Q-See QS4474 manual

1 H . 26 4 N E T W O RK D VR QS S er ie s U s e r M a n u a l MODEL QS434 QS464 QS408 QS206 QS4474[...]

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4 5 1. INTRODUCTION 7 Features and Specifications 8 2. INST ALLA TION AND CONNECTION 10 QS206 12 QS408 14 QS434 16 QS464 18 QS4474 20 3. CONTROLS 22 3.1 Mouse Control 22 Virtual Keyboard 23 3.2 Remote Control 24 4. BASIC OPERA TION 26 4.1 Power On/Off 26 Standby Mode 26 LCD On/Off 26 Shutdown 26 4.2 Shortcut Menu 27 4.3 System Login 27 4.4 Main Me[...]

6 7 T o prevent damage to your Q-See pr oduct or injury to yourself or to others, read and understand the following safety precautions in their entir ety before installing or using this equipment. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the pr oduct will read them. n Check the unit and any accessories included in the package immed[...]

8 9 FEA TURES AND SPECIFICA TIONS This product offers the following features: Smartphone Compatible Access live footage directly fr om your iPhone, iPad or smartphones running W indows Mobile, Android, Symbian or BlackBerry operating systems. Y our DVR can also be set to e-mail your hand held-device whenever specific activity occurs, such as motio[...]

10 11 Both displays may be used at the same time, however they will both show the same images and they cannot be combined. The mouse cursor will only appear on one screen at a time and this may be selected by rolling the mouse scr oll wheel forward (VGA) or backwards (television). The second display may be used as a “Spot” monitor in a location[...]

12 13 1 2 3 4 5 VGA USB AUDIO IN CVBS OUT AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN 1 GND COM1 NO1 COM2 NO2 GND 485A-2 485B-2 GND 485A-1 485B-1 GND +12V GND 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 15 ALM IN RJ45 DC +12V IN 2 1 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 Item # Connector Description 1 VIDEO IN Video input for connecting analog video signal input (BNC) 2 DC 12V/3A Power Connection 3 VGA OUTP[...]

14 15 Item # Connector Description 1 Power Switch Power On/Off 2 USB Mouse port 3 AUDIO IN Audio input for connecting audio signal (8 feeds) 4 AUDIO OUTPUT For connection to amplified speaker 5 VIDEO IN Video input for connecting analog video signal input (BNC) 6 DC 12V/3A Power Connection 7 NETWORK For connecting Ethernet cable 8 VGA OUTPUT T o c[...]

16 17 1 2 3 4 VGA USB 1 +5V GND 485B 485A GND 1NO 1COM GND 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 ALM IN RJ45 DC +19V IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN - + 1 2 5 4 6 8 7 9 3 Item # Connector Description 1 AUDIO OUTPUT For connection to amplified speaker 2 VIDEO IN Video input for connecting analog video signal input (BNC) 3 AUDIO IN Audio input for connecting audio[...]

18 19 VGA 1 485A 485B 3 2 4 1 2 RJ45 DC +12V IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN - + ON/OFF 1 2 4 7 6 8 10 9 3 5 Item # Connector Description 1 Power Switch Power On/Off 2 AUDIO OUTPUT For connection to amplified speaker 3 VIDEO IN Video input for connecting analog video signal input (BNC) 4 AUDIO IN Audio input for connecting audio signal (2[...]

20 21 Item # Connector Description 1 Power Switch Power On/Off 2 FAN Cooling fan exhaust port. This should not be blocked. 3 DC 12V Power Connection 4 VIDEO IN BNC connectors for up to four cameras 5 RJ45 For connecting Ethernet cable 6 USB port for the mouse 7 AUDIO PORTS BNC ports. Input for a single audio channel. Output to an external speaker .[...]

22 23 CHAPTER 3 CONTROLS CLICK-AND-DRAG Select motion detection zone Select privacy mask zone SCROLL WHEEL Scroll forwar d to select VGA monitor Scroll backwar ds to switch to TV/RCA monitor This DVR can be controlled thr ough the USB mouse or with the remote control. We have found that the majority of our customers prefer to operate their DVRs usi[...]

24 25 CHAPTER 3 CONTROLS 3.2 REMOTE CONTROL The buttons on the Remote Control operate in the same manner as on a conventional DVR remote. Some buttons have multiple functions depending on which menu is being accessed. PICTURE 3-3 # Name/Symbol Function 1 ST ANDBY Press to turn standby mode ON/OFF . 2 LOGIN/LOCK If “Security” has been enabled in[...]

26 27 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION BASIC OPERA TION CHAPTER 4 This chapter is intended to help you get your DVR up and running before you activate any advanced features which ar e covered in later chapters. Y ou can use the mouse, remote control and the buttons on the fr ont of the DVR to operate your system, but for convenience, we will be discussin[...]

28 29 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION PICTURE 4-3 PICTURE 4-4 PICTURE 4-5 4.4 MAIN MENU T o access the Main Menu , right-click anywhere onscr een with the mouse to open the Shortcut menu and select MAIN MENU . Pressing the Menu or MENU/EXIT button on the remote contr ol or front panel of the DVRm, respectively , will also open the Main Menu . *Audio cap[...]

30 31 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION PICTURE 4-6 PICTURE 4-7 PICTURE 4-8 PICTURE 4-9 IMPORT ANT! Date and time should be properly set before continuing so that you can easily locate r ecorded events. Inaccurate dates and times on files may affect their admissibility as evidence. DA TE/TIME T o set the date and time: STEP 1 . Click DA TE/TIME and con?[...]

32 33 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION DISPLA Y Use the Display Setup menu to customize channel titles, show/hide the date and time in live viewing and playback, and enable/disable preview channels. PICTURE 4-10 PICTURE 4-11 T o customize Display settings: STEP 1 . Configure the following options: • NAME : Click any of the fields and enter a new titl[...]

34 35 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION 4.7 PLA YBACK View recorded video on the system thr ough the Search menu. PICTURE 4-13 PICTURE 4-13 MAIN MENU KEY LOCK CHN SWITCH DIGITAL ZOOM VIDEO SEARCH PTZ MUTE MANUAL REC STOP REC ROTATION VIDEO SEARCH Select VIDEO SEARCH in the Shortcut Menu ( Picture 4-13 ) or select it in the Main Menu ( Picture 4-14 ). Clic[...]

36 37 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION MUTE 31 CH1 7/25/201 1 23:48:25 PICTURE 4-17 PICTURE 4-18 PICTURE 4-16 TYPE EXIT BACKUP OTHER ALL LAST NEXT PRE FIRST ALL CH TIME SIZE TYPE BAK FILE LIST 00:00:00 SEARCH 01 07:55:53-07:57:17 4.7M Normal 01 07:57:19-07:59:23 6.7M Alarm 01 07:59:25-08:00:33 3.7M Alarm 01 08:00:36-08:01:47 3.8M Alarm 01 08:01:47-08:02:[...]

38 39 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION STEP 5 . Click BACKUP from the side- panel to immediately begin copying the files to the USB flash drive. The download progr ess will be displayed in the status window . PICTURE 4-19 PICTURE 4-20 PICTURE 4-21 PICTURE 4-22 PICTURE 4-23 Backing Up Recorded Data STEP 1 . Connect a blank USB flash drive to the top US[...]

40 41 CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERA TION Click the button on the bottom of the multimedia player and then click the Play button ( Item number 5 in Picture 4-24 ) to start playing the file. The Playback Control Bar shows the date the file was recor ded. The Hour Blocks indicate (in 24 hour format) at what hour the event took place. The green ar ea in the [...]

42 43 CHAPTER 5 RECORDING The controls for scheduling r ecording are mostly found in the Record menu which is located in the Main Menu . Certain features, such as Motion Detection, ar e located in the Advanced menu (also reachable thr ough the Main Menu ) but are included here for ease of instruction. 5.2 RECORDING SCHEDULE The DVR is set by defaul[...]

44 45 CHAPTER 5 RECORDING 5.3 MASK FIELD The Mask Field lets you block a specific portion of a channel you do not want recor ded or shown on the display screen. This can be useful if you need to conceal a sensitive ar ea being captured by the installed camera. 5.4 MOTION DETECT The default recor ding mode for your DVR is “Alarm’ which includes[...]

46 47 CHAPTER 6 ADV ANCED FEA TURES ADV ANCED FEA TURES CHAPTER 6 Use the Advanced Setup menu to configure alarm settings, motion detection, mobile surveillance, PTZ settings and network settings. The Advanced Setup menu contains the following sub-menus: Alarm , Info , Motion Detection , Mobile , System , PTZ , and Network . 6.1 ALARM Use the Alar[...]

48 49 CHAPTER 6 ADV ANCED FEA TURES 6.2 EMAIL SETUP The system can send an email notification with a JPEG snapshot for triggered events on the system. Selecting Email Setup in the Alarm Setup menu will open the Email Setup menu. Y our DVR will need to be connected to the Internet - either through a router or by being directly connected to a modem [...]

50 51 CHAPTER 6 ADV ANCED FEA TURES RESTORING F ACTOR Y SETTINGS STEP 1 . Click DEF AUL T SETTINGS . This will restore the system to the original factory settings. STEP 2 . Click OK in the prompt. 6.5 P AN-TIL T -ZOOM CAMERAS (PTZ) Use the PTZ Setup menu to configure settings for an optional PTZ camera. REST ARTING THE DVR (SOFT -RESET) STEP 1 . C[...]

52 53 It is strongly advised against opening the case when atmospheric conditions pr esent the risk of static discharge which can damage electronic components. Please follow these steps to install the hard drive: HARD DRIVE INST ALLA TION CHAPTER 8 W ARNING! ELECTRIC SH OCK RISK! The DVR MUST be unplugged from all power sour ces as well as from the[...]

54 55 ITEM DEVICE PARAMETER SPECIFICATION QS206 QS408 QS434 QS464 QS4474 CONNECTOR NETWORK INTERF ACE RJ45,10M/100M ALARM ALARM INPUT 4 8 4 0 0 ALARM I/O VOL T AGE 0-2V , low voltage, 5-30V high voltage N/A N/A CONNECTOR ALARM OUTPUT 2 1 1 0 0 PTZ INTERF ACE SUPPORT 1 RS485 (PelcoD, PelcoP) NETWORK INTERF ACE RJ45, 10M/100M USB Mouse USB 1.1 Backup[...]

56 57 Question 6: DVR is having problems with r eal-time images, such as bad image color or serious brightness distortion, why? Answer: • If P AL and NTSC is not correctly selected on the BNC output, the images will be in black and white • DVR is not compatible with monitor • The video transmission distance is too far • The DVR color , brig[...]

58 59 Q-See is proud to back all of our pr oducts with a conditional service warranty covering all hardwar e for 12 months from the date of purchase. Additionally , our products also come with a free exchange policy that covers all manufacturing defects for one month fr om the date of purchase. Permanent upgrading service is pr ovided for the softw[...]

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