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2 Before ins tall ing stand alone DVR , be sur e to thor ou ghly rev iew and foll o w the ins tr ucti ons in this Us ers M anual. Pay part icular attentio n to the p arts that are m arked NOTI CE. Also, w hen connecti ng w it h external ap pli cati on, firs t turn the pow er OFF and f oll ow manual instr uction f or ap propriat e instal lation. Saf[...]

3 1. This docum ent is inten ded for b oth the a dm inistrator and users of thi s stand al one DVR Model. 2.Thi s m anual contains inf orm ation f or configur ing , managing and using this s tand alon e DVR Model. 3. To p rev ent fire or elec tric al shock, do n ot exp ose the pr oduct to heat or m ois ture. 4. Be sure to rea d this m anual b efore[...]

4 CONTE N TS 1. FEA TURES AND FUNCTION……………… ……………………… …………… …………… ….…..5 2. UNIT DESCRIPTION OF FRONT P ANEL.……………………………… …………………..…… ….6 3. REA R P ANEL AND SY STEM CONNECT ION….. …………… …………………… …………………8 4. R[...]

5 1. FEA TURE AND FUNCTION l Video inp ut: 16ch annels; Video outp ut: 3cha nnels. l Audio inp ut: 4chan nels; Audio output: 2cha nnels. l 16 alar m inp ut and 1 rela y alarm output. l Com pression m ode: M-JEPG . l Supp ort netw ork vie w. l S u pport US B back up. l Com patible w it h NTSC and P A L f orm at. l Support zoo m , auto f uncti on, w [...]

6 2. UNIT DESCR IPTION O F FRONT P ANEL 2.1 Recor din g /Play ing Contr ol Buttons A r ea 1. REC : It i s m anual recor ding b utton. Press this button to r ecord v ideo to har d disk, R e-p ress this button, it w il l stop r ecordi ng. S o, thi s b utton is the s w itc h button of m anual r ecor ding and stop pi n g recor ding oper ation, recor di[...]

7 1. Auto/1 : Auto ke y , in shi ft m ode, pr ess thi s b utton, The D VR w i l l b e i n auto dw ell state, it dw el l s accor ding to th e tim e set in aut o seq uence s et m enu, and you can set t he dw ell tim e of each chann el. Pr ess thi s b utton to qui t this m ode. If not in shi ft m ode, p ress thi s b utton to see b ig pic ture of chann[...]

8 1 1. SF/0: Sing le f r a m e f orw a rd button, in shift m o de, w hi le i n pl ayback state, l ong pr ess this button c an se e si ng le f ram e f orw ard, p r ess p lay but ton to p l ay nor m al l y . If not in shi ft m ode, p r ess this b utton to see b ig p ictur e of channel 10.w hile inp utting num b ers, this button is used as num ber key[...]

9 3.1 Back pan el and conn ection term inals The pow er cab le and inp ut, outp ut si gnal term i nals are al l at the b ack of the m achi ne, th e connecti on t o m onitor, cam er a etc equipm ents ar e al l car ri ed o ut thr oug h t he ter m inal s and sockets on the b ack panel the back v i e w o f the m achine is ill ustrated as bel o w . Each[...]

10 2. Open/Cl ose outp ut A: N. O. Norm al open, close w hen tr igger ed. DV R must set as low v oltage alarm . B: N.C. Norm al c lose, op en w hen tr igg ered. DVR m ust set as hi gh v oltag e alarm . Please ref er to the pi cture b el o w, c hannel 2 to c hann el 16 ar e t he s am e as channel 1. Ala rm output: There ar e t hree al ar m outp ut p[...]

11 3.4 Hard Disk Conn ection There ar e p roces sing to i nstall the hard disk . Note: If the DVR com es w ith a HDD pr e-install ed then ski p the f oll o w i n g steps. 3. Open the top cover of the drawer . If you ha v e another HDD , p lease j u mp that HDD to SL A VE , and open then m a chi ne, put the HDD to the HDD rack, and then connect the [...]

12 4. RE M OTE CON TRO LLER 0 – 9, 10+: S elec t the cha nnel (Ful l scr een) 2x2: 2x2 Screen Mod es 3x3: 3x3 Screen Mod es 4x4: 4x4 Screen M odes USB: USB S tor age Back up AUTO: Aut o Seque nce M ode ZOOM : 2X Zoom FR EEZE: Fr eeze DISPLA Y : Hard Di sk Inf orm ation MENU/EXIT : S ystem Setup SEARCH : T im e Searc h, Ev ent Searc h a nd Start S[...]

13 If you ent er the corr ect passw or d, the m ai n m en u w ill displ ay ad bel o w.[...]

14 5.2 SYST EM SET UP Press “EN TER” button to en ter sub m enu PLA Y REPEAT : S et the Pla yback Repeat VIDEO S Y S TEM: Set the N TSC/P AL BUZZER SOUND: Set the Buzz er On/Off 5 . 2.1 TIME/DA T A SET Set the dat e and tim e. DA TE: Set the d ate TIME : Set th e time FO RMA T : Set the tim e di splay form at (USA, EURO a nd Asia Users) DISP LA[...]

15 5.2.2 HD D FORMA T SET Form at the hard dis k. Select “YES” , to form at the hard dis k. And all v ideo on the HD D will los s. 5.2.3 F ACTOR Y RESET Initial ize all the set up; the DVR wi ll reset to f actory def ault setti ng s.[...]

16 5.2.4 Chan ge Passw ord W hen the c ursor m o v es to C HANGE P ASSW ORD , please press the enter button, and t he Chang e Passw ord w indow w ill app ea r . Passw ord Lev el: passw ord type of the DVR , th e DVR has v arious types of passw ord: SETUP: If set to “YES” , you hav e to inp ut passw ord to enter m enu. SYSTEM: If set t o “ YES[...]

17 5.2.5 Firm w are Up date W hen the cur sor m ov es to F IRMWARE U PDA TE, pl ease p ress enter b utto n, a nd the f irmw a re update w indow wil l app ear . Up date M ethod: There are t w o m ethods to up date t he DVR firm war e, USB ( f or USB thum b driv es) and Netw ork (not sup port) USB up date: cr eate a new f older nam ed “f irmw are?[...]

18 5.3 D ISPL A Y SETUP BOUN D COL OR: Se t th e C o lor o f V ideo Bo und ary ( BL ACK / WHITE / GRA Y). BLANK COLOR: Set the Bac kground Col or o f Loss V i deo ( BLACK / W HITE). 5.3.1 CAMERA NAME SET W hen the c ursor m o v es to Cam er a Na m e, p lease pr ess the Enter button, the C am era N a m e Setup window w ill app ear . Press t he up or[...]

19 Each ch ann el’s n am e is a com b inati on of si x ei ght c haract ers. Pr ess up or dow n b utton t o sel ect eac h c har act er, pr ess LEFT or R IGH T button to m odi f y each char acter, and t hen p ress enter b utton to sav e this n am e. DISPLA Y : if Disp lay is set to “ OFF ”, the cha nnel’s na m e wi ll not disp lay on the scr [...]

20 5.3.3. AUTO SEQUENCE SET W hen the c ursor m o v es to Autoseq Set, p lease press enter button, t he Aut o Seq uenc e Setup wi ndow w ill appear. Press the UP or DOW N b utton to sel ect c hannel, p ress LEF T or RIGH T b utton to chang e the a uto Sequence ti m e. 5.4 RECORD SET UP W hen the cursor m oves to R ecord S et, then p ress th e Enter[...]

21 REC SPEED: the recor ding fr a m e rate of the DVR, fact ory defaul t se tting is 30F/SEC und er NTSC ( 25F/ SEC under P AL). Thi s m eans th e D VR recor ds the ev ent s at the s pee d of 3 0 shots of f r am es per sec ond. Th e hig her of the r ecor d f ram e r ate, the m or e natur al l ook w ill b e disp layed on th e scr een w hen you playb[...]

22 5.4. 2 REC CH SET W hen the cursor m o v es to R EC ch Set, p lease pr ess enter b utton, th e REC ch setup w indow wi ll app ear . This scr een is diff erent for CIF and FIEL D modes . In F IE LD m ode, the w indow is il lustrated as b elow, pr ess UP and DOW N buttons to select c hannel a nd pr ess LEFT or RIGH T b utton to cha nge the s ettin[...]

23 I P M O D E : t h e D V R h a s 2 I P mo d e s , S T A T I C I P a n d D H C P , i f y o u s e l e c t S T A T I C I P , y o u c a n s e t the IP addres s m anually , if yo u selec t DHC P m ode, the DVR w ill autom aticall y get the IP address. For ST A TIC IP , p r ess U P or DOW N button to m ove the cur sor am ong the dig its, you can pr ess[...]

24 5.5.2. M AC SET W hen the cursor m o ves to M ac Set then press t he Enter b utton, the Mac S et w indow wi ll app ear . If you hav e m ore than one DVR i n a loc al ar ea net w ork, you hav e to set each DVR to hav e a n excl usiv e MAC addr ess, b ut r em e mb er that you have only one chance to m odify the MAC add ress , onc e you hav e c han[...]

25 ALARM ENABLE: al arm trigg er sw it ch, can be set to off, N.C(norm al cl osed) or N. O(norm al open). If users set i t to off, the DVR w ill ignor e the alarm input. MOTION EN ABLE: Motio n alarm switc h, can be set t o ON or OFF . If set to off, the DVR w ill ig nore the m otion alar m . MOTION LEVEL: m oti on sens iti vi ty lev el, i f the f [...]

26 W hen in nig ht as below, please set to norm al l e vel. Note: t he ab ov e sug g est i ons ar e a gui de onl y bas ed on tes ti ng i n a g ener al env ironm ent. Y o u wi l l need to s el ect th e b est par am eter s ac cor ding to the actu al op erati on env i r onm ent you ar e cov ering. T ry di fferent s etting s until yo u get th e desi re[...]

27 5.7 SCHEDUL E SET W hen the c ursor m ov es to Schedul e S et, pr ess th e Ent er b utto n, a nd t he sch edule s etup wi ndow w ill appear. Y o u can cha nge a rec ording schedule duri ng a day b y using this s etup window. Please n ote: Mil itary tim e must be us ed. ST ART : star t recor d tim e ST OP: stop record tim e SCH EDULE ENABLE: m us[...]

28 5.9 S TORA GE I NFO W hen the cur sor m ov es to S torag e Inf o, p ress the Enter b utton, and the st orag e inf o wi ndow wi ll app ear . MOD EL: Model Numb er of t he Hard Di sk CAP ACITY : T otal capaci ty USED SIZE: Space used OVER W RI TE: The num b er of ti m es o v erwr itten 5.10 P T Z SE T W hen the cursor m o v es to PTZ Set, press th[...]

29 CH ANNEL SEL: If you hav e a sp eed dom e c amera, select the cha nnel w hich the cam er a i s connect ed to . BAUD RA TE: Changeab le f rom 1200bps to 1 15200b ps. T he default v alue is 24 00bps. DOM E ADDR: The a ddress of the sp eed dom e camera, changeab le f rom 0x00 to 0xff . PROTOCOL: The p rotocol of sp eed dome cam era: PELCO- D,PELCO-[...]

30 6.4 A larm Recording Alarm recor ding i s not started by m anual ly pr essi ng the R ecord b utton, it is autom atical ly acti v ated onc e Sc hed ul e m ode i s enab l ed. Al arm r ecor di ng can b e act iv ated b y alarm i nput s ig nal or m oti on, i f the c onnect i on of alar m i np ut eq ui pm ent is c or r ect , s tabl e and rel i ab l e,[...]

31 recor ding i s playing to see f aster p layback. Pr ess the PLA Y button to r etur n to norm al speed playing from the curr ent place. Conti nuous p r essi ng of the FW D b utton w il l chang e the f ast- f orw ard b etween f our l ev els of sp eed (X2, X4, X8, X16,) in seq uence. Cont in uousl y pr essing the REW b utton w ill change the f ast [...]

32 6.8 Time Sear ch Mov e the c ursor to T i m e Search, then p r ess the Enter b utton an d th e T i m e search w indow w ill app ear , w hich is illustr ated as b elow . The r ed block b elow the num ber m eans there is recor ded video at t hat ti m e. Press the LEF T and R IGHT b uttons to m o v e the cur sor along the year , m onth, da y , h ou[...]

33 If you w ant t o se ar ch f rom M ASTER H DD to SLA V E H DD, p r ess the SERACH button, and the n pr ess Enter b utton. Press t he Menu b utton t o exit. 6.10 Rec ord Sear ch Mov e the c ur sor to the R ecor d S ear ch, p r ess th e E n ter b utton, an d t he r ecor d sear ch w indow w i l l app ear , w hich is illustr ated as b elow . All reco[...]

34 If you w ant to ch ange i t f rom the MASTER HD D to t he SLA VE H DD, p r ess the SE ARCH button, then pr ess Enter b utton. Pres s the Menu button t o exi t. 6.1 1 USB B ackup If y ou w ant to use this f unction , the f ir st step is to f ormat USB devi ce wit h “F A T” system on your com puter. NOTE: the DVR doesn’t sup port “F A T3 2[...]

35 6.12 USB Up dat e Usi ng your PC to cr eate a f older cal le d “ f irmw ar e” in the r oot dir ect or y of your U SB m em or y sti ck , cop y the update f iles t o th e fol der . Pl ug the U SB de v ice into t he DVR , go to th e m enu of B ack up set, check that w hether the USB dev i ce was detected, g o to the F irmw a re Up date m enu an[...]

36 6.14 Infor mation Display In shift m ode, pr ess di splay button, the main i nf ormation of the DVR w ill di splay on scr een. HD D SIZE: the si ze of the h ard disk HD D USED: the use d space of the hard dis k. HD D READ: cur rent HDD address f or p laybac k OVER W RITE: ov erwrite tim e of the HD D NET W O RK IP: IP address of the DVR . REC LI[...]

37 Y o u can p ress up, dow n, left, or rig ht buttons to m ove the s peed dom e, and p ress the Enter button to stop . If yo u p ress the Iris button , th e ch aracter “Iris ” w ill ap pear on the scr een, p leas e ref er to the p ict ure bel o w, then you ca n pr ess the “AD D” and “ DEC” button t o chang e th e Ir is, the sam e to co[...]

38 6.16 REM OT E CON T RO LLER 7. USIN G THE NETW ORK VIEWER Using t he net viewer software, you can vi ew the DVR t hrough I nternet or Int ranet, also, you can v iew and backup the v ideo data on the HDD through a comput er . Open t he software; you will see the window bel ow: REC: S t art or stop recor ding SCH EDULE: S tart Sc hedule r ecording[...]

39 7.1 Setting Pleas e click but ton, you w i ll see t he w i ndow bel ow: Enter t he IP address and cli ck “OK” button. 7.2 V iewer connect Pr ess bott om, you can see the login box. Enter the correct pas sword and cl ick ok to login DVR. < C o n n e c t s u c c e s s > < C o n n e c t f a i l >[...]

40 7.3 Live play Click play button to s ee liv e pi cture, 7.4 Play back After cl icki ng “Playbac k” tab, net search windo w wil l display . Fi rst, you hav e to selec t the HDD of the DVR. Click the “Get record li s t” or “Get e v ent li s t”, if t he DVR has record list, you c an see the windo w below: Double cl ick the record list; [...]

41 7.5 Scandisk Connect the HDD that used in t he DVR to a PC and t hen select Sc andisk, Sc and i sk window w il l displ a y , cl ick and s elect one HDD, then you can play all the v ideo on the HDD. <Sc andisk Menu> 7.6 File Play Press “F ilePl ay” butt on, you can see the bel ow pict ure, pres s the “open” b utt on play t he vi deo[...]

42 7.7 Sav e to A VI T o recor d the v ideo to your P C’ s HDD wi th “. a v i” f il e s ystem , just c lick" A VI" button, and the f o ll ow i ng window will pop-up Here, select t he record channel and cli ck "+" icon to define the fil e nam e and sa v e p ath and click "ok" to s t art the A VI s a v e . Re-press[...]

43 7.8 Save to DVR T o recor d the v i deo s t rea m t o your PC’ s HDD , just click" DVR" button and the v ideo stream will be sav ed in the di rectory that y ou set (t he de f au lt directory i s c:DVR ) Note: to pl ay the file sav ed to DVR, just click "Fil ePlay" tab t o open it. 7.9 P T Z C ontrol T o cont rol the s pee[...]

44 8. M ain s tandar d & p ar amet er c har t Item S p ecif icati on Com press ed pi cture M- JPEG Video sig nal NTSC/P AL Video inp ut Conp osite:1.0Vp -p /75 Ω ,BNC × 1 6 Video outp ut Conp osite:1.0Vp -p /75 Ω ,BNC × 2 S- VIDEO Audio i nput - 8Db 22K Ω ,RCA connect or × 4 Audio ou tput -8Db 3K Ω ,RCA connect or × 2 Alarm input 16[...]

45 9. T r ouble s hoot in g gu ide Q . What kind o f camera should I buy for thi s DVR? A . Any BNC or RCA interf ace indoor/ out door/inf rared cam era will work with t he DVR. It doesn’t m atter whether i t ’s a color or b lack/whit e camera. Howev er, web cam eras that requi re a USB i nt erface are not com patible wit h the DVR. Q . What ki[...]

46 Q. W hy cann ot I a cce s s T im e /Date S e t, HDD For m a t Se t, Re cord Se t men u? A. Pl ease stop record or pl ay bef ore you access these m enu. Q. W hy cannot I access Networ k Set m enu? A. Pl eas e stop the connec ti on o f t he PC V iew soft from Int ernet be f ore you acc ess Netw ork Set m enu. Q. I press record butt on, but the DV [...]

47 Q . How do I change t he O n Screen Display (OS D) language on t he DVR? A . Y ou c an change t he OSD l anguage f rom the def au lt English t o German, Frenc h, Itali an, Polish, or S panish by f ollowing t he steps below . T o change the O SD l anguage, enter t he m enu system by pressing t he MENU but t on on the f ront o f t he DVR and cor r[...]

48 1 1. I nterne t Vie w/Pl ayba ck C onfi gurati ons 1 1.1 About Networ ks Users wil l generall y us e the f ollowing net w ork t ypes and hardw are: 1): Local Area Net work (LA N): An int ernal net work usu al l y operated v ia a hub, a swit ch, or a r out er and will usuall y oper ate withi n an office or househol d v ia w irel ess or Et hernet [...]

49 3): I n case you connect t o Internet by pr o x y s erv e r , users should ut il ize port m app i ng software and open ports 5000, 5001, and 5002 f or the surv e illance computer. 4): In c ase users co nnect to I nternet by router , then users shoul d add t he IP addre ss of the surv eillance c o m pu t er and open t he abo v e m en ti oned port[...]

50 As ADSL and CABLE M ODEM network user s usuall y us e dynam ic I P addres s, s o o nce the MO DEM restarts, t he IP address e s wil l change. F or thi s s i tuati on , users shoul d apply f or DNS servi ces. T o use the Swann DVRs with remot e viewing cap abili ties you m ay ha v e to “open“ ports on your W indow s® F irewall, your S o ft w[...]

51 Q-SE E Produ ct W arrant y Thank you for c hoos ing our produc ts. All of our products users have a con dition al free warranty repa ir service for hardw are within 12 months start ing from purc hase date, and a f ree ex change serv ice w ithi n one m onth (valid for m anufacturing defects). Perm anent upg rading serv ice is provided for th e so[...]

52 Cu stomer In formation Car d User’ s Name Mr ./ Mrs . Co mpa ny Name Postal A ddress Post al code Ph one Nu mber E-mail M odel Num ber of Pr oduct Seri al Nu mber of Pr oduct Pu rchase Date Dist rib uto r Th e m at eri al i n t hi s d ocum ent is t h e in t ell ec t ual pr o per ty of o ur c ompa n y . No part o f this manual may be reproduced[...]