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    USER MANUAL Speco T echnologies 200 New Highw ay Amityville, NY 1 1701 631-957-8700 DVR-4CF[...]

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    DVR-4CF 1 INDEX 1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................................................... ............ 2 2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................... ......................... 3 2.1 P RODUCT I NTRODUCTION ............................................................... ........................ 3 2.2 A P[...]

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    DVR-4CF 2 1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CAUTI ON RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN! C A U T I O N : TO REDU CE THE RISK OF EL ECTRICAL SHOCK , DO NOT OPEN COVERS (OR BACK). NO USER SERVI CEABLE PARTS INSI DE. REFER SERVICI NG TO QUALI FI ED SERVICE PERSONN EL. It is advised to read the Safety Precaution Guide through caref ully before operating the produ[...]

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    DVR-4CF 3 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Pr oduct Intr oduction W orld leading technology not only perfect for of fice safety , personnel home security , public environments, industry surveillance, school, and so on. Quick and simple installation, the best cho ice for your own ultimate protection. The sate-of-art 4-channel digital recording system, equipped w[...]

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    DVR-4CF 4 3. FEATURES z Auto video input detection Auto detects video input (NTSC/ P AL) and supports combine use of color and b/w cameras. z Supports high quality digital video recording Adopts MPEG4 compression technol ogy (NTSC: 30fps/ P AL: 25fps). z Vi d e o S i z e Video Resolution • NTSC: 640x 224 • PAL: 640x 272 M o n i t o r i n g R e [...]

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    DVR-4CF 5 4. PACKING LIST Check to make sure all of the items shown below are included in your product package. If something is missing, cont act your dealer as soon as possible. (1) DVR (digital video recorder) (2) Power adapter (3) Power Cord (Plug type dif fers depending on area)[...]

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    DVR-4CF 6 5. INSTALLATION 5.1 Connectors on the Rear Panel Please setup the connection by following the illustration sh own below (network is an optional function):[...]

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    DVR-4CF 7 6. NAME and FUNCTION of EACH PART 6.1 Fr ont Panel Buttons and Contr ols 1. Removable HDD Box 2. Front Panel Button Definition (2) QUAD : Press this button under monitoring or quad mode to show quad display . (3) CH 1 : Press this button under monitori ng or record mode to show CH 1 in full-screen. (4) CH 2 : Press this button under monit[...]

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    DVR-4CF 8 (13) PLA Y LED : LED light s while playing playback. (14) MENU LED : LED lights when entering setup menu. (15) STOP LED : LED lights when entering stop mode. ( 1 6 ) RE C : Press this button under m onitoring mode to start recording. ( 1 7 ) S T O P : Press this button under pl ayback to return to start monitoring. (18) P AUSE : Press thi[...]

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    DVR-4CF 9 6.2 Rear Panel Buttons and Contr ols (1) RJ45: Internet connectio n terminal (optional). (2) Video Input [VIDEO IN]: Connect to cameras. (3) DC 12V (4A) [ Power Input terminal] : power socket. (4) S-Video Output [S-VIDEO OUT]: Connect to th e monitor. (5) Video Output [VIDEO OUT]: Connect to the monitor. (6) Video Loop [VIDEO LOOP]. (7) I[...]

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    DVR-4CF 10 7. OPERATING PROCEDURE 7.1 Power On Each time after power o n, DVR will auto-detec t its p eripherals ( s el f - te sti ng, wa r m -u p, auto detects the hard disk and starts CF-card testing, and etc.) The system will detect the video input and judge whether the video system is NTSC or P AL. When video input is unable to be detected (VID[...]

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    DVR-4CF 11 7.3 Record Display Note: CH1: No block figure next to CH1 indicates that it is not recording. EACH: Record T ype QUAD: Record T ype (T): TIMER RECORD (A): AL ARM RECORD (M): MIX RECORD ( □ ): Currently under recording. VIDEO LOSS: V ideo i nput unable to be detected. CAMERA1: Name for CH 1. OFF: Channel is set to “OFF”.[...]

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    DVR-4CF 12 7.4 Playback Display T I M E S E A R C H HARD DRIVE: MASTER 03/11/27 18: 2 0:42 - 03/1 1/27 19:32: 32 >01 TIME 2003/11/ 27 18:20: 42 02 TIME 2003/ 11/27 16:43: 56 03 TIME 2003/ 11/27 15:07: 11 ( <,> ) M OVE (ENTER)CHA NGE (PLAY)PL AY (MENU) EXIT (FF)SELECT EVENT OR TIME >01 TIME T o t a l 7 > 0 7 1. F i r s t p r e s s 《[...]

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    DVR-4CF 13 7.5 Note! 1. “Auto Sequence” function operates only during recording or under live statu s (Dwell T ime: 5 seconds). Sequencing will bypass a channel with video loss if programmed accordingly (Exam ple: V ideo Loss occurs on CH3, sequencing order: CH1 → CH2 → CH4 → QUAD). 2. T o deactivate “Auto Sequence” function, press 1,[...]

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    DVR-4CF 14 8. SYSTEM SETUP 8.1 Menu （ 1 ） (3) > SYSTEM SETUP CAMERA SETUP RECORD SETUP BUZZER SETUP EVENT LIST CF CARD SETTING HARD DRIVE SETUP (4) PRESS (< >), THE N (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) T O EXIT (2) (1) MAIN MENU: Item subject (First me nu layer does not have a subject). (2) Menu Layer Indication: The device consists of four menu lay[...]

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    DVR-4CF 15 8.2 System Setup S Y S T E M S E T U P ■■ > TIME SET PASSWORD SET LOARD DEFAULT V E R S I O N V 1 . 0 PRESS(< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor (>) position indicates the current function selected. 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to move the cursor . 3. Press 《 ENTER 》 button to proceed. 4. Press[...]

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    DVR-4CF 16 8.2.1 TIME SET T I M E ■■■ 2005/01/11 17 ： 23 ： 06 ^ PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor (^) position indicates the current time and date selected. 2. Use 《←》 or 《→》 button to move the cursor . 3. Use 《 ENTER 》 button to setup time and date. 4. Use 《 MENU 》 button to exit “T ime [...]

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    DVR-4CF 17 8.2.2 P ASSWORD SET P A S S W O R D S E T U P ■■■ > PASSWORD CHANGE MENU PASSWORD OFF STOP REC PASSWORD OFF PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor (>) position indicates the current function selected. 2. Use 《←》 and 《→》 button to move the cursor to the desired item . 3. Use 《 ENTER 》 bu[...]

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    DVR-4CF 18 8.2.2.1 P ASSWORD CHANGE ■■■■ CURRENT PASSWORD ： _ _ _ _ _ _ N E W P A S S W O R D ： _ _ _ _ _ _ CONFIRM PASS WORD ： _ _ _ _ _ _ PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Press 《 ENTER 》 button to show the display above. 2. Enter the current passwo rd (CURRENT P ASSWORD). 3. Enter new password (NEW P ASSWORD). 4. Confirm the new password[...]

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    DVR-4CF 19 8.2.3 LOAD DEF AUL T ■■■ PRESS (EN TER) TO RES ET PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Press 《 ENTER 》 button to show the display above. 2. Press 《 ENTER 》 button the message 《 ALL SETTING DA T A IS INITIALIZED 》 will be displayed by flashing 3 tim es, and returns to default value. W hen reset procedure has been completed, the messa[...]

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    DVR-4CF 20 8.3 Camera Setup C A M E R A S E T U P ■■ > C A M E R A E N A B L E 1 2 3 4 C A M E R A T I T L E - - - - CAMERA SETTING C H 1 T I T L E C A M E R A 1 C H 2 T I T L E C A M E R A 2 C H 3 T I T L E C A M E R A 3 C H 4 T I T L E C A M E R A 4 PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor (>) position indicates th[...]

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    DVR-4CF 21 V CH1 TITLE CAMERA1 12345678 “V” indi cates the position of the curs or . Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to move the cursor , and press 《 ENTER 》 button to change the title (maximum 8 characters). 8. All channel titles are setup the same way . Once the user formats the hard disk drive, the c amera title returns to its defau[...]

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    DVR-4CF 22 8.3.1 CAMERA SETTING C A M E R A S E U P ■■■ > CAMERA SELECT CH1 RECORD ENABLE ON MOTION DETECTION ON MOTION SENSITIV ITY 03 HUE 08 CONTRAST 08 BRIGHTNESS 08 PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor (>) position indicates the current function selected. 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to move the [...]

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    DVR-4CF 23 8.4 Record Setup R E C O R D S E T U P ■■ > RECORD TYPE EACH VIDEO QUAL ITY NORMAL TIME RECORD FRAMERATE 04 MOTION RECORD FRAMERATE 15 SENSOR RECORD FRAME RATE 15 ALARM REC TIME 10 RECORD MODE PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor (>) position indicates the current function selected. 2. Use 《←》 an[...]

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    DVR-4CF 24 schedule record mode is setup to “M” (m ix) or “A” (alarm ). 10. SENSOR RECORD FRAMERATE: Press 《 ENTER 》 button to setup dif ferent recording speed, when a sensor device ha s been triggered (this setup is only active when the recording speed u nder schedule record mode is setup to “M”(Mix) or “A” (Alarm)). NTSC:30,15[...]

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    DVR-4CF 25 1. Cursor (V) position indicates the current function selected. 2. Use 《←》 and 《→》 button to move the cursor to the desired item (tim e). 3. Use 《 ENTER 》 button to make changes. 4. Use 《 MENU 》 button to exit “SECHDULE RECORD MODE” selection. 5. T : T ime, indicates continuous record. 6. M: TIME+MOTION+SENSOR. (1[...]

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    DVR-4CF 26 8.5 Buzzer Setup B U Z Z E R S E T U P ■■ > ALARM ALERT ON VIDEO LOSS ALERT ON HDD FULL A LERT ON BUZZER TIME 05 RELAY OUT TIME 05 SENSOR TYPE PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor (>) position indicates the current selected position. 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to move the cursor to the des[...]

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    DVR-4CF 27 8. HDD FULL ALERT: Press 《 ENTER 》 button to setup “ON” or “OFF”, whet her to trigger th e alarm whe n hard d isk is full (this setup is on ly active when the system is under reco rd st atus). 9. BUZZER TIME: Press 《 ENTER 》 button to setup the buzzer time to continuous (CONT), and press any button to release this setup. [...]

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    DVR-4CF 28 8.6 Event List E V E N T L I S T ■■ > T I M E S E A R C H E V E N T S E A R C H PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor ( > ) position indicates the cu rrent function selected. 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to move the cursor to the desired item. 3. Press 《 ENTER 》 button to proceed. 4. Pres[...]

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    DVR-4CF 29 8.6.1 TIME SEARCH TIME SEARCH ■■■ 05/01/13 19 ： 27 ： 16 BEGIN TIME ： 05/ 01/13 1 9 ： 27 ： 16 END TIME ： 05/01/15 15 ： 00 ： 06 PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. TIME SEARCH: Displays system recording time (begin and end). 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to select the desired time and dat[...]

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    DVR-4CF 30 8.6.2 EVENT SEARCH E V E N T S E A R C H ■■■ B E G I N ： END ： 05/01/ 15 15 ： 00 ： 01 05/01/15 15 ： 00 ： 06 > 01 ALARM 2005/01/15 15 ： 00 ： 01 02 MIX 2005/01/15 14 ： 00 ： 01 03 TIME 2005/01/15 13 ： 00 ： 01 04 ALARM 2005/01/15 12 ： 00 ： 01 PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. EVENT S[...]

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    DVR-4CF 31 8.7 CF Card Setup C F C A R D S E T U P ■■ > C O P Y F O R M A T / E R A S E T O T A L C A P A C I T Y 5 1 2 M B R E M A I N I N G C A P A C I T Y 1 0 0 M B PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor ( > ) position indicates the cu rrent function selected. 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to select th[...]

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    DVR-4CF 32 8.7.1 SELECT TIME SELECT TIME ■■■ > DAY 05/01/ 15 BEGIN TIME 15 ： 00 ： 01 END TIME 15 ： 00 ： 06 COPY PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. SELECT TIME: Displays the newest event date, begin and end tim e. 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to select the desired item . 3. Press 《 ENTER 》 button [...]

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    DVR-4CF 33 8.7.1.1 COPY ■■■■ (1) SELECT DATA ： 10MB (2) ESTIMATED TIME ： 2 M inute (3) START COPY (4) CAPACITY IS NOT ENOUGH (5) 10% COPIED (6) PRESS (E NTER) TO COPY (7) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT （ 1 ） Data capacity . （ 2 ） Estimated time to complete data copy . （ 3 ） Request to confirm copy . （ 4 ） When the data capacity is[...]

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    DVR-4CF 34 8.7.2 FORMA T/ ERASE ■■■ PA S S W O R D I N P U T （ 6 ） ： ------ 1. When proceeding “FORMA T/ ERASE” function, th e above display will be shown. 2. When password entered is correct, th e screen will display the message “P ASS WORD CORRECT”, “CF CARD FORMA TED” (flashes 3 times), indicates CF Card format is success[...]

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    DVR-4CF 35 8.8 Hard Drive Setup H A R D D R I V E S E T U P ■■ > DISK FULL OVERWRITE HDD SIZE 120103MB HDD USED 13321MB 11% HDD FORMA T PRESS (< >), THEN (ENTER) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 1. Cursor ( > ) position indicates the cu rrent function selected. 2. Press 《←》 and 《→》 button to select the desired item . 3. Press 《 EN[...]

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    DVR-4CF 36 8.8.1 HDD FORMA T : ■■■ PA S S W O R D I N P U T （ 6 ） ： ------ 1. W hen proceeding “HDD FORMA T” functi on, the above displa y will be shown. 2. W hen password entered is correct, th e screen will displa y the message “HDD FORMA TTED” (flashes 3 times), indicates hard disk format is successful. 3. Wh en password ente[...]

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    DVR-4CF 37 MEMO[...]