Microview iSERIES NVR16 User guide

iSERIES NVR16 Network Video Recorder
Quick Operation Guide
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iSERIES NVR16 Network Video Recorder · Quick Operations Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NVR Pre-Installation................................................................................................................................... 2
NVR Installation ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Hard Disk Installation................................................................................................................................. 2
Front Panel ................................................................................................................................................ 4
Rear Panel6
Peripheral Connections .............................................................................................................................. 7
Wiring of Alarm Input / Output.................................................................................................................. 7
Using of Alarm Connectors......................................................................................................................... 7
Controller Connection................................................................................................................................ 8
Specifications............................................................................................................................................. 9
HDD Storage Calculation Chart..................................................................................................................10
Menu Operation .......................................................................................................................................11
Menu Structure........................................................................................................................................ 11
Startup and Shutdown ............................................................................................................................. 11
Using the Start Wizard ............................................................................................................................. 11
Live View.................................................................................................................................................. 14
Adding and Configuring IP Cameras ......................................................................................................... 15
Record Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 16
Instant Record .................................................................................................................................. 17
All-day Record .................................................................................................................................. 17
Playback ................................................................................................................................................... 17
Backup...................................................................................................................................................... 18
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Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact
dealer.
This manual is applicable to the MicroView NVR16 model.
NVR Pre-Installation
The NVR08 is a highly advanced surveillance equipment that should be installed with care. Please take into
consideration the following precautionary steps before installation of the NVR.
1. Keep all liquids away from the NVR.
2. Install the NVR in a well-ventilated and dust-free area.
3. Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications.
4. Install a surveillance class storage HDD.
NVR Installation
During the installation of the NVR:
1. Use brackets for rack mounting.
2. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables.
3. When routing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than its diameter.
4. Connect both the alarm and RS-485 cable.
5. Allow at least 2cm (~0.75-inch) of space between racks mounted devices.
6. Ensure the NVR is grounded.
7. Environmental temperature should be within the range of -10 ºC ~ 55 ºC, 14ºF ~ 131ºF.
8. Environmental humidity should be within the range of 10% ~ 90%.
Hard Disk Installation
Before you start:
Disconnect the power from the NVR before installing a hard disk drive (HDD). A factory recommended HDD
should be used for this installation.
Up to 8 SATA hard disks can be installed on your NVR.
Tools Required: Screwdriver.
Steps for NVR16:
1. Remove the cover from the NVR by unfastening the screws on the rear and side panel.
2. Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of NVR and the other end to the HDD.
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3. Connect the power cable to the HDD.
4. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD.
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Front Panel
No.
Name
Function Description
1 Status
Indicators
POWER Turns green when NVR is powered up.
READY The LED is green when the device is running normally.
STATUS
The light is green when the IR remote control is enabled;
The light is red when the function of the composite keys (SHIFT)
are used;
The light is out when none of the above condition is met.
ALARM The light is red when there is an alarm occurring.
HDD Blinks red when HDD is reading/writing.
Tx/Rx Blinks green when network connection is functioning normally.
2 DVD-R/W Slot for DVD-R/W.
3 Control
Buttons
DIRECTION
In menu mode, the direction buttons are used to navigate
between different fields and items and select setting parameters.
In playback mode, the Up and Down buttons are used to speed
up and slow down record playing, and the Left and Right buttons
are used to move the recording 30s forwards or backwards.
In the image setting interface, the up and down button can adjust
the level bar of the image parameters.
In live view mode, these buttons can be used to switch channels.
ENTER
The Enter button is used to confirm selection in menu mode; or
used to check checkbox fields and ON/OFF switch.
In playback mode, it can be used to play or pause the video.
In single-frame play mode, pressing the Enter button will play the
video by a single frame.
In auto sequence view mode, the buttons can be used to pause
or resume auto sequence.
4 Composite
Keys
SHIFT
Switch between the numeric or letter input and functions of the
composite keys. (Input letter or numbers when the light is out;
Realize functions when the light is red.)
1/MENU Enter numeral “1”;
Access the main menu interface.
2/ABC/F1
Enter numeral “2”;
Enter letters “ABC”;
The F1 button when used in a list field will select all items in the
list.
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No.
Name
Function Description
In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/off PTZ light and when the
image is zoomed in, the key is used to zoom out.
3/DEF/F2
Enter numeral “3”;
Enter letters “DEF”;
The F2 button is used to change the tab pages.
In PTZ control mode, it zooms in the image.
4/GHI/ESC
Enter numeral “4”;
Enter letters “GHI”;
Exit and back to the previous menu.
5/JKL/EDIT
Enter numeral “5”;
Enter letters “JKL”;
Delete characters before cursor;
Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switch;
Start/stop record clipping in playback.
6/MNO/PLAY
Enter numeral “6”;
Enter letters “MNO”;
Playback, for direct access to playback interface.
7/PQRS/REC
Enter numeral “7”;
Enter letters “PQRS”;
Open the manual record interface.
8/TUV/PTZ
Enter numeral “8”;
Enter letters “TUV”;
Access PTZ control interface.
9/WXYZ/PREV
Enter numeral “9”;
Enter letters “WXYZ”;
Multi-channel display in live view.
0/A
Enter numeral “0”;
Shift the input methods in the editing text field. (Upp
er and
lowercase, alphabet, symbols or numeric input).
Double press the button to switch the main and auxiliary output.
5 JOG SHUTTLE Control
Move the active selection in a menu. It will move the selection up
and down.
In Live View mode, it can be used to cycle through different
channels.
In the Playback mode, it can be used to jump 30s
forward/backward in video files.
In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ
camera.
6 POWER ON/OFF Power on/off switch.
7 USB Interfaces Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as
USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
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Rear Panel
No. Item Description
1
VIDEO OUT
BNC connector for video output.
2
CVBS AUDIO OUT BNC connector for audio output. This connector is synchronized with
CVBS video output.
VGA AUDIO OUT BNC connector for audio output. This connector is synchronized with
VGA video output.
3
LINE IN
BNC connector for audio input.
4
RS-232 Interface
Connector for RS-232 devices.
5
VGA
DB9 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu.
6
HDMI
HDMI video output connector.
7 eSATA (Optional)
8
LAN Interface
1 network interface provided
9 Termination Switch
RS-485 termination switch.
Up position is not terminated.
Down position is terminated with 120Ωresistance.
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RS-485 Interface Connector for RS-485 devices. T+ and T- pins connect to R+ and R- pins
of PTZ receiver respectively.
Controller Port
D+, D- pin connects to Ta, Tb pin of controller. For cascading devices,
the first NVR’s D+, D- pin should be connected with the D+, D- pin of
the next NVR.
ALARM IN
Connector for alarm input.
ALARM OUT
Connector for alarm output.
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GROUND
Ground (needs to be connected when NVR starts up).
12
AC 100V ~ 240V
AC 100V ~ 240V power supply.
13
POWER
Switch for turning on/off the device.
14 USB interface Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB
mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
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Network Interfaces with
PoE function
Network interface for the cameras and to provide power over
Ethernet.
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Peripheral Connections
Wiring of Alarm Input / Output
The alarm input/output interface of the NVR is shown as below:
The alarm input is an open/closed relay. If the input is not an open/closed relay, follow the connection diagram
below:
Relay alarm
input
Relay alarm
input
NVR
NVR
To connect to an alarm output (AC or DC load), use the following diagram:
For DC load, JP4 can be used within the limit of 12V/1A safely. If the interface is connected to an AC load, JP4
should be left open. Use an external relay for safety (as shown in the figure above).
There are 4 jumpers (JP1, JP2, JP3, and JP4) on the motherboard, each corresponding with one alarm output. By
default, jumpers are connected. To connect an AC load, jumpers should be removed.
An external relay is needed to prevent electric shock when connecting to an AC load.
Using of Alarm Connectors
To connect alarm devices to the NVR:
1. Disconnect pluggable block from the ALARM IN /ALARM OUT terminal block.
2. Unfasten stop screws from the pluggable block, insert signal cables into slots and fasten stop screws. Ensure
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signal cables are in tight.
3. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block.
Controller Connection
To connect a controller to the NVR:
1. Disconnect pluggable block from the KB terminal block.
2. Unfasten stop screws from the KB D+, D- pluggable block, insert signal cables into slots and fasten stop
screws. Ensure signal cables are in tight.
3. Connect Ta on controller to D+ on terminal block and Tb on controller to D- on terminal block. Fasten stop
screws.
4. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block.
Make sure both the controller and NVR are grounded.
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Specifications
Model NVR16
Video/Audio
input
IP video input 16-ch
Two-way
audio 1-ch, BNC (2.0 Vp-p, 1kΩ)
Video/Audio
output
Recording
resolution
5MP /3MP /1080P /UXGA /720P /VGA /4CIF /DCIF /2CIF /CIF /QCIF
Frame rate
Main stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N)
Sub-stream: 25 fps (P) / 30 fps (N)
CVBS output 1-ch, BNC (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω)
Resolution: 704 × 576 (PAL); 704 × 480 (NTSC)
HDMI output
1-ch, resolution:
1920 × 1080P /60Hz, 1920 × 1080P /50Hz, 1600 × 1200 /60Hz, 1280 ×
1024 /60Hz, 1280 × 720 /60Hz, 1024 × 768 /60Hz
VGA output
1-ch, resolution:
1920 × 1080P /60Hz, 1600 × 1200 /60Hz, 1280 × 1024 /60Hz, 1280 ×
720 /60Hz, 1024 × 768 /60Hz
Audio output 2-ch, BNC (Linear, 600Ω)
Playback
resolution 5MP /3MP /1080P /UXGA /720P /VGA /4CIF /DCIF /2CIF /CIF /QCIF
Synchronous
playback 16-ch
Hard disk
SATA 4 SATA interfaces for 2 HDDs + 1 DVD-R/W (default), or 4HDDs
eSATA 1 eSATA interface
Capacity Up to 4TB capacity for each HDD
External
interface
Network
interface
1 RJ-45 10 /100 /1000 Mbps self-adaptive Ethernet interface
8 independent 100 Mbps PoE network interfaces
Serial
interface
RS-232; RS-485; Keyboard
USB interface 3 × USB 2.0
Alarm in 16
Alarm out 4
Others
Power supply 100 ~ 240 VAC, 6.3 A, 50 ~ 60 Hz
Consumption
(without hard
disk or
DVD-R/W)
≤ 40 W
Working
temperature
-10 ºC ~ +55 ºC
Working
humidity
10 % ~ 90 %
Chassis 19-inch rack-mounted 2U chassis
Dimensions
(W × D × H) 445 × 390 ×90 mm
Weight ≤ 4 Kg (8.8 lb) ( without hard disk or DVD-R/W )
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HDD Storage Calculation Chart
The following chart shows an estimation of storage space used based on recording at one channel for an hour at
a fixed bit rate.
Bit Rate
Storage Used
96K
42 MB
128K
56 MB
160K
70 MB
192K
84 MB
224K
98 MB
256K
112 MB
320K
140 MB
384K
168 MB
448K
196 MB
512K
225 MB
640K
281 MB
768K
337 MB
896K
393 MB
1024K
450 MB
1280K
562 MB
1536K
675 MB
1792K
787 MB
2048K
900 MB
4096K 1800 MB
8192K 3600 MB
16384K 7200 MB
Note: Please note that supplied values for storage space used is just for reference. The storage values in the chart
are estimated by formulas and may have some deviation from actual value.
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Menu Operation
Menu Structure
The menu structure of the NVR16 is:
Startup and Shutdown
Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the NVR.
To start your NVR:
1. Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device. The Power LED on the front
panel should be red, indicating the device gets the power supply.
2. Press the POWER button on the front panel. The Power LED should turn green. The unit will begin to start.
To shut down the NVR:
1. Enter the Shutdown menu.
Menu > Shutdown
2. Select the Shutdown button.
3. Click the Yes button.
Using the Start Wizard
By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the NVR has loaded, as shown in Figure below.
Select the system language in the drop-down list, and click the Apply button to save the setting.
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The Wizard setting interface is shown below:
Operating the Setup Wizard:
1. The Setup Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the NVR. If you don’t want to use the
Setup Wizard at that moment, click the Cancel button. You can also choose to use the Setup Wizard next
time by leaving the “Start wizard when NVR starts?” checkbox checked.
2. Click Next button on the Wizard window to enter the Login window.
3. Enter the admin password. By default, the password is 12345.
4. To change the admin password, check the New Admin Password checkbox. Enter the new password and
confirm the password in the given fields.
5. Click the Next button to enter the date and time settings window.
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Date and Time Settings
6. After the time settings, click Next button which takes you back to the Network Setup Wizard window.
Dual-NIC is not supported and the internal NIC IPv4 address should be configured for the cameras
connecting to the PoE network interface of the NVR.
7. Click Next button after you configured the network parameters, which takes you to the HDD Management
window.
8. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD.
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9. Click Next button. You enter the Adding IP Camera interface.
10.Click Search to find online IP Camera. Select the IP camera to be added, and click the Add button.
11.Click Next button. Configure the recording for the searched IP Cameras.
12.Click Copy to copy the settings to other channels.
13.Click OK to complete the startup Setup Wizard.
Live View
Some icons are provided on screen in Live View mode to indicate different camera status. These icons include:
Live View Icons
In the live view mode, there are icons at the right top of the screen for each channel, showing the status of the
record and alarm in the channel, so that you can find problems as soon as possible.
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Alarm (video loss, tampering, motion detection or sensor alarm)
Record (manual record, schedule record, motion detection or alarm triggered record)
Alarm & Record
Adding and Configuring IP Cameras
You should add the online IP cameras to enable the live view and recording function.
You can search and add the online IP cameras by following the startup wizard, or according to the following
steps.
Steps:
1. Right-click the mouse when you in the live view mode to show the right-click menu bar.
2. Select (Auto)or (Manual) on your demand.

Auto
The device will add the detected IP cameras or encoders automatically by the default user name and
password of administrator.
If the user name and password is changed, the auto adding of IP camera will be failed, you may add it
manually.

Manual
Steps:
1. To add the online cameras with same network segment:
1) The detected online camera will be listed in the camera list, as shown in the figure below.
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2) Click the button to add the camera.
Explanation of the icons:
Icon Explanation Icon Explanation
Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera.
The camera is connected.
The camera is disconnected; you
can click the icon to get the
exception information of camera.
Delete the IP camera Advanced settings of the camera.
2. To custom add the online cameras:
1) Click the Custom Adding button in the manual add interface to pop up the Add IP Camera
(Custom) interface.
2) You can edit the IP address, protocol, management port, and other information of the IP camera
to be added.
3) Click Add to add the camera.
Record Settings
Before you start:
Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. You may refer to
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the user manual for detailed information.
Purpose:
Two kinds of record types are introduced in the following section, including Instant Record and All-day Record.
And for other record types, you may refer to the user manual for detailed information.
After rebooting all the manual records enabled are canceled.
Instant Record
On the live view window of each channel, there is a quick setting toolbar which shows on the bottom of the
window when you click on it.
Click the icon to enable the record, and the icon turns to . And click icon to disable the record,
then the icon turns to .
All-day Record
Perform the following steps to set the all-day recording.
On the live view window, right-click the window and move the cursor to the Start Recording option, and select
Continuous Record or Motion Detection Record on your demand.
And click the Yes button in the popup Attention message box to confirm the settings. Then all the channels will
start to record in the selected mode.
Playback
Play back the record files of a specific channel in the live view menu. Channel switch is supported.

OPTION 1
Choose a channel under live view using the mouse and click the button in the shortcut operation menu.
Only record files recorded during the past five minutes on this channel will be played back.
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
OPTION 2
Steps:
1. Enter the Playback interface.
Right-click or move the mouse to the bottom of the screen when you in the live view mode and select
from the menu.
Under multi-screen live view, record files of the top left channel (not masked) will be played back.
2. Playback management.
The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process.
Just check the channel or channels if you want to switch playback to another channel or execute
simultaneous playback of multiple channels.
Backup
Recorded files can be backed up to various devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs or a DVD writer.
Steps:
1. Enter Video Export interface.
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Menu > Export > Normal
Choose the channel(s) you want to back up and click on the Search button.
2. Enter Export interface, choose backup device and press Export button to start exporting.
3. Check backup result.
Choose the record file in Export interface and click to check it.
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