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1. Install Hard Drive &DVD Writer
1.1 Install Hard Drive
Notice: 1. this series support four SATA hard drives (or support eight SATA hard drives--optional).
Please use the hard drive the manufacturers recommend specially for security and safe field.
2. Please calculate HDD capacity according to the recording setting. Please refer to
“Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity”.
Step1: Unscrew and Open the top cover
Step2: Connect the power and data cables. Place the HDD onto the bottom case
as below.
Fig 1.1 Connect HDD
Step3: Screw the HDD
Note: For the convenience to install, please connect the power and data cables
firstly, and then screw to fix.
Note: If user installed four or eight SATA hard drivers (optional) in the device could
result in no space for the DVD writer.
1.2 Install DVD Writer
Step1: Unscrew and Open the top cover, connect the power and data cables.
Place the DVD writer onto the bottom case as below.
Fig 1.2 Connect the DVD Writer
Step2: Screw the DVD writer.
Note: this installation situation is suitable for installing three hard drivers and one
DVD writer in the device.

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2. Connections
Note: The front view & rear view descriptions are only for reference; please make
the object as the standard.
2.1 Front view for DVR
Item
Type
Name Description
1
Work state
indicator
Power
Power indicator, when connection , the lights up blue
HDD
When HDD is writing and reading , the lights up blue
Net
When access to network , the lights up blue
Backup
When backup files and data, the lights up blue
Play
When playing video, the lights up blue
REC
When recording, the lights up blue
2
Compound
button
AUDIO/+ 1. Control voice
2. Increase the value in setup
P.T.Z./ -
1. Enter PTZ mode in live
2. Decrease the value in setup
MENU
Enter menu in live
INFO
Check recording data
BACKUP
Enter backup mode in live
SEARCH
Enter search mode
Record manually
Play/Pause
Stop/Esc
Rewind
Fast forward
3
Digital
button
1-9
Input number 1-9 or choose camera
0/10+
Input number0, 10 and the above number together
with other digital keys
4
Input
button
Direction
button
Change direction to select items
Multi-screen
Change screen display mode like1/4/9/16 channel
Enter button
Confirm selection
5 USB USB port To connect external USB devices like USB flash,
USB HDD for backup or update firmware; or connect
to USB mouse
2.2 Rear view for 4-ch DVR:

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Fig 2.1 Rear view for 4-ch DVR
1
Connect to monitor
2
Video input channels from 1-4
3
Connect to HDD for backup
4
Connect to monitor as an AUX output
channel by channel. Only video display,
no menu show
5 Audio output, connect to the
sound box 6 Talk
7
Connect to high-definition
display device
8
VGAoutput, connect to monitor
9
4 CH Audio input
10
To connect external USB devices like
USB flash, USB HDD for backup or
update firmware; or connect
to USB
mouse
11
Network port
12
Connect to external sensor1-4
13
4ch relay output. Connect to
external alarm.
14
Connect to speed dome
15 Connect to keyboard 16 Grounding
17
For cooling the device
18
POWER INPUT
19
POWER SWITCH
2.3 Rear view for 8-ch DVR:
Fig 2.2 Rear view for 8-ch DVR
1
Connect to monitor
2
Video input channels from 1-8
3
Connect to HDD for
backup 4 Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel. Only video display, no menu show
5
Audio output, connect to
the sound box
6
Talk

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7
Connect to high-definition
display device
8
VGA output, connect to monitor
9 8 CH Audio input 10 To connect external USB devices like USB
flash, USB HDD for backup or update
firmware; or connect to USB mouse
11
Network port
12
Connect to external sensor1-8
13
4ch relay output. Connect
to external alarm.
14
Connect to speed dome
15
Connect to keyboard
16
Grounding
17
For cooling the device
18
POWER INPUT
19
POWER SWITCH
2.4 Rear view for 16-ch DVR:
2.3 Rear view for 16-ch DVR
1
Video out: Connect to monitor
2
Video input channels from 1-16
3
Loop out; for outputting 1-16ch
image independently
4
Connect to monitor as an AUX output
channel by channel. Only video display,
no menu show
5 16 CH Audio input 6 Audio output, connect to the sound box
7 MIC IN: talk 8 VGAoutput, connect to monitor
9
Connect to high-definition display
device
10
connect to USB mouse
11 Network port 12 Connect to HDD for backup (optional)
13 Connect to external sensor1-16 14 4ch relay output. Connect to external
alarm
15 Grounding 16 Connect to speed dome
17 Connect to keyboard 18 Grounding
19 For cooling the device 20 POWER INPUT
21
Switch on/off
3. Power on
Step1: connect with the source power; switch on the power button near the power
port on the rear panel

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Step2: the device will be loaded, and the power indicator will display blue
Step3: before start, a WIZZARD window will be pop-up and show some information
about time zone，time setup，network configuration, record configuration and disk
management. User can setup here and refer to the concrete setup steps from the
corresponding chapters. If users don’t want to setup Wizard, please click Exit button
to exit.
After the device power on, if there is no menu or only has live image display, user
can long press ESC button to switch.
Notice: this serial device can only display menu on VGA monitor or BNC monitor at one
time, if there is live image display without menu display, please check up whether other
device has menu display firstly, or long press ESC key to wait for login dialog box to appear.
Long press ESC key can switch the output between BNC and VGA.
4. Basic setup
4.1 Accessing the DVR menus
4.1.1 Login
Press the MENU button which will bring the LOGIN dialogue box and enter the user
name: admin and password: 123456.
Fig 4.1 Login
4.1.2 Main menu setup
Click right mouse, or press ENTER button on the front panel can enter into the main
menu. Menu-System refers to Fig 4.2:
Fig 4-2 Main menu setup
Basic configuration: user can set video system, menu language, audio, time and
authorization check.

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Live configuration：User can set name/time display, picture color and hide cameras.
Record configuration：User can set record quality, frame rate, resolution, time stamp
and recycle.
Schedule configuration: users can set schedule for timer, motion detection, and
sensor alarm respectively.
Alarm configuration: users can set sensor type, alarm trigger and buzzer alarm.
Network configuration: Users enable network function, and configure IP address,
DDNS, transmission video parameters here.
User configuration: Administrator can add, delete users, and change their
authorization
PTZ configuration: users can set protocol, baud rate, address, presets and auto
cruise track here.
Advanced configuration: users can reboot the device and import & export data into
or from mobile storage medium.
4.2 DVR recording modes
User need to install and format a HDD, and set all the recording parameters before
recording. There are four kinds of record modes.
4.2.1 Manual Recording
User can press REC button on the front panel after quitting system setup. Press this
button again to stop recording.
Or press REC button on remote controller, click again to stop.
Or click REC button on the tool bar with mouse, click again to stop.
4.2.2 Schedule Recording
Enter into main menu—schedule configuration (refer to Fig 4-3). Users can set
different schedule time for every day in one week. If user wants a special schedule
for one day can use Holiday function.
The column means the seven days of a week from Monday to Sunday, the row
means 24 hours of a day. Click the grid to do relevant setup. Blue means checked
area, gray means unchecked area.
Fig 4-3 Schedule record setup

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4.2.3 Motion Detection Recording
Motion detection recording: when there is a motion event detected, the camera will
be triggered to record and have an alarm out.
Enter into main menu-alarm configuration-motion configuration (refer to Fig 4-4),
enable Detection first;
Fig 4-4 Motion detection interface
Enter Motion detection area (refer to Fig 4-5) to set Sensitivity and Detection area.
Fig 4-5 motion detection area setup
4.2.4 Alarm Recording Enter into main menu-Alarm
configuration-sensor alarm (refer to
Fig 4-6), enable Detection first, setup
the device type.
Enter into Trigger configuration,
select alarm out and recording
cameras and linked PTZ; set Alarm
out hold time and Buzzer hold time.
Click OK to save settings.
Fig 4-6 sensor alarm record
4.3 Playback
This unit supports live record playback, time search and event search. It displays full
or 4 screens in playback.
4.3.1 Live playback
Click Play button to playback the record. Refer to Figure4-7. User can do
concrete operation by click the buttons on screen.

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Fig 4-7 live playback
4.3.2 Time search
Enter into Search configuration, select Time search. If it recorded in a certain day,
the date will show highlight.
Select a date, press Search button, click the time grid to set the play start time or
input play record time manually. The selected time match the blue grid.
Click Play button. It will play from the time point where user set.
Click the relative buttons on the screen to do fast forward/rewind, pause, stop, and
change the screen mode and re-search.
Fig 4-8 time search
4.3.3 Event search
Enter into Search configuration, select Event search (refer to Fig 4-9), and choose a
certain day in the event search interface.
Click Search button, the searched event information will displayed in the event list
box, user can select date, channel, tick off Motion, Sensor or All accordingly.
Double click a video file to playback.

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Fig 4-9 Event search
4.4 Back up
This unit supports backup by built-in SATA DVD Writer, with USB Flash and USB
HDD.
Install DVD Writer (refer to Chapter1.2), enter into Backup interface (refer to Fig
3-10), set the start & end time, select channels, click Search button; the searched
data will be displayed in the data backup list box.
Press Backup button, it will begin to write video from HDD inside DVR to backup
device. Click Start button to start backup.
Fig 4-10 Backup setup
5. Remote Surveillance
To making remote access, the DVR should be connecting to LAN or Internet. There
are three kind of method for remote accessing.
5.1 Using DHCP to get IP address automatically
Click the Menu button, enter into System—Network configuration (refer to Fig 5-1),
enable DHCP in the both the DVR and the router.

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Fig 5-1 Network configuration
Enter Video to set network video parameters like resolution, frame rate etc.
Open an IE browser on computer on the same LAN. Input the IP address of the
DVR in IE address blank and enter.
IE will download ActiveX automatically. Then a window pops up and asks for user
name and password.
Input name and password correctly (the default user name is admin and the
password is 123456), and enter. It will show the remote picture.
Note：If the ActiveX cannot be downloaded or installed, please refer to
Appendix A Q8 in the user manual.
5.2 Access DVR on WAN
Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway. If using DHCP, please enable DHCP in both the
DVR and router.
Enter Video to set network video parameters like resolution, frame rate etc.
Forward IP address and port number in Virtual Server setup of the router or virtual
server. Close firewall.
If users want to utilize dynamic domain name, need apply for a domain name in a
DNS server supported by the DVR or router. Then add to the DVR or router.
Open IE browser, input IP address, or dynamic domain name and enter. If HTTP
port is not 80, add the port number after IP address or domain name.
IE will download ActiveX automatically. Then a window pops up and asks for user
name and password.
Input name and password correctly, and enter to view.
5.3 Connect the DVR to Internet through dial-up ADSL
Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway gotten from your ISP. If using ADSL, please
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show “connection succeeds”.
The following steps are the same as STEP4-7 of the connection way above.
If users want to utilize dynamic domain name, need apply for a domain name in a
DDNS server supported by the DVR or router. Then add to the DVR or router.
Open IE browser, input IP address, or dynamic domain name and enter. If HTTP
port is not 80, add the port number after IP address or domain name.
IE will download ActiveX automatically. Then a window pops up and asks for user
name and password.
Input name and password correctly, and enter to view.