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    U s e r M a n u a l 4CH H.264 Multiplex DVR[...]

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    I Th i s sy mb ol is int en de d to al e rt the use r t o th e pr es en ce of unp ro te c te d “ Dan ge ro u s vo lt ag e" wi th i n th e pr od u ct 's e n clo su re t ha t ma y b e st ro ng e no u gh to cau s e a ri s k of e le ct ri c sh o ck. This symbol is intended t o alert th e user to the presence of i mpo r ta nt o pe ra ti n g [...]

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    II A ll t he safety and operating instructions must be read before the unit is operated. • Make sure to switch the power of f before you install the D VR. • There is the dang er of an electric shock if the D VR is open ed by an unq ualified service engineer or inst aller. • Avoid using the DVR ou tside o f t he reference tem perature and humi[...]

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    III T A BLE OF CONTENT S Chapter 1 FE A TURES ......................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 MAIN M ENU OPERA TION .................................................................................. 2 2.1 Quick Setup ...............................................................[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 FEAT URES  T wo USB ports ( for mouse u sage and backup) .  Dual streaming enhances the speed of network transmission  Built-in VGA output up to 1024x768 resolution  Individual setup of resolution, frame rate and video quality for each channel  S till image snapshot  A VI converter with time stamp  H.264 compression[...]

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    2 Chapter 2 MAIN MEN U OPERATION 2.1 Quick Setup Graphic Icons Restin g the cursor on t his icon will bring up the f our (Main Menu/ S earch/ Backup/ PT Z) menu icons. MAIN MENU. SEARCH SET UP . BACKUP . PTZ CONT ROL. Turn On/Of f recording. PLA YB ACK Resting the curs or on this icon will bring up f ive (P AUS E/ PIP/ ZOOM/ AUTO SEQ/ LOCK) disp la[...]

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    3 GUI Hint s and Tip s Recording is on Number represents the current se lected LIVE aud io channel Live Audio is off Motion detect ed on the channe l Sensor trigger ed on the channe l Video loss detected on th e channel USB device det ected DVR has been co nnected onto t he Internet. AUTO-SEQ is on FREZZE is on, s creen is frozen LOCK is on PTZ con[...]

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    4 2.2 Netwo rk Re mote Instruc tions Same user and DVR-site inter face, the only d if ference is network toolbar which is situated on the lower bottom right. Icon Description / Low V ideo Qu ality (LQ) High V id eo Quality (HQ) * Please refet to 4 .7.2 HTTP setu p / Full S cree n Record Capture Image Record and captured files storage path settings [...]

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    5 2.3 Playback Mode Playback – Quick Function Icon Press 「 / 」 button to F ast Rewind S peed : 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 3 2x, 64x Press 「 / 」 button to F ast Forward S peed : 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 3 2x, 64x / Press 「 PL A Y 」 / 「 」 button to Pla y/ Pause Pla yback 「 / SLOW 」 s low playback S peed : 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x, 1/ 16x 「 / 」 stop p[...]

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    6 2.4 PTZ Mode PTZ – Remote Controller Control / SLOW Move PT Z up. / Move PT Z down. / Move PT Z to the left. / Move PT Z to the right. ZOOM + PTZ zoom -in. ZOOM - PTZ zoom -out. FOCUS + PTZ f ocus-in. FOCUS - PTZ f ocus-out. IRIS + PTZ iris-open. IRIS - PTZ iris-c lose. TOUR Activate PTZ pre-set tour . * PRESET + NUM BER T o save a preset locat[...]

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    7 Same as [PIP]. Set curre nt PTZ location as the s tarting point of the line-scan. Same as [FREEZ E]. Activat e line-scan. Same as [ZOOM]. S et current PTZ location as the e nding po int of the line-scan. T o move PTZ in 360° PTZ zoom in or PTZ zoom out. PTZ f ocus in or PTZ foc us out. PTZ IRIS open or PTZ IRIS closes . Below functions ne eds su[...]

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    8 Chapter 3 INST ALLATION 3.1 System Confi guration[...]

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    9 3.2 Hard Disk Inst allation S tep 1: Remove the 3 screws from DVR as cycled below (PIC 1). (PIC 1) S tep 2: Remove the front cover from DVR as indicated by the arrow (PIC 2). ( P I C 2 )[...]

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    10 S t ep 3: P l a c e t h e H D D o n t he H D D p l at e a n d c on ne ct t he po w er a nd t he SA T A c ab l es ( P IC 3) . ( P I C 3 ) Step 4: Screw the bottom of the DVR as indicated as cycled (PIC 4 ). (PIC 4)[...]

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    11 Chapter 4 BASIC OPERATION and MENU SETUP 4.1 Main Menu Setu p To enter the main menu and setup the DVR, ple ase log-in account and e nter user password. The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please refer to “Account Setup” for related setup of other lo g -in users. Main Menu – Mouse Control (Right mouse click to enter [...]

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    12 M ai n M en u – R em ot e Co nt ro l le r a nd F ro nt P an n el C on tr ol ( C l i c k ME NU b u tt o n t o en t er Q ui ck S et up M en u ) Switch to different options under one item Switch to different item s MENU MENU MENU MENU Press to confirm setup (OK) ES ES ES ES C C C C Press to cance l setup (CANCEL) ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER Enter the[...]

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    13 Item Description HDD FULL Select STOP to stop r ecording or OVERWR ITE to reuse th e HDD when HDD is full. [Stop] ： S top Rec ording [Overw rite] ： S tart to o verwrite b eginning from the oldest data of HDD, and continue to record. OSD Position X Set time s ta mp of OSD position X OSD Position Y Set time s ta mp of OSD position Y OSD Positi[...]

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    14 4.3 Event Setup Item Description Motion Setup Enter to set up m otion dete ction Sensor Setu p Enter to set up se nsor dete ction 4.3.1 Motion Setup[...]

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    15 Item Description Alarm Duration( Seconds) Alarm duration t ime (1~60 s econds). Motion Popup Check the box to Enabl e/ Disable popup sc reen functio n for all channels. W hen m otion is det ected in LIVE m ode, the detected c hannel im age will popup in full s creen displa y . Enable Check the box to Enable/ D isable motion detec tion for eac h [...]

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    16 4.3.2 Sensor Setup Item Description Alarm Duration( Seconds) Alarm duration t ime (1~60 s econds). Sensor Popup Check the box t o Enable/Dis able popup s creen functio n for all cha nnels. W hen Sensor is detec ted in LIVE mode, the d etected channel im age will pop up in ful l screen displa y . Sensor Polarit y Click or pres s ▼ to select bet[...]

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    17 4.4 Schedule Setup Ap ar t fro m ma nua l r ec ord ing , y ou ca n als o set up the r eco rdi ng ti me b y w eek s and sc he du le re cor di ngs in clu de: no r ma l, m ot io n de te ct io n, a nd se nso r det ec ti on . Item D escri ption Page Click or pres s ▼ to select Page. Each page provides 10 sched ules for setup. 5 pages in total. Holi[...]

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    18 Item D escri ption Enable Sched ule Record Enables schedule recording according to the tim e schedule (sho wn below). Enable Sched ule Motio n Detect Enables schedule m otion detection recording according to t he time sc hedule (shown belo w). Enable Sched ule Sensor T rigger Enables schedule sensor trigger recording according to the time s ched[...]

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    19 Item Description Mask Check the box to Enable/ D isable mask function for LIVE m ode Sharpness Drag the white bar or pres s ◀ ▶ to adjust Sharpnes s of your cam era from value 0 to 15. The def ault value is 1. Brightness Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjus t Brightness of your camera from value 0 to 25 5. The default value is 12 8. [...]

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    20 4.6.1 Permission Setup T h e Account Setup is set to provide individual user (m aximum of 4 users) role-based permissions, in cluding access to Setup menu , Network operation, PTZ fun ction, Playback, Utility , Backup and Mask on specific channels while playing back. 4.7 Netwo rk Se tup[...]

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    21 Item Description Connect t ype Setup mode f or network c onnection: ADSL 、 、 、 、 DHCP 、 L A N . HTTP Setup Enter to set up HT TP for rem ote access into DVR. DDNS Setup Enter to Enabl e/ Disable DDNS f unction and se t up. Mail Setup Enter to Enable/ Disable E mail notification and setup. 4.7.1 Networking Setup The DVR supports DHCP , [...]

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    22 4.7.1.2 L A N Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required. Item Description IP Address Enter IP address pro vided by ISP Subnet M ask Enter IP address of Sub net Mask provided by ISP Gatew ay Enter IP address of G ate way provided b y ISP DNS Enter DN S address provided b y ISP . (Not e: T he correct DN S address mus[...]

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    23 4.7.1.3 A DSL Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required. Item Description User Name Enter user name prov ided by ISP Passwo rd Enter password prov ided by ISP[...]

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    24 4.7.2 HTTP Setup Item Description Enable HTT P Ser ver Check to enable HTT P server . Users can r emotel y access into the DVR over the netw ork if the HTTP function is ac tivated. Port Enter a valid port va lue from 1 up to 65535. The default value is 80. Quality and Frame Rate Setup for Network T ransmission No. Check to activate the trans mis[...]

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    25 4.7.3 DDNS Setup Item Description Enable DDN S Check / Uncheck to Enable/ Disable DDN S function. DDNS Server Select the DDN S Server wante d. Host Name Enter the registered h ostnam e. User Name Enter user name. Passwo rd Enter password. 4.7.4 Mail Setup[...]

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    26 E-mail can be used as a form of notification when an event occurs (VLOS S, MO TION, and SENSOR). Item Description Enable E-mai l Notification Check the box to enable/di sable E-m ail Notification func tion. SMTP Server Enter to set up SMT P S erv er name. User Name Enter to set up User Nam e. Passwo rd Enter to set up Password. Sender E-mail Ent[...]

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    27 4.8 PTZ & RS-485 Setup The DVR allows users to control PTZ functions of you r camera. T o enable PTZ function, the 485 cable should be connected to the RS-485 port of DVR. Item Description Enable PTZ Click the box to E nable/Disabl e PTZ function for each c hannel. Protocol Set up the pr otocol of PTZ c am. PTZ ID Click or pres s ◀ ▶ to [...]

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    28 4.9 System Setup Item Description DVR Name The name of DVR will be shown whe n users login f rom rem ote access. DVR Location T he location of DVR will be sho wn when users logi n from remote access Language Click or press ▼ to select OSD l anguage. Auto-Seq Interv al ( Seconds) Click or pres s ◀ ▶ to s et up d uration tim e in sec onds f [...]

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    29 4.9.1 Display Setup Item Description Auto-Seq Interv al ( Seconds) Click or pres s ◀ ▶ to s et up d uration tim e in sec onds f or the interval between chann els under A uto-Seq m ode (1~999 seco nds). Show O SD T urn On / Off OSD displa y Show DVR Status Turn On / Off DVR il lustrati on and record status d isplay Show Dat e/Time Turn On / O[...]

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    30 4.9.2 Date/ Time Setup Item Description Hour Format 12HOURS/ 24HO URS Date Format MM-DD-YY/DD- MM-YY/YY -MM-DD Date/Time Position Choose the pos ition of Ti m e and Date d isplay Change Date & Time Setup tim e and date of DV R Time Zone Setup Set up GMT and Da ylight Saving T ime. Internet Time Setup Setup autom atic synchronization with int[...]

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    31 4.9.2.2 Time Zone Setu p In time zone setup, users can change the time zone and activate Daylight Saving T ime function according to your DVR locat ion. Item Description Select Time Zone Enter to m odif y GMT from GMT - 13 to GMT+ 1 3 Daylight Sav ing Time Turn On/ Off Day light Saving T ime 4.9.2.3 Internet Time Setup Synchronize your DVR time [...]

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    32 Item Description Automatic S ynchronizatio n Check to ena ble DVR aut omatic s y nchr onization fun ction. Select this option to enable the function, DVR will autom atically synchroni ze the time upon re booting or b y every 24 hours after b ooting. Update Now Date and Time show on D VR will imm ediately corres pond with those in internet ser ve[...]

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    33 Item Description Mouse Speed Adjus t the mous e moving speed Buzzer & Rela y S etup Key T one Enable/ Disabl e keystrok es. ALARM BUZZ ER Enable/ Disable buzzer o peration when the a larm is trigger ed for HDD error , sensor , m otion and vloss (Video Loss) . ALARM REL A Y Enable/ Disable the signal to be sent to the RELA Y OUT blocks when t[...]

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    34 4.10 Utility Setup Item Description HDD Initializat ion Select to e nter har d disk initialization menu. Please stop recording before entering this menu. Enter th e menu, s y stem will sho w all the data ( model/ volume) of HDD that is installed in the DVR. Check the HDD you’d like to init ialize, then press “S tart”. HDD initialization is[...]

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    35 4.1 1 Diagnostic Item Description V ersion The curr ent firmware version of DVR IP Address The connected IP ad dress of DVR. If disc onnected from netwo rk , the screen will disp lay” NETWO RK DISCONNECT ”. M A C A ddress MAC A ddress of DVR HDD V olum e The capacity of HDD HDD Used Rate Percentage of s pace used on HDD. HDD St atus Shows HD[...]

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    36 Chapter 5 S EARCH & BACKUP 5.1 Search Setup Item Description Event Search Press to enter e vent search m enu. Time Search Press to enter tim e search m enu. 5.1.1 Event Search[...]

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    37 The DVR automatically records ev ents with typ e, time and channel information i ncluded. If there is recording data fo r an ev ent, a yellow signal icon will be shown on the left side of time information. Rest your cursor under the line and press “ente r”, or lef t click your mouse to playback the recording data. Item Description Criteria S[...]

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    38 The amount of events ca n be numerous. Therefore, you can facilitate event sorting b y setting up “criteria”. Setu p “start time” and “end t ime” for e ach event search, then the search result w ill be limited to this specific period of ti me. Only ev ents and ch annels that are  checked will be sorted in event search as well. 5.1[...]

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    39 Click “date” to display recording time of that spe cific da te wi th time bar. Yo u can change time (hour/ minute/ second) or click on a sp ecific time of time bar by m ouse then press “ YES ”. DVR will playback the se lected recording data. 5.2 Backup Setup User ca n ba ck-up any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. T o d[...]

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    40 Chapter 6 S PECIFICATI ON I/O Video System NTSC / PAL s witch Video Input 4CH BNC Video Input Lev el 1.0 Vp-p Com posite, 75 Oh m Balanced Video Output 1CH BNC SPOT Out put 1CH BNC VG A Output 1024x768 Audio Input 1CH RCA Audio Input Lev el 0.5~1.4 Vp-p @ 20K Ohm Audio Output 1CH RCA Audio Backup YES Sensor 4 input / 1 output RS-485 Pan / Tilt /[...]

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    41 Post- Ala rm Recording 1-60 sec Motion Detection 22X18 (sensiti vity 0~10) PLAYBACK Search M ode Time, Event Playback Spe ed fast for ward/backward 2X/4 X/8X/16X/32X/64X slow forward/b ackward 1/2 X,1/4X,1/8X,1/16X play/pause Backup M ode USB flash driver / Network NETWO RK Netwo rk Compression H.264 Softw are YES Internet Explore r YES CMS YES [...]

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    42 Chapter 7 NETWORK SURVEILL ANCE 7.1 Remote Connectio n Step 1 ： Enter the IP address of the DVR in the IE browser . Provides two different w ays of DVR c onnection, one is the use the I nternet Explorer; the other to download and install the software to the P C. Step 2 : A window will pop -up. Please enter the user nam e and password. Default [...]

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    43 Step 3 : Y o u’ve logged into the DVR Internet Explorer Sof tw are A pplication[...]