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10. Record Setup 

When the cursor moves to Record Setup, then push enter button, the Record Setup window 
will appear, which is illustrated as below. Push up or down button to move the cursor. Push 

+

”or “

-

” button to change the value. While the DVR is in recording or playback mode, you 

cannot access to this menu unless you stop record or play first.

OVER WRITE:

 if set to “

YES

”, the DVR will automatically overwrite the HDD from the 

beginning when the HDD is full. If set to “

NO

”, the DVR will automatically stop recording 

when the HDD is full.

REC SPEED:

 the recording frame rate of the DVR, factory default setting is 

30F/1SEC

 

for

 

NTSC

 (

25F/1SEC for PAL

), Which means DVR records the events at the speed of 30 shots 

of frames per second. The higher the record frame rate, the more natural look will be 
displayed on the screen when you playback. The lower the record frame rate, the more you 
can save the space on the hard disk drive. The highest frame rate is 

60F/1SEC

(

PAL - 

50F/1SEC

).

REC QUALITY: 

There are four different video quality settings: 

LOW

NORMAL

HIGH

 and 

VERY HIGH

. The higher the video quality, the clearer images when you playback. The lower 

the video quality, the more you can save the space on the hard disk drive.

RESOLUTION:

 the record picture size of the DVR, there are two modes: 

360

 and

 

720

,default is 

360

. In 

720

 mode, the record picture is twice bigger than in 

360

 mode, but in

 

360

 mode can save half of HDD usage.

PB SPEED:

 the frame rate of playback, default is 

NO USE

, which means the same as record.

AUDIO ENABLE: 

audio select, the DVR has one record channel, you can select one in four 

channels, the default is channel one.

A/M REC TIME:

 when a motion or sensor alarm occurs, this option sets the DVR recording 

duration, the default is one minute.

30

Enter the correct 

IP address

 of the DVR4Net (if connecting over the Internet you will need to 

enter the 

IP address of your Broadband Modem or Router

) and select PAL or NTSC 

according to the TV system in your location, then click “OK”. When users survey by Internet, 
To view the DVR4Net from the Internet you should first enable 

Port Forwarding

 (sometimes 

called 

Virtual Server

) on ports 5000-5002 on your router and forward these ports to the IP 

address assigned to the DVR4Net. Consult the manual of your Broadband Modem or Router 
for information on how to do this.
Once the correct settings are made and you have entered the correct details you will see the 
window below.

The various software buttons of the remote viewing software are detailed below.

- 1. Live:

 if you select this, you can connect to the DVR from the Internet and view live 

pictures on the DVR. 

- 2. Net Search:

 if you select this, you can search the video recorded on HDD of the DVR, 

- 3. Local Search:

 if you select this, you can play the video recorded on you computer.

- 4. HDD Scan: 

it can scan all video information on a HDD that has been used on a DVR.

- 5. Connect button: 

begin connection with DVR4Net

- 6. Disconnect button: 

disconnect from DVR4Net 

- 7. Local record button:

 Click on this icon,to record the pictures from the DVR to your local 

computers HDD. 

- 8. Setting: 

click to display the settings window.

 

Live Operation:

 if the software is in live mode (click        ), then click     , it will connect to the 

DVR, and the live pictures will be transmitted to display on the window. Click     , to stop 
transmitting picture.

 

Summary of Contents for DIGITAL GUARDIAN DVR4-NET

Page 1: ...Thurs US Central Standard Time UTC GMT 6 6pm 02 30am Sun Thurs US Eastern Standard Time UTC GMT 5 Subtract one hour from local US time during Australian Daylight Saving period approx Last Sunday of October to last Sunday of March Add one hour to local time during Daylight Savings period in the USA when it applies in your region FCC Notice We Swann Communications of 10612 Shoemaker Avenue Bldg B Sa...

Page 2: ... Quick User Guide 22 1 Start the DVR4Net 22 2 Turn off the DVR4Net 22 3 Normal Recording 22 4 Alarm Recording 22 5 Time Recording 23 Using the Setup Menu ight trast W 4 1 38 Specifications Item Specification Videosignal NTSC PAL Videoinput Composite 1 0Vp p 75Ω BNC 4 Videooutput Composite 1 0Vp p 75Ω BNC 2 Audioinput 8Db22KΩ RCAconnector 4 Audiooutput 8Db3KΩ RCAconnector 1 Alarminput 4 Alarmoutput...

Page 3: ...s second you push the call button on the keypad then enter the number according to the Var table above then push the enter button Note The above figures are from our test results using a default setup and are for the users reference Actual recording times may vary depending on hard disk size subject complexity camera resolution and movement within the frame Byte1 Byte2 Byte3 Byte4 Byte5 Byte6 Byte...

Page 4: ...t alarm records and time records from ordinary records be able to search by time by segment or by event Support various playback modes pause several fast forward and backward play modes Support zoom auto and PIP function 4 alarm input and 1 relay alarm output Equipped with IR remote control Supports video loss and motion detection functions Supports watermark image security protection Triplex oper...

Page 5: ...cess the menu please push Menu button on the front panel it will display the password input window The password is a random combination of 4 digits of 0 9 The default is 0000 To enter the menu below you have to input the correct password by pushing the digit buttons If the password you input is incorrect the system will automatically return to the main screen If you want to cancel the input of the...

Page 6: ... Q I see nothing but a blue screen after I turn on the DVR A Check the camera input and video output connection on DVR back panel If you can t find a problem with these connections check whether the camera power cable is firmly connected Make sure the system format for NTSC and PAL is set to your TV standard Q I see a fatal error message on the screen A If you see the error messages such as System...

Page 7: ...et menu A Please stop the connection of the PC View software from the Internet before you access the Network Set menu Q I push the record button but the DVR does not start recording why A Push the display button to see if there is a hard disk detected also if the DVR is in schedule mode there is a S on the screen in yellow you cannot start recording by pushing the record button you have to push th...

Page 8: ...oftware is in local search mode click local search window will display it can play the video on HDD of you computer Click select one video file the click it will play the video file HDD Scan Connect the HDD that used in the DVR to a PC and then select HDD Scan if the software is in HDD scan mode click local search window will display Click and Select one HDD then click it will scan all video infor...

Page 9: ...o move the cursor push and button to modify the value When the setting changes are complete press the MENU button to save the changes and return to the previous menu 31 Net Search operation if the software is in net search mode click and the net search window will display it includes event search start stop search and time search Event Search click beside the Event List then click the event list w...

Page 10: ...ne record channel you can select one in four channels the default is channel one A M REC TIME when a motion or sensor alarm occurs this option sets the DVR recording duration the default is one minute 30 Enter the correct IP address of the DVR4Net if connecting over the Internet you will need to enter the IP address of your Broadband Modem or Router and select PAL or NTSC according to the TV syste...

Page 11: ... The settings for your SUB NET GATEWAY and IP ADDR ess and will vary depending on the settings applied to your current network Please compare the settings in the properties of your computers network connection to help you set the DVR4Net network address The first three groups of numbers in IP ADDR must be the same on both PC and DVR4Net but the last three digits must be different on each machine e...

Page 12: ...o high or very high the default is normal BUZZER SOUND buzzer sound time when there is a sensor or motion alarm Note Users must press the Schedule button after setting up the parameters to activate the settings 28 Setup window foreach item Setupitems Default setup Selectablesetup Year Month Day Hour Minute 2005 01 01 12 00 00 2000 2099 Commonsense rules AutoTime 1second 0 99second BuzzerSound ON O...

Page 13: ...il you get the desired motion detection result 27 13 Information Display If you push display button the main information of the DVR will display on screen HDD SIZE the size of the hard disk you insert to the DVR HDD USED the usage of the hard disk OVERWRITE hard disk overwrite enable 00 HDD full count time REC SPEED record frame rate speed QUALITY record picture quality RESOLUTION record resolutio...

Page 14: ...tically when there is an alarm input including both motion and sensor alarms This period will not record unless you push the record button Push the LEFT button or RIGHT button to move the cursor then push or button to change the value Push the ENTER button to set all the values the same as selected one Note Manual record mode and schedule record mode including motion detection record mode sensor r...

Page 15: ...ent Search then push the ENTER button the event search window will appear which is illustrated below There are four types of event list MOTION ALARM SCH and NETWORK MOTION means motion triggered alarm recording ALARM means external sensor triggered alarm recording SCH means scheduled time recording NETWORK means network activated recording Push the UP and DOWN button to move the cursor among the e...

Page 16: ...ng and stop will work simultaneously on all four channel s images This button doesn t work while Time recording and Alarming recording are enabled 3 Pause Push this button to stop playing temporarily push the play button to continue to play 4 Rew Fast backward button Push this button to start fast backward playing Push play button to start normal playing from the present position 5 Forward Fast fo...

Page 17: ... Frame Forward button to play a frame at a time and hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held During playback mode press the Single Frame Rewind button to play back a frame at a time and hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held Push the PLAY button again to resume normal playback speed or push the STOP button to stop ...

Page 18: ...or VCR Push the Display button to check spare space of the hard disk if there is not much space please consider changing your hard disk first or select Overwrite mode Check recording parameter setup before recording select video quality frame rate Note that you cannot change record setting during the process of recording Manual recordings are the normal recording condition Under the manual mode no...

Page 19: ...tall the hard disk Note If the DVR comes with a HDD skip the following steps Pull out the hard drive rack from the DVR side panel 2 Open the top cover of the drawer 3 Jump HDD to Master Jump to Master 4 Connect the ribbon cable IDE cable power cable 5 Close the top cover of the drawer and put the hard drive drawer back into the DVR Make sure the cables are firmly pressed onto the HDD interface 6 L...

Page 20: ...ou cannot connect audio to any of the sockets for cam 2 to cam 4 You should disconnect them 20 3 Alarm Connection The DVR can support up to 4 alarm inputs and three alarm outputs Alarm input There are two types of alarm input 1 Voltage output 5V and 0V A If the sensor outputs high voltage 5V normally and outputs low voltage when triggered 0V then users must set DVR for low voltage alarm B If the s...

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