AVE MV DR4000 manual

Before trying to connect or operate this product, please read this manual completely INST ALLA TION & OPERA TING MANU AL Digital Video Recorder MV-DR4000 A VE[...]

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1 A ll the following safety and operated instructions which w ill prevent ha rm or damage to the operator and other per sons should be read be fore the unit is opera ted. SAFETY PRECA UTIONS W A RNING T o r educe the risk of f ire or electric shock , do not expose this appliance to rain or m oistur e. Do not bloc k ventilation openings . D o not pl[...]

2 T able Of Content s 1. PRODUCT FEA TURES ........................................................................................................ 4 1.1 Pr oduct Intr oduction .................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Pr oduct Featur es .................................[...]

3 6. RS-232 & RS-4 85 PROT OCOL ..........................................................................................46 6.1 Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 46 6.2 Communication Pr otocol ..........................................[...]

4 1. PRODUCT FEA TURES 1.1 Product Introduction The M V -DR4000 f our channel Digital Video Recorder (DVR) pr ovides high quality storage of up to four video sources . Equipped with a range of com prehens ive f eatures, suc h as video m otion detection, pre-alarm rec ording, thum bnail search, j og/shu ttle func tion, hard drive expansion, and TCP/[...]

5 2. DESCRIPTI ON OF THE FRONT/REA R VIEW 2.1 Front V iew A-rec T-rec DISK 1 2 23 24 Power 7 Search 10 Seq. /Save 16 Setup 9 11 14 13 12 Enter 15 Display 8 18 20 19 21 17 Play 4 Pause 3 Stop 5 SD Card Rec 6 22 ZOOM Hard-disk driv e compartment. This com partment houses the rem ovable (hot-swappable) hard disk drive. NOTE: T he com partment m ust be[...]

6 POWER button: Press and hold PO WER button f or 3 seconds to turn on the unit, press (and hold again) to turn the unit off. DISPLA Y button: Press to s how the sy stem operation status on the s creen. (See Section 3.3 f or Display indications) Setup button: Press this to enter the setup m enu. Press again to exit the setup m ode. Search button: P[...]

7 Jog Dial: The J og Dial can be used to step f ram e by fr ame in the f orward or revers e direction. SD CARD Slot : This is used f or system s oftware updating and archiving/acc essing critic al im ages. Mo bile Rack Po wer LED: Indicates the power status of the Mobile Rack . The green light indicates the Mobile Rack is activate. Mobile Rack HDD [...]

8 2.2 Rear V iew RS-232 ALARM DC12V RS-485 hi-z 75 AUDIO IN IN OUT OUT MONITOR CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 ETHERNET I/O 25 31 32 33 26 28 29 30 34 35 36 37 VIDEO IN Connector : T hese 4 BNC connectors are used to connec t the video output from a cam era Hi-Z/75 Ω Individual termination: T hese 4 switch es are use d to s et the im pedance of each lo op between[...]

9 2.3 A LAR M In/Out ALARM1 IN ALARM4 IN ALARM2 IN ALARM3 IN ALARM OUT RECORD IN GROUND DISK FULL ALARM RESET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 THIS FIG URE IS LOOKED FROM TH E REA R VIEW 1. GND: Ground Contact. 2. AL AR M OU T ( O U T P UT ): T his is a c omm on alarm output trigger . Con nect this to extern al devices suc h as buzzers or lights. Switches Low (GN[...]

10 3. INST A LLA TION Please follow the instr uctions and the diagram below to set up the system . 3.1 Basic Connection CONNECTING WIT H 1 to 4 CA M ERA S Camera Monitor Camera Camera Camera RS-232 ALARM DC12V RS-485 hi-z 75 AUDIO IN IN OUT OUT MONITOR ETHERNET I/O A TT A CHING A N EXTERNAL DEVICE TO DVR Connect an alarm out, alarm input, and a per[...]

11 3.2 Hard-Disk Driv e Installat ion The M V -DR400 0 is capable of suppor ting t wo hard d rives - O ne int ernal dr ive (f rom factor y) and one hot swappable m obile dr ive (fac tory opt ion). The intern al HDD (com partment HD1), is default-conf igured as a master . If adding an a dditiona l HDD to the Mo bile Rack (compartment HD2), please s [...]

12 3.3 Sy stem Information and channel selection 3.3.1 SYST EM INFO RMA TIO N Y ou ca n displa y system settings inf orm ation as sho wn on Figure 3.3 A belo w at any tim e by pressing the Displa y button . In the playbac k mode, the rec orded v ideo infor mation is displa yed. In the li ve or recording m ode, th e Manual Rec ordin g inform ation i[...]

13 Figure 3.3 A . Description of Figure 3.3 A (1+2: 59G): T otal cap acity of installed hard disks, 59 G B (in this example) (12.4 HR): T otal 12.4 hour recording time av ailable ( ): T imer record activated ( ): Alarm record activated (QUALITY : BEST): Record quality setting, BEST (NTSC): NT SC system (RA TE: 6 HR): Setting of Record time mode, 6 [...]

14 3.4 Up dating Syst em Sof tware If the s y st em s oftware of the M V -DR400 0 needs to be upgrade d, please tak e the f ollowing ste ps to safely update it. Important : Before carrying out the follow ing p rocedures, please ensure t he SD card is w orking and the f ile of system software is intact 1. Turn of f the 4CH DVR. 2. Insert the SD car [...]

15 4. BA SIC OPERA TIONS This section outlines the bas ic operating instr uctions f or the 4CH DVR. 4.1 Configuring Recording Settings Recording Time se ttings (Recording Rate and P icture Quality Setting) Recordin g time wil l var y dependin g on the im age si ze, rec ording rate, and the ca pacity of the h ard-dis k drives. G eneral ly , the DVR [...]

16 NOTE 1: Recording times on the tables abov e are estimated. Fo r actual available recording t ime of a recording configu ration, please refer t o the system informatio n of the DVR. ( Please refer to section 3.3 system inf ormation fo r more details.) 2: No audio function at the refresh rat e in NTSC: 30 f rame/sec ~ 15 frame/sec, 1/8 frame/sec [...]

17 4.2 Recording Operations This section details the various recording m ethods available – Manual, Timer , Alarm , and External. Before c omm encing with the recor ding function, pleas e configur e the recording s ettings properly according to your needs. 4.2.1 Manual Recording W hen the DVR is in live display mode, take the following steps to s[...]

18 NOTE: If a programmed schedule falls within the current set time of the DVR, reco rding will begin upon exiting progr amming. NOTE: If you activate the recording function before the scheduled recording, the unit will operate recording as sh own in the diagram belo w and keep tho se Image s in differ ent files. 0 3: 0 0 06 : 0 0 0 8 : 0 0 1 2 : 0[...]

19 MA IN ME NU RECORD AL AR M / M O T I O N TIME R/ S EQ/ TITLE COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM GOTO TIM ER/S EQ/TITLE P AGE TIME R/ S EQ/ TITLE CLOCK : SET REC ENA BLE : OFF T I M E R : S E T S E Q U E N C E R : S E T T I T L E : S E T MAIN P A GE SET REC SCHEDULE REC SCHEDULE ST A RT END ST AR T END S : 00:00-00: 00 00:00-00: 00 M: 00:00-00:00 00: 0[...]

20 4.2.3 A larm / Mot ion Recording T ake the follo wing ste ps to activat e the progr amm ed alarm rec ording. For ALM OPER A TION , REC R A T E , REC QU ALITY , AUDIO , AL M T Y PE , ALM DUR A T ION , and PR E- ALARM settings, please ref er to section 5.2 f or m ore details. (1) Press the Setup button to enter the MA IN MEN U . (2) Sel ect AL AR [...]

21 4.2.4 External ly triggered Recording By connec ting the RECORD IN of ALARM I/O on the rear panel of the DVR, y ou can activate/deactivate the rec ording func tion of a DVR. The f ile will be kept with a prefix ed “R” . Please ref er to section 2.3 f or m ore details. NOTE: The status of reco rding operat ions wh en an alarm occurs are sho w[...]

22 4.3 Play back Operations This section o utlines the controls and opt ions av ailabl e during playback of recorded v ideo. W hen playing a f ile, the m onitor s hould d ispla y a flashin g PLA Y m essage and t he PL A Y button will light up indicating that the DVR is in the playback status. T o switch betwee n channe l 1..4 and quad vie w in the [...]

23 4.3.2 Slow Forw ard/ Reverse There ar e 4 speeds available f or a slow play back : 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16. W hile play ing bac k r ecorded video at the rec orded speed: (1) Press th e P AUSE button f or the slow playback m ode. (2) Forward: Turn the Shuttle dial to the r ight to view th e record ed video in the f orward directi on at a s peed s low[...]

24 4.4 Search Operations This section shows you how to access rec orded video. 4.4.1 Full List Search T ake the f ollowing steps to proceed with the full-lis t search f unction. (1) Press the Search button to enter the s earch m ode. (2) Sel ect the FULL LIST and press the Ent er button to ac cess the c omplete list of recor ded video. (3) Hig hlig[...]

25 4.4.2 A larm list Search T ake the f ollowing steps to proceed with the alarm -list sear ch function. (1) Press th e Search button to enter the s earch m ode. (2) Sel ect the AL AR M L I S T and pr ess the Ent er button to acces s the com plete list of alarm -event recor ded video. (3) Highlight the spec ific r ecorded video of y our requirem en[...]

26 4.4.4 THUMBNA IL Search T ake the f ollowing steps to proceed with the thumbnail s earch f unction. (1) Press th e Search button to enter the s earch m ode. (2) Sel ect the THUM BNA IL and press the Enter button to ac cess the thum bnail page. (3) Set the date you w ish to sear ch for the recorded video. (4) Press th e Enter button to start sear[...]

27 NOTE: If you would like to delete JPG f ile in the SD card, please r eturn to SD CA RD JPG FILE list page and highlight the specif ic JPG f ile of your requirem ent and press the Set up button and then select the “Y es” to delete the im age. 4.5 Backup Operations 4.5.1 Mobi le Rack HD Backup Operati ons There ar e three way s available to du[...]

28 AL AR M : Duplicate all the alarm -event r ecorded video f rom HD 1 to HD2.  S tay on the DISK SETT ING page.  Us e the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons, and , to highlight BA CKUP ; sele ct AL AR M , then press the En ter button to proc eed. SELECT : Duplic ate a particular recor ded video from HD1 to HD2.  S tay on the DISK SETT ING page[...]

29 NOTE: If the capacity of HD 2 is not suff icient to sto re all selected video, a w arning message “HD2 SP ACE NOT ENOUGH ” will be displayed on the screen. Please, insert a larger capacity of hard-disk drive an d start the process all ov er again. 4.5.2 Securit y Digi t al Card (SD Card) Backup O perations The SD car d slot of the rear unit [...]

30 2. A rchive video of A VI Clips into SD Card Please take the f ollowing steps to archive a cr itical video in a SD card. (1) Inser t a SD Card into the SD card slot of the rear unit. (2) S tart playing back the recor ded video. (3) Press the P AUSE button to f reeze the desired pictur es. (4) Press the Enter button to save the video in the SD Ca[...]

31 4.6 Key Lock Operation The Key lock operation pr otects the unit against unauthorized use by disabling the entire front panel controls. Pres s the Enter button (as shown below) for at least 3 sec onds to lock the unit; to release the Key Lock , press the button again. A-rec T-rec DISK Power Search Seq. /Save Setup 15 Enter Display Play Pause Sto[...]

32 5. M ENU SETUP There ar e 6 categories of operation settings able to be configured f rom the setup m enu. The following sections will provide step-by-step instruc tions for configuring/c hanging the setup options. Pres s the Setup button to acces s the setup m enu. Once ins ide the menu s y stem , the on-sc reen menu allows you to set up the k e[...]

33 5.1 REC SE TTING This page allow s you to set the recording r ate and recording quality , and enables you to continue recording when the disk is f ull. NOTE: Pleas e see chart in s ection 4.1 to help determ ine the appropriate settings for REC RA TE and REC QUALIT Y accor ding to y our desired r ecord tim e. REC RA T E: This option is for adj us[...]

34 5.2 AL A RM / MOTION SETTING This menu allows us ers to program the conf iguration of alarm recording only when an alarm input is activated. The device will rec ord as long as the alar m input is activated. A LM OPERA TION: This option determines whether to activate/deactivate the alarm recor ding when it detects an alarm input. ON: The device a[...]

35 A LM T YPE: This option allows users to set a type of alarm input corr esponding to the sensor signal in use. NO: Norm ally Open. T his is to b e used wit h the t ype of alarm s ensor whose contact rem ains open in norm al conditions and clos es in case of activation. NC: Norm ally Closed. T his is to be use d with th e type of alarm sensor whos[...]

36 PRE- ALA RM : This option deter mines whether im ages that occ urred prior to an alarm prior to a n alarm activation will be record ed. W hen an a larm is trigger ed the d evice will r ecord the im age prior to the a larm for 5 seconds. ( 10 frames/sec ) ON: Enables this f unction. OFF: Disables this f unction. NOTE: If the dev ice is already in[...]

37 5.3 TIMER/ SEQ/ TITLE The DVR provides a weekly t able, cons isting of two periods of time eac h day for scheduled recording. T his option allows y ou to set the tim e each day that the DVR will start and stop recording. The SEQUENCER s etting allow user to set the sequenc e dwell time (tim e interval) f or each c hannel, and TIT LE setting allo[...]

38 SEQUENCER: This entr y allows users to s et the DW ELL time( tim e interval) f or CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, and quad view( ), the valid values are 01 ~ 99 sec onds, set to 00 would disable the c orresponding channels during the s equential jum ping is proc eed. In live mode, pr ess the Seq./Save button to switch the scr een to the sequential jum ping [...]

39 5.4 COMMUNICA TION This option allows you to conf igure the Eth ernet sett ings when c onnected to a LAN/WAN as well as RS-232/485 protocols if connec ted to an external contr ol device. CO MM I D: Comm unication ID f or RS232 and RS485 com m unication. After the 4CH DVR receives a RS232 or RS485 com mand, it c heck s if the <Dest ID> with[...]

40 NET DHCP: This option selects enable or disable f or the DHCP com munic ation function. OFF: Disables it. ON: Enables it. NOTE: If provided w ith a DHCP server , the 4CH DVR can get an IP automatically by setting this option to ON. NET IP: This option is used to conf igure the Ethernet com m unication settings . This is r equired for the purpose[...]

41 REC RA T E: This option deter mines the recording rate to be r ecorded at when the FT P function occurs . There are 4 levels of recording r ates to choose f rom : 1 F / 1 S, 1 F / 10 S, 1 F / 30 S and 1 F / 60 S. A CCOUNT: This option is used to conf igure the FT P account settings. This is required f or the purpose of mak ing a FT P connection.[...]

42 5.5 DISK SETTING REFORMA T : This option allows y ou to clear out all the data in the hard-dis k drive. Y ou will be required to enter the pre-set pass word before proc eeding with clearing out the data. Enter the standard password “9999” if you don’t set your individual p ass word. T o s et y our individual password, please ref er to sec [...]

43 5.6 SYSTEM This section is us ed for ac cess ing the histor y of the operation s tatus, sett ing the pass word, resum ing factor y default, and deter mining the m enu display background. OPERA TION LOG: This log shows the history of the operation status in c hronological order . W hat the f ollowing entries represent is detailed below . ON: Powe[...]

44 BUZZER: This option determines the embedded buzzer sounding a tone to signal the following situations. A tone lasts about two seconds long. ON: Enables buzz er . OFF: Disables buzzer . Situation Ala rm occurs Video loss occur s Disk is full Load factor y default Buzz er set to ON Enable/disable k ey lock func tion Power on /off mobile rac k HDD [...]

45 VERSION: This item is in the setup m enu reveal network MAC, BIO S version, and sof tware version, and last updated date. MAC : 00 : 0c : 0c : 00 : 00 : 07 BIOS : 1.03 SW : 1.00 DA TE : M ar 10 2003[...]

46 6. RS-232 & RS-485 Protocol 6.1 Setup 6.1.1 Use a Null Modem cable (the s tandard RS-232 9 Pin Cable with Pin 2 and Pin 3 exchanged, see pin configur ation chart below for details) to c onnect the COM 1 on the rear panel of the DVR to a PC. 6.1.2 Set the RS-232 option to ON in the COMM UNICA T ION page of the setup m enu. 6.1.3 Set the PC co[...]

47 < The v alue of a sp ecific front panel key > D E C H E X K E Y _ P L A Y 1 0 1 K E Y _ S T O P 3 0 3 K E Y _ P A U S E 4 0 4 K E Y _ R E C 6 0 6 K E Y _ S E T U P 7 0 7 K E Y _ E N T E R 8 0 8 KEY_SEARCH 10 0A K E Y _ D I S P L A Y 1 1 0 B K E Y _ U P 1 3 0 D K E Y _ D O W N 1 4 0 E K E Y _ L E F T 1 5 0 F KEY_RIGHT 16 10 KEY_MONITOR 36 2[...]

48 6.2.2.4 Request St ate (Second Category= 0x06) PC Request: <0x41>, <0x01>, <0x 20>, <0x02>, <0x06>, <0x00>, <0x 4f> DVR Response: <0x41>, <0x 20>, <0 x01>, <0x02>, <0x06>, <0x 01>, <Sy stem S tate = 0..>, <0x4f> Description o f <System St ate>: ST A T[...]

49 7. IDE Hard Disk Inst allation Usuall y , the unit c omes with one har d-disk drive installed in com partment HD 1, which is def ault-conf igured as a mas ter . The j umper settings configur ation of the ins talled har d-disk drives f or the unit and co mpatible dri ves which can be used with this unit are lis ted in the tabl e below . T o ins t[...]

50 6. 6. Secure the driver in the rack using two mounting s crews in both the side-m ounting holes. Please don’t tighten the screws too m uch, otherwise that may damage the dr iver . 7. 8. 7. Scr ew the rack into the devic e, screwing in all the f our scr ews. 8. A ttach the inter face c onnector and the power conn ector to the d rive. Pleas e no[...]

51 3. Slide the top cover back ward and rem ove. 4. Setting the jum per of your hard disk driver . The way to set the jumper of the drive var ies between manuf acturers ; please refer to the instruct ions on the driver to set the j umper s in the m aster position. 5. Attach the interf ace connector and the power connector to the drive. Please note [...]

52 8. Slide the carrier body back in the mobile r ack. 9. Push the carr ier body fur ther into the m obile rack until fully inserted. 10. Push the active-handle inward. 11. Lock the Key .[...]

53 8. Sy stem Default MA IN ME NU R E C O R D AL AR M / M O T I O N TIME R/ S EQ/ TITLE COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM GOTO REC P A GE REC SETT ING REC RA TE : 10 F/S REC QUA LITY : BEST DISK FULL : REWRITE A UDIO : OFF MAIN P A GE SET REC RA TE MA IN ME NU RECORD AL AR M / M O T I O N TIME R/ S EQ/ TITLE COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM GOTO CLOCK / TIM[...]

54 MA IN ME NU RECORD AL AR M / M O T I O N TIME R/ S EQ/ TITLE COMM UNICA TION DISK SYST EM GOTO COMM P A GE COMM SET TING C O M M I D : 01 RS232 : ON RS485 : ON NET ENA BLE : OFF NET DHCP : OFF NET IP : SET FTP SETTI NG MAIN P A GE SET RS232 / RS485 ID MA IN ME NU RECORD AL AR M / M O T I O N TIME R/ S EQ/ TITLE COMM UNICA TION DISK S Y S T E M G[...]

55 9. O.S.D. Message No. O.S.D. Message Meanings 1 NO DISK No hard-disk detected after power up 2 B A TTER Y LOW Suggest change the battery and reset the system tim e 3 LOADING Sy stem Boot up 4 VIDEO LOSS Video loss 5 VIDEO IN Video input source 6 KEY LOCKED Key lock func tion is on 7 KEY UNLOCKED Key lock func tion is off 8 n1 O F n2 IT EMS PRO G[...]

56 10. Netw ork Viewer and Image View er This section provides instructions for ins talling and using the Network Viewer , and Image Viewer , which are included with the 4CH DVR. The program s can be operated by a selected PC equipped with the following requirem ents. 1. Intel Pentium 233MHz at least. 2. 32 MB RAM 3. W indow 95, 98, NT , and ME. 4.[...]

57 Physical specification for Ethern et Wire T ype Cat. 5 Connector T ype RJ-45 Max. Cable Length 30 m Hub Wiring Configur ation S traight T hrough PC Wir ing Configuration Cross Ov er NOTE: For more details on netw ork connectio ns, please refer to t he follow ing docu ment. 10.1.2 Install the Netwo rk Viewer in your PC Inst all the Network Vie w [...]

58 10.1.3 View the 4CH DVR vid eo from a remote PC Once Network View is ex ecuted a Login prom pt will appear , you must enter the def ault User Nam e: admin , password: 9999 into the respec tive field and click on OK to log into the application. Follo w the instruc tions be low to us e the Net work Viewer to browse a 4CH DVR video f rom a rem ote [...]

59 Functions Description  Dev ice List Displ ays the entir e list of connec ted devic es if and as necessar y . T his list includes a lot of inform ation about all the connec ted devices.  DVR Number As signs a display location when y ou have m ultiple devices connec ted.  Dev ice T ype Displays the device type.  Dev ice Title T his bla[...]

60 Function Buttons Description Play back func tion bar .  Pla y- Clic k to a rec orded vid eo from the PLA Y LIST .  Paus e- Click to fr eeze the image.  S top- C lick to stop pla ying back the recor ded video or cease rec ording.  REC- Click to ac tivate t he rec ording f unction of the device.  S tep- Clic k to view im ages pictur[...]

61 This allows you to searc h a rec orded vide o kept i n the HDD of the device. Enter the MONT H/DA Y/YEAR HOUR: MINUTE you wish to s earch and clic k GO to proceed. Ever y 4CH DVR has to own an IP address and a t itle to be i dent ified on the ne two rk. This area di spl ays the ti tle and the IP address of the 4CH DVR. Image dis pla y area. Disp[...]

62 10.1.4 Change th e Record & Timer Propert ies Via the Network Follow the instructions below to reconfigur e the record and s chedule recording s ettings via the network. A. B. Set the reg ular record sett ings 1. W hen in the single –device m ode, click to enter the SET UP p age. (See the sam ple scr een as in A above) 2. Select a desir ed[...]

63 10.1.5 A rchive Images t o the Comput er Play back im ages can be st ored in a local PC in the JPEG form at. Follow the instruc tions below to save the viewed images or videos to your PC. 1. Press to enter the following sam ple scr een whenever in the play back m ode. 2. Select a folder in the com puter for copy ing im ages in. 3. Enter the num [...]

64 10.2 The Image Viewer This is im age integrity -protec t software. It not only allow s you to view an arc hived image f rom the SD card or HDD of a com puter , but also pr otects an archived im age from repr oduction or interpolation. If an im age isn’t in the or iginal form at made by a 4CH DVR, the Image Viewer won’t display the image and [...]

65 1 1. Index T able The f ollowing description details how the DVR manages an index table issue. The DVR will generate a tim e index table indicating rec orded data is kept in a partic ular HDD. This allows to individually selec ting recorded data to be displayed via the alarm lis t searc h and full list search. T he max imum num ber of lis ts, fo[...]

66 12. Netw ork Confi guration 12.1 Cable Connections Please follow the instr uctions below to connect your MV - DR4000 to a com puter or a network and to choose a proper RJ-45 cable c onfiguration f or connections . Phy sical specification of RJ-45 cable f or Ethernet Wire T ype Cat. 5 Connector T ype RJ-45 Max. Cable Length 30 m Hub Wiring Config[...]

67 RJ-45 PIN configuration for LA N Hub PIN NO. PIN A ssignment 1. TX + 2. TX - 3. RX + 4. Not Connected 5. Not Connected 6. RX - 7. Not Connected 8. Not Connected 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RJ-4 5 soc ke t 12.1.3 Connect to W A N (INTER NET) The RJ- 45 PIN configur ation for connec ting to a WAN is the same as connecting to a LAN. RJ-45 RS-232 ALARM DC12V RS[...]

68 12.2.2 Ena ble DHCP Function  Us e the “ ^ ” and “v” buttons , and , to highlight NET DHCP; select ON. Then press the En ter button to proceed. NOTE: This function can only w ork if the LA N which the unit is connected to has a DHCP server . If the DHCP server is working, the DVR will obtain an IP address automatically from the DHCP s[...]

69 NOTE: When only one unit of the DVR is connec ted to a computer or LAN, you can fr eely assign an IP addres s for th e DVR. F or examp le, t here a re a rang e of D VR IP addresses f rom 19 2.168.0.1 t o 192.168.0 .255. Y ou can pick o ne for u se from t he range of t he IP . It’s not necessary t o set M ASK and G A TEWA Y ; leave th e settin [...]

70 12.3 TCP/IP Communication Sof tw are Follow the instructions below to install the TCP/IP comm unication progr am into your com puter .  Clic k the Sta rt Menu from your computer , and point to the Settings/Control p anel.  Clic k the NET WORK icon twice to enter the NETWORK s etting window s.  Clic k on the Configuration tag; check if t[...]

71 12.4 TCP/IP inst allation During the installation, y ou will be requested to inser t the windows 98 CD ROM. After installation, the PC will be restarted.[...]

72 12.5 TCP/IP Configuration setting  Clic k Star t  Settings  Contr ol Panel  Network .  Selec t T CP/IP , and then click Properties .  Bef ore proc essing the DVR installation in a W AN, please mak e sur e the Internet connection work s properly . If not, please contact your ISP provider .  If you are using a DHCP server , pl[...]

73 12.6 Connection T esting W ith the previous settings, f ollow the instructions below to ensur e whether y ou have established the connection suc cess fully .  Clic k Star t  Programs  M S-DOS P rompt  Ty pe in pin g 192.168.0.1 then Enter . (See the s ample s creen below) ** This IP is the DVR IP addres s that is assigned for the con[...]

74  If you receive a response as in the s ample s creen below , the connection has n’t been succ essf ully established. Please r e-check all the hardware and software ins tallation by repeating steps 1 to 5. If y ou still can’t es tablish the connection after r echeck ing, please contact your dealer .  If you receive a response as in the [...]

75 13. Microsoft Internet Explorer This section provides instructions for us ing the Microsoft Inter net Explorer , which ar e included with the 4CH DVR. 13.1 Connecting the 4C H DVR S tart up the Micros oft Internet Explorer , and then follow the steps given below to connect the 4CH DVR: 1. Click the URL bloc k at the top of the screen. 2. T ype i[...]

76 Browsin g images from the 4CH DVR: The im ages f rom the 4CH DVR will be display ed on the hom e page while going online w ith the 4CH DVR. There are s ome buttons pr ovided on the bottom of the hom e page for further setting: Function Buttons Description Click to stop pla ying back the recor ded vid eo or to cease rec ording. Click to a recorde[...]

77 Recorded video lis t box. This box allows you to acces s all recor ded v ideo, which are stored in th e HDD of the c onnected devices. T o review a rec orded video, s imp ly select an e ntr y from the list a nd clic k the button. PgUp/PgDn : Enab les you to scroll up and d own the list. 4CH DVR Time & S tatus Box . This box indic ates the se[...]

78 13.2 Change Record / A larm Setting Please follow the steps given below to change the Recor d / Alarm setting through the network as and when necessary . 1. Click the button on the home page to enter the Recor d / Alarm setting page. 2. Adjust the Rec ord / Alarm setting, including the “ REC rate”, “REC quality”, “ALARM REC enable”, [...]

79 13.3 Change T imer Record Setting Please follow the steps below to change the Timer Recor d setting through the network as and when necessar y . 1. Click the button on the hom e page to enter the Record / Alarm setting page. 2. Click the connection on the Recor d / Alarm setting page to enter the T im er Record setting page. 3. Set the TIME R RE[...]

80 13.4 Change Pan/T ilt/Zoom Setting Please follow the steps pr ovided below to control the Pan/Tilt/Zoom setting through the network as and when necessary . 1. Click the button on the hom e page to open the S peed Dom e Controller . 2. Click the button to contr ol the Zoom s etting on the S peed Dom e Controller . 3. The right- hand set, , has fo[...]

81 8. The ‘AutoPan’ section has three buttons. T he ‘S tart’ and ‘End’ buttons fix the two points of any p anning m ovement you select. The third or bottom button s ets the chosen m ovem ent in the play m ode.[...]

82 14. SPECIFICA TIONS Mo del Number MV - DR4000 Image System NTSC P AL Resolution 720 x 480 pixels / 352 x 240 pixels 720 x 576 pixels / 352 x 288 pixels Video In Composite Video In (BNC) x 4 Video Out Composite Video Out (BNC) x 4, Monitor Out (BNC) x 1 Audio In/Out Line In / Out (RCAx2) , 16 bits, 8 kHz S torage Media > 320 GB / 1 Fixed HDD, [...]

83 A PPENDIX 1. –SCANIP Follo w the instruct ions belo w to use th e SCANIP software to s earch t he DVR dev ices fr om a local location. 1. Click the button to discover the connection of the all-type device in the LAN. T he Device List will display the connec tion of the all-type device. 2. Select the desir ed device from the Dev ice List . 3. C[...]

84 5. Manual insertion of “Free IP Address ”. If you have clicked “ No”, please m anually ty pe in inser tions as requir ed in the “Free IP Address ”, “Gateway Address ”, and “NET Mas k”. Follow each insertion you mak e by typing in the “Login Name” and “Password”, and c lick “ UPDA T E” to send your alterations to t[...]

85 8. T o change any IP address, type in the new address in the “Fr ee IP Addres s” box on the right as well as the device “Login Nam e” and “ Password” in their r espective blank s at bottom left, then click “UPDA TE”, and the new addres s will automatic ally be sent to the device. 9. Click “Exit” at bottom right to shut the de[...]