Western Digital 4CH STANDALONE DVR User manual

4 C H S T A N D A L O N E D V R
2007.JAN V1.0
USER MANUAL

封面裡空白

CONTENT
1
2
3
3
4
5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
17
1. HDD SUPPORT LIST
2. FEATURES
3. HARDWARE OVERVIEW
3.1 FRONT PANEL LAYOUT OVERVIEW
3.2 BACK PANEL LAYOUT OVERVIEW
4. SETUP PROCEDURES
4.1 MAIN MENU SETUP
4.2 SCHEDULED RECORD
4.3 SENSOR SETUP
4.4 MOITON SETUP
4.5 SYSTEM SETUP
4.5.1 HARD DRIVE SETUP
4.5.2 PASSWORD SETUP
4.5.3 TIME SETUP
5. How to backup the recorded data by CD-RW?
6. How to connect the hard drive to your PC?
7. How to playback the backup records?
8. How to capture the files?
9. How to convert files into AVI format?
10. How to setup switching function?

1. HDD SUPPORT LIST
Brand
Samsung
Seagate
Maxtor
Brand
WD
1
Warning：
Should you wish to install a new hard
drive in this unit, a list of tested hard
drives shown to be compatible can be
found below.
Capacity
80GB / 160GB
80GB / 160GB
80GB / 160GB
Warning：
The hard drive below is not recommended
for this unit
Capacity
All Series

2.FEATURE
2
1.Definitely Standalone.
2.Real Time Refresh Rate.
3.Display While Recording.
4.Frame Recording & Quad Recording.
5.Compatible of NTSC/PAL format.
6.Advanced MJPEG.
7.Manual / Programmed / Motion / Sensor Recording.
8.Search by Time / Date.
9.Watch dog feature.
10.Auto channels switching function
11.Recording automatically
12.Support USB PCLink, Player can search Time to Play 、
save and take photos functions on the PC.
13.CD/RW backup
14.Support convert backup files to AVI format on the PC.

4CH S TA ND ALON E DVR
3
3. HARDWARE OVERVIEW
3.1 FRONT PANEL LAYOUT OVERVIEW
1. USB PCLink Port：Connect USB cable to the PC.
Please refer to the chapter of 「 How to connect the hard drive to your PC」。
2. Power Indicator.
3. Master HDD Indicator：Master Hard disk status LED.
4. Slave HDD Indicator： Slave Hard disk status LED.
5. CH1：CH1 full screen display.
6. Ch2： CH2 full screen display.
7. Ch3： CH3 full screen display.
8. Ch4： CH4 full screen display.
9. Quad Display：All cameras are displayed。
10. Menu：Press “MENU” to go into or exit menu.
11. UP： (a) Move the cursor upward。(b) In the playback mode,
you can use the button to adjust the start time in order to starting back-up.
12. DOWN：( a) Move the cursor downward。(b) In the playback mode,
you can use the button to adjust the end time in order to ending back-up.
13. SELECT: Press SELECT key to select choices or make any changes of the
number in the MENU item.
14. RECORD: (a) Press REC to start recording。(b) While in the playback mode, press
REC to start burning recorded data in CD-ROM. Please refer to the
chapter of 「 How to backup the recorded data by CD-RW 」。
15. PAUSE：Press PAUSE key to pause the playback.
16. REWIND：Press REWIND key to play video rewind at high speed.
17. STOP：Press STOP to stop playback or recording。
18. PLAYBACK：Press Play button to enter time search (PLAYBACK) mode.
19. FAST FORWARD： Press Fast Forward key to play video forward at high speed 。

MONI TOR
VCR
VIDE O
LOOP OUT
LAN
IP
INIT
IN ALARM OU T DC 12V
VGA
(1)(2)(3) (4) (5)(7)
(6)
4
3.2 BACK PANEL LAYOUT OVERVIEW
1.Video Input : Cameras 1-4 Video Input and Looping Output with
BNC connector.
2.Video Output : Corresponding to monitor
3.Video Output : Corresponding to monitor
4.Sensor I/O。
5.Power Input : Please use the power supply included with unit.
DC-12V/4A adapter required.
6. VGA Output (Option)
7. TCP/IP (Option)

5
4. SETUP PROCEDURES
Press the ¡§MENU¡¨button to enter the main menu.
4.1 MAIN MENU SETUP
£CAMERA ON/OFF：switch on / off the video display of certain camera。
£RECORD ON/OFF： switch on / off the video record of certain camera 。
£RECORD MODE： EACH MODE (frame recording)/ QUAD MODE
(quad recording).
£RECORD FRAME RATE：QUAD MODE frame rate alternatives as follows:
30、15、10、7、5、4、3、2、1 fps。
£RECORD QUALITY：video quality selection for HIGH、NORMAL、LOW
£RECORD SCHEDULE：enter sub-menu of record schedule。
£SENSOR：enter sub-menu of sensor。
£MOTION DETECTION：enter sub-menu of motion detection。
£SYSTEM：enter sub-menu of system.
uPress「SELECT」to select items or enter next menu。
uPress「UP,DOWN」to move the cursor。 Press「MENU」to save
and exit。

6
4.2 SCHEDULE SETUP
Press the MENU button, and then to enter the RECORD SCHEDULE menu.
£There are 24 circles in the schedule table, which represent 24 hours every
circles has 4 options to select:
£- : represents “ no record”.
£T : represents “ fully record”
£M : represents “ motion record” (Rem. 1).
£S : represents “ sensor record” (Rem. 2)
£For example: you can setup sensor record (S) during the time of 0-3 . 4-11
for fully record (T), 12-15 for motion record (M), 16-19 for no record (-) and
20-24 for sensor record (S).
Rem. 1：Shall go to menu of motion setup to active motion detection on certain
camera. please refer to the chapter of 「MOTION SETUP」
Rem. 2：Shall go to menu of sensor setup to active an external alarm sensor on
certain camera. please refer to the chapter of 「SENSOR SETUP」
uIn the record schedule menu, press 「ALL」to CHANGE TOTAL VALUE
uPress 「SELECT」to change value of each hour
uPress「UP,DOWN」to move the cursor
uPress「MENU」to save and exit
.
.
.
.
.

7
4.3 SENSOR SETUP
Press the MENU button, and then to enter the SENSOR menu
The alarm sensors can be setup N-O or N-C for individual camera.
£RECORD DURATION：The record period, after an external alarm
has been triggered.
£ALARM DURATION：The alarm period, after and external alarm has
been triggered.
£DISABLE : Disable the external sensor.
£NORMAL-OPEN
£NORMAL-CLOSE
Rem1：Shall go to menu of record schedule to active alarm-sensor.
Please refer to the chapter of 「SCHEDULE SETUP
uIn the SENSOR menu, press 「SELECT to change value
uPress「MENU to save and exit
」
」
」
.
.
.

8
4.4 MOITON SETUP
Press the MENU button and then enter the MOTION DETECTION menu
£RECORD DURATION： The record period, after a motion has been
triggered
£ALARM DURATION： The alarm period, and motion has been triggered.
£ SENSITIVITY OFF: Disable the motion detection.
£SENSITIVITY 1 : Lowest
£SENSITIVITY 5 : Highest
Rem1：Shall go to menu of record schedule to active alarm-sensor. Please
refer to the chapter of 「SCHEDULE SETUP」
uIn the MOTION DETECTION menu, press 「SELECT」to change value
uPress「UP,DOWN」to move the cursor
uPress「MENU」to save and exit
.
.
.
.
.
–
–
–

9
4.5 SYSTEM SETUP MENU
Press the MENU button and then enter the SYSTEM menu
You can go to sub-menus of SYSTEM in order to setting up the
basic values.
£HARD DISK SETUP Go to sub-menu of hard disk setup.
£PASSWORD CHANGE：Go to sub-menu of password change
£TIME SET：Go to sub-menu of time set
In the SYSTEM menu, press 「SELECT」to go to sub-menu
Press「UP,DOWN」to move the cursor
Press「MENU」to save and exit
：
.
.
.
.
.
u
u
u

10
4.5.1 HARD DISK SETUP
Press the MENU button and then enter the HARD DISK SETUP
menu in the system menu
You can enable or disable overwriting when HDD is full
£OVERWRITE ENABLE：When HDD overwrite is enabled, the
oldest partition on the HDD will automatically be reused, this
means the oldest images will be overwritten by the current
images. When overwrite mode is disabled, the HDD Full
Warning will appear and will need to be configured.
£FORMAT MASTER HDD：The HDD capacity will be indicated
on the screen. You will be asked to enter the password before
HDD formatting. (Rem1)
Rem1：Only the index of HDD has been erased when HDD formatting.
All of the recorded data are still existed. You can use the DVR PC
Viewer software to playback the recorded data if the data hasn't
beenoverwrite.
In the HARD DISK SETUP menu, press 「SELECT to change value
Press「UP,DOWN」to move the cursor
Press「MENU」to save and exit
.
.
.
.
u
u
u
」

11
4.5.2 PASSWORD SETUP
Press the MENU button and then enter the PASSWORD CHANGE
menu in the system menu
£
current password is correct. (Rem1)
£NEW PASSWORD：Except「MENU」，you can enter 6- figures
as new password.
£CONFIRM PASSWORD：Enter and confirm new password again.
Rem1：Factory password default 「111111」
In the PASSWORD menu, press any key to enter the password
Press「UP,DOWN」to move the cursor
Press「MENU」to save and exit
CURRENT PASSWORD：You can enter new password when
.
.
.
.
.
u
u
u

12
4.5.3 TIME SETUP
Press the MENU button and then enter the TIME SET menu
in the system menu
£
£
TIME SET：You can set up the date and time
APPLY：Press APPLY，the new date and time have been
confirmed
uIn the TIME SET menu, press SELECT to change the value
uPress「UP,DOWN」to move the cursor
uPress「MENU」to save and exit
.
.
.
.
.

13
5. How to backup the recorded data by CD-RW?
1.Put the blank CD-R in CD-ROM device.
2.When playback, press「UP」to setup the START TIME
3.When playback，press DOWN to setup the END TIME (Rem1)
4.Press 「REC」，to start the function of backup
5.Take off CD-R when burning successfully.
Rem 1：Be sure the size of files are not exceeding the max. capacity
of CD-R when setup the START/END time for back up.
.
.
.
「 」

14
6. How to connect the hard drive to your PC?
Use USB port on DVR front panel (recommend)
Connect the DVR unit direct to your PC thru USB cable
To enter the mode of pc viewer, press STOP to end up the recording.
Use IDE to USB convertor (recommend)
You can connect the DVR” HDD to the IDE cable” to your PC directly.
Or via USB adaptor.
Install DVR HDD to your PC directly ( NOT recommend)
Adjust the HDD jumper (MASTER or SLAVE) according to exist
application and then connect the DVR HDD to your PC directly,
via IDE cable.
£.
£
£
£

15
7. How to playback the backup records?
CD-R Play.
£Put the CD-R in CD-RW device.
£Execute the software of「PC Viewer」
£Press right button of mouse and select the name of「Open File」
，select the path of .vvf format to play the recorded data.
£You can copy the certain file to your PC and save it.
File Play.
Execute the software of「PC Viewer」
£Press right button of mouse and select the name of
「Open File」，select the path of .vvf format to play
the recorded data.
Entire HDD Play
Execute the software of「PC Viewer」
£Press right button of mouse and select the name of
「Open HDD」，select the certain HDD to play the
recorded data.
.
.
.

16
8. How to capture the files?
1.Execute the software of「PC Viewer
2.Play the recorded data，press Pause button on the point
of target file
3.Press Pause button and then Press right button of mouse
to select 「Capture」→「Mark In」
4.Play the recorded data again, press Pause button on the
point of target file.
5.Press right button of mouse to select「Capture」→
「Mark Out」
6.Press right button of mouse again, select「Capture」
→「Export」to start capturing the files
」.
.
.
.
.

17
9. How to convert files into AVI format?
10. How to setup switching function?
1.Execute the software of「PC Viewer
2.Press right button of mouse, select Export and select format of AVI
3.Select the codec of compression to achieve.
4.Start to convert the file into AVI format
」
「 」 「 」
.
.
.
1.Press QUAD button ,all channels are displayed
2.Press QUAD again，to wait for one channel displaying,
switching function start working automatically.
「 」
「 」
.