Mitsubishi Electronics DX-TL4U manual

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    4-Channel Digital Video Recorder i WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (O R BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the[...]

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    User’s Manual ii Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions All the safety and operating instru ctions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Cleaning Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet before cleaning it. Do not use liquid ae[...]

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    4-Channel Digital Video Recorder iii Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction .................................................................................. 1 Features .......................................................................................................... 1 Technical Overvie w .............................................[...]

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    User’s Manual iv Normal Setup Screen ................................................................................... 14 System Info rmation .................................................................................... 14 Date/Time Setup ........................................................................................ 17 System C[...]

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    4-Channel Digital Video Recorder v Load / Save Setup ..................................................................................... 59 Clear All Data ............................................................................................. 59 Chapter 4 — Operation ........................................................................[...]

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    User’s Manual vi List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DV R installation. .......................................................................................... 1 Figure 2 — DVR rear panel. ..................................................................................................... .. 3 Figure 3 — Video input connecto rs. ..[...]

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    4-Channel Digital Video Recorder vii Figure 50 — Alarm In Event Action (Record) setup scr een...................................................... 36 Figure 51 — Alarm In Event Acti on (Alarm Out) setup scr een. ................................................ 37 Figure 52 — Alarm In Event Ac tion (Notify) setup scr een. ....................[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 1 Chapter 1 — Introduction Features Your color digital video record er (DVR) provides record ing capabilities for 4 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture qu ality in both live a nd playback modes, and offers the following features: y 4 Composite Input Connectors y Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) an[...]

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    User’s Manual 2 Technical Overview Your DVR can replace both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexe r in a security installati on. However, it has m any features that m ake it much m ore powerful and easier to use than ev en the most advanced VCR. The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to di gital images and records them on a hard disk drive. Using[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 3 Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package con tains the followi ng: y Digital Video Recorder y Power Cord y User’s Manual (This Document) y Remote Operation Software CD and User’s Manual y Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are requir ed to install the DVR. Re[...]

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    User’s Manual 4 Connecting the Loop Through Video Figure 4 — Video Loop Throu gh connectors. If you would like to conn ect your video s ource to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto ter minated. Do NOT c onnect a cable to t he Loop BNC unless it is connecte d to another termina ted device b[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 5 NOTE: You can not use spot monit or output and VG A output at the sa me time. NOTE: Set the CVBS or VG A selector switch b efore turning on the DV R. You cannot c hange the setting w hile the unit is run ning. Connecting the Monitor Connecting the Spot Monitor Figure 7 — Video Out connectors. Connect the SPOT[...]

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    User’s Manual 6 AI 1 to 4 (Alarm In) You can use external devices to s ignal the DVR to rea ct to events. Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the AI (Alarm In) and GND (Ground) co nnectors. The threshold voltage for NC (Normally Closed) is above 4.3V and should be stable at least 0 .5 seconds to be detected. For NO (Normally Open), [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 7 Connecting to the RS-232C Port Figure 12 — RS-232C connector. An RS-232C port is provided to connect an external modem for remote monitoring, configur ation and software upgrades, text input, and to connec t a remote control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a DB-9S (female) connector to connect to the DVR. Se[...]

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    User’s Manual 8 Connecting to the USB Port Figure 14 — USB connector. A USB port on the front panel is provided to conn ect external hard disk driv es, CD-RW drives or flash drives for archiving video . Position the exte rnal hard d isk drive close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable conne ctions, usually less than 6 feet. Use the [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 9 Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR sho uld be completel y installed before proceeding. Refer to Chap ter 2 — Installation . Front Panel Controls Figure 16 — DVR front panel. Many of the buttons on the front panel have mu ltiple fun ctions. The following describes each button and control. Take a few [...]

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    User’s Manual 10 Panic Button Pressing the PANIC button activates panic recording, so the DVR will r ecord video regardless of the time-lapse or event recording schedule. Press the button again to release th e panic recording . NOTE: When the DVR is in th e Panic recording mo de, the REC LED flickers and displays on each camera screen. Camera But[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 11 Enter/Pause Button This button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry tha t you have made. Pressing the ENTER/PAUSE button in the live monitoring mode fre ezes the current live screen, and the screen displays . Press the button again to return to th e live monitoring m ode. Pressing the button in the[...]

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    User’s Manual 12 Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The un it will take appro ximately 60 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for th e first time, you will wan t to establish the initial settings. This includes items s uch as tim e and date, dis play langu age, camera, audio, r[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 13 Highlight the box beside Quick Setup and press the button to toggle between On and Off . If you sele ct Off , you will use th e Normal Setup screen to change the DVR’s settin gs. Highlight the first box beside Re cording Speed/Qualit y, and select recording spe eds from as few as 0.5 ips to as fast as 30 ips[...]

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    User’s Manual 14 Normal Setup Screen Figure 20 — Normal Setup screen. Press the MENU button to enter the setup scre en. If the Quick Setup screen appea rs, turn it off as described above. The Normal Setup screen gives you access to all th e DVR’s setup screens . System Information Highlight System Information and press the button. The System [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 15 Figure 22 — System Information Change scr een. Highlight the box beside Site Description and pres s the button. A virtual keyboard displays. Figure 23 — Virtual keyboard. Use the arrow keys to highlight th e first charac ter you want in the Site Tit le and press the button. That character a ppears in the t[...]

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    User’s Manual 16 NOTE: You can upgra de the softw are only in the S ystem Information Chan ge screen. To upgrade the software, connect the USB dev ice c ontaining the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the button. The System Upgrade screen appears. The s creen displays the upgrade package file name. NOTE: If no har d [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 17 Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the Main menu and press the button. Th e Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 25 — Date/Time setup screen. CAUTION: If y ou set a date and time tha t is older than s ome of your recorded images, any i mages with dates and times later than the new setting will be del e[...]

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    User’s Manual 18 Figure 26 — Holiday Setup screen. You can save yo ur changes by highlighting OK and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Highlight the Time Syn c… box and press the button. You can set up time s y nchronization between the DVR and standard tim e servers that a re available in most[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 19 The box beside Sy stem Clock displays the DVR's time setting. The box beside Server Clock displays the time s etting of the tim e server. Highlighting the Update button and pressing the button updates the server clo ck. NOTE: The Server Clock w ill display “ – ” w hen the DVR cannot load the time in[...]

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    User’s Manual 20 System Check Screen Highlight System Check in the Main menu and press the button. The System Check setup screen appears. Figure 28 — System Check (Config.) screen. Highlight the box under the On/Off heading and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR reports a fault condition if it does not d[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 21 Figure 29 — System Check (Alarm Out / Notify) screen. Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press th e button. A drop menu displays available alarm outputs for the recording problem . Highligh t the desired alarm output from the external alarm out t erminal or int ernal buzzer, and pres s the but[...]

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    User’s Manual 22 NOTE: If the D VR senses S.M.A.R.T. Alert or High Tem perature , the S.M. A.R.T. Monitoring Information screen w ill appear. Once the S.M. A.R.T. Monitori ng Information screen displays, replacing the hard disk dri ve is recommended, usuall y within 24 hours. NOTE: The S.M. A.R.T. Monitoring I nformation screen a ppears only in t[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 23 Highlight the box beside Check Time , and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Temperature Threshold and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Sensor Unit and select from Celsius or Fahrenheit . If you want to check the storage status instan tly, highlight[...]

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    User’s Manual 24 Configuring Input Devices You can configure the vid e o, audio and remo te control devices connected to th e DVR. Figure 33 — Device menu screen. Camera Setup Screen Highlight Camera in the Main menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen appears. Figure 34 — Camera setup screen. You can turn on or off each camera, and[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 25 You can assign titles to each camera by highlighting the Tit le heading and pressing the button. A virtual keyboard al lows you to enter camera na mes. Selecting the PTZ Device box causes a list of controllable cameras to display. Select your camera from the list and press the button. You will need to connect [...]

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    User’s Manual 26 The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with e ach alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm In Setup screen. You can turn each input On (via Alarm I/O or Camera Alarm ) or Off . Each input can be given a ti tle, and the inputs can be set as NO (normally open) or NC (normally closed) independen t[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 27 The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the select ed camera. You can set up motion detection zones by selec ting or clearing blocks. The menu on the setup screen has th e following functions: NOTE: You can acti vate or deacti vate 4 cells at a time using t he button. Once 4 cells are highl[...]

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    User’s Manual 28 Figure 40 — Text-In (Generic T ext) Setup screen. Figure 41 — Text-In (EPSON-POS) Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Transaction Start , and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string. Refer to th e device manufacturer’s doc umentation for th e text string that the device first se n[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 29 Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter , and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s) t hat the device us es to indicate the end of a line. C ontrol characters can b e created using ^ and a ca pital letter; e.g ., ^J for NL (New Li ne), ^M for CR (Carriage Return). Refer to the dev[...]

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    User’s Manual 30 Highlighting the Sched field and pressing th e button opens a schedule screen. You can schedule alarm output in 30-minute increments from 0:00 to 24:00. Figure 43 — Alarm Out Schedule screen. You can select individual blocks of time, entire days of the week, entire b locks of tim e or the entire schedule. Select a spe cif ic bl[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 31 Highlight the box beside Audio Recording and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR a lso records audio when it is record ing video. Highlight the box beside Mute and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR will NOT play li ve or recorded[...]

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    User’s Manual 32 NOTE: Selecting the PTZ in the RS232 field o nly defines the RS -232C port as bein g used for the PTZ camera connecti ons. Select the PTZ device in the Camera Set up screen. Configuring Recording Settings NOTE: When th e DVR is recording video, the REC LED on the f ront panel is lit and the displays on each camera scree n. Your D[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 33 Pressing the PANIC button on the front panel enters the Panic Recording mode. You can program the recording sp eed, quality and duration when the DVR is in the Panic Recording mode. On Panic Recording Speed c an be set f rom 0.5 t o 30 ips (25 i ps PAL), and On Panic Recording Quality can be selectable f rom V[...]

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    User’s Manual 34 NOTE: You cannot select 30 ips (25 ips for P AL) for High Res olution. Highlight the box under the Quality heading and pres s the button. A drop-down list appears. You can select from Very High , High , Standard and Low image quality. All oth er variables being equal; Very High will require 300% more hard di sk space than Standar[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 35 y You can change an entire day by placing the cursor on the day of the week and pr essing the button to toggle the d ay On or Off. y You can change the entire calendar b y placing the cursor in the upper left-hand box (above “S” and to the left of the time line) and pressing th e button to toggle the entir[...]

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    User’s Manual 36 Event Action Setup You can program the DVR to record, activate th e alarm outpu t and/or notify the remote site whenever sensor, motion, text-in or video loss events are detected. Highlight the Alarm-In Action , Motion Action , Text-In Action or Video Loss Action in the Event Action menu and press the button. The Event Action set[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 37 Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to events different ly by activ ating an int ernal buzzer or external alar ms. Figure 51 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as de[...]

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    User’s Manual 38 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote si te when certain ev ents occur based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the Noti fy action to [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 39 Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to m otion events diff er ently b y activating an int ernal buzzer or ext ernal alarms. Figure 54 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears.[...]

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    User’s Manual 40 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote si te when certain ev ents occur based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the Noti fy action to [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 41 Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to t ext-in by activ ating an internal buzzer or external alarms . Figure 57 — Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlie[...]

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    User’s Manual 42 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote site when it has text input from a te xt-in device based on a defin ed schedule. NOTE: For the[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 43 Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to video los s differentl y by activating an interna l buzzer or ext ernal alarms. Figure 60 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedu[...]

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    User’s Manual 44 Highlight the Sched box and press the button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as described earlier. Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off . When it is On , the DVR notifies the remote site when it loses vid eo input from a cam era based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the Noti[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 45 NOTE: Each icon d isplayed on the scree n describes the s ystem status as foll ows: y Freeze — Displays whil e in Freeze mode . y Sequence — Displays while in Sequence mode . y Zoom — Displays on the enlarged video. y Remote Control — Display s when the DVR can be controlled b y the infrared remote con[...]

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    User’s Manual 46 Main Monitoring Setup Screen You can adjust the displa y dwell time for e ach camera displa yed on the main monitor. You als o can set the video fro m the event-detected camera to be displayed on the main monitor during th e preset dwell time. Figure 63 — Main Monitoring Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Sequence Dwell Tim[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 47 Network Setup Screen In the Network Setup screen you can set up th e DVR for LAN and modem connections. Figure 64 — Network Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Connection . Press the button to toggle between LAN and Modem . Highlight the box beside Admin Password and press the button. A virtual keyboard a[...]

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    User’s Manual 48 You can program the image qual ity for transferring to th e DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software). Highlight the box beside Remote Quality and press the button. The image qualit y can be selectable from Very High , High , Standard and Low . LAN Setup Screen Figure 65 — LAN (Manual) Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Ty pe and[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 49 Figure 66 — Port Number Setup screen. NOTE: You w ill need to get the appro priate Port Number for each DX-PC4U (Remo te Operation Softw are) related program ( Admin, Watch, Search and C allback) from your network administrator. Change the number by highligh ting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to[...]

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    User’s Manual 50 Figure 67 — LAN (DHCP) Setup screen. Selecting ADSL (PPPoE) allows you to set up the ADSL networ k. NOTE: ADSL and modem ca nnot be config ured at the same time. If th e DVR is ne tworked via modem, the ADSL (PPPoE) will not be selecte d. Figure 68 — LAN (ADSL) Setup screen. Highlight the box beside ID and press the button. A[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 51 Modem Setup Figure 69 — Modem Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Baud Rate and press the button. A list of baud rates ranging from 300 to 115,200 appears. Highlight the box beside Data Bit and press the button. This toggles between 7 b it and 8 bit formats. Highlight the box beside Stop Bit and press the[...]

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    User’s Manual 52 DVRNS (DVR Name Service) Setup Screen You can register the DVR on the DVRNS server to use DVR nam e service. Figure 70 — DVRNS Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Use DVR Name Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off . Highlight the box beside DVRNS Server and enter the IP address or domain name of the DVRNS[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 53 NOTE: When entering no na me or a name alread y registered on the DVRNS ser ver, an error message displays. Highlighting OK and pressing th e button registers the DVR on the DVRNS server. Proper DVRNS settings will display the help d e sk information of the DV RNS server in the box beside Help Desk . CAUTION: [...]

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    User’s Manual 54 Highlight the box beside SMTP Server IP and enter the SMTP server IP address, obtained from your system administrator. Highlight the box beside E-mail recipient and enter the rec ipient’s e-mail address. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e-m ail address. Highlight the box beside E-mail sender and enter the sender’s e-mail[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 55 When an event occurs, th e DVR will dial the pag er and leave a fou r- or five-digit number. The first three digits are the site ID number and the last digits ar e the type of even t (1: Alar m In, 2: Text-In, 3: Motion Detection, 4: Video Loss, 10: Check R ecording, 11: Storage, 13: S.M.A.R.T., and 18: System[...]

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    User’s Manual 56 NOTE: The Admin a nd User passw ords are composed of up to eight digits u sing the camera buttons. The d efault Admin pa ssword is 4321 . CAUTION: Write down the new password and sa ve it in a secure place. If the password is forg otten, the unit must be reset usin g the Factory Reset Butto n and all data settings will be lost. T[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 57 Figure 75 — Clip Copy screen. To select the type of the driv e to use for ba ck up, highlight th e box on the top and press the button. A drop-down list of available driv es appears. You can select USB HDD , USB CD-RW or USB FLASH MEMORY . If you want to ar chive audio with video , place a checkmark in th e [...]

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    User’s Manual 58 Figure 76 — Disk Partition Selection screen. Once you select the drive and par tition to use for c lip copy, the DVR will display the driv e capacity and the clip size, and ask if you want to continue. NOTE: Do not back u p files larger than 2 GB. You can use other functions on the DVR while video is being backed up. To do this[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 59 Load Default Setup Highlighting and selecting Load Default Setup will bring up screen asking you if you really want to load default settings and confirm it with a password. NOTE: Loadin g the Default Se tup will not chan ge the current time, ti me zone, da ylight saving time and netw ork settings. Load / Save [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 61 Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter ass umes your DVR has been installed and co nfigured. If it has not, please refer to Chapter 2 and 3 . The DVR’s controls are s imilar to a VCR. As w ith a VCR, the main functions are record ing and playing back video. However, you have much greater control over rec[...]

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    User’s Manual 62 The DVR can be set to display th e event-detected video in full-scr een on the monitor during the preset dwell time when there is an Event. Th e video of the lowes t ca mera number among cameras associated with the event-detected sensor wi ll be displayed , and the DVR will return to the pr evious screen format after ev ent monit[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 63 Figure 79 — PTZ Menu. y Set Preset — Sets the Pres ets for PTZ camera. y Quit — Closes the menu Set Preset Once you have the camera at the desired set tings, y ou can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can g o directly to desired views. Select Set Preset in t he PTZ Menu. Select t[...]

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    User’s Manual 64 Figure 81 — Preset Apply screen. Digital Zoom Mode You can enter the Digital Zoom Mode by pressing the PTZ button in the PTZ mode. W hen a PTZ device is not installed, pressing th e PTZ button in the live monitoring mode enters the Digital Zoom Mode directly. NOTE: You cannot enter the Digital Zoom mod e when the selected ca me[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 65 Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it w ill record audio when video is recording. NOTE: The DVR w ill NOT record audio w hen the recording speed is se t to less than 15 ips. Also audio recording might be affec ted by netw ork bandwidth con ditions while mo nitoring the DVR remotel y using t[...]

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    User’s Manual 66 Arrow Buttons : Pressing the left-arrow button plays video backwa rd at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from , and . The scree n displays , and respectively. : Pressing the right-arrow button plays video forwar d at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from , and . The [...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 67 Figure 83 — Digital Zoom screen. Figure 84 — Enlarged Digital Zoom screen. Searching Video Pressing the MENU button in the playback mode displays the Sear ch Menu. Figure 85 — Search Menu.[...]

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    User’s Manual 68 y Go to the First — Displays the f irst recorded image y Go to the Last — Displays the last recorded image y Date/Time Search… — Searches by date and time (see b elow for more detai ls) y Calendar Search… — Searches using a calendar (see below for more details) y Event Search… — Selects video from the event lo g ([...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 69 Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. Highlight a day using arrow buttons and press the button to select it. A time bar will displa y at the bo ttom of the cal enda r. Hours in which video was recorded will be highlighted with blue. Highligh t the time bar and select th e time us[...]

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    User’s Manual 70 Figure 89 — Event Search (by Event) screen. Figure 90 — Event Search (by Camera) screen. Highlight the box beside Search by and press the button to togg le between Eve nt and Camera . You can search video from the firs t to last record ed images, or you can set the start and stop t imes and dates. When you select the Search b[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 71 Text-In Search Figure 91 — Text-In Log screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Log screen displays this list. Highlight the ev ent for whic h you would lik e to see video. Pressing the button will extr act the event vid eo and display the f irst image of the event. Press[...]

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    User’s Manual 72 Highlight the Case Sensitive box and press the button to toggle between On and Off. If the Case Sensitive box is turned On, the DVR distinguishes between upper and lo wer case letters. Highlight the Load Query box and press the button to load the s aved Query settings. Highlight the Save Query box and press the button to save the[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 73 Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk dri ve under Windows XP is almost ide ntical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your co mputer using the USB Cable. 2. Turn on your computer. 3. The U[...]

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    User’s Manual 74 10. In the Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Dr ive menu, choose “1. Create Primar y DOS Partition.” And Type “Y ” to use all available s pace and hit the enter key. Hi t ESC to exit the screen after the USB-IDE hard disk drive partition is created. 11. Restart your computer and verify the newly created drive is in My C[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 75 Appendix B — Text-In Query Examples Query Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) | $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.[...]

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    User’s Manual 76 Query Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) $ 1.95 ==============================================[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 77 Appendix C — Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Power y Check power cord connections. y Confirm that there is pow er at the outlet . No Live Video y Check camera video c able and connections . y Check monitor video cable and connections. y Confirm that the camera has power. y Check camera lens s et[...]

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    User’s Manual 78 Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs Input Output AI (1 to 4) Alarm Inputs 1 to 4 GND Chassis Ground ARI Alarm Reset In NC Normally Closed C Common NO Normally Open[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder 79 Appendix E — Map of Screens[...]

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    User’s Manual 80 Appendix F — Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (auto detect) Video Inp ut Composite: 4 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohm s Monitor Outputs Composit e: One (BNC), 1 Vp -p, 75 Ohms Analog RGB: One (VGA) − NTSC: 30.8kHz (horizontal frequenc y) / 60Hz (vertical frequency) − PAL: 30.8kHz (horizontal f[...]

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    Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder V1.1 81 STORAGE Primary Storage EIDE hard disk dri ve (1) Backup Storage USB hard disk dri ve, CD-RW drive or Flash Memory GENERAL Dimensi ons (W x H x D) 13.4 x 1.8 x 12.2 (340mm x 46. 5mm x 31 0mm ) Unit Weight 7.05 lbs. (3.2kg) Shipping Weig ht 9.7 lbs. (4.4k g) Shipping Dim ensions (W x H x D) 18.1 x 6.2 x 16[...]

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    WEEE ( Waste Electrical & El ectronic Equipment ) Correct Disposal of This Pr oduct (Applicable in th e European U nion and other E uropean coun tries with se parate collecti on systems) This marking shown on the produc t or its l iterature, indicate s that it should not be disposed w ith other household w astes at the end of it s working lif e[...]