Page 3 - WARNING; RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK; COMPLIANCE NOTICE OF FCC:
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder i WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilater...
Page 4 - Important Safeguards
User’s Manual ii Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Cleaning Unplug this equipment from the wall ...
Page 5 - Table of Contents
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder iii Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction .................................................................................. 1 Features .......................................................................................................... 1 Technical Overvie...
Page 8 - List of Illustrations
User’s Manual vi List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation. .......................................................................................... 1 Figure 2 — DVR rear panel. ....................................................................................................... ...
Page 11 - 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 12 - 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 NTSC or PAL video to digital images and...
Page 13 - 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 14 - 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 15 - 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 16 - Alarm Out; Chapter 3 — Configuration; 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. The threshold voltage for NC (Normally Closed) is above 4.3V and should be stable at least 0.5 seco...
Page 17 - 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, configuration and software upgrades, text input, and to connect a remote control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a DB-9...
Page 18 - 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 19 - 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 20 - 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 21 - 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 22 - Turning on the Power; button. The factory default password is; Setup Screen
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 24 - 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 26 - Figure 24 — System Upgrade screen.; OK
User’s Manual 16 NOTE: You can upgrade the software only in the System Information Change screen. To upgrade the software, connect the USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the button. The System Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrad...
Page 27 - Time Zone
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 17 Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the Main menu and press the button. The Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 25 — 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 tim...
Page 29 - CAUTION: When selecting; , any video with a later time and date will be lost if
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 19 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 “ – ” whe...
Page 30 - System Check Screen
User’s Manual 20 System Check Screen Highlight System Check in the Main menu and press the button. The System Check setup screen appears. Figure 28 — System Check (Config.) screen. Highlight the box under the On/Off heading and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the ...
Page 31 - Storage Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 21 Figure 29 — 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 term...
Page 33 - System Log Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 23 Highlight the box beside Check Time , and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Temperature Threshold and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Sensor Unit and select from Celsius or Fahrenheit . If you want...
Page 34 - Configuring Input Devices; Camera Setup Screen; Highlight
User’s Manual 24 Configuring Input Devices You can configure the video, audio and remote control devices connected to the DVR. Figure 33 — Device menu screen. Camera Setup Screen Highlight Camera in the Main menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen appears. Figure 34 — Camera setup screen....
Page 35 - Alarm In Setup Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 25 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 ...
Page 36 - Motion Detector
User’s Manual 26 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 can be set as NO (norma...
Page 37 - Motion Detection Zone; Text-In Setup Screen; On
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 27 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 t...
Page 38 - Transaction Start; Transaction End
User’s Manual 28 Figure 40 — Text-In (Generic Text) Setup screen. Figure 41 — 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 documentation for the ...
Page 39 - Alarm Out Setup Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 29 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...
Page 40 - Audio Setup Screen
User’s Manual 30 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 43 — Alarm Out Schedule screen. You can select individual blocks of time, entire days of the week, entire blocks of time or ...
Page 42 - Configuring Recording Settings; Record Mode Setup Screen
User’s Manual 32 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 front panel is lit and th...
Page 43 - Time-Lapse Record Mode Setup Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 33 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 30 ips (25 ips PAL), and On Pani...
Page 44 - Time-Lapse Recording Schedule
User’s Manual 34 NOTE: You cannot select 30 ips (25 ips for PAL) 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 will req...
Page 45 - Pre-Event Recording Setup Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 35 y You can change an entire day by placing the cursor on the day of the week and pressing the button to toggle the day On or Off. y You can change the entire calendar by placing the cursor in the upper left-hand box (above “S” and to the left of the time line) a...
Page 46 - Event Action Setup; Alarm In Event Action (Record) Setup Screen
User’s Manual 36 Event Action Setup You can program the DVR to record, activate the alarm output and/or notify the remote site whenever sensor, motion, text-in or video loss events are detected. Highlight the Alarm-In Action , Motion Action , Text-In Action or Video Loss Action in the Event Action m...
Page 47 - Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen; Sched; Alarm In Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 37 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 51 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A sch...
Page 48 - Motion Detector Event Action (Record) Setup Screen
User’s Manual 38 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 occur based on a defi...
Page 49 - Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen; Figure 54 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.; Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) Setup Screen; Figure 55 — Motion Detector Event Action (Notify) setup screen.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 39 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 54 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and pr...
Page 51 - Highlight the
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 41 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 57 — Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen ...
Page 52 - Video Loss Event Action (Record) Setup Screen
User’s Manual 42 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 input from a text-in dev...
Page 53 - Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen; Figure 60 — 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.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 43 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 60 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the butto...
Page 54 - Display Setup
User’s Manual 44 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 input from a camera b...
Page 56 - Main Monitoring Setup Screen
User’s Manual 46 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 63 — Main Monitoring Setup screen. Hig...
Page 57 - Network Setup Screen; Factory Reset Button; and all data
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 47 Network Setup Screen In the Network Setup screen you can set up the DVR for LAN and modem connections. Figure 64 — Network Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Connection . Press the button to toggle between LAN and Modem . Highlight the box beside Admin Pass...
Page 58 - LAN Setup Screen; DVRNS Setup
User’s Manual 48 You can program the image quality for transferring to the DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software). Highlight the box beside Remote Quality and press the button. The image quality can be selectable from Very High , High , Standard and Low . LAN Setup Screen Figure 65 — LAN (Manual) Setup...
Page 61 - Modem Setup
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 51 Modem Setup Figure 69 — Modem Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Baud Rate and press the button. A list of baud rates ranging from 300 to 115,200 appears. Highlight the box beside Data Bit and press the button. This toggles between 7 bit and 8 bit formats. ...
Page 63 - Callback Center Setup Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 53 NOTE: When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server, an error message displays. Highlighting OK and pressing the button registers the DVR on the DVRNS server. Proper DVRNS settings will display the help desk information of the DVRNS ser...
Page 65 - Password Setup Screen
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 55 When an event occurs, the DVR will dial the pager and leave a four- or five-digit number. The first three digits are the site ID number and the last digits are the type of event (1: Alarm In, 2: Text-In, 3: Motion Detection, 4: Video Loss, 10: Check Recording, ...
Page 66 - Config Screen; Clip Copy; Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive
User’s Manual 56 NOTE: The Admin and User passwords are composed of up to eight digits using the camera buttons. The default Admin password is 4321 . CAUTION: Write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Butto...
Page 68 - Figure 76 — Disk Partition Selection screen.; Close; Refer to the
User’s Manual 58 Figure 76 — Disk Partition Selection screen. Once you select the drive and partition to use for clip copy, the DVR will display the drive capacity and the clip size, and ask if you want to continue. NOTE: Do not back up files larger than 2GB. You can use other functions on the DVR w...
Page 69 - Load Default Setup; Clear All Data; will erase all recorded video.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 59 Load Default Setup Highlighting and selecting Load Default Setup will bring up screen asking you if you really want to load default settings and confirm it with a password. NOTE: Loading the Default Setup will not change the current time, time zone, daylight sa...
Page 71 - Chapter 4 — Operation; The Front Panel controls are described in; Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in; Live Monitoring; Pressing the
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 61 Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapter 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...
Page 72 - PTZ Mode; PTZ Menu
User’s Manual 62 The DVR can be set to display the event-detected video in full-screen on the monitor during the preset dwell time when there is an Event. The video of the lowest camera number among cameras associated with the event-detected sensor will be displayed, and the DVR will return to the p...
Page 74 - Figure 81 — Preset Apply screen.; Digital Zoom Mode; Recording Video
User’s Manual 64 Figure 81 — Preset Apply screen. Digital Zoom Mode You can enter the Digital Zoom Mode by pressing the PTZ button in the PTZ mode. When a PTZ device is not installed, pressing the PTZ button in the live monitoring mode enters the Digital Zoom Mode directly. NOTE: You cannot enter th...
Page 75 - Recording Audio
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 65 Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio when video is recording. NOTE: The DVR will NOT record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 15 ips. Also audio recording might be affected by network bandwidth conditions ...
Page 76 - Arrow Buttons
User’s Manual 66 Arrow Buttons : Pressing the left-arrow button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from , and . The screen displays , and respectively. : Pressing the right-arrow button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the button again...
Page 77 - Figure 83 — Digital Zoom screen.; Searching Video; button in the playback mode displays the Search Menu.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 67 Figure 83 — Digital Zoom screen. Figure 84 — Enlarged Digital Zoom screen. Searching Video Pressing the MENU button in the playback mode displays the Search Menu. Figure 85 — Search Menu.
Page 78 - Calendar Search
User’s Manual 68 y Go to the First — Displays the first recorded image y Go to the Last — Displays the last recorded image y Date/Time Search… — Searches by date and time (see below for more details) y Calendar Search… — Searches using a calendar (see below for more details) y Event Search… — Select...
Page 79 - GO; Event Search; Figure 88 — Event Log screen.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 69 Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. Highlight a day using arrow buttons and press the button to select it. A time bar will display at the bottom of the calendar. Hours in which video was recorded will be highlighted with blue. H...
Page 81 - screen displays this
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 71 Text-In Search Figure 91 — Text-In Log screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Log screen displays this list. Highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the button will extract the event video and d...
Page 83 - Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation; Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 73 Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the ...
Page 84 - My Computer
User’s Manual 74 10. In the Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive menu, choose “1. Create Primary DOS Partition.” And Type “Y” to use all available space and hit the enter key. Hit ESC to exit the screen after the USB-IDE hard disk drive partition is created. 11. Restart your computer and verify...
Page 85 - Appendix B — Text-In Query Examples; Query Example I; Column
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 75 Appendix B — Text-In Query Examples Query Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2....
Page 86 - Query Example II
User’s Manual 76 Query Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) $ 1.9...
Page 87 - Appendix C — Troubleshooting; Problem
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 77 Appendix C — Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Power y Check power cord connections. y Confirm that there is power at the outlet. No Live Video y Check camera video cable and connections. y Check monitor video cable and connections. y Confirm that th...
Page 88 - Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs
User’s Manual 78 Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs Input Output AI (1 to 4) Alarm Inputs 1 to 4 GND Chassis Ground ARI Alarm Reset In NC Normally Closed C Common NO Normally Open
Page 89 - Appendix E — Map of Screens
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 79 Appendix E — Map of Screens
Page 90 - Appendix F — Specifications; VIDEO
User’s Manual 80 Appendix F — Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (auto detect) Video Input Composite: 4 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs Composite: One (BNC), 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Analog RGB: One (VGA) − NTSC: 30.8kHz (horizontal frequency) / 60Hz (vertical fr...
Page 91 - STORAGE
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder V1.1 81 STORAGE Primary Storage EIDE hard disk drive (1) Backup Storage USB hard disk drive, CD-RW drive or Flash Memory GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) 13.4 x 1.8 x 12.2 (340mm x 46.5mm x 310mm) Unit Weight 7.05 lbs. (3.2kg) Shipping Weight 9.7 lbs. (4.4kg) Shippi...
Page 92 - Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment
WEEE ( Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment ) Correct Disposal of This Product (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wa...
