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DVR4-Alert™ Plus 4CH Digit al V ideo Recorder SW242-DAL / SW244-DAO U U s s e e r r M M a a n n u u a a l l[...]
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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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6. Recording 6.1 S tart Reco rding .................................................................................. 12 6.2 S top Record ing .................................................................................. 13 6.3 Recording T ime on Hard Dr ive ......................................................... 13 7. Playback ..............[...]
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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 One A T A-100 (IDE) Hard Disk Interface z USB 2.0 Back up to computer z Remote Control & Removable Hard Drive T ray 2.1 Front Panel [...]
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User Manual 2.2 Rear Panel - 2 - 2.3 Remote Contr ol CH1 Select or enlarge Chan nel #1 CH2 Select or enlarge Chan nel #2 CH3 Select or enlarge Chan nel #3 CH4 Select or enlarge Chan nel #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 S[...]
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User Manual 3.1 Installing Hard Drive 1. Unplug the power supply . Never inst all or uninstall HDD when DVR is on. 2. Pull the HDD tray from the unit using the finger hole. 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 power cab[...]
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User Manual Chapter 4: Starting the DVR 4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive - 4 - 4.2 Recovering Lost Data 4.3 Restor e Recording Featur e Checking HDD …… MASTER… RECOVER HDD? 0481 1-10173 5 (SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO Power Error Detected Restore Hard Disk (Master) OK Restore REC Mode………… OK On the screen it will show the hard drive informat[...]
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User Manual 4.4 Main Scr een When the DVR is turned on the following display will appear with your connected cameras: Upper left: Percentage of hard drive space used Middle: Channel number (CH1 through CH4) Bottom right: Date and T i me Bottom left: System/recording status. ( Refer to 6.1 S tart Recording ) 5.1 Setup Menu Menu Dir ectory CAMERA SEL[...]
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User Manual PRESS (UP ， DO WN), EN TE R (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT MAIN MENU C A M E R A S E L E C T 12 3 4 R E C O R D S E L E C T 1 23 4 R E S O L U T I O N E A C H R E C O R D F R A M E 2 5 R E C O R D Q U A L I T Y H I G H SCHEDULE SET MISCELLANEOUS MENU HA RD D ISK SET V I D E O M O D E P A L MOTION SET F A CTOR Y RESET [ SEL ]: Select/mo[...]
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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 function o[...]
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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 odes[...]
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User Manual 5.8 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 you choose “ OFF ”, the DVR will not record until you press the [ REC ] button. 5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Pass word Enable This DVR is equipped with passwor[...]
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User Manual 5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-T ime Set - 10 - 5.13 Hard Disk Set TIME SET ∨ 2008/08/08 20:08:08 PRESS (UP ,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT HA RD D ISK SET OVERWRITE ENABLED [YES] M A S T E R H D D S I Z 1 2 0 0 4 2 M B MASTER HDD USED 80865MB 77% MASTER HDD FORMA T S L A V E H D D S I Z E N / A S L A V E H D D U S E D N / A S L [...]
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User Manual 5.14 Motion Set SENSITIVITY : Use [ Up ] and [ Do wn ] button to highlight the channel you want to modify and press [ SEL ] to adjust sensitivity of motion detection on each channel. High (1----------9, OFF) Low When “ OFF ”, the channel will not detect motion or trigger m otion recording. MOTION RECORD TIME: This number indicates h[...]
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User Manual 5.15 V ideo Mode Select NTSC (North America) or P AL (Europe/Australia) video system. 5.16 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. Caution: Ther e is no confirmation di alog box for this selection after you pr[...]
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User Manual 1. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage) 2. Recording symbol (channel is currently re cording) 3. Camera Number 4. Record Mode (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) T ime or Manua l Record (M) Motion Detection (-) No Recording 8. The date an[...]
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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. 1. S tarting time of the event 2. TIME: conti[...]
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User Manual Chapter 8: USB Pr ogramming Using the provided DVR PC V iewer soft ware, you can connect the DVR Alert to your PC to playback or backup footage. 8.1 PC V iewer Program 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 install[...]
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User Manual - 16 - 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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User Manual Chapter 9: Specifications 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/secon d 4×30 frames/second Display Frame Rate P AL 100 fram es /second 4×25 frames/second NTSC Max.30 fps (Q uad) Quad[...]
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User Manual Chapter 10: Appendix 10.1 System Connection Diagram 10.2 DVR Accessories (included) Power Cord The shape of the plug might be dif ferent from dif ferent countries or regions. Power Adaptor User’ s Manual Softwar e CD Remote Contr oller USB Cable - 18 -[...]