Q-See QSNDVR4R User manual

DVR
Model QSNDVR4R
4-channel Digital Video Recorder
With Networking capability
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4 Channel Digital Video Recorder
Security Notice
zPower supply
This Digital-Video-Recorder applies DC 12 voltage indoor power supply. The voltage of the
power must be verified before using.
When the machine is not in use for a long time, pull out the plug from the socket and
disconnect the power.
zSecurity
This machine is indoor using equipment; in order to avoid dangers of short circuit or electric
shock, please do not expose the machine in rain or moist environment. In case any solid or
liquids get into the machine’s case, please cut off the power supply immediately, and ask for
qualified technicians to check the machine before restart.
This machine is precise instrument; do not attempt to repair any unit of the machine by
yourself without technical aids. When there is any malfunction with the machine, please ask
for qualified technicians to examine and repair, or contact the dealers in your area.
zInstallation
Please choose appropriate site to install the machine, to ensure well ventilation around the
machine to avoid the machine excessively hot. The machine cannot be installed near radiator
and ventilating trunk etc. heat sources, or under straight sunshine, or dusty places or anywhere
there is a chance for mechanical librations or impact.
zAdvice
While recording TV programs or VCD programs, please don’t pirate the third-party’s authority
and/or any other relative rights.
Features of this DVR
zVideo input: 4channels; video output: 2 channels.
zAudio input: 4channels; audio output: 1 channels.
zFour optional levels of image quality: very high, high, normal, low. Record and playback
frame rate change enable for recording.
zCompression mode: Modified MJEPG.
zCompatible with NTSC and PAL format.
zSupport alarm recording and time recording.
zMulti-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.
zSupport various playback modes: pause, several fast forward and backward play modes.
zSupport zoom, auto, and PIP function.
z4 alarm input and 1 relay alarm output.
zEquipped with remote device
zSupport loss and motion detection functions.
zSupport watermark security protect.
zTriplex operation, may play back and search while it is recording. Both live and playback
pictures can be displayed on screen simultaneously.
zTotally independent from PC platform, thoroughly keeping away from shutdown caused by
inappreciative operations, complicated management and operation, and virus infection.
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Table of Contents
SYSTEM SETUP .....................................................................4
1. SETUP METHODS OF MENU .............................................................................................................4
2.ACCESS MENU................................................................................................................................4
3. SYSTEM SETUP ...............................................................................................................................5
4. TIME/DATE SET ..............................................................................................................................5
5. HDD FORMAT SET..........................................................................................................................6
6. FACTORY RESET..............................................................................................................................7
7. VIDEO SETUP..................................................................................................................................7
8. NAME SETUP ..................................................................................................................................7
9. BRI/CON SETUP ..............................................................................................................................8
10. RECORD SETUP.............................................................................................................................9
11. NETWORK SETUP..........................................................................................................................9
12. N/WENABLE SET.......................................................................................................................10
13. MAC SET.....................................................................................................................................11
14.ALARM SETUP ............................................................................................................................11
15. MOTION DETECTION SETTINGS...................................................................................................12
16.AREA SET....................................................................................................................................13
17. SCHEDULE SET ...........................................................................................................................13
18. PROTOCOL SET ...........................................................................................................................14
BUTTONS ON THE FRONT PANEL.............................15
1.RECORDING/PLAYING CONTROL BUTTONS AREA .........................................................................16
2.FUNCTION CONTROLAREA ...........................................................................................................17
3.CHANNEL CHOOSING CONTROLAREA ..........................................................................................18
DISPLAY STATUSES WHILE RUNNING....................19
1.SCREEN DISPLAY WHILE RUNNING...............................................................................................19
2.SCREEN DISPLAY WHILE PLAYING ................................................................................................19
3.TRIPDISPLAY ...............................................................................................................................20
SYSTEM CONNECTION...................................................21
1.BACK PANELAND CONNECTION TERMINALS ................................................................................21
2.VIDEO AND AUDIO CONNECTION ..................................................................................................22
3.ALARM CONNECTION....................................................................................................................22
4.HARD DISK CONNECTION..............................................................................................................24
USER GUIDELINE...............................................................25
1.START THE MACHINE.....................................................................................................................25
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2.TURN OFF THE MACHINE...............................................................................................................25
3.NORMAL RECORDING....................................................................................................................25
4.ALARM RECORDING......................................................................................................................26
5.TIME RECORDING..........................................................................................................................27
6.PLAYBACK.....................................................................................................................................27
7.SEARCH PLAY................................................................................................................................27
8. TIME SEARCH ...............................................................................................................................28
9. EVENT SEARCH.............................................................................................................................29
10. START STOP SEARCH...................................................................................................................29
11.ZOOM OPERATION .......................................................................................................................30
12.PIPOPERATION............................................................................................................................31
13.INFORMATION DISPLAY ...............................................................................................................31
14.DEFAULT SETTING.......................................................................................................................32
15.REMOTE CONTROL......................................................................................................................34
16.SERIAL PORT CONTROL...............................................................................................................34
17. PC VIEW SOFTWARE OPERATION................................................................................................35
EXTERIOR SIZE..................................................................41
INCASE LIST.........................................................................41
APPENDIX A: TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE ...............42
APPENDIX B: SERIAL PORT PROTOCOL .....................44
APPENDIX C: RECORD TIME ..........................................46
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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.
1. Setup Methods of menu
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 one, and it can recur.
Please push “+” or “-” button to change the value that the cursor stands, push ENTER button
to enter sub menu and push menu button to return to previous menu.
2. Access Menu
System setup is achieved through entering menu, and then setting up on each option’s window.
To access the menu, please push menu button on the front panel, it will display password input
window.
The password is a random combination of 4 digits of “0-9”. The default is “0000”. To enter
the menu below, you have to input the correct password by pushing the digital buttons. If the
password you input is incorrect, the system will automatically return. If you don’t want to input
the password but give up the operation, you can push menu button to return. While inputting the
password, in order to avoid being revealed to stander-bys, the password you input is displayed on
the screen as “*” signs.
To change the password, please refer to “password change”.
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3. System Setup
When the cursor moves to System Setup, please push enter button, the System Setup window
will appear, which is illustrated as below.
PLAY REPEAT: if you set this to “YES”, when play the video to the end of the HDD, it will
automatically play the video from the beginning of the HDD again. If set to ‘NO’, it will stop
when play to the end.
VIDEO SOURCE: video format, NTSC/PAL
BUZZER SOUND: buzzer switcher, if set to “OFF”, the buzzer will not work..
4. Time/Date Set
When the cursor moves to System Setup, please push enter button, the System Setup window
will appear, which is illustrated as below. If the DVR is in recording mode you cannot access to
this menu unless you stop record first.
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Please push up, down, left, and right buttons to move the cursor, push add and DEC button to
modify the value.
FORMAT: the time display format, different for USA, EURO and Asia users.
DISPLAY: if set to “OFF”, time will not display no the screen.
LOCAL: time display position.
5. HDD Format Set
When the cursor moves to HDD FORMAT SET, please push enter button, the System Setup
window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
If you select “YES” and push the enter button, all video on the HDD will loss, if you want to
give up, please select “NO”.
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6. Factory Reset
When the cursor moves to System Setup, please push enter button, the System Setup window
will appear, which is illustrated as below.
If you select “YES” and push the enter button, all setting of the DVR will reset to default, if
you want to give up, please select “NO”.
7. Video Setup
When the cursor moves to Video Setup, please push enter button, the Video Setup window
will appear, which is illustrated as below.
BOUNDARY: boundary line color
BACK GROUND: back ground color.
8. Name Setup
When the cursor moves to Name Setup, please push enter button, the Name Setup window
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will appear, which is illustrated as below.
Each channel’s name is the combination of eight characters. Push up or down button to move
cursor and push enter button to select which channel’s name, then push left or right button to
select each character, push add or DEC button to modify each character, and then push enter
button to save this name.
DISPLAY: if set to “OFF”, the channel’s name will not display on the screen.
9. Bri/Con Setup
When the cursor moves to Bri/Con Setup, please push enter button, the Bri/Con Setup
window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
BRI: picture brightness CON: picture contrast
Please push up, down, left, and right buttons to move the cursor, push add and DEC button to
modify the value.
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10. Record Setup
When the cursor moves to Record Setup, then push enter button, the Record Setup window
will appear, which is illustrated as below. Push upward or downward button to move the cursor.
Push “+”or “-” button to change the value. While the DVR is in recording or playback mode, you
cannot access to this menu unless you stop record or play first.
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.
REC SPEED: the recording frame rate of the DVR, factory default setting is 30F/1SEC 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 screen when you playback. The lower the record frame rate, the more you can save the space
on the hard disk drive. The highest frame rate is 60F/1SEC(PAL is 50F/1SEC).
REC QUALITY: There are four different video quality settings: 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.
RESOLUTION: 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 in 360 mode, but in 360 mode can save
half of HDD usage.
PB SPEED: the frame rate of playback, default is NO USE, which means the same as record.
AUDIO ENABLE: audio select, the DVR has one record channel, you can select one in four
channels, the default is channel one.
A/M REC TIME: when a motion or sensor alarm occurred, the DVR record last time, the
default is one minute.
11. Network Setup
When the cursor moves to Network Setup, then push enter button, the network setup menu
window will appear, which is illustrated as below. If a PC View soft from Internet is connected to
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