HIK VISION DS-9600-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).

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Customization tags, searching and playing back by tags.
Locking and unlocking record files.
Searching and playing back record files by channel number, recording type, start time, end
time, etc.
Smart search for the motion event when playing back.
Zooming in when playback.
Reverse playback for multi-channel.
Supports pause, speed up, speed down, skip forward, and skip backward when playback,
locating by dragging the mouse.
Up to 16-ch synchronous playback.
Smart playback feature.
Continuous capture of video images and playback of captured pictures.
Support select main stream, sub stream or transcoded stream as recording stream.
(transcoded stream only for NVR )
Backup
Export video data by USB, or eSATA device.
Export video clips when playback.
Management and maintenance of backup devices.
Automatic backup by eSATA devices.
Disk clone by eSATA devices.
Alarm and Exception
Alarm for Video loss, Motion detection, Tampering, HDD Full, HDD Error, Network
Disconnected, IP Conflicted, Illegal Login, Video Signal Exception, Input/Output Video
Standard Mismatch, Recording/Capture Exception, etc.
Alarm triggers full screen monitoring, audible warming, notifying surveillance center,
sending email and alarm output.
Automatic restore when system is abnormal.
Support push alarm notification
Other Local Functions
Users can operate device by front panel, mouse, remote control, and control keyboard.
Three-level user management; admin user can create many operating accounts and define
their operating permissions, which includes the limit to access any channel.
Operation, alarm exceptions and information log recording and searching.
Import and export device configuration information.
Network
2 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interfaces(1 network interface for DS-7700NI-
SP ), and various working mode is configurable: multi-address, load balance, network fault
tolerance, etc.
IPv6 is supported.
TCP/IP protocol, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, SMTP, SNMP, UPnP, NFS, and iSCSI
are supported.
TCP, UDP and RTP for unicast.
Auto/manual port mapping and automatically discovered by UPnPTM.

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Remote web browser access by HTTPS ensures high security.
Remote search, playback, download, locking and unlocking the record files, and
downloading files broken transfer resume.
Remote parameters setup; remote import/export of device parameters.
Remote viewing of the device status, system logs and alarm status.
Remote keyboard operation.
Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse.
Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading.
Remote system restart and shutdown.
Alarm and exception information can be sent to the remote host.
Remotely start/stop recording.
Remotely start/stop alarm output.
Upgrade by remote FTP server is supported.
Remote PTZ control.
Remote JPEG capture.
Two-way voice talk and voice broadcasting.
Embedded WEB server.
Support N+1 hot spare function (NVR and H-DVR support this function).
Support ANR(Automatic Network Replenishment) technology
Support Virtual Host function.
Development Support
SDK for Windows and Linux system.
Source code of application software for demo.
Development support and training for application system.
Rear Panel
Figure 4 DS-9100/9000HFI-ST

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Figure 5 DS-9000HWI-ST & DS-9000HFI-RT

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No.
Item
Description
1
VIDEO IN
BNC connector for analog video input.
2
LOOP OUT
BNC connectors for video loop output.
3
VIDEO SPOT OUT
BNC connectors for video output.
4
VIDEO OUT
BNC connector for video output.
1. When both HDMI and VGA are connected, it is used
for live view only;
2. When either HDMI or VGA is connected, it is used
as the spot video output for live view, playback,
recording and PTZ controls;
3. When neither HDMI nor VGA is connected, it is used
as the main video output for live view and menu
operations.
5
AUDIO OUT
RCA connector for audio output.
6
LINE IN
RCA connector for voice talk.
7
AUDIO IN
RCA connector for audio input. (Audio 1-4)
8
AUDIO IN
DB26 connector for audio input. (Audio 5-16)
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RS-232 Interface
Connector for RS-232 devices.
10
VGA
DB9 connector for VGA output. Display local video
output and menu.
11
HDMI
HDMI video output connector.
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eSATA
Connects external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RM.
13
LAN Interface
Connector for LAN (Local Area Network).
14
Termination Switch
RS-485 termination switch.
Up position is not terminated.
Down position is terminated with 120Ω resistance.
15
RS-485 Interface
Connector for RS-485 devices. T+ and T- pin connects
to R+ and R- pin of PTZ receiver respectively.
Controller Port
D+, D- pin connects to Ta, Tb pin of controller. For
cascading devices, the first device’s D+, D- pin should
be connected with the D+, D- pin of the next device.
ALARM IN
Connector for alarm input.
ALARM OUT
Connector for alarm output.
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GROUND
Ground (needs to be connected when device starts
up).
17
AC 100V~240V
AC 100V~240V power supply.
18
POWER
Switch for turning on/off the device.
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USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices
such as USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

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Figure 6 DS-9600NI-ST/RT
Figure 7 DS-9600NI-XT
Figure 8 DS-7700NI-SP

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No.
Item
Description
1
VIDEO OUT
BNC connector for video output.
2
AUDIO OUT
RCA connector for CVBS and VGA audio output.
3
LINE IN
RCA connector for audio output.
4
RS-232 Interface
Connector for RS-232 devices.
5
VGA
DB9 connector for VGA output. Display local video
output and menu.
6
HDMI
HDMI video output connector.
7
eSATA
Connects external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RM.
8
LAN Interface
Connector for LAN (Local Area Network).
9
Termination Switch
RS-485 termination switch.
Up position is not terminated.
Down position is terminated with 120Ω resistance.
10
RS-485 Interface
Connector for RS-485 devices. T+ and T- pin connects
to R+ and R- pin of PTZ receiver respectively.
Controller Port
D+, D- pin connects to Ta, Tb pin of controller. For
cascading devices, the first device’s D+, D- pin should
be connected with the D+, D- pin of the next device.
ALARM IN
Connector for alarm input.
ALARM OUT
Connector for alarm output.
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GROUND
Ground (needs to be connected when device starts
up).
12
AC 100V~240V
AC 100V~240V power supply.
13
POWER
Switch for turning on/off the device.
14
USB interface
Universal Serial Bus(USB) ports for additional devices
such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive(HDD).
15
Network Interfaces with
POE function
Network interface for the cameras and to provide
power over Ethernet.( DS-7700NI-SP POE NVR only)

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Product Application Diagram
Figure 9 Product Application Diagram
Note:
DS-9600NI-ST/ DS-9600NI-RT/DS-9600NI-XT/DS-7700NI-SP can only connect network
cameras.

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Operating Your DVR
There are numerous ways to navigate and operate your DVR. You may use the Front Panel
Controls, the included IR (Infrared) Remote, a Mouse and the Soft Keyboard.
Using the Front Panel Controls
Your DVR/NVR comes with built-in front panel controls, as shown in the following figure:
Figure 10 9000/9600 HDVR/NVR Front Panel Controls
Figure 11 DS-9600NI-XT Front Panel Controls
The controls on the front panel include:
1. Status Indicators:
•Alarm: Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected.
•Ready: Ready indicator turns blue when DVR is functioning properly.
•Status: Status indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote.
Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and
keyboard is used at the same time.
•HDD: HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
•Modem: Reserved
•TX/RX: TX/RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly.

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•Guard: Guard indicator turns blue when the device is armed, off when the device is
unarmed. The arm/disarm state can be initiated by pressing and holding on the ESC
button for more than 3 seconds in Preview mode.
2. IR Receiver: Your DVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in
2. Batteries (2 x AAA) must be installed before operation.
3. Front Panel Lock: You can lock or unlock the panel by the key.
4. DVD-ROM: Slot for DVR-ROM.
5. Alphanumeric Buttons: Alphanumeric buttons used in various menus of the DVR. Some
uses include:
•Switching to the corresponding channel in Preview or PTZ Control mode.
•Inputting numbers and characters in Edit mode.
•Switching between different channels in Playback mode.
6. USB Ports: Connects USB mouse or USE flash memory devices.
7. Control Buttons:
•ESC Button: The ESC button is used to escape to the previous menu and to
arm/disarm the DVR in Preview mode.
•REC/SHOT Button: The REC/SHOT button is used to enter the Quick Schedule
Recording interface. If used when controlling a PTZ, pressing the REC/SHOT button
and then a Numeric button will call a PTZ preset.
•PLAY/AUTO Button: The PLAY/AUTO button is used to enter the Playback menu. It
is also used to turn audio on/off in the Playback menu and auto scan in the PTZ
Control menu.
•ZOOM+ Button: The ZOOM+ button is used to zoom the PTZ camera in when in the
PTZ Control menu.
•A/FOCUS+ Button: The A/FOCUS+ button is used to adjust focus in the PTZ
Control menu. It is also used to switch between input methods (upper and lowercase
alphabet, symbols and numeric input). It can also be used to clear entire masked
areas, such as in the Motion Detection and Privacy Mask menus.
•EDIT/IRIS+ Button: The EDIT/IRIS+ button is used to edit text fields. When editing
text fields, it will also function as a Backspace button to delete the character in front
of the cursor. On checkbox fields, pressing the EDIT/IRIS+ button will tick the
checkbox. In PTZ Control mode, the EDIT/IRIS+ button opens up the iris of the
camera. In Playback mode, it can be used to generate video clips for backup.
•MENU/WIPER Button: Pressing the MENU/WIPER button will return the user to the
Main menu (after successful login). Pressing and holding the button for 5 seconds
will turn off audible key beep. The MENU/WIPER button will also bring up Sensitivity
Interface settings. In PTZ Control mode, the MENU/WIPER button will start wiper (if
applicable).
•F1/LIGHT Button: The F1/LIGHT button when used in a list field will select all items
on the list. In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/off PTZ light.
•F2/AUX Button: The F2/AUX button is used to cycle through tab pages. It will also
bring up the Channel & OSD Position settings.
•MAIN/SPOT/ZOOM- Button: The MAIN/SPOT/ZOOM- button is used to switch to
the control of spot output. In PTZ Control mode, it can be used to zoom the camera
out.

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•PREV/FOCUS- Button: The PREV/FOCUS- button is used to switch between single
screen and multi-screen mode. In PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the focus in
conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button. It can also be used to select entire masked
areas, such as in Motion Detection and Privacy Mask menus.
8. Direction/Enter Buttons:
•Direction Buttons: The Direction buttons are used to navigate between different
fields and items in menus. In playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to
fast-forward and rewind recorded video. The left and Right button will select the next
and previous day of or pause the video. In Single Play mode, pressing the Enter
button will advance the video by a single frame.
•Enter Button: The Enter button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu
modes. It can be used to tick checkbox fields. In Playback mode, it can be used to
play or pause the video. In Single Play mode, pressing the Enter button will advance
the video by a single frame.
9. Jog Shuttle Control: The Jog Shuttle control can be used to move the active selection in a
menu. In the playback mode, the outer ring is used to speed up/slow down the video. The
inner ring can be used to jump 30 seconds forward/backward in a video. In Preview mode, it
can be used to cycle through different channels.
10. Power Button: Powers DVR on/off.
Figure 12 7700 NVR Front Panel Controls
The controls on the front panel include:
1. Status Indicators:
•Alarm: Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected.
•Ready: Ready indicator turns blue when DVR is functioning properly.
•Status: Status indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote.
Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and
keyboard is used at the same time.
•HDD: HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
•Modem: Reserved
•TX/RX: TX/RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly.
2. DVD-ROM: Slot for DVR-ROM.
3. Direction/Enter Buttons:
•Direction Buttons: The Direction buttons are used to navigate between different
fields and items in menus. In playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to