Toshiba ESV41T Bedienungsanleitung

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In der Gebrauchsanleitung finden wir vor allem die Antwort über den Bau sowie die Möglichkeiten des Geräts Toshiba ESV41T, über die Nutzung bestimmter Accessoires und eine Reihe von Informationen, die erlauben, jegliche Funktionen und Bequemlichkeiten zu nutzen.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis der Gebrauchsanleitungen

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    4C H Network Video Recorder w ith Local D isp lay Version 1. 0 .0 ESV4 User ’s Ma nual[...]

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    2 ESV4 User ’ s Manual Table of Contents System Overview ...................................................................... 5 Front View ..................................................................................... 5 Rear View ...................................................................................... 6 Part names .........[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 3 Export Playback Vide os to AVI Files ................................................. 57 Play Exported Playbac k Videos with NVR Media Player ........................ 61 Open Event Snapshot image s with NVR M edia Player ......................... 63 NVR Set up -- System Configuratio ns (Web Interfa ce) ............ 63 Netw[...]

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    4 ESV4 User ’ s Manual Through the web interface ............................................................ 112 Upgrad e through USB thumb drive ................................................ 114 Reset the NVR to Factory Default .................................................. 115 Disk St atus .............. ................................[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 5 System Over view Front View[...]

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    6 ESV4 User ’ s Manual Rear View[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 7 Part names LED Definit ion Audio Line - out NTSC[...]

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    8 ESV4 User ’ s Manual Installation HDD Installation Locate the scr ews highl ighted abov e on the back of the NVR . Use a Philips screw driver to release the screws.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 9 Slide ope n the case as show n above. One side of the hou sing can be detache d as shown a bove .[...]

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    10 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Install t he top HDD by attachi ng it to the co rresponding SAT A cable first. Make sure the HDD is se curely attached.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 11 Place the HDD to th e tray and ma ke sure the scre w holes o n the HDD are aligne d with the ones o n the tray. Secure the HDD with the scre ws provided in the acce ssory box with a Philips screwdriver. There a r e four for each H DD; two for ea c h sid e of the tray .[...]

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    12 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Slide the s ide hous ing back to the uni t. Secure the housing with the screw s highlighte d above . NOTE: Maximum capacity o f each hard disk drive is 3T B. Do not use hard dis k drives w ith powe r saving f unctions such as Intell ipower . For a lis t of co mpati ble har d disk dr ives , visit www.to shibasec urit y.com[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 13 Connect to t he NVR There are vario us ways you ca n conne ct to t he NVR and be low are the suggested me thods for diffe rent netw ork se tup: • The NVR is place d in a netwo rk with a DHCP s erve r: Con nect to the NVR by usi ng “ NVR Devic e Search” Utility Through the br owser fro m another PC o n the netwo rk: ?[...]

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    14 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual To begin, la unch th e “ NVR Device Search” utili ty from the C D and proce ed with the i nstalla tion :[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 15 Once the insta llatio n is com plete , chec k the “L aunch the Sea rch AP” option an d clic k “Fin ish”. The se arch should s tart autom aticall y and i ts status should be dis - played. The NVR should be l ocated and its IP ad dress should be displayed.[...]

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    16 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Double - cl ick on an NVR and the search progr am should au tomatica lly access the NVR’s w eb administr ation p age fro m your defa ult brow ser. You will be promp ted for the NVR’s use rname and p asswo rd. Enter i ts default use rname “ admin ” and passwo rd “ admin ” and then cli ck “ OK” to ente r the[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 17 Access the NVR w ith its defa ult IP a ddress The NVR comes w ith a pre - confi gured s tatic IP “ 192.168.101.50 ” . Howev er, it is onl y used w hen there is no D HCP serve r prese nted in the netw ork. T he NVR will tur n on its D HCP ser ver fu nction a nd act as the DHC P serve r in th e netwo rk. To conne ct to t[...]

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    18 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Again, you s hould b e pro mpted for the user name and pass wor d. Enter its default userna me “ admin ” and pass wor d “ admin ” and then clic k “ OK” to e nter th e sys tem Set up Passw ord The de fault login user name and passw ord is a dmin/adm in. To change the passwo rd of the admin acc ount, go to “Se[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 19 Camera Ins tallat ion Add a Camera -- Automatic Se arch Click the “Sea rch” b utton to perf orm th e came ra sea rch. You sho uld be prom pted to i ns tall Activ e Co ntrol co mponent in o rder for the sear ch to fu nction p roper ly. Go ahead and c lick “Insta ll” After tha t, the se arch shoul d begin and its sta[...]

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    20 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Found came ras should be lis ted and si mply selec t a camer a fro m the list and pr ess “Co nfigure ” Its corr esponding infor mation shou ld be disp layed in t he “Ca mera Informatio n” sect ion. Enter its user name and passw ord a nd select the channel ID and nam e the came ra.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 21 Click on “ Detec t” to estab lish co nnectio n be twee n the re corder an d the camera. If a connec tion is es tablishe d successful ly, the camer a’s detailed info r mat io n will be dis played a s belo w. Adjust its vide o for mat, frame rate, r es olution or bit r ate.. .etc if you wish and the n clic k “Add” [...]

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    22 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Live V iew (W eb Int erfa ce) Live View The “Liv e View” pa ge provides t he following functions: • Retrieve came ra’s video stream • Retrieve came ra’s status • Perfor m Live Se quence View ing • PTZ Control • Perfor m PTZ Pr eset Sequence viewing • Perfor m manual reco rding • Take snapshot • Rec[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 23 Retrieve camera’s status The camera list can show each camera’s curr ent status. Each status i s repr esented w ith dif fere nt color s: Blue: C onnecte d Gray: Disconnected Red: Pe rforming e vent reco rding Green: R ecor ding (manual/co ntinuous /sche dule) White: Th is channe l is not configur ed wi th any camer a P[...]

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    24 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Sequenc e view is a func tion t hat allo ws y ou to vie w mult iple video streams from certai n cameras in sequence automat ically without having to sele ct them one by on e. To perform s equen c e view, select “SEQ Vie w” fro m the upper - left ha nd co rner Next, select one or mo re camera(s) or camer a group(s) for[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 25 PTZ Control PTZ c ontrol pr ovide s functio ns to pan, t ilt, and zoom a PTZ camera as well as th e abil ity to adjus t camer a focu s and iris. Only PTZ capab le ca meras will be liste d in the drop - do wn menu[...]

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    26 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual The bar highlighte d above controls the moving a ngle. L arger number means bigge r move ment angle . Perfor m PTZ Pre set Viewi ng There are three functions provided i n the “ Preset” section: • Perfor m prese t point viewin g of a par ticular c amera • Auto pan a par ticu lar came ra • Perfor m prese t point s[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 27 Preset Point V iewing Start by se lecting a PTZ c amera fr om the dro p - down lis t Its ava ilable PTZ pr eset po ints w ill be li sted in the dro p - down lis t shown be low. C lick "Go to " to mo ve to the selec ted posit ion . Auto Pan Viewing[...]

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    28 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Use the Au to Pan co ntrol bu ttons to pa n right , left and s top auto pan * Certain cameras d o n ot su pport bi - direct ional pan movement s. Use the “A uto pan” button for such cameras Preset Po int Seq uen ce View ing This func tion allows you to view m ultip le pr eset po ints fro m a vide o of a camera without[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 29 Display rat io and full scre en By def ault, the v ide os ar e set to fill the who le video window , to d isplay its orig inal s ize o r ratio , use the butto n in t he upper - right ha nd corner . T ake a snapsho t of a live v ideo To take a snapsho t of a live v ideo , right - click on t he video and se lect "Take S[...]

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    30 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual The ne w window dis plays the snapsho t.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 31 If th e "3 co ntinuous snapshot s" option is cho sen, the new window displays s napshots and lets you view the m individua lly by u sing the "Prev" , "Next" butto ns show n above.[...]

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    32 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual However, as so on as a snapshot selecti on is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x: S nap shotFo lde r ("x" repr esents t he partit ion wher e Window s is ins talled, e .g. : C : ) You can r ight - click anywher e on the im age and se lect " Save Pictur e As. .. " to sa ve the imag es som[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 33 A dialo g should be d isplay ed tha t allow s yo u to choose a directo ry/fold er of whe re the snapshot will be saved to. Perform Dig ital PTZ[...]

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    34 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual To per form digital PTZ on a partic ular cha nnel, righ t - click anywhe re on its vide o and se lect "Digi tal PT Z". Next, hold the mou se left bu tton and d raw a squa re on the video to specify t he zoo m in are a[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 35 Once the image is digi tally z oome d in, u se the mouse s croll button to further z oom o n or zoom o ut the image . Hold and left - clic k o n the image and mo ve the mouse to move th e zoo med in video. Adjust Br ightness for the Live Vid eo You ar e able to adju st brig htness of the live video from the right - click m[...]

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    36 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Adjus t Contras t for the L ive Vid eo Same th ing as the brig htness , you ca n se t the contr ast fo r th e live video fro m the righ t - click menu a s well.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 37 Change Web UI Display L anguage You can cha nge the web UI dis play lan guage from the curr ent logi n username link locat ed at the u pper - righ t han d corne r. Click on the link opens up a ne w win dow w hich display s deta il info r mat ion abo ut the user as well as a dr op - down menu wh ich le ts you chan ge t he d[...]

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    38 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Live View thr ough iPhone Safa ri Bro wser You can use iPhone and perfo rm single channel live v iew to the N VR by using its Safari br owser . To be a ble to view the live vide o thr ough the Safari browser, make sure “javascrip t” i s on under “Setting s” >> “Safari” >> “Javascript” Once Java[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 39 Type in the I P addr ess of the NVR in the addr ess bar You sho uld be prom pted to ente r the u ser name and passw or d to access the NVR[...]

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    40 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Upon succ essfu l logi n, you s hould see the live vie w vide o of the firs t channel Click on the “Chann el” dro p - down men u to selec t other ca meras[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 41 If a PTZ c amera is s electe d, the corr esponding contro l butto ns wil l display ( contr ol PT only) * Please note that this func tion is camer a depende nt and is not available to all cam eras. Cer tain cameras do not allow adju sting image size and the se - lec tion “Auto” will be use d. Live View thr ough Blackb e[...]

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    42 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Enable the “Suppor t Javascri pt” optio n and cl ick the me nu button and click “ Save Opt ions” Go to “Genera l Propert ies Make sure two optio ns illus trated abo ve a re enable d[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 43 Press the menu butt on and click the “Sa ve Optio ns” to sa ve set tin gs Press the button h ighlighte d above to go back to the browse r[...]

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    44 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Type in the I P addr ess of the NVR in the addr ess bar You sho uld be prom pted to ente r its use rna me and passwo rd fo r access[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 45 Playba ck (W eb Int erfa ce) Playbac k Playback is a functi on that all ows you to play one or more vi d e os that were previously re corde d by a chosen r ecor ding method or due to an event trigge r. The N VR o ffers sync hroniz ed playback from u p to 4 channels a nd variou s types of se arch m ethods ar e provide d to [...]

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    46 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Search by time chart 1. Start by sele cting which c hannel (s) y ou wo ul d like to per form a search on. 2. Sele ct “Sear ch by time cha rt” from t he “Se arch Method” dro p - down list and c lick “Go” to start t he se arch * Sele cted chann els w ill be ma rke d in re d Results w ill the n be disp layed in a[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 47 Clicki ng on a c ell bo x marke d with gr ay w ill take you to the " day" vie w of the s electe d month . Repe ating t he same step wil l even tually take you to the "sec ond" view (5 sec per cell box). Rig ht - click an ywhere or the "B ack" but ton o n the ta ble wi ll take you back to the p[...]

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    48 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Resu lts will t hen be listed like what i s sho wn below (display s the o ldest reco rd top do wn). C lick on a part icular r esult to star t the pl ayback. ( * You can c lick “Ne xt Sea rch” to display the next 15 res ults.)[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 49 You may also specif y a new start time to search and displa y results from then o n. You c an restr ict the num ber o f results to be disp layed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again Play by s pe ci fic time If you know when a recor ding was take n place, you may c hoos e the “Play by star t time ” from the ?[...]

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    50 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Searc h by eve nt (M ost Rec ent) This func tion quic kly displa ys the mo st r ecent e vent rec ordings from the sele cted cha nnels , disp laying the m ost re cent re sult top down. You ma y click “ Upd ate” to update the li st to d isplay t he mo st rece nt results .[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 51 Certain funct ions you c an perform to the playbac k video You can do the fol lowings by r ight c licki ng on the playback video: 1. Play Audio 2. Snapsho t 3. Expor t as AVI file 4. Digi tal PTZ 5. Adjus t Brigh tness 6. Adjust Contrast[...]

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    52 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Take a sn ap shot of a pl ayback video To take a snapshot , right - cl ick on the video and s el ect "Take Snapshot" . You are given wi th options to take 1 snapsho t or 3 continuo us snapsho ts. A new windo w shoul d display and lo ad the snaps hot ima ge.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 53 The ne w window dis plays the snapsho t.[...]

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    54 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual If the "3 c ontinuous snapshot s" option is cho sen, the new windo w displays s napshots and lets you view the m individua lly by u sing the "Prev" , "Next" butto ns show n above.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 55 However, as so on as a snapshot selecti on is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x: Snap shotFo lder (" x" repr esents the part itio n wher e Window s is ins talled, e .g. : C : ) You can r ight - click anywher e on the im age and se lect " Save Pictur e As. .. " to sa ve the imag es some[...]

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    56 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Adjust Br ightness for the Playback Video You ar e able to adju st brightn ess of the playback vi deo fr om the righ t - click menu.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 57 Adjus t Contras t for the P laybac k Vid eo Same thing as the b rightness , you can s et the c ontrast for the playback vi deo fr om the righ t - click men u as well. Export P l ayback Vide os to AVI F i les User can ex port th e re cor ded playback videos stor ed on th e NVR to a local comp uter and save them i n AVI fi l[...]

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    58 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual played on the PC by a 3rd par ty media player suc h as VLC player or Windows Me dia pla yer . Once yo u locate the reco rded vide os with steps de scri bed in the previo us sectio n, se lect "Exp ort as AVI f ile" A new dia log will po p up and a llows yo u to specify the time frame (or length) of the video you [...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 59 You can a l ternatively choos e t o export th e rec ord e d vid eo to JPEG images by choosi n g the " Export a s JPE G image s" option . Specify the St art ti me/End time (or ex port len gth) an d clic k "Start" to begin expor ting. You w ill be not ified once the pr ocess is com pleted suc cessf ully[...]

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    60 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual The be st way to vie w the e xported vide o o r JPEG images is to use the NVR media pl ayer , which can be obtain ed fro m the same di alog window . Simply clic k on the ic on at the bottom ( highl ighted above), and a message box should a ppear to le t you o pen the med ia playe r directly , or save it to the local h ard[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 61 The e xported AVI fi les (o r JPEG ima ges) w ill be save d under the C partit ion (or t he par tition w here Windo ws is i nstalle d) * ffdshow is require d in or der to pl ay the e xporte d AVI file w ith Windows Me dia Play er . You can ge t it at http:/ /source forge .net/pr ojects/ ffdsho w/ Play Export ed Playback Vi[...]

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    62 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Locate the e xporte d AVI file , and c lick “ open”. ( N ormally under “C: Exp ortFolder) ” The vide o will then start p laying[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 63 Open Event Sna pshot images with N VR Media Play er The NVR sends sna pshots t hat are ta ken when a n event oc curs to a destined FTP serv er or mail recip ient . These types of snapshot ima ges are s aved in a pr opr ietary im age f ile for mat, h4i or p 4i, and can on ly be opene d by the N VR media p layer. To do so , [...]

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    64 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Network S etting s You ne ed to adjust settin gs in this pa ge fo r the device to w ork pro perly in your ne twor k. It i s critic al that setti ngs he re ar e co nfigured c orre ctly based on yo ur netw ork co nfiguratio ns so that the re corder can b e administer ed throug h the loca l area netwo rk and camer as can be [...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 65 If you wish to set th e recorder to use a static IP address in yo ur local area network , 1. Choo se “Static I P” fr om the “Co nnectio n Type” dr op - dow n menu 2. Enter the IP addr ess, subne t mask, defa ult gateway addre ss and DNS server a ddress for the recorder 3. Enable “D HCP Se rver ” under “ DHCP [...]

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    66 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual 1. If the co nnectio n type is " Auto Mode ", the DH CP se rver func tion is NOT co nfigurable. I t will be ON if t he NV R doe sn't obtain an IP from a DHCP se rver in the lo cal netw ork and us es its ow n defau lt st atic IP 192.168. 101.50 2. If the co nnectio n type is " Auto Mode ", the DH C[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 67 This is useful if the NVR is placed on th e Inter net with a dy namic public IP, which onc e the DDNS is proper ly setup, users can access the NVR r emote ly with the DDNS domai n name w ithout wo rrying if the IP ha s changed o r not. *Please make sur e a valid DN S serve r has been config ured unde r the “Network Set t[...]

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    68 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual In orde r to prope rly configur e the DDNS ser vice funct io n, p le ase register a free DDNS domain name and account fro m DynD NS first . Go to http: //dyn.com /dns/dy ndns - free/ from t he browser to do so.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 69 Fill in t he ne cessar y fields a s i llustra ted abo ve The page will chec k whe ther anothe r user ha s used the ho stname yo u entered or not as s oon as yo u click the “Add to Cart” button. If you see below message , simply e nter a differ ent and click “Add to C art” aga in[...]

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    70 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Once y ou get to the ne xt page, fill in th e nece ssary f ields a s illustr ated above[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 71 Go bac k to the N VR’s D D NS service configur ation page unde r “Se tup” >> “Sys tem Con figu ration” > > “DDN S Ser vice”. Fill in t he domain name yo u picked dur ing the registr ation in the “Domain Name ” fiel d and the use rname /passwor d you cre ated in the “User I D” and “Pass w[...]

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    72 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Time and D ate Set the time and da te by sele cting the time z one acco rding to your location . It is imper ative t hat you set t he re corder ’s time co rre ctly to avoid th e followi ng errors: • Incorre ct display time for playback vid eos • Inconsis tent di splay time of eve nt logs and w hen the y actually occ[...]

  • Seite 73

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 73 User Account Multiple users can a ccess the recorde r simultaneously . You can add, remove , and edit us ers by using opt ions pr ovided i n this page to kee p user info rmation or ganize d. Each re corde r comes with a buil t - in “admin” a ccount w ith passwo rd “admin” . It’s h ighly re comme nded to change th[...]

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    74 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Add a new user • Enter a username and passwor d in “U ser Acco unt Inform ation”. Al l other fi elds are op tional f or your own reference. • Selec t a group fro m the “G roup” dr op - down me nu to assi gn the new user to a particular gro up • Enter a s hort de scriptio n for th e account if you wish • Cl[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 75 Change the pa sswor d of the “ad min” a cco unt 1. Click a nd highli ght t he “admin” acco unt in the account li st and cli ck “Edit” 2. Its info rmation should be displa yed i n “User Ac count Inf ormatio n” 3. Enter a new pass word in the “Passwo rd” fie ld and ente r it again in “Confir m Password?[...]

  • Seite 76

    76 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Group Privilege Group Pr ivilege is where you can cr eate mul tiple custom ized a ccess policies fo r situa tions if yo u nee d the rec order to be acce ssed by us - ers o ther than the a dministra tor. Yo u can do so by creati ng a gr oup, and then r emove access privi leg es for certain configu ration pages or cameras. [...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 77 You can cha nge the group name by clic king the “ Change G roup N ame” button. A text bo x will be displaye d for you to enter the ne w gro up. Choose what type o f privilege you woul d like this group to have f rom the “Privi lege T ype” dro p - down menu . Its acce ss pri vilege will th en be d isplay ed. Y ou ca[...]

  • Seite 78

    78 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Disk Setu p Once you i nstall a hard dis k to the record er, you would ne ed to initia lize it so that it can b e rea dy for r ecor ding. Yo u can o btain basic information about the disk yo u instal led in thi s page. To init ialize it, s imply click the “Fo rmat” button. *This p age wil l list the in ternal disk s o[...]

  • Seite 79

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 79 NVR Setup -- Channe l Conf igurat ions (Web Interf ace) Add a c amera The NVR provide s two options for add ing a new camera. U sers ha ve the optio n to le t the re corder automatic ally find the ca mer as or it is possible to enter camera’ s information and add i t manual ly. Automatic Search Click the “Sea rch” b [...]

  • Seite 80

    80 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual You sho uld be prom pted to i nstall Act ive Control c omponent the first time you v isit the page in o rder fo r the se arch t o function prop erl y. Go ahead and clic k “Ins tall” Once y ou have the Acti veX compone nt insta lled, the se arch status should be disp layed after c lickin g "Sear ch" Found cam[...]

  • Seite 81

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 81 Its corr esponding infor mation shou ld be disp layed in t he “Ca mera Informatio n” sect ion. Enter its user name and passw ord a nd select the channel ID and nam e the came ra. Click on “ Detec t” to estab lish co nnectio n be twee n the re corder and the camera. If connecti on establishes successfully, camer a?[...]

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    82 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual *If cameras are mar ked with "*" in the sear ch result, it means those cameras are alre ady configured and connecte d to the NVR. Once the camera's settings ar e polled a nd displa yed, you c an also enable "c ontinuous" re cording and a djust its recor ding quality s ettin gs before adding the c [...]

  • Seite 83

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 83 You w ill be ab le to u se diffe rent vi deo format for cont inuous recordi ng if it's a mult i - stream capable camer a. There ar e two ty pes of f ps settings h ere, one is the f p s that NV R sets back to the camera , and this is the fps NVR will be r eceivin g from the camera. T he othe r is r ecor ding fps, which[...]

  • Seite 84

    84 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Add a camera manu ally Simply fol low the i nstructio n desc ribed a bove but ins tead o f using the “Search” function, e nter t he camera’s IP addre ss and cre de ntial i n the “Camer a Informatio n” manually .[...]

  • Seite 85

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 85 OSD Setting s The O SD (On Scr een Disp lay) allow s use rs to a dd infor matio nal text message a nd embe d it onto the video . By de fault, this f unctio n is turned off. To ad d texts to on e or more vi deos : Select a camera you w ould lik e to a dd te xt to an d choose “Displa y OSD” Choose one o r more d i splay [...]

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    86 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Click on the “Pr evie w” button to se e the previe w of yo ur se tting and click “ Apply” to sav e the configura tion. The tex ts can be fur ther adjus ted wit h cha nges to d iffer ent s ize, co lor or font so they can be more visible on the vide o.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 87 PTZ Settin g PTZ Preset Settin gs The re corder s upports PTZ came ras and can set m ultiple preset po ints or r etriev e and manage pres et points that a re se t in the ca mera. This is helpful if you ne ed to mo nitor mul tiple spots in one area from a particular camera.[...]

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    88 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual To set up PT Z pre set points : 1. Select a camera fr om the “Camera” dro p - down menu an d click “Add”. 2. Sele ct a pos ition number for the pres et point from the “Po sition Number” drop - down menu and fill in a name in the “Po sition Name” field for easie r ident ifica tion. 3. Use the PTZ co ntrol p[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 89 Once yo u have mult iple pres et points d efined f or a came ra, it is con - venient for monito ring to se t up t he sequenc ing viewin g amo ng those prese t point an d let the r ecor der auto matica lly switc h betw ee n them for you. To co nfigure pre set seque nce for a camera, 1. Select a channel from the “Channel?[...]

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    90 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual E- Map Setting Local Map Setting E- Map moni tor is a f unction tha t aler ts user s whene ver there is an event tr iggere d (e.g . motion detec ted) fr om a came ra with a geogr aphical perspe ctive. W ith th is func tion, user s can quic kly i dentif y which came ra has d etecte d an unusual eve nt and where this eve nt[...]

  • Seite 91

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 91 To r eplace the map, clic k “B rowse ” button to lo cate the new map image file from the l ocal PC and then c lick “Uplo ad”. * Only JPG, PNG, a nd GI F file fo rmats are supporte d with f ile siz e under 10 0KB. Then click a nd dra g the came ra icon to move the camer a to define i ts location . Access the Local M[...]

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    92 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual When the N VR rece ives an e vent trigge red fr om any of the camer as, their vide os wi ll be displaye d on t he E - Map and you can double - c lick on the vi deo to enla rge it. Google Map Setti n g The G oogle Map monito r is a similar fun ction to the afo reme ntioned E - Map monito r. It is u seful if y ou are man ag[...]

  • Seite 93

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 93 To configure locatio ns of each camera, first deter mine the location you’d like to place the c amera to o n the map. Y ou can do so by: 1. Zoo m in to a sma ller are a by using t he z oom contr ol bar on the map 2. Zoo m in to a sma ller are a by using t he mo use scro ll butto n You can als o go to a specific place on [...]

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    94 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Once the location h as bee n determine d, cl ick and drag the camera ico n to move it to the de sired lo cation * The Goo gle Map Monitor require s active Internet c onnect ion and cannot be use d in conjunction w ith the re gular E - Map monito r function. NVR Setup -- Event Configuratio ns (Web Interf ace) Event Configu[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 95 General Set tings The ge neral setting s section c an help you quick ly con figure when an event is trigge red, how o fte n eve nts are tr iggered and t he corre sponding act ions when e vents are triggere d. Start the event conf igurat ion by de fining the general s ettin gs: Define when a n event will be trigger ed • C[...]

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    96 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual have the r ecorde r send out a wa rning message in e - mail o r in tx t file format and upload i t to an de stined FT P ser ver[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 97 DI Settin gs This fu nc tion allo ws use rs to manage came ra’s digita l inpu t and outpu t ports ri ght from t he recorder. You can s etup t he recorder to rec eive triggers fr om a part icular camera’s input po rt and trigge r a de vice, such as an alarm that is con nected to t he camera’s out put por t. 1. For cam[...]

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    98 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Event Servers Configuring an F TP server Event ser vers ar e to be used w ith eve nt trigger actions. I n cas e of unusual mot ion det ected by the camer a or a disk f ailur e, the recor der can send no tific ation w ith the accep table format (ima ge/tx t) to a destined e vent serv er a ccording to t he configur ation.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 99 To add an FT P ser ver, 1. Start by giving a name to the serve r that yo u are addi ng to the recorder 2. Enter the hostna me or the IP addre ss of t he FTP server 3. Enter the commu nicatio n port of the FT P serve r (usually port 21 ) 4. Enter the userna me and passw or d of the FTP serv er i f it’s re quir ed 5. Chec [...]

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    100 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Configuring an S MTP server 1. Enter the hostna me or the IP addre ss of the SMTP s erver 2. Enter the por t of the SMT P serve r 3. Specify the send er’s name in the “S ender’ s name” fie ld 4. En t er the sender’s e - mail addres s 5. Check “Enable Au thentic ation” and e nter the user name and passwor d [...]

  • Seite 101

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 101 Event Triggers We have finished de fining ho w an e vent w ill be trig gere d and which serve rs will b e rec eiving notifica tions in the previo us two s ectio ns, no w we can fin ish up t he event c onfigura tion by se tting: • Which channe ls will ha ve eve nt trigge r functio n enable d • What is cons idere d to b[...]

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    102 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual *Once motion dete ction is e nabled in this page, please configur e the motion are a and en able motion detecti on in the corre sponding channels (cameras) fro m camera's own w eb UI . The NVR o nly detec ts the firs t motio n are a set in the came ra. The N VR re cognizes the first motion are a by its I D number se[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 103 General S ettings You can de fine the f ollowing in “Gene ral Setti ngs”: • Pre - Alarm/Post - Alar m recor ding length • Re cording frame r ate • Tur n on/off HDD r ecycle funct ion • Define to always k eep a numbe r of da ys of previously record ed data • Enable/d isable diffe rent re cording typ es on dif[...]

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    104 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual * The “Pre - alarm” funct ion only wo rks when the “ Continuo us ” recording is also act ivated. Recording frame rate all ow s you to s et different frame rate for differe nt types of re cording instead of r e cording at one frame rate o nly. Use the dr op - down menu and se lect on e of the pr e - defined frame [...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 105 The HDD s pace re cycle func tion is t urned on by defaul t. You can alterna tively t urn i t off and set a syste m eve nt in "N VR Setup">>" Event Co nfigura tions">>" Event T rigger" >>"Event H andling Setting s ">>"Whe n NVR is trigge red by", an[...]

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    106 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual The se ction at t he b ottom o f the pa ge a llows yo u to disa ble a udio recordin g (record video onl y) of particular ch a nnels .[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 107 Schedule Recording You can de fine the time r ange of the s chedule recor ding for all channels in this page . To configur e a schedule recording Use the “C hannel” dro p - down menu an d sele ct a camera first. You ca n use the sche dule tab le to se t th e time r ange. Cl ick the cell boxes t h en move horizon tall [...]

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    108 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual reco rding durin g a d ay. Clic k and mo ve v erticall y lets you s et what days to per form re cording at a specif ic time. * Each cell box represen t s 15 minut es of tim e. Clic k o n e or more boxes t o om it consec u tive recording . You can als o use t he “Q uick Config uratio n” to define r ecor ding time rang[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 109 Device Inform ation The “De vice Info rmation” pro vides the gene ral infor mation of the device such as firmw are version and system ti me. It also pro vides informa tion o f the c urre nt networ k setti ngs an d status.[...]

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    110 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Logs and Report s “Logs and R epor ts” keeps a recor d of what’s bee n happenin g to the device and pr ovide s basic info rmation f or tr oubleshoo ting.[...]

  • Seite 111

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 111 Maintenance “Maintena nce” pro vides func tions fo r use rs to: • Re boot the N VR when nece ssary • Reboot cam era s di re ctl y from the NVR • Per form Firmwar e Upgrade • Bac kup the NVR ’s settings to a lo cal ha rd drive • Re store the NVR’ s settin gs from a pre viously saved c onfig uratio n file [...]

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    112 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Reboo t the NVR at a specific time a utom atically You can co nfigure the NVR to restar t automatical ly by usi ng the options g iven in the web UI. Y ou can s et the NVR to restar t at a particular hour of a specific day dur ing a week o r a month. Firmware Upgrade The f irmware can be upgraded thro ugh web UI or USB. B[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 113 On "Upgrade NVR 's Firmware" section, click "Br owse" and se lect new firmwar e file A new dia log sho uld display a nd let you choose the loc ation o f the firmwar e file. When done , click “U pgrade” .[...]

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    114 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Follow the on s creen ins truct ion and wait fo r the proce ss to finis h (After up grade , the s ystem wi ll rebo ot a utomatic ally) Upgrade t hrough USB thum b drive 1. Pre pare a USB fla sh disk a nd for mat w ith FAT o r FAT3 2 for mat 2. Place the firmware in the USB flash disk and make sur e it’s placed at the t[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 115 Reset the NVR t o Fact ory Default To reset t he recorde r back t o i ts fa ctory default, clic k “ Re store Fact ory Default” b utton and begin the process. The pro cess sho uld be disp layed an d you sho uld be pr ompted ba ck to the “L ive View ” page after it is com plete . To perform hardware reset t o defa u[...]

  • Seite 116

    116 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Disk Status “Disk S tatus” gives you more detailed i nformation o f the h ard drive that is cu rren tly insta l led in th e N VR.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 117 USB Bac kup It’s a fu nctio n that allows u sers to back up the r ecor ding da ta in its database file fo rmat (not AVI ) to the exte rnally co nne cted U SB hard disk. You can che ck the “ Disk Statu s” page u nder “Sys tem Optio ns” to s ee if the USB di sk has bee n detecte d by the NVR . If it' s availa[...]

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    118 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Once it’s de tected, go bac k to the “ USB B ackup” page an d it shoul d be availa ble for further con figura tion The USB hard disk (s) w ill be listed in th e dro p - down menu displayi ng the rema ining disk space. Make your s electio n from the dr op - dow n menu if yo u have mo re than o ne disks c onnected to[...]

  • Seite 119

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 119 • Only one backup proce ss can be pe rforme d at a time • Maximum 4 channels can be se lected for backup • Only FAT 32 USB har d disk is support ed for backup • The USB hard dis k needs to have mo re than 1 00MB r emaining spa ce • If multip le part itions ar e pre sented i n on e disk , only the fir st partit i[...]

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    120 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Click “B rows e...” to sele ct the fi le fro m the U SB disk . A new dia log shou ld be pro mpted for y ou to se lect the file l ocat ion. When do ne, cl ick “C heck” to validate th e file.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 121 Once the file has be en suc cessfully v erifie d, you sho uld be p rompte d with the me ssage s hown be low. Select the time zone accor ding to your cur rent lo cation .[...]

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    122 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Finally , click “ OK” to begin playing . Th e player sho uld now p lay the backed up file.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 123 Local UI fr om HDMI Ou tput Live View Logi n screen You sho uld be prom pted wit h the logi n scr een firs t when the NVR is fully sta rted . 1. Pow er butto n 2. Syste m Time 3. Username/Passwo rd 4. Display language sele ction 5. Virtua l keybo ard[...]

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    124 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual By default , the focu s should be on the username field.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 125 Remote control Simply u se the dire ctional buttons on t he re mote to move be twee n the keys on the virtual keyboar d. If you ha ve a USB mouse pl ugged in to the NVR, a mo use c ursor w ill appear on the scr een and you can use the mouse to select keys o n the virtual ke yboard as w e ll. Press the " OK " but[...]

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    126 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Enter the de fault u ser name "admin" by using the vir tual keybo ard. When done , select t he "Enter " button o n the vir tual keybo ard and t he focus shoul d be mo ved to the passwo rd field.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 127 After the defau lt pa sswor d "admin" is e ntere d as we ll, sele ct the "Enter" button on t he vir tual keybo ard a gain and the focus s hould be moved to the "Log i n" icon. Press the " OK " button on the re mote to log in.[...]

  • Seite 128

    128 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Live View The Local UI basical ly provides the view functions o f both l ive vide o and playback vide o. The L ocal UI pro vides vie wing vide o of 1 cha nnel at a time , both l ive and pla yback. 1. Top ba r (the pow er, lo gged in use r, syste m time and dashbo ard are placed in this area) 2. Video area 3. Func tions f[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 129 Side menu By default , the sele ction fo cus shoul d be on "Channe l 1' on the Channel L ist. T he si de bar is basical ly d ivided into three sections . At any poin t, you can use the "L eft" o r "Right" button on the re mote to quickly mo ve to e ach section.[...]

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    130 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual For e xample, i f the s electio n focus is cur rently on "Chan nel 1 " (or anywher e in the sec tion "1 "), pre ss the " Left" button o n the remo te will mo ve the f ocus to the "Ma nual re cor ding" ico n in se ction "2". Simply use the "Up" and "Dow n&qu[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 131 Use the "U p" and " Down" butto ns on t he re mote to se lect a channe l on the "Channe l List" a nd pres s the " OK " butto n on the r emote to make the sele ction. Alter natively , if a U SB mo use is co nnecte d to the NVR , you can use t he mouse and move t he curs or to a chann[...]

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    132 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual You can als o use t he channe l select ion butto ns on the remo te to quickly jump to a d esire d channel.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 133 The small do ts on t he side o f the "Cha nnel List" provide the cur rent status o f each channel: * Whit e: Disconnec ted * Blue: Connec t ed * Gr een: Reco rding * Dark grey : Not configu red[...]

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    134 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Sequenc e view If the curr ent selec tion foc us is on "C hannel 4 ", press the "Do wn" button on the remo te sho uld move the focus to the "Sequen ce viewing" icon. Pres s the " OK " bu tton on the r emote will star t se quence viewing betwe en all availa ble cha nnels with defa u[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 135 When the fo cus is o n the "S tart/sto p sequence view" ico n, pre ss the "Right" button on th e re mote will mo ve the focus to the se que nce interva l dr op - down me nu. Press the " OK " butto n on the re mote sho uld display a ll op tions in the drop - down menu. U se the "Up" [...]

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    136 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual You can als o quick ly start/s top seque nce viewing by us ing t he "SEQ" button on the remo te.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 137 If th e selection foc us is on either t h e "Sequence vi ew " o r t he "Sequence interval" , press the "Down" button on the re mote should move the f ocus to t he "Zo om" icon in t he PTZ control ar ea.[...]

  • Seite 138

    138 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual PTZ Control Once y ou are in the PT Z co ntrol ar ea. Use the dire ctiona l button s on the rem ote to m ove bet w een icons. Add preset points[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 139 Move the s election f ocus to the "Add pr ese t point" ico n and pre ss the " OK " button o n the remo te will add the curre nt live v ideo as a prese t point. Preset p oint seq u ence vi ew Once yo u have mult iple pres et points a dded, pre ss the "Down" but ton on th e remote t o select th[...]

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    140 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual At any po int i n Live View, y o u can ente r the PT Z mode by: 1. Pres sing the "PT Z" button o n the re mote 2. Use the dire ction al butto ns to simula te pan, tilt, zoo m actions as well as j umping thr ough pr eset poin ts.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 141 Manual Recor ding Reco rding can be m anually st arted whe n viewin g live vid eo . If th e selectio n focus is s omew here in the gree n highlighte d area shown above, pr ess the "L eft" butto n on the remote will move t he fo cus to the manual r ecor ding icon. Press the " OK " button on the remo te [...]

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    142 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual You sho uld see an o n - scre e n text not ific ation ind icat ing the r e co r ding has been sta rted. Alternat ively, you c an pre ss the "R EC" butto n on th e rem ote start reco rding of the cur re nt viewing cha nnel righ t away. Press i t again to stop.[...]

  • Seite 143

    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 143 Take snapsho t Befo re taking a sna psh ot of the l ive video, pleas e make s ure a F A T32 formatte d USB dr iv e is plug ged into th e NVR . If you had "Manual reco rding" icon se lecte d, press t he "Dow n" button on the re mote to se lect the "S napsho t" ico n. Press t he " OK "[...]

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    144 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual You sho uld see an o n - scre en text no tific ation indicat ing tha t a snapshot of the vid eo ha s been take n.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 145 PIP (Pictu re - in - pi cture) Event V ideo The loc a l UI p rovides live vi deo vi ew o f 1 chann el at a ti m e. However, you can set a PIP (P icture - in - picture ) area o n top of th e live vide o, which disp lays vide o o f another c hannel whe n an event o ccur s. Once you have selected the icon shown abo ve , pr e[...]

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    146 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual You sho uld see an a rea w ith blue bor de r disp layed o n the liv e video area . Use the dir ecti onal bu ttons on the remo te to se lect a d esire d area. Y ou are able to choo se fro m up to 9 differ ent are as. Whe n done, press the " OK " butto n on the re mote to c onfirm sele ction. Turn on Audio The lo[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 147 Full Screen To vie w video in full scree n, pre ss the "R ight" bu tton o n the r emote and move the select ion focus to the fu ll scre en icon (as sho wn abo ve). Once se lected, pre ss the "EN TER" but ton on the r emote to ente r full scre en view . Click t he "B ACK" butto n on the remo t[...]

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    148 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Display video in its orig inal size By def ault, the v ide o is sca led to fill the e ntire vide o ar ea. To view the v ideo in its ori ginal size , selec t the ic on sho wn abov e and pre ss the " OK " button o n the remo te to display the video in its or igina l size .[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 149 Detail channel status Select the i con sho wn above and press the " OK " bu tton on the r emote will give you a detai l curre nt status of a ll four channe ls.[...]

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    150 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Press the "BACK" b utton on the remo te to dock it away.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 151 Dashboard The dashboard pro vides a deta il ove rvie w of the system w id e informa tion, suc h a s netwo rk settin gs, d isk statu s, an d channe l status . Press the "BACK" b ut ton on the r emote to exit. The dashbo ard is lo cated in the upper - right han d corner and presse s the "Up" button o n t[...]

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    152 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Power o f f To pow er off the uni t, press t he "POW ER" button o n the re mote. A dialog w ill be pro mpted and the "Pow er Off " option shou ld b e sele cted. Press the " OK " butto n on the re mote to tur n off the unit. There are four options in the promp ted dialog a nd the y are (fr om[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 153 Playbac k To sw itch to P layback , move the selec tio n focus to the Playback button shown abo ve and pr ess the " OK " but ton o n the remo te. You can alw ays use the remo te to quick ly switc h betwe en Live and Playback fu nctions[...]

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    154 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual The Playback UI pro vides the similar lay out as the live video UI. Th ey also shar e the s ame following func tions : 1. Take snapshot 2. Fu ll screen 3. Displ ay vide o in its or iginal s ize 4. Channe l statu s[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 155 The N VR is able to play recor ded video 1 channel a t a time . To se arch for playback video, se lect a channel from the "Channe l List" first and select a se arch met hod fro m the drop - do wn menu h ighligh ted in the above pict ure. There ar e three d ifferen t search met hods to hel p you l o c ate the rec[...]

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    156 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual At any po int, you ca n simply pres s the " PLAY/PAU SE" bu tton o n the remo te to star t playing from the ear liest ava ilab le foo tage of the curre nt time l ist on the ti me char t.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 157 Select "Eve nt" from the sea rch method drop - dow n menu gi ves you a list of the 15 most r ece nt events . Simpl y sele ct one from th e list a nd press the " OK " butto n on the re mote to s tart playi ng. Export recorded data The re cording data can be e xported to a USB har d disk. Please connect [...]

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    158 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual This se ts a sta rt tim e of the expo rted vi deo. Pr ess " OK " aga in on the "In/Out" butto n set s the e nd time. T he video o f this t ime fra me will be exporte d. Next, pr ess the "Rig ht" butto n on th e remo te to se lect the ic on highlighte d above . Pre ss the " OK " but[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 159 The e xport pro gress will be displayed . Whe n done, move the USB HDD to a Window s PC an d use the N VR medi a player to p laybac k the exporte d video . Cam era Setup Press the “SETUP” b utton on the remo te to acce ss the setu p page .[...]

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    160 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Alternat ively, you c an use the dir ection al keys o n the remo te and select the setup ico n and press “ OK ” to go to the se tup pa ge. In the setu p page, you ar e ab le to add, edit, and re move ca meras. Select a cha nnel an d press the “ OK ” key to begin.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 161 You will be prese nted with the “A dd” act ion if yo u press the “ OK ” key on an em pty chan ne l. Click “ OK ” key aga in to add a new c amera. You w ill then be giv en with o ption s to a dd a new ca mera wi th auto search o r add one manually.[...]

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    162 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Add camera with Au to Se arch A list of found c ame ras will be dis played if you c hose to use Auto Search. Use the Up and Down key to select a camer a and pre ss the “ OK ” key to add it.[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 163 You w ill then be taken to the next page, whic h will a sk you for the camera’ s username and passwor d. Use the dire ctional ke ys o n the remote con t rol to work with th e on - screen v i rtual keyboard to en t er them. When done, press the “ OK ” key to beg in dete ction . With a successfu l detection, you wil l[...]

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    164 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Advance Config You w ill be ab le to c hange vi deo s etting s such as video forma t, reso lution, frame r ate and v ideo qual ity if you c hose “Advance config”. Choose “Rec ord con fig ” before a pplying the s etting a llows you to enable co ntinuous r eco rding and its r eco rding quali ty as so on as the came[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 165 You will be taken ba ck to the C hannel L ist after successf ully adding a c amera. Press the “ OK ” key on a channel with a camer a already add ed will give you the opt ion to re place came ra on th is channe l, edi t the se ttings of this channe l, or r emove the camera . Choose “Replace ” w ill allow you to add[...]

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    166 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Choose “Edit” wil l take you back to the beginning of the ch annel configur ation pa ge t o star t over settin gs again .[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 167 Add camera manu ally To add a ca mera m anually, sele ct an e mpty cha nnel fro m the lis t and press the “O” key on th e remote con trol. Press the “ OK ” key again on the “Add manually” o ption. Enter camera’s IP addre ss, username and passwor d as well as its HTTP port w ith the vir tu al ke yboard to fin[...]

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    168 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Spec ificati ons CPU & Memory Media proce s sor / 5 12MB DDR2 RAM Ethernet 10BaseT/1 00BaseTX/1 000Base - T and h alf duplex /full duplex auto - ne gotiation Built - in HDD SATA : (ESV4- 1T) 1TB HDD * 1 Max. Capa city : 3TB Internal HDD port (HDD is NOT s upplied.) SATA HDD *1 Max. Capa city: 3 TB LED indicat or Powe[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 169 ● Designs and spe cificat ions may chang e witho ut prio r notic e for better improveme nt. ● Scree ns, photos , illus tratio ns and ot he r diagra ms conta ined in t his user's manual may slightly change fro m actual o nes. Split Screen (web) 1 and 4 , (loc al) 1 Search M ethod Time/Date, E vent Playback Cont ro[...]

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    170 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual Techno logy licens e Not ice About the softwar e This product contai ns a piece of so ftware licensed to TOSH IBA CORPORATI ON (hereaf ter TO SHIBA) by a thir d party . The c opyr ight and othe r inte llectu al pro perty r ights o f the softwar e are held by this third pa rty or the lic enso r. The softwa re is pro tecte[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 171 End - user Lice nse Agreeme nt on Free Software Components Use d in the Netw ork Video R ecorder GNU GEN ERAL PU BLIC LICENS E Versio n 2, J une 19 91 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Sof tware Foundation, I nc. 51 Franklin Stree t, Fifth Floo r , Boston, MA 02110 - 1301 USA Everyo ne is per mitted to c opy and distr ibute v[...]

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    172 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual of it , eit her v erbat im or wi th modifi cati ons a nd/or t ransl at ed into another languag e . (Hereinafte r , translation is include d wi thout limitation in the term " modif icat ion". ) Each l icensee is ad dressed a s "you ". Activities o the r than copying, distr ibution and modificat i on ar[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 173 b) Accompany it with a wri tten of fer, v ali d for a t l east t hre e yea rs, to g ive a ny t hi rd part y, fo r a c harg e no mo re th an you r c ost of phy si call y perfo rmi ng sou rce di st rib ution , a c ompl ete machine -r eadable c o p y of the correspo nding source code, to be distr ibuted under the terms of Se[...]

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    174 ESV4 User ’ s Man ual whole is intende d t o ap ply in oth er circu msta nc es. It is not the pur pose of this section to induce y ou to infringe any pate n ts or other prop erty ri gh t c lai ms or to c ontest val idity of an y su ch cl aims; thi s section ha s the sole p urp ose o f prot ecti ng the i nt egri ty of th e fr ee soft wa re dis[...]

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    ESV4 User ’ s Manual 175 END OF TE RMS AND CO NDI T IO NS How to Ap ply These Terms to Your Ne w Progra ms If you deve lop a new program, and you want it to be o f the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to ach iev e thi s i s to ma ke i t free soft ware whi ch everyon e can redistribute and change un der t hes e term s. To do s o, [...]