Magtec MT858 User manual

Magtec MT858 and MT8516 – 8ch and 16ch DVR quick guide
MT858 & MT8516
8ch and 16ch DVR
Quick Start Guide
1. Packing........................................P2
2. Hard Disk Installation.................P3
3. DVD-RW Installation....................P4
3. Front Panel Controls...................P5
4. Rear Panel Connectors...............P6
5. Live Operations...........................P8
6. Playback Operations.................P11
7. PTZ Operations……...................P12

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8CH
1. DVR
2. Quick Start 3. IR Remote Control 4. Battery ×2 (16CH)
＊16CH: Pressed "DVR1"
Button before use
5. CD 6. Hard Disk Mount x2 7.Screws x20
8. Power Adaptor 9. Power Cord 10. DB25 Connecter
(4CH/8CHonly)
11. SATA cord ×3 (16CH)
SATA cord ×2 (4CH/8CH)
Note: Standard shipping products do not include HDD
16CH

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Step 1) Fix the HDD to rack mount with the screws as indicated.
Step 2) Place the HDD on the HDD plate and screw it as indicated.
Step 3) Connect the power and the SATA cables as indicated.
Note: After installation, please initialize Hard Disk before starting to record. For more detailed
information, please check out User Manual 4-9 System Tools for reference.

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Step 1:
Remove the front cover from DVR.
Step 2:
Put the DVD-RW into the unit as
indicated.
Step 3:
Put DVR bottom up, screw to fix the
DVD-RW as indicated.
Step 4:
Connect the power and the flat
cables as indicated.

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Control Keys Description
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1REC Start or stop recording.
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2PLAY Play back in normal speed.
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3T-SRH Display the search menu.
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4BACKUP/ESC In LIVE mode, press to display the BACKUP menu. In SETUP mode,
press to return to previous page.
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5MENU/In LIVE mode, press to display menu. In PLAYBACK mode, press to pause
playback.
⑥AUTO In LIVE mode, cycle through all channels in full screen.
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7ZOOM In LIVE or PLAYBACK mode, enlarge the display of a channel.
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8PIP In LIVE mode, display with picture in picture format.
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9ENTER/MODE In SETUP mode, press to enter values. In PLAYBACK mode, switch
between full, quad, 9-channel, 16-channel display in order.
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10 / In SETUP mode, press to move cursor down. In PLAYBACK mode, press
to stop playing back.
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11 /SLOW In SETUP mode, press to move cursor up. In PLAYBACK mode, press to
slow down.
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12 / In SETUP mode, press to increase value. In PLAYBACK mode press to
play forwards.
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13 / In SETUP mode, press to reduce value. In PLAYBACK mode, press to
play rewind.
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14 LED 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: Playing back.
⑮IR Sensor Input sensor for the remote control.
USB 2.0 Port Port for USB external devices (USB flash drive devices use, the mouse
behind the back of the USB ports installed)..
DVD Writer Optional DVD-RW backup device.

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16CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS
① ② ③ ④ ⑤
⑥⑦ ⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬
①MAIN monitor BNC port for the main monitor.
②VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total.
③AUDIO OUT RCA output port for audio signal.
④EXTERNAL I/O EXTERNAL I/O port.
⑤Fan DC 12V 40mm X 40mm fan.
⑥NTSC/PAL Switch NTSC/PAL Video.
⑦SPOT monitor BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in
sequence.
⑧AUDIO IN RCA input port for audio signal. 1 ports available for CH 1.
⑨USB 2.0 port USB port(Device USB Mouse).
⑩LAN Network port.
⑪ON/OFF Power Switch.
⑫DC 12V Socket for a DC 12V input.
⑬VGA1 VGA port.

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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 6-1.1 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 or multi split display.
MENU/ II Enable/ Disable setup Menu.
BK-UP Enable/ Disable backup menu.
ESC Return last menu.

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Table 6-1.2 Graphical icons that will display 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.
ZOOM, double the screen size
AUTO-sequence
LOCK, activate the key lock.
Full screen display.
Quad display.
9 display
16-channel display

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Table 6-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode
Icon Description
Recording is on
Schedule Recording is on
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.
AUTO-seq is on
Freeze is on, screen is frozen
LOCK is on
PTZ control 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
Record and snap shot file saving path setup
Enable / Disable Shortcut Toolbar

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Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon
will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will
show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on any
location of your screen.
Table 7-1.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode
Button Description
ENTER / MODE Switch to full screen, quad
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, by each
pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of the normal speed.
/ 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 7-1.2 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 screen display
16-channel display
Zoom-in display
If you want to monitor single channel, please choose a channel and click left butt
on of mouse two times.

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Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing “PTZ” button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon
will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side
of screen.
Table 8-1 Mouse operation under the PTZ mode
Icon Description
Leave PTZ Mode，back to the LIVE mode
Pre-set number N. (0~255)
Go to pre-set number N.
Set current PTZ location at pre-set number N.
「TOUR」，press to activate pre-set tour＊
「PIP」，Set current PTZ location as the start of line-scan. ＊
「FREEZE」， Activate line-scan. ＊
「ZOOM」，Set current PTZ location as the end of line-scan. ＊
To move PTZ in 360°
PTZ zoom in; PTZ zoom out
PTZ focus in; PTZ focus out.
PTZ IRIS open, PTZ IRIS close.
Below functions need support from specific PTZ manufacturer.
Please check user manual of
y
our PTZ for more detail.
to AUX 1~8,「AUTO」Key ＋Number key「1~8」
「Backup」, Customized function。
＊PTZ communication protocols from different brands aren’t compatible 100%
sometimes. Therefore, some of these functions may be unavailable.