clone...........................................................................................................................................166
HDD Detect.........................................................................................................................................167
S.M.A.R.T............................................................................................................................................167
Bad Sector Detection.........................................................................................................................167
Managing Files ...................................................................................................................................169
Searching for Recorded Files.......................................................................................................169
Searching for Event Files..............................................................................................................170
Searching for Captured Picture....................................................................................................171
Searching for POS event files......................................................................................................172
Locking and Unlocking Recorded Files ..........................................................................................176
C H A P T E R 1 2 DVR Management...............................................................................................177
Managing System...............................................................................................................................177
Upgrading the System Firmware.................................................................................................177
Restoring Default Settings............................................................................................................178
Exporting & Importing Configuration...............................................................................................180
Viewing System Logs........................................................................................................................181
Network detection...............................................................................................................................183

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C H A P T E R 1
Introduction
Overview
Thank you for your purchase of DS-7700NI-SP/9000/9600 Series Hybrid Digital Video Recorder
(HDVR)/NVR. To get detailed information about the HDVR/NVR, please read through the
Installation’s Manual and this User’s Manual thoroughly.
The DS-7700NI-SP/9000/9600 series HDVR/NVR is a new generation product developed by
HIKVISION. Built on an embedded platform and combining the latest advanced H.264 video
encoding and decoding technologies, the DS-7700NI-SP/9000/9600 series HDVR/NVR contains
the perfect combination of rock-solid reliability and high performance.
Figure 1 DS-9000/9600 Series HDVR/NVR
Figure 2 DS-9600NI-XT NVR
Figure 3 DS-7700NI-SP Series NVR

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Product Features
Compression
Connecting the network cameras, network dome and DVS.
H.264 video compression with high reliability and superior definition.
Each channel supports dual-stream.
Up to 64 network cameras can be added.
Independent configuration for each channel, including resolution, frame rate, bit rate, image
quality, etc.
The video input/output quality is configurable.
Each channel supports two kinds of compression parameters, the continuous and event,
which can be configured locally and remotely.
Encoding for both audio/video composite stream and video stream; audio and video
synchronization during composite stream encoding.
Support watermark.
Local Monitoring
Simultaneous HDMI, VGA and CVBS outputs.
HDMI output and VGA output at up to 1920*1080P resolution.
1/4/6/8/9/16 –division live view is supported, and the display sequence of screens is
adjustable.
Live view screen can be switched in group, and manual switch and automatic cycle live
view is also provided, the interval of automatic cycle can be adjusted.
The selected live view channel can be shielded.
Motion detection, tamper-proof, video exception alert and video loss alert functions.
Manual video quality detection and handling.
Privacy mask.
Several PTZ protocols supported; PTZ preset, patrol and pattern.
Zooming in by clicking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging mouse.
HDD Management
Up to 16 disks (8 SATA hard disks and 8 network disks) and 1 eSATA disk can be
connected.
Each SATA hard disks and network disks with a maximum of 4 TB storage capacity and
eSATA with less than 2 TB capacity.
Support eSATA disk for recording or backup.
HDD group management.
HDD quota management; different capacity can be assigned to different channel.
Support S.M.A.R.T and bad sector detection.
Recording, Capture and playback
Holiday recording schedule configuration.
Continues and event video encoding parameters.
8 recording periods with separated recording types configurable.
Pre-record and post-record for alarm, motion detection for recording, and pre-record time
for schedule.
Searching record files and captured pictures by events (alarm input/motion detection).