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PACOM RDRH-EL104 User Manual
Summary of RDRH-EL104
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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...
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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
4-channel digital video recorder iii table of contents chapter 1 introduction .............................................................................................. 1 features ................................................................................................................... ...
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User’s manual iv wizard ................................................................................................................ 19 shutdown ........................................................................................................... 23 network setup .............................
Page 7: List of Illustrations
4-channel digital video recorder v system log notices ............................................................................................... 68 error code notices ................................................................................................. 68 map of screens ...............
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User’s manual vi figure 41 alarm-in settings setup screen. ........................................................................... 39 figure 42 alarm-in actions setup screen. ............................................................................ 39 figure 43 motion detection settings setup...
Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction
4-channel digital video recorder 1 chapter 1 introduction features 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: y 4 composite video input con...
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User’s manual 2 your dvr can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to record, and the schedule can change for different days of the week and user defined holidays. 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 old...
Page 11: Chapter 2 Installation
4-channel digital video recorder 3 chapter 2 installation package contents the package contains the following: y digital video recorder y power adaptor and power cord y user’s manual (this document) y ras software cd and user’s manual y infrared remote control required installation tools no special ...
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User’s manual 4 video out connect the main monitor to the video out connector. A vga connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor. Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the dvr. Note: the video out (bnc) and vga connectors...
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4-channel digital video recorder 5 alarm input/output note: to make connections on the alarm connector strip, press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole below the button. After releasing the button, tug gently on the wire to make certain it is connected. To disconnect a wire, press an...
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User’s manual 6 caution: ensure the dvr is not near any heat source that could cause overheating. Caution: the dvr does not have an internal fan so leave a clearance of at least 6 inches near ventilation hole areas on each side panel of the unit for proper ventilation. Your dvr is now ready to opera...
Page 15: Chapter 3 Configuration
4-channel 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 dvr front panel. Camera buttons hdd led alarm out led menu button ptz/zoom button arrow buttons play/pause button...
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User’s manual 8 in the ptz mode, pressing the button 1 zooms in the screen and the button 2 zooms out the screen, and pressing the button 3 focuses near and button 4 focuses far. Hdd led the hdd led flickers when the dvr is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. Alarm out led the alarm...
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4-channel digital video recorder 9 pressing the button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made during system setup. Panic button pressing the panic button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the screen. Pressing the button again will stop panic r...
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User’s manual 10 id button if a dvr system id is set to 0, the infrared remote control will control that dvr without any additional operations. (refer to the system information setup screen in this chapter for further information on setting the system id.) if the system id is 1 to 16, you must to pr...
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4-channel digital video recorder 11 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 using the up and down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. In the playback mode, pressing ...
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User’s manual 12 note: to log the user out of the system, press the menu button on the front panel or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select (logout) in the live monitoring menu. The logout screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current ...
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4-channel digital video recorder 13 system setup figure 8 system menu. Information highlight information in the system menu and press the button. The information setup screen appears. Highlight the box beside system id and press the button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the up and d...
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User’s manual 14 highlighting the install button and pressing the button will install the selected software package. Highlighting the cancel button and pressing the button will close the window without upgrading the software. If the upgrade package file is not installed on the dvr properly, you will...
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4-channel digital video recorder 15 highlight the box beside file name and press the button. A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name. Selecting export will save the log information in .Txt file format on the usb device. Note: when opening the saved .Txt file, setting to the proper chara...
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User’s manual 16 highlight the holiday tab, and the holiday setup screen appears. Storage highlight storage in the system menu and press the button. The storage setup screen appears and displays information about the dvr’s storage devices. Note: the dvr does not support usb hard disk drives with a v...
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4-channel digital video recorder 17 highlighting clear and pressing the button will clear all video data. You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the dvr erases the video data. Caution: do not disconnect the usb cable or the power from the device while copying video clips....
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User’s manual 18 highlighting a group name and pressing the button allows you to change the authority levels assigned to the group. Caution: write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the factory reset button and all data set...
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4-channel digital video recorder 19 y alarm-out control – the user can reset the dvr’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm by pressing any button on the front panel or remote control on a local system or alarm-out control button on a pc running ras. Y search – the user can access t...
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User’s manual 20 figure 15 setup wizard screen. Select either quick wizard or network wizard and select the next button to start the selected setup wizard. Note: selecting the cancel button throughout the screens exits the quick setup wizard without saving your changes and returns to the main setup ...
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4-channel digital video recorder 21 record method setup y select the desired recording mode from: – motion event record (recommended) – continuous & motion event record – continuous record note: you should understand each recording mode before setting the dvr’s recording method. Record video quality...
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User’s manual 22 if you selected the go to network setup, select the next button to start the network setup wizard. Figure 17 network setup wizard screen. Internet connection select whether or not your dvr is connected to the internet. Lan setup select between auto configuration and manual configura...
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4-channel digital video recorder 23 dvrns setup y use dvr name service: select the box to use the dvr name service. Y dvrns server: enter the ip address or domain name of the dvrns server. Y port: set the port number of the dvrns server. Y enable nat: select the box when using the nat (network addre...
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User’s manual 24 network setup figure 19 network menu. Network highlight network in the network menu and press the button. The network setup screen displays. Highlight the box beside remote watch – quality and press the button. You can select the quality from: very high, high, standard and basic. Pr...
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4-channel digital video recorder 25 highlight enable ssl for transferring data and press the button to toggle between on and off. When it is on, the security of data except video and audio transmitted for remote monitoring or remote recording can be enhanced by using the ssl (secure sockets layer) a...
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User’s manual 26 note: you will need to get the appropriate port numbers for each ras and webguard related program (admin, callback, watch, search and audio) from your network administrator. Note: do not use the same port number for two different programs, otherwise, the dvr cannot be connected with...
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4-channel digital video recorder 27 highlight the dvrns tab, and the dvrns setup screen displays. Note: you will need to get the ip address or domain name of the dvrns server from your network administrator. Note: you can use the domain name instead of ip address if you already set up the dns server...
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User’s manual 28 figure 23 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 rtps is enabled. Note: when selecting enable rtsp, the recorded image resolution cannot be set to ve...
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4-channel digital video recorder 29 notification highlight notification in the network menu and press the button. The notification setup screen displays. Highlight the box beside retry and enter the number of times you would like the dvr to try contacting the computer. You can select from 1 to 10 re...
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User’s manual 30 note: you will need to get the ip address or domain name of the smtp server from your network administrator. Note: you can use the domain name instead of ip address if you already set up the dns server when setting up the lan. Highlight the box beside port and press the button. Use ...
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4-channel digital video recorder 31 highlight the ptz tab, and the ptz setup screen displays. You can assign ids to each camera by highlighting the box under the id heading and pressing the button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the up and down arrow buttons to increase and decrease ...
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User’s manual 32 audio highlight audio in the devices menu and press the button. The audio setup screen appears. Alarm -out highlight alarm-out in the devices menu and press the button. The alarm-out screen allows you to change the settings for the alarm output from the dvr. Display highlight displa...
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4-channel digital video recorder 33 y freeze & sequence – the icon displays while in the freeze mode, and the displays while in the sequence mode. Y remote control – the icon displays when the dvr can be controlled by the infrared remote control. Y zoom – the icon displays on the enlarged video. Y n...
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User’s manual 34 highlight the vga tab, and the vga setup screen appears. Recording setup figure 35 record menu. Record highlight record in the record menu and press the button. The record setup screen appears. Figure 33 main monitor setup screen. You can adjust the display dwell time by highlightin...
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4-channel digital video recorder 35 note: the dvr has two camera groups (no. 1: cameras 1 and 2 and no. 2: cameras 3 and 4), and the maximum recording speed of each camera group will be limited to 30 ips when set to very high resolution. For example, the maximum recording speed per camera will be 15...
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User’s manual 36 highlight the panic record tab, and the panic record setup screen appears. Highlighting the panic recording – ips and pressing the button allows you to set the images per second for panic recording. You can select from 0.10 to 30.00 ips (25.00 ips pal). Highlighting the panic record...
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4-channel digital video recorder 37 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 r...
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User’s manual 38 pre -event highlight pre-event in the record menu and press the button, and the pre-event setup screen appears. If you do not have event set up in the record schedule, a message will display alerting you to this fact. You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by ad...
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4-channel digital video recorder 39 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 w...
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User’s manual 40 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 an input on the associated alarm input. Motion detection highlight moti...
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4-channel digital video recorder 41 press the button to display the menu screen. The menu on the setup screen has the following functions: you can control excessive event logging and remote notification of motions detected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals....
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User’s manual 42 highlight the box under the record heading and press the button. A list of cameras appears. You can associate as many cameras with that camera as you wish. If the dvr detects motion on the selected camera, it starts recording video from all the associated cameras. Note: for the reco...
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4-channel digital video recorder 43 note: for the record action, the camera you select should be set to the event or time & event recording mode in the record schedule setup screen. Highlight the box under the alarm-out heading and press the button. Select between alarm output and beep (dvr’s intern...
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User’s manual 44 highlighting the box under the interval heading beside each alarm-in and pressing the button allows you to change the interval that you want the dvr to run self-diagnostics on alarm inputs. You can select from 1 hr. To 30 days or never. Highlight the storage tab and the storage setu...
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4-channel digital video recorder 45 highlight the second box beside disk s.M.A.R.T., and press the button. Select either ºc (celsius) or ºf (fahrenheit), and press the button. Highlight the actions tab and the system event actions setup screen displays. Note: alarm-out action cannot be set to system...
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User’s manual 46 check alarm-in and check recording will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the system event setup screen on the event menu. Panic record will be highlighted while the dvr is in the panic recording mode. Disk almost full will be highlighted w...
Page 55: Chapter 4 Operation
4-channel digital video recorder 47 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, yo...
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User’s manual 48 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 on the front panel. While in the freeze mode, the icon displays in bottom-left corner if ...
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4-channel digital video recorder 49 panic selecting (panic) in the live monitoring menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and displays on the screen. Selecting again stops panic recording. It is the same as pressing the panic button on the front panel. Setup selecting (setup) in the live monito...
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User’s manual 50 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 search button on the front panel. Select set preset from the move to preset dialog box, and the ptz preset dialog box will app...
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4-channel digital video recorder 51 full screen 2x2 previous camera next camera osd figure 54 mouse display menu. Full screen selecting (full screen) in the mouse display menu and choosing the camera number button displays the selected camera full screen. It is the same as pressing the individual ca...
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User’s manual 52 pressing the panic button starts panic recording of all cameras, and pressing the button again stops panic recording. If you set the panic recording duration in the record screen, panic recording will stop automatically according to the preset duration as long as the panic button is...
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4-channel digital video recorder 53 you can use a mouse for convenient playback control. Position the mouse pointer on the playback screen, and the following playback toolbar will display. Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. If you want to display the toolbar again, position the mouse point...
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User’s manual 54 go to selecting (go to) in the search menu displays the following go to menu. Y go to the first: selecting go to the first displays the first recorded image. Y go to the last: selecting go to the last displays the last recorded image. Y go to the date/time: selecting go to the date/...
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4-channel digital video recorder 55 alarm selecting (alarm) in the search menu resets the dvr’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the same as pressing any button on the front panel when the alarm is activated. Panic selecting (panic) in the search menu starts panic recordi...
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User’s manual 56 highlight the box beside to 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 be from the last recorded image. Highlight the box beside check time overlap and press the button. It toggles betwe...
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4-channel digital video recorder 57 calendar search note: the time bar is in one-hour segments. If a segment is highlighted, it means that some video was recorded during that hour. However, it does not mean video was recorded for the entire hour. If the dvr’s time and date have been reset to a time ...
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User’s manual 58 highlight the box beside channels and press the button. You can select the cameras that you would like to include in your video clip. Highlight the box beside password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for reviewing the video clips. ...
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4-channel digital video recorder 59 you do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips. Refer to the ras manual for instructions on how to review video clips you have copied. Note: during clip copy, you cannot shut the system down, clear data on the s...
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Page 69: Appendix
4-channel digital video recorder 61 appendix usb hard disk drive preparation preparing the usb hard disk drive in windows 2000 note: preparing a usb hard disk drive under windows xp, windows vista and windows 7 is almost identical to windows 2000. 1. Connect the usb hard disk drive to your computer ...
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User’s manual 62 12. Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select “format”. 13. In the format screen, select “full” as the “format type” and click “start”. 14. After formatting is complete, connect the usb hard disk drive to the dvr. Time overlap if the dvr’s time and date have been...
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4-channel digital video recorder 63 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: y operating system: micro...
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User’s manual 64 note: there might be a problem that the bottom of webguard page is cropped due to the address or status bars in microsoft internet explorer 7.0. In this situation, it is recommended that websites open windows without address or status bars by changing the internet setting. (go to th...
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4-channel digital video recorder 65 ཞ the dvr information window displays the login information of webguard. ཟ click the screen format to select the desired display mode. When changing the screen format, the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the first cell of the new layout. འ...
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User’s manual 66 ཛ click the to log out the webguard program. ཛྷ click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ཝ position the mouse pointer on the websearch logo to see the version of the webguard program. ཞ the dvr information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote dvr...
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4-channel digital video recorder 67 ས click the to print the current image on a printer connected to your computer. ཧ click the to reload the recording data. ཨ the timetable displays recorded data of the selected camera by time (in hour segments). ཀྵ selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the ...
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User’s manual 68 system log notices boot up remote setup change format disk shutdown remote setup fail disk full restart setup imported disk config change upgrade setup import failure auto deletion upgrade fail setup exported search begin time change setup export failure search end time zone change ...
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4-channel digital video recorder 69 map of screens.
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User’s manual 70 specifications video signal format ntsc or pal (auto detect) video input composite: 4 inputs, 1 vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 ohms monitor outputs composite: 1 bnc, 1 vp-p, 75 ohms vga: 1 video resolution composite: 720x480 (ntsc), 720x576 (pal) vga: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024@60hz r...
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4-channel digital video recorder v1.0 71 general dimensions (w x h x d) 10.4" x 2.0" x 7.4" (265mm x 52mm x 189mm) unit weight 3.7 lbs. (1.7kg) shipping weight 7.3 lbs. (3.3kg) shipping dimensions (w x h x d) 14.0" x 4.1" x 13.4" (355mm x 103mm x 340mm) operating temperature 41°f to 104°f (5°c to 40...
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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...