Page 5 - Chapter 1: Product Introduction; Compression
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 5 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.1 Summary The QSD42908 network digital video recorder is an excellent digital surveillance product. It uses embedded MCU and Linux, combining the most advanced technology in the Information Industry such as video and audio encoding/decodin...
Page 7 - Chapter 2: Installation; Checking the DVR and Its Accessories; Installation instrument; One Phillips screw driver.; HDD installation; Remove the DVR box lid.
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 7 Chapter 2: Installation Warning: Before you install the DVR, please make sure the power of DVR is switched off. Notice: We also STRONGLY recommend that you plug the DVR and cameras into a Transient Voltage Surge Protector (UL-1449 rating). Look for a clamping voltage of 33...
Page 8 - Rear Panel Description
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 8 2.3 Rear Panel Description Fig 2-1 QSD42908 Rear panel 1- Video Out 6- Power Switch 11- Ethernet Port 2- Video In 7- Alarm In/Out 12- RS 485 Port 3- Audio In 8- Spot Out 13- Alarm in Ports 4- Audio Out 9- VGA Video Out 14- Alarm out Ports 5- Loop Out 10- RS 232 Port 15- Po...
Page 9 - Chapter 3 Operational Instructions; Form 3-1 Items on Front Panel; Index
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 9 Chapter 3 Operational Instructions 3.1 Front Panel Fig 3-1 Front Panel Form 3-1 Items on Front Panel Index Type Name Description 1 Light IR receiver for remote control. 2 USB USB Port 3 Numeric Keys Input number, lower case, upper case character and symbols. Function Keys ...
Page 11 - IR Remote Control; Fig 3-2 IR Remote Control Layout
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 11 3.2 IR Remote Control Fig 3-2 IR Remote Control Layout Form 3-2 Functions of Remote Control Index Name Description 1 POWER Turnoff device. 2 DEV Enable/Disable IR remote control 3 Numeric Keys Same as numeric keys of front panel. 4 EDIT Same as EDIT key of front panel. 5 ...
Page 12 - Loading the batteries into the IR controller
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 12 15 Reserved 16 F1 Same as 【 F1 】 key of front panel. 17 Lens control IRIS, FOCUS ZOOM for lens control. 18 F2 Same as 【 F2 】 key of front panel. Loading the batteries into the IR controller 1. Remove the battery cover. 2. Insert the battery. Make sure that the poles (+ an...
Page 13 - Menu Description
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 13 3.3 Menu Description 3.3.1 Menu Options Menu Name Function Menu Name Function Display Unit name Device ID Require password Screen saver Video standard Enable scalar Brightness Menu transparency VGA resolution Date and Time Preview Image Select camera Camera name Color set...
Page 15 - Check Box
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 15 Fig 3.4 Camera input adjustments Each menu contains different kinds of items. There is a small highlighted frame called the “Active Frame” which is used to point to the selected item. This “Active Frame” can be moved by direction keys ( 【↑】 【↓】 【←】 【→】 ) . The different k...
Page 16 - How to exit menu
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 16 3. Edit Box: This is for you to input characters. Press 【 EDIT 】 key to enter into edit status, you can input text in the box: a) Press 【 A 】 key to select number, upper case, lower case or symbols; b) Use 【→】 and 【←】 keys to move cursor; c) Use 【 EDIT 】 key to delete the...
Page 17 - Uppercase; key to
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 17 3.4 Input text In the menu interface, if you are in edit status (for example, in the “camera name” edit box), at the bottom of screen, the input status is appeared: Here you can press numeric keys to input digital numbers. Press 【 A 】 key to change input methods. You can ...
Page 18 - Chapter 4 Basic Operation Guide
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 18 Chapter 4 Basic Operation Guide 4.1 Power on Note: Please make sure the power supply is the correct one for the DVR and the AC adapter is connected correctly. Before switching DVR on, please connect one monitor to VOUT or VGA interface, otherwise you can not see graphic u...
Page 19 - Icon
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 19 Fig 4.1 Recording status Form 4-1 Camera record status Icon Icon Color Status Description White No video signal Yellow Video input Pink Manual recording Green Real time recording Blue Motion detection recording Red External alarm recording
Page 21 - User name and password; Note: When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default; Login
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 21 4.3 User name and password Note: When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default administrator named “admin”, and password is “12345”. The administrator’s name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and...
Page 23 - PTZ Control Interface
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 23 Step 3: Input new password Use numeric keys to input new password. The password can be blank. It also can be 16 numerals. Press 【 ENTER 】 to exit edit box, and move to “Verify” item to verify password. Note: In edit box, use 【 】 / 【 】 to move cursor and 【 EDIT 】 key t...
Page 24 - Adjust Preset Description; Start/Stop Auto in PTZ Control Mode
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 24 Select Channel In PTZ control mode, you can press numeric keys to select channel. For example; press 【 2 】 key to select the PTZ camera on channel 2. After you select the PTZ camera, you can use the control keys to control it. PTZ Control Keys Description Direction contro...
Page 25 - Channel
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 25 Exit PTZ Control Mode Press 【 ESC 】 or 【 ENTER 】 to exit and return preview mode. 4.5 Manual Record Note: In order to record the user must have recording rights, DVR has HDD, and HDD is formatted. In preview mode, press 【 REC 】 key, in the pop-up login dialog box, select ...
Page 28 - Playback With Mouse Attached
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 28 At the bottom of image, there is an information bar and the following information is included: Volume, Play Progress, Play Speed, Played Time and File Total Time. Display/Hide information bar: 【 MENU 】 Open/Close sound: 【 PLAY 】 Adjust play progress: 【←】 (Backward), 【→】 (...
Page 29 - Control Bar Functions:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 29 Fig 4.11 Play back control bar There is an additional bar that appears. We call it the control bar. Control Bar Functions: : You can click these buttons to skip backward or forward 3% at a time : You can click these buttons to select the play speed : Click this button to ...
Page 30 - Backup Recorded Files; before you start to backup.
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 30 4.7 Backup Recorded Files Note: The user must have “Playback” rights. Please connect backup devices before you start to backup. In the playback interface, you can backup the recorded files. In the preview mode, press 【 PLAY 】 key, in the login dialog box, select username ...
Page 32 - Playback the video segment; can find the player software on the included CD.; Exit playback interface; Shutting Down the DVR; option in the “Utilities” menu, or; key on the front panel or on IR remote control.
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 32 Playback the video segment You can use our file player software to playback the video segment on a PC. You can find the player software on the included CD. Exit playback interface Please refer to chapter 4.6. 4.8 Shutting Down the DVR Note: Do not switch off the power dir...
Page 33 - Chapter 5 Parameters Setup Guide; Administrator and Password; Password modification
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 33 Chapter 5 Parameters Setup Guide Only the users that have “Parameters Setup” right need to read this chapter. When the following parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters take into effective. Other parameters do not require a re...
Page 35 - Add and Delete User; Enter into “User Management” interface.; Add user; The steps are as follows:; Step 1: Enter into “User Management” menu shown in fig 5.4
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 35 Fig 5.3 Error In this case, press 【 ENTER 】 to return password edit box, and input the new password again. 5.2 Add and Delete User Enter into “User Management” interface. Add user The steps are as follows: Step 1: Enter into “User Management” menu shown in fig 5.4 Please ...
Page 36 - Step 2: Add new user name; Step 3: Setup the password for new user
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 36 Step 2: Add new user name In the “User Management” menu, move “Active Frame” to “Add” button and press 【 ENTER 】 , in the pop-up dialog box input the new user name (refer to chapter 3.4), press 【 ENTER 】 and return to “User Management” menu. Totally 15 users can be added....
Page 39 - Unit Name and Device ID; Unit name
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 39 5.3 Unit Name and Device ID Unit name In the “Display” menu, shown as fig 5.8: Fig 5.8 Display menu There is an item called “Unit Name”. The default unit name is “Embedded Net DVR”. Move “Active Frame” to unit name edit box, press 【 EDIT 】 key to enter into edit status, y...
Page 40 - Video Output Standard and VGA Setup; Video output standard; use; VGA setup; Press “Confirm” button to save or “Cancel” to abort.; Camera Name
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 40 5.4 Video Output Standard and VGA Setup Video output standard There is one VOUT BNC connector on the rear panel of the DVR. It is used to connect with an analog monitor and can support PAL or NTSC video output. You can modify the video output standard to match video input...
Page 42 - Date OSD Position; the
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 42 Fig 5.10 Date/time setup Date OSD Position In “Camera” menu you can adjust the position where you want the Date to display, move active frame to “Position” on the right side of “Date OSD” and press the 【 ENTER 】 button. Then you will see the picture below. Use 【↑】【↓】【←】【→...
Page 43 - Video Parameters Setup
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 43 5.6 Video Parameters Setup For different cameras and different backgrounds, in order to get the best video image, you may need to adjust video parameters such as brightness, saturation, contrast and hue, etc. You can setup each camera individually, and you can also copy t...
Page 44 - Mask Area Setup
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 44 Step 4: You can copy the video parameters of the current camera to any other cameras. Or you can repeat set 2 and step3 to adjust for any other camera. After adjusting, in “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save parameters and make them effective. Otherwise, pr...
Page 46 - View Tampering Alarm; Step 4: View tampering area setup
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 46 5.8 View Tampering Alarm If you enable this function, when someone blocks the camera spitefully, DVR will send a warning alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Please use 【 】【 】 keys to select one camera. Step 3: Select sensitivity: move activ...
Page 47 - Video Loss Alarm; Step 3: Enter into “Advanced settings” interface:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 47 Step 6: Alarm schedule setup: When a view tampering alarm occurs, the DVR will handle the alarm based on the schedule. You can set 4 periods for each day of the week. You can also copy the schedule of any one day to other days.. Note: Time periods can not be repeated. Ple...
Page 49 - Motion Detection; Step 3: Select motion detection sensitivity:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 49 5.10 Motion Detection If you enable this function, when there is motion detected by a camera, the DVR will send an alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Use 【 】【 】 key to select a camera after pressing 【 edit 】 ke y. Step 3: Select motion det...
Page 50 - Setup multiple areas:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 50 The whole screen is divided into 22*18 panes (NTSC: 22*15). There is one yellow panel on the upper left side. The motion area setup steps are the same as that of mask area setup (refer to chapter 5.7). The only differences are that you can use the 【 PTZ 】 key to set the w...
Page 51 - Step 6: Motion alarm record channel setup:; Step 8: Motion alarm handle method setup:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 51 Fig 5.18 Motion alarm handle setup Step 6: Motion alarm record channel setup: When a motion alarm occurs, you can trigger related camera to start to record. In “Motion Alarm Handle” menu, you can select one or more recording channels. Please use 【 ENTER 】 or 【 EDIT 】 key ...
Page 52 - Preview Properties
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 52 Step 9: Save motion alarm setup: Press “Confirm” button to return to “Image Setup” menu. In the “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the current camera parameters. Step 10: Save all cameras: You can repeat step 2 to step 8 to setup motion detection parameter...
Page 53 - Preview layout setup:; Recording Setup
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 53 Step 2: Preview properties: Preview mode: For preview mode item, you can use 【↑】 【↓】 key to select one mode. If DVR has only 1 channel, you can select only “1 Screen” option. If DVR has 4 channels, there are “1 Screen” and “4 Screen” options. If DVR has more than 4 but le...
Page 54 - “Recording” menu description:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 54 Fig 5.20 Recording channel configuration “Recording” menu description: If HDD Full: There are two options: “Overwrite” and “Stop recording”. If you select “Overwrite” option, when both HDDs in DVR are full, DVR will overwrite the earliest recorded files and continue recor...
Page 56 - Detection” in order to trigger motion recording
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 56 Step 4: Copy to other days You can repeat step 2 and step 3 to setup for other days. You can also copy the current day to other days. Step 5: Save Press “Confirm” to return to “Recording” menu. Press “Confirm” again to save the parameters and return to the main menu. Part...
Page 57 - External Alarm Input and Relay Output; External alarm input setup:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 57 5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output For QSD42908 there are 16 alarm in and 4 relay out ports. In “Alarms” menu, you can setup each external alarm input. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to “Alarms” icon and press 【 ENTER 】 key to enter into alarms menu as show...
Page 58 - Step 4: Alarm trigger record channel setup; Step 5: Schedule for alarm handle method
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 58 Fig 5.23 Alarm in handling setup Step 4: Alarm trigger record channel setup You can select channels to record for each alarm input. In the sub menu, you can use 【 ENTER 】 or 【 EDIT 】 key to enable record channel. “ × ” means disabled and “ means enabled. Note: In order ...
Page 59 - Step 9: Copy the parameters to other external alarm input:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 59 Step 8: PTZ Linkage Move the “Active Frame” to the “PTZ Linkage” button, press 【 ENTER 】 key to enter the “PTZ Linkage” setup menu as shown in fig 5.24 Fig 5.24 PTZ linkage setup First select a camera, then select one of following PTZ linkage options: Preset: Set the fl...
Page 62 - Network Parameters; “Network” menu description:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 62 5.14 Network Parameters If you want to access the DVR over a network you must setup network parameters. Note: If any network parameter is modified, you must save and reboot the DVR to make it effective. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to the “Network” icon and press...
Page 64 - Example: To u se PPPoE function
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 64 PPPoE: DVR supports PPPoE dail-up function. Example: To u se PPPoE function Step 1: Enter into “Network” menu. Step 2: Select NIC type. Step 3: Input port number: In the port edit box, use numeric keys to input port number. The port number must be more than 2000. Step 4: ...
Page 65 - Accessing the DVR over a network; included client software program.; To access the DVR through Internet Explorer:; screen. You would click on the Camera Icon to display cameras.
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 65 5.15 Accessing the DVR over a network To access the DVR through a computer you need to make sure the default gateway on the DVR is the same IP address as your router, and the first three sets of numbers of the DVR IP address are the same as the first three sets of numbers...
Page 66 - Accessing the DVR from a remote computer; follow the instructions for your router.; : once you have setup the network settings on; If you wish to
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 66 5.16 Accessing the DVR from a remote computer To access the DVR from a remote computer, in addition to the above steps, you will also need to forward ports 80 and 8000 on the router the DVR is attached to, to the IP address of the DVR. How you would do this depends on the...
Page 67 - PTZ menu description
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 67 5.17 PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) There is one RS-485 port on the DVR rear panel used for PTZ camera control. You can setup RS-485 parameters to match your PTZ protocol. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to PTZ icon and press 【 ENTER 】 key, you will enter into PTZ menu as sh...
Page 68 - Preset setup
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 68 please plus or minus one compared with Camera ID. For example, if camera ID is 2, the DVR PTZ address is set as ID 3. Preset setup: Preset is using one number to represent the camera’s position, zoom, focus and iris. Move the “Active Frame” to “Setup” button on the right ...
Page 70 - Cruise setup
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 70 In the “Sequence” setup menu, first input the sequence number. The sequence is from 1 to 16. Each sequence is made up of cruise points, and each cruise point includes a preset number, dwell time and dwell speed. Dwell time is the time staying at that preset number. Dwell ...
Page 71 - RS232 menu description
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 71 Note: Please make sure the PTZ camera you are using can support the cruise function. 5.18 RS232 setup There is one RS-232 port on the DVR rear panel. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to “RS232” icon and press the 【 ENTER 】 key, you will enter into “RS232” setup menu: RS2...
Page 72 - Callback and Data Encryption:; Setup at DVR end
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 72 net. Username, password and Verify password: Only used when work mode is “PPP”. Used for login when remote PC dials up through PSTN. Phone: Only used when work mode is “PPP” and PPP mode is “Active”. It is the phone number of remote PC. Callback and Data Encryption: Only ...
Page 75 - Step 3: Establish the dialup connection
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 75 Step 3: Establish the dialup connection Select the Modem connected with PC just like the dialup network connection, input the telephone number connected with DVR’s modem. Input the username and password. They must be the same as that used in DVR PPP setup. Step 4: During ...
Page 76 - Chapter 6 Utilities; Restore Parameters
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 76 Chapter 6 Utilities There are many tools in the “Utilities” menu. Including “SavePara”, “RestorePara”, “Upgrade”, “Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboot”, “Power Off”, “View Log ” and “System Info”. Enter into “Utilities” menu as shown in fig 6.1 Fig 6.1 Utilities 6.1 Res...
Page 77 - Upgrade
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 77 6.2 Upgrade You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. Press “Upgrade” icon, in the pop-up dialog box you can select either “FTP” or “USB” upgrade mode as shown in fig 6.3 Fig 6.3 Upgrade If you select “FTP” mode, you will enter into “FTP Upgrade” menu: Fig 6.4 FT...
Page 78 - Hard Disk Management; Check HDD work status; Stop Alarm Out; Reboot
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 78 6.3 Hard Disk Management fig 6.5 Hard Disk setup Check HDD work status Capacity, Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not. Format HDD Before formatting stop all recording. After formatting, you must reboot DVR, otherwise DVR will not work correctly. 6.4 Stop Alar...
Page 79 - View Log; By Type
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 79 6.7 View Log To view the log recorded on the DVR HDD. In the “Utilities” menu, press “View Log ” to enter into “Log” menu as shown in fig 6.6 Fig 6.6 View log If you want to view the log based on the default option, just press 【 ENTER 】 key. The DVR will list all matched ...
Page 81 - System Information
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 81 Step 3: Input start time and stop time. Step 4: Move the “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button and press 【 ENTER 】 key to start searching. Step 5: After finishing search, the DVR will list the matched log information. Step 6: Press “Return” button to return to “Utilities”...
Page 82 - Chapter 7 Firmware Upgrade; FTP Server Setup
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 82 Chapter 7 Firmware Upgrade The DVR firmware is stored in FLASH ROM. You can use the DVR upgrade function to write the firmware file (digicap) into FLASH. There are two cases where you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is to update old firmware, the other is when the code ...
Page 90 - Appendix A: Mouse Control Function
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 90 Appendix A: Mouse Control Function 1. In the preview interface Double-click the left key 1. Switch to the most pictures when viewing single picture. 2. Switch to full screen mode when viewing multi-pictures. Back to previous multi-pictures when you double click again . Sc...
Page 92 - Appendix B: HDD Capacity Calculation; scheduled video recording
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 92 Appendix B: HDD Capacity Calculation To calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: Use Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity i q that is the capacity of each channel needed for e...
Page 93 - How to Make a RS-485 Connect Cable; Material and tool
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 93 Appendix C: DVR Connect Cable Definition 1 How to Make a RS-485 Connect Cable Material and tool One twist cable (8 pins), one standard RJ45 connector and one tool special for RJ45. RJ45 introduction Pin definition Make the connect cable according the following; to left po...
Page 94 - How to Make a RS-232 Connect Cable; How to Make a UTP network Connect Cable; Pin definition
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 94 2 How to Make a RS-232 Connect Cable QSD42908 has standard DB9 RS-232 interface, like PC COM port. Pin definition I means DVR input and O means DVR output. Pin index Name I/O Description 1 DCD I Carrier Detect 2 RXD I Receive Data 3 TXD O Transfer Data 4 DTR O Terminal De...
Page 95 - The corresponding relationship of cross cable
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 95 (2) Use the following method to make the cross network cable when DVR is directly connected with client-end PC. The corresponding relationship of cross cable
Page 96 - Appendix D: DVR Specifications
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 96 Appendix D: DVR Specifications Model QSD42908 Compression standard H.264 Preview resolution PAL:704*576(4CIF) NTSC704*480(4CIF) Recording resolution PAL:352*288(CIF) NTSC352*240(CIF) Video input 8 channels BNC ( 1.0 Vp-p ,75 Ohm) Video out 1 channel BNC (1.0Vp-p ,75 Ohm) ...
Page 97 - Appendix D: Camera Specifications; MODELS
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 97 Appendix D: Camera Specifications MODELS QOCDC60 QOCDC36 Image Pick-up Devices 1/4" CCD Picture Element NTSC: 510(H)X492(V) Sync Mode Internal Sync Horizontal Resolution 420 TV Lines Video Output 1.0 V p-p, 75 ohm S/N Ratio >48 dB Gamma Characteristic 0.45 White Ba...
Page 98 - Appendix E: Troubleshooting; Failure
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 98 Appendix E: Troubleshooting Failure Possible reasons After plugging in power, turning on the power switch, “POWER” light in front Panel does not turn on, and fan does not work. 1) Power cable is damaged 2) Power supply is damaged After plugging in power, turning on the po...
Page 99 - Contact Us:
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 99 Appendix F: Product Service & Warranty Thank you for choosing our products. All of our products users have a conditional free warranty repair service for hardware within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one month (valid for man...
Page 100 - Appendix G: Customer Information Card
QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 100 Appendix G: Customer Information Card User’s Name Mr./Mrs. Company Name Postal Address Postal code Phone Number E-mail Model Number of Product Serial Number of Product Purchase Date Distributor Notes:
