AVerMedia Technologies EB1504 MPEG4 manual

AVerMedia ® AVerDiG i EB1504 MPEG4 Rea l -ti me Se cu r ity DV R Operation Manual[...]

FCC NOT ICE (Class A ) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operatio n is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may n ot cause ha rmful interference, and (2) this device m ust accept any interference received, including interference that ma y cause undesired operation. Federal Commu nications Commission Statement N[...]

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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Chapter 1 Intro duc tion ....................................... ............................... 1 1.1 Package Conte nt....................................................................................... . 2 1.2 Features and S pecifications ....................................................................... 2 1.[...]

1 C h a p t e r 1 I n t r o d u c t i o n AverDiGi E B1504 MPEG4 is a 4-channel stand-alone DVR un it that provides real-time m onitoring and d igital recording of surveillance video. Up to fo ur video cameras and fo ur sensor de vices can be hooked up to this DVR unit. It also provides one audio input and output channe l . Surveillance, digital re[...]

2 1.1 Package Content (1) (2) AVe r M e d i a ® EB 1 5 0 4 R e a l - t i m e S e c u r i t y D V R O p e r a t i o n M a n u a l (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (1) A V erMedia® A V erDiGi EB1504 MPEG4 unit (2) Remote Control (batteries included) (3) Quick Installation Guide (4) Software CD (User Manual included) (5) DVR accessories (including 4 scre[...]

3  Auto-detect NTSC or P AL v ideo system  Supports 2 hard drives (not included)  Full-screen resolution: Display: 720 x 480 (NTSC), 720 x 576 (P AL) Recording: 720 x 480 (NTSC), 7 20 x 576 (P AL)  Display frame rate: T o tal of 120/100 fp s (NTSC/P AL)  Recording frame rate: CIF mode: T ot al 120/100 fps (NTSC/P AL) D1 mode: T otal [...]

4 Name Function : For “2” : For “3” : For “4” : For “0” i If in QUAD rec ord m ode, user would not be able to view single chan nel in full sc reen Use the buttons i n pla yback mode to:  : Display the pla y list and pla y the recorded video  : W ind back the video pla yback at the speed of 2x, 4x, 8x or 16x  : Fast play the[...]

5 1.4 Back Panel Name Function (1) Audio Out : Output the aud io signal to a s peaker (2) Audio In : Input the audio signal from a mic or audio output device. The audio is embedded wit h channel 1 (3) VGA O UT : Output the v ideo signal to a CRT or LCD monitor Output the v ideo signal to a TV (4) Video Out (BNC) : The DVR unit suppor t 2 video outp[...]

6 Follow the illustrated instructions below to in stall the hard disk: 1. Loosen all screws 2. Push the cover backward and lift 3. Loosen the hard disk rack 4 screws 4. Secure the brackets on the hard d isk (slave) 5. Connect the end of the IDE cab le and the power connector to the hard disk (slave) 6. Secure the hard disk inside the unit then repl[...]

7 9. Connect the power connector to the hard disk (master) 10. Carefully insert the hard disk in the removable rack then replace the removable rack cover 11. Slide the drawer back 12. Lock the removable keylock 13. You may now connect all the cables. W hen the power is connected, the Power LED light turns on Before removing t he removable hard disk[...]

8 1.5.2 Connecting De vices The back panel of the DVR un it, you ca n connect up to 4 video cameras, 4 sensor devices, 1 alarm device and output video to a TV or CRT/LCD mon itor. Connecting the unit to a PC, through USB co nnection, the bundled software enables you to transfer, playback and segmen t the video. Follow the illustration below to ma k[...]

9 1.5.3 Connecting the S ensor/Rela y device The Senso r and Alarm ports enable you to connect (4) sen sor inputs and (1) relay outputs. Ju st connect the external sensor an d relay p in directly to the pinhole. Check t he table below and locate which p inhole is assigned to sensor input and relay output. 1.5.3.1 I/O Card Sensor a nd Relay pinhole [...]

10 C h a p t e r 2 O p e r a t i n g t h e E B 1 5 0 4 M P E G 4 2.1 Using the EB1504 MPEG4 for the Fi rst Time Upon connecting the power, th e unit au tomatically detects the status of the hard disk. The hard disk must be formatted before you can u se it with EB1504 MPEG4. If you are prompt to format the hard disk, press (select) for YES to format[...]

1 1 W hen you are in full scre en pre view , press the f ollowing bu ttons on the remote control and control panel to switch to diffe rent channel, or preview all 4 channels: CH1: Cam era 1 CH2: Cam era 2 CH3: Cam era 3 CH4: Cam era 4 QUAD: 4-Channel 2.3 Playback the Video If the unit is recording the video, you may have to stop video re cording in[...]

12 EVENT LIST (search b y condition): 1. In the se lected HAR D DIS K, press or . T hen, use t he and or and buttons to s elect M AS TER or SLA V E . Press or again to m ake the selection. MASTER EVENT LIST HARD DISK : 2. Use the and or and buttons to se lect from the list. Press or again to m ake the selection. 3. Listed below are the following re[...]

13 C h a p t e r 3 O S D N a v i g a t i o n T r e e RECORD SCHEDULE RECORD SCHEDULE 13 : 00 - 14 : 00 13 : 00 - 14 : 00 14 : 00 - 15 : 00 14 : 00 - 15 : 00 15 : 00 - 16 : 00 15 : 00 - 16 : 00 18 : 00 - 19 : 00 18 : 00 - 19 : 00 19 : 00 - 20 : 00 19 : 00 - 20 : 00 20 : 00 - 21 : 00 20 : 00 - 21 : 00 21 : 00 - 22 : 00 21 : 00 - 22 : 00 22 : 00 - 23 [...]

14 OSD M ENU Description CAMER A SEL ECT : Enable/disable the channel number to di spla y the video on the surveill ance screen. RECORD SELECT : Enable/disable th e channel number to recor d video. i The channels tha t are enab led in the cam era select setting c an only be s et for video recording. 123 4 123 4 QUAD MPEG4 10 GOOD ENGLISH MAIN MENU [...]

15 OSD M ENU Description RECORD SCHEDULE 00 : 00 - 01 : 00 01 : 00 - 02 : 00 02 : 00 - 03 : 00 05 : 00 - 06 : 00 06 : 00 - 07 : 00 07 : 00 - 08 : 00 08 : 00 - 09 : 00 09 : 00 - 10 : 00 10 : 00 - 11 : 00 11 : 00 - 12 : 00 12 : 00 - 13 : 00 04 : 00 - 05 : 00 03 : 00 - 04 : 00 ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS RE[...]

16 OSD M ENU Description AUTO RECORD : Enable/disable a uto contin ue recording whe n interrupted (i.e ., power break down, video pla yback or configuration se tup). It continu e recording af ter 10 second of idleness. This is ap plicable in Always Record mode. AUTO SC A N : Enable/disable auto cycle swi tch t o displa y the next channel when in f [...]

17 OSD M ENU Description OVERWRITE ENABLED : Enable/disable replaci ng the e arliest record when the hard disk space runs o ut. By default, the HDD overwrite setting is enab led. HD1 FORM AT / HD2 FOR M A T : For security p urpose, you may have to enter th e password to form at hard di sk. To f ormat hard disk: 1. Use the and or and buttons to go u[...]

18 OSD M ENU Description 010 SEC 010 SEC NOT INSTALLED NOT INSTALLED NOT INSTALLED NOT INSTALLED SENSOR SETUP SENSOR REC TIME ALARM OUT TIME CHANNEL - 1 CHANNEL - 2 CHANNEL - 3 CHANNEL - 4 SENSOR REC T IME : Set th e amount of tim e ( in sec ond) t o recor d when th e sensor has been triggered. ALARM OUT TIME : Set the am ount of time (in second) t[...]

19 C h a p t e r 4 U s i n g t h e U S B P l a y e r 4.1 Recommended system requirements Pentium®4 2.4GHZ or abo ve W indows®2000/ XP DDR 256 MB Graphic function must support DirectDraw Audio card or built-in S pea ker 1 available USB2.0 port 4.2 Installing the USB Playback Application T o install the USB Playback Application: 1. Place Inst allat[...]

20 4.3 Running the USB Playback Application To run the application, click the USB Player icon on the PC desktop Name Function (1) Minimize Reduce the app lication to a butt on on the task bar (2) Exit Close the app lication (3) Snapshot Capture and sa ve the im age either in *.jpg or *.bmp f ormat (4) Print Print the im age (5) Segment/ Out put Kee[...]

21 Name Function (10) S peed up/do wn Adjust speed of v ideo pla yback (11) Pla yback Controller Backward one f rame: G o back one fram e Backward Pla y: Play the vi deo file in reverse Pause: Brief ly stop pla ying the video file Play: S t art/continu e pla yi ng the video file Forward one f rame: advanc e one fram e (12) Progres s bar Show th e p[...]

22 C h a p t e r 5 B a c k u p a n d V i e w R e c o r d e d V i d e o F i l e 5.1 Recommended system requirements Pentium®4 2.4GHZ or abo ve W indows®2000/ XP DDR 256 MB Graphic function must support DirectDraw Audio card or built-in S pea ker 1 available USB2.0 port 5.2 To Backup Recorded Video Fil e 1. Conn ect PC with EB 1504 MPEG 4 through t[...]

23 (9) (10) (6) (7) (8) (4) (5) (3) (2) (1) Name Function (1) All recorded video events list No. : the list order number Record: the recor d type(se e also Chapter 2.3.1 ) Begin Time: the beginni ng of recor d time End Time: the end of r ecord time (2) Display f irst f ram e of each recorded channel video which us er had selected. T otal is 4 Chann[...]

24 8. Sele ct the event which user wants to backup. Or m ark the Se lect A ll to select all listed recorded video event 9. Lo cate on where user want to save the backup file 10. Click S t art to process backup 11. T o stop the backup progress, click Stop 5.3 To View the Backup File QLog Viewer is used to view the backup file of reco rded video. To [...]

25 Name Function (5) Progress bar Show the pro gress of the file being p layed. Us er m ay m ove the bar to seek at an y location of th e track (6) Save the screen sh ot (7) Save a portion of the video in *.mpg or *.a vi format (8) Select a port ion of the video and it wi ll rep eat p laying(see also Chapter 5.3.1 ) (9) Playback controller : Go to [...]

26 3. T he marked portion will repeat to playback until press button 4. Click button to save the portion 5. In the Save As dialog box, loca te on where user wants to sa ve the file, type the filename, and select the video f ormat[...]

27 C h a p t e r 6 I m a g e V e r i f i c a t i o n Image V e rification is a watermark-checking p rogram to identify the authenticity of a saved image (e.g. by snapshot). T his pro gram can only verify uncompressed bmp image files. 6.1 To Run the ImageVerification 1. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Browse th e CD-ROM an d look for[...]

28 C h a p t e r 7 Wa r r a n t y N o t i c e L I M I T E D W A R R A N T Y AVerMedia TECHNOLOGIES, Inc . w arrants this product to be free of defects resulting from faulty manufacture or components under the following terms: W A R R A N T Y L E N G T H Labor is warranted for (1) one year from the date of purchase. Parts are warranted for (1) one y[...]