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QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual i QSDF8 204 DVR User Manual For H.264-4-c h annel D igital V ideo R ecorder All rig hts reserve d Rev 102208 B[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual ii C ONTENT S CHAPTER 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 4 1.1 DVR Intr oductio n .......................................................................................... 4 1.2 Main Feat ures an d Functi ons ..............................[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual iii CHAPTER 5 Operation with Mouse ............................................................... 48 5.1 Switch C hannel .......................................................................................... 48 5.2 Enter M enu List .................................................................[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 4 CHAPTER 1 Introduc tion 1.1 DVR I ntroduction This DVR u s es Dual S tream te chnology , and standar d H.264 algor ithm, comb ined with a fashionable outlin e design a nd the l atest adv anced video compr ession for mat, with a main processor t hat can proce ss recorded v ideo and i nter n et trans[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 5 PTZ C ONTROL • Support s vario us PTZ pro tocols • S upport s 16 PTZ pr eset s • Support s remot e PTZ control C OMMUNICA T ION PORT FOR PTZ CAMERA S • RS 485 com municatio n port N ETWORK • Support s T CP/IP pr o tocol • Support s remot e DVR configur ation • Support s static IP , dyn[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 6 CHAPTER 2 Panel F unction s Warning : P lease power off the DVR before you conn ect ot her de vic es to it . 2.1 Check A ccessories W hen you receive t he unit, pleas e c heck the acc essor ies and m ake su re you have al l of the par ts . Normally , accessories w ill incl ude one mou se, a pow er [...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 7 Fig2.1 Front Pa nel Item Nam e Function 1 Digita l button s Input number s or choose camera s 2 +/Menu but ton 1. In crease the v alue in se tup 2. Enter me nu in live mode 3 - /Backup 1. Decreas e the value in setup 2. Enter backup mode in live mode 4 RECORD R ecord manually 5 REW Rewind 6 P L AY E[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 8 2.3 Rear P anel Layout subj ect to change, may be slightly dif ferent from yo ur model . The r ear p a nel sketch and in terface buttons are show n below : Items N ames Functions 1 ALARM IN Connect to ext ernal sensor 1 - 4. 2 ALARM OUT Relay out put. C onnect to ex ternal alarm. 3 +5 V and GND +5 [...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 9 2.4 Remot e C ontrol Introduction 2.4.1 Us ing Remote Control Notice T o setup Remote C o ntrol : : Pl ea se not e tha t Re mote Con trol is n ot a standard part of thi s DVR. Y our pa cka ge mi ght n ot inc lude it. 1. Open the bat tery cov er of Re m ote C ontrol . 2. Put in tw o AAA batteries wit[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 10 The func tions of t he buttons on the Remote Control ar e describe d in t he table below : Item s Name s Function s 1 P ower But ton Start shutdow n to stop fir mware runn ing. Do it before power ing off. 2 INFO Button Get infor mation abo ut the DV R like firmwar e version, H DD infor mation 3 RE[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 11 CHAPTER 3 Basic O pera tion Gui de 3.1 How to St art DVR Notice T o start the DVR : : Before powering on the unit , pleas e ma k e sure t he pow er input matches the loca l power volt age . STEP1 Connect the DVR to AC adapt or and plu g in. STEP2 Tu r n on the DVR . STEP3 Wait fo r the DVR to in it[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 12 3.2 Main Me n u S etting There is a n adminis trator setup in the DVR. The administra tor ha s con trol over all sett ings . The user nam e is "Admin ", and def ault pas sw ord is "1234 56". S teps of ent ering the Main M e nu are: Notice STEP1 Press the " Menu " butt[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 13 3.2.1 B asic C onfiguration B as ic C onfigurat ion menu is show n as F ig . 3.4. Fig 3. 5 T ime adjust men t 1. VIDEO FOR MA T T here are two video format s: NTSC and P AL. Please se lect acc ording t o your area, NTS C is used in the US A. 2. TIME POSITION T his item i s for setting up th e p osi[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 14 5. DVR ID DVR ID consi sts of three n umbers. STEP1 M ove the cur sor to the it em . STEP2 Press " Ente r " key to modif y number s. STEP3 Enter thr ee numbers, and then press " Ente r " key to confirm the modified entr y . STEP4 Press " OK " button to conf irm the op[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 15 STEP2 Enter chan nel nam e . STEP3 Press " Ente r " key to conf irm the op eration . 3. SHO W NAME If select ing " SHOW NAME " , th e camera name will be display ed in live view . If unselect ing " SHOW NAME " , the camer a nam e will not be displa y ed . 4. CHANNEL HI[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 16 3. PRERECORD TIME Prerecord t im e refers to the a mount of tim e recorde d from memor y befo re the alarm w as triggered . Ther e ar e two options: 5 seco nds and 10 seco nds . 4. TIM E ST AMP If select ed , r ecord time w ill be displayed on the bo ttom of the s cr ee n at playback 5. C HANNEL S[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 17 STEP7 Press " Ente r " key to conf irm the s etup . O n weekday and holiday , y ou can select whole day or set four periods in a day to re cord. 9. FRAME RA TE SE T UP F rame rate is the num ber of pi ctures re corded each sec ond . If choosing 15 , the pic tu re - rec ordi ng rate is 15 [...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 18 1. HOLD TIME Thi s sets the c ontin ued re cord ing time aft er an alarm is tri ggered . There ar e two options : 1 minute a nd 2 minutes. It also determ ines the i nterval between motion detec tion events . I f the HOLD TI ME i s 1 minute , if new m otion is detected withi n this period it w ill [...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 19 Fig 3. 11 D etection A rea S etup S ub -s teps for man ually sel ecting the dete c tion area are desc ribed bel ow: 1. In the Area S etup subme nu, c hoose " CUSTO M " op tion . 2. Press " Enter " key to confir m the operation. 3. Press " Up ", " Down ", &quo[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 20 1. HOLD TIME Thi s sets the contin ued record ing time aft er an alarm is trigg ered. T here are two options : 1 minute a nd 2 minutes. It also de ter mines th e interv al betw een mo tion de tect ion events . If the H OLD TIME is 1 minut e, if new motion is detected withi n this period it w ill b[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 21 OTHER ALARM Other Alar m submenu is show n in Fig. 3.13 . Other alar m incl udes video loss , disk fu ll and so on. Fig 3. 13 O t her A larm Conf igurati on Ther e are tw o options of alar m outpu t: ALARMO UT1 and BU ZZER. Their functions ar e s ame with that in sensor a l arm. 3.2.5 PTZ C onfigur[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 22 STEP2 In P reset s ubmenu , press " Ente r " button to sw i tch t he p res et p oint needing t o be reset. STEP3 Press " ADJUST " button to enter PT Z mode. STEP4 On the front pane l, press " ZOOM " , " FOCUS " , " SPEED ", "I RIS ", &quo[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 23 1. AUTHORI Z AT I O N CHECK If y ou put a checkmar k in " AUTHORI Z AT I O N CHECK " , all users need to input the p asswor d before ent ering t he Main M enu. If you do not check " AUTHORI ZA TION CHECK " , user s can enter the syst em directly w ithout passw ord . 2. USER Pres[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 24 6. DELETE USER STEP1 Move the cur s or t o the " DEL " butt on on the screen . STEP2 P ress " Ente r " key to conf irm the operat ion. When a user is de leted, the usern ame and p asswor d will n o longer exist in t he syste m . 3.2.7 N etw or k Configuratio n Networ k Configur[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 25 Thi s is the DVR ’ s I P c onfigur ation . There are three opt ions: ST A TIC, DHCP and PPP oE. If you use t he S tati c IP address opt ion you will need t o acce ss the rout er the DVR is attac hed and get the s etup infor mation. Y ou can do this by going to the run opt ion on a co mputer t hat[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 26 DDNS CONFIGUR A TI ON DDNS C onfiguration sub menu is shown as Fig. 3.22. T he DVR does not currently support any DDNS server s in the USA, support ma y be added i n future firmw are updat es. Fig 3. 2 2 DDNS Configura tion 3.2.8 M anage r T ools The Manager T ools me nu is show n as Fig. 3.27 . S[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 27 There are tw o options: FORM A T and CANC EL. 1. Q UICK FORMA T If you chec k this item, you can fo rmat the har d drive quickly . 2. F O R M AT STEP1 Select " F O R M AT " butt on . STEP2 P ress " E nter " key , a w arning will pop up: ‘F or mat w ill erase all data on t his [...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 28 SYSTEM INFO R M AT I O N System infor mation submenu i s show n as Fig . 3.30 . It display s the informati on about t he syste m, such as fi rm ware versio n, device n ame, DVR IP ADDRESS , C lient i nformati on and so on. Fi g 3. 30 S ystem I nformation Press the " INFO " button on the [...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 29 IMPORT C ONF IGURA T ION & EXPORT CONFIGUR A TION Thi s function is used to he lp users ma nage multi ple DVR s co nveniently . When users need to set up the same p arameters in more tha n one DVR, they can copy o ne DVR ’ s setti ng to all other s wit hout set ting them up one by one . EXPOR[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 30 ZOOM STEP4 In PTZ mode , p res s " ZOOM " button. STEP5 P ress " + " and " - " butt on s to zo om in and z oom out . FOCUS STEP1 In PTZ mode , p res s " FOC US " button. STEP2 P ress " + " and " - " butt on s to control focu s. IRIS STEP1[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 31 2. Search b y Ti m e All record s can be searc hed through this option . S tep s of search i ng by time are below : STEP1 In Calendar submenu, s elect d ate. STEP2 Press " Ente r " key to enter t he Playback subm enu, refe r to F ig . 3.38 . STEP3 Press " Ente r " key to s elec [...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 32 STEP6 C hoose an ev ent record . STEP7 P ress " Enter " key to play back the reco rd STEP8 Press " Stop " button to get b ack to liv e dis pl ay m ode . Notice BACKUP & VIEW BACKUP : If ev e nt lis t is ov er one page , us e " PREV " and " NEXT " button [...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 33 (7) BACKUP Before to ba c kup, users shou ld se lect BACKUP MEDIA, BACKUP FILE, CHANNEL, S T ART TIME , END TI ME a n d EVENTS . STEP1 Press " BACKUP " button, the backup info r mation of DVR w ill display on the screen ( r efer to Fig. 3.40 ). STEP2 Press " S TA R T " button, a[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 34 LOCK/UNLOCK Lock subme nu is show n as F ig. 3.43 . Its func tion is to lock or unlock the record. Fig 3. 43 LOCK/UNLOCK Use " E n ter " key to change the st ate . If a record ev ent i s locked, it can not be deleted or covered . 3.3.3 Information Press " INF O " button, and th[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 35 CHAPTER 4 Remote Sur v eillance 4.1 A ccessing DVR The system support s remot e surveillance thro ugh a network or Inter net. T his DVR sup port s five user s loggin g in at t he same ti me . First, the DV R need s to be connected w ith a router so that it can be accessed ove r the netw ork or Inte[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 36 4.1.2 Accessing D VR O ver the Inter net When access i ng the DVR over the I nternet , in addit ion to the abov e ste ps, you would the n need t o forw ard port 80 on the router the DVR is at tached to, to the I P address of the DVR. Y ou can get instru ctions on how to do this for most popu lar r[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 37 Fig 4 .1. 3 4.2 Main I nte rface The function butt on s of the re mote survei llance di s play are shown in Fig .4. 4. Login Software Setup Remote Playback Remote DVR Configuration Remote PTZ Large Picture DVR Record Quad Picture Next Video Channel Snap Picture Camera Audio Fi g 4. 4 Ma in I nt erf[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 38 4.2.4 Record STEP1 Click " DVR Record " button . STEP2 Select " St art Record " in drop dow n list to record . STEP3 Select " S top Record " in drop dow n list to st op recordin g . 4.2.5 Camera A udio (for camer as that hav e microphones) T here are tw o options: clo[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 39 Meaning s of the function button s in R emote Play back windo w are show n below : 1. : Play /Pa use . 2. : S top . 3. : Next frame. T his butt on will be valid when play back is pause d. 4. Y ou can adjust the speed for play ing record in the ar ea sh own as Fig 4. 6 S peed . Fig 4. 6 Playi ng Spe[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 40 4.3.2 Other Functio ns B ACKUP Click butt on to enter the Ba ckup window shown as Fig 4. 8 B ackup . Fig 4. 8 B ackup There are tw o methods of ba ckup: by time and by event . 1. TIME BACKUP STEP1 Select time and re c ord t ype . STEP2 S elect camer a . STEP3 Press " Brows e … " butt o[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 41 1. Choose event and pres s " >> " button to go to back up lis t, C lick " >>>> " to choo se all event s. 2. Choose ev ent list and pr ess " << " button to clear sele cted event ; cl i ck " <<<< " button to cl ear all event [...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 42 4.4 Remot e DVR C onfiguration Click butt on in M ain Interfac e to ent er the DVR Configura tion inter face shown as F ig 4.12 Remo te DV R Configur ation . Fig 4. 12 Remote DVR Configuration Definition s of button s in Fig 4. 1 2 are below : Syst em Co nf igu r ati o n Live con figurati on Recor[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 43 Fig 4. 13 Basic Config urati on 1. Vid eo For m at Select video format in the d rop down list . Ther e are tw o video for mat s : PA L and NTSC . 2. T ime Pos iti on Select time po siti on on the DVR display in the drop dow n list. 3. DVR Name Change the nam e of the DVR. 4. DVR No. Give a number t[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 44 L IVE CONFI GU R A TION 1. C hannel Select the option in t he drop down list t o change the channel of t he camer a . 2. C hannel Hide Select the che ck box to hid e the pi c ture in t he live display mode. 3. Show N ame Select the che ck box to hid e th e name of DVR channel in the live display m[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 45 1. Parameter S etting Th is s etting is the same as ‘ 3.2.3 R ec ord C onfigura tion ’ of the DVR. If you change it on N etwork Client , th e DVR w ill change along wit h it. 2. Schedule R ecord The defau lt value of S c hedul e R ecord is not active. STEP1 Click the check box of the S chedule [...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 46 D ISK MANAGEMENT Displays the inform ation of the hard dis k. FIRMW ARE U P D AT E DVR firmw are can be updated remotely thr ough N et work C li ent softw are . STEP1 Select the path to the updat ing file . STEP2 C lick " Sta rt " button , the upd ating pr ogress bar w ill appea r . Th e[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 47 1. C hannel Select the channel used by t he PTZ camera . 2. Baud R ate Select the Baud Rate of the PT Z camera . T he default value i s 9600. 3. Protocol The commun ication prot ocol of P TZ camera. 4. Address T he communica tion ad dress of PTZ c am era, also kn own as dev i c e ID Notice PTZ CONT[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 48 CHAPTER 5 Operati on w ith a Mous e 5.1 Swit ch ing Di spla y Channels can be select ed and alter ed using a Mouse . If th e display is in mu lti - sc reen mode, cli ck ing on a picture it w ill switch i t to ful l scr een; and i f i n full screen, clic k ing on an image it will chan ge it to mul [...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 49 FOCUS Click " FOCUS + " bu tton to focus the S peed Dome f urther aw ay . Click " FOCUS - " button to foc us the S peed Dome close r . ZOOM Click " ZOOM + " and " ZOOM - " buttons to contr ol the S peed Dome zoom ing in and zoomin g out . IRIS Click " IR[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 50 CHAPTER 6 Mobile Sur veillance T his DVR sup port s mobile surveillan c e by smart phone s and PDAs wi th W inCE or S y m bia n o per ating system s that ar e on 3G netw ork s . Among t he m, Dopod D60 0 ( W M5) and Do pod S1(W M 6) have been te sted and fully certifie d that they worked w ell wit[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 51 STEP4 Click “ Ye s ” to download and ins tall. STEP5 PCam will be opened after inst all ed . STEP6 I nput the server ’ s address, ID, and pas sword resp ectively i n the column s of “ S erver ” , “User”, a nd “Password”. Then click “ Go ” to l og in to the DVR . I t will show [...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 52 STEP7 Camera 1 is th e defaul t disp lay after lo gin. C han ge the camera in the drop d own menu of “ Chan nel ”. Notice 6.2 B y Smart Phone with Sy mbian Operat in g Sy stem : User name and p assword here are the sam e as that used on the DVR . The defaults are user name “ admin ” and pa[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 53 STEP4 The securit y w indow will pop up after downloa ded and ask if you want to install the package. C lick YE S to inst all. STEP5 A Scam shortc ut icon app ears on the sy st e m men u af ter fi nished . STEP6 Run Scam pr ogram.[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 54 STEP7 Click Op tions --- >S ettings to enter login i nter face. STEP8 I nput the serv er ’ s address, ID and passw ord respe ctively . Then click OK to log in to the D VR . (Se e 4.1.2 Acces sing th e DVR ov er the Internet) STEP9 I t will sh ow the ca mera after acce ss ing su ccessful ly . [...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 55 CHAPTER 7 Freque ntl y A sk ed Questions Q1. Why is the DVR not st art ing af ter con nect ing the power ? a. T he adapter has been d amaged. P lease cha nge the adapter b. The ad apter is not producing eno ugh pow er . Please remo ve the HDD to see if the D VR w ill start w ithout it. If it does t[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 56 Q6. M ouse does not wor k, what coul d be wron g? a. W ait for 5 sec ond s after mouse connected t hen try . b. Not being id entified . Plug/u nplug sev era l time s. c. The mouse is inc omp atible. Please try a dif ferent mous e. Q7. Wh y c an ’t my system downloa d A ctiv eX control s? a. IE b[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 57 ③ Enable a ll the sub options under “ActiveX contr ols and plug - in s” ④ T hen clic k OK to finish setu p . b. Other p lug - ins , firewall s, or anti - virus program s ma y b lock A ctiveX. Pleas e uni nstall or clo se th em. Notice : W hen th e Netwo rk Cli ent is r unni ng on VIS T A op[...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 58 Appendix A S t a ndard s & Specifi cations Model 4 Channel VID EO Input L evel 4 × BNC 1 . 0Vp - p± 10% . 75Ohm Video S tandard NTSC / PAL Video Out pu t 1 × BNC 1. 0Vp - p± 10% . 75Ohm ， 1 × S- Vi deo Screen S plit Co ntrol 1, 4S creen Display Resoluti on NTSC 720x48 0 PAL 7 20x576 Spe[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 59 Control D evice Front P anel , USB mouse , rem ote contr oller PTZ control Panel, m ouse rem ote contr oller o r internet Appendix B Re cord Ca pa c i t y The follow ing tab le shows the record capa city of gros s four channels recorded in one hour . Picture Quality PA L NTSC Res olut ion ( CIF) T [...]

QSDF8204 D igi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 60 Q- SEE Product Warranty Thank you for choos ing our pr oducts. All of our pr oducts hav e a conditi onal free w arrant y re pair ser vice for hardw are within 1 2 months starting f rom purchas e date, and a f ree exchange service within on e month (va lid for m anufactur ing def ects ). Perm anent[...]

QSDF8204 Digi tal V ideo R ecorder U ser Manual 61 Customer Information Card User ’ s Name Comp any Address Post al c ode Phone Number E- ma il Model Number Serial Numb er Purchase D ate Distributor[...]