Lilin PDR-3160 User manual

PDR-3160
16CH Stand Alone Digital Video Recorder
INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Executive Summary
PDR-3160 is a high performance stand-along digital video recorder (DVR) with
32-bits RISC processor which can perform multiplex DVR features
simultaneously including Recording, Live Monitoring, Playback, and Network
Monitoring.
It is designed by the most advanced technologies of Merit Lilin. These
technologies enable users to enjoy extreme flexibilities including Jog & Shuttle
menu, USB portable disk backup, Integrated DVR & PTZ remote controller, and
quick video searching time bar user interface.
Securities are highly concerned during design phase. Many features such as
non-stop hot swappable HDD recording, multiplex system design, instant
controllable PTZ camera, system alarm & motion event lists, and user
authentication provide maximum securities in operating PDR-3160.
The quality and reliability of PDR-3160 are strictly monitored and controlled
throughout the manufacturing processes by Merit Lilin.
Major Features
 Simultaneous live monitoring, recording, playback, network, and
backup
 Direct Internet browser access
 Two hot swappable HDDs
 Portable USB disk backup & firmware update
 Remote controller
 Jog & Shuttle for menu systems
 Up to 480fps live display rate
 16-channel video inputs
 1-channel audio output
 16x12 motion detection grids for each camera
Design and specification are subject to change without notice.
You may find the update information on our website.
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CAUTIOIN
 Do not drop or strike this equipment
 Do not install the equipment near any naked flames or heat
sources
 Do not expose this unit to rain, moisture, smoke or dust
environment
 Do not cover the opening of the cabinet with cloth and
plastic or to install this unit in poor ventilated places. Allow
10cm between this unit and its surroundings
 Do not continue to operate the unit under abnormal
conditions such as detection or smoke, strange smell or no
display on screen while power is turned on
 Do not touch the power connection with wet hands
 Do not damage the power cord or leave it under pressure
 Do not operate this unit near magnet, speaker system, etc.,
to avoid unnecessary magnetic interference
 Connection cables should be grounded properly
CAUTION
RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED
BY AN INCORRECT TYPE.
DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING
TO THE INSTRUCTIONS
Trademarks and registered trademarks
Microsoft 2000 is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in
the U.S. and/or other countries.
Other names of companies and their products mentioned in this
manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. SYSTEMS OVERVIEW.................................................................6
Chapter 1-1. BEFORE USING PDR-3160.................................................9
Chapter 1-2. SURVEILLENCE MODE.....................................................12
Chapter 2. PTZ CONTROLS.........................................................................15
Chapter 2-1. INSTANT PTZ CONTROLLABLE MODE............................15
Chapter 2-2. REMOTE CONTROLLER & PTZ........................................15
Chapter 2-3. RECALL PRESETS............................................................16
Chapter 3. RECORDING ..............................................................................16
Chapter 3-1. START RECORDING..........................................................16
Chapter 3-2. STOP RECORDING...........................................................16
Chapter 3-3. EMERGENCY RECORDING..............................................16
Chapter 3-4. MOTION DETECTION RECORDING.................................17
Chapter 3-5. SCHEDULE RECORDING .................................................17
Chapter 4. PLAYBACK SEARCH..................................................................18
Chapter 4-1. TIME SEARCH (M+S) ........................................................18
Chapter 4-2. EVENT SEARCH................................................................19
Chapter 4-3. REC SEARCH....................................................................19
Chapter 4-4. PLAY ENTIRE HDD............................................................20
Chapter 4-5. OTHER PLAYBACK FEATURES........................................20
Chapter 5. SYSTEM START-UP...................................................................21
Chapter 6. MENU SYSTEM..........................................................................22
Chapter 6-1. SETUP MENU ....................................................................22
Chapter 6-2. CAMERA SETUP................................................................22
Chapter 6-2-1. CAMERA NAME.........................................................23
Chapter 6-2-2. ENABLE NAME..........................................................23
Chapter 6-2-3. VIDEO SETUP...........................................................23
Chapter 6-2-4. SEQUENCE...............................................................24
Chapter 6-2-5. BOARDER COLOR....................................................24
Chapter 6-2-6. MODE ........................................................................24
Chapter 6-2-7. V/H ADJUST ..............................................................25
Chapter 6-3. RECORD SETUP...............................................................25
Chapter 6-3-1. SCHEDULE................................................................26
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Chapter 6-3-2. REC MODE................................................................26
Chapter 6-3-3. REC SPEED ..............................................................26
Chapter 6-3-4. RECORD QUALITY ...................................................27
Chapter 6-3-5. PLAYBACK SPEED ..................................................27
Chapter 6-3-6. REC CHANNEL ENABLE..........................................27
Chapter 6-3-7. AUDIO CHANNEL.....................................................27
Chapter 6-4. ALARM SETUP...................................................................28
Chapter 6-4-1. CAMERA SELECT.....................................................28
Chapter 6-4-2. ALARM ENABLE........................................................28
Chapter 6-4-3. MOTION ENABLE......................................................28
Chapter 6-4-4. SENSITIVITY.............................................................28
Chapter 6-4-5. MOTION AREA SET...................................................29
Chapter 6-4-6. BUZZER TIME ...........................................................29
Chapter 6-4-7. ALARM REC TIME.....................................................29
Chapter 6-4-8. BUZZER ENABLE......................................................29
Chapter 6-5. SYSTEM SETUP................................................................30
Chapter 6-5-1. DATE/TIME ................................................................30
Chapter 6-5-2. HDD FORMAT............................................................31
Chapter 6-5-3. HDD INFO..................................................................32
Chapter 6-5-4. FACTORY RESET.....................................................33
Chapter 6-5-5. VIDEO SYSTEM........................................................33
Chapter 6-5-6. LANGUAGE...............................................................33
Chapter 6-5-7. PASSWORD...............................................................33
Chapter 6-5-8. FIRMWARE UPDATE.................................................35
Chapter 6-6. NETWORK .........................................................................36
Chapter 6-6-1. NETWORK ENABLE..................................................37
Chapter 6-7. PTZ SETUP........................................................................37
Chapter 6-7-1. CAMERA SELECT.....................................................38
Chapter 6-7-2. FAST DOME TYPE ....................................................38
Chapter 6-7-3. PRESETADJUST......................................................38
Chapter 6-7-4. PRESET.....................................................................39
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Chapter 6-7-5. DWELL.......................................................................39
Chapter 6-7-6. SPEED.......................................................................39
Chapter 6-7-7. ADJUST POS.............................................................39
Chapter 6-7-8. SAVE..........................................................................39
Chapter 6-7-9. CLEAR ALL PRESET.................................................40
Chapter 6-8. BACKUP.............................................................................41
Chapter 7. Network.......................................................................................43
Chapter 7-1. PDR-3160 NetworkViewer..................................................44
Chapter 7-1-1. How to Get NetworkViewer Program..........................45
Chapter 7-1-2. Network Live Monitoring.............................................46
Chapter 7-1-3. Network Remote Playback.........................................46
Chapter 7-1-4. File Output..................................................................47
Chapter 7-2. Access PDR-3160 via Internet browser ...............................48
Chapter 7-2-1. Before Using Internet .................................................49
Chapter 7-2-2. Logon.........................................................................49
Chapter 7-2-3. Show Frame Size.......................................................50
Chapter 7-2-4. Split Window Display Buttons.....................................50
Chapter 7-3. Hyper Link Panel ................................................................50
Chapter 7-4. Playback Over Network ......................................................51
Chapter 7-5. Save AVI or JPEG file.........................................................52
Chapter 7-6. Configure PDR-3160 via Web page....................................53
Chapter 7-6-1 PDR-3160 Internal Server Settings..............................53
Chapter 7-6-2 PDR-3160 User Settings..............................................54
Chapter 7-6-3 Timer Settings..............................................................54
Chapter 7-6-4 Network Settings..........................................................54
Chapter 7-6-5. PTZ Settings ...............................................................55
Chapter 7-6-6. Video System Settings................................................55
APPENDIX.....................................................................................................56
EXTERNALALARM SWITCHES..............................................................56
PDR-3160 Storage Media Supporting List................................................57
120 GB HARD DISK RECORDING TABLE..............................................58
PDR-3160 Specifications..........................................................................59
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Chapter 1. SYSTEMS OVERVIEW
FRONT VIEW
12.
Split display buttons—4 split, 8 split,
9 split, 13 split, and 16 split buttons
13. Camera 1 to 16
14. REC LED (yellow)
15. HDD LED (green)
16. AL LED (red)
17. USB LED (green)
18. POWER (yellow)
19. Jog & shuttle
20. USB connector
21. IR receiver
1. HDD hot swappable lock
2. HDD hot swappable tray
3. Play button
4. Mode button
5. Pause button
6. Backup button
7. Stop button
8. ESC button
9. REC button
10. Menu button
11. Up, down, left, right, and
enter buttons
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REAR VIEW
①Cameras inputs 1-16 (BNC connectors)
②Monitor output (BNC connector)
③S-Video
④Audio inputs (RCA connector)
⑤Audio output (RCA connector)
⑥RJ-45 (LAN connector)
⑦External alarm switches (25 pins)—RS-485, 16 alarm input switches, 1
N/O alarm output, and 1 N/C alarm output.
⑧PDR-3160 power switch
⑨AC 110V~220V power input
REMOTE CONTROLLER
The button arrangement of the remote controller is designate for easy-to-use
purposes. Buttons are separated in regions based on their features including
PDR-3160 operational keys, pan, tilt, and zoom camera device (PTZ)
operational keys, numerical keys, and hybrid keys of PDR-3160 and PTZ. The
details are described in the following table.
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PDR-3160 operational keys (gray area)
MENU Setup menu
ESC Escape/exit
ZOOM 2X digital video zooming
REC Record/stop recording
FREEZE Live video freeze
Pause
Playback
Stop
Fast forward
Fast rewind
Next single channel
Previous single channel
4 split display
8 split display
9 split display
13 split display
16 split display
SEQ Sequential display
MUTE Mute
AUDIO Audio on
BACKUP Video backup
PTZ features (yellow area) PDR-3160 & PTZ hybrid keys (blue area)
AUTO PAN Perform auto pan
feature Move up/tilt up
ZOOM IN Zooming in of a fast
dome camera Move down/tilt
down
ZOOM OUT Zooming out of a fast
dome camera Move left/pan left
PRESET Call preset of a fast
dome camera Move right/pan
right
Enter/set
Numerical keys (green area)
0 to 9 Numerical keys
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Chapter 1-1. BEFORE USING PDR-3160
Please read this chapter before operating PDR-3160. Features, terms, and
symbols are covered in this chapter.
PTZ CONTROL MODE
Instant controllable PTZ camera is shown in yellow color for the camera
name/number in live monitoring mode indicating that the camera can instantly
be controlled for PTZ operations. Moving the active camera sequentially, one
can simply press the Enter button on the remote controller or keypad. Once a
camera is in active mode (text in yellow), major PTZ features can be easily
performed.
JOG & SHUTTLE
PDR-3160 adopts Jog & Shuttle mainly in menu system and video playback
modes. In menu setup mode, rolling Jog is to move the cursor of the menu
system up or down. Shuttle moves the cursor of the menu system left and right.
During video playback mode, Jog & Shuttle acts as conventional VCR for video
stepping forward (rewind) and fast forward (rewind).
SYMBOLS & ICONS
PDR-3160 adopts many symbols and icons for graphical user interface (GUI)
design. These symbols and icons contain useful information in operating PDR-
3160.All the symbols and icons are discussed in the rest of the chapters.
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