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    DVR4-1 150™ 4CH Digit al V ideo Recorder SW242-2LP User Manual[...]

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    T able of Contents 1. DVR Featur es .......................................................................................... 1 2. Overview 2.1 Front Panel .......................................................................................... 1 2.2 Rear Panel .....................................................................................[...]

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    5.17 Factor y Reset ..................................................................................... 12 6. Recording 6.1 S tart R ecording .................................................................................. 12 6.2 S top Reco rding .................................................................................. 13 6.3 Recording[...]

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    - 1 - User Manual z 4 Channel BNC Camera Inputs z 1 Channel BNC V ideo Output z V ideo Format: NTSC / P AL z Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings z T ime Schedule Recording / Motion T riggered Recording z USB 2.0 Back up to computer z Remote Control 2.1 Front Panel CH1 Channel 1 S top S top Playing/Recording CH2 Channel 2 REC Record [...]

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    - 2 - User Manual 2.2 Rear Panel 2.3 Remote Contr ol CH1 Select or enlarge Channel #1 CH2 Select or enlarge Channel #2 CH3 Select or enlarge Channel #3 CH4 Select or enlarge Channel #4 Quad Quad V iew (4 Camera V iew) Rewind Playback Recor ding Forward Record Pause S top recording / playback Menu Enter or exit setup menu Move up / left cursor SEL S[...]

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    - 3 - User Manual 3.1 Installing Hard Drive 1. Unplug the power supply . Don’t inst all or uninstall HDD when DVR is on. 2. Remove the DVR cover carefully . 3. Connect the power cord and data cable to HDD. 4. Use the provided screws to fix hard drive on the rack, and then replace the cover . 3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor There are 4 camera in[...]

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    - 4 - User Manual 4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive 4.2 Recovering Lost Data 4.3 Restor e Recording Featur e After connecting the power , the system will boot-up and detect the installed hard drive. On the screen it will show the hard drive information. If no hard drive is detected, check that the HDD is set to master and the tray is locked. A pow[...]

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    - 5 - User Manual 4.4 Main Scr een 5.1 Setup Menu Menu Dir ectory CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RESOLUTION RECORD FRAME RECORD QUALITY SCHEDULE SET MISCELLANEOUS MENU HARD DISK SET MOTION SET VIDEO MODE F ACT OR Y RESET Chapter 5: DVR Setup MAIN MENU ＞ LANGUAGE SELECT AUTO RECORD P ASSWORD ENABLE CHANGE P ASSWORD COLOR SET TIME SET When the DVR is [...]

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    - 6 - User Manual 5.2 Camera Select If a channel is disabled, the system will display “ OFF ” on the monitor; this channel will not be recorded. ( Refer to 5.3 Recor d Select ) 5.3 Record Select Manually set which channels are allowed to record. Note: If no channels are se lected, an error message will appear briefly on the screen when record i[...]

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    - 7 - User Manual 5.4 Resolution There are two modes of resolution for video recording: EACH Mode: The DVR compresses and records each vi deo channel separ ately so you can enlarge a single channel to full screen disp lay and still be recording on all channels. Y ou can also record on specific channels, for example, you can turn off the record func[...]

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    - 8 - User Manual 5.6 Record Quality There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low . Higher quality records the best images but uses more hard drive space. Record frame rate, record quality and avai lable hard drive space will affect the total recording time of the DVR system. 5.7 Schedule Set Y ou can preset video recording m [...]

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    - 9 - User Manual 5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Language Select Y ou can select the SEVEN dif ferent OS Ds from English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Spanish to Portuguese. 5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record When this option is set to “ ON ”, the DVR will automatically continue with the current Record Schedule if no actions occur for 5 minutes. If[...]

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    - 10 - User Manual 5.13 Miscellaneous Menu-T ime Set 5.14 Hard Disk Set HDD SIZE: Indicates the total capacity of the ha rd drive installed in the DVR. HDD USED : Indicates the actual space used on the hard drive and the percentage of hard drive space used. HDD FORMA T : Choose this option to delete all data on a hard drive. Y ou will be prompted t[...]

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    - 11 - User Manual 5.15 Motion Set MOTION SET : AREA SET : Use [ Up ] and [ Do wn ] button to select the cha nnel you want to modify and press [ SEL ] button to enter the sensitive area of each camera. The picture of the selected channel is divided into 16(4*4) blocks, press [ REW ] to move left, press [ FWD ] to move right, press[ Up ] and [ Down [...]

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    - 12 - User Manual 5.17 Factory Reset Press [ SEL ] button to reset the DVR to fa ctory defaults. The DVR will reboot and all custom settings (including pa ssword) will be restored to default. If you have forgotten your password and would like to reset, press [ Pause ] button 10 times to reset DVR to factory de fault. Then the default password is n[...]

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    - 13 - User Manual 6. HDD Info. ([1] Master Hard disk) 7. Record Schedule: (T) T ime or Manua l Record (M) Motion Detection (-) No Recording 8. The date and time on the DVR 6.2 S top Recording Press [ St o p ] button to stop recording. If you have already activated the password protection, you will be prompted to input the password. 6.3 Recording T[...]

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    - 14 - User Manual Press [ Play ] button to play the last recording. During playback, press the [ Menu ] button to list all recorded video clips from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top. Press [ Up ] and [ Down ] to move the cursor and select an event, press [ Play] button to start playback. Y ou can also play recorded video by s[...]

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    - 15 - User Manual Using the provided DVR PC V iewer software, you can connect the DVR to your PC to playback or backup footage. 8.1 PC V iewer Pr ogram 1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM Drive 2. Open CD directory 3. Double click on the “PCV iewerInstall.exe” file to install the PC V i ewer software 4. Run the installed PC V iewer program PC V [...]

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    - 16 - User Manual  DVR Mode: play video clips saved on DVR’ s HDD.  PC Mode: play video clips (.mys file) saved on PC 8.3 PC Backup Press button to open the DVR recorded event list and select an event. Press to begin backup. Back up video files can be saved as “.avi” files or “.mys” files. Item Remark 1. DVR event list Open event l[...]

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    - 17 - User Manual ITEM DESCRIPTION NOTE V ideo Format NTSC / P AL Operation System None Stand-alone Camera Input Channel 4 channel Co mposite BNC V ideo Output Channel 1 channel Co mposite BNC NTSC 120 frames/second 4×30 frames/second Display Frame Rate P AL 100 fram es /second 4×25 frames/second NTSC Max.30 fps (Quad) Quad Mode Recording Fram e[...]

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    - 18 - User Manual 10.1 System Connection Diagram 10.2 DVR Accessories (included) Chapter 10: Appendix Power Cord Design may vary depending On country Power Adaptor User Manual Softwar e CD Remote Contr oller USB Cable DVR (Digit al Video Recorder)[...]

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    - 19 - User Manual Swann T echnical Support All Countries E-m ail: tech@swann.com .au T elephone Helpdesk UNITED ST A TES toll free 877-274-3695 (Sun-Thurs, 2 pm-10.30pm PST) USA Exchange & Returns 562-777-2551 (Mon-Fri, 9a m-4pm PST) AUSTRALIA toll free 1300 13 8324 (Mon-Fri, 9am- 5.30pm Aus EST) International +61 3 8412 46 10 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.[...]