USAVision UA-XVR1620 User manual

Before attempting to connect or operate this product,
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Quick Start Guide
UA-XVR1620

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September 2022
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Contents
1. Introduction.........................................................................................................1
1.1 Packing List............................................................................................................1
1.2 Overview ................................................................................................................2
1.2.1 Rear View ................................................................................................................. 2
1.2.2 Rear View ................................................................................................................. 3
2. Installation...........................................................................................................4
2.1 HDD Installation......................................................................................................4
2.2 Connection Diagram...............................................................................................5
2.3 Power Supply Connection.......................................................................................5
3. Getting Started....................................................................................................6
3.1 Start Wizard............................................................................................................6
3.1.1 Start Wizard .............................................................................................................. 6
3.1.2 Connecting IP Cameras............................................................................................ 6
3.2 Live View Overview ................................................................................................8
3.2.1 Main Window ............................................................................................................ 8
3.2.2 Task Menu Bar........................................................................................................10
3.2.3 Camera Quick Toolbar............................................................................................ 10
4. Remote Access via Web Client........................................................................12
4.1 Basic System Requirements.................................................................................12
4.2 Looking Up the Dynamic IPAddress.....................................................................13
4.3 Web Client Manager Live Interface.......................................................................14
5. Upgrading Firmware.........................................................................................20

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1. Introduction
Welcome to the UA-XVR1620 Quick Start Guide. In the following sections, you will learn
about the basic installations and configurations. For more details, see UA-XVR1620 User’s
Manual.
1.1Packing List
UA-XVR1620
Audio Cable
3.5”HDD screw kit x 2
USB Mouse
2.5”HDD screw kit x 2
Power Adapter (DC 12V, 5, 60W)
Rack Mount x 2
Power Cord
Screw for Rack Mount x 2
Download Guide

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1.2Overview
1.2.1 Rear View
Item
Description
Power LED
Show constant green when power is supplied.
HDD LED
Blink red when the HDD is writing or reading data.
No LED when no HDD is installed.
USB port
Connect the supplied mouse or USB flash memory.

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1.2.2 Rear View
Item
Description
e-SATA
Connect to e-SATA HDD for recording & backup.
Audio Input (1-4)
Connect with audio input signals, RCA port.
Audio Input (5-16)
Connect to the input ports with supplied connector.
CVBS
Connect to your TV or monitor, BNC port.
Audio Output
Audio signal output, RCA port.
Video Input
Connect with video input devices, BNC port.
VGA
Connect to your TV or a monitor with VGAinput.
RS-485
Connect to PTZ devices.
Sensor & Alarm
Optional. Connect to external sensor & alarm devices.
HDMI
Connect to your digital TV or monitor with HDMI input.
LAN
Connect to your home network.
USB port
Connect the supplied mouse or USB flash memory.
Power
Connect to the supplied power adaptor.
Reset
Load default settings of the DVR.
Note: The Reset button is below the USB port. Poke the Reset button
to load default settings.
Power Switch
Turn on / off power supply.

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2. Installation
2.1 HDD Installation
Follow the instructions below to install the HDD in the DVR for video data storage.
Caution: DO NOT install or remove the hard drive while the power is turned ON.
Note:
1.
The DVR supports 3.5” and 2.5” SATA HDD of up to 10 TB only.
2. The following procedures are for reference only. The practical operation may be
different depending on the model you purchased.
HDD Installation:
(1) Cut power firstly. Unscrew both sides and rearpanel to open the upper cover.
(2) Connect the data and power cables to the HDD and place the HDD on the DVR case.
Carefully flip the DVR case and secure the HDD to the DVR with screws.

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2.2 Connection Diagram
2.3Power Supply Connection
Caution: Use only the supplied power adapter of the DVR.
Connect one end of the power adapter to the power connector on the back of the DVR. Plug the
other end of the power adapter into the wall outlet.
For specific models, press the Power Switch to turn on the power.
Speaker

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3. Getting Started
3.1 Start Wizard
3.1.1 Start Wizard
Click Start Wizard to proceed to the next step.
3.1.2 Connecting IP Cameras
After finishing setting Network Configuration and Date and Time, this page appears.

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Click Search to search IP cameras in the same network. Choose the IP camera(s) you want
to add, and then click icon to add to the DVR. Or, click button to manually add
individual IP camera to a single channel.
◼IP Address/Domain: IP address or domain name of the IP camera.
◼Alias: Name of the IP camera.
◼Port: Port of the IP camera.
◼Protocol: Choose the protocol of the IP camera from the dropdown menu.
◼User Name: User Name of the IP camera.
◼Password: Password of the IP camera.
Note:
1. The system fills in the ID and password using admin/admin by default. Make sure to
enter the correct ID and password of the IP cameras when adding them to the DVR.
2. The default password is 123456 for the following IP camera models: UA-B20004F /
UA-B40004F / UA-B4000VF-S / UA-D20002F / UA-D40002F / UA-D4000VF-S /
UA-R40002F-SA. To modify the password on the camera’s Web interface, refer to
Network Cameras User Manual for details.

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3.2 Live View Overview
3.2.1 Main Window
Camera Title
To display the camera title
A-: This indicates that the camera connected is an AHD camera
T-: This indicates that the camera connected is a TVI camera
C-: This indicates that the camera connected is a CVI camera
IP: This indicates that the camera connected is an IP camera
State Icon
: Trigger Intelligence Detection
: Trigger PIR Detection
: This indicates that the DVR is currently recording.
: This icon appears when the camera has detected motion.
: The icon indicates that the external I/O alarm device is triggered
: This icon indicates that the HDD is in error to work
: This icon indicates the HDD is unformatted.
:This icon indicates the HDD is full.

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:This icon indicates the HDD is read-only.
Off-line: The analog camera is disconnected.
No Camera: IP camera is disconnected.
Decoding Failed: The DVR doesn’t support this kind of IP camera compression standard,
please change to H.264 compression standard.
Resource Not Enough：Insufficient resources, the main code flow does not support all
drawings at the same time/MJPEG format can only display one channel.
Band Not Enough：Insufficient bandwidth, the channel cannot be online
Failed to connect to camera：IPC connection failed
User name or password error: IPC username and password are wrong
Click to open Quick Add menu to add IP camera
Click to edit current IP camera
For more details, see 4.2 Live View Screen Overview in UA-XVR1620 User’s Manual.

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3.2.2 Task Menu Bar
Click to open the Start Menu.
Click to choose different layouts for live view.
More Layout: Click to choose more layouts for live view.
Auto SEQ: Click to start viewing channels in a sequence.
Playback: You can choose to play the latest recording for all channels from the
beginning of the day, or you can choose the playback from the latest 5s, 10s, 30s, 1Min,
5Min.
Audio: Click to adjust audio volume.
Preview Policy: Click to switch among real-time, balanced, or smooth view. This
function only effects the live view video quality by bitrate and frame rate without
impacting the recording quality.
Manual: To start or stop Manual Record and Manual Alarm.
System: To view system information, channel information, record info, and network
state.
This icon appears if the network is disconnected.
3.2.3 Camera Quick Toolbar
Click to manually record the channel. If the manual recording is in process, the icon will
be in red color. Click one more time to stop manual record.
Click to save a snapshot of the current camera image. Manual Capture must be enabled
to use this feature.

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Click to play the last 5 minutes of recording of this channel.
Click to enter PTZ control panel.
Click to zoom-in the channel. When the icon appears, press and hold the left button
of your mouse to drag the area you want to zoom in.
Click to adjust the image color of the channel. You can adjust the HUE, BRIGHT,
CONTRAST & SATURATION of the image.
Click to switch main/sub stream
Click to enable/disable white light alarm. Note that this menu won’t change the white light
setting parameter.
Click to manually record the channel. If the manual recording is in process, the icon will
be in red color. Click one more time to stop manual record.
Click to save a snapshot of the current camera image. Manual Capture must be enabled
to use this feature.
Click to play the last 5 minutes of recording of this channel.
Click to enter PTZ control panel.
Click to zoom-in the channel. When the icon appears, press and hold the left button
of your mouse to drag the area you want to zoom in.
Click to adjust the image color of the channel. You can adjust the HUE, BRIGHT,
CONTRAST & SATURATION of the image.
Click to switch main/sub stream
Click to enable/disable white light alarm. Note that this menu won’t change the white light
setting parameter.

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4. Remote Access via Web Client
Use the Web Client to remotely access your DVR at any time via a PC. Before you access
the Web Client, ensure that your PC’s system meets the basic requirements and that the
network settings of the DVR are configured properly.
4.1 Basic System Requirements
Item
Minimum
Recommended
CPU
Intel® Core™ i5 CPU
Intel® Core™ i5 CPU or higher
RAM
4G or more
8G or more
Hard Drive
500G or more
1000G or more
Display RAM
2G or more
4G or more
Display
Resolution
1280*1024
1920*1080
OS
Windows 7 or above
Mac OS X® 10.9 or above
DirectX
DirectX 11
Direct3D
Acceleration Function
Ethernet Adapter
10/100/1000M Ethernet Adapter
IE
10/11
Mozilla Firefox
V52 or later
Google Chrome
V57 or later
Mac Safari
V12.1 or later
Edge
V79 or later

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4.2 Looking Up the Dynamic IP Address
By default, when the DVR is connected LAN with DHCP server, it is automatically assigned
with a dynamic IP address. Follow the steps below to look up its IP address.
1. Download and install the UVS Device Utility program here.
2. On the UVS Device Utility window, click Search to search for the devices connected in
the same LAN.
3. Find the device with its Mac Address and click on its IP address.
4. The login web page appears.

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4.3 Web Client Manager Live Interface
Once you log in the Web Client Manager interface, you will see the live view as shown below.
1- Channel: Quick turn on camera channel
Click icon show channels list.
Click icon shut up channels list.
Turn on/off live streaming. While real time streams turn on, the icon is blue.
Manual record, click and start to record manually. Click icon again to stop recording
and the records saved to local PC. Manual recording icon shows blue which
recording.
Manual capture. Click to save the snapshot to your local PC.
Bitrate icon. Camera set up main/sub/mobile streaming. Mobile stream only be used
in IP channels.
2- Realtime setting:
Main stream: High video quality to view on main stream.
Sub stream: Middle video quality to view on main stream.
Mobile stream: The lowest video quality to view on mobile stream. Advantage: Use smaller
bandwidth, only support on IP camera.

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3- Main menu:
Preview: Check realtime video on camera.
Playback: Check the records in DVRHDD drive.
Remote setting: DVR menu to set up device parameters.
Local setting: Set up Web records and picture save location, select video “file type”.
4- Information: Mouse stop, check system user, IE version and plug-in version
5- Manual Alarm: Manual enable /disable Alarm Out
6- Color setting: Click to hidden the settings.

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7- AI alarm：Trigger AI alarm push, click click AI type detection, click to delete.
8- PTZ Control: Click to show/hidden PTZ.

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9- PTZ Control Plug-in