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PACOM PDR960H-16HD User Manual
Summary of PDR960H-16HD
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Pdr960h-8hd (s84674) 12 channel (8 analogue / 4 ip) hybrid digital video recorder pdr960h-16hd (s84675) 20 channel (16 analogue / 4 ip) hybrid digital video recorder user manual hybrid digital video recorder.
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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 equilateral triangl...
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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
Digital video recorder iii table of contents chapter 1 — introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 feature .....................................................................................................................
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User’s manual iv monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 19 recording setup ................................................................................................................ 20 general .............
Page 7: List of Illustrations
Digital video recorder v search menu ................................................................................................................. 63 event log search .......................................................................................................... 64 record table search...
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User’s manual vi figure 19 : network – ip address (manual) setup screen. ...................................................................... 28 figure 20 : network – fen setup screen. ............................................................................................... 30 figure 21 : ne...
Page 9: Chapter 1 — Introduction
Digital video recorder 1 chapter 1 — introduction feature your color digital video recorder (dvr) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: note: your dvr can record both ...
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User’s manual 2 the dvr can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full. Your dvr supports disk mirroring functions to prevent any unexpected loss of recorded video data that might be caused by disk damage or corrupt...
Page 11: Chapter 2 — Installation
Digital video recorder 3 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 sata cables infrared remote control requ...
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User’s manual 4 video loop through 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 connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor...
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Digital video recorder 5 gnd (ground): connect the ground side of the alarm input and/or alarm output to the gnd connector. Note: all the connectors marked gnd are common. Nc/no (relay alarm outputs): the dvr can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights. Connect the device to the c (commo...
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User’s manual 6 power cord connector warning: route power cords so that they are not a tripping hazard. Make certain the power cord will not be pinched or abraded by furniture. Do not install power cords under rugs or carpet. The power cord has a grounding pin. If your power outlet does not have a g...
Page 15: Chapter 3 — Configuration
Digital video recorder 7 chapter 3 — configuration note: your dvr should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to chapter 2 — installation. Front panel controls figure 3 : 16-channel dvr front panel. Camera buttons led jog dial, shuttle ring enter button arrow buttons playback buttons ptz...
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User’s manual 8 figure 4 : infrared remote control. Note: for simplicity, the button descriptions in this manual refer to the front panel buttons. Camera buttons (1 to 16) pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Pressing the buttons 1 to 4 toggle...
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Digital video recorder 9 enter button the (enter) button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made during system setup. Arrow buttons these buttons are used to navigate through menus and gui. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and u...
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User’s manual 10 zoom button pressing the zoom button zooms the current image on the screen. A pip with a rectangle temporarily displays showing what area of the screen has been enlarged. You can use the arrow buttons to move the rectangle to another area. Monitor button pressing the monitor button ...
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Digital video recorder 11 turning on the power connecting the power cord to the dvr turns on the unit. The unit takes 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...
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User’s manual 12 setup screen system record network event device display status camera figure 7 : setup screen. Press the menu button or move the mouse pointer on the right edge of the screen and then select (setup) in the live monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. While setting up the dvr, the...
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Digital video recorder 13 figure 8 : system – general setup screen. In the general 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 recorded time da...
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User’s manual 14 you can import saved dvr settings or export the current dvr settings. To import saved dvr settings, connect the usb device containing the setup file (.Dat) to the dvr. Highlight setup – import… and press the button. Select the desired setup file and press the import button to import...
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Digital video recorder 15 after selecting shutdown and pressing the button, a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power. Date/time highlight date/time and press the button, and the date/time setup screen appears. Figure 9 : system – date/time setup screen. Highlight the firs...
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User’s manual 16 highlight the box beside automatic sync. And press the button. This toggles between on and off. Highlight the box beside time server and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the ip address or domain name of the time server. Highlighting allows you t...
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Digital video recorder 17 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 all of the user names within that group are...
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User’s manual 18 note: in addition to using the front panel buttons or the infrared remote control, you can use the virtual keyboard to assign the password. To display the virtual keyboard click the button using the mouse (not supplied). Highlighting the box beside auto login allows you to select a ...
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Digital video recorder 19 if you want to erase recorded data on the selected device, highlight clear and press the button. You will be asked whether or not you want to delete the data. If you want to use a usb hard disk drive, highlight use and press the button after connecting the device. Highlight...
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User’s manual 20 highlighting schedule on and pressing the button toggles on and off. When set to on, you can select the day, time range and interval that you want the dvr to run self-diagnostics on the recorder. The interval can be selectable from 1 min. To 7 days or never. Highlight the + and pres...
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Digital video recorder 21 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 ...
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User’s manual 22 schedule highlight schedule and press the button, and the schedule setup screen appears. Figure 14 : record – schedule setup screen. You can program the dvr to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week, and holidays. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 ...
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Digital video recorder 23 highlight the box under the settings heading and press the button to define the recording settings. Figure 15 : schedule – settings (advanced mode) setup screen. You can set the ips, quality and resolution (ips, quality, resolution and dwell for advanced mode setup) of the ...
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User’s manual 24 highlighting boxes under quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for time and event recording. You can select from: very high, high, standard and basic. Highlighting boxes under resolution and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded im...
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Digital video recorder 25 archive highlight archive and press the button, and the archive setup screen appears. Figure 17 : record – archive setup screen. Highlight archive on and press the button to toggle between on and off. Note: if you have not set up a storage device for archiving, a message ap...
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User’s manual 26 network setup general highlight general and press the button, and the general setup screen displays. Figure 18 : network – general setup screen. You can limit the network bandwidth settings so that system does not consume too much network bandwidth. Highlight the box beside network ...
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Digital video recorder 27 note: the higher quality and resolution settings require higher transfer speed settings. The transfer speed you set is the maximum speed. Depending on the network environment, this speed may not be achieved. Highlight webguard – use webguard service and press the button to ...
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User’s manual 28 ip address highlight ip address and press the button, and the ip address setup screen displays. Figure 19 : network – ip address (manual) setup screen. Highlight the box beside type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: manual, dhcp and adsl (w...
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Digital video recorder 29 highlight use upnp and press the button to toggle between on and off. When it is on, port forwarding from the nat (network address translation) device to the dvr will be enabled automatically via upnp (universal plug and play) service. This function will be especially usefu...
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User’s manual 30 fen highlight fen and press the button, and the fen setup screen displays. Figure 20 : network – fen setup screen. Highlight use fen and press the button to toggle between on and off. Note: fen is the technology that automatically sets up your dvr to work seamlessly for remote viewi...
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Digital video recorder 31 rtsp highlight rtsp and press the button. The rtsp setup screen displays. Figure 21 : network – rtsp setup screen. Highlight enable rtsp (real-time streaming protocol) and press the button to toggle between on and off. You will be able to change the settings if enable rtsp ...
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User’s manual 32 notification highlight notification and press the button. The notification setup screen displays. Figure 22 : network – notification setup screen. You can add and edit notification schedules. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the co...
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Digital video recorder 33 highlight the box under the no. Heading and press the button to toggle between on and off. You will only be able to change the ip addresses if no. Is enabled. Highlight the ip address box that you want to change and press the button. Use the arrow buttons to enter the ip ad...
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User’s manual 34 highlight the box beside authentication and press the button. An authentication screen appears. Highlight use and press the button to toggle between on and off. Highlight the box beside user/password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user id ...
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Digital video recorder 35 figure 23 : event – motion setup screen. Your dvr has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned on or off for each camera. Highlighting the box under the sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the dvr’s sensitivity to mo...
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User’s manual 36 highlight the box under the actions and press the button. The dvr can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an alarm-out connector, sound the dvr’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different dev...
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Digital video recorder 37 video loss highlight video loss and press the button, and the video loss setup screen appears. (local cameras only) figure 25 : event – video loss setup screen. Highlight the box under the actions and press the button. The dvr can be set to react to video loss differently f...
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User’s manual 38 highlighting the box under the sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the dvr’s sensitivity to video blind for black and white independently from 0 and 1 (least sensitive) to 10 (most sensitive). Note: video blind might not be detected for a camera with a very noisy image especial...
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Digital video recorder 39 figure 28 : text-in device screen. Highlight the box beside port, and press the button. Select from none, rs232, rs485, usb-serial (1~8) and lan (1~16). Note: if you have set the port as none, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. When using the usb to ser...
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User’s manual 40 highlight the box under the actions and press the button. The dvr can be set to react to text input. Text input can be associated with cameras, trigger an alarm-out connector, sound the dvr’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, move ptz cameras to preset positions...
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Digital video recorder 41 device setup local audio highlight local audio and press the button, and the local audio setup screen appears. Figure 30 : device – local audio setup screen. The dvr can record up to four audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input and press the button. A list of local...
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User’s manual 42 alarm-out highlight alarm-out and press the button. The alarm-out screen allows you to change the settings and establish a schedule for each alarm output from the dvr. Figure 32 : device – alarm-out setup screen. Highlighting the box beside dwell time and pressing the button allows ...
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Digital video recorder 43 remote control highlight remote control and press the button. The remote control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard. Figure 33 : device – remote control setup screen. Highlight the box beside port and select from none, r...
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User’s manual 44 highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item on and off. When an item is on, there is a checkmark in the box beside it. The following items can be turned on or off: remote control – the icon displays when the dvr can be controlled by the infrared remote control. Zo...
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Digital video recorder 45 note: any cameras that are off, have lost video or are set to covert (unless the user has authority to view covert cameras) will be excluded from the cameo sequence. You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the dvr to sequence through the different s...
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User’s manual 46 you can define which cameras display sequentially on the spot monitor when in the single-screen display format. Highlighting the box under the camera and pressing the button toggles between on and off. You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box under the dwell and...
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Digital video recorder 47 fan error will be highlighted when the cooling fan to the left of the power cord on the rear panel is not working for more than four seconds. Esata disconnected will be highlighted when the esata device is disconnected. Storage highlight storage and press the button, and th...
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User’s manual 48 camera setup general highlight general and press the button, and the general setup screen appears. (local cameras only) figure 39 : camera – general 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 ca...
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Digital video recorder 49 figure 40 : camera – ptz setup screen. Note: you will only be able to set up ptz devices if the ptz port is set to rs232 or rs485. Highlight the box in the product column for the ptz camera you wish to configure and press the button. A list of ptz devices appears. Select yo...
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User’s manual 50 figure 41 : camera – network camera setup screen. Highlight the scan… box and press the button, and the device scan setup screen appears. Highlighting the box beside protocol and pressing the button allows you to select the protocol for the network device you want to search. Note: s...
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Digital video recorder 51 selecting auto scan (lan) from mode scans network devices automatically. Selecting ip address scan from mode scans network devices by entering a specific ip address or adjusting the ip address range. Highlighting port and pressing the button allows you to set the port numbe...
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User’s manual 52 highlight the box beside user/password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user id and password. Highlight apply to all devices and press the button to apply the same authentication information to all the network devices in the list. When selec...
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Digital video recorder 53 highlight use audio recording and press the button to toggle between on and off. When it is on, the dvr will record audio from the device when the video from the network device is recording. Highlight the device remote setup box and press the button. The device remote setup...
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User’s manual 54 highlighting the box beside stream protocol and pressing the button allows you to select the protocol for streaming. Highlighting the box beside record protocol and pressing the button allows you to select the protocol for recording. Highlighting the box beside onvif profile and pre...
Page 63: Chapter 4 — Operation
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, you have m...
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User’s manual 56 live monitoring menu login/logout selecting (login) in the live monitoring menu accesses the login screen, and you will be asked to select a user and enter the password to log into the system. Selecting (logout) in the live monitoring menu displays the logout screen asking you to co...
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Digital video recorder 57 sequence selecting (sequence) in the live monitoring menu causes the cameras to display sequentially. It is the same as pressing the sequence button on the remote control. When in one of the multi-view formats, selecting will cause the dvr to go through predefined screen la...
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User’s manual 58 active cameo mode you can enter the active cameo mode by selecting edit group from the live monitoring – display menu or pressing the button on the front panel in any multi-view format. The yellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow butto...
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Digital video recorder 59 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 b...
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User’s manual 60 covert camera if a camera is set up as covert 1 in the camera setup screen (general tab), that camera will not be displayed unless a user with covert camera view authority logs into the system. However the camera title and status icons will be displayed on the monitor. If a camera i...
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Digital video recorder 61 panic recording selecting (panic) in the live monitoring menu or search menu, or pressing the panic button starts panic recording of all cameras. Selecting or pressing the button again stops panic recording. If you set the panic recording duration in the panic record setup ...
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User’s manual 62 playback buttons backward: when in the pause mode, pressing the button moves to the previous image. Forward: when in the pause mode, pressing the button moves to the next image. Rewind: pressing the button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the pla...
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Digital video recorder 63 note: the search menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the right edge of the screen. Search menu search event log search: selecting (search) → event log search selects video from the event log. See the following event log search section for details. Reco...
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User’s manual 64 panic selecting (panic) in the search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting again stops panic recording. It is the same as pressing the panic button. Camera menu zoom: selecting (camera menu) → zoom and choosing the camera number zooms the current playback image ...
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Digital video recorder 65 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 screen can also be accessed by pressing the alarm...
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User’s manual 66 highlight the box beside text-in and press the button. You can select the text-in devices which you want any reports of text input. 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 dat...
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Digital video recorder 67 if the dvr’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than some recorded video, it is possible for the dvr to have more than one video stream in the same time range. In this case, the overlapping time range in the record table will be separated by a yellow ve...
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User’s manual 68 motion search figure 49 : motion search screen. The motion search… can be selected from the search menu while the dvr displays the camera full screen. The motion search screen displays a list of motion events. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to ...
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Digital video recorder 69 the zone should be placed or focused on the centre or, at least, within the outline of targeted object. Highlight the box beside sensitivity and press the button. You will be able to select from 1 (low sensitivity) to 5 (high sensitivity). Highlight the box beside min. Bloc...
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User’s manual 70 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 between on and off. When set to off, you can enter a specific date and time. When set to on, the search will b...
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Digital video recorder 71 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 informati...
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User’s manual 72 note: while copying video clips on the dvd rw, the recording speed might decrease. When the error message “firmware update of the optical drive is required” displays, update the firmware of the installed dvd rw drive. Please follow the instructions described in chapter 3 – configura...
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Digital video recorder 73 print you can print images on a printer. Connect a postscript™ printer, or external hard disk drive or flash drive to one of the usb ports. Figure 53 : print screen. Highlight the box beside printer model and press the button. Selecting postscript printer will print images ...
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User’s manual 74 caution: any existing data on the destination disk will be erased once it is designated as a mirror destination disk. Highlighting start and pressing the button displays a confirmation screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to start mirroring the selected disk. Once yo...
Page 83: Appendix
Digital video recorder 75 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 hard disk ...
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Digital video recorder 77 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: microsoft ® windo...
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User’s manual 78 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...
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Digital video recorder 79 ⑩ click the to set up the image drawing mode, osd display and beep on/off. You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode, select osd information to be displayed on the screen, and turn the dvr’s internal buzzer on and off from a remote site. ⑪ click th...
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User’s manual 80 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 brightness of the recorded images. Note: image processing works only in the pause mode. ⑥ the playback function buttons include fast b...
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Digital video recorder 81 if you want to search recorded video from four to five o’clock during the overlapping time range using a search menu such as event log search, text-in search or motion search, it is possible for the dvr to have two overlapping start and stop times. You will be asked to sele...
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User’s manual 82 system setup information: displays the device information. Maintenance: restarts the device or returns all device settings to the original factory settings. Security setup user: adds or deletes a user. Media setup onvif profile: adds or deletes an onvif tm profile. Video: sets up th...
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Digital video recorder 83 network setup tcp/ip: sets up the device’s ip address and dns server. Ddns: sets up the ddns function. Zero configuration: automatically allocates an appropriate ip address for the current network conditions (supported only for devices that provide the function). Network pr...
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User’s manual 84 ptz setup ptz: sets up the ptz. Connector pin outs i/o connector pin outs ai (1 to 16) alarm inputs 1 to 16 gnd chassis ground (5 connectors) nc relay alarm output (normally closed) c relay common no relay alarm output (normally open) ari alarm reset in rs485 connector pin outs mast...
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Digital video recorder 85 map of screens menu system general date/time user storage monitoring record general schedule pre-event archive network general ip address fen rtsp notification event motion alarm-in video loss video blind text-in network device local audio network audio alarm-out remote con...
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User’s manual 86 error code notices system upgrade related clip copy related no. Description no. Description 0 unknown error. 0 unknown error. 1 file version error. 1 device error. 2 operating system version error. 2 mounting failed. 3 software version error. 3 no media. 4 kernel version error. 4 in...
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Digital video recorder 87 system log notices boot up setup exported clip-copy from: shutdown setup export failure clip-copy to: restart setup export cancel clip-copy duration of video: upgrade schedule on clip-copy camera: upgrade fail schedule off callback fail power failure panic on print begin ti...
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User’s manual 88 specifications video signal format ntsc or pal (auto detect) video input local composite: 8 or 16 looping inputs, 1 vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 ohms network 4 network devices (100mbps/1gbps ethernet) monitor outputs hdmi: 1 hdmi vga: 1 spot: 1 bnc, 1 vp-p, 75 ohms video resolution hd...
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Digital video recorder v1.3 89 general dimensions (w x h x d) 16.9" x 3.5" x 15.7" (430mm x 88mm x 400mm) unit weight 17.9 lbs. (8.1kg) shipping weight 24.5 lbs. (11.1kg) shipping dimensions (w x h x d) 21.3" x 11.4" x 23.2" (540mm x 290mm x 590mm) operating temperature 41°f to 104°f (5°c to 40°c) o...
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Warrantyinformation pleasekeepthisdocumentinasafeplace.Donotreturnthisdocumenttopacificcommunications. Equipmentdetails model serialnumber dateofpurchase importantinformation pleaseretainallmanualssuppliedwiththeequipmentandproofofpurchase . Proofofpurchasewillberequiredifyouneedtomakeawarrantyclaim...
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Warrantyterms 1. Pacificcommunicationsprovidesconsumerswiththefollowingwarrantyinrelationtothisequipment,inadditiontocomplyingwiththe requirementsofanyrelevantlegislation,includingthecompetitionandconsumeract2010(cth)inaustraliaandtheconsumerguaranteesact 1993innewzealand(theacts),exceptwhereanewzea...
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V1.0 pacific communications. Keeping it green. At pacific communications, we are deeply committed to safeguarding the environment and avoiding pollution - now and for future generations. Pacific communications. Keeping it green. At pacific communications, we are deeply committed to safeguarding the ...