Ness IQ-MDVR-8 User manual

User Manual
Ness IQ-MDVR-8
GUI
Mobile Digital Video Recorder

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NOTICE
The information in this manual was current when published. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise and
improve its products. All specifications are therefore subject to change without any notice.
The purpose of this manual is to kindly aid the user for the operation for our MDVR (especially for GUI setting).
The user should have a basic understanding of computer operation and basic knowledge of how to connect
peripherals and make some settings.

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CONTENT
1 Product Characteristics and Overview....................................4
2 Remote Control..........................................................................5
3 GUI Tree......................................................................................8
4 System Start Up.........................................................................9
5 GUI Configuration....................................................................11
5.1 SEARCH...............................................................................................................................11
5.1.1 REC. SEARCH................................................................................................................11
5.1.2 EVENT SEARCH............................................................................................................14
5.2 SETUP..................................................................................................................................15
5.2.1 SYSTEM .........................................................................................................................16
5.2.2 RECORD.........................................................................................................................23
5.2.3 NETWORK......................................................................................................................30
5.2.4 EVENT............................................................................................................................34
5.2.5 PERIPHERAL .................................................................................................................40
5.3 INFORMATION.....................................................................................................................41
5.3.1 SYSTEM .........................................................................................................................42
5.3.2 HISTORY........................................................................................................................42
5.3.3 MODULES ......................................................................................................................43

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1 Product Characteristics and Overview
The Ness IQ-MDVR-8 is superior MDVR model specially designed for vehicle surveillance and remote monitoring,
combined with high-speed processor and embedded operating system. The advanced H.264 video compression
and decompression, wireless transmission, GPS location makes the Ness IQ-MDVR-8 a very powerful and
perfect solution for vehicles.
MDVR Features and Capabilities
Revolutionary anti-vibration for 360 degree installation
UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) provide backup power to the MDVR when external power is cut off (for
example accidents happen)
Special file system NVRFSTM is very good for improving the security level of data, providing self-recovery
function, self-check, self-backup for certain critical data and avoiding data fragment that affect system
efficiency.
Dual streams: one for local recording and playback and one for wireless transmission.
4 channel real-time D1 at 25 fps/30fps continuous or priority video recording and live view display.
Semi-transparent GUI makes setting for GUI and live display synchronously.
Mirror recoding makes the hard disk and SD card recording at the same time with same frame, same
resolution and same image quality.
Maximum 1 hour pre-recording and 30 minutes post-recording
Watermark prevents any modification in recorded file which is part of the law enforcement.
Better Compression rate at H.264 (50% less than MPEG4).Enhance recording storage rate in most
efficiency way.
4 channels for high-fidelity, digitally, synchronized audio matched to 4 video channels
User friendly criteria to playback the events associated video only.
Automatic timer to resume the live display if the unit is idle for user defined timings.
User-selectable settings for quality and audio record enable/disable for each channel.
12V power supply for multiple devices such as cameras, sensors, relays and any other accessories.
Remote Connection Capabilities
Handheld Infra-Red controller with OSD for quick access to recorded video and settings menu.
PC-Based Client software for live viewing, playback video, playback events associated video, and download
capabilities
Support CMS (Central Management System) for remote monitoring by built-in 3G module (HSDPA or
EVDO), Ceiba (Playback Analysis Software) for video playback, meta-data analysis, remote backup and
configuration.

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2 Remote Control
Each MDVR includes a handheld Infra-Red (IR) controller that allows the user to transmit commands
to recording module and display on screen control menu
Numeric
Input Keys
Use the numbers to input
Values in the system setup
Screen or switch through the
channels in QUAD view
Navigation
Arrows
Use the ARROW keys to move between
selections, input fields and icons.
Press ENTER to select
And EXIT to return and and entering into the
OSD screen to check the MDVR working
status. Next and previous is also used to
increase or decrease volume when at live or
search screens.

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Remote Control Key Functions:
1. Numeric Keypad
[0-9] keys: During setup, number keys are used to input number values.
In QUAD view, you can press 1, 2, 3 and 4 to switch the full screen for each channel, and press 0 to
switch to quad view.
During full screen view of each camera, you can press key to adjust contrast, luminance,
color and saturation, and then press + and - to make the adjustments. Pressing will
navigate through the color adjustment options.
2. Setup Menu Navigation
▲, ▼: Up, down directional keys: Move selection up and down in setup menu.
►, ◄: Left, Right directional keys: Move cursor left or right in setup menu.
[ENTER] key: During setup, select and save the settings
3. Other Keys Function
LOGIN/ LOCK
You can press LOGIN / LOCK or SETUP key to enter the GUI to setup. If
password enabled, you have to input default Admin password:
88888888.
POWER
To reset the MDVR in to sleep mode (You can press power button again
to let MDVR start up when it in sleep mode).
Switch full screen of one channel to quad view.
Brightness, contrast, color adjustment for per channel. Use [+] [-] button
to change the values. You have to adjust the values for each channel
individually.
SETUP
Login GUI to setup the parameters.
EXIT
Return to the previous menu.
Stop
Used to stop the recording manually. Only valid when you setup the
record mode as manual.
Record
Used to start the recording manually. Only valid when you setup the
record mode as manual.
PAUSE/STEP
▐►
Freezes playback to a single frame and can advance one frame at a
time. To advance the frame press Pause / Step to move frame by frame.
Press EXIT to return to normal playback speed.
PLAY ►
Starts/Resumes playback from any other mode (FF, RR, Frame by
Frame etc).
SLOW 


Reduces playback speed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 modes. Press PLAY to return to
normal playback speed.
GOTO 


Quick search mode when you playback the record file in MDVR. Press
GOTO button and input the desired time, and the select SURE to jump to

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Check battery in place of remote controller since no battery in the standard package
the specific time you want to playback.
NEXT 


Increase volume while playback (if audio is recorded).
PREV 


Decrease volume while playback (if audio is recorded).
REW 


Rewinds the video while playback. X2 and X 4 modes available.
FWD 


Fast forward the video while playback. X2 and X4 modes available.
CF
No use at present.
[F1]
Export all the event record files of the day to USB by press F1 key.
[F2],[F3],[F4]
Reserved for future use.
4. PTZ Function Key
IQ-MDVR can support PTZ camera by the protocol PALCO-D or PALCO-P. While the MDVR is connected
the PTZ camera by RS485 signal (on the RS232/485 expand box), following commands can control PTZ:
[ZOOM IN +], [ZOOM OUT -] ZOOM IN/OUT
[IRIS +], [IRIS-] Brightness control
[FOCUS +], [FOCUS -] Focus control
PTZ Enable the PTZ function
AUTO Auto run with the PTZ pattern
PRESET Preset default position
RECALL Recall the position that you have setup.
BRUSH Brush the glass screen

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3 GUI Tree
Graphic User Interface over view

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IQ-MDVR GUI is semi-transparent; you can see the live view when you make GUI configurations .
Please make sure you lock the removable hard disk case before connect the power for MDVR,
Otherwise the MDVR cannot boot up.
4 System Start Up
After connecting the MDVR to a vehicle power supply, turn on the vehicle ignition and the unit will
automatically start up. Power is normally supplied to the MDVR as long as the vehicle ignition is ON.
“Display only view” of the cameras is immediately available to be viewed in quad view. Normally, the
power supply for MDVR is about 12V/3A, without any accessories.
System Login for Setup
•When Password is set disable, press SETUP key on the handheld controller into the setup menu directly;
•When Password is set enable, press LOGIN/LOCK OR ENTER key on the handheld controller, the setup
menu will appear:

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User default password is 22222222, and Admin password is 88888888.
OPERATOR PASSWORD indicates permission is limited to video, sensor menu.
ADMIN PASSWORD indicates full access to MDVR.
SUPER PASSWORD indicates full access to MDVR under the circumstance of losing the password and
modifies the MAC address.
DEVICE NO.: The unit ID of MDVR. You can setup the ID for the MDVR in the menu yourself. After setting, the ID
number will appear automatically on the login screen. It’s the number in the bracket
PASSWORD: Enter the admin password or user password.
Keyboard: Press 【Enter】to use keyboard to type device ID and password.
1）0~9, number key, press【Enter】to select the number.
2）123: Input type shift key. (Number, capital, small letter)
3）【 ← 】delete, 【】Exit.

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Please press SAVE to make all the setting valid and it will give you a remark when you save successful.
After you modify the settings for the network, it will restart automatically after you exit to live view.
The MDVR will stop recording when enter into the MDVR configuration GUI.
You can input the letters and characters by software keyboard.
5 GUI Configuration
This part will show all the main functions for MDVR including SEARCH, SETUP, and INFORMATION. Search is
for searching all the video files and alarm files. Setup for all the configurations for MDVR and information display
the MDVR and accessory working status.
5.1 SEARCH
5.1.1 REC. SEARCH
You can search all the video files including normal files, alarm files by record time and file type. Please
highlight the option REC.SEARCH and then enter into following screen. Different background color indicate
different file type.
Transparent: No video file.
Green: only normal video files, no alarm happened.
Red: there is alarm happened.

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SOURCE：
：：
：As the IQ-MDVR support mirror recording, so you need to chose the video storage first, HDD or
SD card
TYPE: Choose the file type please, ALL means normal and alarm video file; ALARM means alarm file .
DATE: Default date is current day. Setup date to search
Please press 【 SEARCH 】 to enter into the next menu for listing out all the certain video files depends on the
setting for the file type, date and time.
CHANNEL：
：：
：As IQ-MDVR support 8CH, so you have to choose the first 4 channels or next 4 channels when you
want to playback.
VIDEO FILE STATUS: GREY mean there is no video file of this channel, GREEN means the file is normal file,
RED means alarm, YELLOW means the file is alarm file and locked.
START TIME and END TIME: This time schedule is for both playback and export, and you have to choose the
channel first, and then setup the start time and end time for local playback or export to external storage
device for playback by software.
UNLOCK: you have to select the channel first, and then unlock the locked files.

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Please active the lock files in EVENT menu. Only EVENT file can be locked since most of the event files
are very important.
If the video file is locked, then the file can not be deleted by HDD overwrite function. Only when you
unlock the files and the lock save time invalid, then HDD overwrite function will delete the files. Only the
HDD format will delete the locked files.
You can export the MDVR video files to external storage device for playback easily. Just please setup the start
time and end time for the video from certain channel for local playback. Or you can export the file during certain
period to thumb driver or any external storage device and backup to computer for playback (but the file is H.264
file)
Please connect the external storage device with MDVR by USB port and then press【
【【
【EXPORT】
】】
】for backup. Then
the following screen will pop up.
TOTAL: total quantity of the files that you selected for back up.
NO.: The file number that is backing up now.
After successful backup, then the following screen will pop up.

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If you do not connect external storage device or the storage device is defective, then the system will
display NO EXTERNAL STORAGE.
If the MDVR current video type is different with the setting that the MDVR record last time, then the video file can
not playback, for example, the video type of record files is NSTC, now the video type is PAL, you can’t playback
the video file until you change the video type to NSTC.
For example: If the MDVR recorded by PAL and created video file. Then when you reboot up the MDVR and you
want to playback the video file recorded by PAL (When the MDVR reboot up, the video type will change to be
NTSC automatically).
5.1.2 EVENT SEARCH
Search for all the event files LOG, as well as the corresponding video file.

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EVENT TYPE: The type of the alarm file including I/O ALARM/ACCELERATION/SPPED/TEMP ALARM/VIDEO L
OSS/EMERGENCY BUTTON/MOTION DETECTION/ BLIND DETECTION and so on.
DATE: MDVR system will display the current date automatically. The date with alarm record files will be indicated
by red.
Please press 【 SEARCH 】 to enter into the next menu to list out all the certain video files depends on file’s type and
date.
SEL: For selecting the LOG for backup. Please arrow key on remote control to select the LOG file that need to
back up and then √will be displayed. Please press 【
【【
【REV.】
】】
】to select all the other files for backup or not.
EVENT NAME: The OSD for the alarm such as the alarm for video loss, I/O sensor, alarm for over speed, low
speed or high temperature and so on.
DATE: Display the date when the alarm occurred.
TIME: The start time when the alarm occurred.
REC: if there is an “R” means it has the corresponding video files, otherwise it doesn’t have.
REV.: Press for selecting all or not. For example, if you do not select any file for backup, then press 【REV.】, all
the files are selected.
EX LOG: Export the selected LOG to external device by USB port on the front of MDVR.
EXPORT: Export the corresponding video if the event has the record file. If no related video file, you will got a
remind information that no video file.
5.2 SETUP
Move ARROWS to select and press ENTER. The screen will show the menu as below:

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5.2.1 SYSTEM
A) DATE/TIME
DATE FORMAT: Press 【ENTER】to select different format MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD
TIME FORMAT: 12H or 24H, Press【ENTER】to select different format.
TIME SYNC SOURCE: The system can adjust the time in different zone via either “GPS” or “NTP”.
A: While selecting the “GPS”, the MDVR device must have GPS connection (Should have GPS
module and antenna) and GPS must can receive the signal. When the system time arrives the
sync time, MDVR unit will synchronize with GPS time once.
B: While selecting the “NTP” (Network Time Protocol), the device must have network access
connection and assign the NTP IP location.
TIME ZONE: Please choose the correct time zone for MDVR system.
SYNC TIME: This is the time when the unit will sync the system time every day. The method depends on the

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While setting the DST, the former date must be smaller than the later date; if the two setting
Date is the same, the DST will be invalid.
setting on the TIME SYNC SOURCE option:
NTP SERVER IP: Input the IP server does support NTP protocol, in order to allow the system can have time
synchronization through the network. [Example: "192.43.244.18", "129.6.15.28",
"211.22.55.116", "194.88.2.60"]
DST: Daylight Time. Only when it set on, the following option will available.
DST MODE: There are two modes: Auto / custom. Auto: According to the international DST, i.e.: valid only
between 2AM on Second Sun in March and 2AM on First Sun in NOV.
Scroll to【SAVE】to make the setting valid.
B) GENERAL
ON/OFF TYPE: There are Ignition, Timer and Ignition or timer three options. They are use to boot up the
MDVR, not for recording. It means for example the setting is timer from 5:00~12:00am, so the MDVR will work
during his period, but for recording it depends on the setting on the SCHEDULE and RECORD MODE menu.
A) IGNITION: for start up and shut down delay function. For example: If it’s Ignition mode, it will start up
when ignition is on, and if the shut down delay time is 5 min, then MDVR will shut down after 5 min
after the ignition off.
B) TIMER: MDVR will boot up or shut down automatically at certain time you have configured every day.
C) IGNITION OR TIMER: means MDVR will start up and shut down include both conditions.
BOOT UP TIME: The exact time for MDVR starts to work every day.
SHUT DOWN TIME: The exact time for MDVR shut down every day.
BOOT UP IN RECORDING TIME: ON means record function is linked to timer start-up. For example, if the
record schedule setup is from 6:00~8:00am, MDVR will boot up and
record automatically during this period even the vehicle ignition is
OFF.
BUZZER SWITCH: ON means the buzzer will alarm when alarm happens, OFF means no audio when
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For TIMER type, if the setting for boot up time is 6:00:00 and shut time is 11:00:00, this means that the
MDVR only work from 6:00~11:00am every day and after 11:00 the MDVR unit will shut down
automatically. If you want to change the different type (like IGNITION, IGNITION or TIMER), please
finish this change operation in 5 minutes.
IDLE TIME (SEC): The time for the operation interface switching to the QUAD view. If the user
does not make some operation for some time, the system will switch to the QUAD
view automatically.
EVENT FILES AUTO-EXPORT (USB): When is switch is ON, you can back up all the alarm record files on
that day by press F1 on remote control. (Make sure the USB space is enough).
OUTPUT MODE: This is the output mode for monitor. There are 4:3 and 9:6 two options,
TRANSPARENCY: Setup the brightness for the screen display as you want.
Scroll to【SAVE】to make the setting valid
C) REGISTER INFO
UNIT S/N: The series number for MDVR. One MDVR has only one S/N. This number is read from special
encrypted chip.
UNIT ID: Device ID. Use the NUMERIC keypad to enter the system ID from 00000 to 99999. This ID is used
when logging in to the unit (if security is enabled, set as yes).
COMPANY NAME: The name of company. Press the arrow key on the remote control and highlight this
option and then input the name of the company.
VEHICLE NO.: The number of the vehicles.
DRIVER/ROUTE NAME: The driver’s name and the route name
DEVICE ID: This is very important for the message server of CMS, Ceiba, and ADS. Only this number can
be recognized by message server.
Remark: when you connect MDVR to PC software, make sure vehicle NO and DEVICE ID is not blank,
otherwise, it can’t connect to message server.
Scroll to【SAVE】to make the setting valid.

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D) FORMAT
Select the device you want to format, HDD, SD card or external storage device.
DEVICE: Please press【ENTER】to select the target device for format. There are 3 options: VIDEO
STORAGE, SD and USB. Then press 【FORMAT】to format the device.
Video Storage means the main recording storage. For example the Ness IQ-MDVRs we have hard disk for
main recording and SD card for mirror recording. If you want to format hard disk please select video
storage and if you want to format SD card (for mirror) please select SD.
FUNCTION: FAST FORMAT, SLOW FORMAT and HDD DETECT.
FAST FORMAT is the same as quick format on PC.
SLOW FORMAT means it will check whether the HDD have bad sectors, if have it will remember and won’t write
data here again, and it will delete all the video files.
DETECT HDD means it will checking the whole HDD, and restore the index from the backup index partition, it
won’t delete any video files.
After format success, MDVR unit will restart automatically.
E) UPGRADE
Upgrade to new firmware or MCU.

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FIRMWARE: Upgrade the firmware.
MCU: Upgrade the MCU.
How to upgrade the firmware?
1. Please create one folder named dvrupgrade in root directory in thumb drive and then copy the firmware
upgrade file into this folder.
2. Insert the thumb drive into the USB port on the front panel of MDVR.
3. Please enter into this interface, select firmware option and press 【UPGRADE】, MDVR will upgrade the
firmware automatically. Please make sure you do not remove the thumb driver or cut of the power for the
MDVR during upgrading the firmware as this is very easily to damage the FLASH for MDVR.
4. During the firmware upgrade, then following screen will pop up.
5. After upgrade success, it will restart automatically, as follow: