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Caution and care HEA VY OBJECTS SHOULD NEVER BE PLACED ON THE UNIT (E.G., MONITOR) NEVER TOUCH OR INSERT ANY OBJECT INSIDE THE UNIT T ouching the inside of the cabinet or inserting foreign objects of any kind through or ventilation holes not only creates a safety hazard but can also cause extensive damage. PROTECT THE POWER CORD Damage to the power[...]

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INST ALLA TION LOCA TION AND HANDLING • Place this unit horizontally and in a stable place. If this unit is not placed correctly and used in an unstable place, the unit may be damaged. • Do not place this unit close to other electronic or magnetic equipment. This will avoid video and audio distortion. • When a monitor and this unit are placed[...]

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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction .................................................................................. 1 Features .......................................................................................................... 1 Technical Overvie w .................................................[...]

User’s Manual Normal Setup Screen ................................................................................... 14 System Information .................................................................................... 14 Date/Time Setup ........................................................................................ 16 System Check[...]

4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Load / Save Setup ..................................................................................... 58 Clear All Data ............................................................................................. 58 Chapter 4 — Operation ..........................................................................[...]

User’s Manual List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DV R installation. .......................................................................................... 1 Figure 2 — DVR rear panel. ..................................................................................................... .. 3 Figure 3 — Video input connecto rs. .....[...]

4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 50 — Alarm In Event Acti on (Alarm Out) setup scr een. ................................................ 36 Figure 51 — Alarm In Event Ac tion (Notify) setup scr een. ....................................................... 36 Figure 52 — Motion Detector Event Action (Record) setup scr een. ..............[...]

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Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 1 Chapter 1 — Introduction Features Your color digital video record er (DVR) provides recording capabilities for 4 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture qu ality in both liv e a nd playback modes, and offers the following features: y 4 Composite Input Connectors y Compatible with Color (PAL) and B&[...]

User’s Manual 2 Technical Overview Your DVR can replace both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation. However, it has many feat ures that make it much more pow erful and easier to use th an even the most advanced VCR. The DVR converts analog video to digital images a nd r ecords them on a hard disk drive. Using a hard disk d[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 3 Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package con tains the following: y Digital Video Recorder y Power Cord y User’s Manual (This Document) y Remote Operation Software CD and User’s Manual y Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are requir ed to install the DVR. Ref[...]

User’s Manual 4 Connecting the Loop Through Video Figure 4 — Video Loop Throu gh connectors. If you would like to conn ect your video s ource to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto termina ted. Do NOT connect a cable to t he Loop BNC unless it is connecte d to another terminated de vice be[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 5 NOTE: You can not use spot monitor output and VGA output at the sa me time. NOTE: Set the CVBS or VG A selector switch before turning on the DVR. You cannot c hange the setting w hile the unit is running. Connecting the Monitor Connecting the Spot Monitor Figure 7 — Video Out connectors. Connect the SPOT moni[...]

User’s Manual 6 AI 1 to 4 (Alarm In) You can use external devices to signal the DVR t o react to events. Mechani cal or electrical switches can be wired to the AI (Alarm In) and GND (Ground) connectors. See C hapter 3 — Configuration for configuring alarm input. GND (Groun d) Connect the ground side of the Alarm input to the GND connector. ARI [...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 7 Connecting to the RS-232C Port Figure 12 — RS-232C connector. An RS-232C port is provided to connect an extern al modem for remote monitor ing, remote configuration and text input, and to connect a remo te control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a DB-9S (female) connector to con nect to the DVR. See Chapter [...]

User’s Manual 8 Connecting to the USB Port Figure 14 — USB connector. A USB port on the front panel is provided to conn ect external hard disk drives, CD-RW drives or flash drives for archiving video . Position the exte rnal hard disk drive close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable conne ctions, usually less than 6 feet. Use the US[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 9 Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR sho uld be completely installed be fore proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation . Front Panel Controls Figure 16 — DVR front panel. Many of the buttons on the front panel have mu ltiple fun ctions. The following describes each button and control. Take a few m[...]

User’s Manual 10 Panic Button Pressing the PANIC button activates panic recording, so the DVR will record video regardless of the time-lapse or event recording schedule. Pr ess the button again to releas e the panic recording. NOTE: When the DVR is in th e Panic recording mode, the REC LED flick ers and displays on each camera screen. Camera Butt[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 11 Enter/Pause Button This button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made. Pressing the ENTER/PAUSE button in the live monitoring m ode freezes the current live screen, and the screen displays . Press the button again to return to the live monitoring mode. Pressing the button in the pl[...]

User’s Manual 12 Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit will take approximately 60 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for th e first time, you will want to establish the initial sett ings. This includes items s uch as time and date, display language, camera , audio, remot[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 13 Highlight the box beside Quick Setup and press the button to toggle between On and Off . If you sele ct Off , you will use the Normal Setup screen to change the DVR’s settings. Highlight the first box beside Re cording Spe ed/Quality, and select recording speeds from as few as 0.5 ips to as fast as 25 ips. N[...]

User’s Manual 14 Normal Setup Screen Figure 20 — Normal Setup screen. Press the MENU button to enter the setup screen. If the Quick Setup screen appears, turn it off as described above. The Normal Setup screen gives you access to a ll the DVR’s setup screens. System Information Highlight System Information and press the button. The Sy st em I[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 15 Figure 22 — System Information Change scr een. Highlight the box beside Site Description and pres s the button. A virtual keyboard displays. Figure 23 — Virtual keyboard. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first charac ter you want in the Site Title and press the button. That character a ppears in the tit[...]

User’s Manual 16 Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the Main menu and press the button. The Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 24 — Date/Time setup screen. CAUTION: If y ou set a date and time that is older than s ome of your recorded images, any i mages with dates and time s later than the new setting will be deleted. Highlight the fir[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 17 Figure 25 — Holiday Setup screen. You can save yo ur changes by highlighting OK and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Highlight the Time Sync… box and press the button. You can set up time s y nchronization between the DVR and standard time servers that are [...]

User’s Manual 18 The box beside Sy stem Clock display s the DVR's t ime setting. The box beside Server Clock displays the time s etting of the time server. Highlighting th e Update button and pressing the button updates the s erver clock. NOTE: The Server Clock w ill display “ – ” when the DVR cannot load the time information from the [...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 19 System Check Screen Highlight System Check in the Main menu and press the button. The System Check setup screen appears. Figure 27 — System Check (Config.) screen. Highlight the box under the On/Off heading and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR reports a fault condit[...]

User’s Manual 20 Figure 28 — System Check (Alarm Out / Notify) screen. Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press th e button. A drop menu displays available alarm outputs for the recording problem . Highligh t the desired alarm output from the external alarm out t erminal or internal buzzer, an d press the button. NOTE: Alarm Out [...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 21 NOTE: If the D VR senses S.M.A.R.T. Alert or High Temperature , the S.M. A.R.T. Monitoring Information screen w ill appear. Once the S.M.A.R.T. M onitoring Information screen displays, replacing the hard disk dri ve is recommended, usually within 24 hours. NOTE: The S.M. A.R.T. Monitoring Informati on screen a[...]

User’s Manual 22 Highlight the box beside Check Time and press the button. Adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Temperature Threshold and press the button. Adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Sensor Unit and press the button to toggle between Celsius or Fahrenheit . If you want to check the[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 23 Configuring Input Devices You can configure the vid eo, audio and remote control d evices connected to the D VR. Figure 32 — Device menu screen. Camera Setup Screen Highlight Camera in the Main menu and press the button. The Camera setup s creen appears. Figure 33 — Camera setup screen. You can turn on or [...]

User’s Manual 24 You can assign titles to each camera by highlighting the Ti tle heading and pressing the button. A virtual keyboard al lows you to enter camera n ames. Selecting the PTZ Device box causes a list of controllable cameras to display. Select your camera from the list and press the button. You will need to connect th e camera to the R[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 25 The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with e ach alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm In Setup screen. You can turn each input On (via Alarm I/O or Camera Alarm ) or Off . Each input can be given a ti tle, and the inputs can be set as NO (normally open) or NC (normally [...]

User’s Manual 26 The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the s elected camera. You can s et up motion detection zones by selec ting or clearing blocks. The menu on the setup screen has the following functions: NOTE: You can acti vate or deactivate 4 cells at a time using the button. Once 4 cells are highlight, you can selec t [...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 27 Figure 39 — Text-In (Generic T ext) setup screen. Figure 40 — Text-In (EPSON-POS) setup screen. Highlight the box beside Transaction Start , and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string. Refer to th e device manufactur er’s doc umentation for the text string that t[...]

User’s Manual 28 Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter , and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s) t hat the device uses to indicate th e end of a line. Control characters can be created using ^ and a ca pital letter; e.g., ^J for NL (New Li ne), ^M for CR (Carriage Return). Refer to th e device manufacturer’s d[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 29 Highlighting the Sched field and pressing th e button opens a schedule screen. You can schedule alarm output in 30-minute increments from 0:00 to 24:00. Figure 42 — Alarm Out Schedule screen. You can select individual blocks of time, entire days of the week, entire blocks of time or the entir e schedule. Sel[...]

User’s Manual 30 Highlight the box beside Audio Recording and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR also records audio when it is recording video. Highlight the box beside Mute and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR will NOT play li ve or recorded audio. Highlight the [...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 31 NOTE: Selecting the PTZ in the RS232 field only defi nes the RS-232C port as bein g used for the PTZ camera connecti ons. Select the PTZ device in the Camera Setup screen. Configuring Recording Settings NOTE: When th e DVR is recording video, the RE C LED on the front panel is lit and the displays on each came[...]

User’s Manual 32 Pressing the PANIC button on the front panel enters the Panic Recording mode. You can program the recording sp eed, quality and duration when the DVR is in the Panic Recording mode. On Panic Recording Speed can be set from 0.5 to 25 ips, and On Panic Recording Qualit y can be selectable from Ver y High, High, Standard and Low . O[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 33 NOTE: You cannot select 25 ips for High Resolutio n. Highlight the box under the Quality heading and pres s the button. A drop-down list appears. You can select from Very High , High , Standard and Low image quality. All other variables b eing equal; Very High will require 300% more hard disk space than Standa[...]

User’s Manual 34 There are several wa ys to set recording times: y You can highlight an indiv idual block a nd toggle it on or off by pressing the button. y You can change a 30-minute segment for all days b y placing the cursor on the t ime line and pressing the button to toggle the segment on or off. y You can change an entire day by placing the[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 35 You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dw ell Time . You can set the Dwell Time from 1 to 300 seconds. NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time-Lapse mode, it i gnores the pre-event setti ngs and follows the time-lapse s ettings. Event Action Setup You can program the DVR to reco[...]

User’s Manual 36 Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to events diff erently by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 50 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highli[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 37 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote si te when certain events occur based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the[...]

User’s Manual 38 Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to m otion events differ entl y by activating an internal buzzer o r external alarms. Figure 53 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as d[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 39 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote si te when certain events occur based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the[...]

User’s Manual 40 Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to text-in by activ ating an internal bu zzer or external alarms. Figure 56 — Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Alar[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 41 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote site when it has text input from a te xt-in device based on a defined sche[...]

User’s Manual 42 Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to video loss differentl y by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 59 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 43 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote site when it loses video input from a camera based on a defined schedule. [...]

User’s Manual 44 NOTE: Each icon d isplayed on the screen des cribes the system status as foll ows: y Freeze — Displays whil e in Freeze mode. y Sequence — Displays while in Sequence mode . y Zoom — Displays on the enlarged video. y Remote Control — Displays when the DVR can be controlled by the infrared rem ote control. y Record — Disp[...]

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 45 Main Monitoring Setup Screen You can adjust the displa y dwell time for each camera dis played on the main monito r. You also can set the video fro m the event-detected c amera to be displayed on th e main monitor during the pr eset dwell time. Figure 62 — Main Monitoring Setup screen. Highlight the box besi[...]