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Speco Technologies CS4 DVR User Manual

1. Cancel Highlighting the box under the Interval heading beside each alarm in and pressing the button allows you to change the interval that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on Alarm Inputs You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage setup screen displays System Event Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify and Health Check Actions press the button Select percentage level of Disk Bad Notify 50 bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to Disk Almost Full Notity 80 trigger an alert Percentage levels range from Disk Temperature 158 10 to 90 Highlight the box beside Disk Almost Full Notify and press the button Select the percentage level of disk usage at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert Percentage levels Ei Caneel range from 80 to 99 Figure 41 Storage setup screen Highlight the first box beside Disk Temperature and press the button Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to scroll through the numbers Refer to the hard disk drive manufacturer s documentation for the correct temperature setting Ifthe temperature of hard disk drive exceeds the defined threshold the system triggers an alert 40 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the second box beside Disk Temperature and press th
2. Figure 61 Display OSD setup screen Remote Control The icon SS displays when the DVR can be controlled by the infrared remote control Zoom The icon D displays on the enlarged video Network The icon Gi displays when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet The icon h displays when audio communication is available between the DVR and a PC running Speco Central via Ethernet Freeze amp Sequence The icon amp displays while in the Freeze mode and the displays while in the Sequence mode Screen Group The number of screen group displays when the DVR is not in the 3x3 and 1 7 modes of the 8 channel DVR and 2x2 mode for the 4 channel DVR Free Space The icon displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode and the percentage of available storage space displays when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode Date Time The current date and time information displays User Name The name of the current user logged in displays Camera No The camera number displays at the top left corner of each camera screen Camera Title The camera title displays at the top left corner of each camera screen Record The record related icons display on each camera screen Audio The icon displays when the DVR can play live audio PTZ The icon displays on each PTZ camera screen Text In The text input strings display on the screen You can adjust the Display Dwell time sec for the te
3. NOTE Descriptions of the Record icons in the Type column are as follows Figure 24 Schedule Settings Advanced Mode Time lapse Time A Alarm in setup screen 8 Motion Kl Video Loss Video Blind Text In 28 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE Day Range and Channels that are not defined will use the setting values of the previous schedule item NOTE When more than two schedule items are registered in the same day and time range the DVR will follow the latest registered schedule item NOTE When multiple events are detected at the same time from a specific channel the DVR will record event video with the high setting values if the ips Quality and Dwell values of events are different from each other However the ips will be reset to the supported maximum value when the ips Quality and Dwell are all set to the highest value Advanced Mode Only Highlight the box under the 9 heading and press the button to delete the recording settings You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the settings Highlight Default and press the button The Default screen appears Default Highlighting boxes under ips and pressing the button Mode ips Quality Dwell allows you to set the images per second for Time and Event Ar E eg Se recording You can select from 0 10 to 30 0 images per e second Highlighting boxes under Quality and pressing the G
4. e Rewind Pressing the button plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from 44 444 and 444 e Play Pause Pressing the 1 button plays back video at regular speed The screen displays II when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen displays when the DVR is playing back video e Fast Forward Pressing the gt gt button plays video forward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from gt gt gt gt and PPP 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder e Stop Pressing the Ll button stops playback and enters the Live Monitoring mode e Backward When in the pause mode pressing the Tat button moves to the previous image e Forward When in the pause mode pressing the 1 gt button moves to the next image In the Live Monitoring mode pressing any playback button enters to the Search mode Alarm Button Pressing the ALARM button resets the DVR s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm Layout Button Pressing the LAYOUT button toggles between different display formats The available formats are 3x3 1P7 1P5 2x2 and PIP Zoom Button Pressing the ZOOM button zooms the current image on the screen A PIP with a rectangle temporarily displays showing what area of the screen has been enlarged You can use the arrow buttons to move the rectan
5. Quality and press the button You can select the Quality from Very High High Standard and Basic Press the button to set the Quality NOTE The higher Quality settings require higher Transfer Speed settings The transfer speed you set is the maximum speed Depending on the network environment this speed may not be achieved The DVR supports two way audio communication between a local system and a PC running Speco Central Highlighting the box beside Remote Audio Channel and pressing the button allows you to select the audio channel that sends audio to the remote site Selecting Select From Speco Central will send audio of the channel selected from Speco Central NOTE Depending on network conditions audio might be interrupted or out of synchronization during transmission NOTE Recorded audio might NOT be played properly on a PC running Speco Central when the DVR is connected to more than two Speco Central search programs at the same time You can limit the network bandwidth settings so that system does not consume too much network bandwidth Highlight the box beside Network Bandwidth Limit and press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the desired maximum bandwidth from 10Kbps to 100Mbps NOTE When limiting the network bandwidth the remote watch image on the PC running Speco Central or Speco Remote might not be displayed properly Highlight Enable SSL for Transferring Data and press the button to toggle between On and Off
6. X NOTE You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485 Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and press the button A list of PTZ devices appears Select your camera from the list and press the button You will need to connect the camera to the RS232 or RS485 connector on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer s instructions You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the E button Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number The PTZ ID number can be set from 0 to 256 Highlight the Setup box and press the button The Port Setup window appears 51 Operation Instruction Port Setup RS485 Baud Rate 9600 DataBit 8 Stop Bit 1 Parity None instructions le bh lle Cancel Audio Configure the port s setting based on the PTZ camera manufacturer s Highlight Audio in the Devices menu and press the button The Audio setup screen appears Audio z S alo Associated Camera None None None None kl Enable Audio Out 5 Figure 57 Audio setup screen Alarm Out The DVR can record up to four audio inputs Highlight the box beside the input and press the button
7. You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the DVR to sequence through the different screen layouts pages so that all the cameras will be displayed You can also set up the DVR to display one camera or a group of cameras all the time while cycling through the remaining cameras in a cameo window This can be done with one camera displayed full screen while displaying the cameo window as a PIP picture in picture or displaying the cameras in a grid pattern with the bottom right window as the cameo NOTE Sequence cannot be used in the 3x3 and 1 7 modes of the 8 channel DVR and 2x2 mode of the 4 channel DVR You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the E button You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On the DVR will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs Highlight the VGA tab and the VGA setup screen appears Display Highlight the box beside Resolution and press OSD Main Monitor the button You can select from 800x600 VGA 1024x768 and 1280x1024 Resolution 800 X 600 Highlight the box Test box and press the Test button to test how the screen will be displayed with the resolution you set he Cancel Figure 6
8. e Figure 33 Video Loss Settings setup screen Highlight the Actions tab and the Video Loss Actions setup screen appears 34 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Cer The DVR can be set to react to video loss settings SE differently for each camera Each camera can W Record TA Notify Pz be associated with another camera trigger an Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer notify a number of different devices and or move PTZ cameras to preset positions Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the button A list of cameras appears You can associate as many cameras Ei Caneel with that camera as you wish If the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera it Figure 34 Video Loss Actions setup screen starts recording video from all the associated cameras olujojajsjo n NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time amp Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out
9. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off In the Schedule On mode the DVR records video based on the schedule established in the Schedule screen When turning Schedule recording Off you will be asked to confirm your decision and 9 displays at the top left corner of each camera screen Panic recording will function even when Schedule is turned off displays during panic recording 27 Operation Instruction Highlight the Schedule Mode box and press the 4 button You can select between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode Selecting Advanced Mode allows you to set up individual recording schedule for each event Highlight the and press the button to add a schedule item Highlight the box under the Day heading and press the button to change the days that the scheduled recording will take place Choose from Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat M F Hol and All Highlight the box under the Range heading and press the button to change the time range that the scheduled recording will take place The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes Highlight the box under the Mode heading and press the button to change the recording mode that will be used Choose from No Record Time Event and Time amp Event Simple Mode Only When the DVR is in the No Record mode it will not record during the preset day and time range as long as Di Panic in the Live Monitoring menu is not selected Us
10. A list of cameras appears and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input Highlight Enable Audio Out and press the button This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out NOTE The DVR will NOT record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips Highlight Alarm Out in the Devices menu and press the 4 button The Alarm Out screen allows you to change the settings and establish a schedule for the alarm output from the DVR Alarm Out settings Schedule No Title Type J 1 NO gt Dwell Time 5 sec A he Cancel Figure 58 Alarm Out Settings setup screen The alarm output can be given its title by highlighting the box under the Title heading and pressing the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the title Highlighting the box beside Dwell Time and pressing the button allows you to set the dwell time of the alarm output Dwell times range from 5 seconds to 15 minutes Highlight the Schedule tab and the Alarm Out Schedule setup screen displays 52 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder anton You can add and edit alarm output schedules settings EMO on this screen Highlight the and press the No Day Range Mode Alarm Out x E button to add a schedule Highlighting the 1 AI 00 00 24 00 Event aa JS boxes under the Column headin
11. tab causes the Time Sync setup screen to display You can set up time synchronization between the DVR and standard time servers that are available in most time zones and countries or between the DVR and another DVR omo Highlight the box beside Automatic Sync and Date Time Holiday MATES press the button This toggles between On Automatic Sync and Off Highlight the box beside Time Server and press the button A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the IP address or domain Run as Server name of the time server NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up Cancel the DNS Server when setting up the LAN Figure 12 Time Sync setup screen Highlight the box beside Interval and press the button Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals Last Sync Time displays the last time the DVR was synchronized with the time server Highlight Run as Server and press the Gi button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off When it is On the DVR you are setting up will run as a time server Storage Highlight Storage in the System menu and press the button The Storage setup screen appears and displays information about the DVR s storage devices 17 Operation Instruction JTP The information in the Type column describes Information Status
12. Instruction Text In Search Text In Search The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Time Transaction Text Input The Text In Search screen displays 08 12 2011 14 56 51 5 8 12 2011 18 56 51 this list Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video 08 12 2011 14 56 51 08 12 2011 14 56 51 hank you 11 14 56 08 12 2011 14 56 51 total s 830 55 Pressing the Play Pause button will extract 08 12 2011 14 56 51 08 12 2011 14 56 51 Garlicbread 115 Is 1 15 14 the video associated with the Text Input and 08 12 2011 14 56 51 Pancake 3 15 ail 315 4141 display the first image of the event Pressing the 08 12 2011 14 56 50 7 Up I 180 1 s 1 80 14 56 e mos 08 12 2011 14 56 50 Coke Ss 220 1 s 2 20 14 56 O button will start playing the event video option segment Pressing PLAY STOP button returns Close to live monitoring Figure 72 Text In Search screen NOTE It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen Change the screen mode to 3x3 for the 8 channel DVR and 2x2 for the 4 channel DVR and you will be able to easily see the cameras that have recorded video during target time NOTE Text Input information will be overlaid on the image while the recorded video is played at regular speed You can also narrow your event sear
13. Normal CAM2 Normal CAM3 Normal CAM4 Normal CAM5 Normal CAM6 Normal CAM7 Normal olulojajajojn z Ie eI a cg CAM8 Normal le le le fe lo le le le de he Cancel Figure 55 Camera setup screen 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder You can turn the camera number On or Off and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop down list in the Use column NOTE When selecting the Covert 1 the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert video When selecting the Covert 2 the DVR displays only camera title on the covert video NOTE Auser who does not have Covert Camera View authority cannot view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 in both the live monitoring and playback modes Highlight the PTZ tab and the PTZ setup screen displays Camera Settings er he Port None Cancel Figure 56 Camera PTZ setup screen v None CC501 TOA CDC 2500 Costar CDC2400 DynaColor CRD J6416 Chilsung CRR 1660s Fine CRX 1401 ERAESEEDS D protocol Pelco Dennard2060 Dennard DMP 1223 Tokina
14. SNS account highlight the and press the button Type Twitter a Highlight beside Type and press the Y button Selecting Twitter tre from the Type allows you to post a tweet on Twitter when an event occurs Highlight the box beside User Name Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user name and password The SNS accounts can be deleted by highlighting the M beside the account and pressing the button NOTE Posting a tweet might fail because of Twitter limitations 49 Operation Instruction Highlight the Schedule tab and the Schedule setup screen displays You can add and edit notification schedules on this screen Highlight the and press the x button to add a schedule Highlighting the boxes Notification Callback Mail SNS No Day Range Notify 1 All 00 00 24 00 M 1 52 5 X under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those he boxes Summary Email Interval Never The Day box allows you to select the days that the notification schedule will be active The choices are Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Cancel MF Hol and All Figure 53 Notification Schedule setup screen The Range box allows you to set the time that the notification schedule will be active in 15 m
15. Settings Setup screen 32 Figure 31 Motion Detection Actions 1 SETUP screen 33 Figure 32 Motion Detection Actions 2 setup screen Figure 33 Video Loss Settings setup screen Figure 34 Video Loss Actions Setup screen 0oocccccccccconocoooccncnccnonannnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnncnnncnannnnnnnns 35 Figure 35 Video Blind Settings setup screen Figure 36 Video Blind Actions setup screen Figure 37 Text In Settings setup screen Figure 38 Text In Device setup screen Figure 39 Text In Actions setup screen SS Ge Figure 40 Health Check Setup screen Figdre 41 Storage Setup SCT a data Figure 42 System Event Actions setup screen Figure 45 Network setup screen Figure 46 LAN Manual setup screen Figure 47 DVRNS setup screen we d Go Figure 48 RTSP SOtUP Steet te chests d en Ee ESA Ae vi 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 49 Speco Remote Setup screen Figure 50 Notification Callback setup screen me S Figure 51 Notification Mail Setup screen 48 Figure 52 Notification SNS setup screen 49 Figure 53 Notification Schedule setup screen Figure 54 Devices menu Figure 55 Camera setup screen Figure 56 Camera PTZ setup screen Ca Figure 57 Audio setup screen oe ER Figure 58 Alarm Out Settings Setup screen oooooocccinocccconocccccon
16. Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power Are you sure you want to shut down Figure 19 Shutdown screen Recording Setup Record Record Schedule Pre Event Figure 20 Record menu Record Highlight Record in the Record menu and press the button The Record setup screen appears Gre Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button Settings Panic Record toggles between On and Off In the Recycle Recycle mode the DVR records over the oldest video Sg Diese z data once all available storage space has been Record Auge used When Recycle is turned off the DVR Auto Deletion 05 Never stops recording once all available storage space Limit Time Lapse Recording Never has been used Highlight the Resolution box and select from Very High High and Standard e Figure 21 Record setup screen 25 Operation Instruction NOTE The total ips of all camera channels will be limited to 120 ips 60 ips for 4 ch Model when set to High resolution and 60 ips 30 ips for 4 ch Model when set to Very High resolution NOTE When set to High or Very High resolution the maximum recording speed of each camera channel might decrease so as no
17. When running the updated Speco Remote for the first time Internet Explorer might occasionally load the information of the previous version In this case delete the temporary internet files by selecting Tools gt Internet Options gt General tab and then run Speco Remote again NOTE There might be a problem that the bottom of Speco Remote page is cropped due to the address or status bars in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 0 In this situation it is recommended that websites open windows without address or status bars by changing the internet setting Go to the Tools gt Internet Options gt Security tab gt Click the Custom level button gt Select Enable for the Allow websites to open windows without address or status bars option NOTE When running Speco Remote in the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu Otherwise some functions of Speco Remote might be limited 80 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system In this situation it is recommended you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer Run the Command Prompt with elevated admini
18. and time you want press the button Then highlight Go and press the button The selected date and time will display If no video was recorded during the selected time a message appears alerting you that no image was recorded at that time The button and arrow buttons can now be used to review the surrounding video 67 Operation Instruction Export Selecting E Export in the Search menu displays the following Export menu See the following Clip Copy section for details EZ Copy e EZ Copy Selecting EZ Copy will set the starting point of the video ee Se to be clip copied and the D icon displays at the bottom left corner of the screen Selecting EZ Copy again will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied and displays the Clip Copy screen e Clip Copy Select Clip Copy and the Clip Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup Digital Deterrent Recording Selecting Digital Deterrent Recording allows you to extract audio files from recorded audio on the DVR Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration Digital Deterrent section for details Camera Menu Selecting E Camera Menu in the Search menu displays the following Camera Menu Zoom e Zoom Selecting Zoom and choosing the camera number zooms the current y Audio playback image of the selected camera on the screen v Enable De Interlace e Audio Selecting Audio toggles audio playback On and Off Recorded audio will be played when t
19. back video Camera Buttons Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number s value When in the PIP display format pressing the Up and Down arrow buttons moves the position of the small screen counter clockwise and clockwise and pressing the Left and Right buttons changes the PIP screen size In the playback mode pressing the gg button plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from 44 444 and 4444 and the screen displays 4 444 and 4444 respectively While playing video pressing the PP button plays video forward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from bk gt gt gt and PPP and the screen displays gt gt gt gt gt and gt gt respectively When in the pause mode pressing the gt button moves to the next image and pressing the Wl button moves to the previous image Play Pause Button In the live monitoring mode pressing the button freezes the current screen and the screen displays 3 icon When in the playback mode pressing the Y button pauses playing video Pressing the button selects a h
20. be controlled remotely by an external device or control system such as Ee a control keyboard using RS485 half duplex serial communications signals The RS485 S connector can also be used to control PTZ pan tilt zoom cameras or text in devices Connect RX TX and RX TX of the control system to the and respectively of the DVR See Chapter 3 Configuration and the PTZ camera text in device or remote controller manufacture s manual for configuring the RS485 connection Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit H gt To gt TX RX gt To gt TX RX GND gt To GND RS232 Port Di An RS232 port is provided to connect remote control devices such as a control keyboard PTZ cameras or text in devices can also be connected to the RS232 port See Chapter 3 Configuration and the PTZ camera text in device or remote controller manufacturer s manual for configuring the RS232 connection Operation Instruction Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit RX gt To gt TXD TX gt To gt RXD GND gt To gt GND NOTE Refer to the following for pin out details for the 9 pin connector of the slave unit 23 5 5_32 Pin 2 RXD Receive Data Pin 3 TXD Transmit Data Male Female Pin 5 GND Ground Power Cord Connector Connect the connector from the adaptor to the DVR and connect the AC power cord to the adaptor and then to the wall outlet WARNING ROUTE POWER CORDS
21. deterrent will take place Choose from Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Digital Deterrent Sat M F Hol and All Import Export Record Highlight the box under the Range heading and press the button to change the time range that le the scheduled digital deterrent will take place The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes Figure 60 Digital Deterrent setup screen Highlight the box under the Associated Event heading and press the button to select which events you want associated with each digital deterrent 53 Operation Instruction None None None None None le le le le le le le le None olujoja s o None Cancel Digital Deterrent Import 1 files will be imported Device Name import Schedule 1 Associated Event You can select the audio files associate with each event Highlight the No Associated Audio box under the Associated Audio and press the button A list of 1 None audio file name appears and you can select which audio file you want to associated with that event You can import saved audio files or export the current audio files To import saved audio files connect the USB device containing the audio file aaf or wav to the DVR Highlight Digital Deterrent Import and press the button Select
22. email via an SMTP server requiring SSL Secure Sockets Layer authentication CEO Highlight the box beside Authentication and press the button An Use Authentication screen appears Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off oK Highlight the box beside User Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and password NOTE This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org Highlight the box beside Sender and enter the sender s e mail address Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e mail address NOTE The e mail address must include the character to be a valid address Highlight the Test box and press the button to test emailing with the current settings you made Highlight the SNS tab and the SNS setup screen displays Notification The DVR can be set up to post a message via Callback Mail MENS Schedule SNS Social Network Service when an event SNS occurs You can add and edit the SNS Social Network Service account on this screen The SNS account can be turned On or Off by highlighting the boxes under the No heading EJ and pressing the button he Cancel Figure 52 Notification SNS setup screen SNS 1 To add an
23. exits the EZ Setup OEZ Network for Network Setup without saving your changes and returns to the main setup screen Cancel wm Figure 16 EZ Setup screen 21 Operation Instruction EZ Record You are about to start EZ Record EZ Record will guide you through Date Time Setup Recording Method Setup Recording Video Quality Setup Network Setup Optional Click the Next button to start EZ Record Cancel Figure 17 EZ Record screen EZ Record Step 1 3 Date Time Setup Date 08 10 2011 __ Format Time 17 43 21 S Format Time Zone GMT 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada wl Enable Daylight Saving Time Cancel Back EZ Record Step 2 3 Record Method Setup Which recording method would you prefer to use Motion Event Record Recommended O Continuous amp Motion Event Record O Continuous Record Motion Event Record means that the system will record when a Motion Event is detected Generally video quality is more important for Motion Event Recording than it is for Continuous Recording so the system records at a higher quality tor Motion Events Cancel Back EZ Record Step 3 3 Record Video Quality Setup Which video quality profile would you prefer to use 9 High Video Quality Priority Profile HVQPP O Standa
24. for details e Audio Selecting Audio toggles audio output On and Off e Color Control Selecting Color Control and choosing the camera number allows you to control brightness contrast hue and saturation for each camera for the selected camera if a user who has Color Control authority logs into the system It is the same as pressing and holding a camera button for a few seconds NOTE It is important that cameras and monitors are correctly installed and adjusted prior to making any image adjustments using the DVR s controls NOTE Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both the live video on the monitors and the recorded video NOTE The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the live monitoring mode Alarm Selecting fej Alarm in the Live Monitoring menu resets the DVR s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm It is the same as pressing any button on the front panel when the alarm is activated 61 Operation Instruction Digital Deterrent Selecting EJ Digital Deterrent in the Live Monitoring menu displays the following setup screen and allows the DVR to play manually Manual Digital Deterrent Highlight the box beside Source name and press the Select Digital Deterrent source button to select the source file to play Highlighting Seene Trigger plays the selected file as the digital deterrent Panic Selecting Di Panic in the
25. indicate the end of a line Special characters can be created using and a capital letter e g J for NL New Line M for CR Carriage Return Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for Line Delimiter character s Highlight the box beside Ignore String and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter any strings of text that you want the DVR to ignore Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for text strings that the device sends during transactions so you will know which ones you do not want recorded Highlight the Case Sensitive box and press the button to toggle between On and Off Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation to determine if the text strings are Case Sensitive If the device distinguishes between upper and lower case letters make certain the Case Sensitive box is turned On Highlight the box beside Time Out and press the button Set the length of time to wait for the new text string The DVR will consider a transaction complete if no new text strings are entered between the last text input and the dwell time out You can adjust the Time Out dwell from 5 seconds to 15 minutes Highlight the Actions tab and the Text In Actions setup screen appears 38 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Text in The DVR can be set to react to text input Text settings SCO input can be associated with cameras trigger an No Record Alarm out Notify Plz Alarm Ou
26. last recorded image Highlight the box beside Check Time Overlap and press the button It toggles between On and Off You will only be able to turn the Check Time Overlap on or off if a user defined date and time is set to From and To If the DVR s date and time have been reset it is possible for the DVR to have more than one overlapping start and stop time When set to On you will be asked to select one of the overlapping start and stop time When set to Off the DVR will display search results from all start times to all stop times Highlight the box beside Alarm In and press the button You can select the alarm inputs that you want to include in your search Highlight the box beside Motion and press the button You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of motion detection Highlight the box beside Video Loss and press the Y button You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of lost video Highlight the box beside Video Blind and press the button You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of blind video Highlight the box beside Text In and press the button You can select the text in devices which you want any report of text input Highlight the box beside Record Channels and press the button You can select the cameras that you want to search for any reports of event recorded data The DVR will display the events not the camera channels that occurred and that also are rec
27. lt gt 7 space entered characters You can use up to 31 characters including spaces Chal emel in your title Special characters can be created using and a capital letter e g J for NL New Line M for CR Carriage Return Special characters are commonly used by text input devices and will be useful when performing Text In Searches 13 Operation Instruction System Setup Information Date Time Storage User EZ Setup Shutdown Figure 8 System menu Information Highlight Information in the System menu and press the button The Information setup screen appears Ee In the Information screen you can name the a site location assign a System ID number select system ID oF the language the screens are displayed in display RE software version number upgrade the software pri ae EE show the System Log display recorded time Show System Leas data and clear all data ares com I SNOT WETS Highlight the Site box and press the button To 08 10 2011 17 41 30 A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to Clear All Data enter a Site Name Once you have entered your title highlight Close and press the button Figure 9 Information setup screen Highlight the box beside System ID and press the button Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the n
28. on the toolbar to pan or tilt the camera in the direction you want The other controls on the toolbar perform as described below m amp Zoom In Out GE Focus Near Far ee Iris Open Close Dn w Set Load Preset 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Recording Video Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 Installation it is ready to record The DVR will start recording based on the settings you made in the Record setup screen See Chapter3 Configuration Recycle On or Recycle Off The factory default is Recycle On It does this by recording over the oldest video once the hard disk is full Setting the DVR to Recycle Off causes it to stop recording once the hard disk is full Standard CIF High Half D1 or Very High D1 The factory default resolution is Standard When set to Standard the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 240 ips 120 ips for 4 channel model When set to High the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 120 ips 60 ips for 4 channel model When set to Very High the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 60 ips 30 ips for 4 channel model Selecting Di Panic in the Live Monitoring menu starts panic recording of all cameras and pressing the button again stops panic recording If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the Record Screen panic recording will stop automatically according to the preset duration as long as Di Panic in the Live Monitoring menu is not selecte
29. press the EA button The Motion Detection setup screen appears DEE Your DVR has built in video motion detection Settings _Actions1 Actions 2 Video motion detection can be turned On or No Sensitivity zone Min Blocks Zone View Off for each camera A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Motion Ignoring Interval 2 sec B Daytime Setup e Figure 30 Motion Detection Settings setup screen Motion Detection Sensitivity Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the Daytime 3 A button allows you to adjust the DVR s sensitivity to motion for Nighttime 3 z Daytime and Nighttime independently There are five settings with 1 being the least sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive You can define the area of the image where you want to detect motion e g a doorway Highlight the box under the Zone heading and press the button The Motion Detection Zone screen displays El D El all alla a a S a a The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks NOTE You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of three or six individual block groups 4 a
30. setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the box under the Notify heading and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the CA button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central Remote Administration System Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the preset position for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera s input Video Blind Highlight Video Blind in the Event menu and press the button The Video Blind setup screen appears 35 Operation Instruction Video Blind The DVR checks to see if anything is blinding Settings Actions the camera No Sensitivity Activation Time 01 D 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 H Use Ignoring Time 5 Figure 35 Video Blind Settings setup screen Video Blind Sensitivity Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust Bak 16 the DVR s sensitivity to video blind for
31. the button allows you to change the authority levels assigned to the group CAUTION Write down the new password and save it in a secure place If the password is forgotten the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Button and all data settings will be lost Highlighting a User Name and pressing the button allows you to add or change the password assigned to that user You can also change the group to which the user is assigned The MX column can be used to delete a User Name or an entire Group If the Wis grayed out that Group or User cannot be deleted Highlight the M and press the button You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the User or Group To delete the User currently logged into the DVR on a local system or a PC running Speco Central log the user out of the system first and then delete the user To add a Group highlight the Group box and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the Group name New Group You can use up to 15 characters including spaces in the group Croup ION name Enter the name and assign authority levels to the group z E Highlighting the Authority box and pressing the button will Upgrade toggle between all authority levels being turned On and Off S Se Highlighting the individual authority level boxes and pressing the PTZ Control bu
32. the storage device Type Capacity Format Information A meman zase een edhi eege The capacity of the storage device is displayed in the Capacity column The Format column displays whether the device is used for recording Record or not Not Using Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted Close Figure 13 Storage Information setup screen Internal 1 11271 GB Highlight the box in the Format column for the desired storage device Useas Record J and press the button You will be able to format the device for Format recording When selecting Not Using from Use As and highlighting the Format button the device will not be used for recording NOTE The DVR does NOT support USB hard disk drives with a version lower than 2 0 The Information column displays whether the device is being used or not Other indicates the device has been used for another DVR Internal 1 236 18 GB Highlight the box in the Information column for the desired Rec rd d Dat storage device and press the button The box beside rom SE Recorded Data From To displays the time information To 08 10 2011 17 42 48 of recorded data Clear Highlighting Clear and pressing the button will clear all video data You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the DVR erases the video data CAUTION Do N
33. user can copy video clips on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Setup The user without Setup authority cannot establish any system settings excluding system shutdown and logout on a local system or a PC running Speco Central System Time Change The user can change the system date and time on a local system or a PC running Speco Central Data Clear The user can clear all video data or format disks on a local system or a PC running Speco Central 20 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder PTZ Setup The user can establish all PTZ settings on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Alarm Out Setup The user can establish all Alarm Out settings on a local system or a PC running Speco Central Covert Camera Setup The user can establish all Covert Camera settings on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Record Setup The user can establish all Record settings on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Digital Deterrent Setup The user can establish all Digital Deterrent settings on a local system e Setup Import The user can import saved DVR settings from a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Setup Export The user can export the current DVR settings to a local system or a PC running Speco Central New User To add a User highlight the User box and press the button User ZZ A virtual keyboard appears allow
34. video blind on the selected camera s input Text In Highlight Text In in the Event menu and press the button The Text In setup screen appears Textin The DVR can be set to react to text input from Settings Actions devices such as ATMs Automated Teller Setup E Title Machines and POS Point of Sale i e cash registers This screen allows you to configure the DVR for each text in device Highlight the box under the Setup heading and press the button Selecting the Setup heading changes all the parameters excluding Port settings of all the text input channels e NOTE The system performance might be affected when a large quantity of text inputs Figure 37 Text In Settings setup screen are detected from several channels at the same time z 9 slolalaleolm a Fees Highlight the box beside Port and press the Port None Z button Select from None RS232 RS485 USB Serial 1 8 and LAN 1 8 NOTE If you have set the Port as None you will not be able to make any changes to the screen NOTE When using the USB to serial text in device do NOT remove the USB cable from the port while the system is running Cancel Figure 38 Text In Device setup screen 37 Operation Instruction Highlight Setup and press the button Use the ATM or POS manufacturer s recommended settings when conf
35. view video after selecting the time or event Operation Instruction Your DVR can be set up for event or time lapse recording You can define times to record and the schedule can change for different days of the week and user defined holidays The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full or it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via Ethernet There is a USB port that can be used to upgrade the system or copy video clips to external hard disk and flash drives Main Monitor VGA Out BNC Sensors 1 8 Cameras 1 8 go B Audio Input 1 4 USp HDD Flash Drive EES Audio Output Flashing Light 9 SpecoCentral SpecoRemote IR Remote Control ATM POS Remote Keyboard Mouse Network Figure 1 Typical DVR installation NOTE This manual covers the 4 and 8 channel digital video recorders The DVRs are identical except for the number of cameras and alarms that can be connected and the number of cameras that can be displayed For simplicity the illustrations and descriptions in this manual refer to the 8 camera model 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 Installation Package Contents The package con
36. 3 VGA setup screen 56 CH Change resolution to 800 X 600 Full Screen Remote Control 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlighting OK and pressing the button applies resolution changes Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button The Remote Control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard Remote Control Port None Figure 64 Remote Control setup screen Highlight the box beside Port and select between None RS232 and RS485 Ifthe RS232 port and RS485 port is in use for PTZ control networking or text input the remote keyboard cannot be configured Highlight Setup and select the correct Baud Rate Parity Data Bits and Stop Bits for the device you are connecting to the DVR Highlight the box beside Remote Control Product and select the device from the list 57 Operation Instruction 58 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 Operation NOTE This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured If it has not please refer to Chapters 2 and 3 The DVR s controls are similar to a VCR As with a VCR the main functions are recording and playing back video However you have much greater control over recording and playing back video You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week The DVR allows you to search through the r
37. 6789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount Coke I 2 20 1 s 2 20 Fanta I 2 20 1 s 2 20 Hotdog I 3 50 3 s 10 50 Pepsi I 1 95 1 s 1 95 total 16 85 Thank you In the above text in data you can find that the comparison value is located at 17 Unit price mark will be ignored automatically 28 Qty and 40 amount characters including spaces from the left but the value of amount category is located on a different line from Item In this case you can enter 17 28 and 40 in each Column box and enter 1 in the Line box for the next line For example if you want to search for Coke with a Qty Quantity of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount totaling over 8 the following search condition can be set Text In Search Option From M First To MLast Channels 1 3 Generic Text No Name Comp Value Column Line 1 Coke _ gt el 1 si 287 KE 2 AND Hotdog gt 8 402 12 Case Sensitive Load Save Search Speco Remote Speco Remote allows you to access a remote DVR monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere 79 Operation Instruction Computer system requirements for using the Speco Remote program
38. AN 1 lt None gt LAN 2 lt None gt LAN 3 lt None gt LAN 4 lt None gt LAN 5 lt None gt Alert Window System Alarm In Settings Actions 1 Actions 2 No PTZ Digital Deterrent he Cancel Figure 29 Alarm In Actions 2 setup screen You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the Y button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should NS be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central Remote Administration Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the preset position for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated alarm input Highlight the desired box under the Digital Deterrent heading and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to On the DVR will sound whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input 31 Operation Instruction Motion Detection Highlight Motion Detection in the Event menu and
39. Black and White independently write 18 from 0 Never and 1 least sensitive to 15 most sensitive NOTE Video blind might NOT be detected for a camera with a very noisy image especially when set for low sensitivity values Highlighting the box under the Activation Time heading allow you to set the duration before the DVR will report a Video Blind The DVR will not consider any blindness on camera video to be Video Blind if the blindness does not last during the preset Activation Time after detected Highlight Use Ignoring Time and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to On the DVR will ignore video blind events occurred during the preset period Highlighting Time Setup and press the button allows you to set up event ignoring time Highlight the Actions tab and the Video Blind Actions setup screen appears aa The DVR can be set to react to video blind settings SE differently for each camera Each camera can No Record Alarm out Notity Prz be associated with another camera trigger an Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer notify a number of different devices and or move PTZ cameras to preset positions Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the Ed button A list of cameras appears You can associate as many cameras Ei Caneel with that camera as you wish If the DVR j
40. DIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE USERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE WARNING CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE USER S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT THIS CLASS OF DIGITAL APPARATUS MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANADIAN INTERFERENCE CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS The information in this manual is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication We are not responsible for any problems resulting from the use thereof The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions or new editions to this publication may be issued to incorporate such changes The software included in this product contains some Open Sources You may obtain the complete corresponding source code from us See the Open Source Guide on the software CD OpenSource Guide OpenSource Guide pdf or as a printed document included along with the User s Manual Operation Instruction Important Safeguards 1 Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated 2 Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future re
41. L Dimensions W x Hx D 10 4 x 2 0 x 7 5 265mm x 52mm x 191mm Unit Weight 3 7 lbs 1 7kg Shipping Weight 7 3 lbs 3 3kg GE EE 14 0 x 4 1 x 13 4 355mm x 103mm x 340mm Operating Temperature 41 F to 104 F 5 C to 40 C Operating Humidity 0 to 90 8 ch Model 12V 1 2A Adaptor 100 240 V 50 60Hz 1 5A POKE 12V m SA 4 ch Model 12V 1 2A Adaptor 100 240 V 50 60Hz 1 0A 12V 3A Power Consumption Max 25W Approvals FCC CE Specifications are subject to change without notice 88
42. LAN Manual setup screen NOTE You will need to get the appropriate IP Address Gateway and Subnet Mask from your network administrator Highlight the box beside DNS Server Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the IP address of the DNS server Highlight Use UPnP and press the button to toggle between On and Off When it is On port forwarding from the NAT Network Address Translation device to the DVR will be enabled automatically via UPnP Universal Plug and Play service This function will be especially useful when accessing a port on a private IP address NOTE For the UPnP service to work the NAT device should support the UPnP Port Forwarding function and the function should be set to enabled NOTE You cannot change the port settings when Use UPnP is On Highlight the Status box and press the button to display the port numbers forwarded from the NAT device via UPnP service Highlight the Port Number Setup box and press the button The Port Number Setup screen appears Port Number Setup 8000 12000 Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Remote Admin 3200 E Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number The E om z factory default Port settings are Remote Search 10019 E Remote Admin 8200 Remote Callback 8201 Remote Audio 811615 Remote Watch 8016 Remote Search 10019 6 Remote Audio 8116 NOTE You will need to get t
43. Live Monitoring menu starts panic recording of all cameras and displays on the screen Selecting El again stops panic recording Setup Selecting EJ Setup in the Live Monitoring menu enters the Main Setup screen Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration for detailed descriptions of system setup Search Mode Selecting KJ Search Mode in the Live Monitoring menu exits the live monitoring mode and enters the search mode It is the same as pressing the PLAY STOP button on the front panel Login Logout Selecting El Login in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen and you will be asked to select a User and enter the password to log into the system Selecting El Logout in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user Active Cameo Mode You can enter the Active Cameo mode by selecting El Display gt Edit Group in the Live Monitoring menu in any multi view format 8 ch Model Only The yellow outline surrounding the video indicates the active cameo and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo Pressing the Enter button or selecting Exit Group Edit in the Camera Menu exits the Active Cameo mode The active cameo mode will remains in effect for 15 seconds if there is no further operation In active cameo mode press the button for the camera you want to display in the active cameo After setting the camera number to a
44. NOTE A separate Alarm button on the front panel is not provided Pressing any button on the front panel resets alarm output including the internal buzzer when the alarm is activated However when you are in the menu or PTZ mode you have to exit the menu or PTZ mode first to reset alarm output NOTE The infrared sensor is just to the right of the USB ports Make certain that nothing blocks the sensor or the remote control will not function properly NOTE When you use wireless communication devices such as Wi Fi or Bluetooth near the DVR the remote control might not function properly NOTE You can also use a USB mouse not supplied to navigate through the screens and menus much like you would on a computer Menu Button In the Live Monitoring mode and Search mode pressing the MENU button displays the menu icons at the top of the screen Operation Instruction Copy Button Pressing the COPY button allows you to copy video clips Esc Button During menu setup pressing the ESC button closes the current menu or setup dialog box Play Stop Button Pressing the PLAY STOP button enters the playback mode and pressing the button again exits the playback mode When entering the playback mode video is paused Pressing the Play Pause button plays back video at regular speed The screen displays when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen displays when the DVR is playing
45. Next Group moves to the previous or next page e Edit Group Selecting Edit Group enters the cameo mode e OSD Selecting OSD toggles OSD On and Off Search Selecting EY Search in the Search menu displays the following Search menu See the following Event Log Search Record Table Search Motion Search and Text In Search sections for details Event Log Search e Event Log Search Selecting Event Log Search selects video from the pea event log lotion Searc e A TaxcinSoareh e Record Table Search Selecting Record Table Search selects using a recording table e Motion Search Selecting Motion Search selects motion events e Text In Search Selecting Text In Search selects text input strings Go To Selecting E Go To in the Search menu displays the following GO TO menu Go to the First e Go to the First Selecting Go to the First displays the first recorded image Ss a Ne geg e Go to the Last Selecting Go to the Last displays the last recorded image e Go to the Date Time Selecting Go to the Date Time displays the Go to the Date Time screen GENEE Move the cursor over the date and time and press the Play Pause Enter Date Time to go to button You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year month day hours minutes and seconds Use the Up and Down a arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video Once you have set the date
46. OT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the device while copying video clips If the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips archived data might be lost Highlight the Status tab and the Storage Status setup screen displays 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder ee The Type column displays the type of storage Information status device Type Disk Bad Temperature S M A R T The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors Internal 1 Good 0 Good 32 F Good Not formatted The device is not formatted Good Less than user defined percentage of bad disk sections is damaged e Bad More than user defined percentage of bad disk sections is damaged Close Figure 14 Storage Status setup screen The Temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device Good The temperature does not exceed the user defined temperature threshold Bad The temperature exceeds the user defined temperature threshold N A The DVR cannot read the temperature The S M A R T column displays Good Bad or N A depending on storage conditions Good The storage condition is normal Bad Data cannot be written on or read from the storage device e N A Storage conditions are normal however the S M A R T monitoring is not working or supported NOTE When t
47. Operation Instruction DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER CS4 4 Channel CS8 8 Channel H speco technologies Speco Technologies is constantly developing product improvements We reserve the right to modify product design and specifications without notice and without incurring any obligation Speco Technologies 200 New highway Arnityville NY 11701 1 800 645 5516 www specotech com 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR 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 presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance COMPLIANCE NOTICE OF FCC THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS A DIGITAL DEVICE PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RA
48. P address of the computer e you want contacted during an event You can enter up to five IP addresses ajajwjn ofofofjofo d Figure 50 Notification Callback setup screen 47 Operation Instruction Highlight the box beside Retry and enter the number of times you would like the DVR to try contacting the computer You can select from 1 to 10 retries Highlight the Mail tab and the Mail setup screen displays Notification The DVR can be set up to send an email when Callback SNS schedule an event occurs The Mail account can be turned Recipient On or Off by highlighting the boxes under the No heading and pressing the button Highlight the and press the button to add a mail recipient SMTP Setup kel Cancel Figure 51 Notification Mail setup screen Recipient 4 Highlight the first box under Recipient and press the button A Maua virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the recipient s e mail address Highlight the second box under Recipient and press the button You can select between Manual and listed SMTP mail server providers NOTE The e mail address must include the character to be a valid address Highlight the box under the heading and press t
49. SB 2 0 Ports e Continues Recording while Transmitting to Remote Site and during Playback e User friendly Graphical User Interface GUI Menu System e Multiple Recording Modes Time lapse Pre event Event and Panic e Two way Audio Communication e 4 Channel Audio Recording and 1 Channel Audio Playback e Text Input for ATM and POS e Alarm Connections Include Input and Output e Built in Alarm Buzzer e Live or Recorded Video Access via Ethernet e Time Synchronization using industry standard protocol e Self diagnostics with automatic notification including hard disk drive SMART protocol e Infrared Remote Control Technical Overview In addition to replacing both a time lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation your DVR has many features that make it much more powerful and easier to use than even the most advanced VCR The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to digital images and records them on a hard disk drive Using a hard disk drive allows you to access recorded video almost instantaneously there is no need to rewind tape The technology also allows you to view recorded video while the DVR continues recording video Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on tape There is no need to adjust tracking You can freeze frames fast forward fast reverse slow forward and slow reverse without image streaking or tearing Digital video can be indexed by time or events and you can instantly
50. SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN IF YOUR POWER OUTLET DOES NOT HAVE A GROUNDING PIN RECEPTACLE DO NOT MODIFY THE PLUG DO NOT OVERLOAD THE CIRCUIT BY PLUGGING TOO MANY DEVICES IN TO ONE CIRCUIT CAUTION Ensure the DVR is not near any heat source that could cause overheating CAUTION The DVR does not have an internal fan so leave a clearance of at least 6 inches near ventilation hole areas on each side panel of the unit for proper ventilation Your DVR is now ready to operate Refer to Chapter 3 Configuration and Chapter 4 Operation 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Configuration NOTE Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding Refer to Chapter 2 Installation Front Panel Controls inant SEN speco technologies ST o A copy kuss ach On g Figure 3 DVR front panel Menu Button E Copy Button Esc Button Play Stop Button Camera Buttons Arrow Buttons Play Pause Button HDD LED Power LED 9 USB Port The front panel looks and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer The following describes each button and control Take a few minutes to review the descriptions You will use these to initially set up your DVR and for daily operations
51. Saving Time will NOT be changed CAUTION The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format Highlight Show System Log and press the EA button to display the System Log eme The System Log screen lists system activities Time Type up to 5 000 from the latest that have occurred 08 10 2011 17 25 05 Setup Begin e See 172504 eg Ge along with the time and date The d n icon will be 08 10 2011 17 24 58 Boot Up displayed in the last column for system activities 08 10 2011 17 24 09 Setup End gt SOOT 112040 SE of the remote site You can scroll through the 08 10 2011 17 20 49 Login admin log pages by using the Up and Down arrows or aera Sous Begin you can go directly to a log page by entering the 08 10 2011 17 16 05 Login admin log page number in the box at the bottom left of a mem Boot up i the screen Highlight Close and press the Ei xport al button to exit the screen E To export the system log information connect the USB File name S device to the DVR Highlight Export and press the button 15 Operation Instruction Highlight the box beside File name and press the button A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name Selecting Export will save the log information in txt file format on the USB device NOTE When opening the saved txt file setting to the proper character encoding and using fixed wi
52. When it is On the security of data except video and audio transmitted for remote monitoring or remote recording can be enhanced by using the SSL Secure Sockets Layer authentication When using the SSL function the DVR cannot be connected with a remote program or a network keyboard which does not support the SSL function CAUTION The remote connection will be disconnected temporarily after changing the SSL settings NOTE This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org Highlight the LAN tab and the LAN setup screen displays 43 Operation Instruction SCC Highlight the box beside Type and press the Network REH ovens RTSP Speco Remote button You can select the type of network Type Manual R configuration from Manual DHCP and ADSL IP Address 192 168 1129 E with PPPoE Select the desired type and press Gateway 192 168 1254 E the CA button Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Selecting Manual from the Type allows you to DNS Server 0000 F set up LAN parameters manually Port Number Setup Use UPnP Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number The factory default LAN settings are IP Address 192 168 1 129 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Cancel Figure 46
53. amplifier for audio input so the audio input should be from an amplified source not directly from a microphone Factory Reset Switch The DVR has a Factory Reset switch to the left of the VGA port on the e rear panel This switch will only be used on the rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings CAUTION When using the Factory Reset you will lose any settings you have saved To reset the unit you will need a straightened paperclip 1 Turn the DVR off 2 Poke the straightened paperclip into the unlabeled hole to the left of the VGA port and turn the DVR on 3 Hold the reset switch until the DVR turns on and live monitoring screen appears 4 Release the reset switch All of the DVR s settings are now at the original settings it had when it left the factory Video Out Connect the main monitor to the Video Out connector VIDEO OUT A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard multi sync computer monitor as your main monitor Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the DVR NOTE The Video Out BNC and VGA connectors may be connected to individual monitors for simultaneous operation Network Port 7 The DVR can be networked using the 10 100Mb Ethernet connector Connect a Cat5 cable with an RJ 45 jack to the DVR connector The DVR can be networked with a computer for remote monitoring searching configuration and software upgrad
54. an health from uncontrolled waste disposal please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government office for details of where and how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction senian el bee ei en aa 1 Wl 1 Technical OvVervieW oooconnccccoouoccncncnnoconoconononnconanannnonnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnncnnnnn nora nonnnnona 1 Ghapter 2 Astala O a r 3 Package Contents tairisi aneta ea a e eee as 3 Required Installation Tools 3 Video Wiele 3 Audio IN DU ds 4 Factory Reset SWitehivarariarans a a aaa 4 NN O deed AEE ASEE EEE A E 4 Network opt eg E EE A ES EE eg 4 Alarm InputvOutput esnada on cs 5 RS485 POP EE 5 EE ET ONOARE EE 5 Power Cord Connect amistat iii ads 6 Chapter 3 Configuration ooooccccnccninnnncconncnonnnnccnnonnnn nan rnc narrar rr rn ren 7 Front Panel Ettel a ida seeds etek EE EE e Seed 7 Menus Button tics aaa A 7 Copy TEE 8 ESC BUUON EE 8 Play Stop e EE E Camera E e EE 8 Arow EI ue EEN 8 Play Pause Butaca akon a 8 FIDDLE Dt daz 22
55. ances image display quality by eliminating horizontal scan lines and noise in areas with motion Anti Aliasing Screen Enhances image display quality by eliminating stair stepping aliasing effects in the enlarged image NOTE A camera name change in the Remote Watch mode does not affect the camera name set up on the remote site Leaving the Camera Title blank causes the camera name set up on the remote site to display NOTE The lt icon will display on each camera screen when audio communication is available between the Speco Remote system and a DVR Web Search Mode Remote Search is a remote web search program that allows you to search recorded video on the remote DVR NOTE The remote site connection in the Remote Search mode will automatically be disconnected if there is no activity for 30 minutes 82 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder 4 Dog gt SMTWTFS 1234 Click the E to log out the Speco Remote program Click the Bl to access to the web monitoring mode Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the Speco Remote program The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of Speco Remote Click the EA to blur sharpen equalize and interpolate playback images Click Blur the EF to zoom out or zoom in the recorded image Click the to adjust Sec Equalize the brightness of the recorded images I
56. and a confirmation screen will display when complete NOTE The file size for clip copy is limited to 30GB When copying video clips larger than 2GB the video clips will be save in units of 2GB For example 3 individual 2GB files will be created when saving a 6GB video clip You can use other functions on the DVR while video is being backed up To do this highlight the Close button and press the 4 button You can return to the Clip Copy screen at any time to check the progress You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips Refer to the Speco Central Operation Instruction for instructions on how to review video clips you have copied NOTE During Clip Copy you cannot shut the system down clear data on the storage device or format the storage device CAUTION Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the external drive while copying video clips If the external drive is shut down or the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips THE DVR SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK NORMALLY OR THE EXTERNAL DRIVE COULD BE DAMAGED and you will get an error message the next time you try to copy video clips You will need to power down the DVR and restart it to get rid of the error message Once the file system of the USB hard disk drive has been corrupted this error message cannot be dismissed Even after restarting the DVR it may automatically restart while preparing to clip copy You must reco
57. arch mode pressing the MENU button displays the following Search menu at the top of the screen Pressing the ESO button hides the menu You can navigate through menus and items by pressing the arrow buttons H Go to the next image E E Display Search Go To Export Camera Menu Alarm O Digital Deterrent Panic Data Source Exit Figure 68 Search menu 66 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE The Search menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen Search Menu Display Selecting E Display Menu in the Search menu displays the following Display Menu Camera gt Camera Selecting Camera and choosing the camera number displays the SEH selected camera full screen It is the same as pressing the individual camera EE buttons on the front panel or clicking the left mouse button on a camera image Next Group d E e A A Edit Group when in one of the multiview formats i e 2x2 or 3x3 Clicking the left mouse 98D button on the screen again returns to the previous display mode Screen Selecting Screen and choosing the screen mode PIP 2x2 or 3x3 displays the cameras in the selected multiview screen mode Selecting each display mode is the same as scrolling the mouse wheel up and down when in one of the multiview formats i e 2x2 or 3x3 e Previous Group Next Group Selecting Previous Group or
58. arch parameter Refer to the Appendix Text In Search Examples for further information on setting up search parameters The NW column can be used to delete a set of search parameter or entire sets of search parameters Highlight Case Sensitive and press the button This will toggle between On and Off When this feature is On the search will find only those text strings in which the case matches Highlight Load and press the button to load saved search option settings Select the desired search option settings Highlight Save and press the button to save the current search option settings A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to enter the search option name Once you set your desired search conditions highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Text In Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes Clip Copy Video clips can be copied on an external USB hard disk or flash drive The copied video clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Vista or 7 Refer to the Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy Selecting EZ Copy from the Export menu in the Search menu or pressing the COP button during playback will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied and the Ha icon displays at the bottom left corner of the screen Selecting EZ Copy again from t
59. are Operating System Microsoft Windows XP x86 32 Bit Service Pack 3 Microsoft Windows Vista x86 32 Bit Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows 7 x86 32 Bit CPU Intel Pentium III Celeron 600MHz or faster RAM 128MB or higher VGA 8MB or higher 1024x768 24bpp or higher Internet Explorer Version 6 0 or later Start Internet Explorer on your local PC You can run the Speco Remote program by entering the following information in the address field http IP address port number The DVR IP address and the Speco Remote port number default 12088 set in the Network setup screen Speco Remote tab Or http DVRNS server address D VR name The DVRNS server address and the DVR name registered on the DVRNS server NOTE You will need to get the appropriate IP address for the DVR you want to connect to and the Speco Remote port number from your network administrator NOTE Speco Remote only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and will NOT work with other browsers Select between the Remote Watch Web monitoring Speco Remote and Remote Search Web search modes Entering ID and PASSWORD and clicking the LOGIN button logs in using the selected mode NOTE Do NOT close the LOGIN window during the Speco Remote operation otherwise it will cause a script error when switching between Web monitoring and Web search modes and running the Speco Remote program again will be required NOTE
60. ars with a grid overlaid You can turn sensor blocks On and Off to define the area of the picture in which you want to search for motion NOTE Defining the area of the image in which you want to search for motion is nearly identical to setting up the DVR for Motion Detection Please refer to Motion Detection screen in Chapter 3 Configuration for more detailed instructions on setting up the detection blocks NOTE When setting the Museum Search Zone the zone should be placed inside of the border line of the target object If the selected block is placed on the border line the sensitivity of the Museum Search may decrease The zone should be placed or focused on the centre or at least within the outline of targeted object Highlight the box beside Sensitivity and press the button You will be able to select from 1 low sensitivity to 5 high sensitivity Highlight the box beside Min Blocks and press the button You will be able to set the number of sensor blocks that must be activated Setting the Min Blocks will only be available if Motion Search is selected Once you set your desired search conditions highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Motion Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes When you search for motion events of another camera you will be asked whether or not you want to delete the previous search results from the list 73 Operation
61. c in the Live Monitoring menu is not selected to stop the panic recording You can set the dwell from 5 minutes Cancel to 1 hour Select No Limit if you want to stop panic recording manually Figure 22 Panic Record setup screen Highlighting the Panic Recording ips and pressing the button allows you to set the images per second for Panic recording You can select from 0 10 to 30 00 ips 25 00 ips PAL Highlighting the Panic Recording Quality and pressing the button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Panic recording You can select from Very High High Standard and Basic Schedule Highlight Schedule in the Record menu and press the button and the Schedule setup screen appears Schedule Schedule M Schedule On Schedule On Simple Node S No Day Range Mode Channels Settings X No Day Range Settings x 1 an Jona 24 00 08 1 8 It 1 An 00 00 24 00 Camera 1 8 xH Default Default Li Save Cancel lt Simple Mode gt lt Advanced Mode gt Figure 23 Schedule setup screen You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time day of the week and holidays The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes
62. ch by selecting the Option button and setting up the new search condition Text In Search Option You can search video from the first to last From First recorded images or you can set the start and Sunnen DZ gt stop times and dates See Highlight the box beside From and press the Nof L Neme Jam rr Soumn Wm button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the first R z SEI recorded image Case Sensitive Load Save Search Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be to the last recorded image Highlight the Channel and press the button Select the text in devices that you want to search for text input Highlight the text input device box and press the button Select your Text Input Device from the list NOTE The following description is for a Generic Text device The screen changes for different types of text input devices and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information 74 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the and pressing the button allows you to add a new set of search parameter Set up the desired se
63. cting FJ Display Menu in the Live Monitoring menu displays the following Display Menu Camera gt Camera Selecting Camera and choosing the camera number displays the Sereen t selected camera full screen It is the same as pressing the individual camera Ge E buttons on the front panel or clicking the left mouse button on a camera image Edit See when in one of the multiview formats i e 2x2 1P5 1P7 or 3x3 Clicking the 98D left mouse button on the screen again returns to the previous display mode Screen Selecting Screen and choosing the screen mode PIP 2x2 1P5 1P7 or 3x3 displays the cameras in the selected multiview screen mode Selecting each display mode is the same as scrolling the mouse wheel up and down when in one of the multiview formats i e 2x2 1P5 1P7 or 3x3 NOTE In the 1P5 or 1P7 display mode the main channel indicates the channel displayed on the large screen which is displayed in the top left You can select the camera you want to display on the main channel screen Select a channel on the screen and click the right mouse button to display the Camera Menu Selecting Go To Main swaps the selected channel with the main channel This function is supported only in the 1P5 and 1P7 display modes and can be activated from any of channel screens except the main channel screen NOTE You can change the location of the PIP Picture in Picture counterclockwise or clockwise by pressing the Up and Down arrow butto
64. ction 12 Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select Format 13 In the Format Screen select Full as the Format type and click Start 14 After formatting is complete connect the USB hard disk drive to the DVR Text In Search Examples Search Example 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount Coke I 2 20 1 s 2 20 Fanta I 2 20 1 s 2 20 Hotdog I 3 50 3 s 10 50 Pepsi I 1 95 1 s 1 95 total 16 85 Thank you In the above text in data you can find that the comparison value is located at 17 Unit price mark will be ignored automatically 28 Qty and 40 amount characters including spaces from the left In this case you can enter 17 28 and 40 in each Column box For example if you want to search for Coke with a Qty Quantity of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount totaling over 8 the following search condition can be set Text In Search Option From M First To MLast Channels 1 3 Generic Text d No Name Comp Value Column Line 1 Coke J gt 1 282 02 2 AND Hotdog gt J 8 402 SE Case Sensitive Load Save Search 78 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Search Example Il 1 2 3 4 5 6 12345
65. ctive cameo the DVR moves the active cameo to the next cameo When the camera number exists on the current screen the active cameo is changed with the existing camera number When the camera number does not exist on the current screen the active cameo is replaced by the camera number You can change the screen layout in this way 62 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Zoom Mode You can enlarge an area of the video by selecting J Camera Menu gt Zoom in the Live Monitoring menu For a few seconds after selecting E Camera Menu gt Zoom from the Camera a rectangle displays on the screen A rectangle shows the area that will be enlarged You can move the rectangle around using the arrow buttons Pressing the Play Pause button in the Zoom mode enlarges the area in rectangle Exit the Zoom mode by selecting D Exit in the Zoom menu displayed when pressing the MENU button While in the Zoom mode the icon El displays if Zoom is selected in the Display setup screen OSD tab Event Monitoring When an event occurs the DVR will display the camera associated with the event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen Main Monitor tab How the cameras are displayed depends on the number of cameras associated with the event If one camera is associated with the event the DVR will display the camera full screen If two to four cameras are associated with the event the DVR will display the cameras o
66. d NOTE When the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used panic recording will not operate Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings you will want to take advantages of the DVR s many tools See Chapter 3 Configuration for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording The DVR will not record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips NOTE Make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when recording audio Playing Recorded Video Ifa user who has Search authority logs into the system the user can view recorded image Once video has been recorded you can view it by pressing the PLAY STOP button When playing video for the first time the DVR will display the most recent image When playing video subsequent times the DVR will start playing video from the last recalled image Recorded audio will be played when the DVR displays a camera with recorded audio in full screen mode NOTE Only the administrator and users with Covert Camera View authority can view video from covert cameras The covert cameras in the playback mode are determined by the current camera settings Operation Instruction Camera Buttons Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause th
67. d Disk Bad Auto Deletion Login Search Begin Logout Search End Setup Begin Clip Copy Begin Setup End Clip Copy End Remote Setup Change Clip Copy Cancel Remote Setup Fail Clip Copy Fail Setup Imported Callback Fail Setup Import Failure Import Digital Deterrent file complete Setup Exported Import Digital Deterrent file error Setup Export Failure Export Digital Deterrent file complete Setup Export Cancel Export Digital Deterrent file error Schedule On 84 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related No Description No Description O Unknown error O Unknown error 1 File version error 1 Device error 2 Operating system version error 2 Mounting failed 3 Software version error 3 No media 4 Kernel version error 4 Invalid media 100 Upgrade device mounting failed 5 File already existed 101 Package is not found 6 Not enough space 102 Extracting package failed 7 Creating temporary file failed 103 LILO failed 8 Opening disk failed 104 Rebooting failed 9 Formatting disk failed 105 Invalid package 10 Database has been changed 300 Remote connection failed 11 Appending failed 301 Remote network error 12 Bad sector 302 Remote upgrade is not authorized 13 No executable file 303 Saving remote package failed 14 Opening executable f
68. dth fonts will be required to read the file properly The box beside Recorded Data From To displays the time information of recorded data Highlighting Clear All Data and pressing the button will clear all video data You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the DVR erases the video data Clear All Data will not clear the System Log Date Time Highlight Date Time in the System menu and press the button The Date Time setup screen appears Beenie Highlight the first box beside Date and press Date Time Holiday Time Sync the button The individual sections of the Date ogto 2011 El Format date will highlight Use the Up and Down time raise SL Format arrow buttons to change the number Use the Dee Zeng GMT 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada Left and Right arrow buttons to move between ki Enable Daylight Saving Time month date and year Once you have the correct date press the button Highlight the Format box beside Date and press the button Select from the three available date formats and press the E button to save your selected format Figure 10 Date Time setup screen Highlight the first box beside Time and press the button The individual sections of the time will highlight Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move be
69. e button Select either F Fahrenheit or C Celsius and press the button Highlight the Actions tab and the System Event Actions setup screen displays SETE The DVR can be set to react to system events Health check storage MSI System events can activate the Alarm Out Event Alarm Out Notify q connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer Bost Up 5 sf and or notify a number of different devices aie Highlight the Alarm Out box beside the desired Panic Record A event Check Recording Check Alarm In E E Disk Almost Full Disk Full Disk Bad Disk Disk Almost Full a h Temperature Disk S M A R T or Disk Config Change and press the button 6 Cancel Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate Figure 42 System Event Actions setup screen and to sound whenever the DVR detects an event NOTE Alarm Out action cannot be set to System Boot Up Restart Shutdown and Panic Record events Highlight the Notify box beside the desired event System Boot Up Restart Shutdown Panic Record Check Recording Check Alarm In Disk Almost Full Disk Full Disk Bad Disk Temperature Disk S M A R T or Disk Config Change and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Of
70. e 71 Motion Search screen Highlighting Close and pressing the Y button will extract the video associated with the Motion event and display the first image of the event Pressing the button will start playing the event video segment Pressing PLAY STOP button returns to live monitoring You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option button and setting up the new search condition 72 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Motion Search Option You can search video from the first to last recorded From First images or you can set the start and stop times and dates To ts ie Moun seran Highlight the box beside From and press the button Zone 720 Block s d to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you ere E can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On Cen the search will be from the first recorded image Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be to the last recorded image Highlight the box beside Type and press the button You can select between Motion Search and Museum Search Motion Search detects motion in the defined area Museum Search detects if a defined object has moved Highlight the box beside Zone and press the button An image from the video appe
71. e Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central Remote Administration System Motion Detection Highlight the desired box under the PTZ settings Actions IESSE heading and press the button A list of PTZ No PTZ I Digital Deterrent presets appear Select the preset position for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input Highlight the desired box under the Digital Deterrent heading and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to On D Save Cancel the DVR will sound whenever it detects motions on the selected camera Figure 32 Motion Detection Actions 2 setup screen Video Loss Highlight Video Loss in the Event menu and press the button The Video Loss setup screen appears eege Highlighting the box under the Video Loss Settings Actions Interval heading allows you to set the duration Ne Video Loss interval of a signal loss before the DVR will report a z Video Loss The DVR will not consider any 3 O1sec signal loss from a camera to be a Video Loss fases if the detected signal loss is shorter than the 6 01 sec interval set on this screen 7 0 1 sec 8 0 1 sec
72. e box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be to the last recorded audio Highlight the box beside File name and press the button to select the file name The selected audio file can be listened by highlighting ED and pressing the button Once you have selected the file name highlight the Start button and press the button to record the extracted audio file up to 10 seconds 54 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE Any audio file used for Digital Deterrent should be named Sound_1 to Sound 1 6 Not Case Sensitive Display Highlight Display in the Devices menu and press the button The Display screen allows you to select what information will be displayed on the monitor Display Highlighting an item and pressing the Y button OSD Main Monitor VGA toggles that item On and Off When an item is status Camera On there is a checkmark in the box beside it Remote Control ne Se The following items can be turned On or Off ki Zoom wl Record iv Audio M Network 4 PTZ VV Freeze amp Sequence wl Text In M Screen Group Display Dwell 10 sec lv Free Space M Date Time Transparency m kl User Name OSD Margin e
73. e remote site Brightness Hue Move Buttons Contrast i Saturation Iris Close Iris Open KEES Bisa cot Set Preset Go to Preset Zoom Out Zoom In Focus Near Focus Far Undo 9 Click the EN to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode and select OSD information to be displayed on the screen Click the amp to save the current image as a bitmap or JPEG file format The event status window at the bottom displays a list of events that were detected from the remote site Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu screen Change Camera Title Change Camera Title Changes the camera name Enable Audio Enable Audio Enables audio communication with the remote site When the Aspect Ratio gt audio control panel displays click the to send audio to the connected remote Deinterlacina gt site and click the button again to stop sending audio Click the to monitor live Anti aliasing Screen audio from the connected remote site through the attached speaker and click the button again stop monitoring live audio Clicking both 5 and 0 allows two way communication Clicking the disables audio communication Aspect Ratio Changes the image aspect ratio e Deinterlacing Using a deinterlace filter for interlaced video enh
74. e selected camera to display full screen Arrow Buttons Pressing the q button plays video backward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from 44 444 and 4444 Pressing the PP button plays video forward at high speed Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from bp gt gt gt and gt When in the pause mode pressing the gt button moves to the next image and pressing the Wl button moves to the previous image Play Pause Button Pressing the button plays back images at regular speed or pauses playing video Play Stop Button Pressing the PLAY STOP button enters the playback mode and pressing the button again exits the playback mode When entering the playback mode video is paused Pressing the button plays back video at regular speed The screen displays when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen displays when the DVR is playing back video You can use a mouse for convenient playback control Position the mouse pointer on the playback screen and the following Record Table Search Compact View Mode screen will display The individual controls on the toolbar perform the following functions as described below a e D PR BR ajl e I 12 10 35 00 ES I Go to the previous image Play Pause Fast backward play Fast forward play Searching Video While in the se
75. e the No Record mode when you do NOT want the DVR to record during certain times When the DVR is in the Time mode the icon displays at the top left corner of the screen The DVR will record and displays the icon at the top left corner of the screen during the scheduled times When the DVR is in the Event mode the red icon displays at the top left corner of the screen The DVR will record and displays the icon at the top left corner of the screen when any event occurs When the DVR is in the Pre Event recoding mode the yellow amp icon displays when there is no event and the DVR is not recording When the DVR is in the Pre Event mode the red and display when any event occurs and the DVR starts recoding When the DVR is in the Time amp Event mode the DVR will follow the Time settings and the HI icon displays The DVR follows the Event settings and the icon displays Highlight the box under the Channels heading and press the button to select which cameras will be recorded Simple Mode Only Schedule 1 Settings Highlight the box under the Settings heading i and press the button to define the recording settings You can set the ips and Quality ips Quality and Dwell for Advanced Mode setup of the recording for any modes you set up in the Mode column Ifyou do not set the ips Quality and Dwell in the Settings column the DVR will follow the default settings See below for H details
76. eater sensitivity because fewer detection blocks must be activated Turning Zone View On will allow you to observe how the DVR is reacting to motion When in the motion viewing mode any detected motion within the zone will be displayed in red You can control excessive event logging and remote notification of motions detected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals Highlight the box beside Motion Ignoring Interval and press the button A list of intervals ranging from 1 to 10 seconds or Never appears The DVR will not log and notify motion events occurred during the preset interval range NOTE The record action for motion events will not be affected by the Motion Ignoring function Highlighting Daytime Setup and pressing the button allow you to set up the Daytime range SOT Highlight the box beside Daytime and press the button Use the Daytime 09 00 18 00 SI Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Daytime range The DVR will consider the remaining time range as the Nighttime Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Actions 1 and Actions 2 setup screens appear E The DVR can be set to react to motion detection Settings Actions 2 differently for each camera Each camera can No Record Atarm out Notify y be associated with another camera trigger an Alarm Out connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer notify a number of diff
77. ecorded video using much more sophisticated tools than those available with VCRs Additional DVR features that are not available with VCRs are remote control and viewing and recording video at the same time you are watching previously recorded video The front panel controls are described in Chapter 3 Configuration Turning on the Power Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 Installation it is ready to record Live Monitoring As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process it will begin showing live video on the attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker The default mode is to display all cameras at once Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full screen It displays live video and plays live audio until the user enters another mode While in the live monitoring mode pressing the MENU button displays the following Live Monitoring menu at the top of the screen Pressing the ESO button hides the menu You can navigate through menus and items by pressing the arrow buttons O Display Freeze Sequence Camera Menu Alarm Digital Deterrent Panic Setup Search Mode 49 Login Logout Figure 65 Live Monitoring menu 59 Operation Instruction NOTE The Live Monitoring menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen Live Monitoring Menu Display Sele
78. em Event setup screen on the Event menu Disk Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used Disk Config Change will be highlighted when the DVR reboots after the hard disk drive has been replaced Highlighting the Storage tab will display the hard disk drive status Refer to the Storage section for details Network Setup Network Network Notification Figure 44 Network menu Network Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button The Network setup screen displays 42 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Newent Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch Network Lan mes RTSP Speco Remote Transfer Speed Press the Up and Down arrow Remote Watch buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps Transter Speed 1 0 Mbps E bps to 100Mbps Quality Standard gt Highlight the second box beside Remote Watch Remote Audio Channel Select From Speco Central Transfer Speed You can select the unit of Network Bandwidth Limit 100 0 Mbps measure for the transfer speed between bps and Enable SSL for Transferring Data ips Press the button to set the transfer speed NOTE The local recording speed might be affected by various network bandwidth Transfer Speed conditions Figure 45 Network setup screen Highlight the box beside Remote Watch
79. erent devices and or move PTZ cameras to preset positions NOTE You can associate multiple cameras with a camera that detects motion he Save Cancel Figure 31 Motion Detection Actions 1 setup screen Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the Y button A list of cameras appears You can associate as many cameras with that camera as you wish If the DVR detects motion on the selected camera it starts recording video from all the associated cameras NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time amp Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects motion on the selected camera s input 33 Operation Instruction NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the box under the Notify heading and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For th
80. es See Chapter 3 Configuration for configuring the Ethernet connections CAUTION The network connector is not designed to be connected directly with cable or wire intended for outdoor use 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Alarm Input Output DS NOTE To make connections on the Alarm Connector Strip press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole below the button SE om After releasing the button tug gently on the wire to make certain it is connected To disconnect a wire press and hold the button above the wire and pull out the wire Alarm In 1 to 8 Alarm In You can use external devices to signal the DVR to react to events Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the Al Alarm In and GND Ground connectors The threshold voltage for NC Normally Closed is above 4 3V and for NO Normally Open is below 0 3V and it should be stable at least 0 5 seconds to be detected See Chapter 3 Configuration for configuring alarm input GND Ground Connect the ground side of the Alarm input and or alarm output to the GND connector NOTE All the connectors marked GND are common NO Normally Open Connect the device to the COM and NO Normally Open connector NO is a relay output which sinks 1A Y30VDC Connector Pin Outs Alarm In 1 to 8 Alarm Inputs to 8 GND Chassis Ground COM Common NO Alarm Out Normally Open RS485 Port e The DVR can
81. f by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action to work the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central Remote Administration System Event Status Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the button The Event Status setup screen appears 41 Operation Instruction Event Status The Event Status screen displays the status of Event Status Storage the DVR s systems and inputs Events will be Alarm in highlighted and related channels or events will KE flicker for five seconds when detected Motion A OS Alarm In Motion Video Loss Video Blind Text in and Text In will be highlighted when each event Panic Record is detected based on the settings you made in the Alarm In Motion Detection Video Loss Video Disk Config Change Blind and Text In setup screen on the Event menu Figure 43 Event Status setup screen Check Alarm In and Check Recording will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu Panic Record will be highlighted while the DVR is in the panic recording mode Disk Almost Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and the level of disk usage reaches the Disk Almost Full percentage you made in the Syst
82. ference 3 Cleaning Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet before cleaning it Do not use liquid aerosol cleaners Use a damp soft cloth for cleaning 4 Attachments Never add any attachments and or equipment without the approval of the manufacturer as such additions may result in the risk of fire electric shock or other personal injury 5 Water and or Moisture Do not use this equipment near water or in contact with water 6 Placement and Accessories Do not place this equipment on an unstable cart stand or table The equipment may fall causing serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the equipment This equipment and cart combination should be moved with care Quick stops excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the equipment and cart combination to overturn Do not place this equipment on a closed space Sufficient amount of ventilation air is necessary to avoid increase of ambient temperature which can cause improper operation or the risk of fire 7 Power Sources This equipment should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label If you are not sure of the type of power please consult your equipment dealer or local power company 8 Power Cords Operator or installer must remove power and TNT connections before handling the equipment 9 Lightning For added protection for this equipment during a lightning storm or when it is left unattended and unused for l
83. file format Click the l to print the current image on a printer connected to your computer Click the Y to reload the recording data 3 The timetable displays recorded data of the selected camera by time in hour segments Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu screen Change Camera Title e Change Camera Title Changes the camera name Enable Audio Plays audio while playing back recorded video that has recorded Aspect Ratio gt audio Single Screen Layout Only Deinterlacing Aspect Ratio Changes the image aspect ratio Anti aliasing Screen e Deinterlacing Using a deinterlace filter for interlaced video enhances image display quality by eliminating horizontal scan lines and noise in areas with motion e Anti Aliasing Screen Enhances image display quality by eliminating stair stepping aliasing effects in the enlarged image NOTE Acamera name change in the Remote Search mode does not affect the camera name set up on the remote site Leaving the Camera Title blank causes the camera name set up on the remote site to display System Log Notices Boot Up Schedule Off Shutdown Panic On Restart Panic Off Upgrade Clear All Data Upgrade Fail Format Disk Time Change Disk Full Time Zone Change Disk Config Change Time Sync Disk No serial number Time Sync Fail Disk No Remove
84. g and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes The Day box allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active The choices t are Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat M F Cancel Hol and All Figure 59 Alarm Out Schedule setup screen The Range box allows you to set the time that the alarm schedule will be active in 15 minute increments from 00 00 to 24 00 The Mode box allows you to set how the alarm reacts during the scheduled time When set to On the Alarm Out is active during the scheduled time When set to Event the Alarm Out is only active when there is an Event during the scheduled time The Alarm Out box allows you to select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer The X box allows you to delete an alarm output schedule You will be asked to confirm whether or not you really wish to delete the schedule Digital Deterrent Highlight Digital Deterrent in the Devices menu and press the button The Digital Deterrent setup screen allows you to set up the DVR to sound when events are detected SECH Highlight the and press the button to add a digital deterrent schedule item No Day Range Associated Event 1 am 00 00 24 00 Highlight the box under the Day heading and press the button to change the days that the scheduled digital
85. ghlight the box beside Password and press EES the O button A virtual keyboard appears Use UPnP allowing you to enter the password for ADSL connection M Auto Save Cancel NOTE Entering the D and Password and highlighting OK reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by the ADSL network NOTE If the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL network the IP address of the DVR might change whenever the unit is turned on Highlight the DVRNS tab and the DVRNS setup screen displays Network Highlight Enable DVR Name Service and Network LAN RTSP_ Speco Remote press the button to toggle between On and Off Se NOTE The DVRNS DVR Name Service allows the DVR to use Dynamic IP addresses for remote connection When this feature is On you can access your DVR remotely using the DVR name instead of its IP address For the DVRNS feature the DVR should be registered on the DVRNS server Caneel Highlight the box beside DVRNS Server and press the button A virtual keyboard appears Figure 47 DVRNS setup screen allowing you to enter the IP address or domain name of the DVRNS server 45 Operation Instruction NOTE You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the DVRNS Server from your network administrator NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Se
86. gle to another area PTZ Button Pressing the PTZ button enters the PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom mode which allows you to control properly configured cameras Enter Button The 4 Enter button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made during system setup This button is also used to enter the Cameo mode in the Live Monitoring mode or Search mode 8 ch Model Only Esc Button During menu setup pressing the ESC button closes the current menu or setup dialog box PTZ Control Buttons While in the PTZ mode the PRESET buttons are used to save Presets and load a Preset View the ZOOM buttons are used to Zoom In and Zoom Out and the FOCUS buttons are used for Near Focus and Far Focus Copy Button Pressing the COPY button allows you to copy video clips 11 Operation Instruction Play Stop Button Pressing the PLAY STOP button enters the playback mode and pressing the button again exits the playback mode When entering the playback mode video is paused Pressing the en button plays back video at regular speed The screen displays when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen displays when the DVR is playing back video Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit The unit takes approximately 60 seconds to initialize Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time you will want
87. he Play Pause button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event Pressing the Y button will start playing the event video segment Pressing PLAY STOP button returns to live monitoring NOTE It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen Change the screen mode to 3x3 for the 8 channel DVR and 2x2 for the 4 channel DVR and you will be able to easily see the cameras that have recorded video during target time You can also narrow your event search by selecting the Option button and setting up the new search condition Geste You can search video from the first to last From First recorded images or you can set the start and stop To lam times and dates Alarm In 1 8 OsystemEvent Highlight the box beside From and press the Motion 1 3 M Panic Record Eugen EE button to toggle between On and Off When set Video Blind 1 3 Z Check Alarm In to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time eren 1s Dik Almost FU When set to On the search will be from the first ecord Channels 1 3 iv Disk Bad E Search recorded image 69 Operation Instruction Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be to the
88. he button to toggle between On and Off The DVR will clip an event detected video segment and attach it to an email when the box is turned On NOTE Attaching a video clip to an email will not be available for the Text In event The Mail accounts can be deleted by highlighting the 3 beside the account and pressing the button Highlight SMTP Setup and press the button The SMTP Setup screen appears SMTP Setup Highlight the box beside Type and press the button Type Manual B You can select between Manual and listed SMTP mail SC server providers ort 25 eenegen Gei Highlight the box beside SMTP Server and press the Sieg PS button A virtual keyboard appears that you can use to gt enter the IP address or domain name of the SMTP server e oK NOTE You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the SMTP Server from your network administrator NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN 48 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Port and press the EA button Use the arrow buttons to enter the SMTP Server port number obtained from your system administrator The default port number is 25 Highlight Enable SSL TLS and press the button to toggle between On and Off When it is On the DVR can send an
89. he DVR displays a camera with recorded audio in full screen mode e Enable De Interlace Selecting Enable De Interlace turns the de interlace filters on NOTE The video signal has a time difference of 1 60 second 1 50 second for PAL between odd and even fields because it is composed of 60 interlaced fields per second 50 fields for PAL When recording video with Very High D1 resolution video is made up of frame units combining two fields one odd field and one even field This can cause horizontal scan lines or flashes in areas with motion because of the time difference between the two fields Turning on the de interlace filter provides clearer video by eliminating these horizontal scan lines and flashes NOTE The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the search mode Alarm Selecting E Alarm in the Search menu resets the DVR s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm It is the same as pressing any button on the front panel when the alarm is activated Digital Deterrent Selecting EJ Digital Deterrent in the Search menu displays the following setup screen and allows the DVR to play manually Manual Digital Deterrent Highlight the box beside Source name and press the Select Digital Deterrent source button to select the source file to play Highlighting source name Trigger plays the selected file as the digital deterrent 68 4 amp 8 Channe
90. he Export menu in the Search menu or pressing the COPY button again will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied by displaying the Clip Copy screen Select Clip Copy from the Export menu in the Search menu press the COPY button while in the Search mode and the Clip Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup Clip Copy You can search video from the first to last recorded From pr 08 12 2011 1436 19 images or you can set the start and stop times and dates To Last 08 12 2011 14 36 19 Channels 1 8 A Highlight the box beside From and press the Play Password L Sene Pause button to toggle between On and Off When set me pas Tee e to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When Include Text In Data set to On the search will be from the first recorded image Progress Highlight the box beside To and press the Y button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the Start search will be to the last recorded image Figure 73 Clip Copy screen Highlight the box beside Channels and press the button You can select the cameras that you would like to include in your video clip 75 Operation Instruction Highlight the box beside Password and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password f
91. he S M A R T displays Bad the screen displays a message box Once the Bad message displays replacing the hard disk drive is recommended usually within 24 hours NOTE Temperature and S M A R T information will be available only for internal hard disk drives supporting the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology monitoring program User Highlight User in the System menu and press the button The User setup screen displays the authorized groups and users You can add and delete groups and users When adding a group you can assign authority levels to the group User The column is used to collapse and expand GE EE user groups Ifthere is a or in this column Administrator H it indicates the item is a Group Name If there admin REN is a in front of the Group Name it indicates that the group has been expanded and all of ss Ev the User Names within that group are displayed below the Group Name If there is a in front of the Group Name it indicates that the group e has been collapsed and all of the User Names within that group are hidden To collapse or expand a group highlight the column in front Figure 15 User setup screen of the desired group and press the button Group User Auto Login Never Auto Logout Never 19 Operation Instruction Highlighting a Group Name and pressing
92. he appropriate Port Numbers for each Speco Central and Speco Remote related program Admin Callback Watch Search and Audio from your network administrator NOTE Do NOT use the same port number for two different programs otherwise the DVR cannot be connected with the PC running Speco Central or Speco Remote 44 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder CAUTION When changing the port settings you must change the port settings on the PC running Speco Central as well Refer to the Speco Central Operation Instruction for details Network Selecting DHCP from the Type and highlighting Network Lan bvans RTSP Speco Remote Save button reads the current IP address of the Type DVR configured by DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol network Highlight Auto Default and press the button to toggle between On and Off When it is On the DVR will obtain the IP address een of the DNS server automatically Auto K NOTE Selecting Auto will only be enabled when the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL network Save Cancel Network Selecting ADSL with PPPoE allows you to Network LAN DVRNS RTSP Speco Remote set up the ADSL network e hl Der Pre Highlight the box beside ID and press the Y button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the ID for ADSL connection ID Password Hi
93. he time settings Event Setup Event Alarm In Motion Detection Video Loss Video Blind Text In System Event Event Status Figure 26 Event menu Alarm In Highlight Alarm In in the Event menu and press the button The Alarm In setup screen appears The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR Settings Actions 1 Actions2 has inputs associated with each alarm You can J ype set up each input on the Alarm In screen You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and pressing the button Alarm in Title 9 desired Title box and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter Panic Record None S a title name 5 ojajoja s v P 2 Each input can be given a title Highlight the Each input can be set as NO normally open or Figure 27 Alarm In Settings setup screen NC normally closed You can set up the DVR to start panic recording whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors Highlight the box beside Panic Record and press the button A list of Alarm Inputs appears and you can select which alarm input you want associated with panic recording The DVR will continue panic recording until an input on the selected alarm input is released as long as EJ Panic in the L
94. i button allows you to set the recorded image quality for Time and Event recording You can select from Very High High Standard and Basic Highlighting boxes under Dwell and pressing the button allows you to set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event Advanced Mode Only Pre Event Highlight Pre Event in the Record menu and press the button and the Pre Event setup screen appears If you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule a message will display alerting you to this fact SSC When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it Ge AAA is possible to have it record images before the 1 CAMI event occurs The Pre Event screen allows you nee to define how to handle pre event recording See You can turn individual cameras On or Off for s cans pre event recording The image speed can be 8 CAMB set from 0 10 to 30 00 ips 25 00 ips PAL and image quality can be selectable from Very High High Standard and Basic e Figure 25 Pre Event setup screen You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dwell You can set the Dwell from 5 seconds to 30 minutes The longer the dwell set the fewer maximum ips can be set 29 Operation Instruction NOTE When the DVR is in the Time or Time amp Event mode it ignores the pre event settings and follows t
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96. ighlighted item or completes an entry that you have made during system setup HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Power LED The POWER LED is lit when the unit is On USB Port A USB port on the front panel is provided to connect external hard disk or flash drives for video clip copying or system upgrades Position external drives close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable connections usually less than 6 feet Use the USB cable provided with the hard disk drive to connect it to the DVR A USB mouse not supplied can be connected to the USB port You can use the mouse to navigate through the screens and menus much like you would on a computer A USB to Serial converter can be connected to the USB port Multiple text in devices can be used with a USB to Serial converter Remote Control Buttons ID Button Camera Buttons Sequence Button Login Logout Button Arrow Buttons Menu Button Playback Buttons Alarm Button Layout Button 49 Zoom Button PTZ Button 42 Enter Button Esc Button PTZ Control Buttons Copy Button a Play Stop Button 0060606 e 000 Q speco technologies Figure 4 Infrared remote control Operation Instruction ID Button Ifa DVR System ID is set to 0 the infrared remote control will control that DVR without any addi
97. iguring the RS232 RS485 USB Serial or LAN ports Highlight the box beside Text In Product and press the button Select your device from the list NOTE The following description is for a Generic Text Device The screen changes for different types of text input devices and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information Highlight the box beside Transaction Start and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a transaction starts If you want the DVR to react to any character sent from the text input device you will want to turn On Any Character Highlight Any Character and press the button to toggle between On and Off NOTE If Any Characteris turned On you will not be able to enter any text in the Transaction Start box Highlight the box beside Transaction End and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction End string Refer to the device manufacturer s documentation for the text string that the device sends when a transaction ends Highlight the more line s box and press the button Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the DVR to record You can choose from 0 to 10 Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter and press the button Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character s that the device uses to
98. ile failed 304 Remote upgrade is cancelled by the user 15 Writing executable file failed 400 USB device mounting failed 16 Creating image failed 401 Reading upgrade package on the USB device failed 402 Copying upgrade package on the USB device failed 500 System is busy clip copying Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Power e Check power cord connections e Confirm that there is power at the outlet Check camera video cable and connections y e Check monitor video cable and connections No Live Video e Confirm that the camera has power e Check camera lens settings DVR has stopped If hard disk drive is full you will either need to delete video or set recording recording the DVR to the Overwrite Mode When the DVR is in the Pre Event recording mode the yellow amp Ge KEE hot and display when there is no event and the DVR is not recording Ree ding The red and display when any event occurs and the DVR starts 85 Operation Instruction Map of Screens MENU Information Date Time Storage User EZ Setup System Shutdown Record Record Schedule Pre Event Event Alarm In Motion Detection Video Loss Video Blind Text In System Event Event Status Network Notification Devices Camera Audio Alarm Out Digital Deterrent Display Remote Control 86 Specifications 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Rec
99. in the same time range the recording status bar displays recording information in the following priority order Panic gt Pre Event gt Event gt Time The color of the bar indicates different recording modes Red for Panic Yellow for Pre Event Purple for Event and Blue for Time Selecting R located at the bottom displays the Calendar Search screen REO Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white Zon z numbers You can highlight the days with recorded video by Sun Mon Tue wed Thu Fri sat using the arrow buttons Once you have highlighted a day CR press the Y Play Pause button to select it The first recorded image of the selected date will pause on the screen Once you have selected the date you want to search review the surrounding video by using the playback controls located at Close the bottom of the Record Table Search screen 71 Operation Instruction Selecting E located at the bottom displays the Search menu e Go to Displays the first or last recorded image or searches by date and Clip Copy time see the previous Searching Video Go To section of this chapter DE Recording for more details V Enable De interlace e Clip Copy Clips a video segment and saves it see the following Clip Sow Flay K Copy section for more details Digital Deterrent Recording Extracts audio files from recorded audio
100. ing you to enter the User Name o Administrator Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and password You Cotten rm can use camera buttons 1 to 9 on the front panel to assign the Cancel password The password can be up to 8 digits You will be asked to confirm the password NOTE In addition to using the front panel buttons or the infrared remote control you can use the virtual keyboard to assign the password To display the virtual keyboard click the E J button using the mouse not supplied Highlighting the box beside Auto Login allows you to select a User to be automatically logged in when the DVR is powered up It can also be set to never automatically login a user Highlighting the box beside Auto Logout allows you to select from a list of times that the user will be automatically logged out The options are Never 1 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 30 min and 1 hr EZ Setup Highlight EZ Setup and press the button The EZ Setup screen appears The EZ Setup guides you through configuring the system for basic operation NOTE This EZ Setup screen can only be accessed when logged on as the admin user Select EZ Setup Select either EZ Record or EZ Network and EZ Setup will help you setup your DVR select the Next button to start the selected setup Please select one of the options below NOTE Selecting the Cancel button EZ Record for Time Date and Recording Setup throughout the screens
101. inute increments from 00 00 to 24 00 Highlight the desired box under the Notify heading and press the button The Schedule Notify menu appears Schedule 1 Notification Notification Mail LAN 1 lt None gt LAN 2 lt None gt LAN 3 lt None gt LAN 4 lt None gt LAN 5 lt None gt SNS aaa aa a Summary Cancel You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central Remote Administration System Highlight the box beside Summary Email Interval and select the interval that you want the DVR to send a summary email The DVR will send an email containing a summary of events detected during the preset interval Devices Setup Camera Devices Camera Audio Alarm Out Digital Deterrent Display Remote Control Figure 54 Devices menu Highlight Camera in the Devices menu and press the button The Camera setup screen appears 50 Camera PTZ Settings ba Title Use CAM
102. ive Monitoring menu is not selected to stop the panic recording Highlight the Actions 1 and Actions 2 tabs and the Actions 1 and Actions 2 setup screens appear 30 Alarm in Settings Actions 2 No Record Alarm Out ei Notify he Cancel Figure 28 Alarm In Actions 1 setup screen 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors Highlight the desired box under the Record heading and press the button A list of cameras appears Select the cameras that you want the DVR to record whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time 8 Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the desired box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated alarm input NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the desired box under the Notify heading and press the button The Alarm In Notify menu appears Alarm In Notify Notification Mail L
103. l Digital Video Recorder Panic Selecting KJ Panic in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras and selecting DI again stops panic recording Data Source Selecting El Data Source in the Search menu allows you to select the data source to be searched Selecting Record searches recorded data on primary storage installed in the DVR and selecting Other searches recorded data on storage used for another DVR then installed in this DVR Exit Selecting Lid Exit in the Search menu exits the search mode and enters the live monitoring mode Event Log Search rae een The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Time Type Title Input port is activated The Event Log Search 08 12 2011 14 35 54 Motion 2 CAM 2 A A GEO See Ge screen displays this list Use the arrow buttons 08 12 2011 14 35 54 Motion 4 CAM 4 to highlight the event for which you would like 08 12 2011 14 35 54 Motion 1 CAM 1 gt 08 12 2011 14 35 54 Motion 2 CAM 2 to see video 08 12 2011 14 35 54 Motion 3 CAM3 METETE Motion A CAMA There is no determined user authority to display 08 12 2011 14 35 54 Motion 1 CAM 1 the Event Log Search screen however the event 08 12 2011 14 35 54 Motion 2 CAM 2 EE Motions STE video will not be played unless a user with Option None I Search authority logs into the system Close Figure 69 Event Log Search screen Pressing t
104. l detects video blind on the selected camera it Figure 36 Video Blind Actions setup screen starts recording video from all the associated cameras NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time amp Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen 36 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects video blind on the selected camera NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the box under the Notify heading and press the button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the EA button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the Speco Central Remote Administration System Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the preset position for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects
105. lackberry or other mobile devices and enter http IP address Speco Remote port number NOTE Some media players might play video properly depending on network conditions NOTE RTSP service might not be supported depending on the type of media player Highlight the Speco Remote tab and the Speco Remote setup screen displays Peng Highlight Enable Speco Remote Service and Network LAN DVRNS RTSP press the button to toggle between On and Enable Speco Remote Service Off See Appendix Speco Remote for detailed descriptions of the Speco Remote service Highlight the box beside Port and press the button Set the port number used when accessing Speco Remote by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers Save Cancel Figure 49 Speco Remote setup screen Notification Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button The Notification setup screen displays Notification The DVR can be set up to contact a computer Callback Mail SNS Schedule running Speco Central Remote Administration MILAN System when an event occurs Highlight LAN o IP Address and press the button to toggle between On and See Off When LAN is turned On you can change the IP addresses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 000 Highlight the IP Address box that you want to Retry 5 change and press the button Use the arrow buttons to enter the I
106. lecting Standard Recording Profile and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE The recording quality and recording speed of each camera channel will be set as shown below according to the Record Method and Record Video Quality you set HVQPP SRP LRTPP Motion Event Record Very High 30 ips High 5 ips Standard 2 5 ips Very High 30 ips Time Very High 30 ips Event Continuous amp Motion Event Record High 5 ips Time Very High 30 ips Event Standard 2 5 ips Time High 5 ips Event Continuous Record Very High 30 ips High 5 ips Standard 2 5 ips Recording Time Priority Profile EZ Record You have now completed the setup for basic operation Click the Finish button to finish EZ Record or click the Go to EZ Network button to start the network setup Cancel Go to EZ Network Finish EZ Network EZ Network will help configure the DVR for your Network Please make sure to connect an Ethernet cable between your DVR and Router DSL Modem or Cable Modem EZ Network includes LAN Setup UPnP Port forwarding Setup DVRNS Setup Click the Next button to start EZ Network Figure 18 EZ Network screen EZ Network Step 1 3 Internet Connection Is your DVR connected to the Internet 0 Yes I will use an Internet connection O No I will Not use an Inter
107. ll control cameras with Pan Tilt and Zoom capabilities Select E Camera Menu gt PTZ in the Live Monitoring menu to display the PTZ camera menu and enter the PTZ mode Selecting D Exit in the PTZ menu displayed when pressing the MENU button exits the PTZ mode 63 Operation Instruction 2 CAM2 3 CAM3 4 CAM4 5 CAMS 6 CAME 7 CAM7 8 CAM8 Select the PTZ camera you wish to control The icon flickers on the PTZ camera screen To use the remote control buttons press the Left and Right arrow buttons to pan left and right Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to tilt the camera up and down Press the ZOOM button to zoom in and press the ZOOM 7 button to zoom out You can use the FOCUS Ml and FOCUS E buttons to focus the image You can establish preset positions for PTZ cameras Press the PRESET SET button to establish Presets You can quickly move PTZ cameras to Preset positions Press the PRESET SELECT button to view an established camera Preset position Figure 66 PTZ Select Camera menu 2 Door 3 Room X 1 Lobby You can save camera position settings as presets so that you can go directly to desired views 2 Door SE Once you have the camera at the desired settings press the PRESET SET button on the remote control and the Set Preset dialog box will appear Select the number you want to assign to the p
108. mage resolution cannot be set to Very High during Record setup Highlight the box beside RTSP Port and press Sre Senos the button Set the port number of the RTSP server obtained from your system administrator Figure 48 RTSP setup screen Highlight the box beside RTP Start Port and press the button Set the start port number of the RTP server obtained from your system administrator Highlight the box beside RTP End Port and press the button Set the end port number of the RTP server obtained from your system administrator Highlight Use Mobile and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to on you can access a remote DVR using a Blackberry or other mobile devices 46 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE Selecting Use Mobile sets the recorded image resolution to Standard automatically regardless of your Record settings NOTE Selecting Use Mobile sets the remote watch quality to Basic automatically regardless of your Network Remote Watch settings NOTE Selecting Use Mobile sets the Speco Remote service to be enabled automatically regardless of your Speco Remote settings NOTE You can access a remote DVR and monitor live video images using media players such as VLC Player supporting RTSP service Start the media player on your local PC and enter rtsp ID Password IP address RTSP port number track ID channel number or start Internet Explorer on your B
109. n a 2x2 screen If five to eight cameras are associated with the event the DVR will display the cameras on a 1P5 1P7 or 3x3 screen Event monitoring lasts for the dwell time set for event recording After the dwell time has elapsed the monitor returns to the previous screen unless another event has occurred If you want to return to the live monitoring mode before the dwell time has elapsed press one of the camera buttons Covert Camera If a camera is set up as Covert 1 in the Camera setup screen Settings tab that camera will not be displayed unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system However the camera title and status icons will be displayed on the monitor If a camera is set up as Covert 2 in the Camera setup screen Settings tab that camera appears to be Off unless a user with Covert Camera View authority logs into the system The camera title will be grayed out and status icons will not be displayed on the monitor NOTE When a camera is set up as Covert 1 the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert video When set up as Covert 2 the DVR displays only the camera title on the covert video If a user who has Covert Camera View authority logs into the system the user can view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 including the camera titles and status icons PTZ Mode Ifa user who has PTZ Control authority logs into the system the user can control PTZ cameras The DVR wi
110. nd 8 channel DVR respectively A block group is positioned within the image area using the Up and Down arrow buttons and individual blocks within the block groups are selected or cleared using the camera buttons Press the button to display the menu screen The menu on the setup screen has the following functions Select Activates highlighted blocks to detect motion Clear Clear Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion Reverse Reverse Activates inactive highlighted blocks and deactivates active highlighted blocks a Select All Activates all blocks to detect motion Clear All Reverse All Clear All Deactivates all blocks so that they will not detect motion ok Reverse All Activates inactive blocks and deactivates active blocks Cancel OK Accepts changes and closes Zone setup Cancel Exits Zone setup without saving changes 32 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder OU Detection MIA Blocks You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be Daytime TR activated to trigger a motion alarm Highlighting the box under the Nighttime gt 1H Min Blocks heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the minimum number of detection blocks for Daytime and Nighttime independently Smaller numbers provide gr
111. nd the virtual keyboard displays See instructions below for using the virtual keyboard 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE To log the user out of the system press the MENU button on the front panel or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select El Logout in the Live Monitoring menu The Logout screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user Are you sure you want to log out admin Logout Figure 6 Logout screen Setup Screen 07 22 2011 09 37 22 admin speco technologies eg el System Date Time Storage User EZ Setup Shutdown Figure 7 Setup screen Press the MENU button on the front panel or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select 9 Setup in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen While setting up the DVR there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles When making these entries a Virtual Keyboard will appear Site Use the arrow keys to highlight the character you want in the name or Il title and press the button That character appears in the title bar and age of SEI LA Hl the cursor moves to the next position Pressing 4 gt toggles between tfel s lel lc _l 1 the upper and lower case keyboards backspaces and ME deletes thi
112. net connection Cancel Back Next Record Video Quality HVQPP High Video Quality Priority Profile SRP Standard Recording Profile LRTPP Longer Select the Finish button to finish the EZ Record and select the Go to Network Setup button to start the EZ Network If you selected the Go to EZ Network select the Next button to start the EZ Network Internet Connection Select whether or not your DVR is connected to the Internet 23 Operation Instruction EZ Network Step 2 3 LAN Setup LAN Setup H aut Configuration Select between Auto Configuration and Manual a Configuration for network configuration and Use DSL PPPoE Setup then select the Test button to test the network e configuration you selected Check Internet connectivity Search uPnP PortForwarding NOTE Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters IP address Gateway Subnet Mask and DNS Server address Selecting Cancel Back Manual Configuration allows you to set up LAN parameters manually NOTE The network configuration you set should be tested by selecting Test otherwise the Next button will cannot be selected and you cannot move to the next step e Use DSL PPPOE Setup Selecting the box allows you to set up the DSL network Entering the ID and password for DSL connection is required NOTE When the error message No Device
113. ng and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of the maximum storage time for time lapse recording from 1 to 99 days The Limit Time Lapse Recording feature will function when the storage device has enough space to record video data longer than the preset period When this feature is On the DVR records over the oldest time lapse video once all available storage has been used in the Recycle mode so more event video can be saved Selecting Never will disable the Limit Time Lapse Recording function NOTE When the storage device does not have enough space to record video data longer than the preset Limit Time Lapse Recording period the DVR records over the oldest video data time lapse or event video as it would in the Recycle mode even if this feature is turned On NOTE The maximum storage time is only an estimate because the amount of space required to store video varies depending on many factors such as motion and image complexity Highlight the Panic Record tab and the Panic Record setup screen appears 26 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Gg Highlighting Use Panic Recording and settings MATE pressing the button toggles between On and lv Use Panic Recording Off A E Highlight the Panic Recording Duration box Quality High and set the duration of panic recording Panic recording will stop automatically after the preset duration as long as EJ Pani
114. nge in performance this indicates a need for service 14 Replacement Parts When replacement parts are required be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or that have the same characteristics as the original part Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire electric shock or other hazards 15 Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this equipment ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the equipment is in proper operating condition 16 Field Installation This installation should be made by a qualified service person and should conform to all local codes 17 Correct Batteries Warning Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions 18 Tmra A manufacturer s maximum recommended ambient temperature Tmra for the equipment must be specified so that the customer and installer may determine a suitable maximum operating environment for the equipment WEEE Waste Electrical amp Electronic Equipment Correct Disposal of This Product Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems resources This marking shown on the product or its literature indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life To prevent possible harm to the environment or hum
115. ns Left Bottom and change its size by pressing the Left and Right arrow buttons To change Right Top its location and size by using the mouse select the PIP and then click the right mouse button to display the following menu Select the options you See want You can also change the location of the PIP by clicking the left mouse button on the PIP window and dragging it to where you want it located and change the size of the PIP by clicking the left mouse button at the corner of the PIP window and dragging it until it is the desired size e Previous Group Next Group Selecting Previous Group or Next Group moves to the previous or next page e Edit Group Selecting Edit Group enters the cameo mode Refer to the following Active Cameo Mode for details e OSD Selecting OSD toggles OSD On and Off Freeze Selecting kid Freeze in the Live Monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select Ed again It is the same as pressing the Play Pause button on the front panel While in the Freeze mode the icon 3 displays in bottom left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen OSD tab 60 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Sequence Selecting kJ Sequence in the Live Monitoring menu causes the cameras to display sequentially When in one of the multiview formats selecting Sequence will cause the DVR to go through predefined screen layouts Full Sequence Or the bottom right
116. nterpolation NOTE Image processing works only in the pause mode Revert The playback function buttons include fast backward pause play fast forward go to the first image go to the previous image go to the next image and got to the last image Click the screen format to select the desired display mode Click the E to enter the time lapse search mode which allows you to search for recorded data by time and then play back images found within the time ue parameters The Timetable window located at the bottom displays the time ae information for the image of the date selected on the calendar If more than one video stream in the same time range you can select the video stream you want to search Clicking a specific time displays the image recorded at that time on the screen Selecting the El allows you to display an image from a specific time hour Go To Cancel O Click the Mito enter the event search mode which allows you to search for event log entries using specific conditions and play back the images associated with those event entries Click the EN to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display You can change the display speed by adjusting the image drawing mode and select OSD information to display on the screen 83 Operation Instruction Click the M to save any video clip of recorded data as an executable file or click the E to save the current image in a bitmap or JPEG
117. on the DVR see Chapter 3 Configuration Digital Deterrent section for more details e Zoom Zooms the current playback image Enable De Interlace Turns the de interlace filters on Slow Play Plays video at low speed x1 2 x1 3 x1 4 x1 6 and x1 8 NOTE Playing video at low speed will be supported for video recorded 10 images or more per second The individual playback controls at the bottom perform the following functions as described below d Go to the previous image Play Pause Fast backward play W Fast forward play H Go to the next image Selecting in the top left corner exits the Record Table Search screen Motion Search Motion Search The Motion Search can be selected from the 1 CAMI No Time Search menu while the DVR displays the camera 43 08 12 2011 14 36 06 H A da osnazon 143607 full screen The Motion Search screen displays 45 08 12 2011 14 36 08 a list of motion events Use the arrow buttons 08 12 2011 14 36 09 D Ze see to highlight the event for which you would like ag 08 12 2011 14 36 11 to see video and press the Play Pause button 49 08 12 2011 14 36 12 TAR to display the video associated with the selected 51 08 12 2011 14 36 14 event on the small search screen 08 12 2011 14 36 19 52 08 12 2011 14 36 15 Option DE Close Figur
118. oncononnncononnnccncnnnnncn nana ncanannnno 52 Figure 59 Alarm Out Schedule setup screen 53 Figure 60 Digital Deterrent setup screen des L Figure 61 Display OSD Setup screen Figure 62 Main Monitor Setup screen Figure 63 VGA setup screen Figure 64 Remote Control setup screen Figure 65 Live Monitoring menu Figure 66 PTZ Select Camera menu Figure 67 PTZ Preset screen Sa bey Bi Sie UE E ET EE 66 Figure 69 Event Log Search screen Figure 70 Record Table Search screen Ss SS Figure 71 Motion Search screen irisedda deanna endana aiat aerian koaa anaa iinan 72 Figure 72 TextsIn SE arc Screen EE 74 Figure 73 Clip Copy screen EEN 75 vii Operation Instruction viii 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction Your color digital video recorder DVR provides recording capabilities for four or eight camera inputs It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes and offers the following features e 4 or 8 Composite Video Input Connectors e Compatible with Color NTSC or PAL and B amp W CCIR and EJA 170 Video Sources e Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL e Monitor Connectors 1 BNC Video Out 1 VGA e H 264 Codec e Multiple Search Engines Date Time Record Table Event e Records up to 240 200 Images per Second NTSC PAL e Continuous Recording in Disk Overwrite Mode e 2 U
119. ong periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system This will prevent damage to the equipment due to lightning and power line surges 10 Overloading Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in the risk of fire or electric shock 11 Objects and Liquids Never push objects of any kind through openings of this equipment as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock Never spill liquid of any kind on the equipment 12 Servicing Do not attempt to service this equipment yourself Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel 13 Damage requiring Service Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions A When the power supply cord or the plug has been damaged B If liquid is spilled or objects have fallen into the equipment C If the equipment has been exposed to rain or water D If the equipment does not operate normally by following the operating instructions adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the equipment to its normal operation E If the equipment has been dropped or the cabinet damaged F When the equipment exhibits a distinct cha
120. or reviewing the video clips Highlight the box beside Dest and press the button You can select the storage device on which you would like to record the video clip CAUTION The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format The DVR automatically assigns a file name to the video clip However you can give the video clip file a different name Highlight the box beside File Name and press the button A virtual keyboard appears Enter a file name for the video you are backing up and select Close The DVR will automatically add the camera number for example 01 and exe to the file name NOTE When naming a file you cannot use the following characters 1 lt gt Highlight Include Text In Data and press the button This will toggle between On and Off When this feature is On you can include text in data when copying video if the video was recorded with text in data Once you have given the video clip a file name highlight the Start button and press the button The confirmation screen displaying data size will appear When the storage device does not have enough space the DVR will ask if you want to copy as much of the video clip as possible in the available space Highlight the Continue button and press the button to continue clip copy Once the clip copy starts you can cancel it by selecting Cancel or hide the screen by selecting Close When selecting Close Clip Copy continues
121. orded on the camera channel that you selected If you do not select a camera channel in this field the DVR will search events that are not associated with cameras You can also toggle On and Off self diagnostic events as part of your search The choices are Panic Record Check Recording Check Alarm In Disk Almost Full Disk Bad Disk Temperature Disk S M A R T Disk Config Change Once you set your desired search conditions highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Event Log Search screen Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes 70 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Record Table Search aun arm a i D 175844 Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar A grey vertical line lt Compact View gt 08 12 2011 y x 1718 indicates the current search position To search 1 8 K ge 258 INE E T D 172100 Specific video move the vertical line by using the Left or Right arrow buttons on the front lt Standard View gt Sad panel or by clicking the mouse on the desired x 08 12 2011 1718 segment 1 CAM1 SCANS If the DVR s time and date have been reset to cas i a time that is earlier than some recorded video 7 CAM i it is possible for the DVR to have more than E SR arp Le i meo One video
122. order VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL Auto Detect Video Input Composite 4 or 8 inputs 1 Vp p auto terminating 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs Composite 1 BNC 1 Vp p 75 Ohms VGA 1 Auto Detect Video Resolution Composite 720x480 NTSC 720x576 PAL VGA 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 60Hz Playback Record Speed images per second 8 ch Model 240ips NTSC 200ips PAL CIF Full Duplex 4 ch Model 120ips NTSC 100ips PAL CIF Full Duplex INPUTS OUTPUTS Alarm Input 4 or 8 TTL programmable as NC or NO 4 3V threshold Alarm Output 1 relay output terminal blocks 1A 30VDC Internal Buzzer 80dB at 10cm Network Connectivity 10 100 Mbps Ethernet RJ 45 Audio Input RCA Input 4 independent Line In Audio Output RCA Output 1 Line Out Text Input POS Interface ATM Interface CONNECTORS Video Input Composite 4 or 8 BNC Composite 1 BNC Monitor Output VG n 1 VGA Audio In 4 RCA connector Audio Out 1 RCA connector Alarm Input Output Terminal blocks Ethernet Port RJ 45 RS232 Serial Port Two connector terminal block RS485 Serial Port Two connector terminal block USB Port 2 USB 2 0 IR Port 1 Remote Control STORAGE Primary Storage SATA hard disk drive Secondary Storage USB hard disk drive or flash drive 87 Operation Instruction GENERA
123. rd Recording Profile SRP Longer Recording Time Priority Profile LRTPP The HVQPP provides the highest video quality recording at that highest frame rate but requires more hard disk space than the LRTPP Please see the User s Manual for details Cancel Back 22 If you selected the EZ Record selecting the Next button starts the EZ Record Date Time Setup Date Set the system date and select the date format e Time Set the system time and select the time format e Time Zone Select your time zone The Time Zone can be selected on the map e Enable Daylight Saving Time Selecting the box sets the system to use daylight saving time NOTE The Date Time will be set and the clock will start when you click the Next button Record Method Setu e Select the desired recording mode from Motion Event Record Recommended Continuous amp Motion Event Record Continuous Record NOTE You should understand each recording mode before setting the DVR s recording method Record Video Quality Setup e Select the desired video quality profile from Higher Video Quality Priority Profile Standard Recording Profile Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE The higher quality setting requires more storage space 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile High when se
124. reset and press the Play Pause button Use the 40 virtual keyboard to enter the preset name 12 Press the PRESET SELECT button on the remote control to load the PTZ preset and the Move to Preset dialog box will Z appear Select the desired preset and press the button to lt Set Preset gt lt Move to Preset gt load the preset Figure 67 PTZ Preset screen Auto Pan Tour Pattern Light Pump Wiper Power Aux CTRL Move to Origin While in the PTZ mode pressing the MENU button and selecting El Advanced PTZ in the menu displaying at the top of the screen displays the Advanced PTZ menu Set the feature you wish to control by selecting it from the menu Refer to the camera manufacturer s instructions for the proper settings Depending on the camera specifications some features may not be supported You can use a mouse for convenient PTZ control Position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen and the following PTZ toolbar will display SIE iain k z Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar If you want to display the toolbar A d KE hw 4 00 e again position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen Change the 64 toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the left side of the toolbar and drag it to where you want it located on the screen Use the arrow buttons
125. rver when setting up the LAN Highlight the box beside Port and press the button Set the port number of the DVRNS server using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers Highlight Enable NAT and press the button to toggle between On and Off NOTE When using the NAT Network Address Translation device refer to the NAT manufacturer instructions for the proper network settings Highlight the box beside DVR Name and press the button A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the DVR name to be registered on the DVRNS server Highlight the Check box and press the button to check whether or not the name you entered can be used NOTE The DVR name you entered should be checked by selecting Check otherwise the DVRNS changes will not be saved NOTE When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server an error message displays Highlighting Save and pressing the button registers the DVR on the DVRNS server Proper DVRNS settings will display the help desk information of the DVRNS server in the box beside Help Desk Highlight the RTSP tab and the RTSP setup screen displays Network Highlight Enable RTSP Real Time Network LAN oam Speco Remote Streaming Protocol and press the button to Enable RTSP toggle between On and Off You will be able to change the settings if Enable RTSP is enabled NOTE When selecting Enable RTSP the recorded i
126. screen will display live cameras sequentially Cameo Sequence For example if you select 2 Sequence in the Live Monitoring in the 2x2 format the 8 channel DVR changes pages as follows 1 2 5 6 1 2 1 2 112 1 2 1 2 1 2 112 314 718 3 4 314 515 BIs 517 BIs ia Full Sequence Cameo Sequence Selecting K again in the Live Monitoring menu exits the Sequence mode While in the Sequence mode the icon displays in bottom left corner if Sequence is selected in the Display setup screen OSD tab If all the cameras in a page are Off or have lost video or are set to Covert unless the user has authority to view covert cameras that page will be excluded from the sequence NOTE The Full Sequence for the full sequence monitoring and the Cameo Sequence for the cameo sequence monitoring should be selected in the Display setup screen Main Monitor tab Camera Menu Selecting E Camera Menu in the Live Monitoring menu displays the following Camera Menu PTZ e PTZ Selecting PTZ and choosing the camera number allows you to control Pad the selected camera as long as it has Pan Tilt and Zoom capabilities Refer to ales Banta the following PTZ Mode section for details e Zoom Selecting Zoom and choosing the camera number zooms the current image of the selected camera on the screen Refer to the following Zoom Mode section
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128. strator permissions Go to the Start Menu gt Accessories gt Command Prompt gt Click the right mouse button and select the Run as administrator option Then enter netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel disable and hit the enter key Restart your computer to apply the changes If you want to enable the Auto Tuning capability again enter netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel normal after running the Command Prompt with elevated administrator permissions Restart your computer to apply the changes Web Monitoring Mode Remote Watch is a remote web monitoring program that allows you to monitor live video transmitted in real time from the remote DVR Click the to log out the Speco Remote program Click the to access to the web search mode Position the mouse pointer on the WebWatch logo to see the version of the Speco Remote program Y The DVR information window displays the login information of Speco Remote Click the screen format to select the desired display mode When changing the screen format the selected camera on the current screen will be located in the first cell of the new layout Click the camera button to select the camera to be viewed Click the to adjust the brightness contrast saturation and hue of monitoring image Click the to control pan tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site 81 Operation Instruction Click the El to control alarm out devices at th
129. stream in the same time range In this case the overlapping time range in the record table will be separated by a yellow Figure 70 Record Table Search screen vertical line lt Expanded View gt NOTE The recorded data in the time range located after the yellow vertical line is the latest There are three view modes Standard view Expanded view and Compact view Standard view default displays combined recording information of all camera channels currently displayed on the screen In the Standard view mode selecting the A icon located at the bottom switches to the Expanded view mode The Expanded view displays the recording information of each camera channel currently displayed on the screen Selecting the icon in the Standard view mode switches to the Compact view mode which displays only the toolbar Selecting the A icon in the Compact view mode switches to the Standard view mode and selecting the icon in the Expanded view mode switches to the Standard view mode Selecting l or El located at the bottom zooms the record table Selecting Q displays eight hours 1 minute based and selecting Q displays 24 hours 3 minute based at once To move to earlier or later times that are not shown in the current record table screen select the arrows located at the end of the times by using the arrow buttons on the front panel NOTE If the DVR has images recorded in more than one recording mode
130. supporting UPnP displays check the NAT device supports the UPnP Port Forwarding function and the function is set to enabled EZ Network Step 3 3 DVRNS Setu BCE Y Enable DVR Name Service e Enable DVR Name Service Select the box DVRNS Server ddns specotech net to use the DVR Name Service EE e DVRNS Server Enter the IP address or E hai A domain name of the DVRNS server You may register your DVR name and use it instead of the IP address Port Set the port number of the DVRNS when accessing the DVR through internet Type in your preferred DVR name and check its availability server e Enable NAT Select the box when using the NAT Network Address Translation device Cancel Back e DVR Name Enter the DVR name to be registered on the DVRNS server e Check Select the box to check whether or not the name you entered can be used NOTE The DVR name you entered should be checked by selecting Check otherwise the DVRNS changes will not be saved NOTE When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server an error message displays 24 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder EZ Network Select the Finish button to finish the EZ Setup You have now completed your network setup Click Finish to complete EZ Network Shutdown Highlight Shutdown in the System menu and press the button The
131. t an error message CAUTION The system restarts automatically after completing the upgrade and it takes approximately one minute to restart Do NOT remove the USB device until the DVR restarts otherwise the system upgrade will not be completed properly CAUTION The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format Setup Import You can import saved DVR settings or export the Select a setup file current DVR settings To import saved DVR settings eye name connect the USB device containing the setup file dat Include Network Setup to the DVR Highlight Setup Import and press Import Cancel the A button Select the desired setup file and press the Import button to import the selected settings and change the DVR settings accordingly Highlight Include Network Setup and press the button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off the network settings will not be changed Setup Export To export the current DVR settings connect the USB File name device to the DVR Highlight Setup Export and Export Cancel press the button Highlight the box beside File name and press the button A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name Selecting Export will save the current settings in dat file format on the USB device NOTE Even after changing the DVR settings by importing saved settings the time related settings Date Time Time Zone and Daylight
132. t connector sound the DVR s internal buzzer notify a number of different devices and or move PTZ cameras to preset positions Highlight the box beside Record and press the button A list of cameras appears You can associate as many cameras with the Text Input as you wish If the DVR detects text input it D Cancel starts recording video from all the associated cameras Figure 39 Text In Actions setup screen NOTE For the Record action the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time amp Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects text input NOTE For the Alarm Out action the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm Out setup screen Schedule tab Highlight the box beside Notify and press the 4 button You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes NOTE For the Notify action the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be regis
133. t to exceed the total ips of all camera channels The 8 channel model DVR has two camera groups No 1 cameras 1 to 4 and No 2 cameras 5 to 8 and setting resolution will be applied to all the cameras within the same camera group See the table below No of cameras set to On and No of cameras set to On and High resolution Very High resolution 0 1 2 3 4 0 i 2 3 4 30 ips 30ips 20ips 15 ips 30 ips 15ips 10 ips 7 5 ips Highlight the Event Record Dwell box and set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event You can set the dwell from 5 seconds to 15 minutes Refer to Event Actions screen in this chapter for information regarding event recording Highlighting Record Audio and pressing the button toggles between On and Off When set to On the DVR will record audio when video is recording NOTE The DVR will NOT record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips Highlight the box beside Auto Deletion and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 999 days The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user defined period under three conditions at midnight whenever the system reboots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settings Selecting Never will disable the Auto Deletion function Highlight the slide bar beside Limit Time Lapse Recordi
134. tae data callo EEN 8 Power LED EE 9 USB Eet do ae 9 Remote Control BUNS nann n Na a a aai 9 ID Buton EE 10 Camera Butt 10 Sequence But cta aa ad 10 Login Logout CL e IR 10 Arrow CT Lue EE 10 Meng Ulass eege ind ge 10 Playback Buttons s dert hi ceoessSeces E AE nied cod sassacedezancaeacss 10 Alarm Button EE 11 Layout Button Mei dia est 11 ZOOM BUON sitiada 11 KE CL Le EE EE 11 Enter e TEE 11 ESC BURHON EE 11 PTZ Control BUUOMS 00d encase deu de ENNER EVERE 11 Operation Instruction COPY BUIN i 11 Play Stop Button oi ee ee i et 12 Turning on the Power ido eee 12 Initial Unit Setups uereg Caesar Geek cane Neate eee 12 Setup SGleeN EE 13 System UP Pees ae Nata A etna hea 14 Informal uscar aa 14 Date Time v2 taaan alabada 16 ANA A AE Ee Nees ee 17 Deet ete dal neon see nied ise EE 19 Eege 21 SU WO eet ee ee i ee is SL ad en ad e 25 Recording Setup EE 25 Record its eet EE EE 25 Schedule ae ite 27 Pr Eventer hes eee insite iva anevada 29 A ee ee eee aoe eee eth ee ete 30 ET EE 30 Motion Detection EE 32 Video RR 34 Video BlINd WEE 35 NR EE 37 e UD EE 39 EventStalUS ius to een meas 41 Network S tup canarios adas do as 42 NA reueg ates Eed Eege eel eee ee 42 Notification sic ieee ea Be A A 47 Devices Setup EE 50 CAMO Seege dE Eeer CEA EN 50 PUNO EE 52 Alarm Outsnases xtc nes fetes tae aon Sats atv ia ets eet ea het 52 Digital Deterrent cccecccecesececeeceeeaeeeceaeceseaececeaeceseaeeseeaeeeseaeee
135. tains the following e Digital Video Recorder e Power Adaptor and Power Cord e Operation Instruction This Document e Speco Central Software CD and Operation Instruction e Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system o O 0000 Figure 2 8 Channel DVR rear panel Video Input Audio In Out Factory Reset Switch Video Out Network Port Alarm Input Output RS485 Port RS232 Port Power Cord Connector Your DVR can be used with either NTSC or PAL equipment NOTE You cannot mix NTSC and PAL equipment For example you cannot use a PAL camera and an NTSC monitor Video Input Connect the coaxial cables from the video sources to the BNC Video In connectors VIDEO IN 1 VIDEOIN2 VIDEOINS VIDEO IN 4 SOO VIDEOINS VIDEOING VIDEOIN7 _VIDEOINS Operation Instruction Audio In Out CTI Your DVR can record audio from up to four sources Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1 Audio In 2 Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed O using RCA jacks Connect Audio Out to your amplifier NOTE It is the user s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio NOTE The DVR does not have amplified audio output so you will need a speaker with an amplifier The DVR does not have a pre
136. tered in the Speco Central Remote Administration System Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the preset positions for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects text input System Event Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the Y button The System Event setup screen appears 39 Operation Instruction system Event The DVR can be configured to run self Health Check _ Storage Actions diagnostics and report the results System Never Highlighting the box beside System and RE Setup pressing the button allows you to select the ee l a interval that you want the DVR to run self H diagnostics on the system You can select from 1 hr to 30 days or Never T 5 Figure 40 Health Check setup screen Check Recording Highlight the Setup box beside Check Recording and Schedule On press the button The Check Recording screen appears No Day Range Interval x an 00 00 2400 2 1 min x Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles On and Off When set to On you can select the day time range and interval that you want the DVR to run self diagnostics on the recorder The Interval can be selectable from 1 min to 7 days or Never The MX box allows you to delete a check recording schedule
137. the desired audio file and press the Import button to import the selected audio file and change the audio file accordingly NOTE The wav format audio file should be saved as mono 16 bit PCM audio sampled at 8Khz NOTE The wav format audio file will be converted to max 10 seconds aaf format audio file when imported Digital Deterrent Export 1 files will be exported Device Name Export To export the current audio files connect the USB device to the DVR Highlight Digital Deterrent Export and press the button Highlight the box beside File name and press the button A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name Selecting Export will save the current audio file in aaf file format on the USB device Highlight Digital Deterrent Record and press the button You can extract audio files from recorded audio on the DVR Digital Deterrent Record Channel 1 CAM1 a From First 08 12 2011 14 42 58 To Last 08 12 2011 14 42 58 al File name Sound_1 Highlight the box beside Channels and press the Ei button You can select the cameras with recorded audio you want to extract audio files from Highlight the box beside From and press the Y button to toggle between On and Off When set to Off you can enter a specific Date and Time When set to On the search will be from the first recorded audio Highlight th
138. tional operations Refer to the System Information setup screen in this chapter for further information on setting the System ID Ifthe system ID is 1 to 16 you must to press the UD button and then press the number button 1 to 16 10 amp 6 in order to control that DVR Ifthe System ID of two or more DVRs is set to 0 those DVRs will react to the infrared remote control at the same time Camera Buttons Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords Sequence Button When in the Live Monitoring mode pressing the SEQUENCE button displays live channels sequentially Login Logout Button Pressing the LOGIN OUT button displays the Login or Logout screen Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number s value When in the PIP display format pressing the Up and Down arrow buttons moves the position of the small screen counter clockwise and clockwise Pressing the Left and Right buttons moves through screen pages in the Live Monitoring mode and Search mode Menu Button In the Live Monitoring mode and Search mode pressing the MENU button displays the menu icons at the top of the screen Playback Buttons
139. to establish the initial settings This includes items such as time and date display language camera audio remote control record mode network and password Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes Throughout the screens you will see Al Highlighting the J and pressing the Play Pause button gives you the opportunity to reset that screen to its default settings After you are finished with any setup screen you can highlight Save and press the button to save the changes and exit the screen If you do not wish to save the changes highlight Cancel and press the button to exit the screen Press the MENU button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select El Login in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screens The Login screen appears Iess Select a User and enter the password by pressing the appropriate User admin E combination of Camera number buttons and then the button Password IR There is no default password when logging in the admin user for Z ox I emeei the first time Ifyou do not know the password click the button Figure 5 Login screen for guidance NOTE To assure the secure management of the system setting up a password is strongly recommended NOTE If you cannot use the front panel buttons click the button using the mouse to enter a password a
140. to the DVR Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 98 NOTE 1 2 Ss w GJ Ch LN 11 Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to Windows 98 Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable Turn on your computer The Add New Hardware wizard window will appear Install the device driver for the USB backup device following the instructions provided with your USB hard disk drive If the USB hard disk drive is partitioned or contains data it will show up in My Computer as ahard disk drive icon Check the file system in Properties gt General gt File System If the file system is NOT FAT32 format format the USB hard disk drive with FAT32 format Run the FDISK utility by clicking Start then RUN Type fdisk and click OK When the MS DOS command prompt appears type Y and hit the enter key In the FDISK Option menu choose 5 Change current fixed disk drive Choose the appropriate letter corresponding to the USB hard disk drive In the FDISK Option menu choose 1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive Inthe Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive menu choose 1 Create Primary DOS Partition And Type Y to use all available space and hit the enter key Hit ESC to exit the screen after the USB hard disk drive partition is created Restart your computer and verify the newly created drive is in My Computer 77 Operation Instru
141. tton will toggle between that authority level being turned On RE and Off The authority levels that can be turned On and Off are ki Digital Deterrent Control gt Cancel e Shutdown The user can shut the system down on a local system e Upgrade The user can upgrade the software on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Color Control The user can control brightness contrast hue and saturation for cameras on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e System Check The user can view the remote system status or check the remote system status as a batch process on a PC running Speco Central PTZ Control The user can control the PTZ camera on a local system or a PC running Speco Central Alarm Out Control The user can reset the DVR s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm by pressing any button on the front panel or remote control on a local system or alarm out control button on a PC running Speco Central e Covert Camera View The user can view video from cameras set as Covert while in the Live Monitoring or Search mode on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Digital Deterrent Control The user can trigger the Digital Deterrent sound manually by selecting EJ Digital Deterrent in the Live Monitoring menu and Search menu on a local system e Search The user can access the Search mode on a local system or a PC running Speco Central e Clip Copy The
142. tween hour minutes and seconds Once you have the correct time press the button Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button Select from the three available time formats and press the button to save your selected format NOTE The clock will not start running until you have highlighted Save and pressed the button Highlight the box beside Time Zone and press the button Select your time zone from the list and press the button NOTE The Time Zone can also be selected on the map below by pressing the Left and Right buttons or scrolling the mouse wheel up and down Highlight Enable Daylight Saving Time and press the button Pressing the button toggles between On and Off 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Holiday tab and the Holiday setup screen appears Date Time You can set up holidays by highlighting and Date Time Time Syne pressing the button The current date No Date appears Highlight the month and day and change them by using the Up and Down arrow buttons Press the button to add the date Dates can be deleted by highlighting the WM beside the date and pressing the button NOTE Holidays that do not fall on the same date each year should be updated once the current year s holiday has passed Cancel Figure 11 Holiday setup screen Highlighting the Time Sync
143. umber from 0 to 99 NOTE The System ID number is used to identify the unit when it is connected with other DVRs through the RS485 port You cannot use the same ID number for two or more DVRs that are in the same RS485 network It is possible to have multiple DVRs with System ID 0 that are in the same area as long as they are not part of an RS485 network If this is the case all will be controlled at the same time when using the infrared remote control Highlight the box beside Language and press button A drop down menu displays the available languages Highlight the desired language and press the button The box beside Version displays the software version of the DVR To upgrade the software connect a USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR Highlight Upgrade and press the button The Upgrade screen appears Upgrade The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are Select a package available The rui indicates that the file is for software upgrades Package upgrade0 rui Select the desired file and press the button Install 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the Install button and pressing the button will install the selected software package Highlighting the Cancel button and pressing the button will close the window without upgrading the software If the upgrade package file is not installed on the DVR properly you will ge
144. ver the file system using the recovery program or you must reformat the hard disk drive 76 4 amp 8 Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 is almost identical to Windows 2000 GE NOTE Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable Turn on your computer The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar If the USB hard disk drive is partitioned or has data it will show up in My Computer as a hard disk drive icon Check the file system by right clicking on the icon and checking under Properties gt General gt File System If the file system is NOT FAT32 format format the USB hard disk drive using the FAT32 format If the USB hard disk drive is not partitioned go to Administrative Tools in Control Panel and launch Computer Management Open Disk Management in Storage and right click an unallocated region of the USB hard disk drive Then click Create Partition In the Create Partition wizard click Next then Primary Partition and follow the instructions on the screen Make sure that the FAT32 is selected for the file system The partition size should be less than 32GB because of Microsoft limitations After formatting is complete the USB hard disk drive will be added to My Computer K Connect the USB hard disk drive
145. xt input strings displayed on the screen You can adjust the transparency of the setup screens by highlighting Transparency and using the Left and Right arrow buttons ENET Highlighting OSD Margin and pressing the button displays Horizontal 20 how OSD text will be displayed on the monitor You can adjust vertical 2 the horizontal and vertical margins so that text and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor Highlight the Main Monitor tab and the Main Monitor setup screen appears 55 Operation Instruction Display Highlight the box beside Mode and press the oso MEAT vea button You can select between Full Sequence Sequence and Cameo Sequence 8 ch Model Mode Full Sequence fe Only Interval 3 sec a Selecting kel Sequence in the Live Monitoring menu causes the DVR to sequence cameras and the DVR can sequence cameras in two modes Full and Cameo In the Full mode the DVR sequences through the cameras and Event Monitoring On G Save Cancer displays them full screen In the Cameo mode the bottom right window in a multi screen Figure 62 Main Monitor setup screen format sequences through the cameras NOTE Any cameras that are Off have lost video or are set to Covert unless the user has authority to view covert cameras will be excluded from the Cameo sequence

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