Network Video Recorder Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder TABLE OF CONTENTS NVR Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Hard Disk Installation ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Front Panel ....................................................................................................................
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Quick Start Guide About this Manual This Manual is applicable to Network Video Recorder (NVR). The Manual includes instructions for using and managing the product. Pictures, charts, images and all other information hereinafter are for description and explanation only. The information contained in the Manual is subject to change, without notice, due to firmware updates or other reasons. Please find the latest version in the company website.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may occur if any of the warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may occur if any of the cautions are neglected.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • • • • • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. Unit is designed for indoor use only. Keep all liquids away from the device. Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications. Ensure unit is properly secured to a rack or shelf.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. NVR Installation During the installation of the NVR: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Use brackets for rack mounting. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables. When routing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than its diameter. Connect the alarm cable. Allow at least 2cm (≈0.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 3. Press the buttons on the panel of two sides and open the front panel. 4. Insert the hard disk along the slot until it is placed into position. 5. Repeat the above steps to install other hard disks onto the NVR. After having finished the installation of all hard disks, close the front panel and lock it with the key again. HDD Installation (B) Steps: 1. Remove the cover from the NVR by unfastening the screws on the back and side.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 2. Install the HDD in the HDD rack using the provided screws. Fasten the screws on the button to fix the HDD. 3. Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of NVR and the other end to the HDD. 4. Connect the power cable to the HDD. 5. Re-install the cover of the NVR and fasten screws. HDD Installation (C) Steps: 1. Remove the cover from the NVR by unfastening the screws on the rear and side panel.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 2. Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of NVR and the other end to the HDD. 3. Connect the power cable to the HDD. 4. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Front Panel Front Panel 1 No. Name Function Description 1 POWER ON/OFF 2 IR Receiver Power on/off switch. Receiver for IR remote ALARM READY Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. Ready LED is normally blue, indicating that the device is functioning properly. Turns blue when device is controlled by an IR remote. STATUS Turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder No. Name Function Description the video by a single frame. In Auto-switch mode, it can be used to stop /start auto switch. 6 USB Interfaces 7 Front Panel Lock ESC Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). You can lock or unlock the panel by the key. Back to the previous menu. Press for Arming/disarming the device in Live View mode. Enter the Manual Record setting menu.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder No. Name Function Description camera. Switch to the corresponding channel in Live view or PTZ Control mode. Input numbers and characters in Edit mode. 9 Alphanumeric Buttons Switch between different channels in Playback mode. The light of the button is blue when the corresponding channel is recording; it is red when the channel is in network transmission status; it is pink when the channel is recording and transmitting. Move the active selection in a menu.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder ENTER SHIFT 1/MENU 2ABC/F1 3DEF/F2 4GHI/ESC 7 5JKL/EDIT 6MNO/PLAY 7PQRS/REC 8TUV/PTZ 9WXYZ/PREV 0/A 8 JOG SHUTTLE Control menus. In Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video. In All-day Playback mode, the Left/Right button can be used to select the recorded video of next/previous day; in Playback by Normal Video Search, the Left/Right button can be used to select the next/previous recorded file.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Rear Panel The rear panel vaires according to different models. Please refer to the actual product. The following figure is for reference only. 32ch/64ch 4ch/8ch/16ch without POE 8ch with 8 POE interface 16ch/32ch with 16 POE interface No. Item Description 1 VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. 2 CVBS AUDIO OUT BNC connector for audio output. This connector is synchronized with CVBS video output. VGA AUDIO OUT BNC connector for audio output.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder No. Item Description 6 HDMI HDMI video output connector. 7 eSATA Connects external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RW. 8 LAN Interface 1 network interface provided for 1.5U chassis series and 2 network interfaces for 2U chassis series. 9 Termination Switch RS-485 termination switch. Up position is not terminated. Down position is terminated with 120Ω resistance. RS-485 Interface Connector for RS-485 devices.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Peripheral Connections Wiring of Alarm Input The alarm input is an open/closed relay. To connect the alarm input to the device, use the following diagram. If the alarm input is not an open/close relay, please connect an external relay between the alarm input and the device.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Controller Connection To connect a controller to the NVR: 1. Disconnect pluggable block from the KB terminal block. 2. Unfasten stop screws from the KB D+, D- pluggable block, insert signal cables into slots and fasten stop screws. Ensure signal cables are in tight. 3. Connect Ta on controller to D+ on terminal block and Tb on controller to D- on terminal block. Fasten stop screws. 4. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder HDD Storage Calculation Chart The following chart shows an estimation of storage space used based on recording at one channel for an hour at a fixed bit rate. Bit Rate 96K 128K 160K 192K 224K 256K 320K 384K 448K 512K 640K 768K 896K 1024K 1280K 1536K 1792K 2048K Storage Used 42M 56M 70M 84M 98M 112M 140M 168M 196M 225M 281M 337M 393M 450M 562M 675M 787M 900M 4096K 1.8G 8192K 3.6G 16384K 7.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Menu Operation Menu Structure Refer to the following figure for the menu structure: Menu Playback Export VCA Search Manual HDD Record Camera Configuration Maintenance Shutdown Normal Normal Behavior Search Record General Schedule Camera General System Info Logout Event Event Face Search Continuous Capture Advanced Parameters OSD Network Log Information Shutdown Tag Picture People Counting Alarm Advanced Image Alarm Import/ Ex
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 2. Select the Shutdown button. 3. Click the Yes button. Setting the Admin Password Purpose: For the first-time access, you need to activate the device by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation. You can also activate the device via Web Browser, SADP or Client Software. Steps: 1. Input the same password in the text field of Create New Password and Confirm New Password.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Login and Logout User Login Purpose: If NVR has logged out, you must login the device before operating the menu and other functions. Steps: 1. Select the User Name in the dropdown list. 2. Input Password. 3. Click OK to log in. In the Login dialog box, if you have entered the wrong password for 7 times, the current user account will be locked for 60 seconds.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 2. Click Logout. After you have logged out the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system. Live View Some icons are provided on screen in Live View mode to indicate different camera status.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Name Description options are supported. Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse. Menu Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel number from the dropdown Single Screen list. Multi-screen Adjust the screen layout by choosing from the dropdown list. Previous Screen Switch to the previous screen. Next Screen Switch to the next screen. Start/Stop Auto-switch Enable/disable the auto-switch of the screens.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder button to refresh the online IP camera manually. Or you can choose to custom add the IP camera by editing the parameters in the corresponding textfiled and then click the Add button to add it. OPTION 2: Steps: 1. Select the Add IP Camera option from the right-click menu in live view mode or click Menu> Camera> Camera to enter the IP camera management interface. 2.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder added. If the IP camera to add has not been actiavated, you can activate it from the IP camera list on the camera management interface. 3) (Optional) Check the checkbox of Continue to Add to add other IP cameras. 4) Click Add to add the camera. For the successfully added IP cameras, the Security status shows the security level of the password of camera: strong password, weak password and risk password.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder As the default array type is RAID 5, at least 3 HDDs must be installed in you device. And if more than 10 HDDs are installed, 2 arrays can be configured. Steps: 1. Enter the Physical Disk Settings interface. Menu > HDD > RAID 2. Click One-touch Configuration to enter the One-touch Array Configuration interface. 3. Edit the array name in the Array Name text filed and click OK button to start configuring array.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Instant Recording On the live view window of each channel, there is a quick setting toolbar which shows on the bottom of the window when you click on it. Click the icon to enable the record, and the icon turns to then the icon turns to . And click icon to disable the record, . All-day Recording Steps: 1.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 1. Enter the Playback menu. Mouse: right click a channel in live view mode and select Playback from the menu. Front Panel: press PLAY button to play back record files of the channel under single-screen live view. Under multi-screen live view, record files of the selected channel will be played back. Pressing numerical buttons will switch playback to related channels during playback process. 2. Playback management.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder VCA Detection Purpose: The NVR supports the VCA detection alarm (face detection, vehicle detection, line crossing detection and intrusion detection, region entrance detection, region exiting detection, loitering detection, people gathering detection, fast moving detection, parking detection, unattended baggage detection, object removal detection, audio loss exception detection, sudden change of sound intensity detection, and defocus detection) sent by IP camera.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder VCA Search The NVR supports the VCA search for the behavior analysis, face capture, people counting and heat map. Face Search: Based on the uploaded face picture resources and the defined similarity degree (0~100), fast search the matched face pictures and video files from the face detection results. Behavior Search: Search and view the behavior detection (including the line crossing detection, intrusion detection, unattended baggage detection, etc.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Accessing by Web Browser You shall acknowledge that the use of the product with Internet access might be under network security risks. For avoidance of any network attacks and information leakage, please strengthen your own protection. If the product does not work properly, please contact with your dealer or the nearest service center. Logging In You can get access to the device via web browser.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 3. Install the plug-in before viewing the live video and managing the camera. Please follow the installation prompts to install the plug-in. You may have to close the web browser to finish the installation of the plug-in. Live View The live view interface appears by default when you log in the device. The live view interface may differ according to different models. Interface Introduction No.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Icon Description Icon Select the window-division mode / Start/Stop all live view / Description / Capture pictures in the live view mode Start/Stop all recording / / Open/Close audio Start/Stop two-way Audio Adjust volume / Previous/Next page Enable/Disable digital zoom Full screen Select different stream type for live view by clicking the icon : live view in main stream; : live view in sub stream; :live view in transcoded stream.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 4. Choose the day in a week configure the recording schedule. 1) Click a day to set the start time and end time for recording. 2) Select the Record Type for the period. The record type can be Schedule, Motion, Alarm, Motion & Alarm, Motion | Alarm and Event. 3) Click Save to save the settings. 4) Click the 5) Click OK to save the settings. icon of the day to copy the settings of current day to other days of the week if required. 5.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder 2 6 1 3 4 5 Interface Introduction No. Name Description 1 Channel List Displays the list of channels and the playing status of each channel. 2 Playback Window Displays the image of channel. 3 Play Control Bar Play control operations are supported. 4 Time Line Displays the time bar and the records marked with different colors. 5 Recording Type Show the icons of different recording types.
Quick Start Guide of Network Video Recorder Button Description Button Description Transcoded Playback 6. You can drag the progress bar with the mouse to locate the exact playback point. You can also input the time in the textbox and click button to locate the playback point. The color of the video on the progress bar stands for the different video types.