Magtec MT854 User manual

Magtec MT854 4ch DVR Quick Start Guide V1.0 P.1
MT854 4 ch DVR
Quick Start Guide
1. Packing........................................P2
2. Hard Disk Installation.................P3
3. Front Panel Controls...................P4
4. Rear Panel Connectors...............P5
5. Live Operations...........................P6
6. Playback Operations...................P9

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1. DVR
2.QuickStart 3.IRRemoteControl 4.SATACord1pcs
5.CD 6.Screwsx4 7.PowerAdaptor
Note: Standard shipping products include neither HDD nor DVD R/W

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Step１)：Take out the screws as pictures show。
Back panel 3 screws
Left 1 screw
Right 1 screw
Step 2 ) ：Open the cover follow the arrow direction。

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Step３)：Connect SATA & Power wire to Hard Disk and put it on right position of t
he bottom case。
Step４)：Fix the Hard Disk with four screws on the bottom case as the picture indicated。
Step５)：Put the cover back and fix it with 5 screws as Step 1 indicated.
Note: After installation, please initialize Hard Disk before starting to record. For more detailed
information, please check out User Manual 4-9 Utility Setup for reference.

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①REC Start or stop recording.
②PLAY Play back in normal speed.
③T-SRH Display the search menu.
④USB 2.0 Port Port for USB external devices.
⑤LED Display
(From left to right)
Power: Power is on.
HDD: Hard disk is in use.
LAN: Connected to the internet (in red): Remote user logged in.
REC: Recording.
PLAY: Pla
y
in
g
back.
⑥IR Sensor Input sensor for the remote control.
⑦/ In SETUP mode, press to move cursor down. In PLAYBACK mode, press
to stop playing back.
/ SLOW In SETUP mode, press to move cursor up. In PLAYBACK mode, press to
slow down.
/ In SETUP mode, press to increase value. In PLAYBACK mode press to
play forwards.
/ In SETUP mode, press to reduce value. In PLAYBACK mode, press to
play rewind.
⑧ENTER/MODE In SETUP mode, press to enter values. In PLAYBACK mode, switch
between full, quad, 9-channel, 16-channel display in order.
⑨In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to 4-channel display。
⑩In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH1。
ⓃIn LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH2。
ⓄIn LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH3。
ⓅIn LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, switch to CH4。
ⓆPIP In LIVE mode, display with picture in picture format.
ⓇZOOM In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, enlarge the display of a channel.
ⓈMUTE Enable / Disable Key Tone.
ⓉBACKUP/ESC In LIVE mode, press to display the BACKUP menu. In SETUP mode,
press to return to previous page.
ⓊMENU / II In LIVE mode, press to display menu. In PLAYBACK mode, press to pause
playback.

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4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS
③ ④
① ② ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨
①DC 12V VGA port
②VIDEO OUT DC 12V power jack
③VIDEO IN MAIN/SPOT monitor BNC Video output
④AUDIO IN For cameras BNC input ，4 ports
⑤AUDIO OUT RCA input( For CH1)
⑥VGA RCA output ( For CH1)
⑦USB RS-485 for PTZ
⑧RS-485 Network port
⑨LAN For mouse

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You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under
LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen
graphical icons under LIVE mode.
Table 5-1 Functions of remote control under LIVE mode
Button Description
REC Start/Stop recording.
PLAY Start playing back the most recently recorded segment.
ENTER/MODE Switch to full screen, quad display.
MENU/ Enable/ Disable setup Menu.
BK-UP Enable/ Disable backup menu.
ESC Return last menu.

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Table 5-2 Graphical icons displaying after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.
Icon Description
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons.
Main menu.
Search menu.
Backup menu.
PTZ mode.
Turn on/off recording.
Playback.
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons.
FREEZE.
PIP, picture in picture
ZOOM, double the screen size
AUTO-sequence
LOCK, activate the key lock.
Full screen display.
Quad display.
9-channel display.

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Table 5-3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode
Icon Description
Recording is on
1~4 Live Audio is on
Live Audio is off
Motion detected on the channel
Video loss detected on the channel
USB device detected
Connected to the LAN cable.
Film：Normal Recording
Clock：Schedule Recording
AUTO-seq is on
2X 2X zoom in is on
Freeze is on, screen is frozen
LOCK is on
Shows the current hard disk space has been used
(99% mean used 99%, remain 1%)
Lower right of each CH will show the current time
Icon Description
/ Image quality (High/Low)
/ Full screen
Record
Snap shot
Record and snap shot file saving path setup
Enable / Disable Shortcut Toolbar

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Under LIVE mode, press PLAY to playback (default setup is quad display.) When the icon
is shown on the screen, the function icons will appear in the right down corner on the screen.
The icon can be dragged by mouse to other location on the screen.
Table 6-1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode
Icon Description
ENTER/ MODE Switch to full screen, quad display.
MENU / Turn on/off PAUSE.
PLAY Play back at normal speed.
/SLOW Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of
the normal speed. Current playback speed is shown in the upper right
corner.
/ Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are
six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
/ Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There
are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
/ Stop playback.
Table 6-2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode.
Icon Description
「/ 」Fast rewind
「/ 」Fast forward
／Play/pause
「▲/SLOW」，slow playback
「▼/ ■」stop playback
Playback channel by channel with snap shot display
Full screen display
Quad display
9-channel display
Zoom-in display
P.S. If playback of a single channel is wished to be viewed, please double click o
n left key of the mouse on the channel video image.