Q-See QSD004C4-250 manual

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    INDEX 1. DVR Featur es ....................................................................... 1 2. Layout 2.1 Front Panel ............................................................................................... 1 2.2 Rear Panel ................................................................................................ 2 2.3 Remote Cont[...]

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    5.10 Miscellaneous Menu – Change Password ....................... 9 5.1 1 Miscellaneous Menu - Color Set ..................................... 9 5.12 Miscellaneous Menu - T ime Set .................................... 10 5.13 Hard Disk Setup .................................................................................. 10 5.14 Motion Setup ..[...]

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    - 1 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual z 4 Channel BNC Camera Input z 1 Channel BNC V ideo Output z V ideo Source Option: NTSC / P AL z Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings z T ime Schedule Recording / Motion T riggered Recording z One A T A-100 Hard Drive Interface z USB 2.0 Back up to computer z Remote Control 2.1 Front Panel CH1 #1 C[...]

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    - 2 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 2.2 Rear Panel USB Port is located on the right side of the case. 2.3 Remote Contr ol CH1 Select or enlarge Channel #1 CH2 Select or enlarge Channel #2 CH3 Select or enlarge Channel #3 CH4 Select or enlarge Channel #4 Quad Quad V iew Rewind Play r ecording list Forward Record Pause S top recording / playing back [...]

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    - 3 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 3.1 Installing Hard Drive Note: This model comes with a 250GB Hard Drive alr eady installed, so this would only be necessary if you ar e replacing the hard drive. 1. Unplug the power supply . Don’t inst all or uninstall HDD when DVR is on!! 2. Carefully open the DVR case. 3. Connect the power cord and da ta cab[...]

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    - 4 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual Chapter 4: System Boot 4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive 4.2 Recovering Lost Data 4.3 Restor e Recording Feature Checking HDD …… MASTER… RECOVER HDD? 0481 1-101 735 (SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO Power Error Detected Restore Hard Disk (Master) OK Restore REC Mode………… OK After connecting the power , the syste[...]

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    - 5 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 4.4 Main Scr een 5.1 Setup Menu Menu Directory CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RESOLUTION RECORD FRAME RECORD QUALITY SCHEDULE SET MISCELLANEOUS MENU HARD DISK SET MOTION SET Chapter 5: DVR Setup AUTO RECORD P ASSWORD ENABLE P ASSWORD CHANGE COLOR SET TIME SET While the DVR is r unning, the monitor will display the i[...]

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    - 6 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual [ Menu ]: enter system menu Note: If you ar e recording to enter Menu you need to push stop button to stop r ecording first. [ Up ] and [ Down ]: move the cursor [ SEL ]: select/modify settings [ Menu ]: press again to exit MAIN MENU C A M E R A S E L E C T 12 34 R E C O R D S E L E C T 1 23 4 R E S O L U T I O N[...]

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    - 7 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 5.4 Resolution There are two resolutions for video recording: EACH Mode: The DVR compresses and records each vi deo channel separ ately so you can enlarge a single channel to full screen disp lay and still be recording on all channels. Y ou can also record on specific channe ls, for example, you can turn of f the[...]

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    - 8 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 5.6 Record Quality There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low . Higher quality uses more hard drive space. Record frame rate, record quality and av ailable hard drive space will all affect the total recording time of the DVR system. 5.7 Schedule Set Y ou can set the video recording method [...]

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    - 9 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record When the function is set to “ ON ” DVR will be awaked to record automatically by record schedule if DVR is without a ny manual operation in five (5) minutes. When you choose “ OFF ”, DVR will not record until you press the [ REC ] button. 5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Pass word[...]

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    - 10 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-T ime Set 5.13 Hard Disk Set TIME SET ∨ 2008/08/08 20:08:08 PRESS (UP ,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT HA RD DISK SET OVERWRITE ENA BLED [YES] HDD SIZE 120042MB HDD USED 80865M B 77% HDD FORMA T PRESS (UP , DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT Configure syste m date and[...]

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    - 11 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 5.14 Motion Set SENSITIVITY : Use [ Up ] and [ Do wn ] button to select the channel you want to modify , press [ SEL ] to adjust sensitivity of motion detection on each channel. High (1----------9, OFF) Low When it’ s “ OFF ”, the channel cannot be triggered by motion. MOTION RECORD TIME: This number indic[...]

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    - 12 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 5.15 V ideo Mode Select NTSC or P AL video source (NTS C is used in the United States). 5.16 Factory Reset Press [ SEL ] button to reload factory defaults, then the DVR will reboot, all custom settings (including password) will be restored to factory default. Caution: There is no confirming dialog box for this s[...]

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    - 13 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 1. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage) 2. Recording symbol (channel is currently recording) 3. Channel Number 4. Record Resolution (QUAD or EACH) 5. S tatus (REC, Play , FF1, FF2, FF3, REW , P AUSE) 6. HDD Info. ([M] Master Hard disk) 7. Record Schedule: (T) Continuous (M ) Motion Detection (-) No Recor[...]

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    - 14 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual Press [ Play ] button to play the latest recording. During playback press the [ Menu ] button to list all recorded video clips from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top. Press [ Up ] and [ Down ] to move the cursor and select an event, press [ Play] button to start playback. 1. S tarting time o[...]

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    QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual Chapter 8: USB Programming By connecting the DVR to a PC you can us e PC V i ewer software to play back and backup DVR recorded video through the USB 2.0 port. 8.1 PC V iewer Pr ogram 1. Put the USB Driver Program CD into your CD-ROM Drive 2. Open CD directory 3. Double click on the “PCV iewerInstall.exe” file to i[...]

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    - 16 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual Item Remark 1. Capture picture Save an image of current frame 2. Save video clip Save DVR’s video clip to PC in .mys/.avi file 3. Directory Setting Change location of capture directory On PC 4. T ime Search Search for time file on DVR hard disk 5. DVR event list Open event list recorded in DVR 6. DVR Mode* 7. [...]

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    - 17 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual Chapter 9: Specifications DVR ITEM DESCRIPTION NOTE V ideo Format NTSC / P AL Operation System None Stand-alone Camera Input Channel 4 channel Co mposite BNC V ideo Output Cha nnel 1 channel Co mposite BNC NTSC 120 frames/secon d 4×30 frames/second Display Frame Rate P AL 10 0 frames /second 4×25 frames/second[...]

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    - 18 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual CAMERA Dimension: 46(W) × 46(D) × 107(H)mm W e i ght: 280g Operation T emperature: -20 ℃ - +55 ℃ Auto Gain Control: On/Off V ideo Output: 1. 0Vp-p 75 Ohm Auto Iris: 1/50 1/6000 S/N ratio > 48dB Color V ideo Ca mera All W eatherproof Camera with 1 1 IR LEDs for Night V ision Easy Installation – W all M[...]

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    - 19 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual 10.2 DVR Accessories (included) Q - S E E P r o d u c t W a r r a n t y Thank you for choosing our products. All of our products users have a conditional free warranty repair servic e for hardware within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one m onth (valid for manufacturing[...]

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    - 20 - QSD004C4-250 User ’s Manual Customer Information Card User ’ s Name Mr ./Mrs. Company Name Postal Address Postal code Phone Number E-mail Model Number of Product Serial Number of Product Purchase Date Distributor If you have questions: Contact Us: Mailing Address: Customer Service: DPS Inc. Phone: 877-998-3440 x 538 8015 E. Crystal Dr Em[...]