PDR960H-8RT (S84676) 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder PDR960H-16RT (S84677) 16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Digital Video Recorder User Manual
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User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Cleaning Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet before cleaning it. Do not use liquid aerosol cleaners. Use a damp soft cloth for cleaning. 4.
Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 Feature ................................................................................................................................ 1 Technical Overview .............................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2 — Installation .........................................
User’s Manual System Event................................................................................................................. 25 Recording Setup ................................................................................................................ 26 General .......................................................................................................................... 26 Schedule .............................................................................................
Digital Video Recorder Search Menu ................................................................................................................. 63 Event Log Search .......................................................................................................... 65 Record Table Search ..................................................................................................... 66 Motion Search..............................................................................................
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Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction Feature Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 8 or 16 Composite Video Input Connectors Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL H.
User’s Manual You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via Ethernet. There are two USB ports that can be used to upgrade the system or copy video clips to external hard disk and flash drives, and there is an eSATA port that can be used to record video to an external hard disk drive. Figure 1: Typical DVR installation. NOTE: This manual covers the 8- and 16-channel digital video recorders.
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: Digital Video Recorder Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) RAS Software CD and User’s Manual Rack-mount Kit Assembly Screws for Adding Hard Disk Drives SATA Cables Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system.
User’s Manual NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor quality video. Audio In/Out Your DVR can record audio from up to four sources. Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1, Audio In 2, Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed using RCA jacks. Connect Audio Out to your amplifier. NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio.
Digital Video Recorder Connector Pin Outs: AI (1 to 16) GND NC C NO ARI Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 Chassis Ground Relay Alarm Out (Normally Closed) Relay Common Relay Alarm Out (Normally Open) Alarm Reset In RS485 Port The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS485 half-duplex serial communications signals. The RS485 connector can also be used to control PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras.
User’s Manual Video Out An HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) connector is provided so that you can use an HDMI monitor as your main monitor. A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor. Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the DVR. Connect the spot monitor to the SPOT connector as needed.
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 3: 16-Channel DVR front panel.
User’s Manual Figure 4: Infrared remote control. NOTE: For simplicity, the button descriptions in this manual refer to the front panel buttons. Camera Buttons (1 to 16) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords.
Digital Video Recorder Power LED The Power LED is lit when the unit is On. PANIC Button Pressing the PANIC button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the screen. Pressing the button button again will stop panic recording. ALARM Button The ALARM button has two functions. First, it will reset the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. Second, it will display the event log when you are in the live monitoring mode unless there is an active alarm.
User’s Manual MENU/CAMEO Button Pressing the MENU/CAMEO button enters the Setup screen. You will need to enter the authorized user and password to access Setup. Pressing the button also closes the current menu or setup dialog box. In the Playback mode, pressing the button displays the Search menu. Pressing and holding the button for three seconds or longer enters the cameo mode. The yellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo.
Digital Video Recorder Bookmark Button on Remote Control When in the playback mode, pressing the BOOKMARK button adds the current playback point to the bookmark list or moves to the registered bookmark point. Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit takes approximately 50 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings.
User’s Manual Setup Screen System Record Event Camera Device Network Notification Display Figure 7: Setup screen. Press the MENU button or move the mouse pointer on the right edge of the screen and then select Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. (Setup) in the Live While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles. When making these entries, a Virtual Keyboard will appear.
Digital Video Recorder Figure 8: System – General setup screen. Highlight the Site box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter a Site Name. Once you have entered your title, highlight OK and press the button. Highlight the box beside System ID and press the button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number from 0 to 99.
User’s Manual To export the current DVR settings, connect the USB device to the DVR. Highlight Setup – Export… and press the button. Highlight the box beside File name and press the button. A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name. Selecting Export will save the current settings in .dat file format on the USB device. NOTE: Even after changing the DVR settings by importing saved settings, the time-related settings (Date/Time, Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time) will NOT be changed.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight Wizard and press the button. The Wizard setup screen appears. The Wizard setup guides you through configuring the system for basic operation. Select either Quick wizard or Network wizard and select the Next button to start the selected setup wizard. NOTE: Selecting the Cancel button throughout the screens exits the Quick Setup Wizard without saving your changes and returns to the main setup screen.
User’s Manual Date/Time Setup Date: Set the system date and select the date format. Time: Set the system time and select the time format. Time Zone: Select your time zone. The Time Zone can be selected on the map. Use Daylight Saving Time: Selecting the box sets the system to use daylight saving time. NOTE: The Date/Time will be set, and the clock will start when you click the Next button.
Digital Video Recorder Record Video Quality Setup Select the desired video quality profile from: – Higher Video Quality Priority Profile – Standard Recording Profile – Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE: The higher quality setting requires more storage space. The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile, High when selecting Standard Recording Profile, and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile.
User’s Manual If you selected the Go to Network Setup, select the Next button to start the Network Setup Wizard. Internet Connection Select whether or not your DVR is connected to the Internet.
Digital Video Recorder LAN Setup Select between Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration for network configuration, and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected. NOTE: Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters (IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask and DNS Server address). Selecting Manual Configuration allows you to set up LAN parameters manually.
User’s Manual Highlight System Shutdown and press the or not you want to shut the system down. button. The Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether After selecting Shutdown and pressing the when it is safe to disconnect power. button, a screen will appear telling you Date/Time Figure 9: System – Date/Time setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button. The individual sections of the date will highlight. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Automatic Sync. and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. Highlight the box beside Time Server and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter allows you to select your time server from a list of the IP address or domain name of the time server. Highlighting registered time servers. NOTE: You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN.
User’s Manual User Figure 10: System – User setup screen. The +/– column is used to collapse and expand user groups. If there is a + or – in this column, it indicates the item is a Group Name. If there is a – in front of the Group Name, it indicates that the group has been “expanded” and all of the User Names within that group are displayed below the Group Name.
Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the Authority box and pressing the button will toggle between all authority levels being turned On and Off. Highlighting the individual authority level boxes and pressing the button will toggle between that authority level being turned On and Off. The authority levels that can be turned On and Off are: Shutdown – The user can shut the system down on a local system. Upgrade – The user can upgrade the software on a local system or a PC running RAS.
User’s Manual Storage Figure 11: System – Storage setup screen. The information in the Type column describes the storage device. The capacity of the storage device is displayed in the Capacity column. The Format column displays whether the device is used for recording (Record) or not (Not Using). Not formatted indicates when the device has temporary space set aside so that video clips indicates the device is not formatted. can be saved on a DVD RW.
Digital Video Recorder System Event Figure 12: System – System Event setup screen. The DVR can be configured to run self-diagnostics and report the results. Highlight the Settings box beside the desired event (System, Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Bad, or Disk Temperature), and press the button. Highlight the Settings box beside System and press the button. You can select the interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the system. You can select from 1 hr.
User’s Manual Highlight the Settings box beside Disk Temperature, and press the button. Select the temperature of hard disk drive at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert if the temperature exceeds the defined threshold. Refer to the hard disk drive manufacturer’s documentation for the correct temperature setting. The DVR can be set to react to system events. Highlight the Actions box beside the desired event and press the button.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When the storage device does not have enough space to record video data longer than the preset Limit Time-Lapse Recording period, the DVR records over the oldest video data (time-lapse or event video) as it would in the Recycle mode even if this feature is turned On. The maximum storage time is only an estimate because the amount of space required to store video varies depending on many factors such as motion and image complexity.
User’s Manual Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule item. Highlight the box under the Day heading and press the button to change the days that the scheduled recording will take place. Choose from: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All. Highlight the box under the Range heading and press the button to change the time range that the scheduled recording will take place. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box under the heading and press the confirm that you want to delete the settings. Highlight Default… and press the button to delete the recording settings. You will be asked to button. The Default screen appears. Highlighting boxes under ips and pressing the button allows you to set the images per second for Time and Event recording. You can select from 1.00 to 30.00 ips (25.00 ips PAL).
User’s Manual Event Setup Motion Figure 17: Event – Motion setup screen. Your DVR has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to motion for Daytime and Nighttime independently. There are five settings with 1 being the least sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive.
Digital Video Recorder You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm. Highlighting the box under the Min. Blocks heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the minimum number of detection blocks for Daytime and Nighttime independently. Smaller numbers provide greater sensitivity because fewer detection blocks must be activated. Turning Zone View On will allow you to observe how the DVR is reacting to motion.
User’s Manual Highlight the box under the Actions and press the button. You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Alarm input can be associated with cameras, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, move PTZ cameras to preset positions, and/or display a camera on a SPOT monitor. Video Loss Figure 19: Event – Video Loss setup screen.
Digital Video Recorder Video Blind Figure 20: Event – Video Blind setup screen. The DVR checks to see if anything is blinding a camera. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to video blind for Black and White independently from 0 (Never) and 1 (least sensitive) to 15 (most sensitive). NOTE: Video blind might NOT be detected for a camera with a very noisy image especially when set for low sensitivity values.
User’s Manual Text-In Figure 21: Event – Text-In setup screen. The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such as ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) and POS (Point of Sale; i.e., cash registers). This screen allows you to configure the DVR for each text-in device. Highlight the box under the Setup heading, and press the button. Selecting the Setup heading changes all the parameters excluding Port settings of all the text input channels.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The following description is for a Generic Text Device. The screen changes for different types of text input devices, and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information. Highlight the box beside Transaction Start, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a transaction starts.
User’s Manual Camera Setup General Figure 22: Camera – General setup screen. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column. NOTE: When selecting the Covert 1, the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert video.
Digital Video Recorder PTZ Figure 23: Camera – PTZ setup screen. NOTE: You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485. Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and press the button. A list of PTZ devices appears. Select your camera from the list and press the button. You will need to connect the camera to the RS232 or RS485 connector on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer’s instructions.
User’s Manual Device Setup Audio Figure 24: Device – Audio setup screen. The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input and press the appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Highlight Enable Audio-Out and press the button. A list of cameras button. This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out. Alarm-Out Figure 25: Device – Alarm-Out setup screen.
Digital Video Recorder You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The Day box allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active. The choices are: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All.
User’s Manual Network Setup General Figure 27: Network – General setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch – bps/ips. You can select the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 1Gbps. Highlight the second box beside Remote Watch – bps/ips. You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between: bps and ips. Press the button to set the transfer speed. Highlight the box beside Remote Watch – Quality and press the button. You can select the Quality from: Very High, High, Standard and Basic.
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: While the SSL function is enabled, the network transfer speed you selected may not be achieved. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). LAN Figure 28: Network – LAN setup screen. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Select the desired type and press the button.
User’s Manual CAUTION: When changing the port settings, you must change the port settings on the PC running RAS as well. Refer to the RAS manual for details. Highlight Use UPnP and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When it is On, port forwarding from the NAT (Network Address Translation) device to the DVR will be enabled automatically via UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) service. This function will be especially useful when accessing a port on a private IP address.
Digital Video Recorder FEN Figure 29: Network – FEN setup screen. Highlight Use FEN and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: FEN is the technology that automatically sets up your DVR to work seamlessly for remote viewing via your network internet connection. For FEN to work, naming your DVR will be required. Highlight the box beside FEN Server and press the IP address or domain name of the FEN server. button.
User’s Manual RTSP Figure 30: Network – RTSP setup screen. Highlight Enable RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) and press the will be able to change the settings if Enable RTSP is enabled. Highlight the box beside RTSP Port and press the your system administrator. button to toggle between On and Off. You button. Set the port number of the RTSP server obtained from Highlight the box beside RTP Start Port and press the from your system administrator. button.
Digital Video Recorder WebGuard Figure 31: Network – WebGuard setup screen. Highlight Use WebGuard Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. See Appendix – WebGuard for detailed descriptions of the WebGuard service. Highlight the box beside Port and press the button. Set the port number used when accessing WebGuard by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers. VNC Figure 32: Network – VNC setup screen.
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Password and press the password for VNC connection. button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the NOTE: Up to three users at a time can access a DVR remotely via VNC service. When controlling the DVR remotely using a keyboard, shortcut keys perform the following functions as described below: Key Function “←” or “h” Pressing the “←” or “h” key moves to the left in the menu. It is the same as pressing the Left arrow button on the front panel.
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the IP Address box that you want to change and press the button. Use the arrow buttons to enter the IP address of the computer you want contacted during an event. You can enter up to five IP addresses. Highlight the box beside Retry and enter the number of times you would like the DVR to try contacting the computer. You can select from 1 to 10 retries. Mail Figure 34: Notification – Mail setup screen. The DVR can be set up to send an email when an event occurs.
User’s Manual Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off. Assign the Recipient to a Group and enter the Recipient’s Display Name. Highlight the box beside Address and enter the recipient’s e-mail address and mail server provider. Highlighting allows you to select the mail server provider from a list of registered SMTP mail server providers. Highlight the box under the Attach Type heading and press the an email.
Digital Video Recorder SNS Figure 35: Notification – SNS setup screen. The DVR can be set up to post a message via SNS (Social Network Service) when an event occurs. You can add and edit the SNS account on this screen. The SNS account can be turned On or Off by highlighting the boxes under the No. heading and pressing the button. To add an SNS account, highlight the + and press the button. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button.
User’s Manual You can add and edit notification schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The Day box allows you to select the days that the notification schedule will be active. The choices are: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All.
Digital Video Recorder displays while in the Freeze mode, and the displays while in the Sequence mode. Freeze & Sequence – The icon Screen Group – The number of screen group displays when the DVR is not in the 4x4 display mode of the 16-channel DVR, and 3x3 mode of the 8-channel DVR. displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode, and the percentage of available storage space displays Free Space – The icon when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode.
User’s Manual NOTE: Sequence cannot be used in the 4x4 display mode of the 16-channel, and 3x3 mode of the 8-channel DVR. You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute. button. You can Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button. Pressing the button toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs.
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video. You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week.
User’s Manual Live Monitoring Menu Login/Logout (Login) in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to select a User Selecting and enter the password to log into the system. Selecting (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user. Monitor (Monitor) in the Live Monitoring menu will allow you to select the monitor from Main Monitor and Spot Selecting Monitor.
Digital Video Recorder Sequence Selecting (Sequence) in the Live Monitoring menu causes the cameras to display sequentially. It is the same as pressing and holding the SEQUENCE button for three seconds or longer. When in one of the multi-view formats, selecting will cause the DVR to go through predefined screen layouts (Full Sequence). Or, the bottom, right screen will display live cameras sequentially (Cameo Sequence).
User’s Manual Setup Selecting (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu enters the Main Setup screen. Refer to Chapter 3 ─ Configuration for detailed descriptions of system setup. Status Selecting (Status) in the Live Monitoring menu allows you to check the status of the DVR’s system, inputs and storage. Refer to the following Status Monitoring section for details. NOTE: Selecting Status will only be enabled for a user who has System Check authority.
Digital Video Recorder You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the button, and the Set Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the (Play/Pause) button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the preset name. Press the button to load the PTZ preset and the Move to Preset dialog box will appear.
User’s Manual Covert Camera If a camera is set up as Covert 1 in the Camera setup screen (General tab), that camera will not be displayed unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system. However the camera title and status icons will be displayed on the monitor. If a camera is set up as Covert 2 in the Camera setup screen (General tab), that camera appears to be Off unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system.
Digital Video Recorder Status Monitoring Selecting (Status) in the Live Monitoring menu or Search menu displays the Event Status screen. Figure 44: Event Status – Event Status screen. The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected.
User’s Manual Figure 45: Event Status – Storage screen. The Type column displays the type of storage device. The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted. The Temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device. The S.M.A.R.T. column displays “Good”, “Bad” or “N/A”, depending on storage conditions. Good – The storage condition is normal. Bad – Data cannot be written on or read from the storage device.
Digital Video Recorder Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording. NOTE: Make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when recording audio. Playing Recorded Video If a user who has Search authority logs into the system, the user can view recorded image. Once video has been recorded, you can view it by pressing the PLAYBACK button.
User’s Manual PLAYBACK Button: Pressing the PLAYBACK button enters the playback mode, and pressing the button again exits the playback mode. When entering the playback mode, video is paused. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button plays back video at regular speed. The screen displays when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen displays when the DVR is playing back video. ZOOM Button: Pressing the ZOOM button zooms in the current image on the screen.
Digital Video Recorder Search Menu Search (Search) → Event Log Search selects video from the event log. See the following Event Log Search: Selecting Event Log Search section for details. Record Table Search: Selecting (Search) → Record Table Search selects using a recording table. See the following Record Table Search section for details. Motion Search: Selecting (Search) → Motion Search selects motion events. See the following Motion Search section for details.
User’s Manual Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting It is the same as pressing the PANIC button. again stops panic recording. Camera Menu (Camera Menu) → Zoom and choosing the camera number zooms the current playback image Zoom: Selecting of the selected camera on the screen. It is the same as pressing the ZOOM button. Selecting Zoom again exits the Zoom mode. Audio: Selecting (Camera Menu) → Audio toggles audio playback On and Off.
Digital Video Recorder Event Log Search Figure 48: Event Log Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Input port is activated. The Event Log Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. The Event Log Search screen can also be accessed by pressing the ALARM button unless there is an alarm.
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a and specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the last recorded image. When highlighting pressing the button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the ending date and time. Highlight the box beside Check Time Overlap and press the button. It toggles between On and Off.
Digital Video Recorder < Expanded View > Figure 49: Record Table Search screen. Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar. A grey vertical line indicates the current search position. To search specific video, move the vertical line by using the Left or Right arrow buttons on the front panel or by clicking the mouse on the desired segment.
User’s Manual Go To: Displays the first or last recorded image, or searches by date and time (see the previous Searching Video – Go To section of this chapter for more details). Clip-Copy: Clips a video segment and saves it (see the following Clip Copy section for more details). Print: Prints the current playback image. Zoom: Zooms the current playback image. Slow Play: Plays video at low speed (x1/2, x1/3, x1/4, x1/6 and x1/8).
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the first recorded image. When highlighting and pressing the button the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the starting date and time. Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a and specific Date and Time.
User’s Manual Pressing the (Play/Pause) button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing PLAYBACK returns to live monitoring. NOTE: It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen. Press the DISPLAY button and change the screen mode to 4x4. You will be able to easily see the camera have recorded video during target time.
Digital Video Recorder Bookmarks The Bookmarks screen can also be accessed by selecting Bookmark in the Search menu or pressing the BOOKMARK button on the remote control when in playback mode. Figure 52: Bookmarks screen. Highlight + and press the (Play/Pause) button to add the current playback point to the bookmark list. Highlight the Title box and enter the name of the registered bookmark. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the bookmark name. NOTE: Up to 64 bookmarks can be registered.
User’s Manual Figure 53: Clip-Copy screen. You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the (Play/Pause) button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the first recorded image.
Digital Video Recorder Once you have given the video clip a file name, highlight the Start button and press the button. The confirmation screen displaying data size will appear. When the storage device does not have enough space, the DVR will ask if you want to copy as much of the video clip as possible in the available space. Highlight the Continue button and press the button to continue clip copy. Once the clip copy starts, you can cancel it by selecting Cancel or hide the screen by selecting Close.
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Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: The following description is for preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows 2000. Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP, Window Vista and Window 7 is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. NOTE: Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. Turn on your computer. The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.
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Digital Video Recorder WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere.
User’s Manual NOTE: There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer. Run the Command Prompt with elevated administrator permissions (Go to the Start Menu Accessories Command Prompt Click the right mouse button and select the Run as administrator option).
Digital Video Recorder ⑩ Click the to save the current image as a bitmap or JPEG file format. ⑪ Click the to set up the image drawing mode, OSD display and beep on/off. You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode, select OSD information to be displayed on the screen, and turn the DVR’s internal buzzer on and off from a remote site. ⑫ The event status window at the bottom displays a list of events that were detected from the remote site.
User’s Manual ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ④ The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of WebGuard. ⑤ Click the to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images. Click the to zoom to adjust the brightness of the recorded images. out or zoom in the recorded image. Click the NOTE: Image processing works only in the pause mode.
Digital Video Recorder Time Overlap If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than the existing recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range. In this case, you can search overlapping video streams individually by selecting a specific segment.
User’s Manual No. 300 301 302 303 304 400 401 402 403 404 405 500 System Upgrade Related Description Remote connection failed. Remote network error. Remote upgrade is not authorized. Saving remote package failed. Remote upgrade is cancelled by the user. USB device mounting failed. Reading upgrade package on the USB device failed. Copying upgrade package on the USB device failed. USB device is not connected. USB device is being used. Unsupported file system. System is busy clip copying. No.
Digital Video Recorder Map of Screens MENU SYSTEM General Date/Time User Storage System Event RECORD General Schedule Pre-Event EVENT Motion Alarm-In Video Loss Video Blind Text-In CAMERA General PTZ DEVICE Audio Alarm-Out Remote Control NETWORK General LAN FEN RTSP WebGuard VNC NOTIFICATION Callback Mail SNS Schedule DISPLAY OSD Main Monitor Spot Monitor 83
User’s Manual Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Power Check power cord connections. Confirm that there is power at the outlet. No Live Video Live Video Very Bright If a cable is attached to the “Loop” connector, make certain it is connected to a properly terminated device. DVR has stopped recording If hard disk drive is full, you will either need to delete video or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode. The icon displays, however, the DVR is not recording.
Digital Video Recorder Video Input Video Loop Monitor Output Audio In Audio Out Alarm Input/Output Ethernet Port eSATA Port RS232 Serial Port RS485 Serial Port IR Port USB Port Primary Storage Secondary Storage* CONNECTORS Composite: 8 or 16 BNC Composite: 8 or 16 BNC (Auto Terminating) HDMI: 1 HDMI VGA: 1 VGA SPOT (Composite): 1 BNC 4 RCA connector 1 RCA connector Terminal Blocks RJ-45 eSATA Two-connector terminal block Two-connector terminal block 1 Remote Control 2 (USB 2.
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WARRANTY TERMS 1. Pacific Communications provides consumers with the following warranty in relation to this Equipment, in addition to complying with the requirements of any relevant legislation, including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) in Australia and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 in New Zealand (the Acts), except where a New Zealand consumer acquires the relevant Product for the purposes of a business. 2. In this warranty, we have used the following definitions: 5.
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