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T able of Contents Chapter 1.Introduction to the Digi tal V ideo Recorder ( DVR)…………………………………………… ..…..1 Chapter 2. Unit Descript ion……………………………………………………… ……………………..…..…2 A. DVR Front Panel…… ………………………………………… ……?[...]

GENERAL SAFETY Review the following safety preca utions to a void inj ury an d prevent damage to this product or any pr oducts connected to it. 1. Use proper power source Do not operate this pro duct from a pow er source that applies more than the specified volta ge (90~260 VDC). 2. Do not i nsert anything metallic into the DVR case. Putting someth[...]

Chapt er 1. Int r oduction t o the Digi tal V ideo Recorde r (DVR) The f ollowing document i s a reference for V ineyard T eneyard T echnologies ’ Digital Security Sy stem, designed to simulta neously re cord/retrieve up to 4 or 9 channels of video streams. It utilizes the latest digital image compression technology to com press the input channel[...]

Chapter 2. Unit Des cription A. DVR Front Panel This chapter briefly describes the buttons on the front pan el of the DVR. These buttons ope rate the basic functions, such as recording, playback, fas t-forward, reverse, etc. For more details on the DVR ′ s on-screen menu, refe r to “Chapter 5. DVR Menu.”. (1) CH1, CH2, CH3, C H4, QUAD These b[...]

(6) REW T o play the recorded video backward, press the “REW” button. There are 6 modes of REW , 1~6.T o change the reverse playback speed level, press the “REW” button again. (7) P AUSE T o pause the video playback, press the “ P AUSE” button. Then the video dis play will be stopped. T o conti nue playback, push the play “ PLA Y “ [...]

B. DVR Rear Panel. [Note] See “Chapter 4. Ha rdware Installation” f or more details. (1) VIDEO OU T Connect DVR to TV monitor using a RCA cable or BN C cable with RCA adapter . (2) VIDEO IN (or CHANNEL IN) Connect cameras to DVR. Each channel port indica tes a single camera connection. The DVR has 4 camera connection ports. (3) SENSOR Y ou can [...]

Chapter 3. Getting S tarted (1) Instal l a hard drive i nto your DVR (som e models come with the hard drive al ready installed). (2) Connect t he DVR to a TV set. (3) Connect ca meras (up to 4) to the DVR. (4) Connect t he LAN cable from the DVR to a network router (optional) (5) Connect a ny other accessories (sen sors or alarms) if necessary . (6[...]

Chapt er 4. Hard ware Installation A. Connecting DVR to Y ou r TV Set (1) V ideo Input/Output Connection (For TV monito r screen display) Any TV set that has a “RCA V ide o Input” terminal is s uitable for dis play ing the picture. The figure below shows the video s ignal line connection. <“V ideo in” on TV> Using a RCA cable, c onnec[...]

B. Camera Installat ion (1) For cameras that have no built-in microphone If your cameras have cables consis ting of power and video cables, connect “VIDEO IN” of your DVR, using the combined camera cable included in the package, and plug i n the camera power adapter . <Connection T ype 1-For indoor/outdoor cameras or other br ands that c ome[...]

(2) For cameras that have a built-in microp hone If you’re purchased cam eras t hat have a built-in microphone, follow the diagram below fo r installation. <Connection T ype 1-For c ameras that comes with a video/ audio splitter cable> <Connection type2-For ca meras that have direct video/audio output holes> -8-[...]

C. Sensor Installation The DVR can support up to 4 s ensors (not incl uded in the DVR package) in up to four locations. There a re tw o steps for sensor installatio n: (a) Connect the se nsor signal lines to the signal input term inal. (b) Connect t he sensor power lines t o the appropriate power s ource. In g eneral, the re are three dif ferent ty[...]

D. Alarm Installa tion The DVR has an internal switch for soundi ng an alarm. The switch is normally open, but when the se nsor is triggered, t he alarm is activat ed as well. The circuitry is as foll ows: There a re tw o steps for alarm installation. (a) Connect the ala rm power lines to the alarm switch terminal. (b) Connect t he alarm power line[...]

E. LAN-DVR Connec tion See the diagram below for steps t o connec t your DVR to a local area network or the internet. For remote m onitoring from your compute r , you must ha ve a L AN connecti on available or Internet access service. Suitable network rout ers a nd switches are available in electronics retail stores from Netgear , D Link, or Linksy[...]

F . Power Conn ec tion Connect the DVR power adapter at the back of the DVR unit. Notice: W e also STRONGL Y rec o mme nd that you plug the DVR and cameras into a T ransient V oltage Surge Protector ( UL-1449 rating). Look for a cla m ping vo ltage of 330 or lower , Joule rating of at least 400, and a r esponse time of 10 nanosec onds or less . Now[...]

Chapt er 5. DVR Menu Below you will f ind a screen s hot of the DVR main me nu. Press the MENU button to display the screen. Main menu Press [MENU] to enter main menu. Use [UP] a nd [DOWN] to se lect item. Press [SEL] to m odify setting and [M ENU] to confirm and exit. -13-[...]

1. Camera Setup There a re 4 came ras that can be c onnected to the DVR. Us e the ke y buttons on the front pane l to select which ca meras are turned ON or OFF f or rea l-time viewing on the scree n, change ON/OFF by pressing the ‘SELECT’ button. In the example a bove, cameras 1,2,3,4 are ON. - 1 4 -[...]

2. Record Se tup SELECT CAMERA(S) FOR RECORDING Selecting the camera channel/s on RECO RD SETUP m enu is the same as C AMERA SETUP op tions. Choose the camera s you want to Record by selec ting “ ON” -15-[...]

3. Record Frame Ra te ADJUST BETWEEN 1 T O 25 (P AL) OR 1 to 30 (NTSC) FRAMES PER SECOND The tota l fra me r ate per sec ond is 50/60. Y ou can set the f rame rate per channel (1-25) /(1-30). If t he frame rate you se lect causes the total frame rate to exceed 50FPS the software automatic ally changes the l arg est frame rate value to a smaller val[...]

5. Record Sc hedule The time l ine below indicates the hours of the day based on an AM/PM clock. For each hour you ma y select between NO R ECORD, RECORD, or SENSOR-RECORD. .AL W A YS .SENSOR .NO REC Press the “ LEFT” and “RIGHT” arrows to mane uver and use the “SELECT” button to cha nge between continuous recording, senso r recording a[...]

6. Sensor Setup Notice: Y ou need to buy sensors separately to make s ensored alarm re cording functions opera te on your DVR s ystem. MOTI ON SENSOR RECORDING SENSORED RECORD TIM E This indicates the le ngth of recording time after the sens or ’ s last detection of mo vement. ALARM ON TIME It indicate s how long the alarm lasts after a sens or i[...]

In this example, Channel 1 has sens ors installed, Open a nd Cl ose, respecti vely . MOTION DETECTOR SETUP This indicate s the sub menu for setting up the so ftware motion detection without any external sensor devices. In this example, Ch annel 1 has Motion Detecti on enabled. MOTIO N SENSOR RECORDING The image below shows the Motion Detection Area[...]

7. Hard Drive Setup HARD DRIVE INFORMA TION 1.OVER W RITE ENABLED: If you choose YES (default setting), recording c ontinues and overwrites oldest previous recordings when ha rd drive space is Full. If you choose NO, the recording s ession stops when the hard drive ca pacity is full. 2. MASTER HDD SIZE: This show s the size of the primary ha rd dri[...]

7.1 Hard Drive Format When you press the “SELECT” ke y you will be prompted to input a Password whe n the hard drive format me nu appears. T ype Password (6) :: ―――――― HARD DRIVE FORMA T When you key in the correct password the f ollowing mes sage will flash 3 times. “pas sword correct Hard Disk Format ting…” Otherwise, the fo[...]

8. Miscellaneous Setup .CHANGE P ASSEWORD .SET TIME .HIDDEN CHANNEL(ON/OFF) .AUDIO PORT SETUP .PTZ SET UP .COLO R SETUP .P ASSWORD CONTROL -22-[...]

(1) P ASSWORD C HANGE · 6-DIGIT P ASSWORD · DEF AUL T P ASSWORD SETTING: 1 1 1 1 1 1 When you select “CHANGE P A SSWORD”, the menu be low will open. 1. Press the channel 1 butt on six times. 2. Once you have i nput the current password, you can set a new password. 3. Then confirm the pa ssword you have set. · Y ou can use a combination of an[...]

(2) SET TIME Y ou ca n cha nge yea r/date/hour/minute/second by using the SET TIME menu. .Y ear .Date .Hour .Minute Second 2007/1 1/1 1= year/month/day 17:50:01= hour/minute/sec ond Use the “ LEFT” a nd “ RIGHT” buttons on the front pa nel to mov e the cursor below the numbers back and f orth. T hen use the “SELECT” butt on to change th[...]

(4) AUDIO P OR T SETUP AUDIO CHANNEL NUMBER AUDIO RECORD, MUTE YES/NO When you move t he c ursor to “AUDIO POR T RECOR D” and p ush the “SELECT” button, the option will be cha nged to NO or YES . If the option is YES, the audio will be recorded onto the ha rd driv e when you push the RECOR D button. When you move the cursor to “AUDIO POR [...]

For Example The setup screen for the above configuration would look like this: (5) PTZ SETUP This DVR can control speed dome cameras (PTZ), which are connected to the DVR. SPEED: Set t he band rate of each channel (2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 56000) PROTOCOL: Select PELCO-P or PELCO-D protoc ol. CAMERA&ID: Set camera (1-4); Set ID (1-32) -2[...]

6 COLOR SETUP .CON .BR1 .HUE .SA T -27- (7) P A SSWORD CONTROL[...]

· P A SSWORD CONTROL 9. Network Setup NETWORK SETUP Note: The def ault MAC a ddress is: “00-1 1-22-33-44-55”, but after “00” the address will b e set by the system!. Use the UP “ ▲ ”and DOWN “ ▼ ” buttons to left to right and use the “SELECT ” button to change the numbers. .Once you have f inished making your c hanges, pres[...]

Accessing the DVR over a network T o access the DVR through a computer you need to make sure the default ga teway on the DVR is t he sa me IP addre ss a s your route r , and the fi rst three sets of numbers of the D VR IP address a re the sa me as the first three set s of numbers of r outer ’ s address. Example: if your router ’ s default gatew[...]

Accessing the DVR from a remote computer T o acce ss the DVR from a remote compute r , in addition to the abo ve steps, you will also need to forward port 80 on the router the DVR is attached to, t o the IP a ddress of the DVR. (This port ca n be changed if if the port is currently being used by a nother progra m.) H ow y ou would do this depends o[...]

S tatic verses dynamic addr esses : Y ou can access the DVR t hrough a static or dynamic IP ad dress, however a dyna mic address can c hange from time to time. How often de pends on your service provider . W e suggest www . Dyndns.org or www .no -ip.com domain na me service. If you register your doma in name for the DVR, you can use this se rvice t[...]

10 .VIDEO B ACKUP VIDEO BACKUP - 3 2 - NETWORK SETUP (cont.)[...]

11. Reset Menu RESTO RE F ACTOR Y DEF AUL T SETTINGS Selecting ‘RESET MENU’ will restore all of the f actory default settings for the DVR. -33-[...]

A. Record Control RECORDING BY CAMERA When the “RECO RD” button is pressed, the rec ording process starts immediately . The recording channel indicators (red dot) next t o CH1 and C H2 on the screen indicate t hat those channel s have been selected to record and are recording. B. Recor d Playback Control When you press the MENU button during P [...]

PLA YBAC K CONTROL T o manually input a specific time to be viewed: 1. Open t he SEARCH TIME window by pressing the “ME NU” button during “PL A Y” mode. The arrow wil l be next to the most recentl y recorded event. The date and ti me displayed under HARD D RIVE: MASTER now corresponds with the beginning a nd e nding pe riod of what has been[...]

B. Recor d Mode If you press the “ REC” butt on, the DVR goes into “REC” mode. Th e DVR wi ll start recording based on set “Rec ord Schedule”. In rec ord m ode, you can cha nge channel view an d switch the a udio channel. However , you ca nnot playback while in record mode. C. V ie w Control SINGLE OR MUL TI - SCREEN VIEW Cam 1-4 In EAC[...]

Chapter 6. USB P rogramming (optio nal) 6. USB Pr ogramming 6.1 Install 1. Place the USB Driver Program CD into your CD R OM. 2. If your CD ROM does not aut o-run the install CD, go to “My Co mputer”, select your CD drive, a nd click on “PCVIEWER.EXE”. 3. Follow the prom pts on your PC to finish the installati on. 6.2 Program Interface T o [...]

Button funct ions: 1.PTZ Control 1 1. Record 2.Zoom in, Zoom Out 12.Search 3.HDD Play Mode 13.Reverse 4.File Play Mode 14.Record 5.Net Play Mo de 15.Stop 6.Event List 16.Pause 7.Cont rol Panel 17.Play 8.Remote Login 18.Forward 9.Change S torage Device 19.Playback Slider 10.Capture Image 20.Audio Slider -38-[...]

Press (button 6) to open the video event lists. Press (button 7) to config ure the DVR play/r ecord system. Press (button 17) to play video. - 3 9 -[...]

Chapt er 7. T roub le Shoot ing Guide 1. What kind of camera should I buy for this DVR? Any BNC or RCA inte rface indoor/outdoor/infrared c amera will work w ith the DVR. It do esn’t matter the color of the c amera. H owever , w eb cameras t hat require a USB interface are not compatible with the DVR. 2. What kind of sensor device should I buy fo[...]

12. Can I s till re cord all the eve nts while I re view the pr evious recordin g? No. This DVR currently doesn’t support recording while playbac k. 13. How long is the warranty peri od? One y ear f rom the orig inal date of purch ase. W e will g ladly of fer repa ir or replacement for all defective units. 14. What is the correct jump er setting [...]

Appendix T ec hnical Specification s 4-Channe l DVR Items Descriptio ns V ideo Standard NTSC, P AL V ideo Input/Output 4 Channels/2 C hannels Audio Input/Output 2 Channels/2 C hannels Resolution NTSC:720X480@30f ps(Each Ch) P A L:720X576@25fps(Ea ch Ch) Monitoring Features Full-D1,1-CH/4-CH D isplay Resolution NTSC:720X240@60f ps(4Ch.T otal) P A L:[...]

-42- Recording T ime T able (Per 160GB of storage with the installation of 4 came ras.) Unit: Hour S tanda rd Quality 60fps 48fps 32f ps 16f ps 1fps Highest 62 78 1 16 232 3720 High 88 1 10 165 330 5280 Normal 107 134 201 401 6420 NTSC Lower 120 150 225 450 7200 S tanda rd Quality 50fps 36fps 24f ps 12f ps 1fps Highest 64 89 133 267 3200 High 90 12[...]

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