Lorex L114V251, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Copyright 2008 Lorex Technology Inc www lorexcctv com MODEL L114V SERIES INSTRUCTION MANUAL English Version 2 0 DIGITAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE RECORDER WITH MOTION DETECTION AND AUDIO RECORDING ...

Page 2: ...DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RICK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER NO USER SERVICABLE 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 products enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of el...

Page 3: ...cord and if its appearance indicates damage or deteriorated insulation have it replaced by your service technician 7 Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the video product 8 Ventilat...

Page 4: ...r can prevent fire electric shock or other hazards 16 Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this video product ask the service technician to perform safety checks recommended by the manufacturer to determine that the video product is in safe operating condition 17 Wall or Ceiling Mounting The cameras provided with this system should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as instr...

Page 5: ...mmunications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase t...

Page 6: ...0 fps recording speed Backup to USB flash drive Adjustable screen position Quad and single channel recording NTSC PAL MJPEG video compression Motion Detection with Adjustable Time Duration Date Time search Power Recovery and Auto Restore Record Mode Audio Recording ...

Page 7: ... Starting the System 8 On Screen Display 9 Display Modes 9 Auto Sequence Mode 10 Logging in to the System 11 Entering Your Password 11 Setting the Date and Time 12 Recording 13 Motion Recording 13 Manual Recording 13 Recording Audio 13 Playback 14 Searching for Recorded Video 16 Time Search 16 Event List 17 Using the Setup Menu 19 Camera 20 Covert Channel Display 20 Record 21 Motion Detection 22 M...

Page 8: ...ex Client 29 Playing Saved Video Files 30 Playback Options 30 Sub Menu 31 Capture 32 Exporting to AVI 33 Options 34 Appendix 1 System Specifications 35 Appendix 2 Full Connectivity Diagram 36 Appendix 3 Using Listen in Audio 37 Appendix 4 Replacing the Hard Drive 38 Removing the Hard Drive 38 Replacing the Hard Drive 39 Formatting the Hard Drive 40 Appendix 5 Compression Codecs 41 Troubleshooting ...

Page 9: ...ND SOFTWARE CD 1 X POWER ADAPTOR 1 X POWER CABLE 1 X DVR 1 X REMOTE CONTROL HARD DRIVE SIZE NUMBER OF CHANNELS AND CAMERA CONFIGURATION MAY VARY BY MODEL PLEASE REFER TO YOUR PACKAGE FOR SPECIFIC CONTENT DETAILS CHECK YOUR PACKAGE TO CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE COMPLETE SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL COMPONENTS SHOWN ABOVE ...

Page 10: ... cable to the power adaptor b Connect the power cable to the DC12V port on the rear panel of the system c Connect the power adaptor to a wall outlet Optional You can connect line in audio RCA from an audio capable camera or microphone not included Use the audio out port RCA to connect speakers not included LINE IN AUDIO AUDIO CAPABLE CAMERA not included AUDIO OUT SPEAKERS not included Figure 1 0 C...

Page 11: ...ss to play pause video 8 Rew Mute During playback press to increase reverse playback speed 2X 4X 8X in Live Mode press to Mute Unmute audio in menus press to enter confirm selections 9 FF Sequence During playback press to increase forward playback speed 2X 4X 8X during live viewing press to start stop Auto Sequence mode system displays each channel in full screen in sequence 10 Record Stop During ...

Page 12: ...he system to a DVR or observation system 3 Video In BNC female inputs for cameras 1 4 4 Audio In RCA female port for audio recording audio capable cameras or microphone 5 Audio Out RCA female port to connect the system to external speakers a DVR or an observation system 6 DC 12V Power port for the included power adaptor 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 13: ...ck speed 2X 4X 8X in the Event List press to switch pages 6 Start stop manual recording recording schedule must be disabled 7 MENU Press to open system menu closes exits options menus during playback press to open USB Backup menu 8 ENTER Confirm menu selections during playback of saved video 9 During playback press to play pause video during live viewing press to open the Event List in the Event L...

Page 14: ...etween 14 F 113 F 10 C 45 C If you plan to install the camera in a location that has conditions not recommended in this manual consult with a professional installer and consider use of a separate camera cover or housing Before starting permanent installation have another person hold the camera for you while you verify its performance by observing the image on a monitor Assembling the Camera Stand ...

Page 15: ... cable to the DVR monitor observation system Connect the BNC cable to BNC port female on the DVR Connect the power cable to a power adaptor ATTENTION The ends of the extension cable are NOT THE SAME one end has a male connector and the other end has a female connector Before permanaently running the cable make sure you have oriented the extension cable correctly between the camera and the DVR moni...

Page 16: ...play Modes on page 9 Camera Title Status Icons and Date Time bar appear on the On Screen Display CH4 CH2 2008 11 20 10 32 30 Figure 6 0 Live viewing with on screen display 2 4 5 6 1 3 CH3 CH1 1 Camera Title CH1 4 appears in the top left corner of each channel 2 Main Display Displays both full screen single channel and Quad split screen 3 Status Icons Status icons for Motion recording and Video Los...

Page 17: ... date appears as yyyy mm dd the time appears as hh mm ss Note You cannot change the date and time format 2008 11 20 10 32 30 Display Modes The system can display channels in full screen single channel and quad split screen It also features an Auto Sequence Mode where all four channels are displayed in sequence in full screen Note By default the system loads the quad split screen at startup To chan...

Page 18: ...ble disable Auto Sequence Mode 1 Press the button on the front panel AUTO appears in the bottom right corner of the main display screen the system begins displaying full screen channels in sequence Note Auto Sequence can be started in both full screen single channel and quad split screen modes 2 Press the button again to stop Auto Sequence Mode By default the system returns to quad split screen mo...

Page 19: ...e remote control the password screen will appear To enter your password 1 Press the following buttons on the remote control to move the cursor and input selections Move cursor UP Move cursor DOWN Move cursor RIGHT Move cursor LEFT Confirm selection 1 2 3 4 2 Select Shift and press to change to uppercase characters and symbols 3 Select and press to delete backspace 4 When finished select Enter and ...

Page 20: ...ck to open the Setup Menu Login with your system password by default 111111 2 Select System and press 3 Select Time Set and press The Time Set menu appears Figure 6 3 Time Set screen 4 Under Time Set press to select the date and time yyyy mm dd and hh mm ss and press to change values 5 Press and then select Apply and press The new time is saved 6 Press repeatedly to exit all menus ...

Page 21: ... detected on selected cameras Motion Recording is indicated by the green Motion Icon in the top right corner of the channel You can configure both Time Recording and Motion Recording in the Record Schedule in the Setup Menu See Record on page 21 Manual Recording Press on the remote control or press on the front panel to start stop manual recording on all four channels Note No Recording must be sel...

Page 22: ...o begin playback 1 Press The Event List opens For more details see Event List on page 17 Figure 8 1 Event List 2 Press to select a record event from the list press to turn pages and press Playback begins for the selected event Note Please allow a few seconds for the event file to load 3 During playback you have access to the following ...

Page 23: ...Click to increase forward playback speed 2X 4X 8X 4 Press to stop playback During playback you can select start stop times for a selected clip and backup the data to a USB flash drive not included For more details on USB Backup see USB Backup on page 27 2008 11 20 10 32 30 CH1 Figure 8 2 Icons for 8X reverse playback ...

Page 24: ... From the Setup Menu select Search and press The Time Search menu opens Figure 9 0 Time Search menu 3 Press to select the date and time yyyy mm dd and hh mm ss and press to change values 4 Press Playback begins for the selected time Note Please allow a few moments for the system to search for the requested data 5 During playback you have access to the following Press to pause playback press again ...

Page 25: ... MOT OXXX Figure 9 1 Event List 2 1 6 5 4 3 PAGE 01 07 1 Event Number The system tags each event with a number the highest number indicates the most recent event 2 Date The date the event occured yy mm dd 3 Time The time the event occured hh mm ss 4 Message System messages for particular instances REC START Recording started on the system REC STOP Recording stopped on the system TIME time changed ...

Page 26: ...e access to the following Press to pause playback press again to resume playback Click to increase reverse playback speed 2X 4X 8X Click to increase forward playback speed 2X 4X 8X 4 Press to stop playback During playback from Time Search or from the Event List you can select start stop times for a selected clip and backup the data to a USB flash drive not included For more details on USB Backup s...

Page 27: ...camera settings and motion detection To open the Setup menu Press You must login with your system password by default 111111 The Setup Menu contains the following options TIP When navigating menus Press to select options Press or to confirm selections Camera Record Motion Detection Screen Audio System Search Exit Figure 10 0 Setup Menu ...

Page 28: ...lay You can turn off a channel from the main display screen from the system Main Menu Use this function as a covert camera display 2008 11 20 10 32 30 CH3 CH2 CH1 Figure 11 1 Diabled covert camera display To enable disable covert camera display 1 From the Camera menu select Channel and press to channel 1 4 2 Select Display and press to select On Off 3 Press until the Exit menu appears Select Save ...

Page 29: ...ax 50 fps Figure 12 1 Record Speed menu Record Quality Set as Normal High or Highest Event Rec Duration Event Record Duration is the length of time the system will record when motion is detected on a selected camera Set from 5 10 15 20 25 or 30 seconds by default 10 seconds Record Schedule Press to select each hour from 0 23 Press to set the record method Red Time Continuous Recording Green Motion...

Page 30: ...xit menu appears Select Save Exit and press to save your settings Note Sensitivity and Alarm Duration must be enabled in order to see the Alarm icon when motion is detected on a selected channel Motion Area Motion Area allows you set the specific area of the channel for motion detection This can be useful in both high traffic and static areas ATTENTION The Motion Area can only be set using the but...

Page 31: ...ng Auto Sequence mode 5 Select Resolution and press to set the display resolution at 640x480 800x600 1024x768 default or 1280x1024 6 Press until the Exit menu appears Select Save Exit and press to save your settings Audio Use the Audio menu to enable disable audio recording change audio input output volume and enable disable mute Figure 15 0 Audio menu To configure audio settings 1 From the Setup ...

Page 32: ... oldest recorded video data on the hard drive once the hard drive is full the system stores the last 4 hours of any recorded event If No the system will prompt you that the hard drive is full and will stop recording Format HDD Use Hard Disk Setup to format the internal hard drive Note You must stop recording before attempting to format the hard drive ATTENTION Formatting erases all recorded video ...

Page 33: ...time see Setting the Date and Time on page 12 Event List You can access the Event List from the System menu For more details on using the Event List see Event List on page 17 Loss Alarm Enable disable the buzzer when a camera is disconnected To enable disable the loss alarm 1 From the System menu select Loss Alarm and press to select On Off Note If On a short buzzer will sound if a camera is disco...

Page 34: ...en re connect the power cable from the rear panel to reset the system Remove the USB flash drive The new firmware version should appear in the top left corner of the initial loading screen Search You can search for recorded video on your system according to a specific time For more details on using Time Search see Searching for Recorded Video on page 16 Exit Use the Exit menu to save changes to sy...

Page 35: ... Open the System Menu select Event List and press 2 Select a file and press to begin playback 3 Press The USB Backup screen opens Using USB Backup To use USB Backup 1 Connect a USB flash drive to the USB port on the front panel 2 Begin Playback through direct Playback Search or the Event List 3 During playback press The USB Backup screen opens 4 Press 1 to set a Start Time You can pause play video...

Page 36: ...u have saved to a USB flash drive not included Figure 17 0 DVR Viewer main window System Requirements Prior to using Lorex Client make sure your PC meets or exceeds the following system requirements Description Requirement CPU Pentium 4 or above Operating System Windows XP Vista Memory 512 MB RAM Video 16 MB of video memory ...

Page 37: ...1 2 3 6 5 1 Main Display Screen Displays video in single channel and Quad mode 2 Display Information Shows playback speed and date stamp 3 Control Buttons Primary control buttons include the following Click to open a saved video file VVF Increase reverse playback speed 2X 4X 8X Rewind one frame and pause Click to pause playback Advance one frame and pause Click to start forward playback Increase f...

Page 38: ...s playing at 1X speed in DVR Viewer Note You can also right click anywhere on the DVR Viewer main window and select Open file or press F2 on your keyboard Playback Options During playback you have access to the following options Playback control buttons Click any of the buttons along the bottom of the DVR Viewer main window to increase decrease forward and reverse playback pause and play video fra...

Page 39: ... playback Always On Top Keep the Lorex Client window on top of other application windows Playback Open the playback menu same playback options as on the main window Capture Add markers to save a portion of the saved video as a VVF file See Capture on page 32 Audio Volume up down Mute on off Full Screen ViewLorexClientchanneldisplay in full screen controls hidden Maximize View Lorex Client main win...

Page 40: ...ct the end point for the video Right click anywhere on the main window and select Capture Marker Out 5 Right click anywhere on the main window and select Capture Export 6 In the Save As dialogue window select a file name and save location and click Save Note Captured files carry the file extension VVF Please allow a few moments to save the captured video This could take several moments depending o...

Page 41: ...xported file by default output files are saved to the save location as the input file Note Output files carry the default naming convention CAPTURE CH channelnumber avi 5 Under Export Channel check uncheck the boxes for channels 1 4 6 Under Audio check uncheck the box to include exclude audio in the file conversion 7 Under Compression click Select In the Video Compression window select a compressi...

Page 42: ... stamp Shortcut Key T Repeat playback Repeat loop playback Shortcut key R Use DirectDraw Enable disable DirectDraw to enhance visual quality during playback Note DirectDraw is part of Microsoft DirectX 2 Under On screen display date time format select your desired format for the date and time from the drop down menu For example yyyy mm dd hh mm ss or Month Day AM PM hh mm ss yyyy 3 Under Path for ...

Page 43: ... x BNC 1Vp p 75 ohms Audio Input 1 x RCA line in Video Output 1 x BNC Monitor Out Audio Output 1 x RCA line out Language Multi language Display Frame NTSC 120 fps 4 x 30 fps PAL 100 fps 4 x 25 fps Recording Frame NTSC 60 fps max PAL 50 fps max Recording Resolution NTSC 640x224 PAL 640x272 Display Resolution NTSC 640x448 PAL 640x544 Compression Format MJPEG Normal 12KB frame High 15KB frame Highest...

Page 44: ...Diagram The following diagram outlines a general set of connections available with the DVR BNC CAMERAS LINE IN AUDIO SPEAKERS not included VGA MONITOR not included DVR OBSERVATION SYSTEM MONITOR TV not included to power adaptor POWER Figure 19 0 Full connectivity diagram ...

Page 45: ...IO CAPABLE CAMERA not included AUDIO OUT SPEAKERS not included To enable listen in audio 1 Connect an RCA audio cable male from an audio capable camera to the AUDIO IN port on the rear panel 2 Connect an RCA audio out cable male to the AUDIO OUT port on the rear panel 3 From the Setup Menu select Audio and press The Audio menu opens 4 Select Record and press to turn audio recording On 5 Press unti...

Page 46: ...of the housing three from the top half of each side panel one from the top near the rear panel 2 Gently lift off the cover 3 With your hand supporting the hard drive turn the unit upside down Remove the four mounting screws from the bottom of the unit Turn the unit right side up 4 Disconnect the power and data cables 5 Remove the hard drive Note Make sure to keep the two sets of screws cover mount...

Page 47: ...e caught beneath the drive 3 With your hand supporting the hard drive turn the housing upside down replace the four screws on the bottom of the housing 4 Turn the housing right side up Replace the cover making sure to slide the cover toward the front panel until flush 5 Replace the screw on the top panel x1 and side panels x6 6 Reconnect all cameras and cables 7 Power on the system If you have ins...

Page 48: ...ormatting cannot be undone System settings are not affected by fornatting To format the hard drive 1 Open the Setup menu Select System and press The System menu opens 2 From the System menu select Hard Disk Setup and press 3 Select Format HDD and press 4 Enter your 6 character system password The system begins formatting the hard drive This could take several moments depending on the size of your ...

Page 49: ...el Indeo R Video R3 2 Intel IYUV Codec Microsoft RLE Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft H 263 Video Codec Microsoft H 261 Video Codec Indeo Video 5 10 Sunplus 32 bit Compressor DivX 6 1 1 Codec 1 Logical DivX 6 1 1 YV12 Decoder Xvid MPEG 4 Codec Full Frames uncompressed Note Video Codecs for playback are NOT supplied with this software Codecs can be downloaded from such sites as www microsoft com or www ...

Page 50: ... through a power bar or surge protector try bypassing the bar and connecting the power directly to the wall outlet Confirm that there is power at the outlet Connecting the power cable to another outlet Test the outlet with another plugged device such as an electric calculator or phone charger Remote control is not detected by the system Batteries in the remote control are drained Install a fresh C...

Page 51: ...isconnect and reconnect the cable at the DVR and at the Camera Try moving the camera to another channel or use another cable The image on the DVR appears but does not have sound Audio cables are loose or have been disconnected Check the AUDIO connections to the DVR Audio channels are disabled in the system menu Check the Configurations Setup Menu Audio Volume on external speakers not included is l...

Page 52: ...ow long an implied warranty lasts so this limitation may not apply to you Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the above warranty may not apply to you This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights that vary from state to state Obtaining Service In order to obtain service please make sure that you h...

Page 53: ...ur original des droits spécifiques et il se peut que d autres droits variant d un état ou d une province à l autre puissent lui être conférés Obtention du service Si l acheteur a besoin de service pour son produit selon les termes de cette garantie limitée il doit fournir à Lorex une copie de la facture d achat affichant clairement la date et l endroit où le produit a été acheté Sans cette preuve ...

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