Lilin dvr2 series User manual

USER MANUAL
04/08/16 CHANNELS
DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this instruction manual carefully and
completely.
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USER-INSTALLER CAUTION: YOUR AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THIS FCC VERIFIED EQUIPMENT
COULD BE VOIDED IF YOU MAKE CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE
PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.
NOTE: THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A
CLASS A DIGITAL DEVICE, PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. THESE LIMITS ARE
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE
EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES, USES,
AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS.
OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL
INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE THE USER WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE AT
HIS OWN EXPENSE.
THIS CLASS A DIGITAL APPARATUS MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANADIAN
INTERFERENCE-CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS.
WARNINGS, CAUTIONS & COPYRIGHT
WARINGS
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR
MISTURE.
DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC OBJECT THROUGH VENTILATION GRILLS.
CAUTION
Explanation of Graphical Symbols
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the
user to the presence of insinuated "dangerous voltage" within the products enclosure that may be of
sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral rhombus is intended to alert the user to the presence of
important operating and maintenance (servicing) instruction in the literature accompanying the
product.
USERS OF THE SYSTEM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING AND COMPLYING WITH ALL FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS AND STATUTES COIPCERNING THE MONITORING AND RECORDING OF
VIDEO AND AUDIO SIGNALS. ULTRAK SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF THIS
SYSTEM IN VIOLATION OF CURRENT LAWS AND STATUTES.
COPYRIGHT
THE TRADEMARKS MENTIONED IN THE MANUAL ARE LEGALLY REGISTERED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE
COMPANIES.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................5
1.1 FEATURE.......................................................................................................................5
1.2 SPECIFICATION..........................................................................................................5
2HARDWARE OVERVIEW......................................................................................................8
2.1 FRONT PANEL.............................................................................................................8
2.2 BACK PANEL..............................................................................................................10
2.3 ADVANCED AUTO SWITCH, ZOOM, PTZ, COPY KEY CONTROL & USB
INFORMATION......................................................................................................................12
2.4 EXTERALALARM.....................................................................................................12
2.5 IR REMOTE CONTROL...........................................................................................14
3SYSTEM SETUP .....................................................................................................................15
3.1 MENU SETUP INTERFACE(GUI)...........................................................................15
3.2 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU....................................................................17
3.3 CAMERASETUP........................................................................................................19
3.4 MOTION SETUP.........................................................................................................21
3.5 RECORD SETUP ........................................................................................................23
3.6 ALARM SETUP...........................................................................................................27
3.7 NETWORK SETUP ....................................................................................................27
3.8 SYSTEM SETUP .........................................................................................................30
3.9 HARD DISK SETUP...................................................................................................33
3.10 BACKUPSETUP.........................................................................................................34
4DVR PLAYBACK....................................................................................................................36
4.1 TIME SEARCH ...........................................................................................................37
4.2 EVENT SEARCH........................................................................................................38
5BACKUP PLAYBACK ...........................................................................................................39
5.1 MAIN SCREEN SETTING.........................................................................................39
5.2 CD/DVD BACKUP PLAYBACK ...............................................................................44
5.3 USB & LOCAL BACKUP FILE PLAYBACK .........................................................45
5.4 BACKUP FILE TO AVI ..............................................................................................47
6NETWORK VIEWING & PLAYBACK...............................................................................48
6.1 IP ADDRESS SETUP ON PC SITE...........................................................................48
6.2 OPTIONAL MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER SETUP..............................49
6.3 LOGIN ..........................................................................................................................52
6.4 REMOTE CONTROL.................................................................................................53
6.5 CONFIGURE...............................................................................................................58
73GPP APPLICATION & SETTING......................................................................................66
APPENDIX A: RECORDING TIME LAPSE (HOURS).............................................................68
FULL D1- 720x480...........................................................................................................................68

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HALF D1- 720x240 ..........................................................................................................................70
CIF-360x240 .....................................................................................................................................73
APPENDIX B: HDD COMPATIBLE TABLE..............................................................................76
APPENDIX C: ERROR MESSAGE LIST....................................................................................77

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1INTRODUCTION
1.1 FEATURE
H.264 video compression.
120 PPS
Recording quality/ rate adjustment per channel available.
Support CMS (Central Management System)/ 3GPP.
Audio Backup / Audio Streaming.
Graphic User Interface (GUI).
Support time-point backup function under Ethernet remote control mode. User can
select any time period to process backup from remote side.
Support time-search & event-search function under Ethernet remote control mode.
Up to four online clients for independent remote control; individual live-time, play-back
& time-search function available.
Support PPPoE/ Static/ DHCP IP & DDNS.
Real Triplex, recording/ live-time & playback operation at the same time available.
ID function supplied from IR remote controller. User can control different DVRs at the
same time by using one IR remote controller.
1.2 SPECIFICATION
VIDEO
MODEL NO. DVR204 DVR208 DVR216
MODE Triplex
LIVE-TIME RESOLUTION NTSC: 720x480
PAL: 720×576 NTSC: 720x480
PAL: 720×576 NTSC: 720x480 PAL: 720×576
LIVE-TIME DISPLAY RATE
(ANALOG MODE)/ (Frame / Sec) NTSC: 4 x 30 PAL: 4 × 25 NTSC: 4 x 30 PAL: 4 × 25 NTSC: 4 x 30 PAL: 4 × 25
SPLIT SCREEN 1, 4 1, 4, 9 1, 4, 9, 13, 16
VIDEO INPUT BNC × 4 BNC x 8 BNC x 16
VIDEO OUTPUT (BNC) BNC × 1 BNC x 2 BNC x 1
VIDEO OUTPUT (SPOT MONITOR) NO NO BNC x 1
VIDEO OUTPUT (S-VIDEO) NO 1 NO
VIDEO OUTPUT (VGA) Yes Yes Yes
AUDIO
AUDIO INPUT RCA × 1
AUDIO OUTPUT RCA × 1
AUDIO BACKUP Yes

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AUDIO STREAMING Yes
RECORDING
COMPRESSION TYPE H.264
RECORDING RESOLUTION NTSC: 720 x 480/ PAL: 720 x 576
NTSC:720 x 240/ PAL: 720 x 288
NTSC: 360 x 240/ PAL: 360 x 288
RECORDING RATE (FULL D1)
NTSC: 720 x 480
up to 30 PPS
PAL: 720 x 576 up
to 25 PPS
NTSC: 720 x 480 up to 60 PPS
PAL: 720 x 576 up to 50 PPS
RECORDING RATE (HALF D1)
NTSC: 720 x 240
up to 60 PPS
PAL: 720 x 288 up
to 50 PPS
NTSC: 720 x 240 up to 120 PPS
PAL: 720 x 288 up to 100 PPS
RECORDING RATE (CIF)
NTSC: 360 x 240
up to 120 PPS
PAL: 360 x 288 up
to 100 PPS
NTSC: 360 x 240 up to 240 PPS
PAL: 360 x 288 up to 200 PPS
RECORDING MODE Manual / Schedule / Alarm
PLAYBACK & SEARCH
PLAYBACK SPEED
Fast Forward X 2 X 4 X 8
Fast Backward X 2 X 4 X 8
field by field Playback
Pause
TIME SEARCH Yes
EVENT SEARCH Yes
EVENT LIST 3000 records per H.D.D (Maximum)
OSD & CONTROL INTERFACE
TITLE 8 Characters
ON SCREEN DISPLAY & SETUP Time / Date / Setup Menu
GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE (GUI) Yes
DVR CONTROL PANEL Yes
MOUSE Yes
IR REMOTE CONTROLLER Yes
IE BROWSER Yes
PLAYER Yes
STORAGE & BACKUP DEVICE
INTERNAL HDD SUPPORT SATA HDD x 1 SATA HDD x 2
USB PAN DRIVE BACKUP Yes
CD/ DVD RW BACKUP No

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NETWORK
ETHERNET Yes
ETHERNET COMPRESSION
FORMAT H.264
DDNS Yes
E-MAIL & FTP Yes
NETWORK IP Static/ Dynamic/ PPPoE
MULTI-REMOTE CLIENT Yes ( 4 Clients at the same time available)
PDA/ CELL PHONE SUPPORT Yes ( MPEG4 )
3GPP Yes ( MPEG4 )
ALARM
ALARM INPUT 4 In (NO/ NC)
ALARM OUTPUT 1 Out (NO/ NC)
MOTION DETECTION Yes
VIDEO LOSS DETECTION Yes
ALARM RECORDING Yes
BUZZER Yes
SETUP & OTHER FUNCTIONS
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Yes
PTZ CONTROL Yes
RS-232 No
RS-485 Yes
DIGITAL ZOOM Yes
PASSWORD CONTROL Two levels, one for system and the other for HDD format
KEY-LOCK Yes
MULTI-LANGUAGE Yes
FIRMWARE UPDATE USB Host & Update on line
OTHERS
POWER INPUT DC 12V
POWER CONSUMPTION 12W (without HDD)
16W (without
HDD)
22W (without
HDD)
DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) 230mm x 44mm x
215mm 360mm x 60mm x 308mm
WEIGHT (kg) 1.4(without HDD) 3.0(without HDD)
OPERATION TEMPERATURE 0 - 40 ℃
* SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

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2HARDWARE OVERVIEW
2.1 FRONT PANEL
DVR204
DVR OPERATION
NO.
LABEL OPERATION PTZ
1 LED REC Led Indicator
2 ○
○○
○IR Sensor For Remote Control.
3 1-4 & Quad Press The Button To Display No.1~No.4 Full Screen and
Quad Screen
4 CONTROL
PANEL Record, Playback And other control buttons.
5
▲▼◄► &
MENU &
ENTER
Button Of Controller.
Button Of Menu Screen
Button Of Enter key
UP, DOWN,
LEFT &
RIGHT
6 USB Connector.

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DVR208
DVR216
NO.
LABEL OPERATION PTZ
1 POWER LED
Power Led Indicator
1-8 (DVR208)
Press The Button To Display No.1~No.8
2 1-2, 3-4, 5-6,
7-8, 9-10, 11-
12,
13-14, 15-16
(DVR216)
Press The Button To Display No.1~No.16
3 PLAY LED Play Led Indicator
4 FUNCTION
PANEL SEQ, Zoom and PTZ buttons
5 ▲▼◄► &
ENTER Button Of Controller.
Button Of Enter key
UP, DOWN,
LEFT &
RIGHT
6 ○
○○
○IR Sensor For Remote Control
7 REC LED Recording Led Indicator
8 CONTROL
PANEL F.FWD, STOP, PLAY and FORWARD control buttons.
9 HDD LED HDD Led Indicator
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FUNCTION
PANEL REC, BACKUP and MENU buttons
11 / USB and Mouse (Only by supplied mouse) Connectors.

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2.2 BACK PANEL
DVR204
NO.
LABEL OPERATION
1 USB Mouse Connector (Only by supplied mouse).
2 VIDEO INPUT Video input with BNC connector.
3 MONITOR OUT Video output with BNC connector.
4 AUDIO OUT/ IN Audio output/ input.
5 ETHERNET RJ-45 connector for network.
6 RS-485/ ALARM/
RELAY 4 pin connector for external control unit, 5 pin connector for
Alarm input and 3 pin connector for relay
7 VGAD-SUB OUT
Connect to CRT or LCD monitor.
8 POWER Power switcher: DC 12V 5A / 50-60 Hz input.
NOTE: Please plug in the supplied mouse to DVR mouse connector before turn on the
DVR. DO NOT REMOVE and PLUG IN the supplied mouse while DVR is
operating.

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DVR208
NO.
LABEL OPERATION
1 VIDEO INPUT Video input with BNC connector
2 MONITOR OUT Video output with BNC connector
3 AUDIO OUT Audio output
4 AUDIO IN Audio input.
5 VGAD-SUB OUT
Connect to CRT or LCD monitor.
6 ETHERNET RJ-45 connector for network.
7 RS-485/ ALARM/
RELAY 4 pin connector for external control unit, 5 pin connector for
Alarm input and 3 pin connector for relay
8 FAN Fan
9 POWER Power switcher: DC 12V 5A / 50-60 Hz input.
DVR216
NO.
LABEL OPERATION
1 POWER Power switcher: DC 12V 5A input.
2 FAN Fan
3 VIDEO INPUT Video input with BNC connector
4 SPOT SPOT video output.
5 AUDIO IN Audio input.
6 AUDIO OUT Audio output
7 VGAD-SUB OUT
Connect to CRT or LCD monitor.
8 MONITOR OUT Video output with BNC connector
9 ETHERNET RJ-45 connector for network.
10 RS-485/ ALARM/
RELAY 2 pin connector for external control unit, 10 pin connector
for Alarm input and 3 pin connector for relay

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2.3 ADVANCED AUTO SWITCH, ZOOM, PTZ, COPY KEY CONTROL & USB
INFORMATION
AUTO SWITCH : In the split screen mode, use the “F.FWD SEARCH” keys in the front
panel to enable auto switch function. Moreover, press “QUAD” key
again to disable it. (In DVR204 Module); moreover, use “SEQ”
button can also enable auto switch function. Press “SEQ” button again
can terminate auto switch function. (In DVR208/ DVR216 Module.)
PTZ : When camera supported PTZ function, user can use “F.FWD SEARCH” button on
the front panel to perform PTZ function. Press ▲▼◄► to select and change
setup value. Press “F.FWD SEARCH” again to disable PTZ function (In DVR204
Module). In DVR208/ DVR216 module, use “PTZ” button on the front panel can
enable PTZ function and then press “PTZ” button again to disable PTZ function.
COPY : Within the playback mode, press “ PLAY COPY ” button to start backup record
and press “ PLAY COPY ” again to end backup(DVR204 Module). The user
can see the backup image approx. 3 ~5 sec. In DVR208/DVR216 Module, press
“Backup” button to start backup and then press it again to end backup function.
2.4 EXTERALALARM
There are three types of alarms that the system can be configured to handle. They are
Motion detection Alarm, External Alarm and Video Loss Alarm.
A. Motion detection Alarm and External Alarm:
When motion detection or External Alarm was triggered, there are 5 possible actions
will be taken.
a. Changes recording speed as alarm recording speed.
b. Monitor will display corresponding full screen alarm channel, it will switch
automatic mode to manual mode if buttons pressing activity occurred in 5 seconds.
c. Relays can be activated by motion detection or external alarm when turning on.
d. The camera title will be transformed into color of yellow when motion is happening,
“ALARM” text will show up when external alarm is triggered.
B. Video Loss Alarm:
The default setting of Video Loss alarm is enabled.

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Terminal Connectors:
EXAMPLE 1：Connect Alarm In One with PIR (Passive Infrared).
EXAMPLE 2：Connect with Alarm Siren at Relay N.O.
D+ RS-485 sends +/ receives +
D - RS-485 sends -/ receives -
D+ RS-485 sends +/ receives +
D - RS-485 sends -/ receives -
ALARM1-4
Camera alarm input.
GND GND.
N.C Relay N.C.
COM
Relay COM
N.O Relay N.O.
(DVR204/ DVR208)
(DVR216)

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2.5 IR REMOTE CONTROL
ITEM
REC Press REC to start recording and press twice to stop.
AUTO Press AUTO to activate sequence display of channels
(DVR208/DVR216 USE ONLY)
1 - 4 Select channel 1-4 with full screen. (DVR204 USE
ONLY)
1-16 Select channel 1-16 with full screen. (DVR208/
DVR216 USE ONLY)
QUAD Fast backward. (DVR204 USE ONLY)
MODE
Split Screen Switch (DVR208/ DVR216 USE ONLY)
SEL
Press this button to select the different assembled of
camera formats or perform PTZ functions. Moreover,
under the 16 split screen and full screen modes, press
this button for switching Audio ON/ OFF. (DVR208/
DVR216 USE ONLY)
Picture by picture backward.
Picture by picture forward.
Fast Forward.
Play video forward.
COPY
Switch channel format. (DVR204 USE ONLY)
▲
Move upward or increase the number.
►
Move rightward or increase the number.
▼ Move downward or decrease the number.
◄
Move leftward or decrease the number.
Enter selected items.
MENU
Enter or Exit Main Menu.
(DVR204)
(DVR208/DVR216)
STOP Stop the playback.

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3SYSTEM SETUP
3.1 MENU SETUP INTERFACE(GUI)
A. CAMERA SET B. MOTION SETUP
C. RECORD SETUP D. ALARM SETUP
E. NETWORK SETUP F. SYSTEM SETUP

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G. HARD DISK SETUP H. BACKUP SETUP

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3.2 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU
NOTE：
：：
：All of the images and icons are presented by DVR204 Module.
NOTE：
：：
：The pop-up menu can be activated by moving the mouse cruise to the bottom
of the live viewing screen.
A. GUI MENU BAR
With live viewing mode, press this button to get into the GUI menu.
B. DISK INFORMATION
With live viewing mode, press this button to display disk information.
C. DIGITAL ZOOM
In the full screen mode, left-click the button of the mouse to pull a range to zoom in or
zoom out the image. User can right-click the button of the mouse to disable this
function. (NOTE: Using the mouse to operate digital zoom can zoom in to max. 16
times.) Moreover, user can also use compound key on the front panel to perform this
function. (First, click ENTER/COPY Key and then click ▲▼◄► key to select zoom
in or zoom out position. Finally, click ENTER/COPY key again to complete the setting.
Moreover, click MENU Key to disable digital zoom function. Using the panel key to
perform zoom in function is fixed at 2 times.)
D. PTZ CONTROLLER
Within live-viewing mode, Clicks this button to get into the PTZ setup menu. User
can also use PTZ key on the front panel to perform this function. Moreover, user can
right-click the button of the mouse or press the PTZ key on the front panel again to
exit PTZ Setup.
NOTE：
：：
：Only for the camera supported PTZ function.

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PTZ CONTROL
/ / / / / / / Direction key
Zoom In/ Zoom Out
PTZ Preset
Press button to entry PTZ preset point menu.
SAVE PRESET NUMBER: Press SET to save preset point number and its
position.
GO TO PRESET NUMBER: Press SET to go to the setup preset point number
position.
Under PTZ control mode, press
into PTZ setup menu.
User can also press the “MENU”
key on the DVR front panel to get
into PTZ setup menu.
Press to process Preset Point
setup and press “■
■■
■” to exit setup
To processAUTO function.
“”

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PTZ SETUP MENU
ID : Use the mouse wheel to setup the PTZ camera ID number.
PAN SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the left-right speed.
TILT SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the up-down speed.
AUTO SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the auto patrol speed.
BAUD RATE: Use the mouse wheel to change the BAUD rate.
PROTOCOL: Use the mouse wheel to change the connection protocol.
E. AUDIO CONTROL
Press this button to turn the audio on or off.
F. DISPLAY CONTROL
Within live-viewing or playback mode, use display control to switch the camera
channel.
G. RECORD AND PLAYBACK CONTROL
Same as front panel controller and remote controller.
3.3 CAMERASETUP
Press ▲or ▼to select items.
Press ◄or ►to change values.
Press SET to see more options.
A. CAMERA
Press ◄or ►/ mouse wheel to switch channels.

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B. VIDEO ADJUST
B-1. CONTRAST
Press ◄or ►/ mouse wheel to change contrast level.
B-2. BRIGHTNESS
Press ◄or ►/ mouse wheel to change brightness level.
B-3. HUE
Press ◄or ►/ mouse wheel to change HUE level.
B-4. COLOR
Press ◄or ►/ mouse wheel to change color level.
B-5. SHAPRNESS
Press ◄or ►/ mouse wheel to change sharpness level.
C. CAMERATITLE
Use mouse to select and change character.
D. DISPLAY
Press ◄or ►to/ mouse wheel change value for the corresponding camera would be
displayed on the screen or not.
E. DWELLTIME
Press ◄or ►/ mouse wheel to ON/OFF auto switch and the switch sec..