Maxtor QSNDVR16M - Manual

Format Standard MPEG-4 compression format Storage Supports up to four IDE Hard Drives simultaneously (Or three IDE HDDs and one IDE DVD-RW/CD-RW) Backup Auto-play software automatically packed in backup files, and Auto-water-mark check in backup files to assure files’ authenticity Support backup via...

Installation Notice Attention : Before connecting to other equipment, please make sure the device is powered off. Do not hot plug in! 2.1 Checking the contents Check the contents when you receive the unit, to make sure you have all the parts. Normally it will contain: a remote control, a power cable...

2.2.2 Install tool One Phillips screwdriver 2.2.3 Install process Open the DVR using screwdriver Set one HDD as master and the other as slave if two HDDs are connected to one ATA interface!!! Attention : Hard Drives connected to the same parallel cable can not be set as master+master or slave+slave,...

Jumper area The picture blow is the IDE connection/Power connection section of the HDD. Jumper according to the diagram above Jumper are a MASTER S L AV E The sequence of read/write data from HDD The ATA interface which is near the motherboard center is the secondary interface, the next ATA interfac...

Primary ATA interface is HDD A, the slave is HDD B. The master HDD connected to secondary ATA interface is HDD C, the slave is HDD D. The record sequence is: HDD A → HDD B → HDD C → HDD D Overwrite sequence: The sequence is irrespective of HDD. The DVR overwrites HDD from the oldest record file when...

19 pins are in the other row). Make sure pins are plugged into interface correctly. Connect the power supply to HDD Sketch map of installation Close the device cover and lock it with screws Attention : Please format the HDD before using. If the user w ants to connect the CD/DVD driver to the ATA int...

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- 2.3 Back panel and interface terminals Attention : The real connections on the back panel might be slightly different from the sketch below. 2.3.1 Back panel of 16-channel DVR CAM1 CAM 2 CAM3 CAM4 CAM5 CAM6 CAM7 CAM8 AUDIO IN 1 AUDIO IN 2 A LARM IN AL ARM OU T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 CAM9 CAM10 CA...

1 Video input 1-16 2 Spot output 3 Video output 4 S video output 5 Audio output Page 17

6 LAN port 7 Audio in 1-4 8 Alarm input1-16 9 Alarm output Page 18

10 Fan vent 11 Power plug 12 USB port 13 VGA port 14 RS 232 port Null 15 RS485 port Page 19

2.3.2 Back panel of 9-channel DVR C A M 1 C A M 5 C A M 7 A U D IO I N 1 A U D IO I N 2 A LA R M I N A LA R M O U T C A M 3 C A M 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 C A M 2 C A M 4 C A M 6 C A M 8 A U D IO I N 3 A U D IO I N 4 S P O T O U T V I D E O O U T S V I D E O A U D I O O U T C O M + - G N D RS- 4 ...

0 M O D E B ACK UP 2.4 Front panel and interface terminals Attention : The actual buttons on the front panel please might be slightly difference from this sketch. 1 11 1 2 3 P T 1 4 1 3 1 5 2 8 2 6 2 7 L E D 4 5 6 Z / F 1 2 1 6 P o w e r 7 8 9 AU D I O 7 2 3 1 7 R E C S E AR C H P L AY R E V F F S T...

7 Zoom/Focus control 8 Audio on/off button 9 Backup button 10 Menu button 11 Function button 12 Status button 13 Move Left 14 Move Up 15 Enter button 16 Move Right 17 Move down 18 Record button 19 Shuttle: to control the DVR to play the record frame by frame. 20 Shuttle: to control the playback spee...

23 Fast Reverse 24 Fast forward 25 Stop 26 Remote controller receiver 27 28 LED indicator lights, for power, HDD and backup, network status, playback status and record status respectively. Attention : The CD-RW/DVD-RW is optional. If a CD-RW/DVD-RW is connected to the ATA interface, the maximum numb...

2.5 Remote control description Put the Battery into the Remote control: Open the battery cover of Remote control Put in two AAA batteries and make sure that they are inserted correctly . Replace the battery cover The top view of remoter control: The button description: Number Icon Description 1 Reco...

2 Backup button : Press this button, the DVR enters the backup menu (Fig 3.3.7 USB backup). The details will be given in Chapter 3.3.3: BACKUP 3 Information button : Press this button to display status information of the DVR on the screen (Fig 3.3.2 Status view). 4 Number buttons : These number butt...

10 Search button: Press this button to enter to recording search page 11 Move Up 12 Move Left 13 Move Right 14 Move Down 15 SR is for Reverse when the DVR plays record while SF is for Forward 16 Change the channel one by one, “-” is used to change the channel from 16 to 1, and “+” is for changing th...

22 Pan/Tilt control 23 Audio sw itch 24 Log file button 25 Picture in picture: select the channel to display as small picture first, and then press PIP button to enter PIP mode, the background picture is the next channel. For example, If the user selects channel 10 first, and then press PIP button, ...

6 7 5 8 9 10 11 12 Are the battery’s poles (+ and -) in the correct position? Is battery is out of power? Is there is barrier between the Remote control and DVR? Are signals transmitted by other remote control devices disturbing the Remote Control? Attention : If none of the above apply, please cont...

2.6 Alarm cable connection Example of alarm output connection: Attention : The alarm output is TTL high level control. The connection method is described in detail in the Above picture. This DVR can carry sixteen sensor alarm input signals and four alarm output signals. There are two types of alarm ...

Basic operation guide 3.1 How to start the DVR Attention : Before powering on the machine, please make sure the power input (110V/220V) of DVR matches the local power supply, if not, please move the red flip switch on the rear panel to the correct input. If the power indicator light is off, please d...

3.2 Login and setup the system The menu structure chart: A D M I N PA S S W O R D U S E R PA S S W O R D S Y S T E M PA S S W O R D C H E C K M E N U L I V E R E C O R D S TO R A G E N E T W O R K S EN S O R / A L A R M A U D I O Page 32 S E Q U E N C E D W E L L[ F U L L ] S E Q U E N C E D W E L L...

There are two users in the origin DVR system. One is Admin which has highest priority to set system’s configuration and whose password is “0000”, the other is common user which is just allowed to see the live play and the playback picture and does not have the right to change the user password, whic...

3.2.1 SETUP-SYSTEM The menu is as above: (Fig 3.2.2 System setup) ADMIN PASSWORD : Administrator password is “0000” by default, only the administrator has the right to change it which is comprised of four numbers between 0 and 9 (Fig 3.2.3 Setup admin password). Page 34 Page 34 Page 34

USER PASSWORD : Common user password is “0000” by default as well. However, only the administrator is authorized to change it which is comprised of four numbers between 0 and 9. PASSWORD CHECK : If you choose “ON”, users have to input the password before entering menus. You can setup the DVR’s confi...

BOTTOM-BLACK : Time is displayed at the bottom in black OFF : There is no time displayed in the play back mode. CURRENT STATUS VIEW : Choose “ON”, there will be some information appearing on the screen. For example, HDD quantity, used ratio of HDD, record mode including manual/alarm/motion etc… Choo...

SOFTWARE UPDATE : (Fig 3.2.8 Software update) USB UPDATE : Update firmware from USB flash memory Press USB UPDATE and below screen will pop up P Page 37

Update firmware: Make sure the updating firmware is on the USB disk Do not power off the DVR during updating; Press “ENTER” button to start updating. Then the system will check the updating firmware When the updating firmware is found O.K., the system starts to update. Update process: Erase the form...

about two minutes to update. When the erase, blank check and update are done, system will check the new program which has been written. After the program check is done, the system will restart. NETWORK UPDATE : The update information is also available on the network, to choose this option Server IP:...

CAMERA NAME : Name of the channel. It is comprised of the English letters from “a” to “z” or the numbers from “0 ” to “9”. CAMERA STATUS : If you choose “SHOW”, this image will be displayed on the screen. If you choose “HIDE”, the image will not be displayed on the screen in live status or in playba...

are eighteen options for users: PELCO_D-2400, PELCO_D-9600, PELCO_P-4800, PELCO_P-9600, SCC641-9600, SCC641-19200, SK2161-9600, CNB_102-9600, ADTECH-4800, 15-CD51M-2400, Chubb iSD-9600, COP1-2400, COP1-4800, COP1-9600, COP1-19200, COP2-9600, 15-CD51M-2400, DSC230-9600 PTZF ID : Setup the PTZF addres...

SPOT QUAD DWELL : Channel-switching circulates from quad 1 to quad 4 (The order is: channel 1,2,3,4 → channel 5,6,7,8 → channel 9,10,11,12 → channel 13,14,15,16 → channel 1,2,3,4 → …), press “Enter” button to get access to the configuration setup menu to modify the interval time between two sets of ...

maximum is 4. If the record resolution is 360x288(PAL)/360x240(NTSC), there are five frame rates to choose: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, the maximum is 8. Attention : These three factors above decide the quality of picture and the use ratio of HDD. SETUP- REC OPTIONS : Setup of record option (Fig 3.2.15 Setup rec...

records continuously. If an alarm record occurred, the DVR records continuously and you can find the alarm event through “event search” or “file search”. PLAY DEINTERLACE : Interlace scan and play. If you choose “ON”, the DVR will play back after an internal of line. If you choose the “OFF”, this fu...

If you choose “OFF”, this function is disabled. SETUP-REC-EVENT : Setup of the event record (Fig 3.2.16 Setup event record) MOTION DETECTION (Fig 3.2.17 Setup motion detection): AREA : This is the detection area setup There are three options to choose: ALL, PART, OFF ALL : All areas of the camera wi...

[ S E T UP - RE C - E V E N T ( S / D ) ] Fig3 .2 .18 Set up sen so r det ection SENSOR DETECTION : Each channel matches a relevant Sensor, for example, Channel 2 is linked to Sensor 4, if the Sensor 4 gives an alarm, the alarm information will be given on the picture by channel 2 (Fig 3.2.18 Setup ...

To Choose from: 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 6 seconds, 8 seconds and10 seconds. POP-UP SCREEN : If you choose “ON”, the image will be in full screen when the DVR gives alarm. If you choose “OFF”, this function is disabled. SETUP-SCHEDULE-REC : Setup of schedule record (Fig 3.2.20 Setup schedule record) Pr...

[ S CH E D U L E RE C - C H 4] S U M O T U W E T H F R S A A L L D AY A L Fig3.2.21 setup schedule record time 1 2 “ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 ” means: “0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23”— the 24 hours in a day. The shortest schedule record interval ...

Press ENTER key to visit the menu, information is given below (Fig 3.2.23 Information of deletion) “DELETE FILE 0171 200 60407_170000 15AS D U ARE YOU SURE? [ENTER] → YES [MENU] → NO” Press ENTER key to delete this record or press MENU key to quit deleting “0171 200 60407_170000” is a record name. “...

[ENTER] → YES [MENU] → NO” (* represents A B C D) Press enter key to format the HDD, Press menu key to cancel this operation. Attention : The format time depends on the HDD capacity, the larger the HDD the longer t h e time. Normally, a 40G HDD takes about eighty seconds. If a CD/DVD drive is connec...

3.2.5 SETUP-NETWORK (Fig 3.2.27 Setup network) TYPE : STATIC : Static IP address. Push “Up” “Down” “left” “Right” buttons to move the cursor among the digits and push ADD or DEC key to modify the IP address. (Fig 3.2.28 Setup static IP). DYNAMIC : Dynamic IP address. Press ENTER key to display the m...

Port 1 is used for logon; Port 2 is used for controlling the DVR; Port 3 is used for live surveillance; Port 4 is used for backup; Port 5 is used for playing back. NET CLIENT ID: The default ID is “NetUser”, the user can set other four IDs and passwords for viewing through the network. (Fig 3.2.31 N...

NETWORK THROUGHPUT : To setup the transfer speed of the DVR in the network. There are nine options to choose from: unlimited, 64KBPS, 128KBPS, 256KBPS, 512KBPS, 1MBPS, 2MBPS, 4MBPS, 10MBPS. Users can choose the option according to the demand (Fig 3.2.33 Setup net work throughput). 3.2.6 SETUP-SENSOR...

“NC” means normal close. If “NC” is chosen, the DVR will set off the alarm if the alarm is at high level. ALARM MOTION MANAGER (Fig 3.2.35 Alarm motion manager) “ □ ” means unselected “V” means selected, “Abscissa” means the channel number, “Ordinate” means annunciator number. Every channel is able ...

channel 3 for alarm 1, then if any of the 3 channels detect a motion event, alarm 1 will send signal. ALARM SENSOR MANAGER (Fig 3.2.36 Alarm sensor manager) “ □ ” means unselected “V” means selected, “Abscissa” means the sensor number and “Ordinate” means annunciator number. Every sensor is able to ...

for alarm 1, if any of the 3 sensors are activated, then alarm 1 will send an alarm signal. ALARM BUZZER (Fig 3.2.37 Alarm buzzer) ON: Start the buzzer when DVR gives alarm OFF: The buzzer will not be triggered when DVR detects alarm ALARM OUTPUT (Fig 3.2.38 Alarm output) ON: Alarm on. When the alar...

ALARM OUT PERIOD (Fig 3.2.39 Alarm output period) Alarm continuing time. There are five options to choose: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 10 minutes and Continuous. 3.2.7 SETUP-AUDIO “ ■ ” means unselected “V” means selected, “Abscissa” indicates the channel number and “Ordinate” indicates audio o...

There are four audio input ports and one audio output port in all. One audio input matches one channel. For example, if user selects audio A for channel 1, channel 1 will record on audio A. 3.3 Function Press the Function button to enter the basic function menu (Fig 3.3.1 Function menu), which conta...

1 2 B E S T 5 2 2 2 B E S T 6 2 3 2 B E S T 7 2 4 2 B E S T 8 2 [ S TAT U S ] S / W V E R : V 1 .0 . 1 0 - tv _ 1 6 ( 0 6 /0 5 / 0 8 1 0 : 0 7 ) [H D D ] A : 1 5 0 G( 6 3 % ) B : N O N E C: N O N E D : N O N E NE T W O R K : M A C : 0 0 . 0 E . B 5 . 0 0 .0 6 . 3 2 D D N S : S E RV E R ( n u l l ) F...

3.3.3 BACKUP & VIEW BACKUP Backup Press the Backup button (Fig 3.3.3 Setup backup). This DVR supports five media types: CD-R , CD- RW , DVD-R, DVD-RW, USB-MEMORY (Including USB flash drive and mobile hard disk), and supports backup to DVD-RW, CD-RW, internally and as well as USB externally. Plea...

backup to CD-R, choose CD-R; if you plan to backup in CD-RW, choose CD-RW, etc… BACKUP BASE: If you want to search the file needed to backup by file name, choose FILE; if you want to search the file needed to backup by time, choose TIME. Each method is in the Chapter— START . CHANNEL: If you want to...

U S B B A C KUP U S B B A CKUP 50% If the backup base is “FILE”, the “START” choose menu is as shown in Fig 3.3.5 Backup start (file) If the backup base is “TIME”, the “START” choose menu is as s h o w n i n Fig 3.3.6 Backup start (calendar) and Fig 3.3.7 Backup start (time). First, choose the date,...

/ Brief introduction of buttons: : Play : Pause : Stop : Fast backward : Step backward : Step forward : Fast forward : Verify if the record has been changed or not : Volume control : Snap shot : Number button / / 1-channel/4-channel/9-channel/16-channel mode You can use number button to choose the c...

The main menu of the Backup viewer: Introduction to W.M Check , SnapShot . W.M Check (Water Mark Check): While the backup file is paused, click this button to check water mark: Page 69

After a few minutes, the result will pop up. If the backup file has been changed or moved, the system will display “Watermark Check Fail”, if the backup file has not b e e n changed or moved, the system will prompt “Watermark Check Ok”. SnapShot: Click SnapShot button, a picture pops up for saving o...

3.3.4 PAN/TILT Move cursor to PAN/TILT in the function menu, press ENTER button to access this menu (Fig 3.3.9 PAN/TILT) to control the Fast Speed Dome. This particular operation is as follows: Switch to the channel which connects to the Fast Speed Dome video output. The “Up” “Down” “Left” “Right” b...

PA N / TI LT Z O O M/ F O C U S Z + AU TO PA N E N T E R < < C h 1 > > F + F- Z- < < C h 1 > > F i g 3 . 3 . 9 PA N / T I LT Fig 3 . 3 . 1 0 Z O O M / F O CU S 3.3.6 SEQUENCE Press “SEQ” button to enter the sequence play status. If the current screen shows a single channel, p...

3.3.7 LOG LIST Press the Log button on the remote control, the system will enter the setup menu of log file (Fig 3.3.11 Setup log file). LOG FILE: If you choose ALL, the following options will be displayed: MOTION, SENSOR, ALARM, V- LOSS, SYSTEM, HDD, FLIE, DB, POWER, NET. If you choose PART, you sh...

FROM: The beginning time of the log file, you can use the number key to change the time. TO: The end time of the log file, you can use the number key to change the time. Press the OK option, the system will enter the event log view (Fig 3.3.12 Event log view): Use “Up” “Down” buttons to move the cur...

3.4 Search record Press the “Search” button on the remote control, there are three search modes which will be displayed on the screen (Fig 3.4.1 Search) TIME SEARCH EVENT SEARCH FILE SEARCH Attention: Search recordings by time search or file search, search all event recordings by event search. Page ...

TIME SEARCH : Attention: All the records can be searched in this menu. Operation: Date choose: Press ENTER to access the CALENDAR TIME menu, Use “Up” “Down” “Left” “Right” buttons to move cursor to the date needed to search.(Fig 3.4.1 Date choose). A time which had an event record is shown in yellow...

Time choose: Below the Year-Month setup, there is the calendar of one month. The selected date is in green, press ENTER to select the time choose menu. (Fig 3.4.2 Time choose-Page 79). The time displayed in green has a record file. Use “Up” “Down” “Left” “Right” b u t t o n s to move to the selected...

EVENT SEARCH Attention: Only alarm events and motion events record can be searched in this menu. Operation: Select the date, whose method is the same as TIME SEARCH. A time which has event record is shown in yellow font. Press “ENTER” to access the event menu after selecting time. (Fig 3.4.3 Event c...

Sign Meaning Shortcut key PGUP Page up, to the previous Right button PGDN Page down, to the next Left button LAST To the last page Backward button FIRST To the first page Forward button [ S E AR C H T I ME ] HO UR : MIN: T I M E 0 0 0 0 0 0 F i g 3 . 4 . 2 Ti me ch o ose Page 79

FILE SEARCH Attention: All the records can be searched in this menu. Operation: Select the date, by the same method as TIME SEARCH. A time which has an event record is shown in yellow font. Press “ENTER” to access the play file list. (Fig 3.4.4 File search) Analyze the record information. Taking one...

Use “Up” “Down” buttons to choose the file record, Press the “ENTER” button to view the record chosen, the “Forward” “Backward” “Play/pause” buttons can be used to control the recording. Press “STOP” button to go back to live picture If the event list is too long for one page, user can move to the p...

Appendix Appendix A: Main Standard & Parameter chart Model 16Channel VIDEO Input Channel 16CH Input Level 1.0Vp-p±10% Composite, 75Ohm Balanced Video Standard Auto / NTSC / PAL Main TV Out 1.0Vp-p Composite, 75Ohm Balanced Screen Split Control 1, 16Screen Screen Rotation Control 1~9Seconds NTSC ...

Function Auto Sequence Screen Split, PIP AUDIO Compression ADPCM Audio In / Out 4CH /1CH Input Level TBD(0.5~1.4Vp-p@20Kohm) RECORDING Compression MPEG4 NTSC 720(H)x480(V), 720(H)x240(V), 360(H)x240(V) Resolution PAL 720(H)x576(V), 720(H)x288(V), 360(H)x288(V) 360 x240 Max 120FPS 720 x240 Max 60FPS ...

Speed 5400RPM, 7200RPM Type EIDE compatible SEARCHING & PLAYBACK Searching Method Time, Event, File REMOTE SURVEILLANCE Monitoring Environment Client Software, Web Browser ALARM Sensor Input 16Ports Alarm Output 4 TTL-Out(Programmable), Terminal Motion Detection Available For Each Camera Multi D...

External Control (RS-422/485) Terminal Block Sensor Input Terminal Block Alarm Output Terminal Block PTZ (RS-485) 2Pins Terminal Block Ethernet RJ-45, 10/100Mbps USB 2.0 2Ports ELECTRICAL Power Source 115~230VAC (50~60Hz) Power Consumption TBD(App. 50 ~ 60Watt) BACKUP Digital Backup Network, Externa...

PAL NTSC Picture Quality Resolution Total Frame Rate Capability Resolution Total Frame Rate Capability Best 720*576 25F/S 3.80G 720*480 30F/S 3.75G High 720*576 25F/S 1.91G 720*480 30F/S 2.34G Normal 720*576 25F/S 0.96G 720*480 30F/S 1.20G Low 720*576 25F/S 0.83G 720*480 30F/S 0.80G Best 720*288 50F...

Appendix C: The meaning of some abbreviations Letters Meaning Letters Meaning D 720*576(PAL)/720*480(NTSC) H 720*288(PAL)/720*240(NTSC) C 360*288(PAL)/720*240(NTSC) NT A network event U Unlock L lock MD Motion detection SD Sensor detection PW An event of power on occurred VL Video loss AL Alarm DB T...