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16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 1: Overview.................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................... 1 1.2 Packaging and Accessories ........................................................... 1 1.3 Main Features ................................................................................. 1 1.5 Product Appearance and Interface Definition...........................
16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.6.2 Time setup ........................................................................ 15 3.6.3 User Password .................................................................16 3.6.4 Cameras ........................................................................... 16 3.6.5 Video / Audio ..................................................................... 17 3.7 : Advanced ................................................................................... 18 3.7.
16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual Thank you for buying our DVR Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing to purchase and use our product! If while using this product you encounter any technical problems or problems with quality, please contact us. We are ready to serve you. Before using this product, please carefully review the warranty information. 1. Service Contract This device may be returned for a refund from the seller within 30 days.
16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 1: Overview 1.1 Introduction This SFN Series DVR is 16-channel standalone digital video record that uses H.264 video compression for playback main profile with multiplex functions: record, playback, live preview, remote preview, and backup supported. It is a professional, high performance, intelligent, audio & video solution with a user-friendly GUI, and practical industrial design.
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16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual 1.5 Product Appearance and Interface Definitions 1.5.1 Front Panel 1 2 No. 1 2 Definition Power Switch Rewind 3 Play 4 Pause 5 Forward Manual Start/Stop Recording 6 3 4 No. 7 8 10 (Refers to LED Lights) 5 6 7 8 9 10 Definition Mute Video Search No.
16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual 1.5.3 Setup Diagram Key 1.
16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual 1.7 Mouse This equipment supports a wired USB mouse that is used to navigate the DVR’s menus. Insert the USB plug directly into the USB port. Mouse operation is similar to WINDOWS operations. Mouse Action Right Button: Function Enter System Main Menu. From the Main Menu, pressing the Right Mouse Button will return to the previous page. Double-clicking will apply to both live preview and playback.
16-Channel H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 2: Quick Installation 2.1 HDD Installation The manufacturer recommends that the hard disk be installed by a technician t o avoid damage to the equipment and hard disk. The DVR must be powered off before installation. This equipment supports a hard disk with a SATA interface. Please see http://kb.zmodo.com for recommended hard drives and hard drive requirements. Installation procedures are as follows: A.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 2.4 Shortcut Menu Click the right button on the DVR interface or right-click on the mouse after system startup to open the Quick Operations popup menu. This menu has the following setting options: MAIN MENU, KEYLOCK, CHANNEL SWITCH, VIDEO SEARCH, START SEQUENCE, START CRUISE, PTZ CONTROL, MUTE, MANUAL RECORD, STOP RECORD and PIP MODE. 2.4.1 Main Menu Click MAIN MENU to enter the main menu interface. See 3.1 for more information about the main menu. 2.4.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual PTZ speed (fast or slow) can be controlled in this interface. Zoom, focus, and aperture are also adjustable in this menu. Cruise Setting: 1. Select the PTZ channel. 2. Set the pause time(s). 3. Adjust the arrow keys to the position which needs to be monitored. 4. Select SET POINT. Repeat steps 2–4 to set additional presets. 5. Select the APPLY button to save the settings. 6. Exit to live screen and select START CRUISE. Notes: 1. To set up more points, repeat steps 2-5. 2.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 2.4.11 PIP In the single-channel full-screen mode, PIP enables floating images of other channels. Chapter 3: Menu Settings 3.1 Main menu The main menu has PLAYBACK, RECORD, HDD, BASIC, ADVANCED, and EXIT options as shown below: Notes: 1. The setup of all the submenus below will not take effect until ENTER is pressed.. 2. When the cursor is moved to any option, a description message of this option will be displayed in the lower part of the screen.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.2 Recording Mode Enter the “Recording Mode” screen from MAIN MENU—RECORD, as shown below: Video Channel: Select either a specific channel or all channels. Resolution: CIF (352 x 288). Quality: Available in BEST, FINE, and Normal. Frame rate: Adjust frames per second. Audio: Enables or disables audio recording. Audio uses more storage space on the hard disk drive. REC.MODE: Available in WHEN POWERED UP and BY TIME.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.3 Video search Enter the “Video Search” screen from SUB MENU →VIDEO SEARCH or MAIN MENU→PLAYBACK as shown below: This unit supports 3 video search modes: A. Time Based Playback Time input: First, select the corresponding channel and then adjust the date and time to be searched. Left-click or press Enter and the directional keys or enter digits directly for year, month, date, hour, and minute, and then click Play to play back the recording that covers this point in time.
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16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.5 Hard Disk Management Enter the “ HDD Management” screen from MAIN MENU →HDD, as shown below: STATUS: After connecting the hard disk, the system will automatically detect if the hard disk is formatted. If the hard disk needs formatting, UNFORMATTED will be displayed in the hard disk state. Check the format box and select FORMAT HDD to have the DVR format the disk. If the system detects any available hard disk, the hard disk state will be ONLINE.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual The “Basic Setup” includes the 6 options of LANGUAGE, DATE/TIME, PASSWORD, CAMERAS, VIDEO/AUDIO SETUP, and EXIT. 3.6.1 System Language Move the cursor to the LANGUAGE option (The icon is enlarged and highlighted to indicate selection.), and press ENTER to enter the “Setup” screen of this option, as shown below: The system supports 15 languages. After choosing the desired language, click APPLY button to save, and it will go into effect after a system restart. 3.6.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.6.3 User Password DEVICE ID: Enter digits to set a desired Device ID. This number will act the same as a username. PASSWORD: Press Enter to select ENABLE or DISABLE for the user password. If this option is enabled, the user has to enter his/her password when logging in to gain access to menu functions. If it is disabled, the main menu of the system can be logged in directly. USER PASSWORD: Set the User password.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual Name: Move the cursor to the input box of this option, and press Enter to enter the “Input” screen of this option. Numerical, English and Chinese pinyin input methods are supported. Position: Move the cursor to this option, and press Enter to change over between name positions; there are 5 setup options: top left, bottom left, top right, bottom right and off.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.7 Advanced Enter the following screen from MAIN MENU →ADVANCED: The advanced functions include the seven options of ALARM, SYSTEM INFORMATION, MOTION DETECTION, MOBILE PHONE SETTINGS, SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, PTZ SETUP, and NETWORK SETUP. 3.7.1 Alarm Move the cursor to the ALARM option, (The icon is surrounded by a yellow frame to indicate selection.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual in the lower part of the “Video Preview” screen: Video Loss. ALARM MANAGE OUTPUT: The length of time of the DVR will output the alarm signal when an alarm is generated, with the options of 0 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec, 40 sec, and 60 sec BUZZER: The length of time of the buzzer will sound when an alarm is generated, with the options of 0 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec, 40 sec and 60 sec.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.7.3 Motion Detection Enter the “Motion Detection” screen from MAIN MENU →ADVANCED, as shown below: MD CHANNEL and STATUS: Each channel has an independent status. Press Enter to select motion detection On or Off. SENSITIVITY: Each channel has a corresponding sensitivity setting, with the four levels of 1, 2, 3 and 4, where 4 the is the most sensitive. MD AREA: Each channel has a corresponding motion detection area setting.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.7.4 Mobile Phone Monitoring The mobile phone monitoring function of this series DVR is supported by mobile phones of the Android and iOS operating system. Mobile Phone Settings: Enter the following screen from MAIN MENU →ADVANCED FUNCTIONS →MOBILE: Mobile Username: The username that will be entered on the smart-phone when connecting to the DVR. The default user name is admin. The username is case sensitive.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 3.7.6 PTZ Enter the “PTZ” screen from MAIN MENU →ADVANCED, as shown below: CHANNEL: Displays the channel for the PTZ settings that will be adjusted. PROTOCOL: Select the protocol of the corresponding brand and model. Pelco-D and Pelco-P are supported with Pelco-D being the default. BAUD RATE: Select the baud rate used by the PTZ Camera, with the 4 options of 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600 DATA BIT: 5, 6, 7 and 8 are available with 8 being the default.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual establish a connection with the DHCP server automatically. When this is successful, this unit will be allocated an IP address, which will be displayed on the screen. Set the TYPE to STATIC after the DVR has successfully allocated an IP address to the DVR, then select Apply and restart the DVR again. The DVR will keep the IP address that was just allocated to the DVR.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual service is available free for use with all Zmodo DVRs. Please visit http://www.zmododns.com/ for our free DNS service. Host name: Enter the host name registered with the selected DNS service. User name: Enter the user name registered with the DNS account created with the specified DNS service. Password: Enter the password registered with the DNS account created with the specified DNS service. Chapter 4: DVR Network 4.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual After logging in to the web client successfully, the live preview will automatically open and all channels will be displayed as shown below. Play control: : Opens or closes the channel image : Captures a still frame image of the highlighted channel : Remote recording (See System Setup for the saving directory.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual Shown to the right is the .264 to AVI conversion window. Click the … on the Source File line to select the desired file to convert. Then select the … on the Destination File line to select a location to save it. Finally, press the H.264 -> AVI button to convert the file.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 4.6 Recording Mode Click SETUP →RECORD to enter the remote recording mode, as shown below: The setup method is the same as seen directly on the DVR’s monitor. See Recording Mode in Chapter 3 for details. 4.7 Alarm Setup Click SETUP →ALARM to enter the “Alarm Setup” screen, as shown below: The setup method is the same as seen directly on the DVR’s monitor. See Alarm Setup in Chapter 3 for details. 4.8 PTZ Control Click SETUP →PTZ to enter the PTZ Control mode.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual The setup method is the same as seen directly on the DVR’s monitor. See Chapter 3 Network Setup in this manual for the setup method. 4.9 Network Setup Click SETUP →NETWORK SETUP to enter the “Network Setup” screen, as shown below: See Chapter 3 Network Setup in this manual for the setup method and explanation of ports and addresses. It is not recommended to change settings from this menu because a DVR restart is required afterwards.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 4.10 System Setup Click SETUP →SETTING to enter the “Settings” screen, as shown below: INTERNET: Here you may set the bandwidth that the video stream will use. The higher you set the bandwidth, the clearer the image will be. Setting the bandwidth higher than the resources available for the DVR will still result in lower video quality in addition to video lag.
Appendix A: Android Setup Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Connecting to a Device Playing Video 1.From the main interface, tap the settings gear in the bottom left corner to enter the device list. (Fig1) 2.If there are no devices added, you will be prompted with “No device, please add.” Tap Add new device. (Fig2) 3.Enter a name for the DVR. Then enter the corresponding IP address, mobile port number, case sensitive username and password, and the number of channels your DVR has.
Appendix B: iOS Setup Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Device Management: 1. From the home screen (Fig1) press the Connecting to a Device 1. settings arrow in the bottom left and select “Device Manage” (Fig2). 2. From the management screen (Fig3) 2. select the “+” icon in the upper right hand corner to add a device. 3. 3. From the Add Device page (Fig4) enter a name for the DVR.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual Appendix C: Q&A 1. How do I recover a forgotten password?? A: Please contact Zmodo Tech Support if you have forgotten the password. Please set a password you will remember, or write the password down and keep it with the DVR. 2. Why does my monitor say no signal? A: Please confirm that the video output port or VGA port is connected to the corresponding input on the desired monitor or television.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 5. Why won’t my mouse or remote, or the buttons on the front of the DVR control anything?? A: The DVR has 2 video outputs, but it can only output the menu system and control functions to one at a time. If you press and hold the rewind button on the front of the DVR it will alternate which output is actively showing the menu and should allow you to regain control of the DVR. 6.
16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual 12. Why does it continue to tell me Login Failed on the IE web interface? A: Check to be sure you are using the right password. If you have forgotten it, you may clear it from the DVR’s menu directly. If the password has been cleared, and it is still not working check the network connection. Your computer can still display the login page from memory when the DVR is disconnected. 13. After I log in its showing user is configuring….
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16-channel H.264 DVR User Manual Your Security · Our Priority Zmodo encourages the customer to use a qualified installer for installation. The installer should take full responsibility of installing the equipment properly and safely.
