Summary of RT3008
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1 ─ ─ 4/8/16ch dvr ─ ─ user manual rt3008 / rt3016 this document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice. \.
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2 this symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of unprotected “dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be strong enough to cause a risk of electric shock. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) inst...
Page 3: Table of Contents
2009.3.25 v1.12 3 table of contents chapter 1 packing detail and installation _____________________ 5 1-1 packing__ _________________________________________________ 5 1-2 hard disk installation ________________________________________ 6 1-3 dvd-rw installation ______________________________________...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 4 5-2.2 time search_________________________________________ 43 chapter 6 network surveillance ______________________________ 44 6-1 ap software installation and setup ___________________________ 44 6-2 ap software operation ______________________________________ 46 chapter 7 specifi...
Page 5: Installation
2009.3.25 v1.12 5 chapter 1 packing detail and installation 1-1 packing 1. Dvr 2. Quick start 3. Ir remote control 4.Batteries x2 ＊please press “dvr1”button before operation. 5. Cd 6. Hard disk mount x2 7. Screws x20 8. Power adaptor 9. Power cord 10. Sata cord 3pcs for 16ch 2pcs for 8ch/4ch 11.Ide ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 6 1-2 hard disk installation step 1) fix the hdd to rack mount with the screws as indicated. Step 2) place the hdd on the hdd plate and screw it as indicated. Step 3) connect the power and the sata cables as indicated. Note: after installation, please initialize hard disk before star...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 7 1-3 dvd-rw installation step 1) remove the front cover from dvr. Step 2) put the dvd-rw into the dvr as indicated by the arrow..
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2009.3.25 v1.12 8 step 3) screw the bottom of the dvr as indicated to fix the dvd-rw. Step 4) connect the power and the sata cables..
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2009.3.25 v1.12 9 chapter 2 panel location 2-1 front panel controls control keys description ○ 1 rec start or stop recording. ○ 2 play play back in normal speed. ○ 3 t-srh display the search menu. ○ 4 backup/esc in live mode, press to display the backup menu. In setup mode, press to return to previo...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 10 2-2 16ch rear panel connectors ○ 1 main monitor bnc port for the main monitor. ○ 2 spot monitor bnc port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence. ○ 3 video in bnc input ports for cameras, 16 in total. ○ 4 audio in rca input port for audio signal. There ar...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 11 2-3 8ch rear panel connectors ○ 1 main monitor bnc port for the main monitor. ○ 2 spot monitor bnc port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence. ○ 3 video in bnc input ports for cameras, 8 in total. ○ 4 audio in rca input port for audio signal. There are ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 12 2-4 4ch rear panel connectors ○ 1 main monitor bnc port for the main monitor. ○ 2 spot monitor bnc port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence. ○ 3 video in bnc input ports for cameras, 4 in total. ○ 4 audio in rca input port for audio signal. There are ...
Page 13: Operations
2009.3.25 v1.12 13 chapter 3 live, playback and ptz operations the ir remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes the functions of them under three different modes: live, playback and ptz. 3-1 live mode you can monitor all the channels, listen to audio signal...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 14 table 3-1.2 graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under live mode. Icon description resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons. Main menu. Search menu. Backup menu. Ptz mode. Turn on/off recording. Playback. Resting the ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 15 table 3-1.3 description of on screen graphical icons in live mode icon description recording is on 1~4 live audio is on live audio is off motion detected on the channel sensor triggered on the channel video loss detected on the channel usb device detected dvd burner is detected co...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 16 3-2 playback mode switch to playback mode by pressing “play” under the live mode, the graphical icon will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel ( see below picture) will show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to pla...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 17 table 3-2.2 the mouse operation under the playback mode. Icon description 「 / 」 fast rewind 「 / 」fast forward ／ play/pause 「▲ / slow」，slow playback 「▼ / ■」stop playback playback channel by channel with snap shot display full screen display quad display 9-channel display 16-channel...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 18 3-3 ptz mode switch to the ptz mode by pressing “ptz” button under the live mode. The ptz icon will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side of screen. Table 3-3.1 remote control functions under the ptz mode button description / ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 19 table 3-3.2 mouse operation under the ptz mode icon description leave ptz mode，back to the live mode pre-set number n. (1~64) go to pre-set number n. Set current ptz location at pre-set number n. 「tour」，press to activate pre-set tour ＊ 「pip」，set current ptz location as the start o...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 20 chapter 4 main menu setup to enter the main menu and set up dvr, log-in account and user password are required. The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please check the “account setup” for related setup of other log-in users. Table 4-0.1 some definition of virtual k...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 21 table 4-0.2 the operation of remote control under the setting menu item description switch to different options under one item switch to different items menu save setup and back to live mode esc back to upper level of menu without saving enter enter the menu, or display virtual ke...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 22 4-1.1 quality & frame rate setup note ： 4ch dvr will display 4 channels and 8ch dvr will display 8 channels. Item description resolution choose record resolution from : cif / hd1(2cif) / d1. Record type you can setup quality and fps separately for record type. No. Check/uncheck th...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 23 4-2.1 motion setup item description motion detection check the box to enable/disable motion detection for all channels. Motion popup check the box to enable/disable popup screen function for all channels. When motion is detected in live mode, the detected channel image will pop up...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 24 item description lock/zoom press lock/zoom to select entire screen as detection area. Mute / pip press mute/pip to deselect entire screen as detection area. Status switch between “select” and “deselect” for cursor-dragging function enter press to function on the selected area with...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 25 4-3 schedule setup except from starting recording manually, you can also setup the recording time by weeks and schedule including normal, motion detect, and sensor detect recording type. Item description page click or press ▼ to select page. Each page provides 10 schedules for set...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 26 4-3.2 holiday setup since holidays are different by different country and region, you can setup the holiday of your location accordingly. 4-4 camera setup item description 1~16 you can setup independently for each channel. Note ： 4ch dvr will display 4 channels and 8ch dvr will di...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 27 4-5 account setup the account setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for each user (maximum of 4 users) to access dvr over network. The default admin account and password is “admin” and“123456” the default password remains the same after firmware...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 28 4-5.1 permission setup the account setup is set to provide individual user (maximum of 4 users) role-based permissions, including access to setup menu, network operation, ptz function, playback, utility, backup, password expiry date and mask on specific channels while playing back...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 29 4-6.1 networking setup the dvr supports dhcp, lan and adsl accesses for network connection. If the settings are subsequently changed, pressing “play” button to drive new settings for re-connection is required. 4-6.1.1 dhcp if the dhcp option is used for dvr network connection, an ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 30 4-6.2 http setup item description enable http server check to enable http server. Users can remotely access into the dvr over the network if the http function is activated. Port enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80. 4-6.3 ddns setup item description...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 31 4-6.4 mail setup e-mail can be used as a form of notification when an event occurs (vloss, motion, sensor). Item description enable e-mail notification check the box to enable/disable e-mal notification function. Smtp server enter to set up smtp serve name. User name enter to set ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 32 icon description enable msn notification check/uncheck to enable/disable msn notification. Msn account msn account to be logged in. Password account password to log into msn. Msn receiver msn account to receive event notification messages. 4-7 ptz & rs485 setup the dvr allows user...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 33 4-8 system setup item description dvr name the name of dvr will be shown when users login from remote access. Dvr location the location of dvr will be shown when users login from remote access language click or press ▼ to select osd language from english, traditional chinese, gree...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 34 4-8.1 display setup item description osd turn on / off osd display dvr status turn on / off dvr illustration and record status display date/time turn on / off date and time display message turn on / off message display channel name turn on / off channel name display border set set...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 35 4-8.2.1 change date & time users are allowed to setup date and time of dvr manually according to your local time. 4-8.2.2 time zone setup in time zone setup, users can change your time zone and activate daylight saving time function according to your dvr location. Item description...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 36 4-8.2.3 internet time setup synchronize your dvr time with internet time server. Item description automatic synchronization check to enable dvr automatic synchronization function. Effective by this option selected, dvr will automatically synchronize the time upon rebooting or by e...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 37 4-8.4 spot setup the dvr has two modes of video output; one is main video output, the other is spot video output. Spot setup is for controlling the order of channels the system cycles through in spot mode. User can monitor every channel in the spot mode. Item description spot mode...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 38 4-9 utility setup item description hdd initialization select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu, system will show all the data (model ,volume ) of hdd that installed in dvr. Check the hdd you’d like to initialize...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 39 4-10 diagnostic item description version the current firmware version of dvr ip address the connected ip address of dvr. If disconnected from network, the screen will display” network disconnect”. Mac address mac address of dvr hdd volume the capacity of hdd hdd used rate percenta...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 40 chapter 5 backup & search 5-1 backup setup user can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a cd r/w or storage device, like usb, must be connected to the dvr. Recorded data can also backup into nb/pc through our remote access software: 「dvr...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 41 5-2 search setup item description event search press to enter event search menu time search press to enter time search menu 5-2.1 event search the dvr automatically records events with type, time and channel information included. If there is recording data for an event, a yellow s...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 42 item description criteria setup conditions of event search page switch between pages of events date/time date/time when event occurred. Event type, defined as following vloss video loss motion motion detected sensor sensor detected remotein user log-in over the network remoteout u...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 43 5-2.2 time search time search can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. To specify a date, use or to move the cursor up and down, use or roll the mouse to change dates. Press “enter” or left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recordin...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 44 chapter 6 network surveillance ap software:「dvr remote desktop」can allow you to remotely access and control the dvr from pc. 6-1 ap software installation and setup step one：enter the ip address of dvr in ie browser step two: windows as below will show up. Please enter the user nam...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 45 step four: run or save our ap software. Step five: if you choose to run the software, start window will be shown up. Please enter information of login dvr: ip, port, username and password, or choose “play recorded file” to open backup files in your pc. Step six: you’ve logged into...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 46 6-2 ap software operation open the file “dvremotedesktop.Exe”; enter the information of dvr “ip address”, “port” “username” and “password” and click “ok”. You should be able to login dvr successfully and start to use the software. The default username and password is 「admin/ 12345...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 47 table 6-2.3 network bandwidth requirement reference highest normal lowest 16ch 6.9~7.9mfps 3.7~5.8mfps 1.2~2.4mfps 9ch 6.5~8.2mfps 3.6~5.8mfps 1~2.6mfps 4ch 6.6~8mfps 3.8~6mfps 1.4~3mfps d1 1ch 6.2~7.6mfps 3.6~5.7mfps 1.2~2.5mfps 16ch 3.6~5.4mfps 1.9~3.5mfps 890k~1.7mfps 9ch 3.3~5...
Page 48: Chapter 7 Specificaitons
2009.3.25 v1.12 48 chapter 7 specificaitons 1. Video input level 1.0 vp-p±10% composite, 75 Ω balanced ntsc 480 fps(16ch), 240fps(8ch), 120fps(4ch) display speed pal 400 fps(16ch), 200fps(8ch) , 100fps(4ch) ntsc 720(h) x 480(v) display resolution pal 720(h) x 576(v) monitor output 2vp-p composite, 7...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 49 7. Environmental operation temperature 5℃ ~ + 40℃ humidity less than 90% 8. Physical dimension 430(w) x 293(d) x 55(h) mm weight 2.5kg (3.5kg including 1 hdd and cd-rw) 9. Backup usb stick video data, audio cd-rw/dvd ±rw video data, audio backup network video data, audio 10. Searc...
Page 50: Chapter 8 Mobile Application
2009.3.25 v1.12 50 chapter 8 mobile application installation and usage you can remotely monitor all channels of dvr through your mobile device. The required mobile application is from dvr manufacturer and it supports mobile os for both windows mobile 5.0 above and symbian. Please confirm network fun...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 51 8-1.2 mobile application operation after the installation, enter the program files menu in your mobile device to run a file called “dvrh264”. Select “menu” at the right lower corner of your mobile screen, 4 commands, login add modify and delete, will show up. 8-1.2.1 add new login...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 52 8-1.2.3 modify the login information of dvr you can use the “modify” command to change the login information of dvr. The dialogue is identical to that of the “add” command. 8-1.2.4 delete the login information of dvr “delete” command can be used to remove the dvr information if it...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 53 8-1.3.1 scroll the image you can use the keypad on your mobile device to scroll the image if it’s oversized. Key action 2 scroll up 4 scroll left 6 scroll right 8 scroll down 8-1.3.2 image quality setup select “quality” under the “menu” there will be 5 levels for your to choose: l...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 54 8-1.3.4 size of image the screen size of different mobile device can be different. You can select “size” under the “menu” to choose from “original” or “fit screen” to resize the display image. Item description original the image will be shown in original size. Fit screen the image...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 55 8-2 mobile application installation and operation for windows mobile system there are two kinds of applications for window mobile os: jpeg compression and h.264 compression. The one for h.264 compression can transfer both audio and video signal to your mobile device. System requir...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 56 8-2.2 mobile application operation after the installation, enter the program files menu in your mobile device to run files named “jrviewer” and “h264pocket”. This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor dvr. Press “ok” to bring up the operation menu, see below chart t...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 57 8-2.3 operation under the live monitoring. After successful logon the dvr, press “view” to bring up operation menu. You can choose the channel, resize the image, choose the quality, and turn on/off the status bar, alarm, full screen display….Etc 8-2.3.1 operation uner the live mon...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 58 8-2.3.2 operation under the live monitoring for h264 pocket item function description channel 1~16 display for ch 1~16 choose from ch1~16 to display. Ch1~4 can receive audio signal. Status bar status bar graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if there is e...
Page 59: Usage Guide
2009.3.25 v1.12 59 chapter 9 cms installation and usage guide 9-1 cms installation system requirement: ＊ intel pentium 4 processor or equivalent. ＊ microsoft windows vista、windows xp、windows 2003 server. ＊ besides os and other required aps, there will be 512mb remaining memory needed or above. ＊ 512...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 60 5.”confirm installation” window shows. Select ‘next’ then the installation starts. 6. Select ‘close’ to finish installation when the “installation complete” window shows..
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2009.3.25 v1.12 61 9-2 cms login and environment to enter cms, the administrator’s user name and password are required. The defaults are ‘admin’ and ‘123456’. After successful login, the following image shows on your screen: ① dvrs, groups & events information about dvrs, groups and events. See “9-3...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 62 9-3 dvrs, groups & events icon description view list of logged in dvr／ group. View logs: list all the event information of dvr 9-3.1 view dvr ／group list single left click on ‘dvr’ or ‘group’ will expand/collapse the entire dvrs and groups list. On the dvr list, double left click ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 63 9-3.2 view event logs under this page, all the events of a dvr can be expanded/collapsed in the order of re mote in/remote out, video loss, motion, sensor, others (power reset, key lock, key unlock, hd full). 9-4 local pc information and control located at the left lower corner of...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 64 9-5 main display the main display area is where the live image of dvr is shown. You can drag to change the location of screen for each channel and turn on/off audio signal with mouse-click. 9-5.1 audio control in live mode, you can turn on/off the audio signal of ch1~ch4: 「 」audio...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 65 9-5.2 emap display in live mode, pressing will bring the e-map drag-down menu. If the channel has been set up to use e-map, the menu will show all the e-map titles that have been entitled to this channel; otherwise, “no emaps” will be shown. Please check “9-6.4 emap administration...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 66 9-6 operation bar 10 operations to be listed as below: table 9-6.1 description of 10 operations: icon description user administration. Please see “9-6.1 user administration” dvr administration. Please see “9-6.2 dvr administration” group administration. Please see “9-6.3 group adm...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 67 9-6.1 user administration before the cms can be used on a pc, user accounts should be added with proper authority. Each user should also be assigned a password and optionally a description. If a user does not have certain authority assigned, he/she will not be able to operate the ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 68 9-6.3 group administration a ‘group’ means a set of video channels from one or many dvrs, which means, user can organize channels from different dvrs to be set in a group. This function allows you to monitor and manager channels from multiple dvrs easily and flexible. Steps: 1. Ad...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 69 9-6.4 emap administration if geographical locations are relevant, or if it is desired to use a picture as the background, emap can be used for the purpose. With emap, the background picture can be picked by the user and channels from multiple dvrs can be placed and dragged around ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 70 9-6.5 remote play video images recorded on a dvr can be displayed on a remote cms. With remote play function, select a dvr and a display mode on top of the screen. After the recorded segments are listed below, double click on one to show its image on the right. Icon description st...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 71 9-6.6 hdd playback you can directly play the recording data in the hdd that’s uninstalled from dvr by cms. See the picture below, the left part of screen is recording data in list that’s separated by hour and the right part is main display. You can change the display modes and pla...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 72 9-6.8 event playback event recordings on the dvr can be played back in cms. Steps to follow: 1. Select a dvr and a display mode. 2. Select a date. 3. Double click an event and play back the images on the right. Use buttons at the bottom to control the playback. 9-6.9 snapshot data...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 73 9-6.10 recording data it can play all the recording files you’ve recorded in line in “recording data”. You can play or delete them here. Steps: １．choose the recording time at upper left corner, it will be played on the main display. ２．you can choose the display mode. ３．time bar wi...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 74 appendix i i-dvr.Nrt registration in the package of each dvr, you will find a sticker shows account information including username and password that allows users to login i-dvr.Net for registration. To register ddns on i-dvr.Net, please follow the steps as shown. Step 1. Please op...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 75 appendix ii db 26 definition (for 16ch dvr only) num. Wire color num. Wire color 1. Gnd blue 14. Sensor 4 orange 2. Gnd green 15. Sensor 5 red 3. Rs 485_b yellow 16. Sensor 6 brown 4. Rly1_no orange 17. Sensor 7 black 5. Rs485_a red 18. Sensor 8 white 6. Rly1_com brown 19. Sensor ...
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2009.3.25 v1.12 76 appendix iii record mode comparison comparison between different setups while in default record mode and after it’s been s witched. Schedule record-motion schedule record-sensor default record mode after switch record mode enable enable default record activated record and eventr e...