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Page 3 - Caution and care

Caution and care HEAVY OBJECTS SHOULD NEVER BE PLACED ON THE UNIT (E.G., MONITOR) NEVER TOUCH OR INSERT ANY OBJECT INSIDE THE UNIT Touching the inside of the cabinet or inserting foreign objects of any kind through or ventilation holes not only creates a safetyhazard but can also cause extensive dam...

Page 7 - Table of Contents

4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction .................................................................................. 1 Features .......................................................................................................... 1 Technical Overview .....

Page 10 - List of Illustrations

User’s Manual List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation. .......................................................................................... 1 Figure 2 — DVR rear panel. ....................................................................................................... 3 F...

Page 13 - Chapter 1 — Introduction; Features; Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation.

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 1 Chapter 1 — Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for 4 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: y 4 Composite Input Connect...

Page 14 - Technical Overview

User’s Manual 2 Technical Overview Your DVR can replace both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation. However, it has many features that make it much more powerful and easier to use than even the most advanced VCR. The DVR converts analog video to digital images and records the...

Page 15 - Chapter 2 — Installation; Package Contents; Figure 2 — DVR rear panel.; Connecting the Video Source; Figure 3 — Video input connectors.

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 3 Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: y Digital Video Recorder y Power Cord y User’s Manual (This Document) y Remote Operation Software CD and User’s Manual y Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special ...

Page 16 - Connecting the Loop Through Video; BNC; Connecting Audio; to your; Setting Unit for CVBS or VGA output; or

User’s Manual 4 Connecting the Loop Through Video Figure 4 — Video Loop Through connectors. If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is co...

Page 17 - Connecting the Monitor; Connecting the Spot Monitor; Figure 7 — Video Out connectors.; Connecting the RGB Monitor; Figure 8 — VGA connector.; Connecting Alarms; Figure 9 — Alarm Input connector strips.

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 5 NOTE: You cannot use spot monitor output and VGA output at the same time. NOTE: Set the CVBS or VGA selector switch before turning on the DVR. You cannot change the setting while the unit is running. Connecting the Monitor Connecting the Spot Monitor Figure 7 — ...

Page 18 - Chapter 3 —; Alarm Out; Connecting to the Network Port; Chapter 3 — Configuration

User’s Manual 6 AI 1 to 4 (Alarm In) You can use external devices to signal the DVR to react to events. Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the AI (Alarm In) and GND (Ground) connectors. See Chapter 3 — Configuration for configuring alarm input. GND (Ground) Connect the ground side of ...

Page 19 - Connecting to the RS-232C Port; Figure 13 — Factory reset switch.; CAUTION: When using the; Factory Reset; , you will lose any setting you have made.

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 7 Connecting to the RS-232C Port Figure 12 — RS-232C connector. An RS-232C port is provided to connect an external modem for remote monitoring, remote configuration and text input, and to connect a remote control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a DB-9S (female) c...

Page 20 - Connecting to the USB Port; Figure 14 — USB connector.; Connecting the Power Cord; Figure 15 — Power cord connector.

User’s Manual 8 Connecting to the USB Port Figure 14 — USB connector. A USB port on the front panel is provided to connect external hard disk drives, CD-RW drives or flash drives for archiving video. Position the external hard disk drive close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable connect...

Page 21 - Front Panel Controls; POWER LED

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 9 Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation . Front Panel Controls Figure 16 — DVR front panel. Many of the buttons on the front panel have multiple functions. The following describ...

Page 22 - Panic Button; Quad/Sequence Button

User’s Manual 10 Panic Button Pressing the PANIC button activates panic recording, so the DVR will record video regardless of the time-lapse or event recording schedule. Press the button again to release the panic recording. NOTE: When the DVR is in the Panic recording mode, the REC LED flickers and...

Page 23 - Menu Button; Connecting the Infrared Remote Control; Figure 17 — Infrared Remote Control.

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 11 Enter/Pause Button This button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made. Pressing the ENTER/PAUSE button in the live monitoring mode freezes the current live screen, and the screen displays . Press the button again to return to the li...

Page 24 - Turning on the Power; Press the; button. The factory default password is; Setup Screen; The

User’s Manual 12 Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit will take approximately 60 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and ...

Page 26 - Normal Setup Screen; System Information

User’s Manual 14 Normal Setup Screen Figure 20 — Normal Setup screen. Press the MENU button to enter the setup screen. If the Quick Setup screen appears, turn it off as described above. The Normal Setup screen gives you access to all the DVR’s setup screens. System Information Highlight System Infor...

Page 28 - Time Zone

User’s Manual 16 Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the Main menu and press the button. The Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 24 — Date/Time setup screen. CAUTION: If you set a date and time that is older than some of your recorded images, any images with dates and times later than the new ...

Page 30 - CAUTION: When selecting; , any video with a later time and date will be lost if

User’s Manual 18 The box beside System Clock displays the DVR's time setting. The box beside Server Clock displays the time setting of the time server. Highlighting the Update button and pressing the button updates the server clock. NOTE: The Server Clock will display “ – ” when the DVR cannot load ...

Page 31 - System Check Screen

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 19 System Check Screen Highlight System Check in the Main menu and press the button. The System Check setup screen appears. Figure 27 — System Check (Config.) screen. Highlight the box under the On/Off heading and press the button. This toggles between On and Off ...

Page 32 - Storage Screen

User’s Manual 20 Figure 28 — System Check (Alarm Out / Notify) screen. Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button. A drop menu displays available alarm outputs for the recording problem. Highlight the desired alarm output from the external alarm out terminal or internal buzze...

Page 34 - System Log Screen

User’s Manual 22 Highlight the box beside Check Time and press the button. Adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Temperature Threshold and press the button. Adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Sensor Unit and press the button to toggle between ...

Page 35 - Configuring Input Devices; Camera Setup Screen; Highlight

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 23 Configuring Input Devices You can configure the video, audio and remote control devices connected to the DVR. Figure 32 — Device menu screen. Camera Setup Screen Highlight Camera in the Main menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen appears. Figure 33 ...

Page 36 - Alarm In Setup Screen

User’s Manual 24 You can assign titles to each camera by highlighting the Title heading and pressing the button. A virtual keyboard allows you to enter camera names. Selecting the PTZ Device box causes a list of controllable cameras to display. Select your camera from the list and press the button. ...

Page 37 - Motion Detector

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 25 The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm In Setup screen. You can turn each input On (via Alarm I/O or Camera Alarm ) or Off . Each input can be given a title, and the inputs c...

Page 38 - Text-In Setup Screen

User’s Manual 26 The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera. You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks. The menu on the setup screen has the following functions: NOTE: You can activate or deactivate 4 cells at a time using the button. ...

Page 39 - Transaction Start; Transaction End

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 27 Figure 39 — Text-In (Generic Text) setup screen. Figure 40 — Text-In (EPSON-POS) setup screen. Highlight the box beside Transaction Start , and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s ...

Page 40 - Alarm Out Setup Screen

User’s Manual 28 Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter , and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s) that the device uses to indicate the end of a line. Control characters can be created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g., ^J for NL (New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Retu...

Page 41 - Audio Setup Screen

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 29 Highlighting the Sched field and pressing the button opens a schedule screen. You can schedule alarm output in 30-minute increments from 0:00 to 24:00. Figure 42 — Alarm Out Schedule screen. You can select individual blocks of time, entire days of the week, ent...

Page 43 - Configuring Recording Settings; Record Mode Setup Screen

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 31 NOTE: Selecting the PTZ in the RS232 field only defines the RS-232C port as being used for the PTZ camera connections. Select the PTZ device in the Camera Setup screen. Configuring Recording Settings NOTE: When the DVR is recording video, the REC LED on the fro...

Page 44 - Time-Lapse Record Mode Setup Screen

User’s Manual 32 Pressing the PANIC button on the front panel enters the Panic Recording mode. You can program the recording speed, quality and duration when the DVR is in the Panic Recording mode. On Panic Recording Speed can be set from 0.5 to 25 ips, and On Panic Recording Quality can be selectab...

Page 45 - Time-Lapse Recording Schedule

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 33 NOTE: You cannot select 25 ips for High Resolution. Highlight the box under the Quality heading and press the button. A drop-down list appears. You can select from Very High , High , Standard and Low image quality. All other variables being equal; Very High wil...

Page 46 - Pre-Event Recording Setup Screen

User’s Manual 34 There are several ways to set recording times: y You can highlight an individual block and toggle it on or off by pressing the button. y You can change a 30-minute segment for all days by placing the cursor on the time line and pressing the button to toggle the segment on or off. y ...

Page 47 - Event Action Setup; Alarm In Event Action (Record) Setup Screen

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 35 You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dwell Time . You can set the Dwell Time from 1 to 300 seconds. NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time-Lapse mode, it ignores the pre-event settings and follows the time-lapse settings. Even...

Page 48 - Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen; Sched; Alarm In Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen

User’s Manual 36 Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to events differently by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 50 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. ...

Page 49 - Motion Detector Event Action (Record) Setup Screen

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 37 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote site when certain events...

Page 50 - Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen; Figure 53 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.; Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen; Figure 54 — Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) setup screen.

User’s Manual 38 Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to motion events differently by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 53 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A sche...

Page 52 - Highlight the

User’s Manual 40 Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to text-in by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 56 — Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the sched...

Page 53 - Video Loss Event Action (Record) Setup Screen

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 41 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote site when it has text in...

Page 54 - Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen; Figure 59 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.; Video Loss Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen; The DVR can be set to notify the remote site in the case of video loss.

User’s Manual 42 Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 59 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen a...

Page 55 - Display Setup

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 43 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote site when it loses video...

Page 56 - On

User’s Manual 44 NOTE: Each icon displayed on the screen describes the system status as follows: y Freeze — Displays while in Freeze mode. y Sequence — Displays while in Sequence mode. y Zoom — Displays on the enlarged video. y Remote Control — Displays when the DVR can be controlled by the infrared...

Page 57 - Main Monitoring Setup Screen

Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 45 Main Monitoring Setup Screen You can adjust the display dwell time for each camera displayed on the main monitor. You also can set the video from the event-detected camera to be displayed on the main monitor during the preset dwell time. Figure 62 — Main Monito...