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FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 
This product offers the following features:
Smartphone Compatible 
Access live footage directly from your iPhone, iPad as well as Android smartphones and 
tablets. Your DVR can also be set to e-mail your hand held-device whenever specific activity 
occurs, such as motion detection. 
View Your Video Feed Online with No Extra Service Fees 
View your DVR’s live or recorded video footage on any Internet accessible computer with 
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome (using IE plug-in).
Stay Notified with Customizable Email Alerts 
Set your system up to notify you when an event has occurred at the location you are 
monitoring. Notification alerts can easily be adjusted to your specifications.
Advanced Motion Detection Activated Recording 
Advanced motion detection settings ensure that false alarms are not triggered. The easy to 
use motion detect set up screen allows you to mask out certain areas which experience heavy 
movement in order to avoid false alarms and avoid unnecessary record triggering. 
Multiple Backup Options 
A built-in USB port gives you the option of backing up and transferring your video footage 
using a flash drive or external USB hard drive. You can also connect to an external CD/
DVD writer to burn your file footage right onto a compact disc or DVD disc. Files can also be 
accessed from your DVR system to a remote computer location by logging on remotely. 
Connect to a TV or PC Monitor Easily 
This system comes with both a VGA and BNC out port to allow you to connect to a TV or 19” 
or larger VGA monitor for viewing purposes. 
User-Friendly LCD Control Functions 
Front panel button control allows instant booting up and system standby at the press of a 
button. LCD monitor can be set to go into energy efficient stand-by mode. 
Included Mouse and Remote Control 
In addition to front panel button controls, system can also be booted up and put into standby 
mode using the included remote control or mouse. 
Storage Function 
Encrypted file format to ensure data security and avoid vicious data modification.
Compression Format
Supports multiple-channel audio and video. Independent hardware decodes the audio and 
video signal from each channel to maintain video and audio synchronization.
Audio Recording
One channel of audio recording capability.
24/7 Scheduled Recording 
Choose which days of the week and hours of the day you want to set your DVR to record or 
not record. 
Multiple Playback Options and Advanced Search Functions 
Supports real-time CIF recording on each channel independently. Search through recorded 
files while you are playing live footage, monitoring through a remote location using a supported 
internet browsing application and backing up system files. A variety of playback modes 
include: slow play, fast play, and backward play.
Network Monitoring 
Supports network remote real-time monitoring (available bandwidth permitting), remote record 
search and remote PTZ control.
Communication Ports 
s RS485 port can be used for PTZ camera control.
s Standard Ethernet port allows you to access the DVR from a network or the Internet.
PTZ camera control 
s Supports PTZ decoder via RS485.
s Supports the PelcoD and PelcoP protocols.
NOTE! Depending on your point of purchase, your DVR may have the hard 
disk drive already installed. If your drive was packaged separately, or if you 
wish to upgrade your installed drive up to a 2 Terabyte drive, please see 
Chapter 7 at the back of this manual which covers installing hard drives.










