H.264 Network DVR Quick Start

H.264 Network DVR
Quick Start
GUI Display with USB Mouse Control
Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference.
For the actual display & operation, please refer to your DVR in hand.
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1. GUI DISPLAY WITH USB MOUSE CONTROL
1.1 Connect USB Mouse
Connect your USB mouse to one of the USB ports on the DVR front panel, and check if there’s a mouse icon (
on the screen, indicating the USB mouse is detected properly.
)
Move your mouse to enter the DVR password with the password keypad. The default administrator password is
0000. The status will be changed from
the left side of the screen.
(key lock) to
(administrator), and the quick menu bar appears on
Note: There are two user levels for DVR access which can be set in the main menu “SYSTEM”
“TOOLS”.
For details, please refer to your user manual.
Password Input
Quick Menu: Close
1.2 Quick Menu Bar
Move to the arrow mark to extend the quick menu bar and show the five functions as follows:
Quick Menu: Open
Click to show the channel switch panel and select the channel you want.
For details, please refer to “3.2 Quick Menu Bar” in the user manual.
Click to display the playback control panel, and click
to play the latest
recorded video clip, or click
to enter the search list.
Switch to the channel you want first, and click
to enter the zoom-in
mode. In this mode, click and drag the red frame on the bottom left of the
screen to move to the place you want to see. To exit this mode, click 7.
Click to select the audio channel you want:
In the live mode, only the live audio channels can be selected.
In the playback mode, live and playback audio channels can be selected.
Click to enter the PTZ mode and show the PTZ camera control panel.
Click to show the power off panel to either halt or reboot the system.
1.3 Main Menu
Right-click anywhere on the screen to show the main menu as follows, and right-click again to exit.
Main Menu
QUICK START
Click to set the status display, image settings, and date &
time.
DATE SETUP
Click to set the date display and daylight saving.
SYSTEM
Click to set the system configurations.
EVENT INFORMATION
Click to enter the event search menu.
ADVANCED CONFIG
Click to set CAMERA, DETECTION, ALERT,
NETWORK, DISPLAY, RECORD and DEVICES.
SCHEDULE SETTING
Click to set record timer, detection timer, and alarm timer.
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Main Menu Structure
QUICK START
DATE SETUP
SYSTEM
GENERAL
CHANNEL TITLE
EVENT STATUS
DATE DISPLAY
MOUSE SENSITIVITY
PRIORITY
RECORD CONFIG
TIME SETUP
DATE
TIME
DATE INFO
DISPLAY DATE OF MODE
FORMAT
DAYLIGHT
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TOOLS
LANGUAGE
ADMIN PASSWORD
OPERATOR PASSWORD
UPGRADE
BACKUP CONFIG
RESTORE CONFIG
SYSTEM INFO
BAUD RATE
HOST ID
AUTO KEY LOCK
CLEAR HDD
RESET DEFAULT
REMOTE CONTROL ID
SERIAL TYPE
VIDEO FORMAT
VERSION
BACKUP DATA (USB)
BACKUP LOG (USB)
EVENT INFORMATION
QUICK SEARCH
EVENT SEARCH
HDD INFO
EVENT LOG
ADVANCED CONFIG
CAMERA
BRIGHTNESS
CONTRAST
SATURATION
HUE
COV.
REC
CHANNEL TITLE
DETECTION
LS
SS
TS
MOTION
ALARM
AREA
ALERT
EXT. ALERT
INT. BUZZER
KEY BUZZER
VLOSS BUZZER
MOTION BUZZER
ALARM BUZZER
HDD BUZZER
ALARM DURATION (SEC)
HDD NEARLY FULL (GB)
NETWORK
NETWORK
SNTP
FTP
E-MAIL
DDNS
ADVANCED CONFIG
DISPLAY
FULL SCREEN DURATION
DISPLAY COVERT
HDD DISPLAY MODE
VGA OUTPUT
ALPHA BLENDING
RECORD CONFIG
RECORD
MANUAL RECORD
EVENT RECORD
TIMER RECORD
PRE-ALARM RECORD
OVERWRITE
EVENT RECORD ALL CH
KEEP DATA LIMIT (DAYS)
RECORD CONFIG
DEVICES
SCHEDULE SETTING
RECORD
DETECTION
ALARM
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2. FRONT AND REAR PANELS
2.1 Front Panel
1)
LED Indicators
HDD is reading or recording.
DVR is powered on.
2)
(▲) / (▼) / (◄) / (►)
Press ▲ / ▼ / ◄ / ► to move up / down / left / right.
In the playback mode:
Press “” to pause playback.
Press “” to stop playback.
Press ““ to fast forward.
Press ““ to fast rewind.
3)
MENU
Press to enter the main menu.
4)
ENTER
Press to confirm the setting.
5)
LIST (Event List Search)
Press to quickly search the recorded files by event lists: RECORD / MOTION / ALARM / TIME, or select FULL to
show all the event logs.
To quickly search the time you want, select “QUICK SEARCH”. Set the time range you want, and select “Start” to
play the recorded video clip during the specified time.
6)
PLAY
Press to playback the latest recorded data.
7)
SLOW
In the playback mode, press to show slow playback.
8)
ZOOM
Press to enlarge the picture of selected channel in the FRAME or FIELD recording mode.
9)
SEQ
Press to display each channel in full screen one by one starting from CH1. When the last channel is displayed, it
will repeat from CH1 again. To exit this mode, press “SEQ” again.
10)
Press to show the 4 channel display mode.
11) CH1 ~ 4
Press the channel number buttons to select the channel to display.
12) AUDIO (SLOW + ZOOM)
Press “SLOW” + “ZOOM” to select live or playback audio from audio channel 1~4.
Live audio from audio channel 1~4
(indicated in white)
Playback audio from audio channel 1~4
(indicated in yellow)
Audio channel unselected
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13) P.T.Z. (
Press “
+ SEQ)
” + “SEQ” at the same time to enter / exit the PTZ control mode.
14) USB port
There are two USB ports on the front panel, one for connecting your USB mouse for mouse control, and the other
one for connecting your USB flash drive for video backup.
Note: It’s not allowed to have two USB mice or two USB flash drives connected on the front panel.
For the compatible USB flash drive list, please refer to “APPENDIX 3” in the user manual.
2.2 Rear Panel
1)
VIDEO IN (1 ~ 4): Connect to the video connector of a camera.
Note: The DVR will automatically detect the video system of the camera, please make sure that the
cameras are properly connected to the DVR and power-supplied before the DVR is turned on.
2)
AUDIO IN (1~4)
Connect to the audio connector of a camera if the camera supports audio recording.
Note: To make a video backup with audio, make sure the camera which supports the audio function is
connected to the video-in channel and audio-in channel. For example, the audio data from audio
CH1 will be recorded with the video data from video CH1.
3)
AUDIO OUT
Connect to a speaker with 1 mono audio output.
Note: To know how many audio outputs your DVR supports, please refer to its specifications.
4)
MONITOR
Connect to a CRT monitor for video output.
5)
VGA
Connect to a LCD monitor directly.
6)
EXTERNAL I/O
This port is used to connect external devices (such as speed dome cameras or external alarm, etc).
For detailed I/O port PIN configuration, please refer to “APPENDIX 6” in your user manual.
7)
LAN
Connect to Internet by LAN cable.
8)
9)
DC 19V
Connect to the supplied adapter.
Power Switch
Switch to “\” to turn on the power, and “|” to turn off the power.
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3. BASIC OPERATION
3.1 Live Page
Icon
Function
Icon
Function
Icon
Function
Live audio channel (1~4)
Playback audio channel (1~4)
Audio channel off
Digital zoom on
Digital zoom off
Timer recording
Network disconnected
Internet connected
LAN connected
USB mouse connected
USB flash drive / device connected
No USB device connected
Key lock
PTZ mode on
HDD overwrite
Administrator
Operator
Sequence
Motion
Recording
Alarm
Record mode: Frame
Record mode: Field
Record mode: CIF
3.2 Record Icon
1)
Manual Recording
By defaults, manual recording is on (
2)
) when the DVR is powered on and a HDD is installed.
Event Recording
When the motion detection or alarm is on, the motion icon (
motion or alarm event.
3)
) shows on the screen for any
Timer Recording
When timer recording is on, you will see “
4)
) or alarm icon (
” on the screen.
HDD Overwritten
Be defaults, the HDD overwritten function is set to ON, and “
” will be shown on the screen.
3.3 Playback
Click “
” on the quick menu bar to display the playback control panel, and click
video clip, or click
to play the latest recorded
to enter the search list.
Note: There must be at least 8192 images of recorded data for playback to work properly. If not, the
device will stop playback. For example, if the IPS is set to 30, the recording time should be at least
273 seconds (8192 images / 30 IPS) for the playback to work properly.
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Note: During playback, the image size of the recording (FRAME, FIELD or CIF) will be shown on the
screen.
Playback Control
/
Fast Forward
Increase the speed for fast forward. Click once to get 4X speed forward and click
twice to get 8X speed, etc., and the maximum speed is 32X.
Fast Rewind
Increase the speed for fast rewind. Click once to get 4X speed rewind and click
twice to get 8X speed, etc., and the maximum speed is 32X.
Play / Pause
Click to play the latest recorded video clip immediately, and click again to pause.
In the pause mode, click
one frame rewind.
/
once to get one frame forward, and click
to get
Stop
Click to stop the video playback.
Slow Playback
Click once to get 1/4X speed playback, and click twice to get 1/8X speed
playback.
Previous /
Next Hour
Click to jump to the next / previous time interval in an hour, for example, 11:00 ~
12:00 or 14:00 ~ 15:00, and start playing the earliest event video clip recorded
during this whole hour.
Repeat
Click to set point A and point B in a video clip, and the system will play only the
specified range in that clip.
Backup
Click to open the backup menu for video backup.
Event Search
Click
to quickly search the recorded files by event lists: RECORD / MOTION / ALARM / TIME, or select FULL
to show all the event logs.
To quickly search the time you want, select “QUICK SEARCH”. Set the time range you want, and select
“SUBMIT” to play the recorded video clip during the specified time.
Audio Playback
In the playback mode, click
from the audio channel 1~4.
on the quick menu bar as many times as needed to select live or playback audio
Live audio from audio channel 1~4
(indicated in white).
Playback audio from audio channel 1~4
(indicated in yellow).
Audio channel unselected
Note: To make a video backup with audio, make sure the camera which supports the audio function is
connected to the video-in channel and audio-in channel. For example, the audio data from audio
CH1 will be recorded with the video data from video CH1.
3.4 User Level Switch
In the key lock mode ( ), move your USB mouse to display the password input keypad. There are two user
levels for accessing the DVR: Administrator ( ) & Operator ( ).
When the administrator password is entered,
will be shown on the status bar of the screen and all operations
are allowed. The default administrator password is 0000.
When the operator password is entered,
will be shown on the status bar of the screen, and the main menu is
NOT allowed to access. The operator user level needs to be set in the main menu “SYSTEM”
“TOOLS”.
To switch between these two user levels, click the current user level icon to switch to the key lock mode, and
move your mouse to show the password input keypad, and enter the password of the user level you want.
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3.5 VGA Output Resolution Support
Users are allowed to change the resolution depending on their display monitor.
Right-click to display the main menu, and select “ADVANCED CONFIG”
“DISPLAY”.
ADVANCED CONFIG
CAMERA
DETECTION
ALERT
NETWORK
DISPLAY
RECORD
DEVICES
FULL SCREEN DURATION
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DISPLAY COVERT
ON
HDD DISPLAY MODE
HDD SIZE
VGA OUTPUT
1024 x 768
ALPHA BLENDING
200
EXIT
Move to “VGA OUTPUT”, and select the VGA resolution you want. There are three options as follows:
1024 x 768 (default)
1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200
Note: To have the best image quality on your LCD monitor, make sure (1) the selected DVR VGA output
resolution is supported by your monitor, and (2) the VGA output settings on both the LCD monitor
and DVR are consistent.
If the image is not positioned or scaled properly, please go to your monitor’s menu for adjustment.
For details, please refer to the user manual of your LCD monitor.
3.6 System Sources Reallocation
This function is used to reallocate the system sources to live display & record.
There are two options for this function: RECORD FIRST / DISPLAY FIRST.
QUICK START
GENERAL
TIME SETUP
CHANNEL TITLE
ON
EVENT STATUS
ON
DATE DISPLAY
ON
MOUSE SENSITIVITY
-‫׀׀׀׀׀׀׀׀׀‬+
PRIORITY
RECORD FIRST
RECORD CONFIG
SETUP
EXIT
RECORD FIRST:
DISPLAY FIRST:
When this option is selected, Full D1 at real-time record on all
channels is available, and the VGA output resolution is fixed to
1024 x 768.
When this option is selected, three VGA output resolutions will be
available to choose (1024 x 768 / 1280 x 1024 / 1600 x 1200), but
Full D1 real-time recording on all channels will not be available.
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