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    Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this u ser’s manual before using the product. Change without notice h.264 4/ 8/ 16 ch dvr user’s manual.

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    2 caution please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely we do not warrant all the content is correct. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice this device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on th...

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    3 1.1 main features real-time surveillance high resolution vga output (default), hdmi output available 2 way audio 2 audio input 3g mobile surveillance(iphone/ ipad/ android) compression with latest h.264 video compression, better video quality and lower compression rate. Storage 1 sata hdd for 4/8/...

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    4 1.2 front panel instructions notice: the pictures are only for reference; please make the object as the standard. Notice: the pictures are only for reference; please make the object as the standard. Name description ir receiver receive ir remote control signal fn vga and cvbs monitor switch.

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    5 1.3 back panel definition rear panel for 4-ch item name description 1 audio in 2-ch audio inputs 2 video in video input channels from 1-4 3 audio out audio output, connect to the sound box 4 video out connect to monitor 5 vga port vga output, connect to monitor 6 hdmi port connect to high-definiti...

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    6 rear panel for 16-ch item name description 1 audio in 2-ch audio inputs 2 video in video input channels from 1-16 3 audio out audio output, connect to the sound box 4 video out connect to monitor 5 hdmi port connect to high-definition display device 6 vga port vga output, connect to monitor 7 lan ...

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    7 1.4 remote controller this remote control use aaa battery, the definition as following: remote controller button function power button switch off —to stop dvr. Use it before turning off the power record button to record manually -/-- /0-9 digital button input number or choose camera fn1 button una...

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    8 1.5 control with mouse 1.5.1 connect mouse it supports usb mouse through the port on the rear panel, notice: if mouse is not detected or doesn't work, check below steps: 1. Make sure the mouse is connected to the usb mouse port not the usb port 2. Try another mouse 1.5.2 system operation by mouse ...

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    9 2 basic function instruction 2.1 power on/off before you power on the unit, please make sure all the connection is good. 2.1.1 power on step1: connect with the source power; switch on the power button near the power port in the rear panel step2: the device will start to boot, and the power indicat...

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    10 2.3 live preview fig 3-2 live preview interface the explanation of symbol in the live preview interface: symbol meaning symbol meaning green manual record red alarm in trigger record yellow motion detection record blue schedule record 2.3.1 live playback click play button to playback the recorded...

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    11 fig 3-3 live playback item function description 1 camera name enable or disable camera name display 2 playback process bar last/next segment of record and time process 3 cut enable to select a specific part of the video and back it up on usb drive 4 playback basic function play/ pause / stop / fr...

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    12 3 main menu setup guide click right mouse or press esc button on the front panel, the control bar will display on the screen, refer to fig 4-1: 1 single full channel 2 multi 4ch:1/4, 8ch:1/4/9, 3 e-zoom live/playback digital zoomx2 4 audio audio channel setup and volume 5 ptz into ptz control mod...

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    13 3.1 basic configuration basic configuration includes three sub menus: system 、date& time and dst. 3.1.1 system step1: enter into system configurationbasic configurationsystem; refer to fig 4-3: fig 4-3 basic configuration-basic step2: in this interface user can setup the device name, device id,...

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    14 3.1.3 dst step1: enter into system configurationbasic configurationdst; refer to fig 4-5: fig 4-5 basic configuration-dst step2: in this interface, enable daylight saving time, time offset, mode, start & end month/week/date, etc. Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “a...

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    15 to exit current interface. 3.2.2 main monitor step1: enter into system configurationlive configurationhost monitor; refer to fig 4-8: fig 4-8 live configuration-host monitor step2: select split mode: 1 ×1、2×2、2×3、3×3、4×4 and channel step3: dwell time: the time interval for a certain dwell pictu...

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    16 3.2.4 mask user can setup private mask area on the live image picture, max threes areas. Fig 4-10 live configuration-mask setup mask area: click setting button, enter into live image to press left mouse and drag mouse to set mask area, refer to below picture. Click apply button to save the settin...

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    17 3.3 record configuration record configuration includes five sub menus: enable, record bit rate, time, recycle record and stamp. 3.3.1 enable step1: enter into system configurationrecord configurationenable; refer to fig 4-11: fig 4-11 record configuration-enable step2: tick off record, audio an...

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    18 note: if the rate value set is over high the maximum resources of the device, the value will be adjusted automatically. Definitions and descriptions of record stream: resolution: cif, hd1 or d1 4 ch 4cif@30(25) 4hd1@30(25) 4d1@30(25) 8 ch 8cif@30(25) 8hd1@30(25) 4 d1@30(25)+4cif30(25) 16 ch 16cif...

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    19 3.3.4 stamp stamp ：user can overlap the channel name and time stamp on video. Step1: enter into system configuration record configuration stamp; refer to fig 4-13: fig 4-13 record configuration-stamp step2: tick off camera name, time stamp; click set button, user can use cursor to drag the came...

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    20 fig 4-14 schedule configuration-schedule step2: select channel, double-click and a dialog box will pop-up as fig 4-15, user can edit week schedule: fig 4-15 schedule-week schedule ① click “add” button to add a certain day schedule; click “delete” button to delete the selected schedule; copy: user...

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    21 interface is blue. 3.4.3 sensor step1: enter into system configurationschedule configurationalarm; refer to fig 4-17: step2: the setup steps of alarm are familiar with schedule; user can refer to 4.4.1 schedule for details. Note: the default schedule of sensor is full-selected, that is, the col...

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    22 whether the sensitivity value and motion area are suitable accordingly （refer to following picture）; click icon, to save the setting; click icon, exit current interface. Note: when user drag mouse to set motion detection area, they have to click icon to clear all set detection area firstly, and t...

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    23 3.4.6 other alarm fig4-26 other alarm step1: enter into system configurationother alarm; refer to fig 4-26: step2: select a hard disk in the pull down list box, when the disk capacity is lower than that value, there will appear some text information on the lower right of the live image. Step3: c...

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    24 definitions and descriptions of network configuration: parameter meaning http port the port number of accessing ie browser. The default port is 80 server port the port number of data. The default port is 6036 static ip ip address the ip address of the server subnet mask the subnet mask of the ser...

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    25 3.5.3 email step1: enter into system configurationnetwork configurationemail; refer to fig 4-31: fig 4-31 network configuration-email smtp server/port: the name and port number of smtp server. If your smtp server supports the secure connection (ssl), like gmail, please set the “port” to 465 and...

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    26 3.5.4 other settings step1: enable ddns server: user needs to input user name ， password and host domain name of the registered website, click test to test the effectively of relevant information. Fig 4-32 network configuration-other settings step2: click “default” button to resort default settin...

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    27 ① general: input user name, password; select user type: normal and advance, input the mac address of the pc; click ok button, this user will be added into the user list box; click exit button to exit the current interface. Note: when the default value of binding pc mac address is 0, the user is n...

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    28 ② advance step1: enter into system configuration p.T.Z configurationadvance; refer to fig 4-37: fig 4-37 p.T.Z configuration-advance step2: in the advance interface, click preset “setting” button, a dialog box will pop-up as fig 4-38: fig 4-38 advance-preset setting a. In the preset set interfa...

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    29 fig 4-40 cruise set a. Click add button to add cruise line in the list box (max 8 cruise line can be added); select a cruise line, click setup button, a dialog box will pop-up as fig 4-41: fig 4-41 cruise set-modify cruise line b. Click add icon to set the speed and time of preset point; select a...

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    30 4 record search & playback and backup search configuration includes three submenus: time search, event search and file manager. 4.1 time search step1: enter into search configurationtime search; refer to fig 5-1: fig 5-1 search configuration-time search step2: select channel, screen display mode...

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    31 4.3 file manager step1: enter into search configurationfile manager; refer to fig 5-3: fig 5-3 search configuration-file manager step2: click search button, the searched files will be displayed in the file list box, user can select date, channels accordingly. ① lock: checked a file, click lock b...

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    32 fig 5-5 backup information step4: in the backup information interface, user can check the relevant information of backup files, storage type, save file type, etc. Click apply button to starting backup. Note: when the monitor resolution is vga800*600, the file manager interface will appear a hide ...

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    33 5 manage dvr 5.1 check system information check system information includes five submenus: system, event, log, network and online user. 5.1.1 system information in this interface, user can check the hardware version, mcu version, kernel version, device id, etc. Refer to fig 6-1: fig 6-1 system in...

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    34 fig 6-4 network information 5.1.5 online information in this interface, user can check the details of the current connection of online users; refer to fig 6-5: fig 6-5 online information 5.1.6 manual alarm user can check the relevant parameters of manual alarm to active emergency warning 5.1.6 di...

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    35 disk-free space, and total space show om at the bottom of screen. Step2: click refresh button to refresh the disk information of the list box; set the property of the disk then click apply button to save the setting step3: checked a hard disk, click format button to star format. Note: all recorde...

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    36 6 remote surveillance 6.1 accessing dvr if making remote view, the dvr must connect with lan or internet. Then enable network server in the unit. Please refer to 4.6 network configuration. This unit supports ie browser, without any client software installed. It supports win 7, xp and vista. 6.1.1...

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    37 step1: input ip address, subnet, gateway gotten from your isp. If using adsl, please input user name and password, and click ok. The dvr will connect the server and show “connection succeeds”. Step2: the following steps are the same as step4-7 of the connection way above. 6.2 the remote live prev...

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    38 buttons description drag the scroll bar to adjust the brightness of channel drag the scroll bar to adjust the contrast of channel drag the scroll bar to adjust the saturation of channel drag the scroll bar to adjust the hue of channel click this button to recover the default value of brightness, ...

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    39 6.3 remote playback & backup 6.3.1 remote playback click button to enter into record playback interface, refer to fig 7-5: select the record date and channels; double-click the file name in the record file list box, user can play that file and preview the picture. Fig 7-5 play record file interfa...

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    40 fig 7-7 time search playback by event search: step1: enter into searchevent search; refer to fig 7-8: fig 7-8 event search interface step2: click the highlight date and select record channels and then tick off the event type: motion and sensor, click “search” button step3: the events will be dis...

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    41 fig 7-9 file management interface lock: select certain file item in the file list box, click “lock” button to lock this file that ca not be deleted or overlaid unlock: select a locked file, click “unlock” button to unlock this file delete: select an unlock file, click “delete” button to delete th...

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    42 fig 7-11 remote menu setup the sub menu lists and the options in every item are similar with those on the dvr. Please refer to chapter 3 main menu setup guide for more details. Click “apply” button to save above settings; click “default” button will recover the original settings. 6.5 remote manag...

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    43 7 mobile surveillance this dvr supports mobile surveillance on iphone and android os device, this section describes the installation of the program via the smartphone 7.1 installation procedure on iphone device at present, the software only supports version of iphone ios 3.1.2 and above, if phone...

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    44 step 5: just be patient to download and install. After installed, “superlivepro”, icon will display. Click this icon, a function interface will appear step 6: key in server’s ip address (or domain name), user’s id and password. Click login to process. Step 7: the default quad view window will be ...

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    45 7.2 installation procedure on android os smartphone on your smartphone click on the google play store icon then press on search icon on right type superlivepro with your virtual keyboard and press enter the search result will show the available applications click on superlivepro, a brief descript...

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    46 click on accept & download the program is being downloaded on your smartphone, please wait the program is being installed on your smartphone the installation is finished, click open to launch the program.

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    47 key your dvr ip, the username and password, if you want the program to keep in memory select remember server, then click on login you are connected to the dvr, you can see all the functions of the program main interface description item description playback video file playback image server photo ...

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    48 live picture interface icon description one screen four screen channel configure ptz control capture record talk channel audio hide superlivepro.

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    49 appendix a faq q1. Why the dvr cannot start after connected to the power? A. The adapter has been damaged. Please change an adapter b. The power of the adapter is not enough. Please remove the hdd to check c. Hardware problem q2. There is not menu output or only has live image display a. Check up...

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    50 fig7-1 fig7-2 q8: how to deal with when dvr starts, it displays “please wait…”all the time first possible reason: hard-disk cable and data cable are not well connected. Solution: please check the connection of hard-disk cable and data cable and make sure they are well connected; if still not work...

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    51 q12: what are the minimum configurations of pc for clients connecting? Pc module parameters cpu intel celeron 2.4g motherboard intel 845 hdd 80g ram 512m vga nvidia geforce mx440/fx5200 atiradeon 7500/x300 os windows 2000(sp4 above) /windows xp(sp2 above) /vista/seven directx 9.0 q13: what are th...

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    52 appendix b calculate recording capacity users can calculate the size of hard disk according to the saving time and dvr recording settings. The dvr uses fixed video bit rate. The below are the details at different settings. Video format resolution frame rate totally(fps) video quality bit rate (kb...

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    53 appendix c compatible devices compatible devices 1. Compatible usb drive after test. Brand capacity a-data 512mb, 1g, 2gb transcend 4gb kingston 2gb toshiba 2gb sandisk 4gb 2. Compatible external usb cd/dvd writers after test brand model lg gh24ns90

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    54 3. Compatible hdd brand model number capacity western digital 1600aajs fw:00l7a0 160gb 2500avvs fw:73m8b0 250gb 3200avvs 320gb 5000avds fw:63u7b0 500gb 5000avjs fw:63yja0 500gb 5000avvs fw:63m8b0 500gb 5000aaks fw:00v1a0 500gb 5000budt (2.5") fw:63g8fy0 500gb 5000audx fw:63wnhy0 500gb 10eurs fw:6...

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    55 appendix d ddns setup procedure (take www.Geekciti.Com as an example) 1. Visit www.Geekciti.Com and register new account by filling each line then press submit, you need to have a valid email which will be use as username 2. Create a domain name as your convenience and choose the extension among ...

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    56 3. If the domain exists already you will have to choose another domain name, if not you will see the below screen 4. Fill all setting on dvr then click “test” to verify. Then click “apply” to finish dvr network setting. (menu-> network -> other settings) ddns: enabled ddns type: mintdns server ww...

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    57 you can test with a computer with internet explorer browser by key in the new domain name you will see the dvr main page, after key in the username and password as well the display language, you should be able see camera live display.