Mitsubishi Electric DX-TL16U - Manuals

User’s Manual iv NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environm...

Digital Video Recorder v Caution and care HEAVY OBJECTS SHOULD NEVER BE PLACED ON THE UNIT (E.G., MONITOR) NEVER REMOVE THE TOP COVER AND TOUCH OR INSERT ANY OBJECT INSIDE THE UNIT Touching the inside of the cabinet or inserting foreign objects of any kind through the disc loading slot or ventilatio...

Digital Video Recorder vii Table of Contents Chapter 1 ─ Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 Features ................................................................................................................... 1 Techni...

Digital Video Recorder ix Appendix F ─ Map of Screens ................................................................................... 73 Appendix G ─ System Log Notices ............................................................................ 74 Appendix H ─ Error Code Notices ..................

User’s Manual x List of Illustrations Figure 1 ─ Typical DVR installation. .......................................................................................... 2 Figure 2 ─ 16-Channel DVR rear panel. .................................................................................... 3 Figure ...

Digital Video Recorder 1 Chapter 1 ─ Introduction FEATURES Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features:  8 or 16 Composite Video Inpu...

Digital Video Recorder 3 Chapter 2 ─ Installation PACKAGE CONTENTS The package contains the following:  Digital Video Recorder  Power Cord  User’s Manual (This Document)  DX-PC For View Software CD and User’s Manual REQUIRED INSTALLATION TOOLS No special tools are required to install the DVR. Re...

User’s Manual 4 Video Loop Through 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 connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor...

Digital Video Recorder 5 ARI (Alarm Reset In): An external signal to the Alarm Reset In can be used to reset both the Alarm Out signal and the DVR’s internal buzzer. Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the ARI (Alarm Reset In) and GND (Ground) connectors. The threshold voltage is below...

User’s Manual 6 Power Cord Connector WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD. MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE. DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET. THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN. IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES NOT HAVE A G...

Digital Video Recorder 7 Chapter 3 ─ Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 ─ Installation. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Figure 3 ─ 16-Channel DVR front panel. POWER LED HDD LED ALARM LED NETWORK LED COPY LED Camera Buttons Display/Spot Button Group...

User’s Manual 8 NETWORK LED The NETWORK LED is lit when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet. COPY LED The COPY LED is lit when the DVR is clip-copying. Camera Buttons (1 to 16) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 9 ar...

Digital Video Recorder 9 Clip Copy Button Pressing the Clip Copy button allows you to copy video clips. Alarm Button Pressing the Alarm button resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. Play/Pause Button In the live monitoring mode, pressing the button freezes the curren...

User’s Manual 10 NOTE: A cameo is defined as any cell within multi-screen display. The cameo mode allows you to change the screen layout by editing the cameo. USB Ports Two USB ports on the front panel are provided to connect external hard disk, CD-RW or flash drives for video clip copying or system...

Digital Video Recorder 11 SETUP SCREEN Figure 4 ─ Setup screen. Press the Menu button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles...

User’s Manual 12 In the General screen, you can assign a System ID number, select the language the screens are displayed in, display software version number, upgrade the software, import or export the DVR settings, show the System Log, and shut the system down. Highlight the box beside System ID and...

User’s Manual 14 Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button. Select from the three available time formats and press the button to save your selected format. NOTE: The clock will not start running until you have highlighted Save and pressed the button. Highlight the box beside Time Zon...

Digital Video Recorder 15 Figure 7 ─ Account setup screen. The +/- column is used to collapse and expand user groups. If there is a + or – in this column, it indicates the item is a Group Name. If there is a – in front of the Group Name, it indicates that the group has been “expanded” and all of the...

User’s Manual 16 The authority levels that can be turned On and Off are:  Shutdown ─ The user can shut the system down on a local system.  Upgrade ─ The user can upgrade the software on a local system or a PC running DX-PC For View.  System Time Change ─ The user can change the system date and ti...

User’s Manual 18 Highlight the box beside Format for the desired storage device and press the button. You will be able to format the device for recording. When selecting Not Using from Use As and highlighting the Format button, the device will not be used for recording. Selecting Close and pressing ...

Digital Video Recorder 19 Highlighting the Settings box beside Check Alarm-In and pressing the button allows you to change the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on Alarm Inputs. You can select from 1 hr. to 30 days or Off . Highlighting the Settings box beside Disk Almost Full a...

User’s Manual 20 General Settings (RECORD  General Tab) Figure 11 ─ Record General setup screen. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When Recycle is t...

Digital Video Recorder 21 Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion , and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 days. The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user-defined period under three conditions: at mi...

Digital Video Recorder 23 Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule item. NOTE: The higher the number under the No. heading, the higher its priority. The Day box allows you to change the days that the scheduled recording will take place. Choose from: Sun , Mon , Tue , Wed , Thu , Fri , ...

User’s Manual 24 Motion Settings (EVENT  Motion Tab) Figure 15 ─ Motion setup screen. Your DVR has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR...

User’s Manual 26 Alarm-In Settings (EVENT  Alarm-In Tab) Figure 16 ─ Alarm-In setup screen. 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 screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and...

Digital Video Recorder 27 Video Loss Settings (EVENT  Video Loss Tab) Figure 17 ─ Video Loss setup screen. The DVR checks to see if anything is obscuring the camera. Highlight the slider bar beside Check Obscuration , and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the setting. The sensitivity c...

User’s Manual 30 NETWORK SETUP In the Main screen, use the Left or Right arrow buttons to display the Network menu. Figure 19 ─ Network Menu. General Settings (NETWORK  General Tab) Figure 20 ─ Network General setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch – bps/ips . Press the Up and Do...

Digital Video Recorder 31 NOTE: When limiting the network bandwidth, the remote watch image on the PC running DX-PX For View or WebGuard might not be displayed properly. The DVR supports two-way audio communication between a local system and a PC running DX-PC For View . Highlighting the box beside ...

User’s Manual 32 Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number. The factory default LAN settings are: IP Address: 192.168.1.129 Gateway: 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Highlight the box beside DNS Server . Press the Up an...

Digital Video Recorder 33 NOTE: If the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL network, the IP address of the DVR might change whenever the unit is turned on. You can save your IP Address changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes...

User’s Manual 34 Mail Settings (NETWORK  Mail Tab) The DVR can be set up to send an e-mail when an event occurs. Figure 23 ─ Mail setup screen. Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled. Highlight the box besi...

Digital Video Recorder 35 Callback Settings (NETWORK  Callback Tab) The DVR can be set up to contact a computer running DX-PC For View (Remote Administration System) when an event occurs. Figure 24 ─ Callback setup screen. Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When Ena...

User’s Manual 36 General Settings (CAMERA  General Tab) Figure 26 ─ Camera General setup screen. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, C...

Digital Video Recorder 37 You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number. The PTZ ID number can be set from 0 to 256. Highlight th...

User’s Manual 38 Audio Settings (DEVICE  Audio Tab) Figure 29 ─ Audio setup screen. The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input and press the button. A list of cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Highlight En...

Digital Video Recorder 39 The Day box allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active. The choices are: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All. The Range box allows you to set the time that the alarm schedule will be active in 15-minute increments from 00:00 to 24:0...

User’s Manual 40 DISPLAY SETUP Figure 32 ─ Display Menu. OSD Settings (DISPLAY  OSD Tab) The OSD screen allows you to select what information will be displayed on the monitor. Figure 33 ─ OSD setup screen. Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off. When an item is On...

Digital Video Recorder 41  Audio ─ The icon displays on each camera screen for which the DVR can play live audio.  PTZ ─ The icon displays on each PTZ camera screen.  Text-In ─ The text input strings display on the screen. You can adjust the Display Dwell time (sec.) for the text input strings di...

User’s Manual 42 Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button. Pressing the button toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs. Highlight Enable VGA Enhancement and press the button toggle On and Off. When it is On...

Digital Video Recorder 43 STATUS SCREEN Figure 36 ─ Status menu. Event Screen (STATUS  Event Tab) Figure 37 ─ Event screen. The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when dete...

User’s Manual 44 Storage Screen (STATUS  Storage Tab) Figure 38 ─ Storage screen. The Storage screen displays the Disk Bad, Temperature and S.M.A.R.T. information of the storage device.  Disk Bad ─ Displays the damage status of the storage drive. ( Not Formatted (The device is not formatted), Good...

Digital Video Recorder 45 Chapter 4 ─ Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have m...

User’s Manual 46 Freeze Sequence Camera Menu Alarm Reset Panic Setup Search Mode Login/Logout Figure 39 ─ Live Monitoring menu. NOTE: The Live Monitoring menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen. LIVE MONITORING MENU Freeze Selecting (Freeze) in the Live Monito...

Digital Video Recorder 47 Camera Menu Selecting (Camera Menu) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the following Camera Menu.  Audio: Selecting Audio toggles audio output On and Off.  Color Control: Selecting Color Control and choosing the camera number allows you to control brightness, contrast, ...

User’s Manual 48 Login/Logout Selecting (Login) in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to select a User and enter the password to log into the system. Selecting (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout screen asking you to confirm whether or not ...

Digital Video Recorder 49 You can use a mouse for convenient PTZ control. Position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen, and the following PTZ toolbar will display. Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. If you want to display the toolbar again, position the mouse pointer at the botto...

User’s Manual 50 EVENT MONITORING When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (Main Monitor tab). How the cameras are displayed depends on the number of cameras associated with the event. If one camera...

Digital Video Recorder 51 Full Screen Selecting (Full Screen) in the Mouse Display menu and choosing the camera number button displays the selected camera full screen. It is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel or clicking the left mouse button on a camera image when...

User’s Manual 52 PANIC RECORDING Pressing the Panic button starts panic recording of all cameras, and pressing the button again stops panic recording. If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Record General setup screen, panic recording will stop automatically according to the preset duration ...

Digital Video Recorder 53 Cameo Button: Pressing and holding the button for three seconds or longer enters the cameo mode. The yellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo. Pressing the desired camera button in the active came...

User’s Manual 54 SEARCH MENU Search Selecting (Search) in the Search menu allows you to search using a recording table (Record Table Search), select video from the event log (Event Log Search), searches text input strings (Text-In Search) or searches motion events (Motion Search). See the following ...

Digital Video Recorder 55 Alarm Reset Selecting (Alarm Reset) in the Search menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the same as pressing the Alarm button on the front panel. Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, a...

User’s Manual 56 NOTE: The recorded data in the time range located after the yellow vertical line is the latest. There are three view modes. Standard view, Expanded view and Compact view. Standard view (default) displays combined recording information of all camera channels currently displayed on th...

Digital Video Recorder 57 EVENT LOG SEARCH Figure 43 ─ Event Log Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Input port is activated. The Event Log Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the (Pl...

Digital Video Recorder 59 You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option… button and setting up the new search condition. You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button ...

User’s Manual 60 The Motion Search… can be selected from the Search menu while the DVR displays the camera full screen. The Motion Search screen displays a list of motion events. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video and press the (Play/Pause) button to d...

Digital Video Recorder 61 Pressing and holding the Clip Copy button for more than three seconds while in the Live monitoring mode, and the Clip-Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup. Pressing the Clip Copy button during playback will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied, and ...

User’s Manual 62 NOTE: When naming a file, you cannot use the following characters: \, /, :, *, ?, “, <, >, |. Highlight Include Text-In Data and press the button. This will toggle between On and Off. When this feature is On, you can include text-in data when copying video if the video was rec...

Digital Video Recorder 63 Appendix A ─ USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP and Windows Vista is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cab...

User’s Manual 64 Appendix B ─ Text-In Search Examples Search Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 2(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 |...

User’s Manual 66 Appendix C ─ WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere. Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are:  Operating System: Microsoft ®...

Digital Video Recorder 67 NOTE: When running WebGuard in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the ...

User’s Manual 68 ⑥ Click the camera button (1 to 16) to select the camera to be viewed. ⑦ Click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of monitoring image. ⑧ Click the to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. ⑨ Click the to control alarm out devices at the ...

Digital Video Recorder 69 Figure 48 ─ WebSearch screen. ① Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ② Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ④ The DVR information window displays the time informa...

Digital Video Recorder 71 Appendix D ─ Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Power  Check power cord connections.  Confirm that there is power at the outlet. No Live Video  Check camera video cable and connections.  Check monitor video cable and connections.  Confirm that the camera has ...

User’s Manual 72 Appendix E ─ Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 GND Chassis Ground (5 connectors) NC Relay Alarm Outputs (Normally Closed) NO Relay Alarm Outputs (Normally Open) C Relay Common ARI Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Uni...

User’s Manual 74 Appendix G ─ System Log Notices Boot Up Schedule On Shutdown Schedule Off Restart Panic On Upgrade Panic Off Upgrade Failure Clear All Data Power Failure Clear Disk Time Change Format Disk Time Zone Change Disk Full Time Sync Auto Deletion Time Sync Failed Search Begin Disk Bad Sear...

Digital Video Recorder 75 Appendix H ─ Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related No. Description No. Description 0 Unknown error. 0 Unknown error. 1 File version error. 1 Device error. 2 Operating system version error. 2 Mounting failed. 3 Software version error. 3 No media. 4 Kern...

User’s Manual 76 Appendix I ─ Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Video Input Composite: 8 or 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Spot: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms VGA: 1 Video Resolution Composite: 720x480 (NTSC)...

Digital Video Recorder V1.1 77 GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) 16.9 " x 3.5 " x 15.7 " (430mm x 88mm x 400mm) Unit Weight 14 lbs. (6.3kg) Shipping Weight 21 lbs. (9.3kg) Shipping Dimensions (W x H x D) 21.3 " x 11.4 " x 23.2 " ( 540mm x 290mm x 590mm) Operating Temperature 41°...