User Manual QR-SERIES H.
About this Manual Thank You for Choosing a Q-See Product! All of our products are backed by a conditional service warranty covering all hardware for 12 months from the date of purchase. Additionally, our products also come with a free exchange policy that covers all manufacturing defects for one month from the date of purchase. Permanent upgrading service is provided for the software and is available at www.Q-See.com. Be certain to make the most of your warranty by completing the registration form online.
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS FOR YOUR SAFETY 7 DVR Features 8 System Functions Functions 8 Other Features 8 INSTALLING THE DVR 9 Install the Hard Drive 9 Connect DVR to Cameras 9 Connect DVR to External Monitor 9 Connect Power Supply STARTING THE DVR 10 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 Device Management 21 HDD Management Set Alarm Motion Detect PTZ Setup 21 23 25 26 OPERATING THE DVR 27 Record 27 Stop Recording 27 PTZ Control 27 System Initialization 10 Main Interfac
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS 39 Q-SEE PRODUCT WARRANTY 40 Questions or Comments? Contact Us 41 FOR YOUR SAFETY To prevent damage to your Q-See product or injury to yourself or to others, read the following safety precautions in their entirety before installing or using this equipment. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the product will read them. Use the proper power source. Do not use this product with a power source that applies more than the specified voltage (100-240V AC).
DVR FEATURES FUNCTIONS INSTALLING THE DVR WARNING! Real-Time Monitoring: Supports Real-Time Surveillance via Monitor Save Files: DVR Saves Real-Time Recording of Image Files to HDD Caution: Always turn off the DVR’s power before installing or removing the hard drive! Backup Files: Supports DVR Backup of Recorded Image Files via USB Flash Drive and Hard Drive Playback Files: Supports DVR single CH and Multiple CH Playback of Recorded Files Network Operation: Supports Remote Surveillance by Multiple Users
TROUBLESHOOTING STARTING THE DVR Video Loss: SYSTEM INITIALIZATION 1. After connecting the power adapter, turn on the power button 2. The system will boot-up and launch a “System Initializing” message, as shown in IMAGE 1. If the system does not detect a video input, you will receive a “Video Loss” message for each camera as depicted in IMAGE 3. Once the cameras have been connected, the Main Interface screen will display a live feed from each camera in its respective box as shown in IMAGE 2.
POP-UP MENU CONFIGURING THE DVR The pop-up menu provides access to the Main Menu, Video Search, PTZ, Start Record, Stop Record, Start Cruise, Start Auto Sequence, and Picture in Picture Mode options.
CAMERA SETUP Enable Auto-Sequence Set Camera Name and Position To set the system to automatically rotate the screen view image for each camera: To set up the display name and position for each camera, complete the following instructions: 1. From the camera setup interface, select the AUTOSEQ button 1. From the Main Menu, select the camera icon 2. The AUTO ROTATION sub menu will appear (IMAGE 8) 2.
RECORD SETUP Audio From the Record Setup menu turn the recording status for each camera channel on and off, set the recorded image quality, enable audio recording, schedule recording times and set recording file sizes. Select enable or disable to turn the audio input on or off. When the audio is turned off, the DVR system will not record audio and you will not hear sound during playback of your recorded events. To set up the recording options on DVR File Size 1.
SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Password The System Setup menu (IMAGE 25) provides access to configure the following system settings: Date/Time, Password, Audio/Video, Language, System Info and System Maintenance. The Password Setup dialog box allows the user to enable or disable password protection and set up an administrator password. 1. From the Main Menu, select SYSTEM to open the SYSTEM SETUP menu 2. Select PASSWORD to open the PASSWORD SETUP menu (IMAGE 28) 3. Change PASSWORD ENABLE setting to ON 4.
Language DEVICE MANAGEMENT WARNING! This DVR supports English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages. 1. From the Main Menu, select SYSTEM to open the SYSTEM SETUP menu The DEVICE MANAGEMENT menu, as shown in IMAGE 33, allows access to configure the Hard Disk Drive, External Alarm, PTZ Cameras, Mobile Phone Monitoring, and Motion Detection. 2. Select LANGUAGE to open the SYSTEM LANGUAGE menu (IMAGE 30) 3. Click the arrow next to the SYSTEM LANGUAGE drop down menu to select the preferred language 4.
1. From the Main Menu, select DEVICE to open the Device Mangement menu (IMAGE 33) Set Alarm 2. Select HDD to open the HDD MANAGEMENT menu (IMAGE 34) Alarm configuration options include: alarm buzzer notification for video loss, HDD connectivity problem alerts, motion detection, and email notifications. 3. Next to OVERWRITE, click the arrow to access the drop down menu and select ENABLE to turn on the automatic overwrite feature or select OFF to turn the feature off 4.
• OFF: Selecting OFF from the HDD Loss drop down menu turns this buzzer notification off. HDD Space: The HDD Space option enables an alarm buzzer when the HDD is running low on available storage space. Motion Detect This DVR can be configured to detect motion using the following steps: • ON: Selecting ON from the HDD Space drop down menu generates an alarm buzzer when the HDD is running low on available storage space. 1.
PTZ Setup If using a Point Tilt Zoom (PTZ) camera (not included), use the following instructions to configure each PTZ camera: 1. From the Main Menu, select DEVICE to open the DEVICE MANAGEMENT menu (IMAGE 33) OPERATING THE DVR RECORD The DVR will start recording based on the settings that have been configured. To manually record follow these steps: 2. Click on the PTZ icon to open the PTZ SETUP dialogue box (IMAGE 40) 3.
SEARCH RECORDINGS To search previously recorded video, use the following steps: 1. From the MAIN MENU, select SEARCH to open the VIDEO SEARCH menu (IMAGE 43) 2.
BACKUP RECORDED FILES PLAYBACK SOFTWARE Back Up Files Manually: To playback a file that has been backed up to a USB drive, use the following steps: 1. From the MAIN MENU, select SEARCH to open the VIDEO SEARCH menu (IMAGE 43) 1. Open the Playback Software program on your computer 2. From the VIDEO SEARCH screen, click search, then select the FILE LIST button to generate the FILE LIST submenu (IMAGE 44) 2.
Audio Settings Multimedia Player Menu 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In the multimedia player interface, select SETTING from the toolbar Select AUDIO CHANNEL SETTING Select NORMAL VIDEO BAR (IMAGE 53) Choose which audio channel to play from the CHANNEL drop down list (IMAGE 54) Click on the box next to “The channel has sound data” Click APPLY button then OK NOTE: Setting changes will not take effect until the multimedia player is re-started.
SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX Model Number QSDR74RTS Video System NTSC or PAL OPERATION FUNCTIONS Video Compression Format H.
Network Settings Network And Selecting network mode and setting net-viewer port, web port, DNS and DDNS Port Setting parameters Network Functions Live Display Real time video input remotely Remote Recording Setting recording mode and status of DVR remotely SETTING UP ALARM RECORD MODE Use the chart below to determine the correct alarm mode. Once the alarm is triggered, the alarm icon will appear, and when many alarms are triggered, alarm remarks will occur on the screen.
TROUBLESHOOTING Q: What can I do if the system does not detect the HDD? A: Check the data and power cables and make sure they are securely connected. Q: I am not getting any video signal on the DVR. What is wrong? A: Check to make sure the cables are securely connected to the BNC ports on the DVR. You can also try another cable to make sure there is not a problem with the cable. Make sure you have selected the correct video format for your country (NTSC is standard USA format).
Q-SEE PRODUCT WARRANTY Thank You for Choosing a Q-See Product! All of our products are backed by a conditional service warranty covering all hardware for 12 months from the date of purchase. Additionally, our products also come with a free exchange policy that covers all manufacturing defects for one month from the date of purchase. Permanent upgrading service is provided for the software.
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