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    DVR-X1 Operating Instructions Single Input DVR System Speco Technologies 200 New Highw ay Amityville. NY 1 1701 T el. 631-957-8700 Fax. 631-957-9142 ww w . specotech .com[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual Content s 1. Features………………………………………………………. 2 2. S pecification…………………………………………………... 3 3. Rear Panel Description……………………………………… 4 4. Function Key Description……………………………………. 5 5. Playback Mode?[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 1. Features  Automatically detects NTSC/P AL. (Please connect the video source before powering the DVR-X1.)  Digital recording replaces conventional time-lap se recorder .  V ideo compression MJPEG .  Motion detection recording.  V arious recording modes - continuous, schedule, motion detection and external sensor [...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 2. S pecification Operation Mode Front p anel, OSD Recording Speed 720 x 240 : 1–10 Frames/sec (adjust able) 360 x 240 : 1–15 Frames/sec (adjust able) Recording Mode Manual Schedule Motion Detection (Sensitivity Adjustable) External Sensor Audio Recording / Live Audio 1 ch Compression MJPEG V ideo Input 1 channel BNC (NTSC/P [...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 3. Inst allation Rear p anel Power Supply ： 12V DC ， 4A. VIDEO IN ： Image signal input, connected to the video source. VIDEO OUT ： “ VIDEO OUT ” is connected to monitor ” VIDEO IN ”. VCR OUT ： “ VCR OUT ” can be connected to the ” VIDEO IN ” of a VCR. AUDIO IN ： For a MIC connection. AUDIO OUT ： Line[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 4. Function Key Description Front Panel MENU ： Menu set up ENTER ： Enter to sub-menu or editing procedure. EXIT ： Press this function key to return to the previous selection. ←： Move to the left (up) item during editing procedure. →： Move to the right (down) item during editing procedure. ＋： Next value. －： P[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 6[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 5. Playback Mode 5.1 Play Mode In normal or sequence mode, press <PLA Y> key to enter the playback mode, or press <SEARCH> key to enter the log files list (including: date, time), then press <PLA Y> key or <ENTER> key to display image.  Quick Image Search ： Press <F .F .> key , for quick fast fo[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 5.2 SEARCH According to date and time to perform searching function, press <SEARCH> key to display the image below ： Use < ← > 、 < → > key to move the cursor (Highlight) up and down to the area to be modified, press < ＋ > 、 < － > key to make changes. Y ear 、 Month ： Enter the year /[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 9[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 6. Recording Mode Manual Recording ： Under Normal mode, pressing the <REC> key will start recording and pressing the <ST OP> key will stop manual recording.  Note: It takes 5 seconds to stop manual recording. For other functions including: Schedule Recording , Motion Detection Recording , Sensor Input Recording ,[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 7. Menu Set Up 7.1 Enter Main Menu Press the <MENU> key to enter the Main Menu , using the cursor , which can be moved up and down by the < ← > 、 < → > keys. MAIN MENU SYSTEM STATUS DATE / TIME RECORD SETTING RECORD MODE ALARM OUTPUT VIDEO LOSS ALARM ENGINEERING SETUP All of the items in the main menu cont[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 7.3 Date / T ime When entering the main menu select Date / T ime and press the <ENTER> key: DA TE / TIME DATE FORMAT YY/MM/DD D A T E O N 0 2 / 0 1 / 0 1 T I M E O N 20:30:00 L OCATION RIGHT BOTTOM Press < ← > 、 < → > key to move the cursor Press < ＋ > 、 < － > key to make changes Press &l[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual a. LEFT TOP b. R I G HT TO P c. LEFT BOTT OM d. RIGHT BOTTOM e. TOP f. BOTT OM  When recording, date / time will be stored together with the image. Please try and prevent the constant changing of date / time setu p. Thus, to prevent any unnecessary error to occur. 13[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 7.4 Record Setting When entering the main menu, select Record Setting and press the <ENTER> key to enter the menu ： RECORD SETTING QUA LITY HIGH RESOLUTION 720X240 REC RATE 10 FPS DISK FULL OVERWRITE A UDIO IN OFF RECORD TIME TOTAL TIME : 53HR REMAINING TIME : 33HR Press < ← > 、 < → > key to move the cur[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual Stop : When the disk is full it stop s recording (screen display dis k full message warning). Audio In ： ON ： Audio recording “ON”. O F F ： Audio recording ”OFF”. Record Time ： To t a l T i m e ： According to resolution, the HDD Capacity and the recording rate reflects the to t al available recording time. Remai[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 7.5 Record Mode In the Main Menu move the cursor toward Record Mode , press <ENTER> key to enter the recording mode display: RECORD MODE SCHEDULE RECORDING REC BEGIN / END OFF 20:00 / 08:00 MOTION DETECTION RECORDING REC BEGIN / END SEN GRID OFF 20:00 / 08:00 3 SET SENSOR INPUT RECORDING REC BEGIN / END SEN TYPE OFF 20:00 /[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual End ： Ending time for recording. ＊ Example: For 24H recording, the settings of the begin time must be the same as the ending time (enter 06:00 am – 06:00am) For other time settings, recording time from 08:00 am to 21:00 pm (enter 08:00 – 21:00). b. Motion Detection Recording: According to the schedule time you can set the[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual Press < ← > 、 < → > key to move the cursor Press < ＋ > 、 < － > key to switch ON/OFF the motion detection area. P r e s s <EXIT> key to return to the previous page. Press <ST OP> key to skip over the main menu. c. Sensor Input Recording: According to the schedule time, to set the cam[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual (Sensor triggers the alarm and start s recording after 0.2 second) 2: 0.5 Sec. (Sensor triggers the alarm and start s recording after 0.5 second) 3: 1 Sec. (Sensor triggers the alarm and start s recording after 1 second) 4: 2 Sec. (Sensor triggers the alarm and start s recording after 2 second) 5 : 5 S e c . (Sensor triggers the [...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 7.6 Alarm Output In the main menu select Alarm Output , and press the <ENTER> key to enter the menu ： ALARM OUTPUT SETUP BUZZER : OFF PERIOD : 01 MIN RELA Y : ON PERIOD : 02 MIN Press < ← > 、 < → > key to move the cursor Press < ＋ > 、 < － > key to change the settings. Press <EXIT>[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 7.7 V ideo Loss Alarm In main menu, move the cursor to V ideo Loss Alarm and press the <ENTER> key to enter the Video Loss Setup menu ： VIDEO LOSS ALARM A L A R M O N Press < ← > 、 < → > key to move the cursor Press < ＋ > 、 < － > key to change the value Press <EXIT> key to return [...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 7.8.1 Set Password Move the cursor to Set Passwords . CHECK PASSWORD **** Press the <ENTER> key to enter the menu . Press < ← > 、 < → > key to move the cursor . Press < ＋ > 、 < － > key to change the password. Press the <ENTER> key again and the system will request t he old password,[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual OFF : T o hide the camera title 7.8.3 V ideo Quality BRIGHT 18 CONTRA ST 46 CHROMA 32 SHAR P 20 Adjust camera brightness, contrast, color and chroma. 7.8.4 Hard Disk Erasing Move the cursor to Hard Disk Erasing ﹐ press the <ENTER> key to enter the menu ： The password should be entered before formatting the data in the h[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual the hard disk. Press the <EXIT> key to return to the previous page. 7.8.5 Color Bar Color Bar is helpful to user in monitor settings. 7.8.6 Load Factory Default T o load the factory defaults, please press “ YES ”, than press the <ENTER> key to complete the setup procedure. LOAD DEF AUL T N O Y E S Press the <EX[...]

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    DVR-X1 User Manual 25 8. System Inst allation Diagram[...]