Apollo pro dc lx 2 u 8 - 16 channel dvr user’s manual ®.
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3 directory 1 welcome ...................................................................................... 5 2 open-package check and cable connections ....................................6 2.1 initial check ............................................................6 2.2 hard disk installation ....
4 4.4 system .............................................................................33 4.4.1 general ........................................................................33 4.4.2 encode .........................................................................34 4.4.3 network ..................
5 1. Welcome thank you for purchasing our dvr! This manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your qvis dvr series dvr system. Youwillfindinformationaboutthisqvisdvrseriesdvr'sfeaturesandfunctions, as well as a detailed menu tree. Before you begin installation a...
6 2 initial check and cable connections 2.1 initial check whenyoufirstreceiveyourdvr,pleasecheckthefollowing: 1. Please check whether there is any visible damage to the package appearance. The protective materials used for the package of the dvr can protect the dvr against most accidental damage dur...
7 5). Connect sata data wire 6). Connect the power wire 7). Put the top back on 8). Screw on the cover 2.3 rack mount installation thisseriesofdvrisinastandard2ucase,soitcanberackmounted. Step: 1. Make sure the room temperature is lower than 35°c (95°f) 2.Keepatleast15cmspacearoundthedvrtoallowairto...
8 front panel function table serial no key mark function 1 direction inthemenu,pressupordowntomovecursor changeconfigurationinthedrop-downmenu pressupordowntoselectrecordfileintheplayback status inthepreviewscreen,pressupordowntogointo 1/4/8/9/16 multiple channels screen inthemenu,pressleftorrightto...
9 2.6 audio and video input and output connections 2.6.1 video input connections the video input port is a bnc connector plug. The type of input signal is pal/ ntscbnc(1.0vp-p,75Ω). The video signal must be of the correct standard and have a high signal to noise ratio,lowaberrationandlowinterference...
10 2.6.4 audio signal output commonly the output parameter of a dvr audio signal is greater than 200mv 1kΩ(bnc)whichcanconnectalowimpedanceearphoneandactivesoundbox orotheraudiooutputequipmentsthroughapoweramplifier.Ifthesoundboxand thetonearmcannotbeisolated,ahowlingphenomenaisoftenexperienced. Her...
11 (1,6,8)alarminput(2,7)grounding(3)alarm(5)rs485(4)rs232 parameter meaning g grounding (earth) c1,no1 alarm output interface(constant open type) t,r rs232 port a,b 485 communication interface which is connected with the recording control equipments such as the decoder 2.7.1 alarm input port specif...
12 2.7.3 alarm output port relay parameters type:jrc-27f interface material silver rating (resistance load) rating switch capacity 30vdc2a,125vac1a maximalswitchpower 125va 160w maximalswitchvoltage 250vac,220vdc maximalswitchcurrent 1a isolation homo-polarityinterface 1000vac 1minute inhomo-polarit...
13 3 basic operation note: the button in gray display indicates nonsupport. 3.1 turn on plug in and turn on the power supply switch. If the power supply indicator light lights up then the video recorder has turned on. After startup you will hear a beep. The default setting of the video output is a m...
14 picture 3.1 system login password protection: if the password is entered continuously wrong for three times, the alarm will start. If the password is continuously wrong five times, the account will be locked. (through a reboot or after half an hour, the account can be unlocked automatically). For...
15 picture 3.2 shortcut menu 3.5.1 main menu whenyoulogin,thesystemmainmenuisshownasbelow. Picture 3.3 main menu.
16 3.5.2 playback therearetwomethodsforyoutoplaythevideofilesintheharddisk. 1). In the desktop shortcut menu. 2).Mainmenu>record->playback note: the hard disk that saves the video files must be set as read-write or read- only state. (4.5.1) picture 3.4 video playback 1).Listedfiles 2). File informat...
17 detect: detect the storage connected with the dvr such as hard disk or universal disk. Erasure:choosethefiletodeleteandclickerasuretodeletethefile. Stop: stop the backup. Backup:clickbackupbuttonandthedialogboxispoppedup.Youcanchoose thebackupfileaccordingtothetype,channelandtime. Picture 3.6 rec...
18 button function button function / play/pause backward stop slow play fast play previous frame nextframe previousfile nextfile circulation full screen table 3.2 playback control key note: frame by frame playback is only performed in the pause playback state. (operation hint) display the function o...
19 3.5.4 alarm output pleasecheckcurrentchannelstatus:“o”meansitisnotinalarmingstatus,“ • ” means it is in alarming status. You can use desktop shortcut menu or click [main menu]> [alarm function]> [alarm output] to enter the alarm output interface. Picture 3.9 alarm output (configuration)alarmisona...
20 speed:settheptzrotationrange.Defaultrange:1~8. Zoom:click/buttontoadjustthezoommultipleofthecamera. Focus:click/buttontoadjustthefocusofthecamera. Iris:click/buttontoadjusttheirisofthecamera. Direction control:controltheptzrotation.8directionscontrolissupportive. (4 directions in front panel is s...
21 picture 3.12 ptz control 2: cruise between points a ptz camera can be set to cruise between a series of preset points. This is called acruise.Tosettheptzuptodothisisasfollows: 1). Cruise between points settings acruiselineisasetupofmultiplepresetconnectedpoints,thesetupprocedure isasfollows: step...
22 3: scan the ptz can also work on the preset scan line repeatedly. 1). Scan setup step 1: inpicture3.10,clickthesetupbutton,whichtakesyoutopicture3.14; step 2: clickthepatternbuttonandinputapatrolvalueinthepatternvalue blank; step 3: clickthebeginbuttonandenterpicture3.10,hereyoucansetthe followin...
23 2). Boundary scan calls inpicture 3.10,click thepageshiftbutton toentertheptzcontrol menuasshown inpicture3.12.Pleaseinputthenumberofthescaninthevalueblank,thenclickthe autoscanbutton,theptzwillbegintoworkonthescanline.Clickthestopbuttontostop. 5: rotating the horizontal click the horizontally ro...
24 3.5.7 output adjust adjust tv output area parameters. You can use the desktop shortcut menu or enter [main menu]> [management tools]> [output adjust]. Picture 3.19 output adjust 3.5.8 logout tologout,shutdownthesystemorrebootthesystem.Youcanusethedesktop shortcut menu or enter [main menu]. Pictur...
25 4 main menu 4.1 main menu navigation main menu sub menu function record config settherecordingconfiguration,recordingtype,recording time section playback setrecordinglook-up,recordingplay,videofilestorage backup detectorformatbackupequipment,backtheselectivefiles snapshot storage setpresnapshot,r...
26 main menu sub menu function management tools hard disk management setappointedharddiskasread-writedisc,read-onlydisc orredundantdisc,cleardata,resumedateandsoon user management modifyuser,teamorpassword.Adduserorteam.Delete user or team. Online user break the connection with the already login use...
27 (prerecord)record1-30secondsbeforetheaction.(timelengthisdecidedby the code stream) (record mode)setthevideostate:schedule,manualorstop. Schedule:recordaccordingtothesetvideotype(common,detectionandalarm) and time section. Manual:clickthebuttonandtherelevantchannelwillstartrecordingnomatter what ...
28 manual: no matter what the present channel is doing, once you choose the "manual"button,itwillonlytakeasnapshotwhenyoutellitto. Stop: nomatterwhatthepresentchannelisinastate,onceyouchoosethe "stop"button,itwillstopthesnapshotfunction. (period)setnormalrecordperiod,(setsthefrequencythatasnapshotis...
29 remove:clearthefileinformation. Add:showthefileinformationtosatisfythesetfileattributes. Start/pause:clicktheplaybuttontostartthebackupandclickthepausebutton to stop the backup. Cancel:duringbackupyoucanexitthepagelayouttocarryoutotherfunctions. 4.3 alarm function alarmfunctionsinclude:motiondete...
30 (period) trigger the motion detect signal in the set time section. You can set according to week or set uniformly. Each day is divided into four time sections. Means the setup is valid. Picture 4.6 set the time section (interval) only one alarm signal is turned on even if there are several motion...
31 (send email) means sending an email to the user when the alarm is turned on. Note:setinthe[netservice]andsendemail. (buzzer) buzzering when alarm is actived (ftp upload)uploadrecordfiletoftpserverwhenalarmisactived note: set in the [netservice] and send ftp. 4.3.2 video blind whenthevideoimageisi...
32 4.3.4 alarm input whenthesystemgetsanexternalalarmsignal,thealarmfunctionisturnedon. Picture 4.11 alarm input setmethod:refertochapter4.3.1.Motiondetect note:"advanced" button is the same as right-click. 4.3.5 alarm output refer to chapter 3.5.4. 4.3.6 abnormal analysing and inspecting current so...
33 4.4 system setup setthesystemparameterssuchasgeneral,encode,network,netservice, guidisplay,ptzconfig,rs232andtoursetup. 4.4.1 general picture 4.13 general setup (system time) set the system data and time. (date format)choosethedataformat:ymd,mdy,dmy. (date separator) choose list separator of the ...
34 4.4.2 encode setup setthevideo/audiocodeparameters:videofile,remotemonitoringandsoon. Seteveryindependentchannel’scodingparameterintheleftpart,andsetthe combine encode parameter in the right part. Note:combineencodeintroducesvideocompressiontechniquewhichcombines andcompressesmulti-channel’svideo...
35 4.4.3 network setup picture 4.17 network (net card) you can choose cable network card or wireless network card. (dhcp enable) obtain ip address automatically (not suggested) note:dhcpserverispreinstalled. (ip address)settheipaddress.Default:192.168.1.10. (subnet mask)setthesubnetmaskcode.Default:...
36 (pppoe setup) picture 4.19 pppoe input the user name and password that the isp (internet service provider) provides. After saving it reboot your system. Then the dvr will build a network connection based on pppoe. The ip address will change into a dynamic ip address after the above operation is d...
37 (email setup) ifthealarmisturnedonorthealarmlinkagephotosaretaken,thesystemcan send an email of the alarm information and the photos to an appointed address. Picture 4.21 email smtp server:emailserveraddress.Thiscouldbeanipaddressoradomain name.Adomainnamecanonlybeusedifithasthecorrectdnsconfigur...
38 (ddns) (dynamic domain name server). Local domain name:insertthedomainnameregisteredbytheddns. User name:inserttheusername. Password:insertthepassword. When the ddns is successfully configured and started, you can connect the domain name in the ie address column to visit. Note:thednssetupmustbeco...
39 (arsp) startup ddns server to add devices and manage it in the ddns server type:choose"dns" enable: means it is chosen severip:ipaddressofddnsserver port: (wireless config)adslthrough3gnetcard,usecmstovisitandconfigthedevice picture4.25wirelessconfig (enable) choose enable to make all settings a...
40 (enable) select this to make sure the abnormal function is working (port) this is the port to enable mobile monitoring. You will need to make a router map of it if you want to view everything by mobile (upnp)upnpprotocolcansetautoportforwardingontherouter,makesure upnp is running on the router be...
41 4.4.5 gui display configurethevideooutputparametersincludingthefrontoutputmodeandcode output mode. Front output:inthelocalpreviewmodeandincludes:channeltitle,timedisplay, recordstatus,alarmstatus,bitrateinfo,transparencyandregioncover. Code output:inthenetworksurveillanceandvideofilemodeinclude:c...
42 4.4.6 ptz setup picture 4.29 ptz setup (channel) choose the dome camera input channel. (protocol)choosethecorrespondingdomeprotocol.(pelcodasanexample) (address) set as the corresponding dome address. Default:1. (note:theaddressmustbeconsistentwiththedomeaddress.) (baud rate) choose the correspon...
43 4.4.8 tour setup set the patrol display. means that the tour mode is turned on. You can choose thesinglewindow,fourwindows,ninewindows,sixteenwindowspatroldisplay or single display. Picture 4.31 tour setup (interval)setthepatrolswitchinterval.Thesetrangeis5-120seconds. Note:/meansturnoff/onthep...
44 4.5.2 account manage the user purview. Note: 1.Themaximumcharacterlengthis8bytesforthefollowinguserand user team name. A blank ahead of or behind a character string is invalid. A middle blank in the character string is valid. Legal charactersinclude:letters,numbers,underline,subtractionsign,dot. ...
45 (add user) to add a user to the team and set the user authority. Enter the menu interface and input the user name and password. Choose the team and choose whether cover using is to be activated. Cover using means that the account can be used by multiple users at the same time. Onceyouchoosethetea...
46 4.5.3 online user look up the network user information in the local dvr. You can choose the networkuserandcuttheconnection.Thentheuserislockeduntilnextboot- strap. Picture 4.38 online user 4.5.4 tv adjust refer to chapter 3.5.7. 4.5.5 auto maintain theusercansettheautoreboottimeandautofiledeletin...
47 4.5.7 upgrade picture 4.41 upgrade (upgrade) choose usb interface. (upgrade file)choosethefilewhichneedsupgraded. 4.5.8 device info providedeviceinterfaceinfolikeaudioin,alarmin/outtobeconvenientlyused for user. Picture 4.42 device info. 4.6 info 4.6.1 hdd info displaytheharddiskstate:harddisktyp...
48 clue: means that the hard disk is normal. X means that the hard disk is not working. - means that there is no hard disk. If the user needs to change the damaged hard disk then you must shut down the dvr and remove all the damaged hard disks before installing a new one. * behind serial number me...
49 4.6.4 version display the basic information such as hardware information, software edition, issue data and so on. Picture 4.46 version 4.7 shut down system refer to chapter 3.5.8..
50 5 faq and maintenance 5.1 faq ifyourproblemsisnotlisted,pleasecontactyourlocalinstallerforservice. 1). The dvr does not boot up normally. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 the power supply is not correct. 2 switch power supply line is not in good connection. 3 switch power supply is damaged. 4 ...
51 5). Real-time image problems such as the image color or the brightness distortion. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 whenusingthebncoutput,theoptionbetweenthenmodeorpal mode is wrong and the image becomes black and white. 2 the dvr is not matched the monitor impedance. 3 the video transmission ...
52 11). The dvr can not control the ptz. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 there is something wrong with the frontal ptz. 2 thesetting,connectionortheinstallationoftheptzdecoderisnot correct. 3 the connections are not correct. 4 the ptz setting of the dvr is not correct. 5 the protocols of the ptz...
53 15). Network connection is unstable. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 network is not stable. 2 ipaddressisconflicted. 3 macaddressisconflicted. 4 the net card of the dvr is bad. 16). There is something wrong with the usb backup or writing a cd. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 the rewritabl...
54 21). The storage time is not enough. Possible reasons are as followed: 1 front monitor quality is bad. The lens is too dirty. The monitor is in back lighting installation. 2 the hard disk capability is not enough. 3 the hard disk is damaged. 22). The downloading files can not play. Possible reaso...
55 appendix 1.Remote controller operation serial number name function 1 multi-windowbutton samefunctionasmulti-windowbuttoninthefrontpanel 2 numeric button code input/number input/channel switch 3 (esc) same function as (esc) button in the front panel 4 direction button same function as direction bu...
56 appendix 3.Technique parameters type 8ch 16ch system main processor high performance embedded microprocessor operation system embedded linux operation system system resource synchronousmulti-channelrecording,synchronousmulti- channelsub-codestream,synchronousmulti-channel playback,synchronousnetw...
57 type 8ch 16ch other power supply 12v/6aexternalpowersupply power consumption working temperature 0ºc~55ºc working humidity 10%–90% air pressure 86kpa–106kpa size 442x430.1x91mm weight 7.5kg (without hard disk) installation desktop general features • 8/16channelvideoinputs&8/16simultaneousplayback...