Panasonic K-NL404K/G User manual

Network Video Recorder
Quick Start Guide
Model No. K-NL404K/G
K-NL408K/G
K-NL416K/G
Version 1.0.0

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Table of Contents
1Hardware Installation and Connection..........................................................................1
1.1 Preparation Work...................................................................................................1
1.2 HDD Installation .....................................................................................................1
2Front Panel/Rear Panel...................................................................................................3
3Connection ........................................................................................................................7
4GUI Operation...................................................................................................................8
4.1 Boot up ....................................................................................................................8
4.2 Device Initialization................................................................................................8
4.3 Reset Password...................................................................................................11
4.4 Startup Wizard......................................................................................................14
4.5 Registration...........................................................................................................14
4.6 Schedule ...............................................................................................................17
4.7 Instant Playback...................................................................................................20
5Web Operation................................................................................................................22
5.1 Network Connection............................................................................................22
5.2 Login ......................................................................................................................22
6Note ..................................................................................................................................26

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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our network video recorder!
This quick start guide is designed to be a reference tool for your system.
Keep it well for future reference.
Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is missing or damaged in the bag.
Safety Instruction
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Note
DANGER
Indicates a hazard with a high level of risk, which if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury.
WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which if not avoided,
could result in device damage, data loss, performance
degradation, or unexpected results.
Anti-static
Indicates it is the static sensitive device.
Eletric shock
risk
Indicates presence of dangerous high voltage. There is a risk of
electric shock to persons.
High power
laser radiation risk
Indicates presence of high power laser radiation.
Tips
It is intended to help you to fix a problem or save your time.
Note
Provides additional information to emphasize or supplement
important points of the main text.

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Important Safeguards and Warnings
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Electrical safety
All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes.
An apparatus with CLASS I construction shall be connected to a MAINS socket outlet with a
protective earthing connection.
Use a power supply which meets the requirements for SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) and
complies with Limited Power Source according to IEC 60950-1. Refer to the device label for
detailed information.
The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock.
We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electric shock caused by improper
handling or installation.
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Transportation security
Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage
and installation.
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Installation
Keep upwards. Handle with care.
Do not apply power to the NVR before completing installation.
Do not place objects on the NVR.
Do not install on the wall.
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Qualified engineers needed
All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers.
We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.
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Environment
The NVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable,
explosive substances and etc.
This series product shall be transported, storage and used in the specified environments.
Environment which needs to comply with the following conditions:
The function of the ITE being investigated to IEC 60950-1 is considered not likely to require
connection to an Ethernet network with outside plant routing, including campus environment.
The installation instructions clearly state that the ITE is to be connected only to PoE
networks without routing to the outside plant.
6. Accessories
Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer.
Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included.
Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is broken in your package.
7. Lithium battery
Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury!
When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!

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CAUTION
RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE.
DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.

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1
Hardware Installation and Connection
1.1
Preparation Work
DANGER
All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety
rules.
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Name
Contents
1
Whole
package
Appearance
There is any visible damage or not.
Package
There is any accidental clash during
transportation or not.
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Front
panel and
rear
panel
The model on the front
panel
Check the model with the purchase
order.
The label on the rear
panel.
It is neat and clean or not.
Note
Do not tear off, or discard the label.
Usually we need you to represent the
serial number when we provide the
service after sales.
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Case
Appearance
There is any visible damage or not.
Check the data cable,
power cable, fan cable,
main board and etc.
Check the connection is secure or not.
Note
Contact your local retailer or our
service engineer if the connection is
loosen.
1.2
HDD Installation
DANGER
Shut down the device and then unplug the power cable before you open the case to
replace the HDD!
All figures listed below for reference only!
For the first time to install, please check the HDD has been installed or not.
Refer to the user manual for HDD space information and recommended HDD brand. Please use HDD of
7200rpm or higher. Usually we do not recommend the PC HDD.

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①Use the screwdriver to loose the screws
of the rear panel and then remove the front
cover.
②Put the HDD to the HDD bracket in
the chassis and then line up the four
screws to the four holes in the HDD.
Use the screwdriver to fix the screws
firmly to secure HDD on the HDD
bracket
③
Connect to the HDD data cable to the main
board and the HDD port respectively. Loosen
the power cable of the chassis and connect
another end of the power cable to the HDD
port.
④
After connect the cable, put the front
cover back to the device and then fix
screws of the rear panel.

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Front Panel/Rear Panel
Note
Follow figures listed here for reference only. Please refer to the actual product for detailed information.
Refer to the user’s manual for detailed information.
The front panel is shown as in Figure 2-1.
K-NL404K/G, K-NL408K/G
K-NL416K/G
Figure 2-1
Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.
Name Icon Function
Power button
Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up
or shut down NVR.
Shift Shift In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral,
English(Small/Capitalized),donation and etc.
Up/1
Down/4 
Activate current control, modify setup, and then move up and
down.
Increase/decrease numeral.
Assistant function such as PTZ menu.
In text mode, input number 1/4 (English character G/H/I)
Left/2
Right/3 
Shift current activated control, move left and right.
When playback, click these buttons to control playback bar.
In text mode, input number 2(English character A/B/C)
/3(English character D/E/F)

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ESC ESC
Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation.
When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode.
Enter ENTER
Confirm current operation
Go to default button
Go to menu
Record REC Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys
or numeral keys to select the recording channel.
Slow play/8 Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback.
In text mode, input number 8 (English character T/U/V).
Assistant Fn
One-
window monitor mode, click this button to display
assistant function: PTZ control and image color.
Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it
for 1.5 seconds to
delete the previous character before the
cursor.
In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys
to realize setup.
In text
mode, click it to switch between numeral, English
character(small/capitalized) and etc.
Realize other special functions.
Fast play/7 Various fast speeds and normal playback.
In text mode, input number 7 (English character P/Q/R/S).
Play previous/0 |In playback mode, playback the previous video
In text mode, input number 0.
Reverse/Pause/
6 ||
In normal playback or pause mode, click this button to reverse
playback
In reverse playback, click this button to pause playback.
In text mode, input number 6 (English character M/N/O).
Play Next/9 |
In playback mode, playback the next video
In menu setup, go to down ward of the dropdown list.
In text mode, input number 9 (English character W/X/Y/Z).
Play/Pause /5 ||
In normal playback click this button to pause playback
In pause mode, click this button to resume playback.
In text mode, input number 5(English character J/K/L).
USB port To connect USB storage device, USB mouse.
Network
abnormal
indication light
Net
Network error occurs or there is no network connection, the
light becomes red to alert you.

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HDD abnormal
indication light HDD HDD error occurs or HDD capacity is below specified threshold value, the light becomes red to alert you.
Record light 1-16 System is recording
or not. It becomes on when system is
recording.
Remote control
indicator light
ACT Remote control indicator light.
Status indicator
light
STATUS The light is on if device operates properly.
IR Receiver IR It is to receive the signal from the remote control.
The rear panel is shown as in Figure 2-2.
K-NL404K/G
K-NL408K/G
K-NL416K/G
Figure 2-2
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Icon Port Name Function
Network port 10M/100M/1000Mbps self-
adaptive Ethernet port.
Connect to the network cable.
HDMI
High Definition
Media Interface
High definition audio and video signal output port. It
transmits uncompressed high definition video and
multiple-channel data to
the HDMI port of the display
device. HDMI version is 1.4.
It displays Screen-1.

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Icon Port Name Function
USB3.0 port
USB3.0 port. Connect to mouse, USB storage device,
USB burner and etc.
RS-232 RS-
232 debug
COM.
It is for general COM debug to configure IP address or
transfer transparent COM data.
VGA VGA video output
port
VGA video output port. Output analog video signal. It
can connect to the monitor to view analog video.
It displays Screen-2.
MIC IN Audio input port Bidirectional talk input port. It is to receive the analog
audio signal output from the devices such as
microphone, pickup.
MIC OUT Audio output port Audio output port. It is to output the analog audio signal
to the devices such as the sound box.
Bidirectional talk output.
Audio output on 1-window video monitor.
Audio output on 1-window video playback.
1～16
Alarm input port
1～16
There are two types; NO (normal open)/NC (normal
close).

When your alarm input device is using external
power, please make sure the device and the NVR
have the same ground.
GND GND Alarm input ground port.
NO1,NO2,
NO3
Alarm output port
1～3

3 groups of alarm output ports. (Group 1
：
port
NO1 ～C1,Group 2:port NO2 ～C2, Group 3:port
NO3～C3).Output alarm signal to the alarm device.
Please make sure there is power to the external
alarm device.
NO：Normal open alarm output port.
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C
：
Alarm output public end.
C1,C2,C3
A RS-485
communication
port
RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You can connect to the
control devices such as speed dome PTZ.
B RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the
control devices such as speed dome PTZ.
CTRL 12V
Controller 12V power output. It is to control the on-off
alarm relay output. It can be used to control the device
alarm output. At the same time, it can also be used as
the power input source of some
devices such as the
alarm detector.
+12V
+12V power output port. It can provide the power to
some peripheral devices such as the camera or the
alarm device. Please note the supplying power shall be
below 1A.
Power
switch Power on/off button.
PoE
PORTS
Bult-in Switch. Support PoE. It provides power to the
network camera.
PoE 8 ports (IEEE802.3af/at) Max 25.5W for single
port, 130W in total.

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Connection
Note
The following figure for reference only. Please refer to the actual product for detailed information.
Refer to the user’s manual for detailed information.
Device cable connection is shown as in Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1

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GUI Operation
Note
Slight difference may be found on the user interface. All figures listed below for reference only.
4.1
Boot up
DANGER
Before the boot up, please make sure:
For device security, please connect the NVR to the power adapter first and then connect the
device to the power socket.
The rated input voltage matches the device power on-off button. Please make sure the power
wire connection is OK. Then click the power on-off button.
Always use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure.
Please follow the steps listed below to boot up the device.
Step 1 Connect the device to the monitor and then connect a mouse.
Step 2 Connect power cable.
Step 3 Click the power button at the front or rear panel and then boot up the device. After device booted
up, the system is in multiple-channel display mode by default.
4.2
Device Initialization
If it is your first time to use the device, please set a login password of admin (system default user).
Note
For your device safety, please keep your login password of admin well after the initialization steps, and
change the password regularly.
Please follow the steps listed below.
Step 1 Boot up NVR.
Device displays device initialization interface. See Figure 4-1.

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Figure 4-1
Step 2 Set login password of admin.
User name: The default user name is admin.
Password/confirm password: The password ranges from 8 to 32 digitals. It can contain letters,
numbers and special characters (excluding “'”,“"”,“;”,“:”) . The password shall contain at least
three categories. Usually we recommend the strong password.
Prompt question: If you set the prompt question here. On the login interface, click , device
can display the corresponding prompt question for you to remind the password.
WARNING
STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED-For your device own safety, please create a
strong password of your own choosing. We also recommend you change your password
periodically especially in the high security system.
Step 3 Click Next, device goes to the following interface. See Figure 4-2.

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Figure 4-2
Step 4 Set unlock pattern.
After set unlock pattern, device goes to password protection interrface. See Figure 4-3.
Note
Device adopts unlock pattern to login by default if you have set pattern here. If there is no
unlock pattern, please input the password to login.
Click Skip if there is no need to set unlock pattern.

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Figure 4-3
Step 5 Set security questions.
Note
After setting the security questions here, you can answer the security questions to reset
admin password. Refer to user’s manual for detailed information.
Cancel the security questions box and then click Next button to skip this step.
Security question: Set security questions and corresponding answers. Properly answer the
questions to reset admin password. In case you have not input security question here or you
need to update the security question information, please go to the main menu->Setting-
>System->Account->Security question to set. Refer to user’s manual for detailed information.
Note
If you want to reset password by answering security questions, please go to the local menu
interface.
Step 6 Click OK to complete the device initialization setup.
Device goes to startup wizard interface. Refer to user’s manual for Startup wizard detailed
information.
4.3
Reset Password
If you forgot admin password, you can reset the password by answering the security questions (local
menu only).
Please follow the steps listed below.

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Step 1 Go to the device login interface. See Figure 4-4 or Figure 4-5. .
If you have set unlock pattern, device displays unlock pattern login interface. See Figure 4-4.
Click “Forgot unlock pattern”, device goes to Figure 4-5.
If you have not set unlock pattern, device displays password interface. See Figure 4-5.
Note
Click Switch user button or click the user name and then select a user from the dropdown list,
you can login via other account.
Figure 4-4
Figure 4-5

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Step 2 Click .
Reset login password by security questions.
Security questions
Device displays security question interface. See Figure 4-6. Please input the correct answers
here.
Figure 4-6
Step 3 Click Next button.
Device displays reset password interface. See Figure 4-7.
Figure 4-7
Step 4 Input new password and then confirm.

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WARNING
STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED-For your device own safety, please create a strong
password of your own choosing. The password shall be at least 8-digit containing at least
three types of the following categories: letters, numbers and symbols. We also recommend
you change your password periodically especially in the high security system.
Step 5 Click OK button to complete the setup.
4.4
Startup Wizard
After you successfully initialize the device, it goes to startup wizard. Here you can quickly configure your
device. It includes general setup, basic network setup, camera registration, EZREMOTE, and schedule
interface.
4.5
Registration
Here you can add network camera, change network camera IP address and etc.
Step 1 There are two ways to go to Registration interface. See Figure 4-8.
From main menu->Setting->REMOTE->Registration, you can go to the registration interface.
On the preview interface, right click mouse and then select Registration.
Figure 4-8

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Step 2 Add network camera.
Device search: Click the button; you can search all network cameras in the same network
segment. See Figure 4-9. Double click a camera or check the camera box and then click Add
button, you can add a device to the list.
Note
The device in the added device list is not shown in the search result column.
In , select IP address or the MAC address from the dropdown list and then
input the corresponding information, click Search button to view the results.
Status in the search list can display the remote device has been initialized or not. That is to
say, the remote device has set the password of admin. means the remote device has
initialized. Cherck Uninitialized box to search the unitialized devices. Refer to the user’s
manual for detailed informaiton.
Figure 4-9
Manual Add: Click Manual Add button, you can set the corresponding network camera
information and then select the channel you want to add. See Figure 4-10.
Manufacturer: Please select from the dropdown list.