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DSR-3716PA DSR-3709PA DSR-3706PA Digital Video Recorder Manual for Remote Operations using a Network Connection[...]
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English 1 T able of Contents Intr oduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 b Fea tures of Net work Ope ration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 b Operati ng Env ironment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Netwo rk Connecti on Pr ocedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 NETWORK SET Sett[...]
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2 English Intr oduction Connec t the com puter and d igital video re corder ( D VR) using a LAN. T he D VR can b e oper ated fr om the co mputer through the netwo r k. b Features of Netw ork Operation • It allo ws to remotely c ontrol the settin gs of the D VR, oper ating con ditions and monitorin g of li ve video as w ell as stand ard functions [...]
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English 3 Netw ork Connection Pr ocedure T o operate the D VR through a netwo rk, first setup the D VR and com puter and then p erf orm the predete rmined connec tion oper ations us ing the c omputer . 1 NETWORK SET Settings of D VR Select NETW ORK SET from the main men u of th e D VR and mak e the f ollowi ng settin gs to allow th e D VR to w or k[...]
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Netw ork Connection Procedure 4 English 3 Right clic k the settings of the LAN car d being used (E thernet adapt er) and the sele ct [Prope rtie s ] from the menu. The [Gen eral] tab of [Lo cal Area Connectio n Properties] will disp lay . 4 Select [Internet Pr otocol (TCP/IP)] fr om the list of [This connection uses the follo wing items]. Confirm t[...]
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Netw ork Connection Procedure English 5 3 Netw ork Operation Screen Dis pla y When the D VR and com puter se ttings are comp lete, start the W eb browse r on the compu ter . The bro wser should b e Internet Explorer V er . 5.5 SP2 o r higher . If the com puter a ccesses t he D VR f ollo wing the proce dure belo w , the sc reen wil l change to the n[...]
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Netw ork Connection Procedure 6 English b Netw ork Connection Restri ctions Connec tions are restricted dependin g on th e connec tions state of users a nd the content o f the network se ttings. If a D VR cannot be connected, co nfirm whether the connectio n f alls un der the f ollo wing restricti ons. There i s a limi t to the n umber of users who[...]
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English 7 Or ganization of th e Main Screen and Functions of Eac h P ar t The main screen will d ispla y when th e netw ork conne ction is completed. The main screen c onsists of three panels. The oper ation pan el is where y ou can perf orm basic oper ations, su ch as monitorin g liv e vi deo , recording, a nd pla ybac k. b Organizat ion of Mai n [...]
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Organization of the Main Screen and Functio ns of Each P ar t 8 English 1 Functions of Operation P anel and Operation A uthority Clic k a button o n the operat ion panel to perf orm operat ion through the ne twork from the com puter . • The or ganization of the buttons on the operation panel dif fer s depen ding on the D VR model . • The bu tto[...]
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Organization of the Main Screen and Functio ns of Each P ar t English 9 2 Operating mode displa y panel Inf or mation req uired f or network op erati on is dis pla yed in th is panel in response to t he displa y image. A For live video 1 Image cl assification "LIV E" is disp layed. 2 Date and time Current d ate and ti me are dis play ed. [...]
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10 English Vie w Live Video If yo u change to netw or k oper ation, liv e video wil l be au tomatica lly disp lay ed in the image displa y pane l of the main sc reen. Clic k in the operation pane l during pla y bac k or whe n another operation scre en is dis pla yed. 1 Change displa y pattern of live video (ID1/2 /3) The disp lay patte r n of live [...]
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View Live Video English 1 1 2 Set the displa y mode fo r images (ID1/2/3) Y ou ca n set th e displa y mode f or liv e video and play ed back images . Select a set ting v alue from the pull-down m enu of each ite m and clic k . 1 READ INTER V AL (Initial setting: 1) The disp lay spe ed for i mages c an be selected in five levels. The lar ger the nu [...]
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12 English Recor ding Monitored Images (User level: ID3) Y ou can rec ord images wh ile the y ar e being m onitored onto the hard disk of the D VR. There are f our methods to record, normal rec ording, timer-co ntrolle d recordi ng, al arm recording a nd pre-alarm recording . The stored im ages are recorde d on each recording area i n respons e to [...]
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English 1 3 Vie w Recorded Ima g es (User le vel: ID2/3) Y ou can free ly play back images recorded in the D VR. There is n o eff ect on the recording operatio n of the D VR ev en when pla ying bac k recordings . b Playbac k Recorde d Images 1 Cli ck (or ) in t he o pera ti on pan el. The imag e classificat ion in the operating mode dis pla y panel[...]
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14 English Sear ch Recor ded Ima ges (User le vel: ID2/3) Y ou can se arch and pla yback specific images from ima ge data recorded in each re cording area of the D VR. b Searc h Screen Selection 1 Click in the operation panel. The se arch menu sc reen disp lays. 2 Sele ct the se ar ch men u and c lic k. Change s to th e selecte d search scr een. 1 [...]
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Sear ch Recorded Images (User le vel: ID2/3) English 1 5 1 Click "3. TIME/DA TE SEARCH" in t he sea rch me nu. The TIME/D A TE SEARCH screen displa ys. 2 Specify channel . Y ou can sp ecify a channe l to na rrow t he search range. Sele ct " --" w hen a c han nel (cam era nu mber) is n ot specifi ed. 3 Specify the recor ding date[...]
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Sear ch Recorded Images (User le vel: ID2/3) 16 English 1 Click "5. MO TION DETECTION SEARCH" i n the search menu. The MO TION DETECTI ON SEARCH screen displa ys. 2 Specify a se arch area using "SEARCH FROM" . Sele ct th e re cordi ng a rea t arg eted for the sea rch . Selections: • ALARM (alarm recor ding area) • NORMAL (no[...]
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English 1 7 Saving Images (User le vel: ID2/3) This sof tware off ers three ima ge stor age methods . Select the stor age method ac cordin g to y our pur pose . • Savi ng live v ideo on the com puter • Cop ying recorded i mages to the D VR’ s archiv e area (Ref er to P18) • Down loading recorded images to the computer (R ef er to P19) A Sav[...]
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Saving Ima g es (User le vel: ID2/3) 18 English B Copying Recor ded Images to t he D VR’ s Ar chive Area Cop ying the image s that are recorde d in the normal recordi ng area and the a l arm recording a rea to the D VR's archi ve area If the [ O VERWR ITE] setting is set to "ON", the D VR will ov erwrite the pre viously record ed i[...]
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Saving Ima g es (User le vel: ID2/3) English 1 9 C Downloading Recor ded Images to the Computer Down loading D VR recorded i mages to the driv e of a netwo r ked c omputer . 1 Playback the images you want to d ownload and clic k the channel selection butt on. The full scre en is displ a ye d, y ou can start downloadi ng. 2 Click to fr eez e the ima[...]
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Saving Ima g es (User le vel: ID2/3) 20 English D Saving For m at f or Image Files The f or mat (structure) of files downlo aded to th e computer usin g the "SA VE T O PC" or "DO WNLOA D" oper ations i s as f ollo ws. The data i s sav ed in a 3 la yer st r ucture in t he specified destinat ion fo lder . • In the 1s t lay er a [...]
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English 2 1 Operating a Dome Camera (User le vel: ID2/3) When con necting a coax ial supe r imposed dome cam era , you can opera te the cam era by re mote control using the comp uter . T o do that, ch ange t he opera tion panel to the camera c ontrol pan el. 1 Display the liv e video an d click the channel select button. The full s creen is disp la[...]
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22 English Settin g up the Basic Menu Using Netwo rk Operations (User level: ID3) The D VR oper ating c ondition is usu a lly se t through the D VR. Howev er, the followi ng ba sic operat ion menu a llows you to s et th e D VR usi ng the comp ute r . b Initial settin g A CLOCK SET (Refer to P24) Setting the D VR’ s clock B SUMMER TIME SET/EXT . C[...]
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Setting up the Basic Menu U sing Network Operations (User level: ID3) English 2 3 1 Click in the operation panel. The MAIN MENU screen is displa yed. 2 Select the menu and clic k. The se lec ted menu s creen is di spl ay ed. If it is conn ected to the D VR for the fi rst time, v erify that the date a nd time on the D VR are set co rrectly us ing th[...]
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24 English Initial setting (User level: ID3) Setting the internal cl ock of the D VR. Set the da y/month/y ear/hour/mi nute using th e pull dow n menu. The da y is auto matical ly set accordi ng to th e date . Setting the autom atic sum mer time change and the adjust function of the cloc k of the connec ted D VR. 1 SUMMER TIME SE T (Initial setting[...]
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English 2 5 Recor ding settings (User level: ID3) The proportion of each recording area on the internal HDD is disp lay ed. Recording operatio ns will stop once the reco rdi ng ar ea is full . Howev er , rec ordi ng op erati ons can be resumed by cli cki ng the [A REA FULL RESET] b utton. 1 Recor ding area capacity displa y The capa city o f each r[...]
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Recording settings (User level: ID3) 26 English It allo ws you to set HDD r ecording area managem ent conditio ns such as o verwrite re cordin g, rema ining dis k warning le ve l, auto matic er ase fun ction, etc. 1 O VERW RITE (Initial setting: O N) Set tin g reco rdi ng c ond ition s to overwri te for th e nor m al and alarm recor ding areas . ON[...]
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Recording settings (User level: ID3) English 2 7 It allow s you to set the recordi ng conditions of the normal recording and time r-controlle d recordin g of the D VR. The quali ty of the image depends on " image qu ality x recording rate ". The hig her frequency rec ording r ate of the image , the higher t he qualit y of the image . How [...]
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Recording settings (User level: ID3) 28 English If mul tiple camer as are connected to th e D VR, the re cordin g rate of each c amera c an be set indi vidually . 4 recordin g setting s can be preset (P-1 - P-4). Pre-progr amed settings c an be used f or NORMAL REC MODE SET and TIM ER SET . 1 PROGRAM Spec ify a pr ogram numbe r a nd se t the re cor[...]
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Recording settings (User level: ID3) English 2 9 b Example of timer -contr olled recording Set the tim e r-control led record ing conditions based on the following exampl e. T o operate the timer recording c lic k in the ope rati on panel. The f ollowin g message is displa yed i n the operat ing mode displa y panel w hen time r controlled rec o rdi[...]
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Recording settings (User level: ID3) 30 English It allow s you to set the ala rm recording and the pre-alarm recording conditions . 1 ALARM RECORDING (Initial setting: OFF ) T o set the alarm record ing operati on mode . Selections: OFF: No ala r m recording . ENABLED: Enabl es alarm recording at an y giv en p oint in ti me regardless o f timer rec[...]
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Recording settings (User level: ID3) English 3 1 5 PRE-ALARM RECORDING Allow s y ou to set the pre-alarm recording operation mode . ON: Activ ates pre-alarm reco rding. OFF: Pre-alarm recordi ng is no t activ ated. A REC RA TE (Initial setti ng: 12.5 FPS) It allow s you to set the pre-a larm recording ra te. A vailab le settings: 25, 16.67, 12.5, 8[...]
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32 English General settings (User level: ID3) It allo ws you to select what is disp la yed on the m onitor tha t is conn ected to the D VR. It is not related to the ma in screen of the computer . 1 D A TE (Initial s etting: ON) T o displa y the current da te of the liv e video or the d ate of recording of the images b eing p la yed bac k. 2 TIME (I[...]
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General settin gs (User level: ID3) English 3 3 b Setting t he b uzzer using t he computer 1 Create a "BUZZER" folder in th e root directo ry of the C drive. 2 Store the buzz er audio file in . W A V format under "BUZZER.W A V" in the folder . Example: C:B UZZERBUZZE R .W A V The abo ve se ttings result i n the compute r activ[...]
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General settin gs (User level: ID3) 34 English The NETW ORK SET allo ws y ou to set the netw or k bef ore the D VR is connec ted to it. The menu on th is scree n enab les you t o change D VR setting s through the computer . 1 IP ADDRESS / SUBNET MASK / GA TEW A Y Input v alues betw een "0 - 255" 2 PORT Normally set to "80". 3 P [...]
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English 3 5 Screen settings and D VR inf ormation (User level: ID3) A grey pattern can be set on a specif ied channel used to watch live video or play back images to protect co nfidentiality and privacy . 1 MASK (Initial se tting: OFF) T o choose mask settin gs. Choosi ng "ON " allo ws y ou to set a g re y pattern on each of the ch annels[...]
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36 English D VR Vie wer2 "D VR View er2" is a pla yback Vie wer softw are. Use this s oftw are when pla ying audio da ta or images sa ved from the D VR on re cording media s uch as HDD , CompactFlas h, CD-R, et c. (The softw are is c ompatible with JPEG images and W A VE sound fil es. ) b Operating En viro nm ent Envi ronment to be us ed [...]
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DV R V i e w e r 2 English 3 7 b Structure of the Screen and the Function of eac h Section Runnin g the Vie wer softw are will resu lt in the i nitial sc reen of the Vie wer being d ispla yed. 1 Men u bar This is the basi c me nu o f th e V iewer s oftware. Cli ck each menu t o displa y the breakd own of eac h comma nd. 1 File men u Open: The [Ope [...]
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DV R V i e w e r 2 38 English b Opening Iimage Files The image fil es are not displ a y ed when the View er Softwa re is r un. Specify and op en the playba ck fil e through the proc edure below . 1 Click in the toolbar . Or , clic k "Open" in the fil e menu. The [Ope n] dialog is displa ye d. 2 Click . The [Bro wse for F older] di alog is[...]
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DV R V i e w e r 2 English 3 9 b Switching t he Displa y Patt ern of the Screen The ima ge displ ay patte rn can be sel ected from 4 p atterns: full scre en, quad s creen , 9 screen , 16 scre en usi ng the toolbar b utton. b Selecting the Channel Displ ayed on the Screen Right clic king the Vie wer screen will di spla y the con te xt menu . Clicki [...]
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DV R V i e w e r 2 40 English b Functions of the Vie wer Operat ing P anel The audio and image func tions of the View er screen can be oper ated. 1 Pl ay b a ck s l i d e b a r The time stamp (recording da te and time) of th e start and stop point of the pla ybac k file ar e displa yed at b oth ends of t he slide bar . Sliding th e slide bar kno b [...]
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DV R V i e w e r 2 English 4 1 b Saving and Print ing Images T o sav e or print the imag e currently bein g displa yed , s witch to " Full scr een displa y " and perf orm the f ollowing oper ations . Click in the toolbar or " Save" in the File menu. The sa ve dial og app ears. Specify t he destination f older and file and clic k[...]
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