HIKVISION DS-7604NI-4P, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...www hikvision com en us Quick Start Guide Plug n Play NVR DS 7604NI E1 4P DS 7608NI E2 8P DS 7616NI E2 16P Note For more information refer to the complete User Manual located on the CD ROM ...

Page 2: ... configuration purposes CONTENTS 1 Overview 2 Device Activation 3 Main Menu Layout 4 Formatting the HDD 5 Date and Time Setup 6 Setting up Network Access 7 Adding IP Cameras Non PoE Models 8 Setting up Recording 9 Configuring the Mobile APP 10 Playing Back Recorded Video 10 Making a Backup ...

Page 3: ...the CD may contain outdated manuals and software For the latest firmware manual and software downloads please visit www hikvision com en us download asp 1 OVERVIEW THE BOX CONTAINS NVR USB Mouse IR Remote Batteries not included Power Cord Hard Drive Mounting screws and brackets Hard Drive Preinstalled Hard Drive Cables Rack Mount Ear not included in 4 ch model box Quick Start Guide Manual Software...

Page 4: ...er Status and Tx Rx indicators 2 USB Port REAR VIEW 1 Power Supply Port 2 Audio In 3 HDMI Monitor Output 4 Network Interface RJ45 5 Audio Out 6 VGA Output 7 USB Port 8 Grounding Screw 9 Power Switch 10 Built in POE Switch 11 Alarm In Out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Page 5: ...work interfaces DS 7608NI E2 8P DS 7616NI E2 16P REAR VIEW 1 Power Supply Port 2 Audio In 3 HDMI Monitor Output 4 Network Interface RJ45 5 Audio Out 6 VGA Output 7 USB Port 8 Grounding Screw 9 Power Switch 10 Built in POE Switch 11 Alarm In Out FRONT VIEW 1 Power Status and Tx Rx indicators 2 USB Port ...

Page 6: ...rsion Value Series IP Camera DS 2CD2xxx V5 3 0 Smart Series IP Camera DS 2CD4xxx V5 3 0 NVR Hybrid DS 9016HWI ST DS 96xxNI ST DS 7716NI SP 16 V3 1 5 Plug n Play NVR DS 76xxNI EI E2 P V3 1 0 Turbo DVR DS 72xxHGHI SH DS 73xxHQHI SH V3 1 6 Super NVR DS 96128NI E24 H DS 96256NI E24 H TBD NOTE DVRs NVRs starting with the latest firmware see chart above WILL NO LONGER HAVE A DEFAULT PASSWORD The user mu...

Page 7: ...vels table for guidelines The password strength will be displayed accompanied by a color indicator Level 0 Risky red indicator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak red indicator Acceptable Level 2 Fair orange indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong blue indicator Acceptable Activation will not be allowed unless the password is of acceptable strength NOTE The strength level indicator colors can vary by activati...

Page 8: ... the bottom right of the screen The password strength will be displayed accompanied by a color indicator Level 0 Risky no indicator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak pink indicator Acceptable Level 2 Medium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will not be allowed unless the password is of acceptable strength If the password ...

Page 9: ...he Password field The password strength will be displayed accompanied by a color indicator Level 0 Risky no indicator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak pink indicator Acceptable Level 2 Medium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will be allowed if the password is of acceptable strength If the password is of unacceptable str...

Page 10: ...edium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will be allowed if the password is of acceptable strength A white checkmark will appear in a green circle to the right of the password field If the password is unacceptable strength Risky a white X will appear in a red circle to the right of the password field and a warning di...

Page 11: ...er and the password length is at least eight characters This type of password will be accepted Level 2 Medium Fair NVRs will accept a Level 2 password Password contains two types of characters The combination is neither number lowercase letter nor number uppercase letter and the password length is at least eight characters This type of password will be accepted Level 3 Strong NVRs will accept a Le...

Page 12: ...number firmware version camera status HDD status and more Search for snapshots make large backups Add cameras Change brightness contrast Camera name PTZ Privacy mask Upgrade firmware factory default system logs import export settings Display the current logged in user Exit MENU to Live View DEFAULT USERNAME admin Please note that the username and password are case sensitive Log Out and Lock the NV...

Page 13: ...e HDD go to MENU SYSTEM CONFIGURATION HDD Select the HDDs that need to be formatted and press INIT 4 FORMATTING THE HARD DRIVE Please Note Units purchased with HDDs already come with formatted HDDs Formatting the HDDs also erases the recorded video from the HDDs this does not affect the settings Free Space Total HDD Space List of HDDs Estimated time of recording days ...

Page 14: ...hikvision com en us To setup the Time and Date on a NVR please go to MENU SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GENERAL 5 DATE AND TIME SETUP NTP Settings Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time settings Date and Time settings ...

Page 15: ...r DDNS DDNS registration is required only if the public IP address is Dynamic To assigning an IP ADDRESS go to MENU SYSTEM CONFIGURATION NETWORK 6 SETTING UP NETWORK ESS General IP CONFIGURATION Please note that the NVR s default IP Address is set to 192 0 0 64 Enable DHCP With DHCP enabled the router will assign an IP address to the NVR Select NIC Type Please Note After enabling DHCP The IP confi...

Page 16: ...fter pressing refresh the IPv4 Address IPv4 Subnet Mask and IPv4 Default Gateway will have new values Step 3 Disable DHCP uncheck the checkbox Step 4 Change the value of PREFFERED DNS SERVER to 8 8 8 8 ALTERNATE DNS SERVER can be left blank After assigning the IP information click on the MORE SETTINGS tab ...

Page 17: ...RVER PORT is responsible for the MOBILE APP and CLIENT SOFTWARE log in The HTTP PORT is responsible for WEB BROWSER log in The RTSP PORT is responsible for VIDEO AUDIO STREAMING The HTTP PORT and the SERVER PORT can be changed if desired in order to avoid conflicts with the ISP or the existing network configuration ...

Page 18: ...esponsible for any activity between the user and www portforward com Please refrain from downloading any software from the abovementioned website Proceed to the ROUTERS section for step by step instructions DDNS SETUP DDNS registration has been made more user friendly and takes only a few seconds to complete The legacy units require user registration on www hik online com This step is no longer ne...

Page 19: ...l be changed to Register success If the Domain Name does not meet the acceptable criteria and or is already registered an error message will appear The domain name cannot contain upper case characters begin with a number spaces special characters Enable DDNS and create a DOMAIN NAME ...

Page 20: ...SETUP EZVIZ is used for a connection through a secure server In this case port forwarding is not required Please contact Technical Support for more details Enable EZVIZ P2P and click Apply When Status change to Online the function is enabled ...

Page 21: ...d to the network List of detected cameras YELLOW List of added cameras WHITE Press to add the camera to the NVR Press the MINUS icon to delete an added camera Please refer to the manual for detailed information Please note To change the CAMERA NAME go to OSD Press EDIT to change the camera s IP address ...

Page 22: ...e color of the calendar is what constitutes the recording schedule 1 Blue Continuous 2 Yellow Event Motion Alarm VCA 3 Grey No Recording Select the camera Enable Disable the schedule This field is used to customize a part of the existing schedule This can be ignored if setting up event only recording Please note If ENABLE SCHEDULE is not checked then that camera would not be recording ...

Page 23: ...e EVENT under the calendar yellow After this the mouse cursor will change to a WAND 3 Select the calendar and it will turn YELLOW just like on a computer click on the top left corner of the calendar and drag to the bottom right corner 4 Press APPLY 5 Press COPY to copy the new schedule to the remaining cameras ...

Page 24: ...n detection for every camera In this step the IP cameras need to be configured individually Motion Area The grid indicates the area where motion will be detected Motion Sensitivity The amount of bright green squares indicates the sensitivity level in this picture the sensitivity is set to 3 Motion Detection Setup ...

Page 25: ...RATE BITRATE settings please go to RECORD QUALITY in the RECORDING CONFIGURATION submenu Record Quality Select Main Stream Continuous Pertains to live view image as well as continuous recording Event Pertains to event recording only Motion or alarm Select Camera ...

Page 26: ...S is the chosen bitrate for streaming the video Max Bitrate Recommended is the NVR s recommended bitrate according to the parameters set above Record Audio allows turning the audio recording on or off this option is only available if the camera has a microphone connected to it or only the analog channels 1 4 on the hybrid NVR Video Stream allows changing the recording stream between Main Stream an...

Page 27: ...aming on mobile devices as well as displaying multiple cameras on the local output Record Quality Select Sub Stream Unlike Main Stream Sub Stream can only go up to 4CIF Select Camera Please note If the upload speed is not sufficient consider lowering the frame rate bitrate resolution for more fluent mobile app viewing ...

Page 28: ...RE iPhone iPad PLAYSTORE Android The app is also available for WINDOWS MOBILE devices Nokia Phones and tablets Download the app from the appropriate place and launch it When the APP is launched for the first time a tutorial screen will be displayed and it can be easily skipped 9 CONFIGURING THE MOBILE APP Launch the APP Skip the tutorial if desired ...

Page 29: ...www hikvision com en us ENTER THE INFO ADD BUTTON MENU BUTTON DEVICES BUTTON REGISTER MODE Please Note If free HikVision DDNS is configured for the device change the REGISTER MODE to HiDDNS ...

Page 30: ... has changed to the correct number of cameras connected to the NVR Please note Choose device you just added and back to the live view interface will begin live camera stream CHANGE THE MODE ENTER DEVICE DOMAIN COMPLETE THE PAGE SAVE BUTTON Please Note Alias is just a friendly name for the address book i e Home Office User Name and Password are the NVR s username and password ...

Page 31: ...ntain recording will be highlighted on the calendar 3 Press PLAY 4 Select the desired time using the Timeline or Jump to Time feature 10 PLAYING BACK RECORDED VIDEO Select a camera to playback Click on the timeline to select the desired time of playback Select the desired date to playback Full Screen button Going to a full screen view Press PLAY to begin playback ...

Page 32: ...ct the DATE and beginning time of the incident 4 Click START CLIPPING 5 Select the ending time of the incident 6 Click END CLIPPING Same button as Start Clipping 7 Repeat steps 1 7 as many times as required 8 Click EXIT or right click 9 Click YES to save clipping 11 MAKING A BACKUP Select the START TIME Select the END TIME START END Clipping Exit and save clip ...

Page 33: ...ll saved clips 10 Select the desired clips 11 Press EXPORT 12 After the backup is complete simply remove the USB FLASH Drive or the USB HDD Select the desired clips If selected multiple clips created from the same camera will be stitched together EXPORT THE CLIPS TO USB DEVICE ...