xcore XVR264-04M User manual

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4CH DVR
User Manual
This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice.
XVR264_04M v0.2

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Table of Contents
CHAPTER1 PACKINGDETAILANDINSTALLATION 4
1-1 PACKING__________________________________________________________ 4
1-2 Hard Disk Installation_________________________________________________ 5
CHAPTER2PANELLOCATION 8
2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS____________________________________________________8
2-2 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS _________________________________________ 9
CHAPTER3 LIVE,PLAYBACKANDPTZOPERATIONS 10
3-1 LIVE Mode________________________________________________________ 13
3-2 PLAYBACK Mode __________________________________________________ 15
3-3 PTZ Mode ________________________________________________________ 17
CHAPTER4 MAINMENUSETUP 18
4-1 RECORD SETUP __________________________________________________ 19
4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup _____________________________________ 19
4-2 EVENT SETUP ____________________________________________________ 19
4-2.1 MOTION SETUP ______________________________________________ 20
4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP______________________________________________ 21
4-2.2 SENSOR SETUP______________________________________________ 22
4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP ________________________________________________ 23
4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup_________________________________________ 23
4-3.2 Holiday Setup ________________________________________________ 24
4-4 CAMERA SETUP___________________________________________________ 24
4-5 ACCOUNT SETUP__________________________________________________ 25
4-5.1 Permission Setup______________________________________________ 26
4-6 NETWORKING SETUP ______________________________________________ 27
4-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP_________________________________________ 27
4-6.1.1 DHCP _____________________________________________________________ 27
4-6.1.2 LAN ______________________________________________________________ 27
4-6.1.3 ADSL ___________________________________________________________ 27
4-6.2 HTTP Setup_________________________________________________ 28
4-6.3 DDNS Setup ________________________________________________ 28
4-6.4 Mail Setup__________________________________________________ 29
4-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP _______________________________________________ 30
4-8 SYSTEM SETUP___________________________________________________ 31
4-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP______________________________________________ 32
4-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP____________________________________________ 33
4-8.2.1 CHANGE DATE & TIME ___________________________________ 33
4-8.2.2 TIME ZONE SETUP ______________________________________ 33
4-8.2.3 INTERNET TIME SETUP __________________________________ 34
4-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP ______________________________________ 34
4-8.4 SPOT SETUP ________________________________________________ 35
4-9 UTILITY SETUP____________________________________________________ 36
4-10 DIAGNOSTIC_____________________________________________________ 37
CHAPTER5 BACKUP&SEARCH 38
5-1 BACKUP SETUP ___________________________________________________ 38
5-2 SEARCH SETUP___________________________________________________ 39
5-2.1 EVENT SEARCH______________________________________________ 39
5-2.1.1 CRITERIA SETUP FOR EVENT SEARCH _____________________ 40
5-2.2 TIME SEARCH 41
CHAPTER6 NETWORKSURVEILLANCE 42
6-1 AP Software Installation and Setup _____________________________________ 42
6-2 AP Software Operation_______________________________________________ 45
CHAPTER 7 SPECIFICAITONS 46

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CHAPTER 1 PACKING DETAIL AND INSTALLATION
1-1 PACKING
1. DVR
3. IR Remote Control
7. Screws x4
9. Power Cord
4. Batteries x22. Quick Start
6. SATA Cord x1
8. Power Adaptor
5. CD

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1-2 Hard Disk Installation
Step 1) Remove the 3 screws from DVR as cycled below.
Step 2) Remove the front cover from DVR as indicated by the arrow.
Step 3) Place the HDD on the HDD plate and connect the power and the
SATA cables.

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Step 4) Screw the bottom of the DVR as indicated as cycled.
Step 5) Place the bottom of DVR and screw.

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CHAPTER 2 PANEL LOCATION
2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
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1USB 2.0 Port Port for USB external devices.
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2LED Display-Power DVR Power is on.
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3LED Display - HDD Hard disk is in use.
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4LED Display - LAN Connected to the internet.
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5LED Display-LOGIN Remote user logged in.
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6LED Display - REC DVR Recording.
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7LED Display - PLAY DVR Playing back.
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8IR Sensor Input sensor for the remote control.
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2-2 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS
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1DC 12V Socket for a DC 12V input.
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2MAIN monitor BNC port for the main monitor.
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3VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total.
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4AUDIO IN RCA input port for audio signal.
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5AUDIO OUT RCA output for audio signal.
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6NTSC／PAL Switch Switch between NTSC and PAL format.
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7LAN Network port.
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8 VGA VGA port
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CHAPTER 3 LIVE AND PLAYBACK OPERATIONS
3-1 LIVE Mode
You can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under
LIVE mode. This paragraph describes the IR remote control, mouse operation and on screen
graphical icons under LIVE mode.
Table 3-1.1 Remote control functions under the LIVE mode
Button Description
REC Start/Stop recording.
LOCK Enable/Disable the Keypad function.
PLAY Start playing back.
T-SRH Display search menu.
AUTO In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full
screen.
Switch to quad display.
Switch to 9-channel display. 4-CH doesn’t support this function.
Switch to 13-channel display. 4-CH doesn’t support this function.
Switch to 16-channel display. 4-CH doesn’t support this function.
MENU Enable/ Disable Menu.
MUTE Switch to 1-CH audio out/Turn off live audio.
BK-UP Display backup menu.
ENTER／MODE Switch to full screen and quad screen.
ZOOM＋Zoom in to double the screen size by keypad or mouse operation.
ZOOM－Zoom out from double screen size.
ZOOM Enable/ Disable double screen size display.
You can click on the channel name for choosing a specific channel.
STATUS Display Status.
1,2,3,4 Select the channel to monitor in full screen from channel 1 to 4.
FREEZE Turn on/off screen freeze function.
PIP Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can
switch to other channels.
OSD Turn on/off the screen display

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Table 3-1.2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.
Icon Description
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following
four menu icons.
Main menu.
Search menu.
Backup menu.
Turn on/off recording.
Playback.
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following
five display icons.
FREEZE.
PIP, picture in picture
ZOOM, double the screen size
AUTO-sequence
LOCK, activate the key lock.
Full screen display.
Quad display.

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Table 3-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode
Icon Description
Recording is on
Live Audio is on
Live Audio is off
Motion detected on the channel
Video loss detected on the channel
USB device detected
Remote user currently logging into DVR
Timer recording is on
Red：Timer is set and recording has been started
White：Timer is set but recording has not yet been started
AUTO-seq is on
2X 2X zoom in is on
Freeze is on, screen is frozen
LOCK is on
1~8
IR remote signal has been set to 1-8 to correspond to your 1-to-8
remote controller; the standard remote controller can’t control
this DVR under this situation. It can only be controlled by1-to-8
remote controller (optional device).

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3-2 PLAYBACK Mode
Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon
will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel (see below picture) will
show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on
any location of your screen.
Table 3-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode
Button Description
ENTER / MODE Switch to full screen and quad display.
MENU / Turn on/off PAUSE.
PLAY Play back at normal speed.
/SLOW Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/16 by each pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of
the normal speed. Current playback speed is shown in the upper
center of the screen.
/ Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level.
There are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
/ Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level.
There are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16x, 32X and 64X.
/ Stop playback.

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Table 3-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode.
Icon Description
「/ 」Fast rewind
「/ 」Fast forward
／「PLAY」、「 ▌▌」Play/pause
「▲/SLOW」slow playback
「▼/ ■」stop playback
Playback channel by channel with snap shot display
Full screen display
Quad display

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CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU SETUP
To enter the main menu and set up DVR, log-in account and user password are required.
The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please check the “Account Setup” for
related setup of other log-in users.
Table 4-0.1 Some definition of virtual keyboard.
Item Description
Switch between capital and small letters.
/ Switch between numbers and letters.
Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login
account.
Delete the last character.
Enter to identify the password. It will enter the set
up menu, If the password is verified.

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Table 4-0.2 The operation of remote control under the setting menu
Item Description
Switch to different options under one item
Switch to different items
MENU Save setup and back to LIVE mode
ESC Back to Upper level of the menu
ENTER Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard
4-1 RECORD SETUP
Item Description
HDD FULL
Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the HDD
when HDD is full
「Stop」：Stop Recording
「Overwrite」：Start to overwrite that begin from the oldest data of
HDD, and continue to record.
Record Normal Enable/Disable normal recording
Record Motion Enable/Disable recording while Motion is detected
Pre Alarm Record Enable/Disable pre-event recording while motion or sensor is
triggered but not in the recording mode. This option decides if save
the pre-recording time 10 seconds data or not.
Audio Record Enable/Disable Audio recording.
Quality & Frame
Rate Setup Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.

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4-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup
Item Description
Resolution Choose record resolution from : CIF
Record Type You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type.
No. Check/uncheck the box will enable/disable recording of that channel.
Quality Choose from Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest
FPS Choose recording frame rate.
4-2 EVENT SETUP
Item Description
Alarm Duration (Seconds) Set up alarm duration in seconds.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust value.
Motion Setup Enter to set up motion detection

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4-2.1 MOTION SETUP
Item Description
Motion Detection Check the box to Enable/Disable Motion Detection for all
channels.
Motion Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all
channels. When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the
detected channel image will pop up in full screen display.
1~4 You can setup independently for each channel.
Selected Channel Turn Check the box to Enable/Disable motion detection for each
channel.
Object Size Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Object Size
from value 1 to 15 for each channel. The lower value
you set the higher sensitivity it will be.
Sensitivity Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Sensitivity from
value 1 to 15 for each channel. The lower value you set
the higher sensitivity it will be
Motion Area Setup Enter to setup motion detection area

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4-2.1.1 MOTION AREA SETUP
There are 16 x 12 partitions in motion detection area. Under initializing status, motion detection
area is in entire screen. Red colored area is detected; yet the undetected area is transparent. It
is purple while network connected.
Item Description
LOCK/ZOOM Press LOCK/ZOOM to select entire screen as detection area.
MUTE / PIP Press MUTE/PIP to deselect entire screen as detection area.
STATUS Switch between “select” and “deselect” for cursor-dragging function
ENTER Press to function on the selected area with assigned status
MENU Press to save the setup and leave
ESC Press to cancel the setup and leave

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4-3 SCHEDULE SETUP
Except from starting recording manually, you can also setup the recording time by weeks and
schedule including normal, motion detect, and sensor detect recording type.
Item Description
Page Click or press ▼to select Page. Each page provides 10 schedules
for setup. 5 pages in total.
Holiday Setup Enter to setup holiday, up to 50 days, other than weekends,.
View Event Setup View Normal/ Motion Setup

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4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup
Click on the time on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have detail setup
by dates, Time and event.
4-3.2 Holiday Setup
Since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of
your location accordingly.