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Swann 4-Alert SW244-DAO User manual
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Swann 4-Alert SW244-DAO is a 4-channel digital video recorder that offers a range of features for home and business security. With its motion detection and scheduling capabilities, you can customize the recording to capture only the moments that matter, saving storage space and making it easier to find specific footage during playback. The system supports up to a 2TB hard drive, allowing for ample storage of your recordings. Additionally, the USB 2.0 port enables convenient backup of your data to an external storage device.
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DVR4-Alert™ Plus
4CH Digital Video Recorder
SW242-DAL / SW244-DAO
U s e r r M a n u a l l
Table of Contents
2. Overview
2.1 Front Panel .......................................................................................... 1
2.2 Rear Panel ........................................................................................... 2
2.3 Remote Control ................................................................................... 2
3. Installation
3.1 Installing Hard Drive........................................................................... 3
3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor ........................................................ 3
3.3 Connecting the Power Supply………………………………………...3
4. Starting the DVR
4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive............................................................ 4
4.2 Recovering Lost Data .......................................................................... 4
4.3 Restore Recording Feature .................................................................. 4
4.4 Main Screen......................................................................................... 5
5.1 Setup Menu ......................................................................................... 5
5.2 Camera Select...................................................................................... 6
5.3 Record Select....................................................................................... 6
5.4 Resolution............................................................................................ 7
5.5 Record Frame ...................................................................................... 7
5.6 Record Quality .................................................................................... 8
5.7 Schedule Set ........................................................................................ 8
5.8 Miscellaneous Menu - Auto Record .................................................... 9
5.9 Miscellaneous Menu - Password Enable ............................................. 9
5.10 Miscellaneous Menu - Password Change ............................................ 9
5.11 Miscellaneous Menu - Color Set ......................................................... 9
5.12 Miscellaneous Menu - Time Set ........................................................ 10
5.13 Hard Disk Set .................................................................................... 10
5.14 Motion Set ......................................................................................... 11
5.15 Video Mode ....................................................................................... 12
5.16 Factory Reset..................................................................................... 12
6. Recording
6.1 Start Recording.................................................................................. 12
6.2 Stop Recording .................................................................................. 13
6.3 Recording Time on Hard Drive ......................................................... 13
7. Playback................................................................................................. 14
8.1 PC Viewer Program ............................................................................ 15
8.2 Program Buttons................................................................................. 15
8.3 PC Backup.......................................................................................... 16
9. Specifications ......................................................................................... 17
10. Appendix
10.1 System Connection Diagram ............................................................. 18
10.2 DVR Accessories (included) ............................................................. 18
Chapter 1: DVR Features
z 4 Channel BNC Camera Inputs z 1 Channel BNC Video Output z Video Format: NTSC / PAL z Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings z Time Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording z One ATA-100 (IDE) Hard Disk Interface z USB 2.0 Back up to computer z Remote Control & Removable Hard Drive Tray
Chapter 2: Overview
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2.1 Front Panel
Removable HDD Tray
CH1
CH2
CH3
Channel 1
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4 CH4
Quad Quad View
REW Rewind
Pause Pause
Play Playback Video
FWD Fast Forward
IR Receiver
Finger Hole
HDD Lock
Stop
REC
Stop Playing/Recording
Record
Menu/Esc Enter / exit setup menu
SEL/Edit Confirm Selection / Edit
Up
Down
PWR
HDD
Move up / left cursor
Move down / right cursor
Power indicator
Hard disk drive indicator
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2.2 Rear Panel
1 BNC video output 4 BNC Video Inputs
Fan
Power Supply Input
Grounding Terminal
USB
2.3 Remote Control
CH1
CH2
CH3
CH4
Quad
Menu
SEL
PTZ
Select or enlarge Channel #1
Select or enlarge Channel #2
Select or enlarge Channel #3
Select or enlarge Channel #4
Quad View (4 Camera View)
Rewind
Playback Recording
Forward
Record
Pause
Stop recording / playback
Enter or exit setup menu
Move up / left cursor
Select / modify item
Move down / right cursor
Not Used
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3.1 Installing Hard Drive
1. Unplug the power supply. Never install or uninstall HDD when DVR is on.
2. Pull the HDD tray from the unit using the finger hole.
3. Connect the power cord and data cable to hard disk drive.
Make sure the HDD is set to be MASTER according to the hard drive manual.
The 4 pin connection is the DC power cable for HDD, and the wider cable is the standard hard drive IDE type connection.
4. Firmly insert the HDD tray into DVR body.
5. Lock the HDD tray.
Lock the caddy by turning the key clockwise.
If you need to unlock the tray, turn the key counter-clockwise.
CAUTION:
1. If HDD tray is not locked, the DVR system may not function properly.
2. Do not remove the HDD tray while the DVR is on.
3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor
There are 4 camera inputs and 1 video output with BNC connectors (Refer to
2.2 Rear Panel).
3.3 Connecting the Power Supply
Please only use the power adapter supplied with the DVR. The standard power supplied to the DVR is DC 12 Volt, 3.0 Amp.
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Chapter 4: Starting the DVR
4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive
Checking HDD ……
MASTER…
4.2 Recovering Lost Data
After connecting the power, the system will boot-up and detect the installed hard drive.
On the screen it will show the hard drive information. If no hard drive is detected, check that the HDD is set to master and the tray is locked.
RECOVER HDD?
04811-101735
(SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO
4.3 Restore Recording Feature
A power failure can cause data to be lost, however the DVR system will automatically recover lost data after power is reconnected.
Power Error Detected
Restore Hard Disk (Master) OK
Restore REC Mode………… OK
If a power error occurs during recording process, the system will automatically resume recording after power is reconnected.
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4.4 Main Screen
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5.1 Setup Menu
When the DVR is turned on the following display will appear with your connected cameras:
Upper left: Percentage of hard drive space used
Middle: Channel number (CH1 through
CH4)
Bottom right: Date and Time
Bottom left: System/recording status.
(Refer to 6.1 Start Recording)
Chapter 5: DVR Setup
Menu Directory
CAMERA SELECT
RECORD SELECT
MAIN
MENU
RESOLUTION
RECORD FRAME
VIDEO QUALITY
SCHEDULE SET
MISCELLANEOUS MENU
HARD DISK SET
VIDEO MODE
MOTION SET
FACTORY RESET
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AUTO RECORD
PASSWORD ENABLE
PASSWORD CHANGE
COLOR SET
TIME SET
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MAIN MENU
CAMERA SELECT 1 2 3 4
RECORD SELECT 1 2 3 4
RESOLUTION EACH
RECORD FRAME 25
RECORD QUALITY HIGH
SCHEDULE SET
MISCELLANEOUS MENU
HARD DISK SET
VIDEO MODE PAL
MOTION SET
FACTORY RESET
PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT
5.2 Camera Select
[
Menu]: Push to enter system menu
[ Up] and [ Down]: Move the cursor
[ SEL]: Select/modify settings
[
Menu]: Press exit/previous menu
The DVR system can display 4 cameras at once or you can limit the number of cameras displayed to save
HDD space.
Press [ SEL] to modify setting, or press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3] and [CH4] to set each channel separately.
If a channel is disabled, the system will display “OFF” on the monitor; this channel will not be recorded. (Refer to 5.3 Record Select)
5.3 Record Select
Manually set which channels are allowed to record.
Note: If no channels are selected, an error message will appear briefly on the screen when record is selected. “1234” indicates all cameras are set to record.
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5.4 Resolution
There are two modes of resolution for video recording:
EACH Mode:
The DVR compresses and records each video channel separately so you can enlarge a single channel to full screen display and still be recording on all channels.
You can also record on specific channels, for example, you can turn off the record function of CH1 and CH2 and then the system will only record video on CH3 and
CH4.
Press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3], and [CH4] enlarge relative channel to full screen display.
In EACH Mode you can use the Auto Switch Function.
Auto Switch Function:
When the system is in live mode or recording mode, press and hold the
[QUAD] button for three (3) seconds to make each video channel enlarge to full screen. Each camera will appear in full screen for three (3) seconds, including Quad view. The switch will lasts until any button is pushed.
NOTE: Pushing the [ Stop] button will stop the switch feature but also may stop the recording depending on Record Schedule Settings (5.7 Schedule Set).
QUAD Mode:
The DVR will compress and record all 4 video channels into one file however recordings will be limited to quad view and you will be unable to view full screen images in playback mode.
Auto Switch Function is not available in QUAD Mode.
5.5 Record Frame
Record frame indicates the frames or images recorded per second. More frames per second gives smoother movement but uses more hard disk space.
The system default is 30fps (frames per second) for NTSC (PAL is 25fps).
This means the system will record 30 frames per second shared by the active cameras. You can set frame rate for NTSC to 30,15,10,7,5,4,3,2,1 frames per second
(PAL is 25,12,8,6,4,3,2,1)
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5.6 Record Quality
There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low.
Higher quality records the best images but uses more hard drive space.
Record frame rate, record quality and available hard drive space will affect the total recording time of the DVR system.
5.7 Schedule Set
You can preset video recording modes by Time and Motion Detection
Recording.
SCHEDULE SET
TTTMMMTTTTTTMMTTTTT--MMT
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT
“-” No Recording
“T” Time (or manual recording: Default)
“M” Motion Detection Record
[ Up] and [ Down]: To move the cursor
[ SEL]: To modify record method
Numbers along bottom indicate the 24 hours of a day
For example:
If you want to record by motion detecton during 3 to 6 o’clock, set the time points (3, 4, 5) to “M”; if you want to continuous record from 7 to 12 o’clock, set the time points (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) to “T”.
Both of the recording methods need to be triggered by pressing the [ REC] button. After pressing [ REC] button, if the schedule is set to “T” at that time, the
DVR will start to record immediately; if the schedule is set to be “M”, the DVR will not record until motion (movement) is detected by system.
Force Record:
When the DVR is set to record by motion detection, the DVR will not record if there is no motion. If you want to record immediately, please press and hold [ REC ] button for 3 to 5 seconds to begin manual recording.
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5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record
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When this option is set to “ON”, the DVR will automatically continue with the current Record Schedule if no actions occur for 5 minutes. If you choose “OFF”, the DVR will not record until you press the [ REC] button.
5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Enable
This DVR is equipped with password protection features. Set this feature to
“ON” to enable password protection. When this option is set to “ON”, you will be required to enter a password if you want to stop recording or enter the menu.
System default password: Press [CH1] button six (6) times.
5.10 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Change
CURRENT PASSWORD : - - - - - -
NEW PASSWORD : - - - - - -
C ONFIRM PASSWORD : - - - - - -
All keys can be used as password key except the [ Menu] key, which is used to exit.
If you forget your password, please refer to 5.16 Factory Reset.
5.11 Miscellaneous Menu-Color Set
HUE: 0-99
SATURATION: 0-99
CONTRAST: 0-99
BRIGHTNESS: 0-99
[ Up] and [ Down]: move the cursor
[REW]: Increase value
[FWD]: Reduce value
[CH1-CH4, QUAD]: Select channel
[
Menu]: Exit
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5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-Time Set
∨
TIME SET
2008/08/08 20:08:08
PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT
Configure system date and time:
[ Up] and [ Down]: move the cursor
[ SEL]: modify the value
[ Menu]: exit and save
5.13 Hard Disk Set
HARD DISK SET
OVERWRITE ENABLED [YES]
MASTER HDD SIZ 120042MB
MASTER HDD USED 80865MB 77%
MASTER HDD FORMAT
SLAVE HDD SIZE N/A
SLAVE HDD USED N/A
SLAVE HDD FORMAT
PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER
(SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT
HDD SIZE:
OVERWRITE ENABLED:
If you choose “YES”, recording continues and overwrites oldest recordings when the hard drive is full.
If you choose “NO", the recording process will stop when the hard drive is full.
Indicates the total capacity of the hard drive installed in the DVR.
HDD USED:
Indicates the actual space used on the hard drive and the percentage of hard drive space used.
HDD FORMAT:
Choose this option to delete all data on a hard drive.
You will be prompted to input your password when formatting the HDD.
Note: When you install a new hard drive in the DVR, please use this function to format the hard drive for use with the DVR.
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5.14 Motion Set
MOTION SET
MOTION RECORD TIME: 10
MOTION ALARM TIME: OFF
MOTION SET
PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER
(SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT
MOTION SET:
MOTION DETECTION SET
>CHANNEL 1 SENSITIVITY 4
CHANNEL 2 SENSITIVITY 4
CHANNEL 3 SENSITIVITY 4
CHANNEL 4 SENSITIVITY 4
CHANNEL 1 AREA SET
CHANNEL 2 AREA SET
CHANNEL 3 AREA SET
CHANNEL 4 AREA SET
PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER
(SELECT)
PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT
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MOTION RECORD TIME:
This number indicates how many seconds the motion detection recording lasts after the DVR has detected motion.
MOTION ALARM TIME:
This number indicates how many seconds the buzzer/alarm inside the DVR will sound after the DVR has detected motion.
CONT: Continuous alarm until press any key is pressed when motion detected.
OFF: No alarm
SENSITIVITY:
Use [ Up] and [ Down] button to highlight the channel you want to modify and press [ SEL] to adjust sensitivity of motion detection on each channel.
High (1----------9, OFF) Low
When “OFF”, the channel will not detect motion or trigger motion recording.
AREA SET:
Use [ Up] and [ Down] button to select the channel you want to modify and press [ SEL] button to enter the sensitive area of each camera. The picture of the selected channel is divided into 144(12*12) blocks, press [REW] to move left, press [FWD] to move right, press[ Up] and [ Down] to move the cursor up and down, press [ SEL] to set the highlighted block active or disabled.
When the block is transparent, it’s active or set to detect motion. When the block is covered by a shadow, it is not active and motion will NOT be detected.
Make sure Record Schedule is set to Motion for the times required.
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5.15 Video Mode
Select NTSC (North America) or PAL (Europe/Australia) video system.
5.16 Factory Reset
Press [ SEL] button to reset the DVR to factory defaults. The DVR will reboot and all custom settings (including password) will be restored to default.
Caution: There is no confirmation dialog box for this selection after you press [ SEL] button.
If you have forgotten your password and would like to reset, press [Pause] button 10 times to reset DVR to factory default. Then the default password is now:
[CH1] button 6 times.
If you are unable to stop recording, you must unplug the power supply and remove the HDD, then reboot the DVR and press [Pause] button for 10 times.
Chapter 6: Recording
6.1 Start Recording
Press [ REC] to start recording (as set in 5.7 Schedule Set).
DVR will display system information on screen.
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1. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage)
2. Recording symbol (channel is currently recording)
3. Camera Number
4. Record Mode (QUAD or EACH)
5. Status (REC, Play, FF1, FF2, FF3, REW, PAUSE)
6. HDD Info. ([M] Master Hard disk)
7. Record Schedule: (T) Time or Manual Record (M) Motion Detection (-) No
Recording
8. The date and time on the DVR
6.2 Stop Recording
Press [ Stop] button to stop recording. If you have already activated the password protection, you will be prompted to input the password.
6.3 Recording Time on Hard Drive
System
NTSC
Quality Frame Rate
HIGH 20 K Bytes
NORMAL 15 K Bytes
LOW 12 K Bytes
30
58
78
97
15
117
155
194
7 1
251 1748
332 2330
416 2913
System
PAL
Quality Frame Rate
HIGH 20 K Bytes
NORMAL 15 K Bytes
LOW 12 K Bytes
25
70
93
117
12
146
194
243
6 1
291 1748
388 2330
485 2913
Estimated record time based on a 120GB Hard Drive (Quad Mode) in hours:
You can calculate and estimate record hours by below formula:
120 (G Byte) × 1024 (M Byte) × 1024 (K Byte)
Divided by:
15 (Kbyte/frame) × 7 (frame/sec.) × 60 (sec.) x 60 (min.)
Estimated time would be 332 Hours.
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Chapter 7: Playback
Press [ Play] button to play the last recording.
During playback, press the [ Menu] button to list all recorded video clips from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top.
Press [ Up] and [ Down] to move the cursor and select an event, press
[ Play] button to start playback.
1. Starting time of the event
3. MOTION: Motion Triggered event
5. “*” marks un-played video recording
2. TIME: continuous record
4. FORCE: Force Record event
You can also play recorded video by searching the exact date and time as follows:
1. Press [FWD] button to change the select mode
2. Press [ Up] and [ Down] button to select date starting time or ending time
3. Press [ SEL] to edit time value
4. Press [ Play] to play the video
2008 /0 1 / 0 8 08 : 30 : 3 2 --- 2008/0 1 / 0 8 16 : 00 : 05
Search Date and Time
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Chapter 8: USB Programming
Using the provided DVR PC Viewer software, you can connect the DVR Alert to your PC to playback or backup footage.
8.1 PC Viewer Program
1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM Drive
2. Open CD directory
3. Double click on the “PCViewerInstall.exe” file to install the PC Viewer software
4. Run the installed PC Viewer program
PC Viewer will detect the hard drive installed in the DVR automatically when you connect the USB cable from DVR to PC.
8.2 Program buttons
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 13 14 15 16 17 18
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Item Remark
1. DVR event list
2. Capture picture
Open event list recorded in DVR
Save an image of current frame
3. Save video clip Save DVR’s video clip to PC in .mys/.avi file
5. Load video file saved in PC Load .mys file saved in PC
6. DVR Mode*
7. PC Mode*
8. Channel selection keys
To switch working mode between PC viewer mode and DVR viewer mode
CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, QUAD
10. Fast backward
11. Previous frame
12. Play backward
13. Pause
14. Play
15. Next frame
16. Fast forward
17. Volume scroll bar
18. Exit
Play backward with fast speed
Move to previous frame
Play backward with normal speed
Pause playing
Play forward with normal speed
Move to next frame
Play forward with fast speed
Not available for this model
Exit PC Viewer
DVR Mode: play video clips saved on DVR’s HDD.
PC Mode: play video clips (.mys file) saved on PC
8.3 PC Backup
Press button to open the DVR recorded event list and select an event.
Press to begin backup. Backup video files can be saved as “.avi” files or
“.mys” files.
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Chapter 9: Specifications
ITEM DESCRIPTION NOTE
Video Format
Operation System
Camera Input Channel
Video Output Channel
Display Frame Rate
Recording Frame Rate
Recording Frame Rate
(Each Mode)
Record Mode
1 channel Composite BNC
NTSC 120 frames/second
PAL 100 frames /second
NTSC Max.30 fps (Quad)
PAL Max.25 fps (Quad)
NTSC
PAL
Each Channel =
30 fps ÷ Number of Cameras
Each Channel =
25 fps ÷ Number of Cameras
Display
NTSC / PAL
None
4 channel Composite BNC
Stand-alone
4×30 frames/second
4×25 frames/second
Quad Mode
Quad Mode
Max. 30 frames/s (Total)
Max. 25 frames/s (Total)
Continuous, Time Schedule, Motion Triggered.
NTSC: 720×480
PAL: 720×576
Resolution
Record
NTSC: 320×112, 640×224
PAL : 320×136, 640×272
Quad: 640×224 (total)
Each: 640×224
Video Compression Format
HDD Support
Estimated Record Length
USB
Remote Control
Method
Search
Full Screen
Dimension ( L × W × H )
Motion-JPEG
(12-20K bytes/frame)
Low : 12K Byte
Normal: 15K Byte
Over 500G Byte
High : 20K Byte
ATA -100 Interface
120GB Hard drive @ 7 frames per second @ Normal Quality
(120×1024×1024 Kbyte) ÷ ( 7×15×60×60 ) = 332 Hours
For PC playback & backup USB 2.0
Included
Time、Date、Event
YES
250 × 235 × 38mm
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Chapter 10: Appendix
10.1 System Connection Diagram
10.2 DVR Accessories (included)
Power Cord
The shape of the plug might be different from different countries or regions.
Power Adaptor
User Manual
User’s Manual
Software CD Remote Controller USB Cable
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