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QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Re corder User Manu al i QSTD5304 DVR User Manual For H.264-4-channel Di gital V ideo Recorder All rights reserved Rev 1 0220 8[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Re corder User Manu al ii CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 4 1.1 DVR Introduction.......................................................................................... 4 1.2 Main Features an d Functions......................................[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual iii CHAPTER 5 Operation with Mouse ............................................................... 48 5.1 Switch Channel .......................................................................................... 48 5.2 Enter Menu List .....................................................................[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 4 CH A P TE R 1 Introductio n 1.1 DVR Introduction This DVR uses Du al S tream tech nology , and standard H.264 algorithm, combined with a fashionable outline design and the latest advanced video comp ression format, with a main processo r that can process recorded video and internet transmission sim ul[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 5 PTZ CONTROL • Supports various PTZ protocols • Supports 16 PTZ presets • Supports remote PTZ cont rol COMMUNICA TIO N PORT FOR PTZ CAMERAS • RS 485 commu nication port NETWORK • Supports TCP/IP protocol • Supports remote DVR configuratio n • Supports static IP , dynamic IP (DHCP) and PPP[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 6 CH A P TE R 2 Panel Func tion s Warning : Please power off the DVR before yo u connect othe r devices to it. 2.1 Check A cces sories W hen you receive the unit please check the access ories and make sure you have all o f the part s. Normally , accessories will include one mouse, a power cable, m anual[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 7 Items Names Functions 1 RECORD Record manua lly 2 /SEARCH 1. Suspend 2. Enter search m ode in live view 3 +/REW 1. Increase the val ue in setup mode 2. Rewind 4 /FF 1. Decrease th e value in setup mode 2. Fast forward 5 ESC/STOP 1. Exit the cu rrent interface or status 2. Quit playback mode 6 MENU Ent[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 8 2.3 Rear Panel Layout subjec t to change, may be slightly different from your model. The rear panel sketch and interfac e buttons are shown as Fig 2.2 Fig 2.2 Back Pane l Items Names Functions 1 ALARM IN Connect to external sensor 1-4 2 ALARM OUT Relay ou tput. Connect t o ex t ernal alarm. 3 GND Grou[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 9 2.4 Remote Control Introduc tion 2.4.1 Using Rem ote Control Notice : Please note that Remote Contr ol is not a standard part of t his DVR. Yo ur package mig ht not includ e it. T o setup Remote Control: 1. Open th e battery cover of Remote Control. 2. Put in two AAA batte ries with poles aligned corr[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 10 The fun ctions of the buttons on the Re mote Control a re descri bed in the table below: Items Names Functions 1 Power Button Start shutdown to s top firmware running. Do i t before powering off. 2 INFO Button Get information about the DVR like firmware version, HDD inf ormation 3 REC Button To recor[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 1 1 CH A P TE R 3 Basic Oper ation Guide 3.1 How to St ar t DVR Notice : Before pow ering on the unit , please m ake sur e the pow er input matches the local power voltag e. T o start the DVR: STEP1 Connect the DVR to AC adaptor an d plug in. STEP2 T urn o n the DVR. STEP3 Wait for the DVR to initialize[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 12 The structure of t he main menu is shown in F ig 3.3. MENU LIVE CON FIG RECORD CON FIG ALARM C ONFIG PTZ CON FIG BASIC C ONFIG USER CONFI G NETWORK MANAGE R TOOLS MOTION A LA RM SENSOR ALA RM OTHER A LARM BASIC CONF I G IP CONFIG DDNS CONF I G DISK MAN AGEMENT SYSTEM LOG SYSTEM I NFO UPDATE FI RMWARE[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 13 2. TIME POSITION This item is fo r setting up the position of the time on t he display . There are three options : • TOP: T ime is displayed on top of the screen. • BOTTOM : T im e is displ ayed at the bottom of the sc reen. • NO: T ime is not displayed on the scr een 3. Langu age There are lan[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 14 3.2.2 Live Configuratio n Live Configuratio n menu is shown in Fig. 3.6 . Fig 3.6 Live Con figuration 1. CHANNEL STEP1 Move the cu rsor to the item. STEP2 Press " Enter " k ey to select the channel 2. CHANNEL NAME User can set the cha nnel name with letters from ‘a’ to ‘z’ or nu mbe[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 15 3.2.3 Record Con figuration Record Configura tion menu is shown in Fig. 3.7 . 1. VIDEO RESOLUTION This unit suppo rts CIF format. Resolutions of d ifferent video formats are: P AL: 352*288(CIF); NTSC: 352*24 0(CIF) 2. RECYCLE Checking the " RECYCLE " option means once the hard drive is fill[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 16 8. SCHEDULE RECORD Schedule Record Setup is shown as Fig. 3.8. Fig 3.8 Schedul e Setup STEP1 Move the cu rsor to " SCHEDULE RECORD " option STEP2 Check " SCHEDULE RECORD ", and th e “Setup” window will pop up. STEP3 Press " Setup " t o enter the Schedule Setup men u.[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 17 3.2.4 Alarm Configuration Alarm Setup menu is shown as Fig. 3.9. MOTION ALARM If you select Motion Alarm in Alarm Configuration the submenu shown as Fig. 3.10 will be dis played. 1. HOLD TIME This sets th e continued recording time after an a larm is triggered. There are two optio ns: 1 m inute and 2[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 18 5. TO REC If selecting " TO REC ", DVR will record when motion is detected. If not, DVR will not record when motion is detected . 6. ALARM OUT There are two op tions: ALARMOUT1 and BUZZER. • W hen ALARMOUT1 is selected an d an alarm is triggered, the DVR will give send sig nal to the alar[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 19 Notice : If continuous recor ding mode, manual record and alarm re cord are activa ted at the same time. The ala rm event s can be found i n Search by Ev ent” , please refer to the ‘3.3.2 Search’ fu nction in ‘3 Search by Even t ’. 9. COPY T O Use this option to copy the settings of this ch[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 20 For example, if you select the sensor nam ed SENSOR1 and the trigger records named CAM1 and CAM2, it will reco rd on channel 1 and channe l 2 when the SENSOR1 i s triggered. 6. ALARM OUT There are two op tions: ALARMOUT1 and BUZZER. • W hen ALARMOUT1 is selected an d the sensor is triggered, DVR wi[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 21 1. CHANNEL Set the channel con necting to the S p eed Dome. 2. BAUDRA TE There are fi ve options for baud rate: 120 0, 2400, 4800, 9600, and 19200. 3. PROTOCOL Choose PTZ protoco l. Currently the DVR supports PELCO_D, PELCO_P , MINKING , NEON, ST AR, VI DO, DSCP , VI SCA and LILIN. 4. ADDR Set PTZ ad[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 22 3.2.6 User Configurat ion User Configu ration is shown as Fig 3.16. The default use rname is Admin. Administrator can add users, set users’ authorization and delete users. 1. AUTHORIZA TION CHECK If you p ut a checkm ark i n " A UTHORIZA T ION CHECK ", all users need to input the password[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 23 4. AUTHORIZA TION STEP1 Move the cu rsor to " User " option, then p ress " Enter " key to switch to the user whose authorization you want to mo dify . STEP2 Move the cu rsor to " SETUP " button on the screen . STEP3 Press " Enter " k ey , Authority Setup menu ([...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 24 1. NET SER VER If you s elect the check b ox and s et the p ort number of the se rver , you will enable the NET SERVER. 2. NET VIDEO QUALITY This refers to the picture quality in remote surveillance. T here are t hree options: low , medium and high. The higher of the quality va lue, the clearer the i[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 25 STEP1 Input IP Address, Subnet Mask a nd Gateway STEP2 Press " OK " butto n to modify the IP Configuration menu. If you select DHCP , the IP address will be automatically assigned by the router . After selecting DHCP , you need to wait a bout 30 seconds. The automatically assi gned IP will [...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 26 SHUTDOWN SYSTEM This option is us ed to shut down the system. STEP1 Enter the SHUTDOW N submenu. The following words will be shown: ‘ Are you s ure to shut do wn DVR system?’. STEP2 Press " Enter " k ey to confirm the operation. DISK MANAGER Disk Manage r submenu is shown as Fig. 3.2 8.[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 27 1. LOCAL, NET , AND OTHER Check the co rresponding items of local operation, ne twork client operation and other oper ation first. (Note: VLOSS is video loss) 2. TIME Select start time and end time of th e log file you want to view . Press " OK " butto n to view the event log; Press " [...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 28 S teps are desc ribed below: STEP1 Make sure the f irmware update is on the USB flash d rive. STEP2 Enter the menu after word-‘USB’ is displayed on the live mode. STEP3 Move the cu rsor to " UPDA TE " b utton. STEP4 Press " Enter " k ey to start updating. STEP5 After the progr[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 29 3.3 Shortcut Menu 3.3.1 PTZ Fig 3.35 PTZ Mod e PTZ mode is sho wn as Fig. 3.35. T o switch the channel to which the video output of the Spe ed Dome connec ts you press " PTZ " button to enter the PTZ mode. In the live vie w of PTZ mode the default channel is channel 1, you can use mouse to [...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 30 F ig 3.36 Dat a Menu PLA YBACK 1. Select the Date STEP1 In Playback menu, move the cursor to Calen dar STEP2 Press " Enter " k ey to enter the Calendar submenu . Calendar submen u is shown as Fig. 3.37. Notice : You can search for records by time search or event search. The times displayed [...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 31 Fig 3.38 Playb ack 3. Search by Event S teps for searchin g by event are below: STEP1 In Playback su bmenu, select the camera and date. The dates having recorded events are highlighted in red. STEP2 Move the cu rsor to event option. The Event sea rch types are: MOTION and SENSOR STEP3 Press the "[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 32 Fig 3.39 Backup (1) BACKUP MEDIA Backup media re fers to the device you a re copying the record to. There are five options: DVD-R, DVD-R W, DVD+R, DVD+R W and USB disk. They connect with DVR through USB interface. (2) BACKUP FILE It denotes the format of backup files. This system supports A VI and DA[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 33 STEP2 Press " ST ART " button, and b ackup will start. The progress of backup will be displayed on the screen. If stopping recording at backu p, its speed w ill be f aster . STEP3 W hen the backup is over , the system will pop up a di alog b ox saying ‘BACKUP COMPLETEL Y’. 2. VIEW BACKU[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 34 LOCK/UNLOCK Lock submenu is shown as Fig. 3.43. Its function is to lock or unlock the record. Fig 3.43 LOCK/UNL OCK Use " Enter " k ey to change the s tate. If a record even t is locked, it c an no t be deleted or co vered. 3.3.3 Informati on Press " INFO " button, and the in form[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 35 CH A P TE R 4 Remote Sur veill ance 4.1 Accessing DVR The system suppo rts remote surveillance through a network or Internet. This DVR suppor ts five users logging in at the same time . First the DVR nee ds to be connected with a router so that it can be accessed over the network o r Internet. As for[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 36 4.1.2 Accessing DVR Over the Internet W hen accessing the DVR over the Internet, in addition to the above s teps, you would th en need to f orward port 80 o n the router t he DVR is a ttached to, to the IP address of the DVR. Y ou can ge t instructions on how to do th is for m ost popular routers by [...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 37 Fig 4.1.3 4.2 Main Interface The function but tons of the remote surveillanc e display are shown in Fig. 4.4. Fig 4.4 Main Interf ace 4.2.1 Login The operation of the network client is the same as the DVR. Default username is ‘Admi n’ a nd password ‘123456’. STEP1 Click button to input use rn[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 38 4.2.4 Record STEP1 Click " DVR Rec ord " button. STEP2 Select " St art Record " in drop down lis t to record. STEP3 Select " Stop Record " in drop down lis t to stop recording. 4.2.5 Camera A u dio (for came ras that have micropho nes) There are two op tions: close camer[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 39 Meanings of the function buttons in Remote Playback window are shown below: 1. : Play /Pause. 2. : S top . 3. : Next frame. This button will be valid when playback is paused. 4. Y ou can adjust the speed for playing record in the area shown as Fig 4.6 S peed . Fig 4.6 Playing Speed Fig 4.7 Dat a Prev[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 40 4.3.2 Other Functions BACKUP Click but ton to enter the Backup window sho wn as Fig 4.8 Backup. Fig 4.8 Backup There are two me thods of backup: by time and by even t. 1. TIME BACKUP STEP1 Select time and record type. STEP2 Select came ra. STEP3 Press " Browse… " button to select the fold[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 41 1. Choos e event and press " >> " butt on to go to backup list, Click " >>>> " to cho ose all events. 2. Choos e event list and press" < < " button to clea r selected event; click " <<<< " button to clear a ll events. STEP7 C[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 42 4.4 Remote DVR Configura tion Click but ton in Main Interface to enter the DVR Co nfiguration interface shown as Fig 4.1 2 Remote DVR Configuration. Fig 4.12 Remot e DVR Configu r ation Definitions o f buttons in Fig 4.12 are below: System Config uration Live configurati on Record Co nfiguration Alar[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 43 Fig 4.13 Basic Configuration 1. Video Format Select video forma t in the drop down list. There are two video formats: P AL and NTSC. 2. T ime Position Select time positi on on the DVR display in the drop down list. 3. DVR Name Change the name of the DVR. 4. DVR No. Give a number to DVR, this can be u[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 44 LIVE CONFIGURA T ION 1. Channel Select the option in the drop down list to c hange the channel of the came ra. 2. Channel Hid e Select the check b ox to hide the picture in the live display mode. 3. Show Name Select the check b ox to hide the name o f DVR channel in the live d isplay mode. 4. Channel[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 45 1. Parameter Se tting This setting is the same as ‘3.2.3 Record Configuration’ o f th e DVR. If you change it on Network Client, the DVR will change along with it. 2. Schedule Record The default value o f Schedule Record is not active. STEP1 Click the check box of th e Schedu le Record, and it wi[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 46 DISK MANAGEMENT Displays the in formation of the hard disk. FIRMW ARE UPDA TE DVR firmware ca n be updated remotely th rough Network Client software. STEP1 Select the path to the updating file . STEP2 Click " St a rt " butto n, the updatin g p rogress b ar will appear . The Update dialog bo[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 47 1. Channel Select the channel used by the PTZ camera. 2. Baud Rate Select the Bau d Rate of the PTZ camera. The default value is 9600. 3. Protocol The communic ation protocol of PTZ came ra. 4. Address The communic ation address of PTZ came ra, also known as device ID Notice : Baud rate and pro tocol[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 48 CH A P TE R 5 Operatio n w ith a Mouse 5.1 Switchi ng Display Channels can be selected and altered using a Mouse. If the display is in multi-screen m ode, clicking on a picture it will switch it to full screen; and if in full screen, clicki ng on an image it will change it to multi-screen mode. 5.2 E[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 49 FOCUS Click " FOCUS+ " button to focus the S peed Dome further away . Cl ick " FOCUS- " button to focus th e S peed Dome closer . ZOOM Click " ZOOM+ " a nd " ZOOM- " buttons to control th e S peed Dome zooming in and zooming ou t. IRIS Click " IRIS+ "[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 50 CH A P TE R 6 Mobile S ur veillance This DVR suppor ts mobile surveillance by smart phones and PDAs with W inCE or Symbian operating systems that are on 3G netw o rks. Among them, Dopod D600 (W M 5) and Dopod S1( W M6) have been tested and fully certified that they worked well with the DVR. Y ou need[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 51 STEP4 Click “Y es” t o download and install. STEP5 PCam will be op ened after inst alled. STEP6 Input the server ’s add ress, ID, and password respectively in the columns of “Server”, “User”, and “Password”. Then click “Go” to login to the DVR. It will show the p icture if acces[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 52 STEP7 Camera 1 is the d efault display after login. Change the camera in the drop down men u of “Channel”. Notice : User name and password here are the same as t hat used on the DVR. The defaults are user name “ admin” and password “1 23456” . 6.2 By Smart Phone w ith Symbian Operating S [...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 53 STEP4 The s ecurity wind ow will po p up after downloaded and ask if you want to install the package. Click YES to install. STEP5 A Scam s hortcut icon appears on the sys tem menu after finished. STEP6 Run Scam p rogram.[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 54 STEP7 Click Options --->Settings to enter login interface. STEP8 Input the s erver ’s a ddress, ID and password re spectively . Then click OK to l ogin to the DVR. (s ee 4.1.2 Accessing the DVR over the Internet) STEP9 It will show the cam era after accessing successfully . Notice : U ser name a[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 55 CH A P TE R 7 Freque ntl y Asked Questions Q1. Why is the DVR not st arting af ter connectin g the power? a. The adapter has been damage d. Please change the adapter b. The adapter is not producing enough power . Please rem ove the HDD to see if the DVR will s tart without it. If it does then replace[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 56 Q6. Mouse does n o t work, w hat could be wron g? a. Wait for 5 seconds after mouse connected then try . b. Not being iden tified. Plug/unplug sever al times. c. The mouse is incompatible. Please try a different mouse. Q7. Why can’t my system downl oad A ctiveX controls? a. IE browser blocks Active[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 57 Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX con trols and plug-ins” Then click OK to finish setup. b. Other plug-ins , fi rewalls, or a nti-virus programs ma y b lock ActiveX. Please uninstall or close them. Notice : When the Networ k Client is running on VIST A operation system, you also need set [...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 58 Appendix A S t a ndards & Specifications Model 4 Channel VIDEO Input Level 4 BNC 1.0V p-p±10%.75Ohm Video Standa rd NTSC / PAL Video Outpu t 2 BNC 1.0V p-p±10%.75Ohm 1 S-Video Screen Split Co ntrol 1, 4Screen NTSC 720x480 Resolution PAL 720x576 NTSC 120FPS Display Speed PAL 100FPS AUDIO Compres[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 59 Appendix B Record Cap acity The follo wing table shows the reco rd capacity of gross fou r channels recorded in o ne hour . P AL NTSC Picture Quality Resolution( CIF) T otal frame rate Capabili ty (M/hour) Resolution T otal frame rate Capabili ty (G/hour) Highest 352*288 100F/S 908M 352*240 120F/S 91[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 60 Q-SEE Pr oduct Warranty Thank you for choos ing our pr oducts. All of our prod ucts have a c onditiona l free warr ant y repair service for hardware within 12 months starting from purchas e date, and a free exchange s ervice within on e month ( valid for m anufac turing defec ts). Perm anent upgradin[...]

QSTD5304 Digi tal Vi deo Recorder User Manual 61 Customer Information Card User ’s Name Company Address Postal code Phone Num ber E-mail Model Numbe r Serial Number Purchase Date Distributor[...]