ZMODO ZMD-DR-SFN6 User manual

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Notes:
ThepowersupplyofthisDVRisprovidedthroughDC12V3Aadapter,pleasecheckthe
poweroutletbeforeinstallationandensureitcanmeettherequirementsofthe
adapter;
DonotplacetheDVRataplacesubjecttorainandmoisture;
DonotinstalltheDVRataplacesubjecttoviolentvibration;
DonotinstalltheDVRataplacesubjecttodirectsunlight,andbefarawayfromhigh
temperatureenvironment;
TheDVR’sbackpanelshouldbeplaced15cmormoreawayfromotherobjectsorwall
forcooling;
TheDVRshouldworkundertemperature,humidityandvoltageaccordingtoits
technicalspecifications;
ThespacewhereDVRisinstalledshouldnotbestoredwithcorrosivechemicalsthat
mayproducevolatilegasestoavoidaffectingtheDVR’slife.
TheDVRshouldbeinstalledinaspacewithoutmuchdust,andtheenvironment
shouldbekeptcleanandtidy.
Propergroundingshouldbeguaranteedduringoperation;
TheDVRshouldbeinstalledtoensureproperconnectionwithotherdevices.
PleasebuyHDDfromofficialchanneltomeetDVR’slong‐timeandlargedatareadingand
writingrequirements.
Statement
Thismanualonlyintroducesbasicoperation,andpleasereferstotheE‐manualinthe
CDfordetailedoperation.
Pleaserefertotherealproductandthismanualisjustforreference.
Productsupdatewithoutfurthernotice.Nuancesofpartialfunctionsarepermitted
afterupdating.
PleasecontacttheCustomerServiceDepartmentforthelatestprogramand
supplementaryinstructionfiles.
Thismanualisapplicabletovariousmodels,andthespecificoperationofeach
productisnotlistedhere.UserscanoperatetheDVRbasedonthismanualforthe
actualproducts.
Wehavetriedourbesttoensurethecompletenessandaccuracyofthismanual.
However,duetotheunstableenvironmentandotherreasons,therealvalueofsome
datamaydiffer.Ifanyproblemordisputearises,thecompany’sfinalexplanationwill
prevail.
Ifcarryingoutoperationnotaccordingtotheinstructionofthismanual,theusers
shallbearthelossessustained.

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Contents
Chapter1Open‐caseinspectionandquickinstallation.....................................3
1.1Open‐caseinspection...........................................................................3
1.2Productappearanceandport..............................................................3
1.3QuickInstallation..................................................................................4
1.3.1HDDinstallation........................................................................4
1.3.2Poweron...................................................................................4
Chapter2Softwareinterfacebasicoperation...................................................5
2.1Poweronandlogin..............................................................................5
2.2Mainmenu...........................................................................................5
2.3Recordingmode...................................................................................5
2.4RecordingSearchandPlayback............................................................6
2.4.1Searchandplayback..................................................................6
2.4.2Recordingbackup......................................................................6
2.5AlarmSetup..........................................................................................7
2.5.1Alarmbasicsetup......................................................................7
2.5.2E‐mailalarmsetup....................................................................8
2.6PTZControl...........................................................................................8
2.7MotionDetection.................................................................................9
2.8Networksetup....................................................................................10
2.9Portmapping......................................................................................11
2.10Mobilephonesurveillance...............................................................12
2.10.1Mobilephonesurveillance....................................................12
2.10.2MobilePhoneendlogin........................................................13
2.11Clientendandplayingsoftware.......................................................13
2.11.1Clientendinstallation&running..........................................13
2.11.2Player.....................................................................................14
2.12IElogin..............................................................................................14
2.12.1Controlsinstallationdownload.............................................14
2.12.2IElogin...................................................................................15
2.13CentralManagementSoftware(CMS).............................................16
Appendix:SystemConnectionPicture.............................................................18

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Chapter 1 Open-case inspection and quick installation
1.1Opencaseinspection
◆Whenyoureceivetheproducts,pleasecheckiftheDVRiscompleteormakesureif
thereisanyaccidentaldamageduringtransportation.
◆Then,pleaseopenthepackageandcheckiftheaccessoriesarecomplete.Youcan
removetheprotectivefilmoftheDVRpackage.
ThePackagecontainsthefollowingaccessories:
◎OneIRremotecontroller
◎Onepairofremotecontrollerbatteries
◎OnepieceofProductCertificate
◎OnepieceofproductWarrantyCard
◎OnepieceofUserManual
◎OneSATAHDDcable(alreadyinstalledinthecase)
◎OneDC12V3Apoweradapter
◎OneHDDbracket(alreadyinstalled)andasetofmountingscrews
◎OneHDDpowersupplycable(installedinthecase)
◎OnepieceofCD
Specificproductaccessoriesmaybedifferent,sopleaserefertotherealproducts.
1.2Productappearanceandport
Front panel:
1.Power switch 2.Rewind 3.Play 4.Pause 5.Foward 6.Manual start/stop recording
7.Mute 8.Video search 9.PTZ control 10.REC:Video recording indicator; PWR: Power
LED 11.ESC:Exit/Return 12.DISPLAY:Display mode; MENU: Main menu
13.up,down,left,right and Confirm 14.USB interface(the upper one for USB flash disk, the
one below for mouse connection) 15.Remote control infrared receiver
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Back panel:
1. Video in 2. Video out (BNC port) 3. Audio out 4. Audio in 5. VGA output port
6.Network port 7.RS485 8.Public terminal 9. Alarm output 10. Alarm input 11.
Power input 12.Grounding terminal
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1.3QuickInstallation
1.3.1HDDinstallation
HDDmustbeinstalledbytechnicianstoavoiddamagetotheequipmentandharddisk.The
DVRmainframemustbepoweredoffbeforeoperation.TheDVRsupportsHDDwithSATA
HDDinterface.
Installationproceduresareasfollows:
A.OpentheequipmentandaHDDbracketcanbeseen;
B.ConnecttheHDDdataandpowercablewell;
C.PuttheHDDintothebracketandtargetthescrewholesatthebracket;
D.FixtheHDDonthebracketwithscrews,andcovertheDVR.
Note: The newly installed HDD can be served for video recording after formatting on
the mainframe.
1.3.2Poweron
ConnecttheDC12V3Apoweradapterintothepowersocket,andpressthepowerbutton,
therecorderwillbeon.Thepowerindicator“POWER”isonatthistime,themonitorwill
display4/8/1 6 channelmonitoringimage.
Note:1.IftheHDDfailstobeinstalledwhenDVRmainframeispoweron,orthenewly
installedHDDfailstobeformattedonthemainframe,thered“H”logowillbeshownin
videopre‐viewpicture.
2.ThenewlyinstalledHDDcannotbeuseduntilformattedintheequipmentas
follows:MainMenu→HDD→HDDFormat.Thesystemwillberestartedaftercompletionof
formatting.
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Chapter 2 Software interface basic operation
2.1Poweronandlogin
TheDVR’sinitialdeviceIDis000000withoutanypassword,theusercanentermainmenu
directly.Userscansetordinarypasswordandadministratorpassword.Theadministrator
hasalltheoperatingprivileges,whileordinaryuserscanonlycarryoutmonitorandvideo
search/playbackoperations.(Themainframewillmatchautomaticallywhenyouenter
password,anddifferentpermissionswillbegivenaccordingtodifferentpasswords).
Ifyouwanttooperateinmainmenuafterthepasswordisset,thesystemwilldisplay“user
login”interface:
DeviceID:ItisjustokaytoenterdeviceIDdisplayed
ontherightsideincorrespondinginputbox.The
defaultIDwillbeguidedwhenmouseoperationis
done.Werecommendsettingapasswordwhen
remotecontrollerisoperatingmanytypesof
equipment,todistinguishthroughtargeted
equipmentcodeinput,ortheremotecontrollerwill
disturbtheadjacentmainframe.
2.2Mainmenu
Clickmouserightbuttonaftersystemstartup,andquickoperationsareavailabletoDVR
systeminthepop‐upmenu.Userscansetorcontrolparametersincludingmainmenu,key
lock,videosearch,PTZcontrolandvideo
recording.
【Playback】:Searchdetailedrecordingfiles
【Record】:Settherecordingmodeincluding
channels,quality,framerate,etc.
【HDD】:CheckHDDcapacityandformatting
【Setup】:Setupofsystembasicinformation
includinglanguage,time,userpassword,etc.
【Advanced】:Setupofalarm,motiondetection,
andmobilephonesurveillance,etc.
【Exit】:Exitmenu
Note: For detailed operation, please refer to the detailed operation manual in the CD.
2.3Recordingmode
Thedefaultrecordingmodeusedforthefirsttimeisthenormallyopenandcontinuous
video.EntertheRecordingmodefrom“Mainmenu”—>“Record”,asshownbelow:
Channel:Selectthecorrespondingvideochannelonoroff(16chDVRwith16channels).
Resolution:D1(704x576),Half‐D1(704x288)andCIF(352x288),amongwhichD1isofthe
highestresolution.
Quality:best,fine,andnormalquality,correspondingto3datastreamstandardsofhighest,
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Framerate:Adjustvideoframerate
Note:Thetotalframeratefor4channelsDVRis
100fps,for8channelsis275fps,andfor16
channelsis400fps.
Audio:Settherecordswitch.
Filelength:Therearefouroptions‐15minutes,30
minutes,45minutesand60minutes.
RECmode:StartuprecordingandTimingrecording
Whenpoweredon:startingrecordingwhenthe
DVRisenergized(Itworksonlyifthecorrespondingchannelisenabledinthe“Channel”
option.)
Bytime:performingrecordingasscheduled.When“timingrecording”isselected,the
“RecordTimeConfiguration”buttonwillappearontheright.Movethecursorhereand
press“Enter”toentertheRecordTimeConfigurationscreen,asshownbelow:
Channel:Select"All"orselectasinglechannel
Timeconfiguration:Settherecordingtypeineach
timeintervalofeachday.Red,green,and
backgroundcolorrepresentthealarmrecording,
regularrecording,andnotrecording.
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2.4RecordingSearchandPlayback
2.4.1Searchandplayback
EntertheVideoSearchscreenfrom“MainMenu”→“VideoSearch”,asshownbelow:
1)Enterthespecificdateandtimeinthetime
frameandclick
【PLAY】
,andtheDVRplaysbackthe
videofromtheinputtime.
2)Enterthespecificdateandtime,click
【SEARCH】todisplayallrecordingstatusthisday
(thetimescheduleintheabovepicture),thered
colorrepresentingalarmrecording,green
representingnormalrecording,thebackground
representingnorecording.Selectthetimeandclick
【PLAY】,playbacktherecording.
3)Click【FILELIST】,thedetailedfileofthevideolisted(asshowninthepicturebelow),
selectandplaybackthefileyouwantto.
2.4.2Recordingbackup
Enterthe"filelist"interface(picturebelow)forbackupoperations.
ThebackupofrecordingfilescanbeachievedthroughUSBstoragedevice.Beforebackup,
theusermustinsertstorageperipheraldevicestoUSB2.0slotfirst.Movethecursorupand

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downintheinterfaceofdetailedfilelistandselect
"Backup".Thefileisundergoingbackupandthe
backupprogressisdisplayedonthescreen.
Note: 1. When the space of the backup device is
smaller than the recording file capacity, the
system will remind the user of insufficient space.
2. After finishing backup, exiting from the backup device directly is ok;
3. Please refer to the operation manual in the CD for network backup.
2.5AlarmSetup
Alarmportconnection
TheinputsideonthebackpanelofDVRasFigurebelow,pleaserefertothephysical
interfaceofthefaceplate:
Note: The above picture is the type of normally on alarm, and normally off is the
opposite way.
2.5.1Alarmbasicsetup
Enterfrom【MainMenu】→【Advanced】→【AlarmSetup】,asshownbelow:
I/OALARM:EachchannelcorrespondstoanI/O
alarmstatus,whichmeansthatalarmrecordingof
correspondingchannelwillbestartedwhenone
channelalarminputisvalid.
ON:indicatingthatexternalalarmcircuitisopen
circuitwithoutalarmbutclosedcircuitwithalarm.
OFF:externalalarmcircuitthatisclosedcircuitwithoutalarmbutopencircuitwithalarm.
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Note:Whenanalarmisvalid,aredletter"I"willdisplayonthecorrespondingscreen.
HDDLOSS:On:WhenthesystemcannotrecognizetheHDD,aredlogo“H”willdisplayon
thechannel.
HDDSPACE:On:WhentheremainingspaceoftheHDDislessthan500M,theDVRwill
havealarmindication.
VIDEOLOSS:On:Whenthevideoofacertainchannelislost,thischannelwilldisplayinthe
lowerpartoftheVideoPreviewscreen:“VideoLoss”.
ALARMMANAGEMENTOUTPUT:includingalarmoutput,buzzerandpostalarmrecording.
2.5.2E‐mailalarmsetup
EmailsetupPrerequisite:ThemainframemustbeconnectedtotheWAN.Pleasereferto
theChapterNetworkfornetworkconnection.
Whenmotiondetectionistriggered,thesystemwillcaptureapictureatthetimeof
triggeringandsendittothecorrespondingmailbox.
SSL:asecurelinktransmissionprotocol.“Off”is
usuallychosen.
SMTPPORT:themailingportofthemailboxserver,
usuallybeing25,withtheexceptionofafew
mailboxes,suchasthemailingportoftheGMAIL
serverwhoseportnumberis465.
SMTP:theserveraddressofthemailboxused,for
example,theSMTPservermailingaddressofthe
163mailboxissmtp.163.com;pleasecheckthisaddressfromyourmailboxsupplierfor
differentmailboxes.
SENDEMAIL:themailboxaddressusedtosendmails,theabove‐mentionedSMTPserveris
alsotheserverofthecorrespondingsenderaddress.
SENDPW:thepasswordofthemailboxusedtosendmails.
RECVEMAIL:theaddressusedtoreceivethepicturetransmittedaftertheDVRmotion
detectionalarm.Pleasepayattentiontothespaceofyourmailboxtimelylestthenormal
operationofthemailboxbeaffectedduetoanexcessnumberofpictures.
2.6PTZControl
Enterfrom"MainMenu"→"Advanced"tothe"PTZsetup"interface,asshownbelow:
CHANNEL:selectingthechanneltowhichthe
domecameraisconnected(toselectanyofthe
latter4channels,click“NextPage”)
PROTOCOL:selectingthedomeprotocolofthe
correspondingbrandandmodel,withthree
options,Pelco‐Dbydefault
BAUDRATE:selectingthebaudrateusedbythe

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dome,withthe4optionsof1200,2400,4800and9600
DATABIT:withtheoptionsof5,6,7and8,8bydefault
STOPBIT:withtheoptionsof1and2,1bydefault
VERIFY:withthe5optionsofNone/Odd/Even/Mark/Space,Nonebydefault
ADDRESS:CompletethePTZcodeofthecorrespondingchannel.
Justset“protocol”,“baudrate”and“addresscode”inordertosetthePTZ.
Click"PTZcontrol"inthemaininterface,thefollowingscreenwillpopup(leftpicture):
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OperatethePTZwithmousethroughthekeypadontheinterface.Setthecruisepointin
thecruisesetup,asshownontherightpictureabove.
2.7MotionDetection
EntertheMotionDetectionscreenfrom“MainMenu”→“Advanced”to“MotionDetection”,
asshownbelow:
STATUS:Eachchannelhasacorrespondingswitch.
Select“On”or“Off”.
SENSITIVITY:Eachchannelhasacorresponding
sensitivitysetting,withthe4levelsof1,2,3and4,
inwhich4isthehighest.Selectsensitivityfor
confirmation.
MDAREA:Eachchannelhasacorresponding
motiondetectionareasetting.Movethecursorto“Setup”ofthecorrespondingchannel,
andpress“Enter”toenterthemotionareasetupscreenofthischannel,wherearedblock
indicatesmotiondetectionisactivatedforthisareaandatransparentblockindicates
motiondetectionisnotactivated,asshownbelow.
Motiondetectionsetupprocedures:
A. Turn“On”thecorrespondingchannelinthe
“ChannelSwitch”option;
B. Setthesensitivitylevelasnecessary,usuallyset
at3or4;
C. Setthemotionareaofthecorresponding
channelinthe“AreaSetup”option;
D. Inthe“RecordingMode”screen,setthe
correspondingchannelto“On”inthe“Channel”
option;