Avermedia EB1304 MPEG4+ manual

AVerMedia ® AVerDiG i EB1304 MPEG4 + Operation Manual[...]

FCC NOT ICE (Class A ) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operatio n is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may n ot cause ha rmful interference, and (2) this device m ust accept any interference received, including interference that ma y cause undesired operation. Federal Commu nications Commission Statement N[...]

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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Chapter 1 Intro duc tion ....................................... ............................... 1 1.1 Package Conte nt....................................................................................... . 2 1.2 Features and S pecifications ....................................................................... 2 1.[...]

1 C h a p t e r 1 I n t r o d u c t i o n EB1304 MPEG4 + is a 4-channel stand-alone DVR u nit that provides real-time monitoring and digital recording of su rveillance video. Up to four video cameras and four sensor device s can be hooked up t o this DVR unit. It is also equipped with an output relay that allows connection of a n alarm device. Surv[...]

2 1.1 Package Content (1) (2) A V e r M e d i a ® A V e r D i G i E B 1 3 0 4 M P E G 4 O p e r a t i o n M a n u a l + (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (1) A V erDiGi EB1304 MPEG4 + unit (2) Remote Control (batteries in cluded) (3) Quick Installation Guide (4) Power Cord * The power cord varies d epending on the standard p ower outlet of the country where[...]

3  MPEG4 video compression  Auto-detect NTSC or P AL v ideo system  Supports 1 hard disk drive (not included)  Full-screen resolution: Display: 720 x 480 (NTSC), 720 x 576 (P AL) Recording: 720 x 480 (NTSC), 720 x 576 (P AL)  Display and recording frame rate: D1 mode: 60/50fps(NTSC/P AL) CIF mode: 120/100 fps (NTSC/P AL)  Schedule[...]

4 1.4 Back Panel Name Function (1) Audio Out : Output the aud io signal to a s peaker (2) Audio In : Input the audio signal from a micr ophone or audio o utput d evice. The audio is em bedded with c hannel 1 (3) CH1 : Input the video c amera s ignal and displa y it on channel 1 (4) CH2 : Input the video c amera s ignal and displa y it on channel 2 [...]

5 Follow the illustrated instructions below to in stall the hard disk: 1. Loosen all screws 2. Push the cover backward and lift 3. Loosen the hard disk rack 4 screws 4. Secure the brackets on the hard d isk 5. Connect the end of the IDE cab le and the power connector to the hard disk 6. Secure the hard disk inside the unit then replace unit cover[...]

6 7. Push the cover forward 8. Secure the cover 9. You may now co nnect all the cables. W hen the power is co nnected, th e Power LED light turns on[...]

7 1.5.2 Connecting De vices The back panel of the DVR un it, you ca n connect up to 4 video cameras, 4 sensor devices, 1 alarm device and output video to a TV or CRT/LCD mon itor. Connecting the unit to a PC, through USB co nnection, the bundled software enables you to transfer, playback and segmen t the video. Follow the illustration below to ma k[...]

8 1.5.3 Connecting the S ensor/Rela y device The Senso r and Alarm ports enable you to connect (4) sen sor inputs and (1) relay outputs. Ju st connect the external sensor an d relay p in directly to the pinhole. Check t he table below and locate which p inhole is assigned to sensor input and relay output. 1.5.3.1 I/O Card Sensor a nd Relay pinhole [...]

9 C h a p t e r 2 O p e r a t i n g t h e E B 1 3 0 4 M P E G 4 + 2.1 Using the EB1304 MPEG4 + fo r the First Time Upon connecting the power, th e unit au tomatically detects the status of the hard disk. The hard disk must be formatted before you can use it with EB1304 MPEG4 + . If you are prompt to format the hard disk, press (select) for YES to f[...]

10 Full Screen Pre view 4-Channel Pre view W hen you are in full scre en pre view , press the f ollowing bu ttons on the remote control to switch to different channel, or preview all 4 cha nnels: C H 1 : C a m e r a 1 CH2: Cam era 2 CH3: Cam era 3 CH4: Cam era 4 QUAD: 4-Chan nel 2.3 Playback the Video If the unit is recording the video, you may hav[...]

1 1 time. Then press or again to m ak e the selection. 3. T o start video playback, the tim e in second must be set. Use the or buttons to move the selection to the left most. Use the and or and buttons and select the t ime in seco nd. Then press or . EVENT LIST (search b y condition): 1. Use the and or and buttons to select f rom the list. Press o[...]

12 C h a p t e r 3 O S D N a v i g a t i o n T r e e RECORD SCHEDULE RECORD SCHEDULE 13 : 00 - 14 : 00 13 : 00 - 14 : 00 14 : 00 - 15 : 00 14 : 00 - 15 : 00 15 : 00 - 16 : 00 15 : 00 - 16 : 00 18 : 00 - 19 : 00 18 : 00 - 19 : 00 19 : 00 - 20 : 00 19 : 00 - 20 : 00 20 : 00 - 21 : 00 20 : 00 - 21 : 00 21 : 00 - 22 : 00 21 : 00 - 22 : 00 22 : 00 - 23 [...]

13 3.1 Remote Control Function Use the Remote control to op erate the OSD menu on surveillance screen. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) Button Function (1) T o enter the OSD M ain menu / Exit f rom the m ain menu or sub-m enu display (2) (3) T o go up and down and select the item s in the m enu list or change the se[...]

14 3.2 Menu Function If the unit is currently recording the video, user may have to stop video re cording to change the settings. Use remote contro l to navigate in the OS D menu. The red frame turns yellow when you a re making a selection. OSD M ENU Description CAMER A SEL ECT : Enable/disable the channel number to di spla y the video on the surve[...]

15 OSD M ENU Description RECORD SCHEDULE 00 : 00 - 01 : 00 01 : 00 - 02 : 00 02 : 00 - 03 : 00 05 : 00 - 06 : 00 06 : 00 - 07 : 00 07 : 00 - 08 : 00 08 : 00 - 09 : 00 09 : 00 - 10 : 00 10 : 00 - 11 : 00 11 : 00 - 12 : 00 12 : 00 - 13 : 00 04 : 00 - 05 : 00 03 : 00 - 04 : 00 ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS REC ALWAYS RE[...]

16 OSD M ENU Description 2006 / 04 / 20 17 : 54 : 50 ON ON ON OFF PAL NO SUBMENU PASSWORD CHANGE VIDEO ADJUSTMENT DATE TIME AUTO RECORD AUTO SCAN PASSWORD SETUP AUDIO RECORD AUDIO MUTE AUDIO SYSTEM OFF COLOR STABILITY PASSWORD SET UP : Enable/disable f ull s ystem pass word protection . This would prevent una uthorized user to sto p video recording[...]

17 OSD M ENU Description OVERWRITE ENABLED : Enable/disable replaci ng the e arliest record when the hard disk space runs o ut. By default, the HDD overwrite setting is enab led HDD FORM AT : For security p urpose, you may have to enter th e password to form at hard di sk To f ormat hard disk: 1. Use the and or and buttons to go u p and down and se[...]

18 OSD M ENU Description 010 SEC 010 SEC NOT INSTALLED NOT INSTALLED NOT INSTALLED NOT INSTALLED SENSOR SETUP SENSOR REC TIME ALARM OUT TIME CHANNEL - 1 CHANNEL - 2 CHANNEL - 3 CHANNEL - 4 SENSOR REC T IME : Set th e amount of tim e ( in sec ond) t o recor d when th e sensor has been triggered ALARM OUT TIME : Set the am ount of time (in second) to[...]

19 C h a p t e r 4 U s i n g t h e U S B P l a y e r 4.1 Recommended system requirements Pentium®4 2.4GHZ or abo ve W indows®2000/ XP DDR 256 MB Graphic function must support DirectDraw Audio card or built-in S pea ker 1 available USB2.0 port 4.2 Installing th e USB Playback Application T o install the USB Playback Application: 1. Place Installat[...]

20 4.3 Running the USB Pla yback Application To run the application, click the USB Player icon on the PC desktop (11) (12) (14) (13) (8) (9) (10) (6) (7) (4) (3) (2) (1) (5) Name Function (1) Minimize Reduce the application t o a button on th e taskbar (2) Exit Close the app lication (3) Snapshot Capture and sa ve the im age either in *.jpg or *.bm[...]

21 Name Function (8) Quad Di splay all 4 ch annels in on e screen (9) Channel num ber Swi tch and d isplay one c hannel (10) S peed up/do wn Increase and d ecrease vid eo playback (11) Pla yback Controller Backward one f rame: G o back one fram e Backward Pla y: Play the vi deo file in reverse Pause: Brief ly stop pla ying the video file Play: S t [...]

22 C h a p t e r 5 B a c k u p a n d V i e w R e c o r d e d V i d e o F i l e 5.1 Recommended system requirements Pentium®4 2.4GHZ or abo ve W indows®2000/ XP DDR 256 MB Graphic function must support DirectDraw Audio card or built-in S pea ker 1 available USB2.0 port 5.2 To Backup Recorded Vid eo File 1. Connect PC with EB 1304 MPEG 4 + through [...]

23 (9) (10) (6) (7) (8) (4) (5) (3) (2) (1) Name Function (1) All recorded video events list No. : the list order number Record: the recor d type(se e also Chapter 2.3.1 ) Begin Time: the beginni ng of recor d time End Time: the end of r ecord time (2) Display f irst f ram e of each recorded channel video which us er had selected. T otal is 4 Chann[...]

24 8. Select the event which use r wants to backup. Or mark the Select All t o select all listed recorded video event 9. Locate on where user want to save the backup file 10. Click S t art to process backup 11. T o stop the backup progress, click St op 5.3 To View the Backup File QLog Viewer is used to view the backup file of reco rded video. To vi[...]

25 Name Function (5) Progress bar Show the pro gress of the file being p layed. Us er m ay m ove the bar to seek at an y location of th e track (6) Save the screen sh ot (7) Save a portion of the video in *.mpg or *.a vi format (8) Select a port ion of the video and it wi ll rep eat p laying(see also Chapter 5.3.1 ) (9) Playback controller : Go to [...]

26 3. The marked portion will repea t to playback until press button 4. Click button to save the portion 5. In the Save A s dialog box , locate on where user wants to sa ve the file, type the filename, and select the video f ormat[...]

27 C h a p t e r 6 I m a g e V e r i f i c a t i o n Image V e rification is a watermark-checking p rogram to identify the authenticity of a saved image (e.g. by snapshot). T his pro gram can only verify uncompressed bmp image files. 6.1 To Run the I mageVe rification 1. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Browse the CD-ROM and look for[...]

28 C h a p t e r 7 Wa r r a n t y N o t i c e L I M I T E D W A R R A N T Y AVerMedia TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. warrants this product to be free of defects resulting from faulty manufacture or components under the following terms: W A R R A N T Y L E N G T H Labor is warranted for (1) one year from the date of purchase Parts are warranted for (1) one year[...]