Maxtor 4 CH Digital Multiplex Recorder manual

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    4 CH Digital Multiplex Recorder User Manual 773 V 0.9 Please read this instruc t ions thoroughly before operation and ke ep the manual in a safe place for further re f erence.[...]

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    T h e li g htnin g flash with arrowh e ad sy m bol, wit h in an eq u il a ter a l trian g le, is i n t e nded t o a l e rt the u s e r to t h e p r e se n ce o f un ins u l a t ed "dan ge ro u s v olta g e" wit h in the p rod uc t ' s en c losure th at m a y be o f suffi c ie n t m a g nitu d e to co nstit u te a ris k of e l ec tric[...]

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    2 What do yo u get What do yo u get ? ? • FE A TU RES -------- - --- - ----------- - ------- - ------- - ------- - ----------- - --- ---- - ------- - ------- - --- • P A C K A GE CON T EN T ----------- - ------- - ------- - ------- - ----------- - ------- - -------- ------- - -- Before Ope r ation Before Ope r ation • INS T A L L A T ION GUI [...]

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    FEAT U RES DVR Features l Wavelet c o m p ression fo r mat repla c es Ti me - Lapse V CR + Multiplexer / Q uad l 4 audio inputs / 2 audio outputs l On Sc r e e n Disp la y and R e m o t e Control v i a Video Se r v e r & PC l P icture-in-pic t u r e ( P I P ) in live l Motion detection & m oti o n trigger r e cording function l A l a r m i [...]

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    1. Connect c a mera s and monitor to the DVR. 2. Shown be l ow i s a n e x a mple of c onnecting th e DVR to y our ex i st ing Observat i on S y st e m. 3. I nstall H DD (The compatib l e HDD Brands are li s ted in th e fo ll owing t a bl e .) Please refer t o p a g e. 2 2 Ap p e n dix # 1 for installation instructi on s. *The HDD must be ins t all[...]

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    1. REMOVAB L E HDD CARTRIDGE & KE Y HOLE Please re f er t o p a g e . 22 A p p en dix # 1. 2. LED LIGHT T h e LED Li g ht is ON u n d er f ol l owing c o nditio n. • HDD : HDD s t atus display • HDD Full : HDD is full • ALARM : To turn o ff t h e ALARM LED l ight, pl e ase r e fer t o pa ge . 14 a nd s e t t he ALARM mod e as OFF. • TIM[...]

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    11. REC Press REC to start recording . 12. PLAY Press PLAY to playback rec o rd e d vide o . 13. PAUSE / Up • Paus e : U n d er DMR play mo d e, it c a n p aus e t h e action. • UP : U n d er se t u p mo d e, it works as Up b u tt o n. 14. STOP / Down • STOP : Un d er DMR R ecor d / Play mode, it c a n s t op t h e momen t acti o n. • DOWN [...]

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    7 1. P0WER Please use t h e provided po we r cord (T h e a d a p t or is em b e d d e d). 2. EXTERNAL I/O • C o ntrolled rem o tely by a n e x ter n al device or co n trol system li ke Video We b Server. • Alarm input, external I / O explan a tion. 3. VIDEO INPUT (1 -4) C o n nect to vid e o s o urce , suc h as camera. 4. MAIN C o n nect to Mai[...]

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    Co n nect t h e AC Power Cord a n d plug in t o an electrical outlet t he n press t h e po w er switch “ ON ” . Th e Re d LED indicator light will be ON a n d t he DMR is in Standby mo d e. 1. Press the Power b u tt o n. T h e POWER LED w i l l turn from r e d t o o range , a nd o t her re d LED indicators wi l l turn ON. It takes a pproximatel[...]

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    PLAY BACK Press “ P L AY ” butt o n, t h e DMR wi l l show t h e last re c ordi n g. 1. FAST FORWARD (F.F.) & FAST REW I ND (F.R.) Yo u ca n increas e t h e s p e e ds of Fast Forw a rd a n d R ewind on t h e DMR. In t h e Play mode , press ” ► ” onc e t o g et 2X spe e d f orward a n d press twice to g e t 4X sp e e d, … a n d t he[...]

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    There ar e 1 2 o ptions available in t he Mai n Me n u: TIMER ---------- Programs Specif i c Time to R ecord CAMERA ------- Camer a C h a n ne l Setup RECORD ------- Record M o de Se t up ALARM --------- Alarm Setup DWELL --------- Dwell time Setup PIP --------------- Picture in P i ctur e Setup MOTION -------- M o tion D e t ection Setup DISPL A Y[...]

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    ME NU OPTIO NS SYSTEM 11 1. AUDIO INPUT To c h oo s e o n e o f 4 c h a n nels t o rec o rd . ( It can only record 1 input ) 2. BUZZER Set t h e BUZZER “ ON ” , it wi l l buzzer by e v en t occurrence w h e n t he s e ttin g is ON. 6. HDD OVERWRI TE To se t t h e HD D OVE R WRITE. When t h e HDD is full u n der O /W recordi n g m o de , previou[...]

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    TIMER 1. DAY Select t he day , or days o f t he week (M on – Fri / Sat- Sun / Daily) tha t you wish t o sch e dule t h e DMR t o au t omatically record. NOTE : 1. Special D ate could be changed by “ + ” and “ - ” buttons . 2. If you have selec t ed t he speci f ic date and recording timer set f rom that speci f ic day to a ne w day, then [...]

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    13 3. RECORD (REC) Set u p which c h a n nel yo u w an t t o record. ON : w h e n alarm i n p u t is trig g er e d, DMR will record alarming c h an n el more f r e q u ently. For example : w h e n C H0 1 is triggere d , t he record me t h o d wi l l become 1 - 2-1 -3- 1-4 … . OFF : DMR will not record. 4. BRIGHTNESS (BR) H ave a vide o bri g ht a[...]

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    ALARM 1. ALARM ENABLE To s e t t he ALARM ENABLE. It wi l l be tri g gered by ev e nt occurr e nce w h e n t h e s e ttin g is ON. 2. ALARM DURATION Set t h e reactio n time which w a s de t ermine d by h ow l o ng t h e alarm mode resp o n d e d t o a buzzer. D e f a ult settin g is 10 sec. O ptions a re 1 0 SEC, 15 SEC, 20 SEC, 30 SEC, 1 MIN , 2 [...]

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    15 MOTION 1. SEN (Sensitivity) Sets t h e sensitivity of the Pixel-bas e d Moti o n D etecti o n f ea t ur e f rom 1 f o 70. 2. MD-N VM Sets t h e n umber o f targ e ts in which Motion must occur in order to tri g ger a n Alarm (from 1- 9 9 t ar g et ar e as). N ote : MD-NVM cannot be less than the number of targets set in the AREA. 3. RE Sets t h [...]

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    16 Figure 1-1 MO T ION DE T EC T ION SE T UP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 Figure 1-2 MO T ION DE T EC T ION SE TT ING — R O W SE T UP Figure 1-3 MO T ION DE T EC T ION T RIGGERED- T URN IN T O PURPLE Figure 1-4 B A CK T O M O T ION DE T EC T ION SE TT ING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1[...]

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    REMOTE 1. REMOTE MODE Set t h e remot e mo d e f or c o n n ection with c omp u ter via RS -2 3 2 or RS-4 8 5. (Please re f er t o p a g e. 2 3 f o r RS - 232 R emo t e C o ntrol). 2. BAUD RATE Set t h e remot e pro t ocol tr a nsmitting b a ud ra t e. Available o p tions are 1 1 5 2 00, 5 7 6 0 0, 1 9 2 0 0, 9 6 0 0 , 4 8 0 0, 3 6 00 , 2 4 0 0, 1 [...]

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    17 EVENT C1 VLOSS 26-DEC-2002 03: 0 0:00 C2 ALARM 26-DEC- 2 002 03:00 : 00 K UNLOCKS 26-DEC-2002 03:00 : 00 M-HD ERR 26-DEC- 2 002 03:00 : 00 M-HD W ARM 26-DEC- 2 002 03:00 : 00 P W R RES T 26- DEC- 2 002 03:00 : 00 PMA E R ROR 26-DEC-2002 03:0 0 :00 M- H D REPL 26-DEC-2002 03:00 : 00 ↑ + ↓ : CLEAN A single pa g e c a n display 1 6 recor d ed e[...]

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    ZOOM Press ZOOM butt o n t o enlarge t h e display o f main picture. I t dis pl a ys zoomed picture on main picture a n d a small w indow inser t e d . The ins e r t ed wi n dow c on t ains a movable 1/4 view size of t he a p poi n t e d cam e ra. Th e ra n ge is from 2X to 4X. • Press P I P : Zoom in • Press QUAD : Zoom o ut • Press the “ [...]

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    RS-232 REMOTE P RO TO C OL 20 KE Y L OCK For adv a nce d security, yo u ca n “ Lock ” the b ut t ons o n y o ur DMR. K ey - Lock prev e nts ot h er p e ople fr o m using t h e system. Press ENTER and MENU at t h e same time t o e n able Key L ock. Press ENTER and MENU at t h e same time a n d key in p asswor d ( D ef au lt : 0 0 00) , t h e n p[...]

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    SPE C IF I C A TI O NS 21 V i d e o f o r m at N T S C /E I A or PA L / CC IR H a rd d i s k s t o r a ge ID E ty pe , U D MA 66 , s u p por t ed 200 G B HDD R e c ord m o de M anua l / Al ar m / T i m er / M o ti on C a m e r a I npu t Si gn al Co m po s i t e v i deo s i g n a l 1 V p-p 75 Ω B N C , 4 c hanne ls C a m e r a L oop B a ck Co m po [...]

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    Fol l ow the steps c areful l y i n order to e nsure correct instal l ati on. Th e comp a rtme n t loca t ed o n t h e f ron t p a n el of t h e DMR is th e rem o vable Cartrid g e, in w hich you ins e rt t h e HDD . The v a rious parts of t h e Cartrid g e are l a bele d for y o ur referen c e. 2. 22 Remov e the Cartridge from the DMR Re m ove the[...]

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    APPE N D IX #2 – PI N C ONFI GU R A TI O NS 23 15 pin com port 9 pin com port • • • • D QR • • • • DVR DVR[...]

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    24 PIN 1. RS232 -TX : RS-232 DQR can be c o ntrolled remotely b y an external d evice or c o ntrol system, such as a c o ntrol keyb o ard , using RS- 2 3 2 serial communications sig n als. PIN 2. RS232 -RX : RS232 DQR can be c o ntrolled remotely b y an external d evice or c o ntrol system, such as a c o ntrol keyb o ard , using RS- 2 3 2 serial co[...]

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    26 The Record Time is different based on Record Speed and Record Qu ality. Please r efer to fo l lowing table. N T SC SYS T EM PAL SYS T EM Note: Abov e d a t a is o b tained fr o m a c tual te s t o f r e cording n o rma l TV p ro g ram. (For Referenc e Only) APPE N D IX #4 – RE COR D I N G SPEED 240 GB HDD T y pe 4800hr 1200hr 1250 hr 600hr 320[...]