DVR4-Alert™ Plus 4CH Digital Video Recorder SW242-DAL / SW244-DAO Us e r M a n u a l
Table of Contents 1. DVR Features .......................................................................................... 1 2. Overview 2.1 2.2 2.3 Front Panel .......................................................................................... 1 Rear Panel ........................................................................................... 2 Remote Control ................................................................................... 2 3. Installation 3.1 3.2 3.
6. Recording 6.1 Start Recording.................................................................................. 12 6.2 Stop Recording .................................................................................. 13 6.3 Recording Time on Hard Drive ......................................................... 13 7. Playback................................................................................................. 14 8. USB Programming...........................................................
User Manual Chapter 1: DVR Features z z z z z z z z 4 Channel BNC Camera Inputs 1 Channel BNC Video Output Video Format: NTSC / PAL Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings Time Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording One ATA-100 (IDE) Hard Disk Interface USB 2.0 Back up to computer Remote Control & Removable Hard Drive Tray Chapter 2: Overview IR Receiver 2.
User Manual 2.2 Rear Panel 1 BNC video output 4 BNC Video Inputs Power Supply Input USB Fan Grounding Terminal 2.
User Manual 3.1 Installing Hard Drive 1. Unplug the power supply. Never install or uninstall HDD when DVR is on. 2. Pull the HDD tray from the unit using the finger hole. 3. Connect the power cord and data cable to hard disk drive. Make sure the HDD is set to be MASTER according to the hard drive manual. The 4 pin connection is the DC power cable for HDD, and the wider cable is the standard hard drive IDE type connection. 4. Firmly insert the HDD tray into DVR body. 5. Lock the HDD tray.
User Manual Chapter 4: Starting the DVR 4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive After connecting the power, the system will boot-up and detect the installed hard Checking HDD …… MASTER… drive. On the screen it will show the hard drive information. If no hard drive is detected, check that the HDD is set to master and the tray is locked. 4.
User Manual 4.4 Main Screen When the DVR is turned on the following display will appear with your connected cameras: Upper left: Percentage of hard drive space used Middle: Channel number (CH1 through CH4) Bottom right: Date and Time Bottom left: System/recording status. (Refer to 6.1 Start Recording) Chapter 5: DVR Setup > 5.
User Manual MAIN MENU CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RESOLUTION RECORD FRAME RECORD QUALITY SCHEDULE SET MISCELLANEOUS MENU HARD DISK SET VIDEO MODE MOTION SET FACTORY RESET 1234 1234 EACH 25 HIGH PAL [ Menu]: Push to enter system menu [ Up] and [ Down]: Move the cursor [ SEL]: Select/modify settings [ Menu]: Press exit/previous menu PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 5.
User Manual 5.4 Resolution There are two modes of resolution for video recording: EACH Mode: The DVR compresses and records each video channel separately so you can enlarge a single channel to full screen display and still be recording on all channels. You can also record on specific channels, for example, you can turn off the record function of CH1 and CH2 and then the system will only record video on CH3 and CH4. Press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3], and [CH4] enlarge relative channel to full screen display.
User Manual 5.6 Record Quality There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low. Higher quality records the best images but uses more hard drive space. Record frame rate, record quality and available hard drive space will affect the total recording time of the DVR system. 5.7 Schedule Set You can preset video recording modes by Time and Motion Detection Recording.
User Manual 5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record When this option is set to “ON”, the DVR will automatically continue with the current Record Schedule if no actions occur for 5 minutes. If you choose “OFF”, the DVR will not record until you press the [ REC] button. 5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Enable This DVR is equipped with password protection features. Set this feature to “ON” to enable password protection.
User Manual 5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-Time Set TIME SET Configure system date and time: ∨ 2008/08/08 20:08:08 PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT [ Up] and [ Down]: move the cursor [ SEL]: modify the value [ Menu]: exit and save 5.
User Manual 5.14 Motion Set MOTION RECORD TIME: This number indicates how many seconds the motion detection recording lasts after the DVR has detected motion. MOTION SET MOTION RECORD TIME: MOTION ALARM TIME: 10 OFF MOTION SET PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT MOTION ALARM TIME: This number indicates how many seconds the buzzer/alarm inside the DVR will sound after the DVR has detected motion. CONT: Continuous alarm until press any key is pressed when motion detected.
User Manual 5.15 Video Mode Select NTSC (North America) or PAL (Europe/Australia) video system. 5.16 Factory Reset Press [ SEL] button to reset the DVR to factory defaults. The DVR will reboot and all custom settings (including password) will be restored to default. Caution: There is no confirmation dialog box for this selection after you press [ SEL] button. If you have forgotten your password and would like to reset, press [Pause] button 10 times to reset DVR to factory default.
User Manual 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage) Recording symbol (channel is currently recording) Camera Number Record Mode (QUAD or EACH) Status (REC, Play, FF1, FF2, FF3, REW, PAUSE) HDD Info. ([M] Master Hard disk) Record Schedule: (T) Time or Manual Record (M) Motion Detection (-) No Recording 8. The date and time on the DVR 6.2 Stop Recording Press [ Stop] button to stop recording.
User Manual Chapter 7: Playback Press [ Play] button to play the last recording. During playback, press the [ Menu] button to list all recorded video clips from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top. Press [ Up] and [ Down] to move the cursor and select an event, press [ Play] button to start playback. 1. Starting time of the event 3. MOTION: Motion Triggered event 5. “*” marks un-played video recording 2. TIME: continuous record 4.
User Manual Chapter 8: USB Programming Using the provided DVR PC Viewer software, you can connect the DVR Alert to your PC to playback or backup footage. 8.1 PC Viewer Program 1. 2. 3. 4. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM Drive Open CD directory Double click on the “PCViewerInstall.exe” file to install the PC Viewer software Run the installed PC Viewer program PC Viewer will detect the hard drive installed in the DVR automatically when you connect the USB cable from DVR to PC. 8.
User Manual Item Remark 1. DVR event list Open event list recorded in DVR 2. Capture picture Save an image of current frame 3. Save video clip Save DVR’s video clip to PC in .mys/.avi file 5. Load video file saved in PC Load .mys file saved in PC 6. DVR Mode* To switch working mode between PC viewer 7. PC Mode* 8. Channel selection keys mode and DVR viewer mode CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, QUAD 9. Playing scroll bar Video progress 10. Fast backward Play backward with fast speed 11.
User Manual Chapter 9: Specifications ITEM DESCRIPTION Video Format NTSC / PAL Operation System None Camera Input Channel 4 channel Composite BNC Video Output Channel 1 channel Composite BNC Display Frame Rate Recording Frame Rate Recording Frame Rate (Each Mode) NOTE Stand-alone NTSC 120 frames/second 4×30 frames/second PAL 100 frames /second 4×25 frames/second NTSC Max.30 fps (Quad) Quad Mode PAL Max.25 fps (Quad) Quad Mode NTSC Each Channel = 30 fps ÷ Number of Cameras Max.
User Manual Chapter 10: Appendix 10.1 System Connection Diagram 10.2 DVR Accessories (included) Power Cord Power Adaptor User’s Manual The shape of the plug might be different from different countries or regions.