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Thank you for purchasing the 4 channel DVR from Strategic Vista. 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 one HDD unit, 40 Pin IDE Type, with a maximum capacity of 250 GB To learn more about this system or to find out more about our products available, please visit our website at: www.
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 CONTROLS - FRONT PANEL ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 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: 4 CHANNEL DVR Accessories pack, including the external alarm block OWNER’S MANUAL An 80 GB or 120GB HDD may be included depending on the DVR purchased Power Adapter & Cord (DC 19V, 2A) 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 orange. Other LED indicators will turn ON and illuminate RED.
CONTROL - FRONT PANEL: The diagram below shows the front right-side panel 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 7 8 13 9 10 11 12 1. Menu Press the MENU to enter the main menu. Please refer to page 7 for more information on the Menu options. 2. 3. / POP When viewing a single screen or Quad Screen, press the “ Picture on Picture screen. ” button for /+ Picture in Picture This button performs two functions: 1) During normal operation press the “PIP” button to open this window.
. LED indicators – Represents the status of operation. (1) HDD : Blinks when the HDD is being accessed (via recording or playback). (2) HDD FULL : If the OVERWRITE menu is set up, the LED does not blink . This LED will blink If the HDD has less than 1GB of storage space remaining, and remains ON when HDD is FULL. (3) ALARM : LED will be ON when the ALARM or MOTION functions are enabled. When an ALARM or MOTION event is detected, the LED will blink for the duration.
BACK PANEL : IN 1 2 OUT 3 4 MAIN CALL EXTERNAL I/O 1 DC 19V 2 4 5 6 1. EXTERNAL I/O - Allows for remote control by an external device or control system such as Video Web Server, or PC. Alternatively connects to an Alarm input sensor, such as a motion sensor . 2. VIDEO INPUT (1-4) - Connect to video a source, such as camera (BNC Connection). The video outputs from the desired cameras to these inputs. 3. MAIN – Connect the main display monitor to this output.
MAIN MENU CONTROL: Enter the MENU screen by pressing the Menu button. Scroll through the 12 options by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons. To enter a sub-menu, press the ENTER button once the correct selection has been made. To exit the Main Menu, press the Menu button.
(ii) START - Set the time to start the recording. (iii) END - Set the time to end the recording. (iv) IPS (IMAGES PER SECOND) Allows you to set the Images Per Second for recording. Available IPS settings are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30. 1 IPS is the slowest speed; it will allow for the longest recording durations as it records less information. Please refer to Appendix #7 for the different recording times.
(CAMERA) ALARM REC BR CT CL HUE CAMERA01 LOW ON 18 15 15 18 CAMERA02 OFF OFF 18 15 15 18 CAMERA03 HIGH OFF 18 15 15 18 CAMERA04 HIGH ON 18 15 15 18 TITLE (iii) REC (RECORD) - Set up which channel you want to record. ON: When an alarm input is triggered the DVR will begin recording when an alarm is detected on this input. The DVR will record the alarming channel more frequently. For example : when CH01 is triggered, the record method will become 1-2-1-3-1-4….
(iii) RECORD MODE - There are three recording settings : QUAD-FRAME, QUAD-FIELD, & MULTIPLEX. (RECORD) RECORD IPS QUALITY RECORD MODE 30 NORMAL QUAD-FRAME (a) Quad-Frame – The DVR will record all cameras in a Quad Split screen. Images will be saved as a complete frame consisting of 2 images. (b) Quad-Field - The DVR will record all cameras in a Quad Split screen. Images will be saved 1 field at a time. This usually ensures more fluent playback of video.
(iii) REC IPS - Select the images per second of recording during an ALARM. Available settings are 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30. The default setting is 30. (iv) QUALITY - There are four recording quality settings during an ALARM: BASIC, NORMAL, HIGH, BEST. (v) RECORD MODE - There are three recording settings : QUAD-FRAME, QUAD-FIELD & MULTIPLEX. 5. DWELL (i) NORM - Select to setup the time duration between each channel rotation in the camera sequence mode displayed on the call monitor.
7. Motion This section allows you to configure the DVR’s video motion detection feature. This allows the DVR to record when changes are detected in the camera’s field of view. This is a Pixel Based Detection feature. (i) SEN (SENSITIVITY) Select the level of the pixel-based Motion Sensing’s sensitivity level by channel or camera. The sensitivity ranges from 1 to 99. The highest sensitivity setting is 01, the lowest sensitivity setting is 99. The default setting is 70.
Figure 1-1 Figure 1-2 MOTION DETECTION SETUP MOTION DETECTION SETTING — ROW SETUP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 Figure 1-3 MOTION DETECTION TRIGGERED-TURNS PURPLE Figure 1-4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 BACK TO MOTION DETECTION SETTING 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 (vi) MOTION RECORD When the DET s
2. Select ”OFF”: The screen still shows and if it’s in the record mode, the motion detection will change the scanning sequence. (vii) DAY / START / END To setup the DAY and the START/ END time for motion trigger record timer setting. 8. DISPLAY (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM EVENT (i) TITLE DISPLAY Selecting “YES” will enable the camera title to appear on the monitor. Selecting “NO” will remove all titles from appearing on the monitor.
(iii)ID To be able to control different DVR’s, a remote protocol setting is used. The ID number can be set from 000 to 255. (REMOTE) REMOTE MODE BAUD RATE ID RS-485 9600 255 10. USER (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM EVENT (i) USER Allows you to set up the user account for controlling the DVR. The system will allow for up to 8 users to have access. Supervisor – Control all the functions. Other Users – View all functions except the menu setting.
(iv) KEY MUTE When the KEY MUTE is set to “YES”, there will be no sound when you press any of the keys during operation. (v) HDD OVERWRITE When enabled (YES), recording will continue uninterrupted when the HDD is full. The previous recording will be Overwritten in a “first in, first out” basis.
List of possible events DISK FULL: HDD is full PWR REST : Power restored M-HD REMS: HDD removal M-HD REPL: HDD replace M-HD ERR : HDD error M-HD WARM: HDD warning K UNLOCKS: Key is unlocked DMA ERROR: DMA error (Direct Memory Access) C1 VLOSS : Video loss on CH 1 C2 ALARM : Channel 2 has been triggered by an external I/O alarm C3 MOTION: Channel 3 has been triggered by motion SYSTEM ERROR: System fail POWER RESTORE : Power restored C1 VLOSS 26-DEC-2002 03:00:00 C2 ALARM 26-DEC-2002 03:00:00 K UNLOCKS 26-DE
OPERATION: Please Note: If the DVR was disconnected, or a power failure was to occur ,the back-up battery would supply power for 48 hours. After 48 hours the time and date 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 4 recording modes listed below. Please refer to Pg.
3. PLAY BACK Pressing the “ PLAY ” button on the DVR will show the last recording. The following controls are available during playback (i) FAST FORWARD (FF) & FAST REWIND (FR) You can increase the speed of Fast Forward and Rewind on the DVR. In the Play mode, press “ ► ” once to get 2X speed in forward. Press this key twice to get 4X speed. The maximum speed is 32X. Press “◄ ” once to get 1X speed in rewind. Press this key twice to get 2X speed. The maximum speed is 32X.
4. SEARCH (i) LAST RECORD Plays the last recorded video event. LAST RECORD FULL LIST ALARM LIST MOTION LIST TIME SEARCH (ii) FULL LIST Lists all recorded video on the HDD, sorted by time.
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.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Video format Hard disk storage Record mode NTSC/EIA IDE type, UDMA 66, supported 250 GB HDD Manual / Alarm / Timer Camera Input Signal Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75 ohms BNC, 4 channels Main Monitor Output Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75 ohms BNC Call Monitor Output Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75 ohms BNC Video Loss Detection Refresh Rate Recording Rate Dwell Time Picture in Picture Key Lock Camera Title Video Adjustable Alarm Input Alarm Output Remote Control Time Di
APPENDIX #1 – INSTALLING THE HDD Follow these steps carefully to ensure correct installation. HDD Bracket HDD Power Cable Fig.1 HDD Power Cable Fig.2 Fig.3 Step 1 Remove the outer casing of the DVR unit (consisting of 8 screws), and then remove the HDD bracket (4 screws). Step 2 Insert the HDD into the HDD bracket and insert the four screws. Note the location of the power cable, as shown above (Fig 1). Step 3 Connect the HDD power cable to the HDD (Fig. 2).
APPENDIX #2 – TYPICAL CONFIGURATION FOR A COMPLETE SYSTEM Shown below is an example of connecting the DVR to your existing Observation System using cameras, a main monitor and a call monitor. Other devices can be connected through the 15 pin com port (External I/O). *The HDD must be installed before turning on the DVR. If the HDD is not installed, the DVR will function as a 4 CH multiplexer.
APPENDIX #3 – CONNECTING PIR’S TO THE DVR USING THE EXTERNAL I/O PIR Motion sensors can be connected to the DVR as indicated below. A N/O (Normally Open, Low) or N/C (Normally Closed, High) contact can be used. You will need to go into the Menu set-up and select “Camera”.
APPENDIX #4 – PIN CONFIGURATIONS FOR CONNECTION TO A COMPUTER 15 pin com port ‧ ‧ DVR ‧ ‧ PIN 1. RS232-TX : RS-232 The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS-232 serial communication signals. PIN 2. RS232-RX : RS-232 The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS-232 serial communication signals.
PIN 7. EXTERNAL ALARM NC Under normal operation, COM connects with NC and disconnects with NO. When the alarm is triggered, COM disconnects with NC, and connects with NO. PIN 8. EXTERNAL ALARM NO Under normal operation, COM will disconnect from NO. When the alarm is triggered, COM will connect with NO. PIN 9. GND GROUND PIN 10. RS485-B The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using the RS485 serial communication signals. PIN 11.
APPENDIX #5 – LIST OF COMPATIBLE HARD DISK DRIVES Manufacturer Model Capacity Rotation HITACHI HITACHI HITACHI Deskstar 180 GXP (120 GB) Deskstar 7K250, HDS722516VLAT20 Deskstar 7K250, HDS722525VLAT80 120GB 160GB 250GB 7200 rpm 7200 rpm 7200rpm HITACHI HITACHI Maxtor Deskstar 120GXP (80GB) Deskstar 120GXP (120GB) DiamondMax 536DX(60GB) 4W060H4 80GB 120GB 60GB 7200 rpm 7200 rpm 5400 rpm Maxtor Maxtor Maxtor Maxtor Seagate Seagate DiamondMax Plus 9 DiamondMax Plus 9, Model#6Y120L DiamondMax Plus
APPENDIX #6 - RS232 REMOTE PROTOCOL The RS232 / Alarm input allows you to control the DVR system from your PC. In order to achieve this, you will require an RS232 COM Port communication program installed on your PC. There are many of these software programs available on the internet, some of which are free. For Pin Connection instructions, please refer to Appendix # 4 The remote connection on the DVR uses 8 data bits, 1 start bit, and 1 stop bit, no parity. Below is a list of the control codes.
APPENDIX #7 – RECORDING TIME (IN HOURS) The Recording Time is based on Recording Speed, Recording Quality and Recording Mode. The table below is based on a 250GB HDD (maximum capacity).
APPENDIX #8 – NETWORK APPLICATION IP Video Router/Controller (Web Server) Features • Compatible with most CCTV Products; empower any video output device watching and controlling on the Internet or LAN • Auto Network Reconnection (ANR) • Upgrade firmware & AP from FTP site via Video Router/ Controller • Watch dog function supported • Support Dynamic IP address • 4 alarm inputs supported • Duplex function, record and playback simultaneously at client site • Auto e-mail warning system which will remind you if
2) In the Menu mode on the DVR, set to the “Remote” function. Once in the Sub-Menu you’ll need to set-up as follows below: NOTE : Remote mode : RS-485, Baud rate : 2400, ID : same as “I/O port setting” on the IP Video Router/Controller. 1/4 CH DVR 3) Set the “I/O Port Setting” in the system configuration of the IP Video Router/Controller. Port1 : DMR-4, Device ID : 20.
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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