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  • Page 1

    DVR4-1 100™ 4CH Digit al V ideo Recorder SW242-LP4 / SW242-LPN U U s s e e r r M M a a n n u u a a l l[...]

  • Page 2

    INDEX 1. DVR Featur es ....................................................................... 1 2. Layout 2.1 Front Panel ............................................................................................... 1 2.2 Rear Panel ................................................................................................ 2 2.3 Remote Cont[...]

  • Page 3

    5.10 Miscellaneous Menu - Password Change ....................... 9 5.1 1 Miscellaneous Menu - Color Set ..................................... 9 5.12 Miscellaneous Menu - T ime Set .................................... 10 5.13 Hard Disk Set ....................................................................................... 10 5.14 Motion Set ...[...]

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    - 1 - User ’s Manual z 4 Channel BNC Camera Input z 1 Channel BNC V ideo Output z V ideo Source Option: NTSC / P AL z Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings z T ime Schedule Recording / Motion T riggered Recording z One A T A-100 Hard Disk Interface z USB 2.0 Back up to computer z W ith Remote Control & Re movable Hard Drive T ra[...]

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    - 2 - User ’s Manual 2.2 Rear Panel USB Port is located on the right side of the case. 2.3 Remote Contr oller CH1 Select or enlarge Chann el #1 CH2 Select or enlarge Chann el #2 CH3 Select or enlarge Chann el #3 CH4 Select or enlarge Chann el #4 Quad Quad V iew Rewind Play r ecording lis t Forward Record Pause S top recording / playing back Menu [...]

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    - 3 - User ’s Manual 3.1 Installing Hard Drive 1. Unplug the power supply . Don’t inst all or uninstall HDD when DVR is on!! 2. Slide the HDD tray out of DVR body carefully . 3. Connect the power cord and da ta cable to hard disk drive. Make sur e the HDD is set to be MASTER according to the hard drive manual. The 4 pin connection is the DC pow[...]

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    - 4 - User ’s 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. A power error can cause data to be lost, and the DVR system will automatically recover los[...]

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    - 5 - User ’s 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 ＞ AUTO RECORD P ASSWORD ENABLE P ASSWORD CHANGE COLOR SET TIME SET While the DVR is running, t[...]

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    - 6 - User ’s Manual 5.2 Camera Select If a channel is disabled, the system will display “ OFF ” on the monitor , meanwhile, this channel won’t be selected to record. ( Refer to 5.3 Recor d Select ) 5.3 Record Select Configure which channel is allowed to record. Note: If no channels are se lected, an error message will appear briefly on the[...]

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    - 7 - User ’s 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[...]

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    - 8 - User ’s Manual 5.6 Record Quality There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low . Higher quality 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 set video recording method by T ime and Motion D[...]

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    - 9 - User ’s Manual 5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record When the function is set to be “ ON ”, DVR will be aw aked to record automatically by record schedule if DVR is without any manual operations in five (5) minutes. When you choose “ OFF ”, DVR will not record until you press the [ REC ] button. 5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Pass word Enable [...]

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    - 10 - User ’s Manual 5.13 Hard Disk Set HDD SIZE: Indicates the total capacity of the ha rd drive installed in the DVR. HDD USED : Indicates the space used in the hard driv e and the percentage of hard drive space being used. HDD FORMA T : If you format the hard drive, it will er ase all the data in the hard drive. Y ou need to input your passwo[...]

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    - 11 - User ’s Manual MOTION SET : AREA SET : Use [ Up ] and [ Down ] button to select the channe l you want to modify , press [ SEL ] button to enter the sensitive area of each camera. The picture of the selected channel is divided in to 144(12*12) blocks, press [ REW ] to move left, press [ FWD ] to move right, press[ Up ] an d [ Down ] to move[...]

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    - 12 - User ’s Manual 5.16 Factory Reset Press [ SEL ] button to reload factory defaults, then the DVR will reboot, all custom settings (including passwor d) will be restore to default. Caution: There is no confirming dialog box for this selection after you pr ess [ SEL] button, please be prudent! If you forg et your password, please keep the sys[...]

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    - 13 - User ’s Manual 2. Recording sym bol (channel is currently recording) 3. Channel Name 4. Record Resolution (QUAD or EACH) 5. S tatus (REC, Play , FF1, FF2, FF3, REW , P AUSE) 6. HDD Info. ([M] Master Hard disk) 7. Record Schedule: (T) Continuous (M ) Motion Detection (-) No Recording 8. The date and tim e on the DVR 6.2 S top Recording Pres[...]

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    - 14 - User ’s Manual Press [ Play ] button to play the latest 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 vid[...]

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    - 15 - User ’s Manual Through connecting DVR and PC, you can us e PC V iewer software to play back and backup DVR recorded video. 8.1 PC V iewer Pr ogram 1. Put the USB Driver Program CD into your CD-ROM Drive 2. Open CD directory 3. Double click on the “PCV iewerInstall.exe” file to install the PC V iewer software 4. Run the installed PC V i[...]

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    - 16 - User ’s Manual  DVR Mode: play video clip save in DVR’ s HDD.  PC Mode: play video clip (.mys file) save in PC 8.3 PC Backup Press button to open the DVR record ed event list, and then select an event, press to start backup. The video file you want to save in PC can be “.avi” file or “.mys” file. Item Remark 1. DVR event li[...]

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    - 17 - User ’s 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 Outp ut 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 [...]

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    - 18 - User ’s Manual 10.1 System Connection Diagram 10.2 DVR Accessories (included) Chapter 10: Appendix Power Cord The shape of the plug m i ght be different from diff erent countries or regions. Power Adaptor User’ s Manual CD-ROM Remote Contr oller USB Cable[...]