netZeye 4-CH DVR User manual

Quick Start Guide
4-CH DVR

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1. Install Hard Drive &DVD Writer
1.1 Install Hard Drive
Notice: 1. Support two SATA hard drives. Please use the hard drive the manufacturers
recommend specially for security and safe field.
2. Please disconnect the power before being connected to other devices. Don't hot plug in/out
Step 1: Unscrew and Open the top cover to connect the power and data
cables. Place the HDD onto the bottom case as Fig 1-1.
Step 2: Screw the HDD as Fig 1-2.
Fig 1-1 Connect HDD Fig 1-2 Screw HDD
Notice: 1. For the convenience to install, please connect the power and data cables firstly,
and then screw to fix.
1.2 Install DVD Writer
Step 1: Unscrew and Open the top cover to connect the power and data
cables. Place the DVD writer onto the bottom case as Fig 1-3.
Step 2: Screw the DVD writer as Fig 1-4.
Fig 1-3 Connect the DVD Writer Fig 1-4 Screw the Writer
2. Rear Panel Instruction

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Alarm outputs, connect to external
alarm
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Audio inputs
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Alarm inputs for connecting sensors
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HD SDI video inputs
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Connect to speed dome
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Connect to high-definition display device
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Connect to keyboard
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VGA output, connect to monitor
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CVBS output
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Network
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Audio out, connect to sound box
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Connect external USB devices like USB flash
drive, HDD
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Talk, connect to microphone
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3. Startup & Shutdown
3.1 Startup
Step1: Connect to cameras and monitor.
Step2: Connect with the source power.
Step3: The device will boot and the power indicator will display blue.
Step4: A WIZZARD window will be pop-up.
3.2 Shutdown
You can shut down the device by using IR remote controller and mouse.
By IR remote controller:
Step1: Press Power button. This will bring up a shutdown window. The unit will
shut down by clicking “OK” button.
Step2: Disconnect the power.
By mouse:
Step1: Enter into Menu and select “Shut Down” icon. This will take you
to a shutdown window.
Step2: Click OK. Then the unit will power off after a while.
Step3: Disconnect the power.
4. Setup Wizard
After the device starts, a setup wizard pops up. You can set up time，
network , record and disk management.

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Click Device name box to popup a keyboard as follows:
It supports digits, alphabets and symbols as inputs. Click Shift button to input
Capital letters and symbols; click Shift button again to return.
Click „Next‟ button to bring up a network setup window.
The default HTTP port is 80. The default server port is 6036. You can check
„Obtain an IP address automatically‟ to acquire network information or input IP
address, subnet mask, gateway, preferred/alternate DNS server manually. This
function is used to monitor DVR through internet (See Section 10 for details).
Click „Next‟ button. This will take you to record setup window.
Select resolution, fps, encode, quality and max bitrate. The higher the value is,
the clearer the recorded picture is. Of course, more space of HDD will be taken

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up.
Click „Next‟ button. This will take you to the HDD management window.
You can check your HDD information through this tab. If your HDD was
recently installed, select the HDD from the list to format it.
Click „Next‟ button. This will let you to see your DVR status. And then
Click „Finish‟ button to end this wizard.
You can also refer to the complete setup steps from the relevant sections of
DVR User Manual. If you don‟t want to setup Wizard, please click Exit button to
exit.
5. Login
After you exit the wizard setup, you can login to the DVR.
Notice: This DVR can only display options on either VGA/HDMI monitor or CVBS
monitor at a given point of time, if there is live image display without menu
options，please check if there is display on other device/monitor, or long press
ESC/Stop key to wait for login dialog box to appear. Long press ESC/Stop key can
switch the output between CVBS and VGA/HDMI.
Press the MENU button which will bring the LOGIN dialogue box and enter the
user name: admin and password: 123456
Login
6. Main menu setup
Click right mouse, or press ENTER button on the front panel to enter into the
main menu. Then click Setup to enter into Setup interface as shown in Fig 4-2.

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Main menu setup
Basic configuration: Users can set video system, menu language, audio,
time and authorization check.
Live configuration：Users can set name/time display, picture color and hide
cameras.
Record configuration：Users can set record quality, frame rate, resolution,
time stamp and recycle.
Schedule configuration: Users can set schedule for timer, motion detection,
and sensor alarm respectively.
Alarm configuration: Users can set sensor type, alarm trigger and buzzer
alarm.
Network configuration: Users enable network function, and configure IP
address, DDNS, transmission video parameters here.
User configuration: Administrator can add, delete users, and change their
authorization
PTZ configuration: Users can set protocol, baud rate, address, presets and
auto cruise track here.
Advanced configuration: Users can reboot the device and import & export
data into or from mobile storage medium.
7. Recording Setup
A user needs to install and format a HDD, and set all the recording parameters
before recording. There are four kinds of record modes.
7.1 Manual Recording
A user can press REC button on the front panel after quitting system setup.

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Press this button again to stop recording.
Or press REC button on remote controller. Click it again to stop.
Or click REC button on the tool bar with mouse. Click it again to stop.
7.2 Schedule Recording
To Setup Schedule Recording:
Step1: Enter into MenuSetupSchedule tab. Refer to the following picture.
Step2: Click “ ” button to add a certain day schedule; click “ ” button to
delete the selected schedule;
Step 3: You can also double-click the grid to pop up a week schedule window.
Select day and then click „Add‟ button to setup the start time and end time.
Then select other days and click „Copy‟ button to save the setting to other days.
Finally, click „OK‟ button to save week schedule.
Step 4: Select other channels and set timeline for them or select „Apply
Settings To All Channel and click “Copy” button to set the same settings for all
channels.
7.3 Motion Based Recording
Motion detection based recording: when there is a motion event detected, the
camera will be triggered to record.
To Setup Motion Based Recording:
Step 1: Enter into MenuSetupScheduleMotion tab. The setup steps for
schedule for motion based recording are similar to normal schedule setup. You
can refer to 7.3 Schedule Recording for details.

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Step 2: Enter into MenuSetupAlarmMotionMotion tab as shown
below.
Step3: Enable motion alarm (Please specify to channel) and click „Apply‟ to
save settings.
Step4: Click „Setting‟ button under the Area to set Sensitivity and Detection
area. Left click the grid and drag to delete the area. Drag again to add area.
You can drag slide bar to set the sensitivity value (1-8). The higher the value is
the more sensitive it is to motion. Since the sensitivity is influenced by color
and time (day or night), you can adjust its value according to the practical
conditions. Click icon to set the whole area as detection area. Click
icon to clear the set detection area. Click icon to test the sensitivity as per
the local conditions. Once motion is sensed, it displays a figure icon. Click
icon to save the setting. Click icon, exit current interface.
Step 5: Enter into MenuSetupAlarmMotionSchedule tab to bring up
schedule settings for motion alarm. The setup steps are similar to normal
schedule setup. You can refer to 7.3 Schedule Recording for details.
Note: The timelines of the two schedules must match, otherwise you cannot
get the record in some time.
7.4 Sensor Based Recording
To Setup sensor Based Recording:

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Step 1: Enter into MenuSetupScheduleSensor tab. The setup steps for
schedule for sensor based recording are similar to normal schedule setup. You
can refer to 7.3 Schedule Recording for details.
Step 2: Enter into MenuSetupAlarmSensorBasic tab as shown below.
Step 3: Enable sensor alarm (Please specify to channel), select senor type and
click „Apply‟ to save settings.
Step 4: Enter into MenuSetupAlarmSensorSchedule tab to bring up
schedule settings for sensor alarm. The setup steps are similar to normal
schedule setup. You can refer to 7.3 Schedule Recording for details.
Note: The timelines of the two schedules must match, otherwise you cannot
get the record in some time.
8. Playback
This unit supports four kinds of playback
8.1 Live Playback
Click Play button on the main menu bar to playback the record. User can
do concrete operation by clicking the buttons on screen.

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8.2 Playback by Time Search
Step 1: Enter into MenuSearchTime Search tab.
Step 2: Select date and channels on the right hand side and press “Search”
button. A date with highlighted borderline indicates presence of data.
Step 3: Set the start time by clicking a particular grid or by entering the
specific value in the start time field.
Step 4: Select the channel display mode and click button to play record.
Use the playback toolbar to control the playback.
8.3 Playback by Event Search
Step 1: Enter into MenuSearchEvent Search tab.
Step 2: Select date and channels on the right hand side. A data with
highlighted borderline indicates presence of data.
Step 3: Then checkmark Motion, Sensor or All accordingly. You can search for

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motion based recording and sensor based recording.
Step 4: Press “Search” button to display the searched event information in the
event list box.
Step 5: Double click the event item to play the record.
8.4 Playback by Image Search
Step 1: Enter into MenuSearchImage tab.
Step 2: Select data and channels on the right hand side.
Step 3: Press “Search” button to search for a recorded image.
Step 4: Once an alarm image has been identified, the user can double click the
image to play the recording.
You can lock the image by clicking “Lock” button. Click “Save” button to copy
the image on the HDD. Click “Save All” to copy all images on the HDD.
Note: In order to take images on alarm, the snapshot feature should be
activated in “Alarm Handling” for different kind of alarms. Please refer to 4.5
Alarm Configuration for details.
9. Back up
This unit supports backup by USB flash，DVD writer and USB HDD.
Step 1：Enter into MenuBackup tab.

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Step 2: Set the start & end time, select channels and click Search button to
display the searched data in the data backup list box
Step 3: Select a required file or checkmark “All” to select all data files. Click
Backup button to pop up Backup information window.
Step 4: In the backup information interface, user can check the relevant
options for backing up files. These options include storage Media, backup
player and save file type. Then click Start button to start backup.
10. Remote Surveillance
In order to view the DVR from a network it must be connected to a LAN/WAN
or internet. The network setup should be done accordingly.
10.1 Access DVR on LAN
Please enter into MenuSetup Network Setup as shown below:
Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway. If using DHCP, please enable DHCP in
both the DVR and the router. Enter into Menu Information Network,
and user can check the network settings of the DVR.
Enter into Record Setup to set network video parameters like resolution,
frame rate etc.

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Open IE on a computer on the same network. Input the IP address of the
DVR in IE address bar and press enter. If HTTP port is not 80, add the port
number after IP address.
IE will download ActiveX component automatically. Enter the username
and password in the subsequent window
10.2 Access DVR on WAN
1. Connect the DVR to internet through router or virtual server
Please enter into MenuSetup Network Setup as shown above.
Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway. If using DHCP, please enable DHCP in
both the DVR and the router.
Forward IP address and port number in Virtual Server setup of the router
or virtual server. Configure the firewall to allow accessing the DVR. (If the
user has enabled the UPnP function in both the DVR and router, he can skip
this step. Please refer to the relevant chapter for more details.)
Open IE browser, input IP address, or dynamic domain name and enter. If
HTTP port is not 80, add the port number after IP address or domain name.
IE will download ActiveX automatically. Then a window pops up and asks
for user name and password. Input name and password correctly, and
enter to view.
2. Connect the DVR to Internet through PPPoE
Enter into the DVR‟s Main MenuSetupNetwork interface to enable
PPPoE and then input user name and password received from your ISP.
Next, click „Apply‟. The DVR will connect to the server and would give a
confirmation message.
If users want to utilize dynamic domain name, please apply for a domain
name in a DNS server supported by the DVR or router. Then add to the
DVR or router.
When accessing the remote interface of DVR, user can input WAN
IP/domain name to access directly (user can enter into Main
menuInformationNetwork interface to check IP address). The browser
will download Active X control
The following steps are the same as the connection way above.
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