Vista MiniD400 Installation & User’s Manual
Before You Begin Read these instructions before installing or operating this product. Note: This installation should be made by a qualified service person and should conform to local codes. This manual provides installation and operation information.
PRECAUTIONS The height and linearity controls located at the rear panel are for adjustments by qualifies personnel only. Safety----------------------------------------Should any liquid or solid object fall into the MiniD400, unplug the unit and have it checked by a qualified person before operating again. Installation---------------------------------------Do not install the unit in extremely hot or humid environments or places exposed to excessive dust or mechanical vibrations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Packing Contents CONTENTS IN THE PACKAGE 6 Chapter 2: Getting To Know Your MiniD400 MiniD400 7 Chapter 3: Remote control REMOTE CONTROL PANEL 9 Chapter 4: Getting Started OVERVIEW OF SET UP PROCEDURES 11 Chapter 5: Hardware Installation SD MEMORY INSTALLATION 12 CONNECTING MiniD400 TO YOUR TV SET OR MONITOR 13 ALARM INSTALLATION 14 Chapter 6: OSD MODE 1. ACCESS TO OSD MENU 15 2. MAIN MENU 15 3. SYSTEM SETUP 3.1 TIME SET > DAY LIGHT SAVING 3.2 LANGUAGE SETUP 3.
. EVENT SETUP 5.1 ALARM SETUP 5.1.1 ALARM INPUT 5.1.2 INPUT TYPE 5.1.3 ALARM OUTPUT 19 5.2 MOTION DETECTION 5.2.1 SENSITIVIITY 5.3 SCHEDULE SETUP 20 6. SUB MENU 6.1 PASSWORD CHANGE 6.2 FILE INDEX RENEW Chapter 7: SCREEN MODE 1. LIVE SCREEN MODE 1.1 SCREEN MESSAGE 1.2 SCREEN ICON 21 2. SEARCH LIST 2.
Chapter 1: Packing Contents ▶ Contents in the package MiniD400 Main Unit Remote Controller AV-IN / AV-OUT Connector Terminal Block 12V Power Supply Installation CD Quick Guide 1GB SD Card Supplied, 8GB Maximum allowed SD Reader (Option) 6
Chapter 2: Getting To Know Your MiniD-400 ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ① This chapter briefly describes the functions of each button on MiniD400. The buttons are used to operate the basic functions of MiniD400, such as recording, playback, fast-forward, reverse play and etc. For more details on the set-up and operation of MiniD400, refer to Chapter 6, MiniD400 MENU.
1 Sensor-in / Alarm-out The sensor terminal block is used to connect a sensor such as PIR to the MiniD400. This will trigger the device to event record. The alarm output terminal is used to install a single alarm device. 2 SD Memory Slot Insert SD Card into the slot for storing data. 3 Recording LED This light illuminates when the MiniD400 is recording. 4 Status LED This light blinks when events have occurred or there is an error. 5 Power LED This light illuminates when the MiniD400 is powered up.
Chapter 3: Remote control Starts and stops MiniD400 recording. Turn the SD power off when pressing the REC button for 3 seconds. (Recording can resume after 20 seconds) Enter OSD menu. On OSD menu, go to the upper menu. 1 REC 2 MENU 3 UP/ DOWN On OSD menu, chooses menu fields and change values. On search mode, play the previous or next recorded file.
Remote Controller Functions of LIVE MODE and PLAY Remote PLABACK MODE Function LIVE PLAY BACK Stand-by Recording Stand-by Play Menu RECORD O O X X X MENU O X O O O SEARCH O X O O X MODE O X O O O UP X X O O O DOWN X X O O O REW X X X O O FF X X X O O ENTENT X X O O O REW X X X O O FF X X X O O PLAY X X O O O STOP X X X O X PAUSE X X X O X MUTE X X X O X 10 Remark O: Available X: N/A
Chapter 4: Getting Started OVERVIEW ON SET-UP PROCEDURES Below is an overview of the MiniD400 installation procedures, (A detailed explanation is found in Chapter 5 - Hardware Installation.) (1) Insert a SD MEMORY. (2) Connect MIiniD400 to a TV set or monitor. (3) Connect camera to MiniD400. (4) Connect optional accessories (sensors or alarm). (6) Connect the power. (7) Turn the power on. (8) Start TV Monitoring and recording.
Chapter 5: Hardware Installation SD MEMORY INSTALLATION ① Format SD card Insert the SD card into SD card slot on your PC and format it in FAT32. ※ In case there is no card slot on your PC, use an external SD card reader. ② Insert SD card into SD slot on MiniD400 After formatting, take the SD card from your PC and insert it into the MiniD400’s SD slot. ③ Backup recorded files in SD card When full, the SD card the recorded files can be backed up in your PC.
CONNECTING MiniD400 TO YOUR TV SET OR MONITOR ① Video Input/Output Connection (For TV / monitor screen display) To display images from the MiniD400, connect the video output to your monitor. Any Television with a VIDEO INPUT terminal is suitable for displaying the images. The diagram above shows the video signal connections. Connect the camera to VIDEO-IN terminal of AV-IN connector; connect the monitor to VIDEO OUT terminal of AV-OUT connector.
ALARM INSTALLATION The MiniD400 has an internal switch for sounding an alarm. When a sensor is triggered, the internal alarm is also activated. There are two steps to install an alarm. 1. Connect the alarm cable to the alarm switch terminal. 2. Connect the alarm power cables to the appropriate power source. Refer to the diagram below for information on how to connect an alarm to your MiniD400.
Chapter 6: OSD MODE 1. ACCESS TO OSD MENU MiniD400 1.x **** Press the ‘MENU’ button on remote control to access to MiniD400 OSD menu. Please refer to ‘Chapter 3: Remote control’ about how to use remote control buttons. The default Password is ‘0000’. The password can be changed on ‘[SUB MENU]Æ[PASSWORD CHANGE]’. In order to select cameras for recording, set recoding quality, schedule recording times and to set other operation parameters, you will need to access the MiniD400 menu.
3. SYSTEM SETUP Off English PAL HIGH Configure current time and ‘DAY LIGHT SAVING’ option. On setting the current time, the field order should be as follows; 2004/02/17 = year / month / day 19:44:32 = hour /minute / second 3.1 TIME SET > DAY LIGHT SAVING SELECT ‘ON’, when you want to use day light saving time. You can setup a time period when the day light saving is period is to apply. 3.2 LANGUAGE SETUP English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish 3.3 VIDEO OUTPUT Not selectable.
4. VIDEO SETUP 4CIF HIGH 25 HIGH YES NO OFF 30 MIN 4.
4.2 VIDEO QUALITY LEVEL (HIGH / NORMAL / LOW): Select desired video level from ‘LOW’ to ‘HIGH’. MODE HIGH NORMAL LOW QUALITY(4CIF) 1500kbps 1000kbps 500kbps QUALITY(2CIF) 1200kbps 800kbps 400kbps QUALITY(CIF) 1000kbps 600kbps 300kbps 4.3 FRAME RATE PAL: Selectable among 25, 12, 8, 6, 3, 1 NTSC: Selectable among 30, 15, 10, 6, 3, 1 4.
5. EVENT SETUP ON N.O. ON ON LOW TIME 1. OFF 2. OFF 3. OFF 4. OFF 5.1 ALARM SETUP 5.1.1 ALARM INPUT (ON / OFF): Select ‘ON’ if you want to use alarm input device. 5.1.2 INPUT TYPE: Select alarm input type between ‘Normally Open’ and ‘Normally Close’ NC: NORMAL CLOSE NO: NORMAL OPEN 5.1.3 ALARM OUTPUT: ALARM INPUT ALARM OUTPUT Normally Open Normally Open Alarm input type is Normal Open. The device connected to alarm output is in ‘OFF ‘status and turns ON when events occur.
5.2 MOTION DETECTION 5.2.1 SENSITIVIITY (LOW / NORMAL / HIGH): You can select the motion detection’s sensitivity. Set to HIGH for greater sensitivity. 5.3 SCHEDULE SETUP Up to 4 record time schedules can be set. 5.3.1 TIME: Starts to record on the scheduled time. 5.3.2 TIME & EVENT: Starts to record when motion is detected or an alarm occurs within the scheduled period. 6. SUB MENU 6.1 PASSWORD CHANGE The Factory Default Password is 0000.
Chapter 7: SCREEN MODE 1. LIVE SCREEN MODE When in live screen mode, ‘time & date’ information, screen icons and messages are shown on the screen. 1.1. SCREEN MESSAGE Message Description INITIALIZING… Displays when the MiniD400 is first powered up. WAIT… Displays when playback and live modes are switched or when switching between the screen mode and the OSD menu. FILE NOT FOUND Displays when there are no recorded files in the SD or no search result on search mode.
1.2. SCREEN ICON EMERGENCY Displays when in emergency record mode. MOTION Displays when in motion-triggered record mode. ALARM Displays when in sensor-triggered record mode. TIME Displays when in schedule record mode. FULL SYNC SEARCH Displays when there is less than 5% space remaining on the SD Card. (In case of 512MB SD, less than 25Mbyte) The icon disappears when ‘disk full warning is set to ‘OFF’ on OSD menu.
2.1.1 SEARCH FACTOR – EVENT: When you select ‘EVENT (or BOTH) on SEARCH MODE’, sub search conditions open; ALARM / MOTION / EMERGENCY / TIME (Here, the time means “scheduled time recording” using scheduling feature). More than two conditions can be selected. In this case, each condition is connected with ‘OR’ condition. * ALARM: To search recorded files triggered by alarm-in event. * MOTION: To search recorded files triggered by motion.
APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ITEM DESCRIPTION VIDEO Encoding H.264 Input Channel 1 Ch. Input impedance Input Format 75 ohm Unbalanced PAL/NTSC (Auto Detection), Composite, Auto detection function Maximum Input 1.0Vp-p @ 75 Ohm Unbalanced Output Channel 1 Ch. Output impedance 75 ohm Unbalanced Output Format PAL/NTSC (according to Input), Composite Maximum Output 1.
Alarm Input 1 Ch. TTL(Internal full-up) Output 1 Ch.
Approximate Recording Time Table 4CIF (704x480 / D1) Recoding Time (NTSC/PAL): SANDISK – SD/SDHC MEMORY Memory Usable Memory HIGH / 4CIF / 25fps NORMAL / 4CIF /25fps LOW / 4CIF / 25fps 512 MB 480 MB 33 min 47min 1hr 26min 1 GB 960 MB 1 hr 9 min 1hr 40min 3hr 2 GB 1.9 GB 2hr 22min 3hr 26min 6hr 10min 4 GB 3.8 GB 4hr 49min 6hr 57min 12hr 29min 8 GB 7.
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