Speco D4CX User manual

Quick Reference Guide (I)
Speco Technologies D4CX, D8CX DVRs
Congratulations on purchasing your new CX
DVR. We hope that this Quick Reference Guide will
help you quickly setup and configure your new Speco
Technologies DVR.
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Front Panel and Rear Panel
Menu Button Copy Button Esc Button
Play/Stop Button Camera Buttons Arrow Buttons
Play/Pause Button HDD LED Power LED
USB Port
Video Input Audio In/Out Alarm In/Out
RS485 Port RS232 Port Network Port
Video Out Factory Reset Switch
Power Cord Connector
EZ Setup
1. Go to <System> <General EZ Setup> to display the EZ Setup
screen.
2. Select either EZ Record
or EZ Network and select
the Next button to start the
selected setup.
EZ Record
1. If you selected the EZ
Record, selecting the Next
button starts the EZ Record.
2. Set the system Date/Time and
select the date/time Format.
3. Set the Time Zone. It can be
selected on the map.
4. Set the system to use Daylight
Saving Time.
5. Select the desired recording
mode from: Motion Event
Record, Continuous &
Motion Event Record, and
Continuous Record.
6. Select the desired video quality
profile from: HVQPP, SRP
and LRTPP.
HVQPP (High Video Quality Priority Profile, Very High (D1/960H)
Resolution): 30.00 ips @ D1/960H for Time Record and Post-Event
Record.
SRP (Standard Recording Profile, High (2CIF/H960H) Resolution):
5.00 ips @ 2CIF/H960H for Time Record and 30.00 ips @ D1/960H
for Post-Event Record.
LRTPP (Longer Recording Time Priority Profile, Standard
(CIF/Q960H) Resolution): 3.00 ips @ CIF/Q960H for Time Record
and 5.00 ips @ 2CIF/H960H for Post-Event Record.
7. Select the Finish button to
finish the EZ Record and select
the Go to EZ Network button
to start the EZ Network.
EZ Network
1. If you selected the Go to EZ
Network, select the Next button
to start the EZ Network.
2. Select whether or not your DVR
is connected to the Internet.
3. Select between Auto
Configuration and Manual
Configuration for network
configuration.
4. Select the Test button to test
the network configuration
you selected.
NOTE: The network configuration you set should be tested by selecting
Test, otherwise the Next button will cannot be selected, and you cannot
move to the next step.
5. Set the DVR to use the
DVRNS service.
6. Enter the DVR name to be
registered on the DVRNS
server.
7. Select the Test box to check
whether or not the DVR
Name you entered can be
used.
8. Select the Finish button to
finish the EZ Network.
System Setup
1. After connecting the power cord, the unit will be operational in 50
seconds.
NOTE: There is no record button on the unit. Please refer to the
Record Setup section for the proper record settings.
2. Press the MENU button and then select (Setup) in the Live
Monitoring menu, enter the password then press the button.
There is no default password when logging in the admin user for
the first time. To assure the secure management of the system,
setting up a password is strongly recommended.
3. Go to <System> <General> to configure the general information,
show the system log, clear all data, run the setup wizard, and shut
down the system.
4. Go to <System> <Date/Time> to enter a new date and time, set up
the time synchronization between the DVR and the time server, and
set up holidays.
5. Go to <System> <User> to add and delete groups and users.
6. Go to <System> <Storage> to display information about the DVR’s
storage devices.
7. Go to <System> <Capacity Estimator> to calculate the recordable time.
8. Go to <System> <System Event> to configure System Event settings.
Record Setup
1. Go to <Record> <Record 
Settings> to configure
recording settings.
2. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between
On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest
video data once all available storage space has been used. When
Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all available
storage space has been used.
3. Highlight Use Panic Recording and press the button to toggle
between On and Off. When setting to On, set the length of time of the
duration, images per second, quality and resolution for panic recording.
Recording Schedule
1. Go to <Record> <Schedule>
to set up the recording
schedule.
2. Highlight Schedule On and
press the button to toggle
between On and Off. In the
Schedule On mode, the DVR
records video based on the
schedule established in the
Schedule screen. When turning
Schedule recording Off, you
will be asked to confirm your
decision. Panic recording will
function even when Schedule
is turned off.
3. Select the schedule mode between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode
first. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule item,
and highlight the box under the heading and press the button
to delete the recording settings.
NOTE: Refer to the User’s Manual for each schedule mode for details.
Pre-Event Recording
1. Go to <Record> <Pre-
Event> to set up pre-event
recording.
2. You can turn individual
cameras On or Off for pre-
event recording and set the
image speed, image quality,
resolution and the amount
of time to record prior to
the event (dwell).
NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time or Time & Event mode, it ignores
the pre-event settings and follows the time settings.
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Quick Reference Guide (II)
Speco Technologies D4CX, D8CX DVRs
Camera Setup
1. Go to <Camera> <General,
PTZ > to turn On or Off
each camera, assign camera
titles, hide the video of
covert cameras, and select
the width resolution, and
set up PTZ cameras.
Device Setup
1. Go to <Device> <Audio>
to select which camera you
want associated with what
audio input and enable audio
out.
2. Go to <Device> <Digital
Deterrent> to set up the
DVR to sound when events
are detected.
3. Go to <Device> <Alarm-Out> to establish a schedule and set titles
for each alarm output from the DVR.
4. Go to <Device> <Remote Control> to select a port and make correct
settings for a remote control device.
5. Go to <Device> <Alarm-Out> to establish a schedule and set titles
for each alarm output from the DVR.
6. Go to <Device> <Remote Control> to select a port and make correct
settings for a remote control device.
Network Setup
1. Go to <Network>
<Network> to set the
transfer speed and remote
quality to limit bandwidth
used to the remote site.
2. Go to <Network> <LAN>
to select the typeof network
configuration first then set
up LAN parameters for
the selected network
configuration.
3. Go to <Network>
<DVRNS,RTSP,Speco
Remote,VNC> to
configure DVRNS, RTSP,
Speco Remote and VNC
service settings.
Display Setup
1. Go to <Display> <OSD, Main
Monitor > to select what
information will be displayed
on the monitor and set up the
main monitor.
Event Action Settings
1. Go to <Event> <Motion, Alarm-In, Video Loss, Video Blind, Text-In>
to configure the event action settings.
2. In each Event screen, you
can set the actions (Record,
Alarm-Out, Notify, PTZ and
Digital Deterrent) the DVR
will take whenever it detects
motion, senses alarm input,
detects loses video, detects
video blind and senses text
input.
3. Go to <System> <System Event> to configure the system event action
settings.
4. In the System Event screen,
you can set the actions
(Alarm-Out and Notify) the
DVR will take when it detects
system events.
Clip-Copy
The Clip-Copy screen can be used to copy video to an external USB hard
disk or flash drives. The clip copy can be simply done by pressing the
COPY button
NOTE: The Clip Copy feature requires the camera title or number along
with the date and time of the recorded images to be copied. To view the
copied images, remove the USB device from the DVR and install it to any
PC with a USB port. On the PC access the USB drive device and select
the image file name. The executable Clip Player software program will open
automatically displaying playback controls for viewing the video clip.
Search and Playback
1. Press the PLAY/STOP button to enter the Playback mode. If a user
who has Search authority logs into the system, the user can view
recorded images.
2. Press the MENU button while in the Search mode to display the Search
Menu. Select the type of search using the arrow buttons and press the
button.
①Search
②Go To
③Bookmark
④Display
⑤Previous Group
⑥Next Group
⑦Alarm
⑧Digital Deterrent
⑨Panic
⑩Camera Menu
⑪Export
⑫Status
⑬Data Source
⑭Exit
Event Search
1. Go to <Search Menu> <Search Event Log Search, Motion
Search, Text-In Search>. The event log list will be shown on the
screen. Highlight the event you would like to see and press the
button.
For more specific search conditions, select <Option> and enter search
parameters then select <Search>. The search results will be displayed
in each screen.
2. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment.
Press the PLAY/STOP button to return to live monitoring.
Record Table Search
1. Go to <Search Menu> <Search Record Table Search>. Recording
information about video images currently displayed on the screen
displays on the recording status bar.
Compact View
Standard View
Expanded View
2. Selecting the and icon
located at the bottom switches
to other view modes.
3. Selecting displays eight
or 12 hours (1-minute based),
and selecting displays 24
hours (3-minute based) at once.
4. Selecting located at the
bottom displays the Calendar
Search screen.
5. Selecting in the top-right
corner displays the Search
menu.
Go To Search
1. Go to <Search Menu> <Go to>. Selecting <Go to the First> displays
the first recorded image, selecting <Go to the Last> displays the last
recorded image, and selecting <Go to the Date/Time> displays the
Go to the Date/Time screen.
2. Enter a specific date and time and select OK by
pressing the button. The button and
arrow buttons to review the video.
EZ Search
Go to <Search Menu> <Search  EZ Search>. When entering the EZ
Search mode for the first time, the DVR will play video in 4x4 display
format starting with the first recorded image using the Day precision
(default).
NOTE: When There are there precision levels: Day, Hour and Minute.
SNS Notification
The DVR can be set up to post a message via SNS (Social Network Service)
when an event occurs. Go to <Notification> <SNS> to add and edit the
SNS account. The SNS account can be turned On or Off by highlighting
the boxes under the No. heading and pressing the button.
1. To add an SNS account, highlight the + and press the button.
2. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. Select Twitter
from the Type allows you to post a tweet on Twitter when an event occurs.
3. Highlight the box beside User Name/Password and press the button.
4. Go to <Notification>
<Schedule> to add and edit
notification schedules.
Highlight the + and press the
button to add a schedule.
V1.0
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