Vacron VDH-CK Series User manual

ccHDtv DVR
User Manual
VDH-CK Series
2014 OCT V1.1

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CONTENTS
Foreword 【Notices】 ................................................................................................................. 1
Chapter 1 【Operation Options】 .......................................................................................... 2
1. Operating with a Mouse ................................................................................................ 2
2. Operating with a Remote ............................................................................................... 2
Chapter 2【Operation Options】 ............................................................................................ 3
1. Main menu........................................................................................................................... 3
2. LOG ......................................................................................................................................... 3
3. Manual Record ................................................................................................................... 4
4. SETUP ..................................................................................................................................... 5
5. Playback ............................................................................................................................. 23
6. Previous and Next Page ............................................................................................... 24
7. Display Mode ................................................................................................................... 24
8. Sequence ........................................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 3 【Advanced Features】 .................................................................................... 25
1. Digital Zoom-in of Single Display Mode .............................................................. 25
2. Remote Monitoring and Playback ........................................................................... 26

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Foreword 【Notices】
WARNING
Do not expose the DVR under the sunlight, heat or wet
environment while installation. As it could decrease the
performance of DVR and damage the machine.
Do not touch the power plug or case with wet hands as this
could result electric shock.
Do not forcedly bend or put heavy object on power cable as
this could result in injury to personal or equipment.
Do not operate with damaged power cord or loose electrical
outlet as this could result in electric shock or accident.
Please use individual power instead of share electrical outlets
with other electrical equipment as this could result in
damage or accident.
Do not attempt to service this DVR by yourself as it may
expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Please
refer all service to the qualified servicing distributor.
Please do not remove the machine housing during operation.
It may cause electric shock or accidental injury.
CAUTION
Do not place the machine on an uneven surface or it would
decrease the DVR efficiency or malfunction.
Avoid any shock or bumping of the DVR while recording.
Improper handling could damage the system.
CAUTION
Make sure the voltage selector switch is
set to appropriate setting before plug in!

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Chapter 1 【Operation Options】
Operating with a Mouse and a Remote
1. Operating with a Mouse
1) Right click at Live View screen to open system menu.
2) Click to enter selected item.
3) Scroll mouse wheel to change value at drop down menu.
4) Press [APPLY ALL CHANNEL] button to apply current settings to all
channels or right click at edit box to enter characters over screen keypad.
2. Operating with a Remote
1) Operation of remote controller and front panel are identical. Please
refer the diagram of the remote controller below：
Record LOG
PLAY BACK
AUDIO: Record Audio
PREV: Prev. Page
LIVE: Live View
ID:NVR ID
NEXT: Next Page
SEQ: Sequential Mode
PTZ Controller
Enter / Arrows Keys
Display Mode
Single Channel Mode

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Chapter 2【Operation Options】
1. Main menu
1.1 DVR has two menu bars. Right click on the screen, menu bars on
top-right and bottom –left will pop up. Right click again to close menu
bars. (See below)
1.2 Viewing channel display in DVR may relocate freely on screen. Simply
click and hold the left button and drag to the desired display
channel.(See Below)
1.3 System time and HDD status are shown at the bottom of the screen.
1.4 Double click on time display to zoom-in and zoom-out. To move it,
click, hold and drag to the desire location.
1.5 Please format HDD before use.
If HDD is not found, please format it again. To format HDD, go to
SETUP and STORAGE menu.
2. LOG
2.1 It generates event log of the system that are considered abnormal.
Users may click and retrieve the event log of a specific date on the

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calendar.
2.2 Click on [LOG] to open the Log page, click on the date you want to
view, the event logs will appear on the right side of screen.
3. Manual Record
3.1 Right click then click on [Emergency] at quick launch bar to record
video streaming sent from all available cameras.
3.2 Click it to start recording. Click it again to stop recording.
3.3 After emergency recording, all manual recording channels will be
blocked with blue squares.
3.4 The data is indicated in blue color on time bar in playback.

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4. SETUP
Right click on live view screen to bring up Quick Launch Bar. Click [SETUP]
to bring up SETUP menu as shown below. Main items are explained below,
 DISPLAY
1) OUTPUT：Support HD Out and VGA display simultaneously.
2) RESOLUTION：1080P, WXGA, 720P, SXGA, XGA.
3) CVBS CHANNEL 1: Choose the video source for the VIDEO OUT in

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the back board. One channel each time. It can be NONE, channel1,
Channel2, Channel3 and channel4. Default is NONE. (Some DVR not
support)
4) SEQ INTERVAL：Selections of 5, 10, 20, 30& 60 seconds; default
sequence duration is 5 seconds.
5) DATE FORMAT : Choose the DATE FORMAT in LIVE View. There are
8 formats available.
 CAMERA
SETUP
1) Choose one supported camera in the TYPE menu, the related
setting options will be listed.
2) After the camera is assigned, there will be setting options for
CONNECT, DISPLAY, TITLE, CHANNEL and FLICKER CONTROL.
3) When the value of the channel and FREQUENCY CHANGE if not the
same (ex: TV 1, FREQUENCY CHANGE value 2-201000khz), this
time there will be no video out. So when manually set, then, to pay
attention to this part (after the automatic search will not have this
problem)
4) APPLY ALL CHANNEL: Apply the present settings to other cameras.
Press“SAVE”to save the settings.
5) CHANNEL LIST: show the frequencies of the connected BNC
cameras.
6) CONTROL CHECK: check the camera whether it can return to
control.
7) FLICKER CONTROL: 50HZ(PAL) OR 60HZ(NTSC).

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SEARCH
1) Enter SEARCH menu, click [SEARCH], the system will generate a list
of cameras that are found and connected to the network.

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2) Owing to the RF interference of ccHDtv cameras, more cameras may
be found than the connected ones. Then you can use 【AUTO SELECT】
to judge the usable cameras.
3) After using 【AUTO SELECT】,all BNC are checked and you can see
“SELECT: 4”in the bottom right corner. Press APPLY button, then
continue. If you want to select by youself, you have to select bigger

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value of STRENGTH(dBm) . For example, with -57 、-53、-19 and-58,
we have to choose -19.
STREAM
In the STREAM tab, we can set the BITRATE, FRAME RATE of the
main and sub streams. Click [apply all channel] to apply identical
parameters to all cameras.
Color
Color parameters of cameras can be adjusted ,including brightness,

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contrast and saturation. Click [apply all channel] to apply identical
parameters to all cameras.

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 MOTION
In the MOTION tab, we can enable MOTION DETECTION, set
SENSITIVITY level and select motion areas. Click [apply all channel] to
apply identical parameters to all cameras.

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RECORD
SETUP
1) In This menu, the recording schedules of each camera can be set
individually.
2) Motion detection is available, including PREV/POST DURATION.
The Recording schedule of a camera can be set here.
3) Click RECORD EVENT TYPE drop-down list and select one type.
Then set the event type for a specific time: Green means
NORMAL; RED means MOTION; ORANGE means
SENSOR(Some DVR not support) and White means NONE.
Each cell represents one hour unit.
4) Click [SELECT ALL IPCAM] to apply to all cameras.
5) Click [SAVE] to save and exit schedule record setting.

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 EVENT
SETUP
1) E-MAIL NOTIFY: Click [ENABLE] to enable email notification of an
event. Server mail, server port, from email, login name, login
password, and to mail must be set correctly as well as interval time
between two email notifications. ( gmail settings are used here. )
2) SENSOR: SENSOR function needs ALARM IN device (Optional). Our
DVR supports 4 ALARM Ins. When some ALARM IN is triggered, it can
send an e-mail /alarm-out. (Some DVR not support)

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3) ALARM OUT: ALARM OUT function needs ALARM OUT devices
(optional). Our DVR supports 1 ALARM out. When MOTION, VIDEO
LOSS or SENSOR happen, it can enable the ALARM OUT. DURATION
TIME also can be set here. (Some DVR not support)
Detection Setup
Check the actions for MATION DETECTION: SEND MAIL/ALARM
OUT (optional).

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 VIDEO LOSS：
Check the actions for VIDEO LOSS: SEND MAIL/ALARM OUT
(optional).
SENSOR
Check the actions for SENSOR: SEND MAIL/ALARM OUT (optional).

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 STORAGE
1) This menu is used to allocate the storage space for DVR and
choose if you will change the file saving mode.
2) The hard drives must be formatted sequentially to establish an
overall storage space.
3) Use REFRESH to update the available hard drive information.
New installed drives must be formatted by the NVR before
using.
4) Display REC represents the current data being written to this
hard drive.
5) FILE LIST will list the recording files.
 BACKUP
1) In this tab, we can back up the recorded videos. Insert a USB flash
memory device to the USB slot on the NVR and its information will
be shown.
2) Select a camera from the left list and the date on the calendar.
Use the mouse in the CAMERA TIME to choose the time range
roughly.