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Before installing stand alone DVR, be sure to thoroughly review and follow the instructions in
this
Users Manual. Pay particular attentio
n to the parts that are marked
NOTICE
.
Also, when connecting with external application, first turn the power OFF and follow manual
instruction for appropriate installation.
Safe
ty Precautions
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral
triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of insulated
dangerous Voltage within the product s enclosure that may be
sufficient magnitude to constitu
te risk of electrical shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to
alert the user to the presence of important operation and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying
the appliance.
Attention: installation should be performed by qualified service
Personnel only in accordance with the National Electrical Code or
applicable local codes.
Power Disconnect. Units with or without ON-OFF switches have
power supplied to the unit whenever the power cord is inserted into
the power source; however, the unit is operational only when the
ON
-OFF switch is the ON position. The power cord is the main
p
ower disconnect for all unites.
CAUTION:
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly
replaced.
Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the
manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the
manufacture
r ¯si nstr ucti on
D
uring the warranty period (one year for Hard Disk), we will repair or
replace the hard disk free of charge.
Be sure to have the model number, serial number and vendor stick
on hard disk for service representative.
Warranty
and Service
About this document
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User
s Manual
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1. This document is intended for both the administrator and users of stand alone DVR Model.
2.This manual contains information for configuring, managing and using stand alone DVR
Model.
3. To prevent fire or electrical shock, do not expose the product to heat or moisture
.
4. Be sure to read this manual before using stand alone DVR
Model.
5. For questions and technical assistance of this product, contact your local dealer.
Strong recommendation on installation of the DVR unit
1. Check electricity at the place you want to install the DVR unit is stable and meets our
electricity requirements.
Unstable electricity will cause malfunction of the unit or give critical dama
ge to the unit.
2. Several chips on the main board of the DVR unit and hard disk drive inside the unit
generate
heat, and it must be properly discharged.
Do not put any objects just beside exhaust port(fan) on the left side of the unit and do not
clo
se up an opening (fresh air in
-
take) on the right side of the unit..
3. Put the DVR unit at well
-
ventilated place and do not put heat
-
generating objects on the unit.
When it is installed inside 19 inch mounting rack together with other devices, please check
built
-
in ventilation fan of the rack is properly running.
Before reading this document
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CONTENTS
1. F
EATURES
AND FUNCTION . ..5
2. UNIT DESCRIPTION OF FRONT PANEL. .. .6
3. REAR PANEL AND SYSTEM CONNECTION
..
8
4.
REMOTE
CONTROL
12
5. SYSTEM SETUP .
.. ..
12
5.1. SETUP MENU. .. 12
5.2.
SYSTEM SETUP 14
5.2.1. TIME/DATE SET . ...14
5.2.2. HDD FORMAT SET 15
5.2.3. FACTORY RESET .15
5.3. DISPLAY SETUP .. 16
5.3.1.
CAMERA NAME SET
..
16
5.3.2.
COLOR SET.
..
17
5.3.3.
AUTO SEQUENCE SET
...
17
5.4.
R
ECOR
D SETUP .
18
5.4.1.
A
UDIO
CH
SET
19
5.4.2.
REC
CH
SET
.
..
19
5.5.
NETWORK SETUP. .
20
5.5.1. N/W ENABLE SET 21
5.5.2.
M
AC
SET
21
5.6.
SENSOR SETUP
21
5.6.1. MOTION AREA SET 22
5.7 SCHEDULE SET
23
5.8.
USB
BACKUP
24
5.9. STORAGE INFO
24
5.10
. PROTOCOL SET
25
6. U
SER
S GUIDELINE
25
7
.
U
SING
THE
NETWORK VIEWER
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User
s Manual
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1.
F
EATURE
AND
F
UNCTION
Video input:
8/
16channels;
Video output: 3channels.
Audio input: 4channels; Audio output: 2channels.
16 alarm input and 1 relay alarm output.
Compression mode: M-
JEPG.
Support network view.
Support USB backup.
Compatible with NTSC and PAL format.
Support zooms, auto function, watermark security.
Four optional levels of image quality: very high, high, normal, low. Record and playba
ck frame rate changeable for recording.
Support alarm recording
,
time recording.
Support loss and motion detection functions.
Multi
-function searches: be able to distinguish different alarm records and time
records
from ordinary records; be able to search by time, by segment or by event.
Support various playback modes: pause, several fast forward and backward play mod
es.
Equipped with remote
device
and PTZ control enables (RS485).
Triplex
operation
can play back and search while it is re
cording.
480frame (NTSC, PAL is 400) per second for view, 120frame (NTSC, PAL is 100) per
second for recording.
One ATA
-100 Hard Disk Interface, s
upport
Over 2
0
0G Byte
.
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2.
U
NIT DESCRIPTION OF FRONT
P
ANEL
2.1
Recording/Playing Control Button
s Area
1. REC: It is manual recording button. Push this button to record video to hard disk, Re-
push
this button, it will stop recording. So, this button is the switch button of manual recording and
stopping recording operation, recording and stop will work simultaneously on 16 channels. This
button doesn
t work in schedule mode.
2. PLAY: Push this button to start playing the video stored in hard disk, Re-push this button, it
will stop playing. So, this button is the switch button of playing video and stopping playing
operations. Play and stop will work simultaneously on 16 channels. This
button
doesn
t work while
time recording and alarming recording.
3. REW: fast backward button. Push this button to start fast backward playing till push play
button to star
t normal playing.
4. FORWARD: fast forward button. Push this button to start fast forward playing till push play
button to start normal playing the fast forward has five speeds; each time you push the button will
change the speed from slow to fast and then
back to slow.
5. MODE
:
mode change key, push this key to change to shift mode, RE-push to change to
normal mode.
2.2
Function Control Area
1. Auto/1: Auto key, in shift mode, push this button, The DVR will be in auto dwell state, it dwells
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according to the time set in auto sequence set menu, you can set the dwell time of each channel.
Push this button to quit this mode. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of
channel 1. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of
1 .
2. Zoom/2:
Zoom key, in shift mode, push this button, the DVR will be in zoom mode, please refer
to zoom operation in user guideline for details, push zoom button again to cancel zoom
operation
.
If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture
of channel 2. While inputting numbers, this
button is used as number key of
2 .
3.
USB/3:
USB key, in shift mode, push this button, the DVR will start USB backup, please refer to
USB backup operation in user guideline for details, push USB button again to
cancel
USB backup. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 3,
while
inputting
numbers, this button is used as number key of
3 .
4.
Display/4:
Display key, in shift mode, push this button to display current information on the
screen, push again this to clear the information display. If not in shift mode, push this button to
see big picture of channel 4. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of
4
5. Freeze/5: Freeze key, in shift mode, push this button, the DVR will be in freeze mode, please
refer to freeze operation in user guideline for details, re
-
push this button to quit freeze mode, If not
in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 5. While inputting numbers, this
button is used as
number key of
5 .
6.WM/10+:
Watermark button, In shift mode, if the DVR is playing video, you can push this button
to see the watermark of the picture, if the video was recorded by this DVR and has not be
changed, there will be a watermark symbol in each
picture, push watermark key again to clear the
display. If not in shift mode, push this button and then push 1 to 6 to see big picture of
channel
11
to
channel
16.
7.
Schedule/6:
Schedule key, in shift mode, push this button to enter schedule state, if th
e DVR is
in schedule state, there will be a S
symbol on screen, push again this button to quit schedule
mode. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 6. While inputting
numbers, this button is used as number key of
6
8.
ADD/
7:
Add key, push this button to see big picture of channel 7. When in system setup menu,
this is an increase button. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of
7 .
9.
DEC/8:
Decrease key, push this button to see big picture of channel 8. When in system setup
menu, this is a decrease button. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of
8 .
10.
SR/9:
Single frame rewind button, in shift mode, while in playback state, long press this button
can see single frame rewind, press play button to play normally. If not in shift mode, push this
button to see big picture of channel8.while inputting numbers, this button is used as number key
of
9 .
11.
SF/0:
Single frame forward button, in shift mode, while in playback state, long press this
button can see single frame forward, press play button to play normally. If not in shift mode, push
8
this button to see big picture of channel 10.while inputting numbers, this button is used as number
key of
0 .
12. Search/Menu: push this button to enter search menu, please refer search play in user
guideline for details. Long press this key to enter menu (need password), in menu setup, push
this key to quit current menu.
2.3
Channel Choosing Control Area
1.
Four picture/up:
Push this button to se
e full screen, re
-
push
this button to see the next channel. While selecting menu items,
push this button to move up the cursor.
2. Sixteen picture/right:
Push this button to see sixteen
pictures display, re
-
push this button to see thirteen pictures.
While
selecting menu items, push this button to move the cursor
rightward.
3. Big pictures/down:
Push this button to see four pictures
display, re
-
push this button will display next four pictures. While
selecting menu items, push this button to move down the cur
sor.
4. Nine pictures/left: Push this button to see nine pictures display, re-push this button to see
eight pictures. While select menu items, push this button to move the cursor left ward.
5. Enter: While selecting menu items, push this button to select the item. While playing video,
push this button to pause the play, push play button to continue play.
3.
R
EAR PANEL AND SYSTEM CONNECTION
IN
DEBUG
ALARM & RS485
USB
WAN
3 4
21
S VIDEO
OUT
OUT
CH16
CH8
CH15
CH7
CH14
CH6
CH13
CH5
CH12
CH4
CH11
CH3
CH10
CH2
CH9
CH1
OUT
OUT
DC 12V
INPUT
11
9
10
876
AUDIO
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3.
1
Back panel and connection terminals
The
power cable and
input,
output signal
terminal
s are all at the back of the machine,
The
connection to monitor, camera etc equipments are all
carried
out through the terminals and
sockets on the back panel .the back view of the machine is illustrated as below.
Each part of the back panel is illustrated
as below:
1.
video input 1-16 2.main output 3.assistant monitor 4
.S
-VIDEO 5.audio input 6.audio output
7.net interface 8.USB port 10.debug port 11.power 9.Alarm and RS485port define:
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1-
12:
sensor 1-sensor 12; 13,
20,
24,
25
: GND, 14-
17:
sensor 13-
sens
or16, 18: RS485A 1
9: RS48521: COM 22: NC 23:
NO
3.2 Video and Audio Connection
The DVR can support up to 16 cameras video input at the same time.
AUDIO
IN
OUT
3 4
21
S VIDEOOUT
OUT
CH16
CH8
CH15
CH7
CH14
CH6
CH13
CH5
CH12
CH4
CH11
CH3
CH10
CH2
CH9
CH1
Main
Out
Assisant
Out
S Video
Out
Video In 1
Video In 16
Microphone
The DVR can connect 4 channel s audio input, but you can only select one for recording. To
display the DVR picture, the DVR video output signal should be transferred to your TV set
or
monitor
. Any TV set that has a
video
input
terminal is suitable for displaying the image.
The
figure
above shows the
video
and audio signal line c
onnection.
Note: at one time, you can only connect one audio input, which means, if you connect a
n audio to CH1, you cannot connect any CH2 to CH4.you should plug them out.
3.3 Alarm Connection
The DVR can support up to
16
-
alarm
input and 1 alarm output.
Alarm input:
there
are two types of alarm input.
1.
Voltage
output (5V and 0V)
A: In case sensor output high voltage (5V) normally and output low voltage when trigg
ered (0V),
the
n users must set DVR as low voltage alarm.
B: In case sensor output low voltage (0V) normally and output high voltage when trigg
ered (5V),
the
n users must set DVR as high voltage alarm.
Please refer to
the
picture below, channel 2 to channel 16 are
the
same as channel 1.
1
2
4
3
7
8
6
5
1
0
1
1
1
3
1
2
9
212425 23 22 171820 19 1516
1
4
Sensor Ch1
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2.
Open/Close output
A: N.O. Normal open, close when triggered. DVR must set as low voltage alarm.
B: N.C. Normal close, open when triggered. DVR must set as high voltage alarm.
Please refer to
the
picture below, channel 2 to channel 16 are
the
same as channel 1.
1
2
4
3
7
8 6 5
101113 12 9
212425 23 22 171820 19
1
5
1
6
1
4
Switch Ch1
Alarm output:
There are three alarm output pin, the status of these pin are illustrated as below
N O
. .
COM
N C
. .
N C
. .
COM
N O
. .
There is an example for alarm output connection
Alarm
5V
N C
. .
COM
N O
. .
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3.4 Hard Disk C
onnecti
on
There are processing to install the hard disk.
Note: If the DVR comes with a HDD, skip the following steps.
1. Push out
the
hard drive rack from the
DVR side panel.
2. Open the top cover of the drawer.
3. Jump HDD to Maste
r
Jump to Master
4. Connect the ribbon cable (IDE) cable &
power cable.
5. Close the top cover of the drawer and
put the hard drive drawer back into the
DVR
6. Lock the hard drive draw by turning the
key clockwise
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If you have another HDD, please jump that HDD to SLAVE, and open the machine, put
the HDD to the HDD shelf, and then connect the power and digit cable
4.
R
EMOTE
C
ONTROLLER
0
9
, 10
+
: Select the channel (Full screen)
2x2: 2x2 Screen Mode
3x3: 3x3 Screen Mode
4x4: 4x4 Screen Mode
USB: USB Storage Backup
AUTO: Auto Sequence Mode
Z
OOM
:
2X
Zoom
F
REEZE
: Freeze
D
ISPLAY
: Hard Disk Information
MENU/EXIT:
System
Setup
S
EARCH
: Time Search,
E
vent
S
earch
and Start Stop Search
ENTER
: Enter
Next Menu
REC
: Record
WM: Watermark set
PTZ: Control Speed dome
5.
SYSTEM SETUP
Before using the video recorder, the first step is
to set up the system according to user
s needs;
otherwise the machine will run with the default settings.
5.1 S
ETUP
M
ENU
When in setup mode, push upward button or downward button, the cursor will
move among
the settable items, continuous pushing will make
the cursor move among
the
options
one
by one, and it can recur. The selected one will display in yellow color.
While choosing digital fields, e.g. year, month, day, hour, minute, second etc, push
leftward button or rightward button,
the
cursor can move leftward or rightward among
The
several digits of one field, continuous pushing will make it move among digits one by o
ne,
and it can recur.
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Please push leftward or rightward button to change the value that the cursor on,
push ° ENTE ¡± but t on t enter sub menu and push menu button to return to previous menu.
Long press the menu/search button on the keyboard or
press
the remote controller to enter
the Setup Main Menu. You can show password input box according setting of password set. If
you fault
password input 3
-
times, then y
ou can ¯t ent er t he set up menu.
Def
ault password is °000 ¡±
If you enter the correct password, the main menu will display ad below.
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5.2 SYSTEM S
ETUP
Push
ENTER
button to enter sub menu
PLAY REPEAT: Set the Pl
ayback Repeat
VIDEO SYSTEM: Set the NTSC/PAL
BUZZER SOUND: Set the Buzzer On/Off
5.
2.1
T
IME/
D
ATA
S
ET
Set the date and time.
DATE: Set the date
TIME: Set the time
FORMAT: Set the
time
display format
(USA, EURO and Asia Users)
DISPLAY: Set
the
t
ime
display
on/off
LOCAL: Set
the
t
ime
display
position
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5.
2.2 H
DD
F
ORMAT
S
ET
Format the hard disk
.
Select
YES
,
to format the hard disk.
And all video on the HDD will loss.
5.2.3
F
ACTORY
R
ESET
Initialize all the
setup; the DVR will reset to default.
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5.3 D
ISPLAY
S
ETUP
BOUND COLOR: Set the Color of Video Boundary (BLACK / WHITE / GRAY)
.
BLANK COLOR: Set the Background Color of Loss Video (BLACK / WHITE)
.
5.3.1
CAMERA NAME SET
When the cursor moves to camera name, please push enter button, the camera name
setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
Each channels name is the
combination
of eight characters. Push upward or downward
button to select each character, push rightward or leftward button to modify each character,
and
then push
enter
button to save this name.
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5.
3.2
C
OLOR
SET
When the cursor moves to color set, please push enter button, the Color setup window will
appear, which is illustrated as below.
CON: picture contrast
BRI: picture brightness
HUE: picture hue
SAT: picture saturation
5.
3.3
.
A
UTO
S
EQUENCE
SET
Set the Display Time of Auto Sequence. Please push enter button, the auto sequence
setup
window
will appear, which id illustrated as below.
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Set the time of the relevant channel. Time can be set in the range from
0 to 99 seconds.
5.4 R
ECORD
SETUP
OVER WRITE: if set to
YES
, the DVR will automatically overwrite the HDD from the beginning
when the HDD is full. If set to
NO
, the DVR will automatically stop recording when the HDD is
full. If there are two HDD in the DVR, when the MASTER HDD is full, the video will store to the
SLAVE HDD, and when the SLAVE HDD is also full, the DVR will overwrite the MASTER HDD if
set this to yes, otherwise it will stop recording is set to no.
REC SPEED: the recording frame rate of the DVR, factory default setting is 30F/SEC for NTSC
(25F/1SEC for PAL), Which means DVR records the events at the speed of 30 shots of frames
per second, The higher the record frame rate, the more natural look will be displayed on the
scre
en when you playback. The lower the record frame rate, the more you can save the space on
the hard disk. The highest frame rate is 120F/SEC (PAL us 100F/SEC) when the resolution is in
320
sizes
.
REC QUALITY: There are four different video quality settings: VERY LOW, LOW, NORMAL,
HIGH and VERY HIGH. The higher the video quality, the clearer images when you playback. The
lower the video quality, the more you can save the space on the hard disk drive.
R
ESOLUTION:
The record picture size of the DVR, there are two modes: 360 and 720, default is
360. In 720 mode, the record picture is twice bigger than is 360 mode, in 320 mode the REC
speed is 120
F/SEC
PAL is 100F/SEC and the maximal REC speed in 720 mode is
60F/SEC(PAL is 50F/SEC).
PB SPEED:
The frame rate of playback, default is NO USE, which means the same as record.
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5.4.1
A
UDIO
CH
SET
W
hen the cursor moves to audio CH Set,
p
lease
push ent
er button, the audio CH setup window
will appear, which is illustrated as below.
There are four audio input channels, for each channel you can select anyone of the 16 channels.
Although there are four audio input channels, you can only record one channels audio at the
same time, so, for the right audio set, you have to select one channel i
n these four
channels
in the
Record Setup menu.
5.
4.2
REC CH
SET
When the
cursor
moves to REC CH Set, please push enter button, the REC CH setup window
will appear, it
i
s different for 720 size and 360 size, in 720 size, the window is illustrated as below,
push upward and downward buttons to select channel, push leftward or rightward button to
change the setting, if the channel is setting OFF, this channel will not be recorded in recording
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mode If the re resolution is set 360 size, the REC CH Setup window is not
accessible.
Set
Record
ON/OFF for the relevant channel.
5.5 NETWORK SETUP
When the cursor moves to Network Setup, then push enter button, the network setup menu
window will appear, which
illustrated ad below is
. If a PC View software from Internet is connected
to the DVR. You can
t access this menu unless you disconnect the PC View.
IP MODE: the DVR has 2 IP mode, STATIC IP and DHCP, if you select STATIC IP, you have to
set the IP address manually, if you select HDCP mode, the DVR will automatically get the IP
address.
For STATIC IP, push upward or downward button to move the cursor among the digits, you can
push rightward or leftward button to modify the digits, also, when select a digit, you can push
enter button then push leftward or rightward button to select each bit of the digit, and then push
rightward or leftward button to modify the bit of this digit, push enter to save you change.
NETWORK ENV: the DVR has three types of different network conditions: LOCAL, EXTER_LAN,
EXTER_WAN, if in local network, please select LOCAL, if for internet use, please choose
EXTER_LAN, if the internet condition is not very good, please select EXTER_WAN.
VIDEO PORT: the video transmits port for the computer.
COMMAND PORT: the command transmits port for the computer.
If you change any of the VIDEO PORT and COMMAND PORT or MAC address, you have to
restart the DVR to use the
net viewer
software.
Note: if you have change the MAC address, you can t see the MAC ADDR SET
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