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...
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 ...
4-channel digital video recorder iii table of contents chapter 1 — introduction ........................................................................................................... 7 feature .........................................................................................................
User’s manual iv shutdown ......................................................................................................................... 27 network setup ..................................................................................................................... 27 network .........
4-channel digital video recorder v text-in search examples..................................................................................................... 73 search example i ............................................................................................................ 73 search e...
User’s manual vi figure 33 — camera ptz setup screen. ................................................................................................. 35 figure 34 — audio setup screen. ............................................................................................................. 36 ...
4-channel digital video recorder 7 chapter 1 — introduction feature your color digital video recorder (dvr) provides recording capabilities for four camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 4 composite video input conn...
User’s manual 8 figure 1 — typical dvr installation..
4-channel digital video recorder 9 chapter 2 — installation package contents the package contains the following: digital video recorder power cord user’s manual (this document) ras software cd and user’s manual rack-mount kit assembly screws for adding hard disk drives infrared remote control requir...
User’s manual 10 video out note: the video out (bnc) and vga connectors may be connected to individual monitors for simultaneous operation. Audio in/out note: it is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio. The dvr does not have amplified audio outp...
4-channel digital video recorder 11 rs485 port rs232c port factory reset switch the dvr has a factory reset switch to the right of the rs232 connector on the rear panel. This switch will only be used on the rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings. Cau...
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4-channel digital video recorder 13 chapter 3 — configuration note: your dvr should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to chapter 2 — installation. Front panel controls figure 3 — dvr front panel. Camera buttons hdd led alarm out led network led clip copy led power led panic button ala...
User’s manual 14 figure 4 — infrared remote control. Note: for simplicity, the button descriptions in this manual refer to the front panel buttons. Camera buttons (1 to 4) pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 4 are also used to en...
4-channel digital video recorder 15 clip copy led the clip copy led is lit when the dvr is clip-copying. Power led the power led is lit when the unit is on. Panic button pressing the panic button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the screen. Pressing the button again will...
User’s manual 16 menu/cameo button pressing the menu/cameo button enters the setup screen. You will need to enter the authorized user and password to access setup. Pressing the button also closes the current menu or setup dialog box. In the playback mode, pressing the button displays the search menu...
4-channel digital video recorder 17 bookmark button on remote control when in the playback mode, pressing the bookmark button adds the current playback point to the bookmark list or moves to the registered bookmark point. Turning on the power connecting the power cord to the dvr turns on the unit. T...
User’s manual 18 setup screen figure 7 — 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. When ma...
4-channel digital video recorder 19 figure 9 — information setup screen . In the information screen, you can name the site location, assign a system id number, select the language the screens are displayed in, display software version number, upgrade the software, show the system log, display record...
User’s manual 20 highlight show system log… and press the button to display the system log. The system log screen lists system activities (up to 5,000 from the latest) that have occurred along with the time and date. The icon will be displayed in the last column for system activities of the remote s...
4-channel digital video recorder 21 you can set up holidays by highlighting + and pressing the button. The current date appears. Highlight the month and day and change them by using the up and down arrow buttons. Press the button to add the date. Dates can be deleted by highlighting the beside the d...
User’s manual 22 highlight the box in the format column 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. You can also set aside...
4-channel digital video recorder 23 figure 15 — user 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 al...
User’s manual 24 to add a user, highlight the + user… box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user name. Enter the name and assign the user to a group and password. You can use camera buttons 1 to 4 on the front panel to assign the password. The password can be...
4-channel digital video recorder 25 date/time setup date: set the system date and select the date format. Time: set the system time and select the time format. Time zone: select your time zone. The time zone can be selected on the map below. Use daylight saving time: selecting the box sets the syste...
User’s manual 26 select the finish button to finish the quick setup wizard and select the go to network setup button to start the network setup. Figure 18 — network setup wizard screen. If you selected the go to network setup, select the next button to start the network setup wizard. Internet connec...
4-channel digital video recorder 27 dvrns setup dvrns server: enter the ip address or domain name of the dvrns server. Port: set the port number of the dvrns server. Use nat: select the box to use the nat (network address translation) device. Dvr name: enter the dvr name to be registered on the dvrn...
User’s manual 28 highlight the first box beside remote watch – bps/ips. You can select the transfer speed from 50kbps to 100mbps. Highlight the second box beside remote watch – bps/ips. You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between: bps and ips. Press the button to set the transf...
4-channel digital video recorder 29 note: you will need to get the appropriate ip address, gateway and subnet mask from your network administrator. Highlight the box beside dns server. Press the up and down arrow buttons to set the ip address of the dns server. Highlight use upnp and press the butto...
User’s manual 30 note: entering the id and password and highlighting ok reads the current ip address of the dvr configured by the adsl network. 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. Highlight the dvrns tab, and th...
4-channel digital video recorder 31 highlight use mobile and press the button to toggle between on and off. When set to on, you can access a remote dvr using a blackberry or other mobile devices. Note: selecting use mobile sets the webguard service to be enabled automatically regardless of your webg...
User’s manual 32 key function “↑ ” or “k” pressing the “↑ ” or “k” key moves up in the menu. It is the same as pressing the up arrow button on the front panel. “↓ ” or “j” pressing the “↓ ” or “j" key moves down in the menu. It is the same as pressing the down arrow button on the front panel. “m” or...
4-channel digital video recorder 33 note: the e-mail address must include the “@” character to be a valid address. Highlight the box under the heading and press the button to toggle between on and off. The dvr will clip an event detected video segment and attach it to an email when the box is turned...
User’s manual 34 to add an sns account, highlight the + and press the button. Highlight the box beside type and press the button. Selecting twitter from the type allows you to post a tweet on twitter when an event occurs. Highlight the box beside user name/password and press the button. A virtual ke...
4-channel digital video recorder 35 figure 32 — camera 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, covert 1 or covert 2 from a dr...
User’s manual 36 audio highlight audio in the devices menu and press the button. The audio setup screen appears. 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 th...
4-channel digital video recorder 37 the mode box allows you to set how the alarm reacts during the scheduled time. When set to on, the alarm-out is active during the scheduled time. When set to event, the alarm-out is only active when there is an event during the scheduled time. The channels box all...
User’s manual 38 you can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside interval and pressing the button. You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute. Highlight event monitoring on and press the button. Pressing the button toggles between on and off. When it is on,...
4-channel digital video recorder 39 use the arrow buttons on the setup screen to move the vga screen position in the direction you want. Selecting the button at the center returns to the previous position. Remote control highlight remote control in the devices menu and press the button. The remote c...
User’s manual 40 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 turned off, the dvr stops recording once all available storage space has been used...
4-channel digital video recorder 41 figure 44 — panic record screen. Highlighting use panic recording and pressing the button toggles between on and off. Highlight the panic recording – duration box and set the duration of panic recording. Panic recording will stop automatically after the preset dur...
User’s manual 42 highlight the box under the range heading and press the button to change the time range that the scheduled recording will take place. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes. Highlight the box under the mode heading and press the button to change the recording mode that ...
4-channel digital video recorder 43 highlighting boxes under dwell and pressing the button allows you to set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event. (advanced mode only) pre-event highlight pre-event in the record menu and press the button, and the pre-event setup scree...
User’s manual 44 you can set up the dvr to start panic recording whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the box beside panic record and press the button. A list of alarm inputs appears, and you can select which alarm input you want associated with panic recording...
4-channel digital video recorder 45 motion detection highlight motion detection in the event menu and press the button. The motion detection setup screen appears. Your dvr has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned on or off for each camera. Figure 52 — motion detectio...
User’s manual 46 you can control excessive event logging and remote notification of motions detected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals. Highlight the box beside motion ignoring interval and press the button. A list of intervals ranging from 1 to 10 seconds ...
4-channel digital video recorder 47 highlight the desired box under the ptz heading, and press the button. A list of ptz presets appear. Select the preset position for each ptz camera, where you want ptz cameras to move to whenever the dvr detects motion on the selected camera’s input. Highlight the...
User’s manual 48 note: for the alarm-out action, the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the event mode in the alarm-out setup screen (schedule tab). Highlight the box under the notify heading and press the button. You can toggle the entire list on and off by highlighting notification ...
4-channel digital video recorder 49 highlight the actions 1 and actions 2 tabs and the video blind actions 1 and actions 2 screens display. Figure 59 — video blind actions 1 screen. The dvr can be set to react to video blind differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another cam...
User’s manual 50 figure 61 — text-in settings screen. The dvr can be set to react to text input from devices such as atms (automated teller machines) and pos (point of sale; i.E., cash registers). This screen allows you to configure the dvr for each text-in device. Highlight the box under the setup ...
4-channel digital video recorder 51 highlight the case sensitive box, and press the button to toggle between on and off. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation to determine if the text strings are case sensitive. If the device distinguishes between upper and lower case letters, make certai...
User’s manual 52 system event highlight system event in the event menu and press the button. The system event setup screen appears. Figure 65 — health check screen the dvr can be configured to run self-diagnostics and report the results. Highlighting the box beside system and pressing the button all...
4-channel digital video recorder 53 highlight the actions tab and the system event actions screen displays. Figure 67 — system event actions screen the dvr can be set to react to system events. System events can be associated with an alarm-out connector, sound the dvr’s internal buzzer, and/or notif...
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4-channel digital video recorder 55 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, ...
User’s manual 56 live monitoring menu freeze selecting (freeze) in the live monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again. It is the same as pressing the (play/pause) button. Pressing any button except for the menu , alarm and panic buttons while in the freeze mo...
4-channel digital video recorder 57 setup selecting (setup) in the live monitoring menu enters the main setup screen. Refer to chapter 3 ─ configuration for detailed descriptions of system setup. Search mode selecting (search mode) in the live monitoring menu exits the live monitoring mode and enter...
User’s manual 58 you can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the button, and the set preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the (play/paus...
4-channel digital video recorder 59 if a camera is set up as covert 2 in the camera setup screen (settings tab), that camera appears to be off unless a user with covert camera view authority logs into the system. The camera title will be grayed out and status icons will not be displayed on the monit...
User’s manual 60 note: the pip display mode will not be supported in the search mode. You can change the location of the pip (picture-in-picture) counterclockwise or clockwise by pressing the up and down arrow buttons and change its size by pressing the left and right arrow buttons. To change its lo...
4-channel digital video recorder 61 playing recorded video if a user who has search authority logs into the system, the user can view recorded image. Once video has been recorded, you can view it by pressing the playback button. The dvr supports the triplex function: monitoring, recording and playin...
User’s manual 62 group button: pressing the group button changes the screen from the current camera to the next camera. You can use a mouse for convenient playback control. Position the mouse pointer on the playback screen, and the following record table search (compact view mode) screen will displa...
4-channel digital video recorder 63 move the cursor over the date and time and press the (play/pause) button. You can use the left and right arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the up and down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to searc...
User’s manual 64 event log search figure 76 — 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. The event log search scre...
4-channel digital video recorder 65 highlight the box beside record channels and press the button. You can select the cameras that you want to search for any reports of event recorded data. The dvr will display the events (not the camera channels) that occurred and that also are recorded on the came...
User’s manual 66 go to: displays the first or last recorded image, or searches by date and time (see the previous searching video – go to section of this chapter for more details). Clip-copy: clips a video segment and saves it (see the following clip copy section for more details). Print: prints the...
4-channel digital video recorder 67 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 t...
User’s manual 68 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 to toggle...
4-channel digital video recorder 69 clip-copy video clips can be copied on an internal dvd rw drive, or external usb hard disk or flash drive. The copied video clips can be viewed on computers running microsoft windows 2000, xp, vista or 7. Refer to the appendix – usb hard disk drive preparation for...
User’s manual 70 highlight verify after burning and press the button. This will toggle between on and off. When this feature is on, you can verify that the data is written on the dvd rw properly. Highlight use site info and press the button. This will toggle between on and off. When this feature is ...
4-channel digital video recorder 71 once you have selected the printer model and paper size, highlight the print button and press the button. A message appears asking you if you want to print the current image. Highlight the continue button and press the button to print. Note: if your printer only s...
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4-channel digital video recorder 73 appendix usb hard disk drive preparation note: the following description is for preparing a usb hard disk drive under windows 2000. Preparing a usb hard disk drive under windows xp, window vista and window 7 is almost identical to windows 2000. 1. Connect the usb ...
4-channel digital video recorder 75 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: microso...
User’s manual 76 note: there might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the microsoft windows vista or higher operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that you disable the auto tuning capability of your computer. Run the comma...
4-channel digital video recorder 77 ⑩ click the to save the current image as a bitmap or jpeg file format. ⑪ click the to set up the image drawing mode and osd display. You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode, and select osd information to be displayed on the screen. ⑫ th...
User’s manual 78 ④ the dvr information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote dvr and login information of webguard. ⑤ click the to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images. Click the to zoom out or zoom in the recorded image. Click the to adjust the brigh...
4-channel digital video recorder 79 you can search overlapping video streams by selecting a specific time or time range. If you want to search recorded video at four o’clock during the overlapping time range using a search menu such as go to the date/time, select the segment you want to search. If y...
User’s manual 80 map of screens.
4-channel digital video recorder 81 system log notices boot up clear all data shutdown clear disk restart format disk upgrade disk full upgrade fail disk config change power failure disk ‘no.’ : ‘serial number’ time change disk ‘no.’ : removed time zone change auto deletion time sync search begin ti...
User’s manual 82 system upgrade related clip copy related no. Description no. Description 106 odd firmware upgrade failed. 11 appending failed. 300 remote connection failed. 12 bad sector. 301 remote network error. 13 no executable file. 302 remote upgrade is not authorized. 14 opening executable fi...
4-channel digital video recorder v1.6 83 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: 1 bnc, 1 vp-p, 75 ohms spot: 1 bnc, 1 vp-p, 75 ohms vga: 1 video resolution composite: 720x480 (...
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Warrantyterms 1. Pacificcommunicationsprovidesconsumerswiththefollowingwarrantyinrelationtothisequipment,inadditiontocomplyingwiththe requirementsofanyrelevantlegislation,includingthecompetitionandconsumeract2010(cth)inaustraliaandtheconsumerguaranteesact 1993innewzealand(theacts),exceptwhereanewzea...
