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VC 12540 Mounting And Operating Manual

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    Ib_12540 installations- und betriebsanleitung germany r c Änderungen in technik, design und ausstattung vorbehalten vc-videocomponent s.... Aligned for professional videosystems dear customer! By selecting this vc product you have chosen a professional device, which guarantees highest possible quali...

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    Table of contents c c a a u u t t i i o o n n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    2 1.1. Video loss..........................................................................................19 1.2. Operating buttons ............................................................................19 1.3. Mouse operating ......................................................................

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    3 7.5. Audio setup ......................................................................................49 7.6. Firmware update ..............................................................................50 7.7. Load default setting....................................................................

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    4 c c a a u u t t i i o o n n z for your safety, unplugging the power before moving the dvr, installing, or replacing any parts or hard drive. Z make sure all the power cable and wires are properly set up before using the dvr. Z to avoid a short circuit, don’t leave any unnecessary parts inside the ...

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    5 i i n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n 1. Product overview z high quality pictures by digital recording with 4/8 video inputs (ntsc/pal) z provides one vga and s-video/video-in*2 for video output and two audio inputs z triplex operations : recording / playback / remote backup z two compre...

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    6 2. Product outline 3. Front panel 3.1. The removable drive (cd-rom/dvd-rom) model -with one front-accessible disk drive (or cd-rom/dvd-rom) and one internal hdd.

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    7 controls: no. Name function 1 ww rew backward search through a time-shifted or recorded video. 2 ii/x play/pause start or pause video playback 3 xx ff forward search through a time-shifted or recorded video. 4 stop stop playback or backup. 5 ● rec start or stop recording/backup. 6 mode press to se...

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    8 4. Rear panel 4 ch triplex dvr (with removable disk drive) 8 ch triplex dvr (with removable disk drive) no. Function 1 ir extender connector (optional) 2 vga display connector (db-9) 3 audio-in 4 power on/off switch 5 usb port (dedicated only for mouse connection, must connect at the beginning of ...

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    9 5. Ir remote controller no button / name function 1 rec start or stop recording / backup. 2 z dvr n/a 3 z ptz switch to ptz mode (available soon) ． 4 ww rew backward search through a time-shifted or recorded video. 5 stop stop playback or backup. 6 ii pause pause recording or playback. 7 xx ff for...

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    10 i i n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n be sure there is no power connection before starting installation! 1. Install the disk drives there are two spaces for disk drives installation on the dvr: one front accessible r/w cd-rom/dvd-rom (or removable hdd drive) and one internal 3.5” hard d...

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    11 2. Usb connector on rear panel usb connector on rear panel is dedicated for usb mouse using. Do not connect to any other usb device except the mouse. 3. Camera connections there are four channels for cameras’ connections named ch1, ch2, ch3 and ch4. Each camera has two wirings basically: bnc and ...

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    13 4. Rs485/rs232 selection the dvr provide one com port. It can be selected to rs232 or rs485 by setting the jumper on the main control board. 4.1. 4 ch triplex dvr open the top cover as mentioned; there is a main control board with js1: the jumper setting to select rs485 or rs232 as following figu...

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    14 5. Video format selection the dvr accepts two video formats: ntsc and pal. It can be select by setting the jumper on the main control board. 5.1. 4 ch triplex dvr open the top cover as mentioned; there is a main control board with js2: the jumper setting to select ntsc or pal for video format as ...

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    15 6. Cablings before starting to use, you have to connect all the peripherals like lcd display, cameras … as following figure: 6.1. 4 ch triplex dvr 6.2. 8 ch triplex dvr.

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    16 7. Sensor installation the dvr unit can be connected up to 4/8 sensor inputs as following figure. Each set of sensor has two lines: signal and ground in order to sense the sensor’s status. 7.1. 4 ch triplex dvr 7.2. 8 ch triplex dvr.

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    17 8. Alarm installation the dvr unit provides one alarm (speaker) signal. Please connect the alarm system as following figure. 8.1. 4 ch triplex dvr 8.2. 8 ch triplex dvr.

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    18 s s t t a a r r t t u u p p t t h h e e d d v v r r s s y y s s t t e e m m after the unit is properly installed, the dvr unit is ready to record and play. Then apply power by turn on the power switch. After the unit is powered on, the unit will check hdd for several seconds, and then the unit wi...

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    19 1. Commands 1.1. Video loss if the display shows “video loss-chx”, it means there is no video signal input. Please make sure the video cable and camera are well installed. 1.2. Operating buttons : press it to enter the main menu or and exit the menu. I / j (k / l): up / down – to move up/down thr...

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    20 1.5. State information there are state informations on the upper of the screen to show the system status . : camera on line. : camera signal loss : recoding : stop recording : network acting : network no connection : cd / cdrw : hdd status : 1 st hard drive : 2 nd hard drive : usb disk : overwrit...

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    21 1.6. Icons there is a control bar with several icons will display by press “ ↵” (select) or move the cursor down. : : 4 split view (4ch dvr) : : 9 split view (8ch dvr) : auto channel rotation (from 1~4 or 1~8) : start recording : stop recording : enter main menu : play menu(playback), to play the...

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    22 2. Main menu press to enter the “main menu”, it will show the password input inquiry as following. Please enter six numbers by controls on front panel (by using /{/) and ↵) or the buttons (number 1~16) on ir remote. Default password is “123456”., esc/discard : to escape this menu by only using us...

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    23 3. Channel setup press to enter the “channel setup” as following. (4ch dvr) (8ch dvr) 3.1. Channel number to select or specify the channel for displaying/recording. ” / ” (default) (full screen mode): you can view / record all channels (4 or 8) on the screen of full-screen “1,2,3,4” or “1,2,3,4,5...

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    24 3.4. Hidden channel to set the channel been selected at “channel number” to display on screen or not. But it does not matter with recording mode. “on” – hidden the channel on screen you choose, channel number color turns to grey. The recording function is acting. “off”- not hidden it can be setup...

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    25 4. Record setup press to enter the “record setup” as following. 4.1. Auto record to setup the recording time period by 0sec(off), 10sec, 20sec, 30sec, 40sec, 50sec or 60sec. Auto record will help you to re-start the recording automatically in case of abnormal shut down. 4.2. Video quality there a...

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    26 4.3.1. Auto balance to setup all channel recording frame rate and keep each channel’s frame rate in balance. When trigger mode is on, the active channel has been detected will occupy all record frame rate. 4.3.2. Record total frame rate to setup each channel’s recording frame rate in separately. ...

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    27 ♦ recording mode select there are five recording modes for selection: none, time, motion, sensor and motion&sensor. “/(/)” : to move left or right, “” :to select the mode. None : recording is off during this duration. Time : indicates to record by time schedule sensor : indicates to record by sen...

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    28 ♦ recording schedule “/(/)” : to move left or right. “” :to select the mode. “(Ç/È)”: to move up or down. To set all 7-days /24hous at the same configuration by select “„” for example, choose “motion” mode for all 7-days by move to “„” and press”””: to set one whole day at the same configuration ...

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    29 to set the specified time for each day at the same configuration by select “t” for example, the time frame 23:00-24:00 is set to “sensor” mode for whole week. To set any time (by hour) for each day, just move to the desired daytime and select after setting the desired recording mode for example, ...

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    30 5. Detector setup this menu is to adjust the motion detection sensitivity of each channel 5.1. Channel number to select or specify the channel for detection. ” / ” (default) (full screen mode): you can detect all channels (4 or 8) on the screen of full-screen “1,2,3,4” or “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8”: you c...

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    31 5.4. Trigger type there are two trigger types: “initial trigger” and “continuous trigger” for selection. Initial trigger: when channel has been triggered, it will display on full screen as the setting time period. In that time period, this channel will ignore any other trigger. Continuous trigger...

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    32 5.5.4. Alarm time to setup the time period of beep by “nonstop”(no stop), 5sec, 10sec, 15sec, 20sec, 25sec, 30sec, 35sec, 40sec, 45sec, 50sec, 55sec or 60sec 5.5.5. Motion area setup block one area on screen for each channel as motion detection area. It can be done by mouse or by using c(u), d(v)...

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    33 5.6. Sensor setup 5.6.1. Sensor mode to set the sensor mode as “not installed”, “normal-open” or “normal-close”. 5.6.2. Record time to set the sensor’s record time as 5sec, 10sec, 15sec, 20sec, 25sec, 30sec, 45sec, 60sec, 90sec, 120sec, 150sec or 180sec. 5.6.3. Alarm mode to set the motion detect...

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    34 6. System setup to set up the password, time, date and button beep…etc. 6.1. Query error message the listing of dvr error message. “x”(play) : clear all error messages. “ / ” : show error message with time 6.2. View setup to setup the illustration and dvr information will be displayed or not..

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    35 6.2.1. Icon help “on” - icon help will be shown, “off” –icon help will not be shown please refer to 1.5 icons for more detail information 6.2.2. Error message information “9on” - save/display the error message “ x off” – without save/display the error message 6.2.3. State information system statu...

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    36 6.2.4. Channel information channel information includes channel number, channel name, record light, video loss, record mode, detector mode and alarm view. All information can be set separately to be seen or not. . , , , , , , ; channel number : recording status : video signal status : detection m...

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    37 6.3. Date/time setup to setup the date and time 6.3.1. Date view mode to display the date/time format on state information by dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd. (yyyy-year, mm-month, dd-day) 6.3.2. Time set to setup the day / time. I / j (k / l): up / down – change the number /(/) : move left/...

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    38 6.3.5. Ntp server synchronize dvr day/ time to ntp server through internet. ♦ server active: “9enable”-to set this function available. ” x disable”- ignore this function ♦ server ip: the ip address of ntp server ♦ interval (days): set how many days to synchronize ♦ synchronize now: select it to s...

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    39 6.5. Input device setup to setup the speed of input device: mouse, mouse repeat, keypad and ir remote as low, normal or fast 6.6. Auto exit menu to setup the time period to exit menu automatically by choose “off” (not exit unless pressing “”), 10sec, 20sec, 30sec, 40sec, 50sec or 60sec..

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    40 7. Hardware setup press to enter the “hardware setup”. 7.1. Authentication setup specify the limits of authority of user and set its own password. “iix”: to create a new account. “‹”: to delete account. “__ (w), ``(x)” set account within certain limits by set it as “9” or no permitted as “x” (acc...

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    41 7.2. Hard drive setup to set up the hard drive information and overwriting function 7.2.1. Overwrite enable “9yes”: enable to overwrite hard drive when capacity is full “x no”: not permit to overwrite hard drive when capacity is full. 7.2.2. Hard disk info summary all hard drive information in su...

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    42 7.2.3. Master hard disk the mater hard drive information in summary y model: model of master hard drive. Y record begin time: the starting day/time of hard drive recording y record end time: the latest day/time of hard drive recording y standard record size: the recorded capacity / total hard dri...

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    43 7.3. Network setup to set up network configurations 7.3.1. Network active enable/disable the network before use. “ 9 enable” : network is permitted to be used “ x disable” : network is not permitted to be used 7.3.2. Accept client “9yes” to enable the network client function. “x no” means there i...

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    44 7.3.6. Ip address setup the ip address acts as a locator for one ip device to find another and interact with it. There are two kinds ip types: static ip address and dynamic ip address (dhcp and pppoe) for selection. ♦ static ip address: when a computer uses the same ip address every time it conne...

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    45 7.3.7. Server setup to setup the server configuration. ♦ default dns address: the domain name system (dns) translate hostnames to ip addresses (default setting) if there is no customer dns address setting or fail, dvr will go for default dns address. ♦ custom dns address: the domain name system (...

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    46 “upload ie activex file”: upload active-x component to dvr for pc (ie browser) using. To get active-x component from cd as attached and save it into usb disk. Then plug the usb disk into dvr for installation. ♦ dynamic dns: dynamic dns is a system which allows the domain name data held in a name ...

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    47 ♦ name server: name server implements a name-service protocol “service active”: enable the name server “dvr id on lan”: the dvr id on lan “ip address”: the ip address of name server “port”: the port of dvr on lan “update interval”: time period to update data. 7.4. Screen setup to set the screen i...

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    48 7.4.1. Screen border “9on” : to enable the border of screen, “x off”: to disable the screen border. 7.4.2. Video adjustment adjust the whole picture to right/left or up/down by press /(/) or i / j (k / l). “ / ” : set it as default location 7.4.3. Vga resolution to choose the resolution of vga as...

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    49 7.5. Audio setup to setup the audio status including of audio record, audio mute, input volume and output volume. 7.5.1. Audio record “9on”: enable audio recording. “x off”: disable audio recording 7.5.2. Audio mute “9on”: switch on the audio function “x off”: switch off the audio function 7.5.3....

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    50 7.6. Firmware update to update or upgrade the dvr firmware by usb disk.. Plug the usb disk into usb port on dvr front panel plug the usb disk into usb port on dvr front panel after plug in usb disk, it shows” read file information” on the button line if something mistake for usb disk or file, it ...

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    51 after complete the firmware reading, it shows “ update process” and blanking on the button line as following. Also, the updated firmware information will be listed. Press “ ” to start the procedure of firmware update when dvr is updating the firmware, it shows “firmware is updating, please wait” ...

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    52 8. Exit main menu to exit menu and save / discard the changes. 8.1. Exit & save changes to exit menu and save all configuration changes. 8.2. Exit & discard changes to exit menu but without saving the configuration changes ..

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    53 p p l l a a y y b b a a c c k k press “x” (or “ ii x”) button to enter the play menu ♦ harddrive select: to select or specify which hard drive’s data will be playback. ♦ channel select: to setup or specify which channel’s data will be playback ♦ play begin time: to specify the beginning time to p...

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    54 play: start to play the recorded data after the data has been played, it will show “9” backup: to backup the recorded data. Please refer to “backup” section commands and recorded data status: ♦ s/n of recorded data: series number of recorded data provide by system ♦ recording configuration / : th...

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    55 d d a a t t a a b b a a c c k k u u p p b b y y u u s s b b press “x” (or “ ii x”) button to enter the play menu. ♦ harddrive select: to select or specify which hard drive’s data will be backup use “(Ç/È)” button and move to the dedicated recorded data that you want to backup press” ” to enter th...

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    56 1. Backup by usb the dvr support the data backup by usb memory stick on the front panel. You can change the time period of recorded data for backup by setting the “start time” and “end time” and plug in the usb disk. The “free capacity”, “estimate time”, ”backup period” and “backup size” will be ...

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    57 2. Backup by cdrw the dvr support the data backup by cdrw. You can change the time period of recorded data for backup by setting the “start time” and “end time” and put the cd into cdrw. All the time setting is the same as usb backup. Cdrw takes more time to backup than usb does..

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    58 p p c c c c o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n t t h h r r o o u u g g h h l l o o c c a a l l a a r r e e a a n n e e t t w w o o r r k k ( ( n n e e t t w w o o r r k k h h u u b b ) ) 1. Search router ip address please click “start” and then “run” option under windows. Please enter “cmd” and ...

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    59 • find out your dvr ip address because this router ip address is 192.168.11.1 ， the network domain is 192.168.11.Xxx ， generally usable ip address is between 192.168.11.2~192.168.11.253 ， the suggested ip address is from 192.168.11.160 to 192.168.11.199. Please search ip address that is not being...

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    60 if it appears “reply from 192.168.11.188: bytes=32 time asfollowing that means this ip address [192.168.11.188] has been used. Please try to find out another ip address that is not being used. Then, go back to dvr menu: “network setup” to enter ip address. • ip address: enter the dvr’s address [1...

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    61 2. Ddns service for dvr only can set at static ip address and no support the dynamic ip. If you have to use dynamic ip that it recommend serving as ddns service. Ddns is a service the maps internet domain names to ip address and works with dynamic ip address (assigned by isp server). Remark: a ro...

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    62 2.2. Create your dyndns account click the create account, and then start to create your own dyndns account and fill out all the blanks for account’s application as following: after you click "create account", it shows “account created”. Also, dyndns will create a new account for you and send you ...

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    63 just click the https://www.Dyndns.Com/account/confirm/qmalozr5slqniayetcfdaa to confirm the account.

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    64 2.3. Logged in and host service login by enter the username and password. Then, go to “my service” to get a host name.

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    65 specify the hostname for ddns ip which will be applied to the dvr’s ddns setting. We take dvr-host.Dyndns.Biz as an example, and click “create host” now, the ddns service is completed. Please well keep the user name, password and hostname.

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    66 2.4. Router setting most of the setting of router is identical, here is the suggestion: y specify ddns service provider: dnydns.Org (dynamic) y specify ddns ip by ddns account (user name / password ) y specify dvr ip as private ip setting y specify one pair of connection port (control port / stre...

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    67 p p c c c c l l i i e e n n t t & & p p c c v v i i e e w w e e r r pc client is applied for remote monitoring, recording, playback, backup and control of 4/8ch video and 1ch audio. Also, you can capture, convert the video from the unit into avi file or jpeg file, or play the stored video later o...

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    68 2. Pc client/pc viewer program installation after directx has installed. Place the cd into pc to start the pc viewer installation. You will see a dialog box as following. Choose the listing “4/8/9 channel dvr universal version (support ddns)” z 4 channel dvr pal/ntsc system (4ch) english z 8 chan...

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    69 3. Open disk operating in vista it must setup pc viewer / pc client properties at vista operating system when you want to open disk including of hard drive and usb disk before start running. Step 1: go to pc viewer properties setting…….. Choose “ advanced” at shortcut setting. Step 2: at advanced...

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    70 4. Pc viewer operating guide by press “player” to act the operating at pc viewer operating environment..

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    71 4.1. Pc viewer operating buttons operating buttons no. Name function 1 open open file. To retrieve the desired video data. 2 __ fast backward press to play backward faster. 3 w reverse press to playback backward 4 w i previous frame button for one single frame backward 5 i i pause pause the video...

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    72 4.2. Playback plug the usb memory stick with data backup into pc. Press the right button of mouse, and then choose “open disk” to select the usb disk. . Then, press “ok” to start playback the data in usb..

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    73 5. Pc client operating guide press “client” button on the top to switch pc client mode for remote motoring. The operating picture will change as following..

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    74 5.1. Connect pc client to dvr press “client” on the top and press left button of mouse, it shows a function table. Or simply press the “¨” button on the control bar beneath. Select “connect” by one click it will show a window “login” to set the ip address and port of dvr. Ip address / port: the d...

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    75 when the connection success, the control bar below will show ” connected” on status bar if connection fails or disconnected will show “not connected” 5.2. Status information.

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    76 5.3. Control icons after connected, dvr can be controlled on remote site by control icons. No. Name function 1 ¨/ § connect/disconnect the network within pc and dvr 2 / channel mode: to display all 4/8 channels, channel1, channel2….. Channel8 by sequencing on screen 3 channel 1display at full scr...

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    77 6. Pc capturing press “avi” on top to capture video that is synchronous with dvr and save as file on pc. Before pc starting to capture video from dvr, it asks will it lower down the internet speed. Also, you can setup the directory for file saving. Then, start to capture the video from dvr synchr...

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    78 7. Playback to operate the playback function by playback control buttons at the bottom of the screen. 1 i i pause pause the video playback 2 __ fast backward press to play backward faster. 3 x playback start video playback 4 `` fast forward press to play the recorded stream faster. 5 stop stop to...

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    79 or start up ie explorer with dedicated dvr ip address to url, please refer to 7.3.6 ip address setup. Then press “this file” to download the active-x from dvr. (be sure the active-x has already upload to dvr, if dvr do not include active-x, it will display an error message: “404 error file not fo...

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    80 8 channel version controls no. Name function 1 0,1,2,----9,a,b,…f numbers (0,1,2~9) and characters (a,b,…,f) for inputs 2 enter use this button to confirm the inputs, change values on main menu or sub menu setting. 3 ＋ moves right / channel change 4 － moves left / channel change 5 ▲(up)/ ▼(down)/...

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    Ib_12540 installations- und betriebsanleitung germany r c Änderungen in technik, design und ausstattung vorbehalten vc videocomponents gmbh brachenfelder str. 45 d-24534 neumünster tel.: ++ 49 (0) 4321 - 39 05 40 fax: ++ 49 (0) 4321 - 28 04 82 e-mail: mail@vcvideo.De internet: www.Vcvideo.De germany...