Sentient H.264, User Manual

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Page 2: ...KUP 11 RECORD MODE 11 HDD MANAGEMENT 12 BASIC SETUP 13 SYSTEM LANGUAGE SETUP 13 DATE TIME SETUP 14 PASSWORD 14 DISPLAY SETUP 15 VIDEO AUDIO SETUP 16 ADVANCED SETUP 17 ALARM SETUP 17 SYSTEM INFO 18 MOTION DETECT 18 MOBILE 19 SYSTEM MAINTAIN 20 NETWORK SETUP 21 3 INTERNET EXPLORER OPERATION 24 3 1 FEATURES 24 3 2 USER LOGIN 24 3 3 OPERATION INTERFACE 26 3 3 1 LIVE 26 3 3 2 REPLAY 27 3 3 3 SETUP 29 4...

Page 3: ... channel simultaneous playback Double level user management Supports live view parameter setting and copy playback video via network 1 2 1 PARAMETERS Item Device Parameter Specification Language Chinese English GUI Graphic menu OSD Menu System Password User password administrator password Video In 4ch composite video input 1 0Vp p impedance75Ω BNC Video Out 2ch composite video output 1 0Vp p imped...

Page 4: ... optional D1 512 1024Kbps optional Audio code rate 32KB s Picture Processing and Storage Data storage SATA HDD storage optional Connector Network interface RJ45 10M 100M Alarm Alarm input 4 alarm input Mouse USB1 1 USB U disk USB2 0 VGA VGA Unavailable Software IE Web Browser Remote view record download parameter settings and etc Software Upgrade Support USB firmware upgrade Voltage input AC 110 2...

Page 5: ... DVR and to prolong the life of the device please pay attention on following 1 When installing device please comply all the electric product safety criteria 2 Power and ground Do not touch the power socket adapter or DVR with a wet hand Do not drop liquid on the DVR Do not put any object on the DVR Please use a soft dry cloth to clean the DVR do not use chemical agents The Device will have voltage...

Page 6: ...ile in playback press PLAY to return to normal speed REV Reverse the video while playback press REW to switch press PLAY to return to normal speed POWER ON Reset the DVR to Power on and Power off mode Standby and Start Up LOGIN LOCK If security is enabled in the setup use the LOGIN LOCK key to Login to the DVR and enter the setup menu Login by entering the User ID into User ID select and Password ...

Page 7: ...e window 2 The control shown when clicking the left button for volume adjustment and color adjustment is as follow a There is a box to show the volume on the volume adjustment interface Move the mouse to the corresponding position and click the left button The right side of box will show the volume click x to exit b Color adjustment is the similar in operation to volume adjustment When there are m...

Page 8: ...splayed at the same time 2 In the Motion Detection setting interface you can use the left button to drag the frame to set the motion detection area 2 1 3 MENU TREE You can control all the functionality of the DVR using the operating menu The following tree diagram shows the menu structure and more details about menu options will be shown in next chapter 7 ...

Page 9: ...ing The steps to do this are Main Menu HDD Management Format After formatting the system will restart 2 SYSTEM LOGIN You can login from the USER LOGIN window as follows Input the device ID and user password via the numeric keyboard You can access the main menu by pressing Apply if the password is enabled Note The Default Device ID is 00000 User Password is 000000 and Admin Password is 020818 For y...

Page 10: ... Menu option 1 RECORD SEARCH Move the cursor to RECORD SEARCH Icon highlighted when selected press Enter t o enter into the setting interface There are three methods of searching records Method 1 Playback by Date Date input You can adjust the date and time to check press Enter or input the number directly to adjust the year month date Then input the time in the next box and click play to see the r...

Page 11: ...s Press Enter and the content will be displayed in a list Instruction 1 FILE LIST CH the corresponding channel the recorded file belongs too SIZE is the displaying size of this file Unit MB TYPE is the displaying type of the recording file there are two types Normal and Alarm Pressing BACKUP button will export the selected files to USB storage 2 After moving the cursor up and down and selecting th...

Page 12: ... disappear which means the selection has been cancelled You can start to export the selected recording files by pressing BACKUP as follows Instruction 1 When the available space on the backup device is less than the size of the recording file the system will prompt Space not enough 2 You can remove USB device directly when backup has finished 3 RECORD MODE Move the cursor to RECORD Icon highlighte...

Page 13: ...ns selected DAILY There are three modes ALARM NORMAL and NO REC If you select one mode the whole day will be recorded in that mode You can cancel recordings by pressing the Enter button grounding means do not recording Different colors mean different record modes Red means alarm record Green means normal record and Blue means no record RECORD SIZE There are 15min 30min 45min 60min options to recor...

Page 14: ...than 500MB the system will stop recording and a prompt will display in live view please shutdown and replace HDD FORMAT Move cursor to select device and press APPLY to start formatting 5 BASIC SETUP Move cursor to select BASIC SETUP then press ENTER or click the left mouse button to enter into the system language setup interface Basic setup includes system Language Date Time Password security Disp...

Page 15: ...via numeric key DATE FORMAT Press ENTER to switch the date patterns there are YY MM DD and MM DD YY for your selection TIME Setup system time via numeric key TIME FORMAT Press ENTER to switch the time patterns there are 12 HOURS and 24 HOURS for your selection Note You must press APPLY to save after you modify the time and date modification will not be saved if you exit without saving DST For futu...

Page 16: ...D Press number key to setup NETWORK PW CLEAN Select and apply will initialize the IE browser password 9 DISPLAY SETUP Move the cursor to BASIC SETUP Icon highlighted when selected press Enter to enter into the setting interface NAME Press Enter to enter into the setting interface POSITION Name location is optional You can press Enter to switch from bottom left top left bottom right top right and O...

Page 17: ...n live view OFF means no clock RECORD TIME ON Means insert clock in record file OFF means no clock 10 VIDEO AUDIO SETUP Move the cursor to VIDEO AUDIO SETUP Icon highlighted when selected press Enter to enter into setting interface VGA RESOLUTION 1024 768 800 600 CAMERA SYSTEM Press Enter to select camera system PAL or NTSC VOLUME SETUP Move cursor to VOLUME SETUP then press Enter to access volume...

Page 18: ...nctions include Alarm settings System information Motion detection Mobile phone monitoring System maintenance PTZ and Network settings 12 ALARM SETUP Move the cursor to ALARM SETUP Icon highlighted when selected press Enter to access the settings interface ALARM MANAGE POST REC Post recording time setup 30 seconds 1 minute 2 minutes and 5 minutes 17 ...

Page 19: ...OTION DETECT Move the cursor to MOTION DETECT Icon highlighted when selected press Enter to access the setting interface STATUS Each channel has a corresponding channel switch press Enter to turn on or turn off the motion detection for each channel SENSITIVITY Each channel has corresponding sensitivity setting including four standards higher high medium and low press Enter to switch between them 1...

Page 20: ...rsor along the small pane The position of the cursor is indicated by green frame Press Enter to select or cancel motion detection in this small pane When setup is finished press Exit to go back to MD setup interface and settings will be saved automatically Note For Remote Control Operation press Menu key to select or cancel full screen For Mouse operation click the left mouse button and drag the f...

Page 21: ... AUTO RESET When this is on you can setup the time for device to restart SYSTEM UPDATE Copy the update file to the root directory of a thumb drive and then insert it into the USB 1 0 port Press Enter to upgrade the firmware and it will display the progress of the system upgrade as follows DEFAULT SETTINGS Restore all the settings to factory settings 20 ...

Page 22: ...ace as below MEDIA PORT Transfers video data between the client and device WEB PORT Setup the port for Internet Explorer to connect to via HTTP IP ADDRESS Setup the IP address and press Enter to input numbers to fill the IP Address NET MASK Press Enter to input numbers to fill Net Mask GATEWAY Press Enter to input numbers to fill Default Gateway 2 DHCP Select the DHCP to enter into the interface s...

Page 23: ...lease change to other free port WEB PORT HTTP Port Default 80 If admin change WEB port to e g 8088 the port number should be added behind IP http 192 168 15 145 8088 should input into IP of IE IP address Fill in the IP address according to the network that the DVR is attached too PPPOE username and password Enter the username and password provided by the internet service provider Apply these setti...

Page 24: ... OFF If there is a DDNS service setup to ON SERVICE Three services to select 3322 DynDNS Perfecteyes HOST NAME Input the name of the host server USERNAME Input the name of the user PASSWORD Input the password Apply these settings and reboot the system After rebooting the device will save its settings 23 ...

Page 25: ...USER LOGIN Input the local IP Address of the DVR in the Address box of the IE browser e g http 192 168 0 102 if the web port number is set as 80 then no extra information is necessary If the port number has been changed on the DVR to a number other than 80 then the port number should be added after the IP Address e g when the IP Address is 192 168 0 102 and the port is set to 8088 the complete Add...

Page 26: ...assword to use are the same as the ones used to login to the DVR PASSWORD Administrator has all authorities operator has limited authorities they can only watch playback Please change the unit No and default password for system security NETWORK LAN WAN The WAN option will limit the bandwidth used to operate the DVR so that it works correctly Remark If trying to connect to the DVR over a WAN the IP...

Page 27: ...eo on all channels The left upper corner of each channel has the normal recording video symbol R click the icon to switch between single screen quad nine 16 and split Volume adjust button 3 3 1 7 OTHER OPERATIONS 1 Select one channel in the preview screen the selected channel s frame will be highlighted in RED Double click the left mouse button to enter the selected channels single screen display ...

Page 28: ... view screen click open all windows or close all windows to quickly open close all windows 3 3 2 REPLAY Click REPLAY to enter into the playback interface Click right in the calendar interface and to setup the month for searching Click REFRESH on the calendar interface to display the recording information for the current month 27 ...

Page 29: ...e18th of May 2009 The current search date is 18 th of May Select the channel and type at the bottom of the calendar Click SEARCH and the result will display as follows Double click one of the listed recorded videos to playback The file icon will change to and the following picture will appear The above blue progress bar shows the download progress green progress bar shows playback progress Switch ...

Page 30: ... 3 3 3 1 RECORD Click to enter into the setup interface you can check and change the parameter settings in the same way as using the User Interface of the DVR 3 3 3 2 ALARM SETTING Click ALARM to enter into the setup interface you can check and change the parameter settings in the same way as using the User Interface of the DVR 29 ...

Page 31: ...3 3 3 3 NETWORK Click to access the setup interface you can check and change the parameter settings in the same way as using the User Interface of the DVR 30 ...

Page 32: ...t to allocate for traffic over the Internet This bandwidth does not include audio FILE SAVE PATH The save path of captured picture and recording video IE login password and DST settings which can be set the same as the DVR settings 3 3 3 5 HOST INFO Click to access the system information interface see picture below This interface includes HDD status remain record time firmware version and MAC Addr...

Page 33: ...n move the cursor to setup and control PTZ OK Confirm operation in the PTZ control panel under live view 2 Control button MUNE EXIT Enter into main menu under live view or exit sub menu REC Recording ALM Alarm ERR Error FULL On means the HDD is full HDD HDD Status 100M On means network is 100M LINK On means network has connected Status indicator POW Power 3 IR receiver IR Remote control receiver 4...

Page 34: ...ut Two video outputs for connecting TV or monitor BNC 3 Video input For connecting analog video signal input BNC 4 Audio Input For connecting audio signal 5 12V Power supply for DC relay and the current is 100MA Please ensure short circuit can not happen 6 Network For connecting Ethernet 7 Audio output For connecting audio output 8 VGA output For connecting to a standard LCD Monitor 33 ...

Page 35: ...3 SYSTEM NETWORK DIAGRAM 4 Channel Systems 34 ...

Page 36: ... can damage it permanently Please install the HDD using the following steps 1 Open the cover of the DVR and then you will see one HDD plate as follow 2 Connect HDD line as follow 3 Affix HDD on HDD plate as indicated below with the screws shown 4 Install the HDD plate back into DVR and close cover Notice Newly installed HDD should be formatted using the Format option within HDD Management on the s...

Page 37: ...nd video signal instability High temperature too much dust or a bad DVR operating environment The main board is not connected with other boards correctly The hardware of the DVR is defective 3 Question No output of single channel multi channel or all channel video Answer Please check the adaptor of camera to see if it is connected Please check the cable for connecting video input output in the bac...

Page 38: ...ges such as bad image color or serious brightness distortion Answer If PAL and NTSC is not correctly selected on the BNC output the images will be in black and white DVR is not compatible with monitor The video transmission distance is too far The setting of DVR color brightness or other settings are wrong 7 Question No audio sound when monitoring Answer Check sound box or speaker functions Also c...

Page 39: ...top recording please make sure the system is not set to record at the current time 11 Question Motion detection is not working Answer The setting of motion detection area is not correct Sensitivity is too low 12 Question CD writer USB backup error Answer The data exceeds the capacity of backup device The backup device is incompatible The backup device is damaged 13 Question Remote control does not...

Page 40: ...ually install ActiveX control again Please install DX8 1 and upgrade your video card driver 15 Question There is no picture or picture is not clear when you preview the recording or playback the recording via Internet Explorer Answer If you access DVR by IE please choose Wan in web environment Please try Close windows by the right mouse button and try Open windows again 16 Question It displays oth...

Page 41: ...lace of purchase Limitation of warranty The above warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from Acts of nature such as fire static discharge Damage from unauthorized repair alteration or accident Damage from misuse or neglect A unit that has been modified or incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes Loss of customer s software firmware informat...