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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR

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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR User Guide INFORMATION MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Table of Contents Caution ........................................................................................................... 6 Package Contents ......................................................................................... 6 Introduction.................................................................................................... 7 1. Product Overview ..................................................................................... 7 2.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 8.1. 4 CH Triplex DVR ............................................................................26 8.2. 8 CH Triplex DVR ............................................................................26 8.3. 16 CH Triplex DVR...........................................................................26 Start up the DVR System ............................................................................ 27 1. Commands .......................................................................
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/8/16CH Triplex DVR 7.2. Hard Drive Setup .............................................................................48 7.3. Network Setup .................................................................................49 7.4. Screen Setup ...................................................................................52 7.5. Audio Setup .....................................................................................53 7.6. Keyboard/PTZ Setup .....................................................
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 6. Name Server.............................................................................................83 7. PC Capturing............................................................................................84 8. Playback ...................................................................................................86 Remote Surveillance through IE Browser ................................................. 87 3G / SecuViewer............................................
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Caution          For your safety, unplugging the power before moving the DVR, installing, or replacing any parts or hard drive. Make sure all the power cable and wires are properly set up before using the DVR. To avoid a short circuit, don’t leave any unnecessary parts inside the DVR. Please avoid dramatic changes of the environment, such as dust, temperature, and humidity. Keep the DVR in a temperature ranging from 5℃~40℃.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Introduction 1.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR  Dimension(W idth x Height x Depth): 290x52x220mm (4/8CH DVR with one 3.5”HDD) 340x60x280mm (4/8CH DVR with Removable HDD+3.5”HDD) 430x80x320mm (16CH DVR)  Display/Recording frame rate and resolution : Models 2. 3.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR (Type III) 3.2. The removable drive (CD-ROM/DVD-ROM) model (4/8CH DVR) -with one front-accessible disk drive (or CD-ROM/DVD-ROM) and one internal HDD 3.3. 16CH DVR Controls: No. Name Function 1  REW Backward search through a time-shifted or recorded video. 2 II/ PLAY/PAUSE Start / Pause video playback or Enter Play menu 3  FF Forward search through a time-shifted or recorded video.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 7  MENU Enter menu or back to previous menu list.. 8  / UP Moves up through the list of menu. Also used to select menu options or change the DVR configuration values. Or Enter Event Search Menu. 9  /  DOWN Moves down through the list of menu. Also used to select menu options or change the DVR configuration values. 10  SELECT/ENTER Use this button to change values on main menu or sub menu setting.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 4.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 8 CH Triplex DVR (without Removable Disk Drive, without Sensor/Alarm) 16 CH Triplex DVR No.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 14 5. SPOT MONITOR IR Remote Controller DVR Mode No Button / Name Function 1 REC 2  DVR Switch to DVR mode 3  PTZ Switch to PTZ mode 4  REW Backward search through a time-shifted or recorded video. 5  STOP Stop playback or backup. 6 II PAUSE Pause recording or playback. 7  FF Forward search through a time-shifted or recorded video. 8 ► PLAY Start video playback. 9  MENU Enter menu or exit.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 15 16 ＋ ZOOM IN 1,2,----16 (Channels) N/A Channels Selector (CH1~CH16 depends on each DVR) PTZ Mode No Button / Name Function 1 REC N/A. 2  DVR Switch to DVR mode 3  PTZ Switch to PTZ mode 4  REW Move Left. 5  STOP N/A. 6 II PAUSE N/A. 7  FF Move Right 8 ► PLAY Line Scan 9  MENU Exit menu or switch to DVR. 10 ▲(UP)/ ▼(DOWN)/ Moves up/down/left/right through the list of menus.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Installation 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 drives with IDE (default) or SATA interface. Set the HDD (installed with OS/DVR software) jumper into “Master” to make sure all operating will be normal. The other HDD would be set to “Slave”. 1.1.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Step2: Fix the hard drive The Slim Model (4/8 CH DVR) Put the HDD into the HDD bracket and fixed two screws on each side. Plug in the HDD cable and power line for using. The removable drive (CD-ROM/DVD-ROM) model (4/8CH DVR) Unscrew two screws HDD bracket near to the front panel. Slide it forward to rear side to take the HDD bracket and install 3.5” HDD drives on the top.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 1.3. Install the internal disk drives (SATA interface) for 4/8CH DVR It needs an IDE to SATA Bridge (Optional) to transfer IDE interface into SATA before starting to install the hard disk, Step 1: Place the IDE to SATA Bridge into DVR main unit. Unscrew three screws on DVR’s rear panel. Then slide backward the chassis’s top cover and move it upward.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Step 3: Make sure the jumpers on IDE to SATA bridge (JS2) have been set to P1,2-short and P3,4-short as following Step 4: Unscrew two screws HDD bracket near to the front panel. Slide it forward to rear side to take the HDD bracket and install 3.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 1.4. Install the internal disk drives for 16CH DVR 16CH DVR provides PATA (IDE) and SATA interface both. Put the HDD into HDD bracket and fix it by screws. Then, install the whole HDD set into DVR. There are two models for 16ch DVR: 1) Four internal 3.5” hard drives with SATA interface. Or 2) One front accessible R/W DVD-ROM and one internal 3.5” hard drives with PATA (IDE) or SATA interface as following figure.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 4/8/16 channels for cameras’ connections named CH1, CH2, CH3 …. CH16. Each camera has two wirings basically: BNC and Power. Connect the BNC cable to DVR’s “VIDEO-IN” connector on rear panel for video signals and connect the power cable to the camera’s power adapter.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 figure.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 4.2. 8 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 figure. 4.3. 16 CH Triplex DVR Open the top cover as mentioned; there is a main control board with JS3: the jumper setting to select RS485 or RS232 as following figure.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 following figure. 5.2. 8 CH Triplex DVR There is a Video format selector on the rear panel as following figure. 5.3.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 6.3.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 7. Sensor Installation The DVR unit can be connected up to 4/8/16 sensor inputs as following figure. Each 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 7.3.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 8. Alarm Installation The DVR unit provides one alarm (speaker) signal. Please refer to following figure. 8.1. 4 CH Triplex DVR 8.2. 8 CH Triplex DVR 8.3.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Start up the DVR System After the unit is properly installed, the DVR unit is ready to record and play. Then apply power by turn on the power switch.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 1. Commands 1.1. Operating Buttons  : Press it to enter the main menu or and exit the menu.  /  ( / ): Up / Down – To move up/down through the list of menu. Also used to select menu options or change the DVR configuration values. /(/): Left/Right – To move left/right through the list of menu. : Select / Enter - To Enter menu list or select DVR configuration values 1.2.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 1.3. State Information There are state informations on the upper of the screen to show the system status . : Camera on line. : Recoding : Camera signal loss : Stop Recording : Network acting : Network no connection : USB disk : CD / CDRW : HDD Status : 1st Hard drive : 2nd Hard drive : Overwrite the hard drive when Hard drive is full. XX%: Recording Capacity of Hard drive (show by %) 2007/12/25: Date 18:25:31: Time : Channel Rotation 1.4.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR : : 4 Split View (4ch dvr) : : 9 Split View (8ch dvr) : 16 Split View (16ch DVR) : Auto channel rotation (from 1~4 /1~8 /1~16) : Start recording : Stop recording : Enter Main menu : Play menu(Playback), To play the recorded data. : Archive Menu, To save the configuration (Available Soon) : Event search. To search the events : Pan/Tile/Zoom Control.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 USB mouse After enter the main menu password, it goes into the main menu for DVR setup (4/8CH DVR) (16CH DVR)  Channel Setup: To select or specify the channel for display/record.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 3. Channel Setup Press  to enter the “Channel setup” as following. (4CH DVR) (8CH DVR) (16CH 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 or 16) on the screen of full-screen. “1,2,3,4” or “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8” or “9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16”: you can view / record each channel (4 or 8) be selected on the screen. 3.2.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 3.3. Record Channel To set the channel been selected at “Channel Number” to be recorded or not. “ON” – recording, “OFF”- No recording. It can be setup each channel separately by choosing the dedicated channel at “Channel Number”. Or to choose ” / ” for all channels. / 3.4. Hidden Channel Set the channel been selected at “Channel Number” to display on screen or not. But it does not matter with recording mode.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 4. Record Setup Press  to enter the “Record setup” as following. (4/8CH DVR) (16CH DVR) 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 are three different image video quality settings: NORMAL, LOW, HIGH. Default is NORMAL. Higher the video quality is the clearer images the unit plays.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR (16CH DVR) 4.4.1. Auto Balance To setup all channel recording frame rate and keep each channel’s frame rate in balance, Default is “OFF”. When Trigger mode is ON, the active channel has been detected will occupy all record frame rate if Auto Balance set as “ON”. 4.4.2. Record Total Frame Rate To setup each channel’s recording frame rate in separately. For 4ch DVR, Total frame rate is 60/60FPS (Frame Per Second), each channel is 15fps in balance as default.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR  Channel Number To setup the channel recording schedule. ” / / ”: All channels will be set at the same recording schedule. “1,2,3,4” or “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8” or “9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16”: To setup each channel recording schedule.  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.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Time Sensor : Indicates to record by time schedule : Indicates to record by sensor trigger. It means the unit starts recording as the attached sensors being triggered during this period. Motion : Indicates to record by motion detection. Motion&Sensor : Indicates to record by both motion detection and sensor trigger..  Recording Schedule “/(/)” : To move left or right. “ ” :To select the mode. “(/)”: To move up or down.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR To set the specified time for each day at the same configuration by select “” 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, “Motion” mode at Sunday 19:00~24:00 and Tuesday 2:00~4:00 as following 5.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 5.1. Channel Number To select or specify the channel for detection. ” / / ” (default) (Full screen mode): you can detect all channels (4/8/16) on the screen of full-screen “1,2,3,4” or “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8” or “9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16”: you can detect each channel (4/8/16) be selected on the screen 5.2. Video Loss Alarm To select or specify the channel for detection. “Mute”: No beep whatever video loss or not. “ Buzzer-Short”: Beep shortly by buzzer on main board when video loss.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR “Sensitive Highest”: The highest sensitive level 5.3.2. Record Time To set the motion’s record time as 5sec, 10sec, 15sec, 20sec, 25sec, 30sec, 45sec, 60sec, 90sec, 120sec, 150sec or 180sec 5.3.3. Alarm Mode “Mute”: No beep whatever detecting.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 5.3.7. Motion Area Setup Block one area on screen for each channel as motion detection area. It can be done by mouse or by using (), (),  (), () buttons to move the area. After positioning, press “” and save it 5.4. Sensor Setup 5.4.1. Sensor Mode Set the sensor mode as “Not Installed”, “Normal-Open” or “Normal-Close”. 5.4.2. Record Time To set the sensor’s record time as 5sec, 10sec, 15sec, 20sec, 25sec, 30sec, 45sec, 60sec, 90sec, 120sec, 150sec or 180sec. 5.4.3.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR “ Alarm-Long”: Beep long by speaker of system when detection is active 5.4.4. 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 5.4.5. Trigger Full Screen Display the trigger channel on full screen when it act as 1, 2sec … 30sec. “ OFF”: It will not display on full screen when the channel has been triggered. 5.4.6.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 6.2. View Setup To setup the illustration and DVR information will be displayed or not. 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.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 6.2.3. State Information System status information, it includes record light, network information, hard drive information, date/time information and rotate information. All information can be set separately to be seen or not. Please refer to 1.4 State Information for more details. 6.2.4. Channel Information Channel information includes channel number, channel name, record light, video loss, record mode, detector mode and alarm view.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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.  /  ( / ): Up / Down – Change the number /(/): Move left/right to the character that need to change  : Exit after confirmed setting 6.3.3. Time Zone Set the time zone where you are located. 6.3.4.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR  Server Active: “Enable”-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 start Synchronizing the NTP server 6.4. Button Beep Setup To setup the beep type when press the button of mouse, keypad or IR remote. There are four modes: mute, sound A, sound B, sound C 6.5.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR To setup the time period to exit menu automatically by choose “OFF” (not exit unless pressing “”), 10sec, 20sec, 30sec, 40sec, 50sec or 60sec. 7. Hardware Setup 7.1. Authentication Setup Specify the limits of authority of user and set its own password. “ ”: To create a new account. “ ”: To delete account.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 7.2. Hard Drive Setup To set up the hard drive information and overwriting function 7.2.1. Overwrite enable “YES”: Enable to overwrite hard drive when capacity is full “X NO”: Not permit to overwrite hard drive when capacity is full. 7.2.2.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR  Standard Record Size: The recorded Capacity / Total hard drive capacity by Mega-byte. Also show up the % of how much capacity has been used.  Standard Event Quantity: The quantity has been record of event / Total quantity for event.  Format Hard Drive: To format the hard drive. If the system is running at recording mode, it is not permitted to format the hard drive and show a warning … 7.3. Network Setup To set up Network configurations 7.3.1.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR  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 (DNS) translate hostnames to IP addresses (customer setting).  WEB Server: DVR WEB Server response the requests from browsers, and serve remote monitoring through IE Browser. “Service Active”: Enable the Web Server service.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR “Service Active”: Enable the Dynamic DNS service. “Provider”: The web site / IP Address of Dynamic DNS provider “Server Name”: To define a name of Dynamic DNS “Account”: The account name of Dynamic DNS “Password”: Password for Dynamic DNS Please refer to DDNS Service  Name Server: Name Server implements a name-service protocol. It will normally map a human-recognizable identifier (such as domain name) of a host to its computer-recognizable identifier (such as IP address).
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 7.4.1. Screen Border “ON” : To enable the border, “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  /  ( / ). “ / / ” : Set it as default location 7.4.3. VGA Resolution To choose the resolution of VGA as 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 or 1280x1024. 7.5. Audio Setup To setup the audio status including of audio record, audio mute, input volume and output volume.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 7.5.1. Audio Record “ON”: Enable audio recording. “X OFF”: Disable audio recording 7.5.2. Audio Mute “ON”: Switch on the audio function “X OFF”: Switch off the audio function 7.5.3. Input Volume “X OFF”: Turn off the audio input volume “1,2,3,4…….10”: Adjust audio input volume from small to aloud. 7.5.4. Output Volume “X OFF”: Turn off the audio output volume “1,2,3,4, …….10”: Adjust audio output volume from small to aloud. 7.6.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR “Channel Number”: Dedicated the PTZ camera channel “PTZ Protocol”: Select PTZ camera’s protocol as Pelco P, Pelco D, Teleview Pelco P, Teleview Pelco D, Merit LILIN (3B), Merit LILIN (7B), HiSharp, Nicecam and Elitar. “Camera ID”: Setup the ID of PTZ camera (meet camera’s local setting) “Camera Reset”: To reset PTZ camera “Speed Adjustment”: To adjust Pan/Tilt/Auto Pan/ Line Scan Speed. “Zoom/Focus/Iris”: To adjust Zoom/Focus/Iris speed.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 will show: File not found or Disk Error on the button line. Please check USB disk or file and plug in again.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR When DVR is updating the firmware, it shows “Firmware is updating, Please wait” as following figure: After firmware update is completed, it will show: Firmware update is success, System will restart ----“ and restart DVR with the same configuration at previous version firmware does. 7.8. Load Default Setting To reset all the DVR configuration as default setting.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 8. Language Selection Multilingual supports with English, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Italian, German, Ukrainian, Hungarian and Turkish. 9. Exit Main Menu To exit menu and save / discard the changes. 9.1. Exit & Save Changes To Exit menu and save all configuration changes. 9.2. Exit & Discard Changes To exit menu but without saving the configuration changes.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Playback Press “” (or “II”) button or icon to enter 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 playback  Play End Time: To specify the beginning time to playback. The other area shows the recorded data for choosing to play.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Play: Start to play the recorded data After the data has been played, it will show “” 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 / : The beginning / end of recorded data. : The dedicated hard disk data : The recording mode : The data can be play.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Data Backup by USB Press “” (or “II”) button to enter the Play menu.  HardDrive Select: To select or specify which hard drive’s data will be backup Use “(/)” button and move to the dedicated recorded data that you want to backup Press” ” to enter the “Backup Menu” as following. It shows the backup menu with Disk information on the upper area and the recorded data that you have selected at “Play Menu” at the lower area.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 changed automatically. Also, it will correct the “Start Time” and “End Time” as the time period which has video recorded data. Press “ ”, it start to backup data into USB disk. 2. Backup by CDRW The DVR support the data backup by CDRW.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Event Search Press “” (or “”) button or icon to enter Event search menu  HardDrive Select: To select or specify which hard drive’s event will be search.  Channel Select: To setup or specify which channel’s event will be search.  Filter Type: To specify the filter type as All Events, General Events, Record Events, Trigger Events, Hardware Events, Warning Events,  Filter Time Setup.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR PTZ Press “” button or icon to enter Pan/Tile/Zoom Control menu Zoom: This function depends on PTZ camera model, NOT every PTZ camera will show it. Operating Icons: Icon Command Enter PTZ channel menu shown on the right side of screen. (if channel number in Yellow-color, it performs as PTZ camera)  Enter PTZ control menu shown at the bottom of screen.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR No.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR PC Connection through Local Area Network (network hub) 1. Search Router IP Address Please click “Start” and then “Run” option under Windows. Please enter “CMD” and then “OK” Please enter “ipconfig” on DOS prompt, and then record the Address Number of Default Gateway as shown: It is the Router’s IP Address.  Find out your DVR IP address Please power off the DVR. Because this Router IP address is 192.168.11.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 used at present. Please enter “ping 192.168.11.188” on DOS prompt (as following figure for reference) If it appears “Request timed out” messages that means this IP address is not being used at the moment and can be used for the DVR If it appears “Reply from 192.168.11.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR  GATEWAY: Enter Router IP Address[192.168.011.001]  NET MASK: 255.255.255.0  PORT: Enter the DVR’s port number [14338 14337] 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).
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR After you click "Create Account", it shows “Account Created”. Also, DynDNS will create a new account for you and send you an e-mail to the address you provided. It needs to confirm your account within 48 hours after receiving the e-mail or it will automatically delete your account. Just click the https://www.dyndns.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR To confirm the account 2.3. Logged In and Host Service Login by enter the Username and password.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 2.4. Router Setting Most of the setting of router is identical, here is the suggestion:  Specify DDNS service provider: DnyDNS.org (dynamic)  Specify DDNS IP by DDNS account (user name / password )  Specify DVR IP as private IP setting  Specify one pair of connection port (control port / streaming port) , like”8841” 2.5. DVR DDNS Setting After complete the DDNS account application, go to DVR server setup menu and input the DDNS information for network connection. 2.6.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR PC Client & PC Viewer 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 on. PC Viewer is developed for viewing recorded video, taking snapshot and converting video to AVI format on PC which supports Windows2000/Windows XP/VISTA 1.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 2. PC Client/PC Viewer Program Installation After DirectX has been installed, place the CD into PC to start the PC Viewer installation. You will see a table list as following to choose 4/8/16CH DVR at “PC Client/PC Viewer Setup” for installation. 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……..
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Step 2: At Advanced Properties, enable “Run as administrator”, Then, press OK to complete PC Client properties setting. 4. PC Viewer Operating Guide By press “Player” to act the operating at PC Viewer operating environment.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 4.1. PC Viewer Operating buttons & Operating mode No Name Function 1  Open Open file. To retrieve the desired video data. 2  Fast Backward Press to play backward faster. 3  Reverse Press to playback backward 4  I Previous frame Button for one single frame backward 5 I I Pause Pause the video playback 6 I  Next Frame Button for advancing one single frame 7  Playback Start video playback 8  Fast forward Press to play the recorded stream faster.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 11 / / / Mode (16ch) Mode (8ch) To display 4/8/16channels on screen(16ch DVR) To display 4/8channels on screen(8ch DVR) To display 4channels on screen(4ch DVR) Mode (4ch) 12 Speaker Set Speaker On / OFF. 13 Speaker Volume To adjust the speaker’s volume 14 Video Video Play.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR After local recording, you can simple to playback the recorded file by using “Open File” function as following. The default path of local recording is C:\Capture. Or you can change the path under hierarchical menu: “Option” Mouse Remote Control: To enable/discard the mouse operating on DVR when you use mouse operation at Client site. 4.2.2. Open Disk Plug the USB memory stick with data backup into PC.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 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 (Removable Disk) 4.3. Capture When you want to capture a period of recorded file, please use “Capture” function. At first, choose the file by using “Open File”, and it will play automatically. Press “I I Pause” before use “Capture”.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR The operating picture will change as following. 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.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR IP Address / Port: The DVR IP address/Port is the IP address of the remote DVR that you can connect by static IP address or dynamic IP. Password: The password is the same password that be used for formatting the DVR Hard Drive. The default is “123456”. Then press “Login” to start to connect to DVR “ connecting” : the PC client is trying to connect to DVR. After completed the PC and DVR connection, the control bar below will show ” status bar.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR No 1 2 3 4 5 Name /  Function Connect/Disconnect the network within PC and DVR Channel Mode: To display 4 split screen Channel Mode: To display 9 split screen Channel Mode: To display 16 split screen Channel 1display at full screen (4ch DVR) To display Channel1, channel2….. channel4 by sequencing on screen (8ch DVR) To display Channel1, channel2….. channel8 by sequencing on screen (16ch DVR) 6 Channel 2 display at full screen (4ch DVR) To display Channe5, channel6…..
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR ch13~ch16) display at full screen (16ch DVR) 8 Channel 4 display at full screen (4ch DVR) 4 split view the Channel5 ~ channel8 (8ch DVR) 9 split view (ch1~ch8 / ch9~ch16) display at full screen for 16ch DVR 9 To display Channel9, channel10…..
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR It can be switched to PC Client mode for remote motoring just choose the idea DVR by double click. 7. PC Capturing Before use PC Capturing, please make sure K-Lite Codec Pack has already existed. You can refer to http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm or Insert the CD that DVR to choose “Download K_lite_codec” as following to download the program and complete the installation.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Press “AVI” on the top to capture video that is synchronous with DVR and save as a 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 synchronously.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Press “AVI” again for stop/completing the video capture and save file. And icon “AVI” will back to normal. 8. 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  Playback Start video playback 4  Fast forward Press to play the recorded stream faster.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Remote Surveillance through IE Browser You can remote control the DVR unit through IE Browser Before starting to IE Browser, please make sure Active-X has already existed. You can install Active-X from CD as attached. 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.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR The following is an example for setting: DVR IP address: 192.168.11.138 Enter the “Port: 8841”, and “Password: xxxxxx” Then, click “Connect” There are some error messages will be shown as operating notice. All the operating can be done by mouse and buttons, Menu Control Name Function 0,1,2,----9,A,B,…F Numbers (0,1,2~9) and characters (A,B,…,F) for inputs ENTER Input Confirm / change values on main /sub menu setting.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR MENU Enter menu or exit. Moves right / Channel change ＋ Moves left / Channel change － ▲(UP)/ ▼(DOWN)/ Moves up/down/left/right through the list of menus. Or use it to  (LEFT)/ ►(RIGHT) select / change the DVR configuration values. Select Use this button to change or confirm values on main menu or sub menu setting. Channel & Split Name Function CH01, CH02 ...
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR Iris Open Tap the button to make a selection. Iris Close Tap the button to cancel a selection. Auto Focus Set as Auto Focus Focus Near Tap the button to focus near. Focus Far Tap the button to focus far. Zoom In Tap the button to zoom near Zoom Out Tap the button to zoom far.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 1. DVR Connect Press it to start connecting the DVR and mobile phone. Note 1: Some models of mobile phone will show a warning “Allow application to send to the Internet? “ Please enter “YES”. Note 2: The connection fee depends on your ISP or system provider, please check it before use. After connected, it displays DVR operating screen for remote view / remote control.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR When the keypad is locked, it shows the icon: . Screen Rotate: Rotate the canvas 90deg clockwise for a larger viewing size. Or use hotkey "#" to rotate screen Disconnect: To disconnect the mobile phone and DVR. DVR Info: DVR information includes DVR model, Firmware version, video type …..
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 『Key』- The mobile is operated by stylus, there are buttons for DVR remote control Operating keys: Number 0 - 9 : can be the number only or channel selection 『＊』: Main menu As connect to 4CH DVR : 1-4 => Switch Channel 0 => Quad Screen As connect to 8CH DVR : 1-8 => Switch Channel 0 => 9-Split Screen 41 => 4-Split Screen 1 42 => 4-Split Screen 2 99 => 9-Split Screen Digital Video Recorder 93
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR As connect to 16CH DVR : 1-16 => Switch Channel 41 => 4-Split Screen 1 42 => 4-Split Screen 2 43 => 4-Split Screen 3 44 => 4-Split Screen 4 81 91 => 9-Split Screen 1 82 92 => 9-Split Screen 2 99 => 16-Split Screen 2. Login Setup Login DVR, please refer to previous chapter: 7.3 Network setup. 3. Language Select the idea language for use. 4. Help Provide online help and descript how to operate SecuViewer.
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4/8/16CH Triplex DVR 5. Exit Press it and exit SecuViewer operation.