Viola M4 BL Digital Video Recorder User's Manual

User’s Manual

Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.

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CAUTION

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER.

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

PLEASE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

WARNING

TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS

APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class “A” digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense.

FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or peripheral devices.

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

This Class A digital apparatus meets all the requirements of the Canadian

Interference Causing Equipment Regulations.

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

„ THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY

KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,

THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY

PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THE THIRD

PARTY’S RIGHT.

„ THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCUACIES OR

TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE ADDED TO THE

INFORMATION HEREIN, AT ANY TIME, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF

THIS PUBLICATION AND/OR THE CORRESPONDING PRODUCT(S).

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SUPPLIER BE LIABLBE TO ANY PARTY OR ANY

PERSON, EXCEPT FOR REPLACEMENT OR REASONABLE MAINTENANCE

OF THE PRODUCT, FOR THE CASES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO

THE FOLLOWINGS:

„ ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS, INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION,

DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY,

ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PRODUCT;

„ PERSONAL INJURY OR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE

USE OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF THE USER;

„ UNAUTHORIZED DISASSEMBLE, REPAIR OR MODIFICATION OF THE

PRODUCT BY THE USER;

„ ANY PROBLEM, CONSEQUENTIAL INCONVENIENCE, OR LOSS OR

DAMAGE, ARISING OUT OF THE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH THE

DEVICES OF THE THIRD PARTY;

„ ANY CLAIM OR ACTION FOR DAMAGES, BROUGHT BY ANY PERSON OR

ORGANIZATION BEING A PHOTOGENIC SUBJECT, DUE TO VIOLATION

OF PRIVACY WITH THE RESULT OF THAT SURVEILLANCE-CAMERA’S

PICTURE, INCLUDING SAVED DATA, FOR SOME REASON, BECOMES

PUBLIC OR IS USED FOR THE PURPOSE OTHER THAN SURVEILLANCE.

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PRECAUTIONS

„ Please refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers.

„ Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings.

Use the appliance at temperature within 0 o C ~ +45 o C (32 o F ~ 122 o F) and humidity below 85%.

The input power source for this appliance is +12 VDC.

Performance and lifetime of hard disk drives are easily affected by heat (used at high temperature). It is recommended to use this appliance at temperature within +20 o C ~ +30 o C (68 o F ~ 86 o F)

„ Handle the hard disk drives with care.

It is possible to damage them if they are moved while their motors are still running. Do not move them just after turning the power on or off (for around

30 seconds).

Protect the hard disk drives from static electricity.

Do not stack them or keep them upright.

Do not use an electric screwdriver to fix them.

„ Clean only with dry cloth.

„ Do not block any ventilation openings.

„ Do not use the appliance near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other apparatus that produce heat.

„ Protect the power cord from being stepped on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenient receptacles and the points where they exit from the apparatus.

„ Do not drop metallic parts through slots. This could permanently damage the appliance. Turn the power off immediately and contact qualified service personnel for service.

„ Handle the appliance with care. Do not strike or shake, as this may damage the appliance.

„ Do not expose the appliance to water or moisture, nor try to operate it in wet areas. Do take immediate action if the appliance becomes wet. Turn the power off and refer servicing to qualified service personnel. Moisture may damage the appliance and also cause electric shock.

„ Do not use strong or abrasive detergents when cleaning the appliance body.

When the dirt is hard to remove, use a mild detergent and wipe gently.

„ Do not overload outlets and extension cords as this may result in a risk of fire or electric shock.

„ Please make a note of your settings and save them. This will help when you are required to change the system configuration, or when unexpected failure or trouble occurs.

„ Distributing, copying, disassembling, reverse compiling, reverse engineering, and also exporting in violation of export laws of the software provided with this product, is expressly prohibited.

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Table of Contents

1. Product Overview

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1.1 Features

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2. Panels And Remote Controller

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2.1 Front Panel

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2.2 Back Panel

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2.3 Remote Controller

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3. Installations

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3.1 Basic Connections

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3.2 Optional Connections

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4. Main Screen And Basic Operations

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4.1 Text Input

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4.2 Login And Logout

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4.3 Basic Operations

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4.4 Digital Zoom

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5. Menu Display

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5.1 Video Adjustment

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5.2 VGA Display

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5.3 Backup Device

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5.4 Software Upgrade (Administrator)

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5.5 System Shutdown (Administrator)

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6. Setup (Administrator)

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6.1 Camera Setup

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6.1.1 Motion Setup

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6.2 Scheduled Record Setup

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6.3 Password Setup

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6.4 System Setup

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6.5 Network Setup

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6.5.1 E-mail Setup

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6.5.2 Advanced Network Setup

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7. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator/Supervisor) ………....

7.1 Search By Time

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7.2 Search By Event / Log Display

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7.3 Smart Search

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7.4 Search Archived Files

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7.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Event

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7.7 Playback/Archive For Smart Search

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7.8 Playback For Archived Files

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8.1 PC Remote Access

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8.2 PDA/Mobile Phone Remote Access

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Appendix A – Specifications

Appendix B – Time Zone Table

Appendix C – Recording Table

Appendix D – MS-Windows Utilities

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1. Product Overview

The H.264 digital video/audio recorders are designed for use within a surveillance system with limited space, and are a combination of a hard disk recorder, a video multiplexer, and a web server. To achieve the highest inter-connectivity and inter-operability, this series of digital video/audio recorders are all based on industry-leading front-end to back-end surveillance infrastructure. With state-of-the-art system architecture, powerful compression/decompression engine, and intelligent recording algorithms, sixfold operation can be easily achieved without sacrificing the increasing demands of functionality, performance, reliability, and availability in the surveillance industry.

1.1 Features

„ Up to 4 color and/or B/W cameras can be connected

„ H.264 video compression/decompression with configurable quality

„ ADPCM audio compression/decompression

„ Real sixfold operation - record, live, playback, backup, control, & remote access

„ 2X record capabilities –

Full-D1: up to 60 (NTSC) / 50 (PAL) IPS (Images Per Second)

Half-D1: up to 120 (NTSC) / 100 (PAL) IPS

CIF: up to 120 (NTSC) / 100 (PAL) IPS

„ 2X playback capabilities

„ Realtime live display, 30 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL) IPS, for each channel

„ 1 st Stand-alone DVR with 3-D de-interlace and de-noise

„ Event recording, time-lapse recording or both

„ Playback search by time or event (motion & video loss)

„ Smart search & playback

„ Versatile display formats: full-screen & 4 split windows

„ Digital zoom, X2 & X4

„ Intelligent motion detection with programmable area and sensitivity

„ One 3.5” SATA hard disk drive with storage > 2TB

„ Support Advanced format HDD developed by Western Digital

„ Video/audio backup to USB2.0 storage devices, including pen drive, DVD+RW,

DVD+R, and DVD-R

„ Ethernet interface for remote access through web browser or proprietary remote software, remote alarm notification, remote setup, and remote software upgrade

„ Free DDNS server

„ 1 I.E./Firefox software for unlimited number of DVRs

„ Multi-lingual support

„ Multi-level password and authentication key protection to ensure high degree of security

„ Streaming video for mobile phone or PDA, no Apps required

„ N-Streaming internet/intranet remote access

„ Support mouse operation

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2. Panels and Remote Controller

2.1 Front Panel

1. LED

Indicators for POWER (LIGHT) and HDD (BLINK).

2. Remote I/R Sensor

Used to receive signal from I/R remote controller.

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2.2 Back Panel

1. Video Input Connectors (1-4)

Connect system cameras to these BNC connectors. The internal 75Ω termination is always ON.

2. Audio Input Connectors (AUDIO IN)

The RCA connector accepts line-in audio signal supplied from external devices such as microphone amplifiers.

3. Audio Output Connectors (AUDIO OUT)

The connector supplies line-out audio signal to external devices such as speakers. Recorded audio will be supplied from AUDIO OUT during playback.

4. Main Video Output Connectors (MAIN VIDEO)

Connect TV monitors to the BNC connector for main monitor display.

5. VGA Connector (VGA)

Connect VGA monitor to the D-SUB 15-pin female connector for main monitor display. Please note there won’t be video signal for MAIN

VIDEO BNC connector if VGA is connected.

6. Ethernet Connector

Connect this unit to a 10/100Base-T Ethernet network through this port.

7. USB2.0 Connectors (USB)

Connect one of the USB 2.0 connectors to USB mouse. Connect the other USB 2.0 connector to USB 2.0 compatible storage device, such as

USB 2.0 disk drive, DVD+RW, card reader, etc..

8. Power Cord Inlet (DC 12V IN)

Connect to DC +12V power source.

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2.3 Remote Controller

The remote controller is an optional accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by the remote controller. The effective distance is about 10 meters without any obstacle.

The descriptions of the buttons are as below:

1. Alpha-numeric Buttons (1-9, 0, *, #)

Press these buttons for camera selection in most of the circumstances.

These buttons can also be used to enter text and number in the way similar to most of the mobile phones.

2. Alarm Reset Button

Press this button to cancel alarm activation, and return the system to the condition before the alarm was activated.

3. REC Button

Press this button to force manual recording. To stop manual recording, press it again.

4. MUTE/NEXT Button

Press this button to mute the audio.

5. X2/GOTO Button

In full screen display, press this button for Digital Zoom (X2/X4).

6. MENU / ESC Button

Press this button to display the main menu or escape to the upper level display.

7. Up/BS Button (▲/BS)

Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in most circumstances. In text editing mode, this button is used as “backspace” key.

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8. Down/DEL Button (▼/DEL)

Press this button to move the cursor or focus window in most circumstances. In text editing mode, this button is used as “del” key.

9. Left/Right Buttons (◄,►)

Press these buttons to move the cursor or focus window.

10. ENTER Button

This button is used as “enter” key.

11. (Split Windows) +/- Buttons ( )

In split-window display, press these buttons for next/previous split-window display. In the others, press these buttons to change the contents.

12. (Vol/Zoom) +/- Buttons ( / / )

Press these buttons to change the volume.

13. MODE Button

Press this button to toggle between live mode and playback mode in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.

At playing, this button is used as “slow backward”.

14. SEQ Button

Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.

At playing, this button is used as “slow forward”.

15. CALL Button

Press this button to switch to or return from full screen display of the focus camera in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.

16. SEARCH Button

Press this button to display the search menu in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key.

17. Fast Backward Button ( )

Press this button for fast backward playback.

18. Fast Forward Button ( )

Press this button for fast forward playback.

19. Single Step Button ( )

Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame.

20. Copy Button ( )

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Press this button to copy the playback images to the storage device connected to the USB port. Press this button again to stop copying.

21. Play/Pause Button ( )

Press this button to play the recorded images, or pause the playback.

22. Stop Button ( )

Press this button to stop the playback.

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3. Installations

The installations described below should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers.

3.1 Basic Connections

Please refer to the following diagram for the connections.

Please make sure to set the NTSC/PAL Selector Switch on the main board according to the local TV system for the system to work correctly.

„ Cameras

Connect the camera video input connectors to the video outputs from system cameras or other composite video sources via coaxial cables. The internal 75Ω termination is always ON.

„ Main monitor

Connect the main monitor output connector (BNC) to a surveillance TV monitor, or connect the VGA output connector to a VGA monitor. The TV/VGA monitor displays selected live or recorded cameras in any available split window format.

Please note there won’t be video signal for MAIN VIDEO BNC connector if VGA is connected.

„ Power

Connect DC 12V power source to DC 12V.

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3.2 Optional Connections

„ Audio input

Connect the audio input connector to the audio line-out from system cameras or other audio sources. Please make sure to associate the audio inputs with the cameras in Camera Setup as described in Section 6.1

accordingly.

„ Audio output

Connect the audio output connector to the audio line-in from speakers.

„ Ethernet

Connect the Ethernet connector to a standard twisted-pair Ethernet cable for remote access via LAN or internet. Please make sure to setup the related configurations as described in Section 6.5 Network Setup .

„ USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW, card reader, etc.

If the user wants to use USB2.0 peripheral device to retrieve important recorded images and/or audio, please connect it to the USB2.0 port connector.

„ I/R remote controller

The user may use I/R remote controller to control the digital video/audio recorder.

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4. Main Screen And Basic Operations

The split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup.

There are two types of split-window screens, including 1-Window and 4-Window.

The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in

Section 5.5

) of the system. In addition to the split windows, the system time is displayed on the lower-left corner, the system states on the lower-right corner, and the rolling screen messages, if shown while certain event occurs, on the lower corner.

The system states, from right to left, are described as the followings:

(1) Recording percentage / total HDD size (GB),

(2) Mute state – speaker icon shown for not mute, not shown for mute,

(3) X2 state – X1, X2, or X4,

(4) Manual record ON/OFF – REC icon shown for ON,

(5) Backup state – Backup icon shown for backup, and

(6) SEQ display ON/OFF or playback state – SEQ icon shown for SEQ display ON, other icons for different playback states.

* If mouse is connected, the mouse operation icons will be shown when the mouse cursor is moved to the bottom of the screen.

* Recording icon & Motion for the camera may be shown after camera title.

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4.1 Text Input

There are certain circumstances that the system requires the user to enter text, such as system login, camera title setup, and so on. Please follow the steps below to enter text:

(1) Press ENTER to edit the highlighted option. The flashing cursor will be shown to indicate the editing point.

(2) Press ◄► to move the cursor to the left/right.

(3) Press code in text editing mode to change text case. (If this entry can accept number only, pressing code will have no effects.) Indicators on the screen show the current setting:

123 = Number only

abc = No capital letters

ABC = All capital letters

CODE = Internal code for the selected language, such as Chinese, Japanese, etc.

(4) Press a number key (1-9, 0) repeatedly until the character you want appears (1 for

1 or space, 2 for 2, a/A, b/B, or c/C, etc.). If internal CODE is selected, a

CODE box will be shown (after the first code is entered) for each new code to be entered. Please check the internal code table for the selected language. For

2-byte code, e.g. Chinese or Japanese, the code accepted is from 0000 - FFFF.

(5) Press mark to bring up a list of punctuation marks and special characters. The highlighted character in the list shows the selected one. Press ▲▼◄► to change the selection.

(6) If you make a mistake, press BS to remove the character to the left of the cursor, or press DEL to delete the character at the current cursor position.

(7) In text editing mode, internal code box, and mark list, press ENTER to exit and save changes, press ESC to exit without making changes.

Note: If the user clicks on the left button of the mouse on the item, a Keyboard

Simulator will be shown. Click on ‘#’ (or “abc”, ..) to change text case.

Click on the alpha-numeric characters to enter text (or CODE). Click on ‘*’ for mark.

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4.2 Login And Logout

There are three password levels in the system, including Administrator (highest),

Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). If the user does not login the system, he/she will be treated as “Guest” and can only view live video display.

The system allows up to 18 user accounts. The administrator can set up the login name and password for each user. (Please refer to Section 6.3

for Password Setup.)

The Operator can operate live video display, the Supervisor live video display, image playback and archive, and the Administrator everything.

To login/logout the system, press MENU in split-window display to call up Menu display, and then press ENTER when the highlighted option is

Login/Logout to enter

Login/Logout display as shown.

In Login/Logout display, follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to enter the Login name and Password, press ▲▼ to highlight and select Login option, and then press ENTER to login the system. If the user wants to logout the system, just press ▲▼ to highlight and select Logout option, and then press ENTER. Press

ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without making changes.

There is one factory-preset login name/password aa/11 at Administrator level. The user can use it to login the system for the first time.

Should the user have forgotten all the administrator-level passwords, please contact the local dealer or installer to recover from it.

4.3 Basic Operations

The basic user’s operations after he/she has logged into the system are described below:

„ Numeric (Mouse: )

Press these buttons to switch to the full-window display for the camera.

„ Alarm Reset (Mouse: )

Press this button to cancel alarm activation, i.e. reset the alarm outputs and silence

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the buzzer.

„ MODE (Mouse: ) (Administrator/Supervisor)

In split-window display, press this button to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen.

„ SEQ (Mouse: )

Press this button to switch to or return from SEQ display mode. In SEQ display mode, each page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time

(about 5 seconds) sequentially, and SEQ icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen.

„ CALL (Mouse: left-click in focus camera window)

In split-window display, press this button to switch to or return from full screen display of the focus camera.

„ SEARCH (Mouse: ) (Administrator/Supervisor)

In split-window display, press this button to display the search menus. The system will remember the last one the user chose.

„ REC (Mouse: )

Press this button to force manual recording. To stop manual recording, press it again. All cameras will be recorded as if the scheduled record is A/V, and REC will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen if manual recording is ON.

„ MENU (Mouse: ) / ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

In split-window display, press this button to display the versatile menu.

„ X2 (Mouse: )

In full screen display, press this button to enter Digital Zoom mode. Please refer to Section 4.4 Digital Zoom for the detailed operations in Digital Zoom mode.

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: left-click)

Press these buttons to move focus. The title of the camera for the focus window is highlighted as shown on the screen.

„ Vol+/- ( / ), MUTE (Mouse: )

Press these buttons to control the volume.

„ +/- (Mouse: )

Press these buttons to circulate up/down among the available split-window displays.

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„ ENTER (Mouse: )

Press this button to display OSD display dialog . The user may enable/disable

OSD display for certain fields in main screen. Press ENTER to save & exit, or

ESC to cancel.

4.4 Digital Zoom

The system supports X2/X4 Digital Zoom function. To use this function, press X2 button (Mouse: ) in full screen display to enter Digital Zoom mode. There will be a zoom window shown in the video window as shown. The zoom window (a) will always be shown at zoom factor X1, (b) can be shown or hidden at zoom factor

X2, and (c) will never be shown at zoom factor X4. The operations in Digital Zoom mode are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Click in the video window)

Press these buttons to

(a) move the zoom window if it’s shown in the video window, or

(b) navigate the video window around if the zoom factor is X2 or X4.

„ ENTER (Mouse: Click in the video window)

Press this button to zoom in the zoom window, from X1 to X2 or from X2 to X4, if the zoom window is shown in the video window.

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„ X2 (Mouse: )

Press this button to

(a) show/hide the zoom window if the current zoom factor is X1/X2, or

(b) zoom out the video window back to zoom factor X1 if the current zoom factor is X4.

„ ESC (Mouse: or Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Digital Zoom mode, and return to normal full screen display. The video window will always return to zoom factor X1.

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5. Menu Display

In split-window display, press MENU (Mouse: ) to call up Menu display as shown.

There are a variety of displays under Menu display. In Menu display and all the subsequent displays, the items enabled are shown in black-colored text, and those disabled in white-colored text. Please refer to Section 4.2

for Login/Logout display.

The user’s operations are described as the followings:

„ ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.

„ ENTER (Mouse: Click in the menu item)

Press this button to enter the detailed display of the highlighted option. For the details of each option, please refer to the following sections.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Menu display, and return to split-window display.

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5.1 Video Adjustment

In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Video

Adjustment, and then press ENTER to call up Video Adjustment display as shown.

There are 4 items which can be adjusted, including Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and

Saturation. The operations are as below:

„ ▲▼

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ Numeric (Mouse: )

Press these buttons to change the camera.

„ +/-

Press these buttons to adjust the selected item.

„ SEQ (Mouse: )

Press this button to reset the settings for this camera to factory default values.

„ CALL (Mouse: )

Press this button to reset the settings for all cameras to factory default values.

„ MODE (Mouse: )

Press this button to restore the values.

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„ ESC (Mouse: or Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display. The settings will be saved for future reference.

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5.2 VGA Display

In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to VGA Display, and then press ENTER to call up VGA Display dialog as shown.

There are 5 items which can be adjusted, including Resolution (only 1024x768 for this model), Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. The operations are as below:

„ ▲▼ (Mouse: Click in the respective item)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ +/-

Press these buttons to adjust the selected item.

„ MODE (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to restore Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation to factory default values.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display. If the contents have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to save the changes, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to exit without saving.

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5.3 Backup Device

In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Backup Device, and then press ENTER to call up Backup Device display as shown below.

The system supports a variety of USB 2.0 storage devices , including Storage Disk

Drives and DVD Disc (including DVD+RW, DVD+R, and DVD-R). (DVD-RW is not supported.) The operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to previous display.

„ Connect/Disconnect – If the backup device is disconnected (as shown in Current

Status), please plug the device in the USB port and/or insert a DVD for DVD device, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to command the system to connect with it. If the device is already connected (EX. R/W - Read/write, as shown in Current Status), please press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to command the system software to disconnect with the device, and then unplug the device from the backup port.

Note 1: DO NOT format the DVD disc for better performance and compatibility.

Note 2: Before using USB pen drive, please format it to FAT32 file system by

MS-Windows.

Note 3: The backup device has to be connected by the system software before it can be used to read/write. If it failed to connect, please unplug the device, and then plug the device in the USB port again.

Note 4: Some backup devices may have compatibility problems. Please contact your local dealer or installer for the supported devices.

„ Backup

Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) when this item is selected to backup the

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configurations of this unit to the corresponding USB device. The user may enter the directory to backup the configurations to.

„ Restore

Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) when this item is selected to restore the configuration files in the corresponding backup device to this unit. The user may enter the directory to restore the configurations from.

Some USB 2.0 Devices Tested

USB-Storage Enclosures 5.25” –

Macpower’s Alumni Prefect USB 2.0 - PF-U2MS

USB-Disk Storage –

Transcend’s JetFlash 150/V60 Series, JetFlash V33 8GB

Apacer ’s Handy Steno AH220

Pretec ’s i-Disk Wave 512M-Black

Kingston ’s DataTraveler USB Flash Driver(DTI/512FE)

Kingston ’s DataTraveler DT100 8GB

SanDisk ’s Cruzer micro USB Flash Driver

Sandisk ’s Cruzer Titanium 4GB, Cruzer Contour 4GB

Sony ’s MICRO VAULT Classic Series

OCZ ’s ATV 4GB, Rally2 4GB

DVD Writer –

Asus DRW-1608P Series

Pioneer DVR-A11, DVR-X152 Series

BenQ EW200G Series

LITEON LightScribe DVD Writer SHM-165H6S, 20X DVD Writer DX-20A4P

Sony DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model DRX-810UL Series

NEC DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Model ND-4550A Series

HP dvd9404e External 18X Super Multi DVD Writer Series

Some DVD Discs Tested – Only single-side, single-layer disc supported

Infomedia DVD+R 16X

Mitsubishi DVD+RW 1-4X

Philips DVD+RW 1-4X

Ritek DVD-R 8X, DVD+RW 1-4X

Verbatim DVD+RW 1-4X

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5.4 Software Upgrade (Administrator)

In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Software

Upgrade, and then press ENTER to call up Software Upgrade display as shown.

The operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Menu display.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Backup Device – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Backup Device dialog (if there’s no backup device connected).

„ Disk Storage – to select the disk storage to upgrade. Press +/- buttons to select the available storage.

„ Upgrade File – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to start the upgrade process when the highlighted file is a correct upgrade file. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm to upgrade the system software.

Note : After the software is upgraded, the system will restart immediately. The split window display will be shown after restart, please wait a moment.

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5.5 System Shutdown (Administrator)

In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Shutdown, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press ENTER to confirm the shutdown. The system will save all the files and all the states, and then display a power-off message in the rolling screen message area. The user may power off the system safely when the power-off message is shown.

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6. Setup (Administrator)

In Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Setup, and then press ENTER to call up Setup Menu display as shown. (To enter Setup Menu display of the system, please login as Administrator first.)

The user’s operations are described as the followings:

„ ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.

„ ENTER (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to enter the setup of the highlighted option. For the details of each option, please refer to the following sections.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Setup Menu display, and return to Menu display.

If the user wants to reset all the settings to factory default values, he/she may press

▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Factory Defaults, and then press

ENTER. A confirmation dialog will be shown, press ENTER again to make the changes, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to not do it.

If the user wants to clear the HDD, he/she may press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Clear HDD, and then press ENTER. A confirmation dialog will be shown, press ENTER to confirm, or ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to cancel.

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6.1 Camera Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Camera, and then press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Camera Setup display.

The Camera Setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for all cameras.

There are up to 4 cameras which can be connected to the system.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll left/right if the selected item is not shown on the screen.

„ Numeric

Press these buttons to select the camera.

„ COPY ( )

Press this button to copy all the settings - excluding detailed Motion settings,

Title/Audio - of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 1, its settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-4.)

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the contents have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to save the changes, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to

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exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ REC Resolution – the record resolution for all the cameras in the system. For

NTSC, it can be 720x480, 720x240, or 360x240; for PAL, 720x576, 720x288, or

360x288. Press +/- buttons to select the resolution.

„ Watermark – to record with digital watermark or not. If yes, all the recorded images for all the cameras will have digital watermark embedded. Press

ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

„ Installed – whether this camera is installed or not. If installed, the following items will be settable. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

„ Title – The title (Max. 8 characters) of this camera. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Motion Detection – whether the motion detection of this camera is enabled or not.

(Note : this field has no effect for the Smart Search information.) Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

„ Motion Settings.. – used to setup the motion settings, used for Motion Detection or Smart Search , for this camera. Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) in

Settings.. to call up Motion Setup display for the camera. Please refer to Section

6.1.1

for the details. Please note that if the Motion Detection is disabled, the default factory motion settings should work fine for Smart Search.

„ Covert – covert or not. If the camera is covert, the video of this camera can only be seen if the user has logged in as Administrator. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse:

Left click) to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

„ Audio – the AUDIO IN corresponding to this camera. The audio data for the selected AUDIO IN will be recorded with the video data for this camera. Press

+/- buttons to select none (N/A) or AUDIO Input (1). The default setting is

“N/A”.

„ Record Quality – the record quality for this camera. Press +/- buttons to select the value (1-9, with 1 the lowest (rough) quality, 9 the highest (fine) quality).

„ Event Record IPS – the IPS (Images Per Second) for this camera if Motion event occurs for this camera. This camera will be recorded at this rate for Post-record time since the event occurs. (Please refer to the following sections for

Post-record time.) Press +/- buttons to select the value (0 – 25 (PAL) / 30

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(NTSC), discrete).

Please note that the total Event Record IPS should not exceed the system recording capacity (NTSC: 240/CIF, 120/Half-D1, 60/Full-D1; PAL: 200/CIF,

100/Half-D1, 50/Full-D1), or the system will lower the actual rate automatically at recording.

„ Normal Record IPS – the normal record IPS for this camera. This camera will be recorded at this rate if no event occurs. Press +/- buttons to select the value

(0 – Event Record IPS for this camera, discrete).

6.1.1 Motion Setup

In Camera Setup, press ENTER to call up Motion Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Motion Settings.. of the camera to setup. The Motion setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected motion for the camera.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ Numeric

Press these buttons to select the camera.

„ COPY ( )

Press this button to copy the Motion settings, including Detection settings, of the focus camera to all the following cameras. (EX. focus camera is 1, its Motion

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settings will be copied to those of cameras 2-4.)

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Camera Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse:

Right Click) to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the Buzzer will keep being triggered after motion is detected for this camera. However, the

Buzzer will be reset immediately once the camera returns to normal. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value (3 seconds - 60 minutes, discrete, ‘-‘ for ‘Forever’).

„ Pre-record – to define how long before motion is detected this camera shall be intensively recorded at Event Record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value

(0-10 seconds, discrete). Please note that the actual pre-record time may be shorter than the value set if the total size of the pre-record pictures exceeds the pre-record buffer size of the system.

„ Post-record – to define how long after motion is detected this camera shall be intensively recorded at Event Record IPS. Press +/- buttons to adjust the value

(0 second - 60 minutes, discrete).

„ Buzzer – to activate the internal Buzzer or not when motion of this camera is detected. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

„ Log – to log to event logs or not. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked.

„ E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers when the event is triggered. Press ENTER or

+/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

„ Detection Settings.. – used to setup the motion detection settings, including detection area and sensitivity, when motion is detected for this camera. Please note that the detection area and sensitivity are also used for the Smart Search information. There won’t be any Smart Search information stored outside the detection area. So, it’s better to enable the whole area if the motion detection for the camera is disabled (and only Smart Search is used).

Press

ENTER in Settings.. to call up Motion Detection Setup (as shown) for this camera. In Motion Detection Setup, the video area is divided into many small grids, and the area with gray grids is the area which will be detected for motion , while transparent grids not detected for motion. Besides, there is a (yellow)

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Following is a brief description for the operations:

„ Numeric (Mouse: )

Press these buttons to select the camera.

„ ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to move the Mask window.

„ +/- (Mouse: Left click and drag)

Press these buttons to resize the Mask window.

„ ENTER (Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window.

„ MODE (Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.

„ SEQ (Mouse: ) / CALL (Mouse: )

Press this button to decrease/increase the sensitivity, 1 – 10, for the motion detection of this camera.

„ Vol+/- ( / ) (Mouse: )

Press this button to increase/decrease the “number of grids treated as motion”

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for the motion detection of this camera.

„ SEARCH (Mouse: )

Press this button to test the motion detection of this camera. The detected motion will be shown on the screen. Press this button again to stop testing.

„ ESC (Mouse: or Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Motion Detection Setup, and return to Motion

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6.2 Scheduled Record Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to

Scheduled Record, and then press ENTER to call up Scheduled Record Setup.

The Scheduled Record Setup allows the administrator to define when and how to record for the system. In Scheduled Record Setup, there are Four Selectable

Recording Modes: Motion+Normal, Motion, Normal, and No Record. Video &

Audio are all recorded for the selectable Recording Modes except “No Record”.

The operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to move the focus.

„ Numeric 1-4 (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the active Recording Mode. The user may also press ENTER when the focus is on the Recording Mode to activate it. The

Recording Modes are : “1” – Motion+Normal, “2” – Motion, “3” – Normal,

“4” – No Record, and Others (which is not selectable).

„ +/- (Mouse: Left click and drag)

Press these buttons to set the focus interval (one grid for one hour) upwardly/downwardly to the Active Recording Mode. The user may also press

ENTER to set the focus interval to the Active Recording Mode.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

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Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right

Click) to exit without saving.

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6.3 Password Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Password, and then press ENTER to call up Password Setup as shown.

The Password Setup allows the administrator to add new users, delete existing ones, and/or modify the user’s name, password, and/or level.

There are three default password levels in the system, including Administrator

(highest), Supervisor, and Operator (lowest). The Operator can operate live video display, the Supervisor live video display, image playback and archive, and the

Administrator everything. Beside the default password levels, the user can also set

“Customized” user level as described in the following paragraphs. The system allows up to 18 user accounts.

There is one factory-preset login name/password aa/11 at Administrator level. The user can use it to login the system for the first time.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items. The display will scroll up/down if the selected item is not shown on the screen.

„ MODE => Select/Deselect as default (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to select this user as the default one at login, or deselect if this user is the default login user. An asterisk (*) will be shown preceding the number for the default login user. And this login name/password will be the default one each time the login dialog is shown, so the user doesn’t bother to enter the text to login the system.

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„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right

Click) to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Guest Level – the access level (Administrator, Supervisor, Operator, or -) without login the system. Press +/- buttons to change the level.

„ Auto Logout – auto logout, if there’s no user’s operation in 1 minute to 24 hours, or not (“-“). Press +/- buttons to change the value.

„ Login Name – please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Password – this item accepts numbers only. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Level – the password level (Administrator, Supervisor, Operator, or

Customized) for this user. Press +/- buttons to change the level.

„ Adv. – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Advanced User Setup as shown below.

The Advanced User Setup allows the administrator to setup each user’s detailed access right of the system.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄►

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Press these buttons to move the focus. If the selected item is not shown on the screen, the screen will scroll up or down.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Password Setup display. The Password Setup contents will be updated accordingly.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Monitor Channel 1-4 – the user can only monitor those channels “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ X2 – to enable the user to do X2 operation for live/playback video if

“checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ OSD Display – to enable the user to change OSD Display if “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Video Adjustment – to enable the user to do video adjustment operation if

“checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ VGA Display – to enable the user to change VGA settings if “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Playback – to enable the user to playback video/audio if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Backup – to enable the user to backup video/audio if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Configuration Backup/Restore – to enable the user to backup/restore configurations if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Setup Camera – to enable the user to do Camera Setup if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Setup Scheduled Record – to enable the user to do Scheduled Record Setup if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Setup Password – to enable the user to do Password Setup if “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

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„ Setup System – to enable the user to do System Setup if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Setup Network – to enable the user to do Network Setup if “checked”.

Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Setup Factory Defaults – to enable the user to restore factory defaults to all setup related configurations if “checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse:

Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Software Upgrade – to enable the user to upgrade DVR software if

“checked”. Press ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

„ Shutdown – to enable the user to shutdown the DVR if “checked”. Press

ENTER or +/- (Mouse: Left click) to check/uncheck this item.

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6.4 System Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to System, and then press ENTER to call up System Setup as shown.

The System Setup allows the administrator to set the system time, time zone, time synchronization, language, etc.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right

Click) to exit without saving. Please note that if the selected language is changed, the user will be asked to reboot the system for the newly selected

language to take effect.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Time Zone – press +/- buttons to select the time zone for the system. Please refer to Appendix B for the time zone table.

„ Daylight Saving Time – press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default value is set by selecting a different time zone, but the user may check/uncheck this item if the default setting is checked.

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„ System Time –

„ Synchronization – time synchronized with TSP Server or not. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “–” - unchecked.

„ TSP Server – TSP (Time Synchronization Protocol) server name if Time

Synchronization is enabled. The system will try to do time synchronization with the specified TSP server at the system preset interval. Please follow the

Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Date – system date. Press +/- buttons to modify each of these items.

„ Time – system time. Press +/- buttons to modify each of these items.

„ Display Format – format used for the system time displayed on the lower-left corner of the main screen. Press +/- buttons to select the desired format.

„ Language – press +/- buttons to select the language for the system. The languages supported include: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese,

Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Turkish, etc.

„ Protection Key – the protection key for the remote access of the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify these items.

Note: This protection key will be used for authentication when any remote station wants to connect with the system from Ethernet interface, either LAN or internet. So, the same protection key must be entered to install the remote software if it is to be used to access the system.

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6.5 Network Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼◄► to change the highlighted option to Network, and then press ENTER to call up Network Setup as shown.

The Network Setup allows the administrator to setup all Ethernet network related parameters. Please check with your network administrator to set these parameters correctly.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right

Click) to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Net Type – Static IP, PPPoE, or DHCP. DHCP can only be used for intranet

(LAN) access, while Static IP and PPPoE can be used for both internet & intranet access. Press +/- buttons to change the Net Type.

„ IP Address – Ethernet IP address for the system. To get the static IP address, please contact your local ISP (Internet Service Provider). Please follow the Text

Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify these items.

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„ Net Mask – Net Mask for the IP address. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify these items.

„ Gateway – Gateway IP address for the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify these items.

„ DNS – DNS (Domain Name Server) IP address for the system. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify these items.

„ Username – PPPoE username for the system if PPPoE is used. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Password – PPPoE password for the system if PPPoE is used. Please follow the

Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ DDNS Type – Dynamic, Static, Custom DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Server) type, etc. Please contact your local DDNS Service Provider to get the DDNS

URL, username, and password. Press +/- buttons to change this item. If internet is accessible , the user can select “Fly2DNS” for free built-in DDNS server, URL/DDNS Username/DDNS Password will be filled in automatically after the user exits and saves the settings. The user can change the prefix of the URL afterwards.

„ URL – the URL (Uniform Resource Locators) for the system if PPPoE is used.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ DDNS Username – DDNS username for the DVR for Static IP, PPPoE, or DHCP.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ DDNS Password – DDNS password for the DVR for Static IP, PPPoE, or DHCP.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ E-mail – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up E-mail Setup. Please refer to Section 6.5.1 for the details.

„ Adv. – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Advanced Network Setup.

Please refer to Section 6.5.2

for the details.

Note: If DDNS Type is FreeDNS, the URL must be appended with “,hash”, where hash is extracted from the grab URL batch file that is downloaded from freedns.afraid.org.

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6.5.1 E-mail Setup

In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up E-mail Setup as shown when the highlighted option is E-mail.

The E-mail Setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters. When an event occurs and E-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an e-mail will be sent based on the parameters set here.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse:

Right Click) to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ SMTP Server – SMTP mail server name. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ SMTP Port – the SMTP port for e-mail transmission. The default value is 25.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

„ Authentication – whether the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Press

ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item.

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„ Username – username if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Password – password if the SMTP mail server requires authentication. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Mail From – the e-mail address of this DVR unit, i.e. the sender of the e-mails originated from the triggered events. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify this item.

„ Mail To #1-5 – the receivers’ e-mail addresses. The system can send the e-mails originated from the triggered events to up to 5 different receivers. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to modify these items.

„ Attachment – attached picture for the e-mail sent. The value could be (N/A,

Original picture, QCIF picture). Press +/- buttons to change this item.

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6.5.2 Advanced Network Setup

In Network Setup, press ENTER to call up Advanced Network Setup as shown when the highlighted option is Adv..

The Advanced Network Setup allows the administrator to set advanced network parameters. If the user is not familiar with network administration, please DO

NOT modify the items in this dialog.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Network Setup display.

If the Save dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse:

Right Click) to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Control Port – the control port for remote access. The default value is 67.

Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

„ Data Port – the data port for remote access. The default value is 68. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

„ HTTP Port – the HTTP (web page) port for remote access. The default value is

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80. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify this item.

„ WAP Picture Quality – the WAP picture quality if WAP access is supported for the DVR. Press +/- buttons to change the value.

„ Video Stream – network live video stream is the same as “Record” stream, or the others for dual streaming. If dual streaming is used, the total system recording rate will be lowered. The default value is “Record”, which means that dual streaming is not used. Press +/- buttons to change the value. To use dual streaming in I.E. or CMS, the user must select “Extra” in “Video Stream” in the

“Device List” in remote PC (Sec. 8.1).

„ IP Filter #1-4 – the IP filters #1-4 for remote access. Only those PCs with IP addresses matching one of the IP filters can access the DVR remotely. Please follow the Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to modify these items.

Note: If the Control Port or Data Port is not available or accessible during remote access, the system will reset the ports to their default values, i.e.

67/68.

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7. Search/Playback/Archive (Administrator, Supervisor)

There are four ways to search the recorded video/audio for playback:

(a) Search by time,

(b) Search by event,

(c) Smart search , and

(d) Search archived files.

In split-window display, press SEARCH button (Mouse:

Menu display as shown.

) to call up Search

The user’s operations are described as the followings:

„ ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to change the highlighted item.

„ ENTER (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to enter the corresponding Search display of the highlighted item.

The Search displays and their operations are described in the following sections, followed by the playback operations of the searched video/audio.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Search Menu display, and return to split-window display.

Note: In split-window display, the user can press PLAY button (Mouse: ) to call up Instant Playback Menu, and then select the time for instant playback.

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7.1 Search By Time

The screen for Search By Time is shown on the right side:

The Status field will show the

‘Recorded from’ time based on the selected Video/Audio before searching.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

„ Play Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to start playing the recorded video/audio with the selected search time and video/audio type. If there’s no camera in playback mode, all the cameras in the current split window will be set to playback mode.

„ Copy Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to backup (copy) the selected type of recorded video/audio starting from the Search Time (described below) in the HDD to the connected backup device without playback. The Backup display (described in Section 7.5

) will be shown. Please note that this kind of backup is performed in the

background, and the user can still do almost all the operations.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Search Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio.

The playback ( or backup ) will start from the time entered here when the user press the playback buttons ( or Copy button ) later. Press +/- buttons to modify each item.

„ Video/Audio – (Motion, Video Loss, Normal). Check the types of the recorded video/audio you want to search for playback. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck each item.

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7.2 Search By Event / Log Display

The screen for Search By Event - Log display, is shown below:

There are three different types of event logs, including Motion, Video Loss, and

System. And up to 3000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

„ MODE => Refresh (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to refresh the log display. If there are new event logs after the screen is last updated, the log list shown will be updated accordingly.

„ SEARCH => Log (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to export the event log to backup device. The Log File dialog will be shown as below.

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Please select the backup device, and enter the directory name you want, and then press COPY to copy the event log to the selected backup device.

„ SEQ => Page Up (Mouse: Left click)

„ CALL => Page Down (Mouse: Left click)

Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Log display.

„ Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Left click in the page number shown)

Press these buttons to select the display page of the event logs, the log list will also be updated.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Event Type – the type of the events (Motion, Video Loss, System) to be shown in the log list. The Event Type “System” includes all system related events, such as power on/off, and will not trigger recording. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck the event type for the log list.

„ Source ID – the source which triggered the event. For Motion and Video Loss, it’s the camera number. It’s used to filter the events to be shown in the log list.

Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck each item. You may check/uncheck

“All” for faster operation.

„ Log List – the event logs according to the Event Type and Source ID selected.

The user may (1) press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to select/deselect the highlighted log in this list, (multiple logs can be selected in this way) (2) press

Play Buttons ( , ) (Mouse: Left click) to playback all the selected logs, or (3) press Copy Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click) to backup (copy) all the selected recorded video/audio to the connected backup device without playback.

The Backup display (described in Section 7.5) will be shown. Please note that this kind of backup without playback is performed in the background, and

the user can still do almost all the operations. Please refer to Section 7.6

Playback For Search By Event for the detailed operations for event playback.

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7.3 Smart Search

The screen for Smart Search is shown below:

The Status field will show the ‘Recorded from’ time in the HDDs before searching or the search result after searching.

The general operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

„ SEARCH / MODE (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to start searching the recorded video/audio with the selected search time, camera, and motion masks. The search result will be shown on the right half of this dialog. To prevent the system from overloading by Smart

Search, up to 500 matched files or 200 GB of HDD storage for each record

partition, alarm or normal, from the start time will be searched.

„ SEQ => Page Up (Mouse: Left click)

„ CALL => Page Down (Mouse: Left click)

Press SEQ/CALL to Page Up/Down the Matched file display.

„ Numeric (ENTER) (Mouse: Left click in the page number shown)

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Press these buttons to select the display page of the matched files in the list.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Camera ID – the camera to be searched for matched files. Its title is shown on its right side. Press +/- buttons to change the camera ID.

„ Start/End Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio. The files will be searched from the start time to the end time entered here when the user press the SEARCH/MODE button later for the matched files. Press +/- buttons to modify each item.

„ Matched file List – the matched files (HDD ID & time are shown) according to the selected search time, camera, and motion masks. The files are shown from the oldest to the newest, and its page number is shown on the lower-left corner.

The user may (1) press ENTER to enter Smart Search Playback display of the selected matched file in this list, (2) press Play Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click twice) to playback it directly, or (3) press Copy Button ( ) (Mouse:

Left click) to backup (copy) the selected recorded video/audio to the connected backup device without playback. The Backup display (described in Section 7.5) will be shown. Please note that this kind of backup without playback is performed in the background, and the user can still do almost all the

operations. Please also note that the playback (or backup) can walk across

all the matched files. Please refer to Section 7.7 Playback For Smart Search for the detailed operations for smart search playback.

„ Area.. – the motion areas for the camera to be searched for matched files. The

files with motion covering all the motion areas will be selected as matched.

Press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) in Area.. to call up Motion Area Setting screen as shown below. In Motion Area Setting screen, the video area is divided into many small grids, and the gray areas shown on the screen are the areas which will be checked for matched motion. Besides, there is a (yellow) Mask window. Please note that based on the search algorithm, there will be more

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Following is a brief description for the operations:

„ ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to move the Mask window.

„ +/- (Mouse: Left click and drag)

Press these buttons to resize the Mask window.

„ ENTER (Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the area under the Mask window. The area set will be shown with semi-transparent gray area.

„ MODE (Mouse: )

Press this button to set/reset the whole video area.

„ ESC (Mouse: or Right Click)

Press this button to escape from Motion Area Setting screen, and return to

Smart Search screen.

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7.4 Search Archived Files

The screen for Search Archived Files is shown below:

The operations are as below:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

„ Backup Device – press ENTER (Mouse: Left click) to call up Backup Device dialog (if there’s no Backup device connected).

„ Disk Storage – to select the disk storage to search the archived files. Press +/- buttons to select the available storage.

„ Archived File List – the archived files in the selected Disk Storage. Please select the file, and then press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display of the selected file in this list, or press Play Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click twice) to playback it directly. Please refer to Section 7.8 Playback For Archived

Files for the detailed operations. Besides, you may press MODE (Mouse: Left click) to delete the selected file.

Note : The format of the filename is camNN-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.h264, where

NN stands for camera number, YYYY year, MM month, DD date, hh hour, mm minute, and ss second.

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7.5 Playback/Archive For Search By Time

In split-window display, press MODE button (Mouse: ) to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen. The video windows for the windows in playback mode are grayed, while those in live mode display live video.

Please refer to Section 4.3 Basic Operations for how to change the camera(s) in the playback windows(s). After the playback windows and cameras are all set as you want, you may use the following buttons to control the playback:

„ Play/Pause ( ) (Mouse: )

Press this button to play the recorded video/audio searched at forward speed 1X, or pause the playback. If the playback is paused, press this button again to resume playing. Note that audio can only be played at forward speed 1X.

„ Stop ( ) (Mouse: )

Press this button to stop playing the recorded video/audio. If the user press button later, the playback will start from the beginning.

„ Fast Forward( /► on remote controller, ► on front panel) (Mouse: ) ,

Slow Forward Button (SEQ) (Mouse: ) => (Mouse: to toggle)

Press this button for fast/slow forward playback. Each time this button is pressed, the forward playback speed will become faster/slower, from 2X, 4X, 8X, up to 64/16X, and then back to 2X.

„ Fast Backward( /◄ on remote controller, ◄ on front panel) (Mouse: ) ,

Slow Backward Button (MODE) (Mouse: ) => (Mouse: to toggle)

Press this button for fast/slow backward playback. Each time this button is pressed, the backward playback speed will become faster/slower, from 2X, 4X,

8X, up to 64/16X, and then back to 2X.

„ Single Step ( /▼ on remote controller, ▼ on front panel) (Mouse: )

Press this button to play the recorded images frame by frame.

„ Copy ( ) (Mouse: )

Press this button to copy or stop copying the playback video/audio to the storage device connected to the USB port. The Backup display will be shown as below.

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Following is a brief description for the operations in Backup display:

„ ▲▼◄► (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the items.

„ Copy Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to start backup (copy) or apply the revised settings if it’s copying, and return to the previous display. There will be a Copy icon on the lower-right corner indicating that the selected video/audio is being archived to the storage device. For DVD disc, the files won’t be written to the disc until the storage size reaches 1 GB or the user stop copying.

Writing to the disc may take more than 1 minute for every 100 MB

(depending on the disc type).

„ Stop ( ) (Mouse: Left click)

Press this button to stop copying and return to the previous display. The

Copy icon will be disappeared.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to cancel, and return to the previous display.

The description for each item and its specific operations is as below:

„ Backup Device – the backup device connected to the system. Press ENTER

(Mouse: Left click) on the left button to call up Backup Device dialog if there’s no backup device connected. Press +/- buttons on the right selection to select the connected device. Please follow the steps described in Section

5.3 Backup Device to connect the backup device before copying.

„ Backup Speed – 1-9, with 1 the lowest speed, 9 the highest speed. Press +/- buttons to select the value.

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„ Directory – the directory to store the archived files. Please follow the

Text Input method described in Section 4.1

to input the directory.

„ Cameras – the video/audio of the cameras to be archived. Press ENTER or +/- to select/deselect each of the selectable cameras.

„ End Time – (Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute) for the recorded video/audio for the backup without playback of Search By Time. The files will be backup from the start time to the end time when the user press the

COPY button (Mouse: Left click) to start copying. Press +/- buttons to modify each item.

„ Search Button ( ) (Mouse: )

Press this button to display the playback slider bar as shown below.

The left-most is the start time and its slider, the right-most is the end time and its slider, and the middle is the current playback time and its slider. Following is a brief description for the operations in playback slider bar:

„ ▲▼ (Mouse: Left click)

Press these buttons to select the focus slider.

„ ◄► repeatedly & ENTER Button (Mouse: Left click and drag)

Press ◄► repeatedly and then press ENTER to move the focus slider to a new time. The whole playback slider bar will be updated accordingly.

„ Playback Buttons ( , , , , )

These playback buttons are still operational as described above.

„ ESC (Mouse: Right Click)

Press this button to not show the playback slider bar.

Except the playback buttons, the user can still do all the other operations in split-window display as if there is no playback. Please refer to Section 4.3 Basic

Operations for the operations of the other buttons.

Note : For each camera and each backup, a batch file will be generated as well as the backup files. A directory “/SelfPlayer” will also be generated if it’s not existing in the backup storage device. The user can use the batch

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file to self-playback the corresponding backup files in a PC. If the PC has not been installed with the required player components, those components will be installed by running the batch file except Windows

Vista. For Windows Vista, please run /SelfPlayer/SelfPlayerInstall.exe manually to install the required player components. To copy self-playback files, please copy the batch file and the backup files to the destination directory, and copy the whole directory “/SelfPlayer” to the root directory of the destination device.

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7.6 Playback/Archive For Search By Event

In Log display, press Play Buttons ( ) (Mouse: Left click) to playback the selected logs . This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.

The operations are as below:

„ Playback Buttons ( , , , , , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ,

SEARCH ) (Mouse: , ..)

These buttons are all the same as in Section 7.5 Playback/Archive For Search By

Time .

„ The Other Buttons

All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations .

7.7 Playback/Archive For Smart Search

In Smart Search display, press ENTER to enter Smart Search Playback display of the selected matched file, or press Play Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click twice) to playback it directly. Please note that the playback can walk across all the (up to

500 per record partition) matched files. So, it’s not necessary for the user to repeat the process of Smart Search & Playback just for a single file. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.

The operations are as below:

„ Playback Buttons ( , , , , , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ,

SEARCH ) (Mouse: , ..)

These buttons are all the same as in Section 7.5 Playback/Archive For Search By

Time .

„ CALL

At playing the video, press this button to call up (show) or hide the Motion

Areas set by the user.

„ The Other Buttons

All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations .

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7.8 Playback For Archived Files

In Search Archived Files display, press ENTER to enter Archived File Playback display of the selected file, or press Play Button ( ) (Mouse: Left click twice) to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective.

The operations are as below:

„ Playback Buttons ( , , , , , ENTER, MODE, SEQ, SEARCH )

(Mouse: , ..)

These buttons are all the same as in Section 7.5 Playback/Archive For Search By

Time . Please note that COPY button ( ) is not effective in this display.

„ The Other Buttons

All the other buttons are the same as in Section 4.3 Basic Operations .

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8. Remote Access

8.1 PC Remote Access

The digital video/audio recorder can be accessed by using a web browser installed on a PC if this unit is connected to a network, either internet or intranet.

Before Logging On

Before accessing this unit through web browser, please make sure the followings (For

most PCs, only step 4 & 7 is needed!):

1. This unit is connected to the network correctly, and the configurations are all setup correctly. Please refer to Section 6.5 Network Setup for the detailed configurations.

2. DirectX® End-User Runtime 9.0 or above has been installed in your PC successfully. If not, please logon to http://www.microsoft.com

to get the free download of it.

3. Windows XP KB319740 Package has been installed in your PC successfully if the

PC is running Windows XP SP2. If not, please logon to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9B5EDFC8-A4BB-

4080-9063-6518166E2DAB&displaylang=en to get the free download of it, or install it from the corresponding directory in the CD. (This package is a bug fix for Windows XP SP2.)

4. The domain name or IP address of the digital video/audio recorder has been set as trusted web site in your PC, and the (https:) server verification for trusted web site is unchecked. If not, please go to Tools->Options->Security in your I.E. to do the settings. For I.E. 7, please set the Security level for this zone to Low.

5. The ActiveX control in your PC is not disabled. If you are not sure, please go to

Tools->Options->Security->Custom in your I.E. to enable ActiveX control.

6. Port 67 (control port) or port 68 (data port) is not blocked out by your router or ISP

(Internet Service Provider).

7. If the PC has used I.E. to access earlier software version of DVR, please go to

Tools->Options->General in your I.E. to delete “Temporary Internet files” and all offline contents .

8. To have better look-&-feel for your PC, please go to Start->Setup->Control, and select Display->Visual Style->Windows XP Style.

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9. Please go to Start->Setup->Control, select Display->Settings, and set the Screen

Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit.

Firefox

To use Firefox to access the DVR, please do the followings:

1. Launch Firefox.

2. Visit the web site " http://ietab.mozdev.org

" to download and install IE Tab Plugin.

1. Select Tools->IE Tab Options.

2. Select Sites Filter.

3. Check the option "Sites list here will always render using embedded IE", and add

DVR's URL into sites list.

Logon

After the above-mentioned items have been done correctly, restart your web browser and enter the domain name or IP address (EX. http://192.168.1.100

if HTTP port is 80, or http://192.168.1.100:800 if HTTP port is 800) of the digital video/audio recorder in the Location/Address field of the web browser. The plug-in software in the system will be downloaded and run automatically in the web browser. Please note that up

to 6 users can logon this DVR simultaneously.

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Remote Display and Operations

After the plug-in software is downloaded and run in the web browser, you will be asked (1) to install redistributable software, and (2) for ActiveX control to interact with your PC. Please select Yes, and the remote login display will be shown.

Please note that the PC user must have system administrator password for the

PC; otherwise, the process will fail, and an error dialog will be shown. For some

PCs, it may be necessary to click in the window with the message in red color, but outside the Login Dialog before the next step. Please enter the correct login name and password (and control port & data port if they have been changed) for the DVR to login the system. And the main remote display will be shown as below.

The video images can be displayed in several types of split-window screens, including 1/4/9/16-Window for single DVR and 25/36/49/64 for multiple DVRs.

And the focus window is surrounded by a frame border. In addition to the video windows, there are different icons on the lower corner and the right corner of the screen for status display and control. (The “.L” following the camera title stands for Live display, “.P” for Playback, and the camera title with white background has detected motion.)

Note 1: The frame rate is limited by the bandwidth of the network and the

Event Record IPS of the camera ( Section 6.1

).

Note 2: The picture quality depends on the recording resolution and recording quality of the camera ( Section 6.1

).

When the user leaves I.E., he/she may be asked to save changes to files, please click on OK or Yes to save the changes. The operations and descriptions for these icons are as below:

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„ In video window, right-click the mouse button to call up Camera/Playback/Print

Dialog. (Left) click on Playback or Camera number to change the window to the corresponding camera and live/playback mode. The user may click on the

“Print” button to print the video to the printer, or “Snapshot” the video. The user may also double click for 1-Window display.

Click on these icons for 1/4/9/16/25/36/49/64-Window display.

Click on this icon to switch to or return from SEQ display mode.

Click on this icon to toggle between live mode and playback mode for all the video windows.

Click on this icon to freeze/unfreeze the video images for all the video windows.

Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio input from the PC, button down for enable, button up for mute. If enabled, the audio input from the PC will be sent to the DVR.

The default setting is ‘mute’.

Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio output from the camera for the focus window, button down for enable, button up for mute. The default setting is ‘mute’.

Click on this icon to backup video/audio, and the Backup dialog will be shown.

Please select the DVR, cameras, event type, destination directory, execution time, and data range, and then click on “Apply” or “OK” to backup, or “Cancel” to cancel.

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Please note that Execution of “Now” or “Once” is one-time backup, while “Daily” is daily backup.

Click on this icon for snapshot of the focus camera.

Click on this icon for audio broadcasting to all connected DVRs.

Click on this icon to toggle between full screen display and normal I.E. display.

Click on this icon for full video display (without any icon).

The device name of the selected DVR is shown. Click on this icon, and the available DVRs will all be shown. Click in one of them to select a new DVR. The

1/4/9/16 split-window video display, the camera status, and the alarm input/output will all switch to correspond to the newly selected DVR.

There’s “Multiple” in the device list, the user can select it to display camera video from different DVRs in

4/9/16 split window display.

Playback panel for playback buttons, including Fast Backward, Fast Forward, Single

Step, Play, Pause, Stop, and Copy (from left to right). Please note that the Copy

function can be used to archive both live and playback streams. Please check/uncheck the cameras to be archived when the Copy Dialog is shown, and then click on OK or Apply button. If the user click on Apply button and select & highlight one of the cameras, the current copying status for that camera will be shown in the dialog. For “SelfPlayer” (described in Sec. 7.5

) to work correctly, please copy the file “vcredist_x86.exe” in the CD to Windows directory such as

“/WINDOWS” or “WINNT”.

Camera /

Status indicators for cameras 1-4 (GREEN for normal, RED for motion) for the

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selected DVR. Click on any of these icons to select the corresponding camera of the selected DVR to be displayed in the focus window.

Click on this icon to call up Search-by-time dialog. Please select the time (Year,

Month, Date, Hour, and Minute) and recorded video/audio type (Alarm, Motion,

Video Loss, and Normal) to search for playback. Click on Search button to start the search of the recorded video/audio. (If it failed, the result will be shown on the title of the dialog.) Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio. If there not any camera in playback mode, all cameras will be

searched and played.

Click on this icon to call up Search-by-event dialog. The event logs will be shown on the screen. Please select the DVR device, event type, and source ID to search for the event logs. Click on Refresh, Up, or Down to update the event logs. Click on the desired event log to highlight and select it. Click on the OK button to search the recorded video/audio for the highlighted event log. Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio.

Click on this icon to call up search-PC-video dialog. Please select the file(s) , and then click on Open. Now, you may use the playback buttons to play the recorded video/audio in the file(s).

Click on this icon to call up Setup dialog. Unlimited number of DVRs can be

added to the device list. Following is a brief description for each item:

„ Device Name – any meaningful name for the (DVR) device.

„ Address – IP address or URL domain name for the (DVR) device. It should be the same as the IP address (for Static IP) or URL (for PPPoE) in Network Setup for the (DVR) device.

„ Control Port – the control port for the (DVR) device. The default value is 67.

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„ Data Port – the data port for the (DVR) device. The default value is 68.

„ Video Stream – “Record” – live video same as recording stream, or “Extra” – extra network stream (set as in Sec. 6.5.2 Advanced Network Setup ) if dual streaming is supported for the (DVR) device. The default value is “Record”.

„ User Name – the login user name for the (DVR) device. It must be in the list in Password Setup for the (DVR) device. Please note that different levels of

users have different available operations.

„ Password – the corresponding password for the login user name for the (DVR) device.

„ Auto Connection – whether the user wants to connect automatically to this

(DVR) device.

„ Connected – whether this PC is connected with the (DVR) device now. If a

DVR is connected, the user may select it, and click on “Reboot” to reboot it.

The other properties in the dialog are similar to those described in Chapter 6 . Please refer to Chapter 6 for the detailed descriptions. Besides, the user can

download/upload the configurations from/to the connected DVR, or open/save the configurations from/to the designated directory.

Click on this icon to call up remote Software Upgrade dialog. The current software version of the DVR(s) will be shown in the “status” field.

Please select the DVR device and upgrade file in the PC, and then click on Start button to start the software upgrade process. The Upgrade status will be updated according to the progress.

When the upgrade file is uploading, the user may click on Stop/Close button to stop the upgrade process.

Note : There must be at least one formatted HDD in the DVR for the remote upgrade to succeed. After the software in the DVR is upgraded, the DVR will restart immediately and the PC will be disconnected from the DVR. Please do step 7 in Before Logging On, and then re-run the I.E. to connect to the DVR

again.

System Requirements of Remote PC

It is recommended to access the digital video/audio recorder using a PC that meets the following system requirements. If you use a PC that does not meet the following system requirements, it may cause problems such as slow imaging or the browser unable to operate.

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„ PC

IBM PC/AT compatible with Intel® Pentium® 4, 1.7 GHz or above CPU.

„ OS

MicroSoft® Windows® XP, Windows® 2000 with SP4, Windows® Vista, or

Windows® 7.

„ Monitor

1024 x 768 or above.

„ Memory (DRAM)

512MB, or 1024MB for Windows® Vista.

„ Web Browser

MicroSoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or above.

„ DirectX

MicroSoft® DirectX® 9.0 or above.

„ Others

Windows XP KB319740 Package if Windows XP SP2 is installed.

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8.2 PDA/Mobile Phone Remote Access

The digital video/audio recorder can also be remotely accessed by using a web browser installed on a PDA or mobile phone (EX. Nokia 5300, 6120C, Sony

Ericsson W850i, Z610i) that (1) supports xHTML and MJPEG file format, and (2) has screen resolution at 240x320 or above.

Please enter the domain name or IP address of the digital video/audio recorder in the

Location/Address field of the web browser, and the remote login display will be shown. (For most of the mobile devices, the DVR will automatically redirect to the correct web page, EX. http://192.168.1.89/wap.htm

for IP address http://192.168.1.89

.

If not, please enter the full address with /wap.htm. The user may need to enter http://192.168.1.89:800/wap.htm

if HTTP port has been changed to 800.) Please enter the correct login name and password for the digital video/audio recorder to login the system, and the screen will be shown as below.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

Click on this button to submit the content to the digital video/audio recorder.

The new settings will take effect, and the screen will refresh.

Selection of Quad or 1-Window display.

-- for snapshot, 1P-10P for streaming of 1-10FPS (Safari, Firefox) , 1S-30S for auto-refresh of 1 second to 30 seconds, 0S for fast auto-refresh that supports HTML4.01.

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Appendix A – Specifications

System

Video

Audio

Record

Multiplex

Certification

Format

Sixfold operation - simultaneous record, live, playback, backup, control, & remote access

FCC, CE, LVDS, etc.

NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR

Input

Main monitor

4-CH, BNC, 1Vp-p/75ohm

BNC x 1, 1Vp-p/75ohm

VGA D-SUB 15-pin connector

Yes 3-D de-interlace

& de-noise

Loss detection Yes

Motion detection Yes, with configurable detection area & sensitivity

Input

Output

1 RCA-jack connector, line-in level (100mV-2Vrms)

1 RCA-jack connector, line-out level (up to 2Vrms)

Compression Video:

Audio: ADPCM

Frame rate (IPS)

& Resolution

NTSC – 60 / 720*480, 120 / 720*240, 120 / 360*240

PAL – 50 / 720*576, 100 / 720*288, 100 / 360*288

Mode Manual/Schedule/Motion

Pre-record time 0 - 10 seconds

Post-record time 0 - 60 minutes

Display

Playback

Storage

Alarm

Network

Resolution

Split windows

NTSC – 720*480, PAL – 720*576

1/4

Frame rate Up to 30 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL) IPS per display window

Freeze Yes

Sequential switch Yes

Digital Zoom X2, X4

Frame rate (IPS)

& Resolution

Search

Operation

NTSC – 60 / 720*480, 120 / 720*240, 120 / 360*240

PAL – 50 / 720*576, 100 / 720*288, 100 / 360*288

Smart search , Date/time, Camera, Motion, & Video

Loss

Play, Fast Forward, Backward, Pause, Stop, etc.

HDD

Remote I.E. and HEM can also Print, Snapshot

1 set of 3.5” SATA type HDD,

> 2TB of HDD storage size,

Advanced format HDD supported

Backup 1 USB 2.0 port for USB 2.0 disk drives, DVD+RW,

DVD+R, DVD-R, card readers, HDD, etc.

Self playback for backup files

Buzzer Yes

Triggered by Video loss & Motion

Event log

Ethernet

Web

Yes

1 RJ-45 10/100BaseT Ethernet connector

Remote setup, monitoring, backup, alarm notification,

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& remote software upgrade

1 I.E./Firefox for multiple DVRs

Configurable HTTP/e-mail/FTP/Control/Data port

Control

Setup

Reliability

E-mail

Video

Alarm notification to stationary or mobile devices

1/4 split-window & SEQ mode for I.E. and HEM

Dynamic electronics maps for HEM

N-Streaming live view

Audio Bidirectional

Protocol TCP/IP, HTTP, PPPoE, DHCP, DDNS, FTP, TSP

Remote users

Bandwidth

Up to 6 users simultaneously

TCP/IP type dynamic sliding window control

Remote stations Streaming video for PC, mobile phone, PDA, etc., no Apps required

I/R

Local

1 I/R remote controller

On screen setup via I/R remote controller and/or mouse

Remote Setup & upload via Windows application software

Multi-lingual Yes

System recovery Auto power on after power loss recovery

Watch Dog Timer Yes

Timer Built-in real time clock

Weights &

Measures

Dimension

Weight protection with authentication key for remote access

185(W) x 195(D) x 44(H)mm

1.2 KG (without HDD)

Power

Consumption 30W

Operating Temperature 0 o C ~ +45 o C

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Appendix B – Time Zone Table

Time Zone

Samoa

Hawaii

Alaska

Offset

GMT – 11:00

GMT – 10:00

GMT – 09:00

Pacific Time (US & Canada) GMT – 08:00

Arizona, US Mountain

Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan

GMT – 07:00

GMT – 07:00

Mountain Time (US & Canada)

Central America, Saskatchewan

Central Time (US & Canada)

GMT – 07:00

GMT – 06:00

GMT – 06:00

Guadalajara, Mexico City,

Monterrey

GMT – 06:00

Bogota, Lima, Quito, Indiana (East) GMT – 05:00

Eastern Time (US & Canada) GMT – 05:00

Atlantic Time (Canada) GMT – 04:00

Caracas, La Paz

Santiago

Newfoundland

Brasilia

GMT – 04:00

GMT – 04:00

GMT – 03:30

GMT – 03:00

Buenos Aires, Georgetown

Greenland

Mid-Atlantic

Azores

Cape Verde

Casablanca, Monrovia

Dublin, London

GMT – 03:00

GMT – 03:00

GMT – 02:00

GMT – 01:00

GMT – 01:00

GMT + 00:00

GMT + 00:00

Western Europe, Central Europe

West Central Africa

Eastern Europe

Cairo

GMT + 01:00

GMT + 01:00

GMT + 02:00

GMT + 02:00

Harare, Pretoria GMT + 02:00

Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn GMT + 02:00

Jerusalem GMT + 02:00

Baghdad GMT + 03:00

Kuwait, Riyadh, Nairobi GMT + 03:00

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd GMT + 03:00

Tehran GMT + 03:30

Abu Dhabi, Muscat

Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan

GMT + 04:00

GMT + 04:00

DST Start End

ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00

ˇ May, 1st Sun, 2:00 Sep, last Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00

ˇ May, 1st Sun, 2:00 Sep, last Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, 2nd Sun, 2:00 Nov, 1st Sun, 2:00

ˇ Oct, 2nd Sun, 0:00 Mar, 2nd Sun, 0:00

ˇ Apr, 1st Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 2:00

ˇ Oct, 3rd Sun, 2:00 Feb, 3rd Sun, 2:00

ˇ Oct, 3rd Sun, 2:00 Feb, 2nd Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 1:00 Oct, last Sun, 1:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Sep, last Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 1:00 Oct, last Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 0:00 Oct, last Sun, 1:00

ˇ Apr, last Fri, 2:00 Sep, last Fri, 2:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Apr 1, 2:00 Oct, 2nd Sun, 2:00

ˇ Apr 1, 3:00 Oct 1, 4:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, 4th Tue, 2:00 Sep, 4th Thu, 2:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

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Time Zone

Kabul

Ekaterinburg

Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent

Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi

Kathmandu

Almaty, Novosibirsk

Astana, Dhaka, Sri Lanka

Rangoon

Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta

Krasnoyarsk

Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar

Offset

GMT + 04:30

GMT + 05:00

GMT + 05:00

GMT + 05:30

GMT + 05:45

GMT + 06:00

GMT + 06:00

GMT + 06:30

GMT + 07:00

GMT + 07:00

GMT + 08:00

Beijing, Chingqing, H. K., Urumqi GMT + 08:00

Kuala Lumpur, Perth, Singapore GMT + 08:00

Taipei GMT + 08:00

Osaka, Seoul, Tokyo

Yakutsk

GMT + 09:00

GMT + 09:00

Adelaide

Darwin

Brisbane, Guam, Port Moresby

Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Hobart

GMT + 09:30

GMT + 09:30

GMT + 10:00

GMT + 10:00

GMT + 10:00

Vladivostok

Magadan, Solomon Is.

Auckland, Wellington

Fiji

Kamchatka

Anadyr

GMT + 10:00

GMT + 11:00

GMT + 12:00

GMT + 12:00

GMT + 12:00

GMT + 13:00

GMT + 13:00 Nuku’alofa

DST Start End

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Oct, last Sun, 2:00 Mar, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Oct, last Sun, 2:00 Mar, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Oct, 1st Sun, 2:00 Mar, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Oct, 1st Sun, 2:00 Mar, 3rd Sun, 2:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

ˇ Mar, last Sun, 2:00 Oct, last Sun, 3:00

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Appendix C – Recording Table

NTSC Recording Time (in Hour) - For Reference Only

System Storage (GB): 200

Average Recording Rate (IPS)

Resolution Quality

Picture Size (KB)* 120 60 30 15 10 5

720x480

(Full D1)

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

1

720x240

(Half D1)

2

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

360x240 9

(CIF) 8

7

6

5

32.2

5.6

3.6

16.1

13.9

10.5

27.7

21.0

18.4

14.0

11.3

7.7

9.2

7.0

5.7

3.9

2.8

1.8

8.0

7.0

5.2

4.6

3.5

58 115 345

67 134 401

88 176 265 529

101 201 302

132 265 397 794

164 328 492 983

241 481 722 1443

331 661 992 1984

514 1029 1543 3086

58 115

67 133

88 176 353 529

101 201 403 604 1208

132 265 529 794 1587

162 325 650 975 1949

58 115 230 463 694 1389

67 133 266 529 794 1587

88 176 353 712 1068 2137

101 201 403 805 1208 2415

132 265 529 1058 1587 3175

4

3

2

1

2.9

2.0

1.4

0.9

162 325 650 1277 1916 3831

237 475 950 1852 2778 5556

331 661 1323 2646 3968 7937

514 1029 2058 4115 6173 12346

* Average Picture Size is estimated based on typical camera scene, and averaged by H.264 I/P/P frames.

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PAL Recording Time (in Hour) - For Reference Only

System Storage (GB): 200

Average Recording Rate (IPS)

Resolution Quality

Picture Size (KB)* 100 50 25 12.5 8 4

720x576

(Full D1)

9

8

7

6

42.0

36.0

27.3

21.3

53 106 165 331

62 123 193 386

81 163 254 509

104 209 326 652

5

4

3

2

1

720x288

(Half D1)

9

8

3

2

1

18.3

14.7

10.0

7.3

4.7

21.0

18.0

121 243 379 759

151 302 472 945

222 444 694 1389

304 609 951 1903

473 946 1478 2955

53 106 212 331 661

7

6

5

4

5

4

3

2

1

13.6

10.7

9.2

7.4

5.0

3.7

2.4

10.5

8.5

7.2

62 123 247 386 772

82 163 327 511 1021

104 208 415 649 1298

121 242 483 755 1510

150 300 601 938 1877

222 444 889 1389 2778

300 601 1201 1877 3754

463 926 1852 2894 5787

53 106 212 423 661 1323 360x288

(CIF)

9

8

7

6 5.7

5.0

4.0

2.8

2.2

1.4

62 123 247 494 772 1543

82 163 327 654 1021 2042

103 206 412 823 1286 2572

121 242 483 966 1510 3019

150 300 601 1201 1877 3754

222 444 889 1778 2778 5556

292 585 1170 2339 3655 7310

463 926 1852 3704 5787 11574

* Average Picture Size is estimated based on typical camera scene, and averaged by H.264 I/P/P frames.

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Appendix D – MS-Windows Utilities

There are several MS-Windows utility programs in the bundled CD, including CMS ,

CMS Player, and M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility. Please insert the CD in the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in your PC, and then double click on

CMS/Setup.exe

in the CD to install CMS, and Utilities/Setup.exe

to install the utility programs. Please follow the instructions on the screen to install the software in the default directory “Program Files\Hyper Electronics Mappers” or the directory entered by the user. For CMS, please refer to the bundled manual. For the other utility programs, please refer to the following paragraphs.

CMS Player

Before running CMS Player in your PC, please make sure the followings:

1. DirectX® End-User Runtime 9.0 or above has been installed in your PC successfully.

If not, please logon to http://www.microsoft.com

to get the free download of it.

2. Please go to Start->Setup->Control, select Display->Settings, and set the Screen

Resolution to at least 1024x768 and Color to 32-bit.

To run the CMS Player under MicroSoft® Windows® XP or Windows® 2000, please select Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->HemPlayer, and the screen will be shown as below.

Since this utility is a free player utility for the archived files, from USB backup or remote backup, some of the functions are disabled. The mouse cursor will change to “Hand” type if it’s on those enabled function icons. The operations and their descriptions are the same as in Chapter 8. Remote Access .

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To select an archived file for playback, please click on File menu, and then select Open.

After an archived file is opened, the user may click on the player buttons to play the file.

The following diagram shows the screen after the Play button is pressed.

The user may print the whole player screen (including the current video image) or the current video image by selecting File menu, and then select Print or Print Video respectively.

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M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility

To run the M4V/H.264 to AVI Conversion Utility under MS-Windows, please select

Start->Programs->Hyper Electronics Mappers->AVI Converter or double-click on the file

AVI_Converter.EXE, and the screen will be shown as below.

Please select the source files – .M4V/.H264 files archived from DVR, remote I.E., HEM, and FTP file transfer – to be converted from, select the target directory to save the converted files, and check “Merge files” if you want chained backup files to be converted into one AVI file , and then click on OK to do the conversion. The converted .AVI files can be played by Windows Media Player if DivX or the other MPEG-4 decoder

(for .M4V) or H.264 decoder (for .H264) is installed in the PC.

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