VFocus Embedded DVR User manual

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H.264 NETWORK
Embedded DVR
USER MANUAL

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CONTENT
1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................3
1.1MAIN FEATURE ...........................................................................................................3
1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES...............................................................................................3
1.2.1 PARAMETER..........................................................................................................3
1.2.2 BASIC WORKING PARAMETER ...........................................................................5
1.3 ENTIRONMENT ADAPTABILITY................................................................................5
2. DEVICE OPERATION MANUAL.....................................................................................6
2.1 REMOTE KEY INSTRUCTION....................................................................................6
2.1.1 REMOTE CONTROL(OPTIONAL) .........................................................................6
2.1.2 MOUSE OPERATION(OPTIONAL)........................................................................7
2.1.3 MENU TREE ...........................................................................................................8
2.2 SYSTEM OPERATION................................................................................................9
2.2.1 USER LOGIN ..........................................................................................................9
2.2.2 GUI OPERATION..................................................................................................10
3. IE OPERATION .............................................................................................................29
3.1 FEATURE ..................................................................................................................29
3.2 USER LOGIN.............................................................................................................29
3.3 OPERATION INTERFACE ........................................................................................30
3.3.1 LIVE.......................................................................................................................30
3.3.2 REPALY ................................................................................................................31
3.3.3 SETUP ..................................................................................................................34
4. DVR INSTALLATION GUIDELINE................................................................................39
4.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW.............................................................................................39
4.2 HDD INSTALLATION.................................................................................................42
5.FAQ.................................................................................................................................43

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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1MAIN FEATURE
8 channel CIF resolution digital video recorder. It has local recording, playback,
support treble code remote network surveillance, data backup, parameter setting, motion
detection and USB mouse.
1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES
H.264 compression
Two USB interface, USB2.0 for data backup, USB1.1 for mouse operation.
3.5” SATA HDD.
Special file system for security.
16 nature translucence GUI, note for menu selected
Optimized four channel simultaneously playback
Double level user management
Support the live view, parameter setting and copy playback video via network.
1.2.1 PARAMETER
Item Device Parameter Specification
Language Chinese/English
GUI Graphic menu(OSD Menu)
System
password user password, administrator password
Video in
8ch composite video input 1.0Vp-p ， impedance75Ω ，
BNC
Video out
2ch composite video output 1.0Vp-p ， impedance75Ω ，
BNC
Video display 8ch:1/4/9channel switch
Video
Video standard
PAL ， 25f/s ， CCIR625line ， 50scene
NTSC ， 30f/s ， CCIR525line ， 60scene

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Audio input 8ch audio input ， impedance600Ω ， RCA
Audio output 1ch audio output ， impedance600Ω ， RCA
Basic electricity
output
Linearity electricity
Record style Audio video recorded simultaneously
Audio
Audio
compression
ADPCM
Picture
compression
H.264
Picture resolution CIF
Streaming style ISO14496-10
Audio style ADPCM
Video code rate CIF: 384~768 Kbps(optional)
Audio code rate 32KB/s
Picture
proceeding
and store
Data storage SATA HDD storage(optional)
Connector Network interface RJ45 ， 10M/100M
Alarm Alarm input 8 alarm input
Alarm output 1 alarm output
Serial interface Support 1 RS232
Serial interface Support 1 RS485
Connector
Network interface RJ45 ， 10M/100M
Software
upgrade
Support USB firmware upgrade
voltage input AC:110~240V
Voltage output DC: [email protected]/(3A optional )
Power 6W without HDD
others
Working temperature -10----50 ℃

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1.2.2 BASIC WORKING PARAMETER
Item Parameter description
Voltage input 19V DC 19V
Video impedance
input
75Ω75Ωeach channel 。
Video output 1Vp-p 1Vp-p CVBS signal
SATA HDD One SATA with all capability
Working
temperature
-10----50 ℃ Under normal conditions
1.3 ENTIRONMENT ADAPTABILITY
For the safely using DVR and prolong device life, please pay attention on following
1) When installing device, please comply all the electric product safety criterion ；
2) Power and ground:
Do not touch the power and DVR with a wet hand
Do not drop liquid on DVR
Do not put any object on DVR
Please use soft dry cloth to clean DVR; do not use chemical impregnant.
The Device will have voltage before startup if the power line is connected to power
source.
Please unplug power line from power source if the Device will not be used for a long
time.

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2. DEVICE OPERATION MANUAL
In device operation, the enter key on remote control has the same function as left
click of the mouse.
2.1 REMOTE KEY INSTRUCTION
2.1.1 REMOTE CONTROL
Handheld IR Controller Key Functions:
【 0 － 9 】 keys: During setup, number keys are used to input
values. For viewing channels 1, 2, 3 and 4, use 1, 2, 3 and 4 on
numeric keypad respectively.
， : Up, Down directional keys: Move selection up and down
in setup menu.
， : Left, Right directional keys: Move cursor left or right in
setup menu.
【 QUAD 】 : Switch 4 Channels ；
【 FWD 】 : Fast forward the video while playback. press 【 PLAY 】 to return to normal speed ；
【 REV 】 : Reverse the video while playback, press REW to switch, press 【 PLAY 】 to return
to normal speed ；
【 POWER ON 】 : Reset the MDVR to Power on and Power off mode. (standby and start
up) ；
【 LOGIN/LOCK 】 : If the security is enabled in the setup, use LOGIN/LOCK key to enter
the user setup. It is important to remember the password due to without restoration
function. Log in （ to enter into “User ID select” and “Password” input interface ） and lock
functions （ To exit setup and operation ）
【 OSD 】 : Press OSD for main menu ；
【 PTZ 】 : PTZ control ， press this key to enter into PTZ control interface when at single live
view ；

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【 EXIT 】 : Exit to the preview or return to the last menu ；
【 RECORD 】 : Start manual record
【 STOP 】 : Stop manual record
【 ASISTANT 】 For future use
2.1.2 MOUSE OPERATION
You can use mouse to make operation of the menu besides IR remote controller.
(The operation is the same as PC Windows).Please inserts the mouse into USB 1.1.
Enter into main menu: Click the right key on the live view.
Exit the present menu: It will not save the settings if clicking the right key to
exit.
Click
right key
Exit the playback interface: Click the right key to exit during playback.
Click the left key to enter into the setting interface.
Click the left key to zoom in the window on the live view and playback video.
Double click the left key will exit to the live view and playback multi-window
interface.
1. Volume adjustment, color adjustment setting. It is for setting the single
channel for volume adjustment and color adjustment. If it is
multi-window, please use the left key to select the single window.
2. The remark when click the left key for volume adjustment, color
adjustment is as follow:
a.There is a sticker to show the volume on the volume adjustment
interface. Move the mouse to the corresponding position and click the
left key. The right side of sticker will show the volume ,click “x” to exit.
b.Color adjustment can refer to the volume adjustment interface
operation.
Click left
key
When there are many options in the option frame, click left key to see
down-pull menu.

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Click the left key on the playback interface can make >> forward function, <<
rew function, >>I Slow play function, I> frame play function,> Play function, X
exit function.
Click left
key
1. In the input frame, click the left key can activate the keyboard. The number,
symbol, English can be input by clicking the mouse.
2. Pinyin also can be input by the soft keyboard when enter Chinese, the
method is the same as remote control. You can use the left/right key to turn
over the page when check on Pinyin/Chinese word.
3. When input number, click the right key, the number soft keyboard will bob
up firstly, and then use the left key to select the corresponding numerical
value. Also click the left key to exit the number keyboard.
Mouse
move
1. Press the left key to move the mouse can adjust the parameter on the
volume, color interface. And the corresponding parameter will be display at the
same time.
2. In the Motion Detection setting interface, you can use the left key to drag the
frame to set the motion detection area.
2.1.3 MENU TREE
You can control the DVR by the menu operation. The following tree diagram shows
the menu structure and more details will be shown in next chapter.

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2.2 SYSTEM OPERATION
2.2.1 USER LOGIN
1. START-UP
Connect the DC19V/3.42A(3A) adapter to DVR. When start up the DVR, 【 POW 】 LED
will be on and 4 images will be display on the screen. If it has setup ignition recording or
time recording, the system will record automatically and the corresponding LED will be on,
and the system work normally.
Remark:
1) If there is no HDD in device, or the device didn’t read the HDD, or the HDD didn’t be
formatted it will display an 【 H 】 in the video preview interface.
2) You must format the HDD in the DVR before first using. The steps as follows: menu >

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HDD management > format. After formatting, the system will restart.
2. SYSTEM LOGIN
You can login from the USER LOGIN window as follow. Input device ID and user
password via numeric key-board. You can access to main menu by pressing 【 Apply 】 if
the password is enabled.
Remark: Default device ID is: 00000, user password is 000000 and Admin password
is 020818. For your convenience and system safety, you can setup the user password
and change the device ID in the Setup. Administrator has all authorities, while operator
has limited authorities to only watch and playback.:
Device ID: You just need to enter the device ID as the right frame.
Password: enter the admin password or user password.
2.2.2 GUI OPERATION
The main menu include “SEARCH”,”RECORD”,”HDD”,”BASIC” ， “ADVANCE”, and “Exit”.
Remark: To make the setting of submenu valid, you must press “APPLY”. It will not be

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workable if exit directly. This DVR has a special feature: Explanation and information will
be showed automatically when you move the cursor on the Menu.
1 RECORD SEARCH
Move the cursor to 【 RECORD SEARCH 】（ Icon highlighted when selected ） ,press
【 Enter 】 to enter into the setting interface.
There are three methods of searching record.
Method 1: playback by date
Date input: You can adjust the checking date and time, press 【 Enter 】 or input the
number directly to adjust the year, month, date. And then input time in the next box, click
“play” and then you can see the recording video.
Method 2: playback by recording status:
Input the date, click 【 search 】 and you can see the recording status on this date.
Instruction:
1. MONTH: It will show all the recording status in this month. Green means normal
recording, Red means alarm recording, Grounding means no recording. Click any
date in this frame will search the recording status of that day, the searching result will
be showed in the below date frame..
DATE: I t will show all the recording status in this day, you can playback the recorded files
in any period by clicking the corresponding period.
Method 3: playback by file list:
Input the searching date, click “SERACH” and you can see the recording status. Click
an exact day and then click “detail file” and then you can see the interface of “detail file”.

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CHANNEL: There are CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4 and QUAD, totally 5 options. Press
【 Enter 】 and you can change the channel to be displayed.
TYPE: There are all, normal and alarm, totally 3 options. Press 【 Enter 】 and the
content will be displayed in a list.
Instruction:
1. 【 FILE LIST 】， “CHANNEL” is the recording file belongs to the corresponding channel,
“SIZE” is the displaying size of this file （ Unit ： MB ）， “TYPE” is the displaying type of
the recording file : there are two types: normal and alarm. Pressing “BACKUP” button
will export the selected files to USB storage ；
2. After moving the cursor up and down and selecting the files, press 【 APPLY 】 to enter
into playback interface 。 f all channels have recording files, it will playback all windows
at the same time ；
3. If setup as “on” in the 【 RECORD TIME 】 in 【 BASIC SETUP 】， it will show the date/time
when playing back recorded file ； If setup as “off” it will not display time ；
4. During playback ， press 【 SLOW 】 to play slowly ； press 【 FORWARD 】、【 REVERSE 】
to speed 、 reverse play ； press 【 PAUSE/STEP 】 to pause and frame by frame play ；
press 【 Exit 】 to exit from playback and return to the former menu ；
5. When playback files finish, it will return to the file list interface
2 BACKUP
You can use USB for backup by inserting USB device into the USB2.0 port before
backing up files. It also supports USB OTG
You can select the recording file by direction keys, press 【 Enter 】 means

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the selected is confirmed （ There is a “√” at the end of the selected recording files ） , press
【 Enter 】 again the “√” will disappear which means the selected is cancelled. You can start
export the selected recording files by pressing 【 BACKUP 】 , as follow:
Instruction:
1 ． When the space in backup device is less than recording file, the system will prompt
“Space not enough”..
2 ． You can remove USB device directly when backup is finished
3 RECORD MODE
Move the cursor to 【 RECORD 】（ Icon highlighted when selected ） . Press 【 Enter 】
to enter the setting interface. Press 【 Confirm 】 and enter the setup interface. You can use
direction keys and cursor to change the options.
CHANNEL: ON: Means the channel enabled for record
RESOLUTION: Setup resolution and code rate for recording, there are three options:
HIGHEST,HIGH, NORMAL, corresponding to D1 、 HD1 、 CIF resolution.

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QUALITY : There are three options: BEST, FINE AND NORMAL, corresponding to
HIGHEST,HIGH AND NORMAL data stream standard
AUDIO: ON: Means enable the audio recording for all channels, OFF: Means audio
recording is disabled
REC.MODE
POWER UP: Means the device will start recording when it starts up
TIME: Recording as scheduled; you can setup schedule as you want as follow.
CHANNEL: You can select all channels or just one channel （ Blue means selected ）
DAILY ：
：：
： There are three modes: ALARM, NORMAL, NO REC. If you select one mode, the
whole day will be recorded at that mode. You can cancel recording by pressing 【 Enter 】
button; grounding means do not record, different color means different record mode: Red
means alarm record, Green means normal record, grounding means no record.
RECORD SIZE ：
：：
： There are 15min, 30min, 45min, 60min four options; it will pack as the
mode you selected.
Scroll to APPLY and press ENTER to save the new settings.
4 HDD MANAGEMENT.
Move the cursor to 【 HDD 】（ Icon highlighted when selected ） , press 【 Enter 】 to enter
into the setting interface, and you can use direction keys or cursor to change the options.

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HDD STATUS ： There are three status available, normal, un-format, No HDD. If HDD
cannot run normally （ including unformat and no HDD ） , there will be a 【 H 】 displayed on
video live view.
OVERWRITE ： ENABLE: when HDD space is less than 4G, it will delete earliest recording
files, and it will stop deleting when the space is 10G; DISABLE ： when HDD space is less
than 500M it will stop recording, and a prompt will display in live view: “please shutdown
and replace HDD”.
FORMAT ： Move cursor to select device and press 【 APPLY 】 to start formatting.
5 BASIC SETUP
Move cursor to select “BASIC SETUP” (The big icon means select ok)and press
【 ENTER 】 to enter into the system language setup interface.
Basic setup includes system language, time/date, password security, display,
video/audio and exit.

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6 SYSTEM LANGUAGE SETUP
Move cursor to select “system language” (The big icon means select ok)and press
【 ENTER 】 to enter into the system language setup interface.
System language is optional, including Chinese and English. You can choose the
language you want.
Remark: The device will restart when you finish system language setup.
7 DATA/TIME SETUP
Move cursor to select “date/time” (The big icon means select ok)and press 【 ENTER 】
to enter into the date/time setup interface.
DATE: Setup system date via numeric key.
DATE FORMAT: Press ENTER to switch the date patterns: there are YY-MM-DD and
MM/DD/YY for your selection.
TIME: Setup system time via numeric key.

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TIME FORMAT: Press ENTER to switch the time patterns; there are 12 HOURS and 24
HOURS for your selection.
Remark: You must press 【 APPLY 】 to save after you modify the time and date,
modification will not be saved if you exit directly.
DST: Still under construction.
8 PASSWORD
Move the cursor to 【 PASSWORD 】（ Icon highlighted when selected ） , press 【 Enter 】
to enter into the setting interface.
DEVICE ID: Press number key to setup the ID
PASSWORD: Press 【 APPLY 】 to start or close the user password. If it is “ENABLE”, you
have to input password when login, otherwise, you can access main menu directly.
USER PASSWORD: Press number key to setup.
ADMIN PASSWORD: Press number key to setup.
NETWORK PW CLEAN ： select and apply will initialize the IE browser password .
9 DISPLAY SETUP
Move the cursor to 【 BASIC SETUP 】（ Icon highlighted when selected ） , press 【 Enter 】
to enter into the setting interface.

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NAME: press 【 Enter 】 to enter into the setting interface.
POSITION: Name location is optional. You can press 【 Enter 】 to switch from bottom left,
top left, bottom right, top right and OFF.
COLOR: press 【 Enter 】 to enter into setting interface as follow:
Press 【 Enter 】 or 【 + 】【 - 】 key or directly drag the cursor to setup colors, including chroma,
brightness, contrast and saturation, press 【 APPLY 】 to save the parameters once the setup
is completed.
PREVIEW ： ON: Means the channel is allowed to view the live mode, OFF means not.
PREVIEW TIME: ON: Means insert clock in live view, OFF means not.
RECORD TIME ： ON: Means insert clock in record file, OFF means not.
10 VIDEO/AUDIO SETUP
Move the cursor to 【 VIDEO/AUDIO SETUP 】（ Icon highlighted when selected ），
press 【 Enter 】 to enter into setting interface.

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VGA RESOLUTION ： 1024*768 ， 800*600
CAMERA SYSTEM: press 【 Enter 】 to select camera system: PAL or NTSC .
VOLUME SETUP ： move cursor to 【 VOLUME SETUP 】， then press 【 Enter 】 to access
volume setup interface, press 【 + 】【 - 】 or number keys or directly drag the cursor to adjust
the volume.
11 ADVANCE SETUP
Move the cursor to 【 ADVANCE SETUP 】（ Icon highlighted when selected ）， press
【 Enter 】 to enter into setting interface. Picture is below:
Advanced Function includes Alarm settings, system information, Motion detection,
mobile phone monitoring, system maintenance,PTZ and network setting.
12 ALARM SETUP
Move the cursor to 【 ALARM SETUP 】 （ Icon highlighted when selected ）， press

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【 Enter 】 to access setting interface.
I/O CHANNEL ： Each channel corresponds an I/O status, which means when an alarm is
triggered, it will activate the corresponding channel to start alarm recording.
N.O ： indicate I / O input level from high to low
N.C ： indicate I / O input level from low to high
HDD LOSS ： ON: means it will trigger an alarm if there is no HDD, and a 【 H 】 will be
displayed on the left bottom of channel 1 in the live view
HDD SPACE ： ON ： If the space is less than 500M, a remark will appear in live view ： Not
enough space, please change HDD after shutdown.
VIDEO LOSS ： ON ： when one channel has no video input, it will display “video loss” in
live view.
ALARM MANAGE ：
Includes three options, alarm output, buzzer and post REC.OUTPUT ： When an alarm
is triggered, the alarm output time will be:0 second 、 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 40 seconds
and 60 seconds
BUZZER ： Buzzer calling time setup when alarm is triggered: 0 second,10 seconds,20
seconds,40 seconds and 60 seconds
POST REC. ： Post recording time setup: 30 seconds,1 minute,2 minutes and 5
minutes
PRE REC ： Pre-recording time is fixed as10 seconds