4-CHANNEL DVR (with VGA output - L174V only) Instruction Manual English Version 1.0 BEFORE OPERATING THIS SYSTEM, PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL THOROUGHLY AND RETAIN IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE MODEL: L164/ L174V Series www.lorexcctv.
Thank you for purchasing the 4 channel DVR from Lorex Technology Inc The DVR converts analog video into digital format and records them on a hard disk drive depending on the system purchased. Digital video allows you to quickly access and search for a specific time segment or event which has been recorded. The DVR supports 2 HDD units with a maximum capacity of 250 GB per hard drive. To learn more about this system or to find out more about our products available, please visit our website at: www.lorexcctv.
NOTE This equipment has been certified and found to comply with the limits regulated by FCC, EMC and LVD. Therefore, it is designed to provide reasonable protection against interference and will not cause interference with other appliance usage. However, it is imperative that user follows this manual's guidelines to avoid improper usage which may result in damage to the unit, electrical shock and fire hazard or injury.
CONTENTS: GENERAL PRECAUTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 SYSTEM CONTENTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 GETTING STARTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CONTROLS - FRONT PANEL ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 BACK PAN
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Read Instructions All of the safety and operating instructions should be read and understood before the product is used. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings All warnings on the product and the instruction manual should be followed.
CAUTIONS: 1. All the warnings and instructions of this manual should be followed 2. Remove the plug from the outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid aerosol detergents. Use water damped cloth for cleaning 3. Do not use this unit in very humid and wet places 4. Keep enough space around the unit for ventilation. Slots and openings of the cabinet should not be blocked. 5.
SYSTEM INCLUDES: OWNER’S MANUAL 4 CHANNEL DVR Optional HDD Power Adapter & Cord (DC 12V, 4.5A ) 4 CABLES, 4 RCA-RCA 8 BNC TO RCA ADAPTERS 2 KEYS FOR CARTRIDGE HDD SCREWS (for optional HDD) CHECK YOUR PACKAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED THE COMPLETE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE COMPONENTS SHOWN ABOVE.
GETTING STARTED: 1. Connect the AC power cord and plug it into an electrical outlet. The power LED will illuminate GREEN and the HDD LED will also illuminate GREEN. The message seen on the monitor will say “HDD Checking….., Master Hard Drive”, Slave Hard Drive, Not Detected. It will then go to a Quad Screen and show a camera loss (if there are no cameras connected). The screen will display “LOSS” respectively as shown below. 2.
CONTROL - FRONT PANEL: 14 1 13 2 3 4 12 11 5 6 7 8 10 9 1. HARD DRIVE UNIT – Removable 80GB HDD installed (Max. capacity of 250 GB per hard drive) 2. UP BUTTON – Allows you to scroll up in the Menu mode 3. SELECT BUTTON – Allows you to select a Sub-Menu option and change a selection 4. DOWN BUTTON – Allows you to scroll down in the Menu mode 5. REC – Initiates manual recording 6. PAUSE - During playback, use this button to Pause the video 7. MENU - Press the MENU to enter the main menu.
9. SHUTTLE RING – REV/ PAUSE/ FF – This shuttle ring has three functions: 1) REV : During playback, turn this button counterclockwise to rewind 10 seconds back 2) PAUSE: Pauses video during playback 3) FF : During playback, turn this button clockwise to Fast Forward the video 4X the speed FF 1: 2 x Forward Speed FF2: 3 x Forward Speed FF 3: 4 x Forward Speed 10. POWER BUTTON – Press the “POWER” button to turn the DVR “ON” , and press and hold for about 2 seconds to turn the DVR “OFF”. 11.
BACK PANEL : 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. ALARM IN SEN1 – SEN 4 – These 4 terminals are used to connect external motion sensors, door/window contacts, etc. 2. ALARM OUT – This alarm output can be connected to an alarm output relay for trigger devices with a N/O (Normally open) circuit 3. VIDEO INPUT (1-4) - Connect to video a source, such as camera (BNC Connection). The video outputs from the desired cameras to these inputs 4.
MAIN MENU CONTROL: Enter the MENU screen by pressing the Menu button. Scroll through the 9 options by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons. To enter a sub-menu, press the SELECT button once the correct selection is made. To exit the Main Menu, press the Menu button.
(i) SCHEDULE ON/OFF: Select the recording schedule to be ON or OFF (ii) PASSWORD (RECORD STOP): If you select [ON], you will need to input a password when you want to RECORD STOP, and [OFF] will allow you to RECORD STOP without a password. The default master password is: 111111, and the user password is: 222222. Note: The password is not needed when you perform manually recording.
(VI) SET BY DAY: Set the scheduled recording time by the selected day. You can program up to 30 scheduled recordings. Under the Record-Time you can also choose to ADD or DEL (Delete) once you’ve made the selection Example: 01 2005 04/01 22:40 09:10 ADD This means that recording will take place on April.1, 2005 at 10:40 pm to April.2, 2005 to 7:50 am for 9 hours and 10 minutes • After setting the DAY, choose ADD and press the SELECT button Note: HH is based on a 24 hour clock 3.
NOTE : Higher quality recording consumes more memory on your HDD. Appendix#3 shows the different recording speed associated with the type of setting that you select (iii) RECORD FPS: Allows you to set the Frames Per Second for recording. Available FPS settings are: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 15, 30. 1 FPS is the slowest speed; it will allow for the longest recording durations as it records less information.
7. ADVANCED Menu settings such as changing & enabling the master and user password, loading the default settings, overwriting the HDD and clearing the Master and Slave HDD can PASSWORD INPUT(6): _ _ _ _ _ _ be done. The default MASTER password (Password Input (6): _ _ _ _ _ _ ) for the DVR is 111111, and should be entered to get into the Advanced Menu.
(vii) MASTER HDD CLEAR: When the Master HDD is full you will need to clear the space. You will be asked to format the HDD (HDD FORMAT Y/N?) (viii) SLAVE HDD CLEAR: When the Slave HDD (if installed) is full you will need to clear the space. You will be asked to format the HDD (HDD FORMAT Y/N?) 8. SYSTEM INFO Information such as the Master or Slave HDD size, Master or Slave space used, and the Total HDD used will be displayed here The HDD capacity will show on the screen when the HDD CAP display comes “ON”.
OPERATION: Please Note: If the DVR was disconnected or a power failure was to occur, the back-up battery will retain the settings for up to 5 years. Therefore, the time, date and password will default back to the factory setting and will have to be manually reset. All other settings will remain the same. 1. CAMERA SELECT (1-4) Press Camera Select (1-4) to select the camera to display in full screen 2. RECORDING The DVR offers 3 recording modes listed below.
3. SEARCH MENU The DVR allows you to easily find sections of recorded video using the Search feature. Press the “PLAY” button to show the search menu, which consists of Total Event, Schedule Rec Event, Alarm Rec Event and Manual Rec Event starting with the most recent recordings listed first.
Move the ">" Pointer to “MANUAL REC EVENT”, and press the SELECT button to view up to 7 manual recordings Time Search To search for a specific recorded time: 1. Press the PLAY button to display the SEARCH MENU 2. Press the SELECT button to view the TOTAL EVENT 3. Press the QUAD button. The curser will go to HARD DRIVE: MASTER 4. Go into the time segment by pressing the UP & DOWN arrow keys. 5. Press the SELECT button to specify the particular time that you’d like to see the recorded video. 6.
REMOTE CONTROL: Features of the Remote Control. For more details on specific remote control features, refer to the Front Panel features.
CAMERA INSTALLATION : Optional Camera Installation (camera not included with system) Connect the camera to the CAMERA INPUT on the rear panel of the system Back of DVR CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 AUDIO CH 4 VIDEO INPUT VIDEO VIDEO OUT DC 12V CAMERA MONITOR CONNECTION : How do I connect the L164/ L174V to a monitor? There are many types of monitors.
MONITOR CONNECTION : Example 2: Connect a quad monitor (used as a slave monitor) A quad monitor supports four camera connections. The screen can display 4 cameras simultaneously or one camera at a time. The L164/L174V is a four channel DVR that records four channels of video. It also performs the function of a quad monitor. If you already have a quad monitor with cameras connected to it, this is the best solution for connecting your DVR: 1) 2) Connect your camera video output to the video input of the DVR.
MONITOR CONNECTION : To display the recorded video from the DVR on the monitor 1) 2) Connect the video output from the DVR to the video input of the monitor (there should be a selector switch on the quad monitor that indicates VCR). Press the selector switch for VCR on the monitor. Selecting VCR causes the DVR functions to override the quad monitor functions. This connection procedure will allow you to use all of the functions of the DVR. Example 2.
MONITOR CONNECTION : In this type of connection, whatever is visible on the monitor screen will be recorded on the DVR. To view recorded video from the DVR on the monitor 1) 2) Connect a cable from the DVR video output to the quad monitor video input. The quad monitor video input may be labeled on the monitor as VCR video in. Select VCR on the front panel of the monitor. You will then be able to view recorded video.
MONITOR & VCR INSTALLATION : Optional Monitor Installation (monitor not included with system) Connect the monitor and VCR from the VIDEO OUT on the rear panel of the DVR. Back of DVR CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 VIDEO INPUT VIDEO OUT (not included) Note: If you are using a standard VCR you must select an A/V or AUX channel on your VCR for recording to take place (not included) Connection to a monitor for viewing You can connect your DVR to a monitor for viewing purposes and for On Screen display set-up.
CONNECT L164 TO A TYPICAL LOREX MONITOR CONNECTION OF A TYPICAL LOREX OBSERVATION MONITOR TO A L164 DVR BACK OF LOREX OBSERVATION MONITOR BNC (Input/Output) BACK OF L164 DVR BNC video input NOTE: On Lorex quad monitors the BNC video input channel connectors also support video output. The BNC video input/output on a Lorex quad monitor can be connected to BNC video input of the DVR. To view the menu or playback of the DVR, press the monitor’s VCR button located on the front of the monitor.
CONNECT L174V TO A TYPICAL LOREX MONITOR CONNECTION OF A TYPICAL LOREX OBSERVATION MONITOR TO A L174V DVR BACK OF TFT LCD MONITOR BACK OF L174V DVR NOTE: A TFT LCD monitor can be connected through the monitor’s video input to the DVR’s video output (VGA output).
TROUBLESHOOTING: When a malfunction occurs, it may not be serious and can be corrected easily. The following table describes the most common problems and solutions. Please read this table thoroughly before calling your DVR dealer. PROBLEM No power SOLUTION • Check power cord connections. • Confirm that there is power at the outlet. Not responding when any of the • Check if it is under Key Lock mode. buttons are pushed • Press any key, and enter the default password 111111 or the current password.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Television System NTSC Resolution 720x480 Video Input 4 camera Video Input Signal 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ohms Video Outputs 1 looping, 1 main monitor Video Output Signal 1.
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES The following accessories are available to add to your existing system. SPECIALTY CAMERAS Select from a wide assortment of specialty cameras (dome, weatherproof, bullet, waterproof, etc.,) to suit individual needs. TIME LAPSE VCR Used to record key events. Select from a 40 hour real time or 1280 hour time lapse VCR SUNSHADE HOUSING Protects observation camera from the sun. Selected models only. TO ORDER THESE ACCESSORY ITEMS OR FOR A COMPLETE LINE OF ACCESSORIES www.lorexcctv.
APPENDIX #1 – INSTALLING THE HDD The HDD serves the same purpose in a DVR as a video cassette does in a VCR. However, installing the HDD is a bit more complicated. Please follow the next steps carefully in order to ensure proper installation. The compartment located on the front panel of the DVR is the removable Cartridge Casing in which you insert the HDD. The various parts of the Cartridge Casing are labeled for your reference. 1.
3. Connect the HDD into the Cartridge Casing Take the Hard Disk Drive and Connect the two cables from the back of the Cartridge Casing to the HDD. The cables should be pushed in firmly, but not forcibly. The 4 Pin connection is the DC Power cable, and the wider cable is the standard Hard Drive IDE type connection. 4. Secure the HDD in the Casing (optional) Use screws and tighten them, positioning the HDD into place. This step is optional, but it is recommended. 5.
7. Lock the Cabinet Lock the cabinet by turning the key clockwise. A (locked) B (unlocked) If you need to unlock the cabinet, turn the key counter-clockwise from the position shown above. IF YOU DO NOT LOCK THE CABINET, THE DVR SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.
APPENDIX #2 –THE INTERNAL HDD What size HDD does the L164/L174V support? The L164/L174V is a four channel DVR and supports up to two HDD’s with a maximum capacity of 250 GB each. If you are purchasing the DVR with a hard disk drive, the drive may be installed in the removable bay on the internal drive bay. Internal Drive Bay Accessible through bottom panel. Removable Hard Disk Drive The internal drive bay is located in the bottom panel of the DVR as referenced above.
APPENDIX #3 – RECORDING TIME (IN HOURS) The Recording Time is based on Recording Speed (Frame Rate), Recording Quality and Recording Mode. The table below is based on a 80GB HDD.
CARE AND MAINTENANCE: Please follow these instructions to ensure proper care and maintenance of this system Keep your monitor and camera dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Use and store your unit in normal temperature environment. Extreme temperatures can shorten the life of the electronic devices. Handle the monitor carefully. Dropping it can cause serious damage to the unit. Occasionally clean the unit with a damp cloth to keep it looking new.
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