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Mace Security Products, Inc. Presents: Digital V ideo Recorder ba sed on Mpeg4 T echnology [...]
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2 Thanks for pur chasing pr[...]
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3 General Sa fety Precautio[...]
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4 1. Installation Envir onm[...]
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5 T ab le of Contents Gener[...]
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6 Chapter 4: Operations ove[...]
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7 Chapter 1 Product Specifi[...]
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8 1. Pr odu[...]
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9 2. Pr oduct Features [...]
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10 - Alarm rela y o 4 chann[...]
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1 1 3. S torage Matrix The [...]
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12 Image Quality 15F/S Days[...]
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13 Chapter 2 Basic Sy stem [...]
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14 1. S t a r t / c l o s e[...]
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15 2. Recording The default[...]
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16 3. A larm con nection op[...]
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17 Chapter 3 Fr o nt Pa nel[...]
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18 1. Fro nt Panel Descript[...]
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19 2. Keys functions Order [...]
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20 7 Play last section [...]
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21 3. Operation Menu Overvi[...]
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22 4. Maneuver in the Menu [...]
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23 Main menu Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Remarks RECORD CH 1 DA TE 24-10-2003 TIME 2:20 P[...]
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24 Menu Overvie w Main menu M enu level 1 Menu level 2 Remarks GENERAL DA TE 10-28-03 F[...]
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25 Main menu Menu level 1 M enu level 2 Remarks P ANTIL T CONTROL CH 1 PROTOCOL NONE BA[...]
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26 Main menu Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Remarks BACKUP RECORDS DEVICE USB CH 1 BACKUP SP[...]
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27 6. Menu Operation Description 6.1 Recording Operation Model Button-pressin g order I[...]
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28 6.2.1 Playback f ast play Button-pressin g order Instruction Display 1 Fast play [...]
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29 6.3 Contr ol of Pan-Tilt an d Zoom C ameras *The P TZ Camera # must be s elected on [...]
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30 CH 1 6.4 Menu Operation Detail *The follo wing M enu settings must be sav ed before [...]
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31 Menu of In formation is pic tured at right Display HDD number HDD capacity , remaini[...]
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32 Picture of the S ystem Setting Menu See screen sh ot at right: DA TE and TIME are us[...]
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33 In MODE th ere are two modes AUTO and LIMIT . Under th e mode o f AUTO, recordi ng r[...]
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34 IP is set by using or input the exact numbers to change the IP ad dress. IP a[...]
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35 Menu of Ad min setting is p ictured at Right: Select GU EST and MANAGE . Press ?[...]
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36 6.4.5 Backup Menu of Ba ckup is pictured at Right: Backup r ecords Move the curso r [...]
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37 Chapter 5 Oper ation Over Netw ork There ar e two way s t o access t[...]
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38 1. Setting up th e client end No sp ecial so ftware is needed to install on the DV R[...]
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39 Login Please select login , and the following dialo gue box will pop up. Input the u[...]
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40 Log out: If the l ogged in user needs to log out, p lease click logout button. The p[...]
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41 The rig ht key menu includes: Real time monitor, Decode qualit y, Video w indows, Pl[...]
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42 Set vol ume Audio volume is User selecta ble. User ca n drag the bar to ad just or s[...]
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43 4. Records Sear ch and Playback Click on search, and the n fill in the req uired inf[...]
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44 Download See 6 -12, select the desired record and c lick Download . 6-12 The softwar[...]
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45 T o Save a file located in the Search Reco rd Disp lay , Select File, press the Do w[...]
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46 Sched[...]
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47 Image W ith this menu, user can selec t the reco rding mode a nd the level o f quali[...]
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48 Alarm W hen there are a larm input signals, the user can select the record ing chann[...]
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49 Motion detectio n When the user sets the ti me period for Motion Detection, the moti[...]
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50 6. Ass istant Assistant Click on Assista nt settin g, as follo wing, ther e ar e Use[...]
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51 Add Click Add to sho w the follo wing dialog ue box The Ad min User can add user inf[...]
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52 control, the new user has to ap ply and gain the authorizatio n of the existing user[...]
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53 System infor mation Ch eck the basic infor mation of the s ystem. When so und is not[...]
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54 About Ve rsion information – T his pale tte displays i nformation about the DV R a[...]
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55 Chap ter 5 S yste m Connection s DVR Rear V iew [...]
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56 1. DVR Rear V iew 1- Alarm – RS48 5 (DB-15 ) 2- Fan 3- RS232 ( DB-9) 4- Internal M[...]
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57 ?[...]
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58 - Connect ion of t he alarm input: Instruction of t he alarm[...]
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59 nstruction of RS485 A & B line: Used to c onnect the A and B line of t he PTZ un[...]
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60 odule sketch of the alarm input end odule sketch of the alarm output end Relays’ p[...]
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61 Appendix 1 Frequently As ked Q uestions 1. After Power up, “No HDD” message is f[...]
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62 situation, t he current HD sho uld b e changed. 6. Why t he screen is black aft er I[...]
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63 Appendix 2 Hard Disk Insta llatio n Hard disk installation There is one 40G har d di[...]
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64 LIMITED W ARRANT Y Mace Security Products, Inc. (MACE) warrants to the ori ginal pur[...]