Ljd digital security Colossus Setup guide

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COLOSSUS DVR

Quick Start

User Guide

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ADMIN PASSWORD IS: 12345

This is for menu options and playback preview

Remote Setup

Loading the batteries into the IR controller

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery. Please take care that the poles (+ and -) are correctly positioned.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Start to use IR controller

Press【DEV】key, input the DVR device ID (default is “88”, can be changed in “Display” menu) and then press【ENTER】key. If the “STATUS” lamp of DVR front panel

is turned into green, it means you can use IR controller to operate this DVR.

Switch the DVR off

When IR controller status is on, press【POWER】key for several seconds, the DVR will be powered off.

Playback

Note: The user msut have “Playback” right. (eg : admin)

Playback interface

In preview mode, press【PLAY】key, in the pop-up login dialog, select username and input correct password, to enter “Playback” menu

In menu mode, press【PLAY】key, you can enter into “Playback” interface directly.

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One Channel Playback Two Channels Playback

In preview or menu modes, press [PLAY] key and enter your username and password.

[pic one or two channels playback]

If you select anything other than “No” for “Second” then it will search and play data for two channels.

The “Second” refers to the second channel number to display.

A Maximum of two channels can be played back simultaneously.

Rec type: Use this to search only by specific recording e.g. Mot Det to search for events recorded when motion has been detected.

Time Section: This displays two sets of date and time, the left being the date and time to search from and the right being the time to search to.

You must make sure that the first date is not before the last date.

Once this is entered press enter to search between these times.

Play by Time: pressing enter on this option will bypass the file screen below and play back directly starting from the first time and playing until the second time.

File list box: this area will display any files found by the search. Once the files are highlighted the following actions can be taken:

•To scroll the file list use [Up] and [Down]

•To play back the file press [Enter]

•To select the file for copying press [Edit]

Select Page: In the file list box, each page will only display 8 files. If the matched files are more than 8, you can select page to list other files. 500 pages (4000 files) can be

searched in one time. You can use numeric keys or 【↑】【↓】keys to select page.

Backup Devices: You can select USB flash, USB HDD, USB CD-R/W or IDE CD-R/W to backup the files or clips.

Copy: Start to backup.

Backup Today: Backup all recorded files of today.

Three kinds of playback mode

1. Search and playback file: In the playback interface, you can select main channel, second channel (2-ch playback), record type, time section. Move “Active Frame” to

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“Search” button and press【ENTER】key, DVR will search and list the matched files.

If the matched files are more than 8, you can use “Page No.” to select page (use numeric keys or【↑】【↓】keys to select page). In the file list box, use【↑】【↓】keys to

move the scroll bar to the file, press【ENTER】key to playback the file. If the second channel is selected, these two channels can be playbak synchronously.

If DVR can not find the matched files, a failure dialog will pop-up.

2. Playback by Time: In the playback interface, select main channel, second channel (2-ch playback), record type and time section, move “Active Frame” to “Play” button,

press【ENTER】key, DVR will start to playback based on time section.

Operation when playback

Playback picture:

One Channel Playback Two Channels Playback

At the bottom of image, there is an information bar and the following information is included: Volume, Play Progress, Play Speed, Played Time and File Total Time.

zDisplay/Hide information bar: 【MENU】

zOpen/Close sound: 【PLAY】

zAdjust play progress: 【←】(Backward),【→】(Forward). The unit is “%”.

Adjust play speed: Normal speed is “1x”. Use 【↑】to increase play speed ( 2X, 4X,

z8X and MAX). Use【↓】to decrease play speed (1/2X, 1/4X, 1/8X and Frame by Frame)

zPause/Continue: Press 【ENTER】to pause/continue playback. If played frame by frame, Press【ENTER】to paly one frame.

zCopy segment:【EDIT】

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zExit: 【ESC】

zPlayback switch: When in 2-ch playback, press【PREV】to switch between main channel and second channel.

Note: When DVR is busy, if you select high play speed, maybe there is difference for actual play speed.

Exit playback

Motion Detection Alarm

If you enable this function, when there is motion detected, DVR will make alarm.

Step 1: Enter into “Image Setup” menu:

Step 2: Select camera: Use【Ç】【È】key to select one camera.

Step 3: Select motion detection sensitivity: On the right side of “Motion Det. Level” item, there is a list box. That is motion detection sensitivity. There are 7 options, from 0

(the lowest) to 5 (the highest). You can use【↑】【↓】keys to select one. If you select other options, it will activate “Motion Area Setup” button and “Policy Setup” button. If you

select low sensitivity such as 0, only when there is great motion detection, will the DVR respond. On the other side, for high sensitivity such as 5, DVR will respond with small

motion detection.

Step 4: Motion area setup: You must define motion areas so that DVR will response when there is motion in those areas. Move “Active Frame” to “Area” buton on the right

side of sensitivity list box, press【ENTER】key, you can enter into “Motion Area Setup” interface.

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The whole screen is divided into 22*18 panes (NTSC: 22*15). There is one yellow panel on the upper left side. The motion area setup steps are the same as that of mask area

setup (refer to chapter 5.7). The only differences are that you can use【PTZ】key to set the whole screen as motion area, and motile motion areas can be defined. Press【A】key to

clear all motion areas.

Press【Enter】key to save and return “Image” menu. Press【ESC】to cancel.

The motion detection area is displayed as following:

Step 5: Motion alarm policy: Move “Active Frame” to the corresponding “Policy” button of motion detection alarm, press【ENTER】key to enter into “Motiomn Alarm

Handle” menu:

Step 6: Motion alarm record channel setup: When there is motion alarm happened, you can trigger related camera to start recording. In “Motion Alarm Handle” menu, you can

select one or more record channels. Please use【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable the flag into “9”.

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Note: In order to make the cameras start recording, in “Recording” menu, you must enable recording schedule and set “Rec Type” as “Motion Detection” or “Motion | Alarm”.

Please refer to chapter 5.12 for recording setup.

Step 7: Motion alarm schedule: When the motion alarm is happened in schedule, DVR will response such as “On Screen Warning”, “Audible Warning”, “Upload to Center”

and “Trigger Alarm Output”. You can setup 4 time periods for one day and 7 days for one week.

Note: Time periods in one day can not be repeat.

Step 8: Motion alarm handle method setup: You can select one or more handle methods such as “On Screen Warning”, “Audible Warning”, “Upload to Center” and “Trigger

Alarm Output”.

Description: If “On Screen Warning” is enabled, when there is motion alarm happened and DVR is in preview mode, DVR will pop-up the related camera. If you trigger more

than one camera, DVR will pop-up them one by one every 10 seconds. When the motion alarm is disappeared, DVR will restore preview mode.

Step 9: Save motion alarm setup: Press “Confirm” button to return “Image Setup” menu. In the “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the current camera

parameters.

Step 10: Save all cameras: You can repeat from step2 to step8 to setup motion detection parameters for other cameras. Also you can copy the parameters of one camera to any

other cameras.

Note: Motion alarm area can not be copied.