Identivision ICR-PH161i PIONEER User manual

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ICR-PH161i PIONEER DVR
User's Manual
Summary:
Thank you for purchasing our product with Intelligent analysis, which makes it with feature
of advanced, applicability, easiness for use, expansibility, etc.
Main Features:
IVS(Intelligent video analysis system)
D1 Real time recording speed (FULL D1 400 fps )
Informatization and Mobile

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Part One: Basic Operation
1. Basic installation
1.1 HDD installation
Please install the Hard disk before the first time to use this product.
Please connect power cable and data cable of HDD correctly, our product can support 2 HDD
( available to order 4 or 8 HDD) , how many HDD can support is depends on which kind of product
that buyer purchase.(Remark: the device can run normally without HDD, but can not do record and
playback)
1.2 Mouse connection
There is oneor two USBportatback panel（one of them is the same port as what on front panel）
and one USB at front panel, both can be used for mouse, flash disk, WIFI or 3Gmodule, etc.
2. Startup
Connectwith power, turn on theswitch at the back panel, theindicatoris on, then DVR was turned
on. After starting up, you can hear a beep, the default output mode is multi-window mode. Remark:
Restart the power after the abnormal power off, DVR will automatically recover the state before
power off.
3. Turn off
There are two methods to turn off the DVR which are soft switch and hard switch.
Soft switch: Entering [Mainmenu] and choosing [Logout] in the [turn off the system] option is called
soft switch. Pressing the power supply switch is called hard switch.
Note: The setting information must be saved before replacing the battery otherwise information will
lose.
4. Login

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When the DVR boots up, user must login and the system provides the corresponding functions
with the user purview. There are two user settings which are admin, and guest; and they have no
passwords. “Admin” is the super user purview; “Guest” is the user for preview and playback. User
can modify the password of Admin and Guest, but can not modify the authority of them.
Pic 1 : Login
Password protection: If the password is continuous wrong three times, the alarm will start. If the
password is continuous wrong five times, the account will be locked. (Through reboot or after half an
hour, the account will be unlocked automatically). For safety sake, please revise user name and
password in time.
5. Preview
Login normally and choose the multi-menu previewstatus.
The system date, time and channel title are shown in each viewing window. The surveillance video
and the alarm status are shown in each window.
recording video lost
motion detect locked channel
Chart 1 icon on previewwindow
6. Recording Config
Set the recording parameters in the surveillance channel. You can enter [Main Menu]> [Record]>

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[Record Config] to set. The system’s default set is 24 hours continuous recording.
Note: There is at least one read-write hard disk if the DVR records normally.(refer to chapter 4.5.1
HARD DISK Manage)
Pic 2 Recording Config
【Channel】 Choose the corresponding channel number to set the channel. Choose the
“all” option to set the entire channels.
【Redundancy】Choose the recording file and backup in two hard disks. The one is
read-write disk, another is redundant disk.
【Length】Set the time length of each video file. 60minutes is default length.
【Prerecord】Record 1-30 seconds before the action. (file length is decided by the
stream)
【Record Mode】Set video state: Schedule, manual and stop.
Schedule: Record according to the set video type (regular, detect and alarm)and time
section.
Manual: Click the “all” button and make the corresponding channel recording no matter
it is in any state.

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Stop: Click the “stop” button and make the according channel stop recording no matter
it is in any state.
【Period】 Set the time section of common recording, The recording will start only in the
set range.
【Recording Type】Set recording type: regular, detect or alarm.
regular： Perform the regular recording in the set time section. The video file type is “R”.
detect：Trigger the “motion detect”, “video blind” or “video loss” signal. When above
alarm is set as opening recording, the “detection recording” state is on. The video file
type is “M”.
alarm：Trigger the external alarm signal in the set time section. When above alarm is
set as opening recording, the “detection recording” state is on. The video file type is “A”.
7. Snapshotstorage (Partial modelsupport)
Base on settings to save the monitor image
Parameter setting:【Main menu】>【Record】>【Snapshot】to do related setting, see
pic 3, the function is closed in default.
Note: If normal snapshot storage, please set Snap at 【Main Menu】->【Advanced】
->【HDD Manage】->【Snapshot】(please refer to chapter 4.5.1 HDD Manage)

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Pic 3 Snapshot
Please refer to “6 record settings”.
8. Playback
There are two methods for you to play the video files in the hard disk.
1. In the desktop shortcut menu.
2. Main Menu>Record>Playback.
Enter the playback interface, you can playback video of multi-channels at the same
time.
Note: The hard disk that saves the video files must be set as read-write or read-only
state. (refers to 4.5.1 HARD DISK management)

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Pic 4: Playback
1. back up options 2.file info 3. file searching
4．File backup
5.operation hint 6.playcontrol key
【File option】Choose the file to playback/backup.
【File information】Start time, end time and size.
Note: The storage must be large enough before the file backup.
【File searching】Search the file according to the searching parameter.
【File Backup】Backup files from HDD
【operation hint】Display the function of the cursor place.

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【playback control】Refer to the following sheet for more information.
Chart 2 Playback control key
Note：Frame by frame playback is only performed in the "pause" playback state.
Special functions:
Accurate playback Input time (h/m/s) in the time column and then click playback.
Local zoom: When the system is in single-window full-screen playback mode, you can drag your
mouse in the screen toselect a section and then left click mouse to realize local zoom. You can right
click mouse to exit.
9. Network
Doing network setup through [Main Menu]>[System]>[Network]
【IP address】Set theIPaddress. Default: 192.168.1.10.
【Subnet Mask】Set the subnet mask code. Default: 255.255.255.0.
【Gateway】Set thedefaultgateway. Default: 192.168.1.1.

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Pic 5: Network setting
Make the equipment’s IP address and the router in the same network segment. For example, the
router IP address is 192.168.1.1, and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. According to the default
setup, generally the default gateway is the routerIPaddress, so enterIP address 192.168.1.10 in the
IE browser to achieve visiting LAN equipment such as operating image surveillance in the public
network remote access equipment formonitoring. Detail setup refer to “Network setup reference”.
10. Alarm
10.1Motion Detec

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Pic 6 Motion Detect
Motion detection setup. Set DVR equipment making it alarm, linkage record and make the PTZ
turn to preset position when there is a moving object in designated areas during Monday to Friday.
Step1. Choose【Main Menu】>【Alarm】>【Motion Detect】,then enter the setup interface;
Step2. Choose one channel and adjust sensitivity level, then set the time period of alarm
surveillance. Set the monitor area(click the “set” button,choose the areas you want, and the “default”
means choose all areas, then righclick to choose "up window".
Step3. When at alarm state, the DVR can take linkage measures. Alarm output, recording, tour,
PTZ activation, snapshot,show message, sending email (need to set email parameters at net
service)and buzzer (local buzzer).
Step4. Set other channels alarm parameter following step 2 and step 3.
Note: Video blind, video loss and alarm input’s setup method are similar with motion detection.
10.2 Video Analysis