Velleman DVR4MQAEB, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...RODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG 4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR i ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG 4 VISUAL STANDARD MPEG 4 VIDEO AND OR ii DECODING MPEG 4 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEG LA TO PROVIDE MPEG 4 VIDEO...

Page 2: ...em NTSC PAL switchable video compression format MPEG4 video input 4 channels composite video signal 1Vpp 75 ohm BNC video loop output 4 channels composite video signal 1Vpp 75 ohm BNC video output o main monitor output Composite video signal 1 Vp p 75Ω BNC o call monitor output Composite video signal 1 Vp p 75Ω BNC maximum recording rate o frame 720 x 480 pixels 30 IPS NTSC or 720 x 576 pixels 25 ...

Page 3: ...nsumption 42W operating temperature 10 C 40 C dimensions 343mm W 59mm H 223mm D optional peripheral 5 Description a Front panel 1 LED light HDD HDD is reading or recording HDD Full HDD is full ALARM Alarm has been triggered TIMER When timer recording is turned on PLAY Under playing status REC Under recording status 2 MENU Press MENU button to enter main menu 3 ENTER SET Press ENTER button to confi...

Page 4: ...e cursor up down left or right Under playback mode press to pause the playback press to stop the playback press to fast rewind and press to fast forward 14 Press these two buttons to choose live or playback sound of the two audio channels 15 Press these two buttons at the same time to enter exit the PTZ control mode 16 POWER Press POWER button on the DVR front panel to shutdown and then press POWE...

Page 5: ...source 7 D V POORT Digital Video Port Connect to a VGA card 8 EXTERE I O POORT Connect to an external device 9 LAN Connect to the internet by a LAN cable 10 LINK ACT LED When the internet is activated the LED will turn on 11 POWER Connect to the provided adapter 12 USB Supports firmware updates and file backups 6 Installation and Connection a Connection Connect all the devices to set up a surveill...

Page 6: ...urn to the original recording status after the power has been restored 1 MANUAL RECORDING continuous recording Recording is initiated by manually pressing the REC button 2 EVENT RECORDING triggered by motion or external alarm When this function is activated the recording is triggered by motion or external alarm and indicated by and 3 TIMER RECORDING scheduled time Recording is scheduled by the tim...

Page 7: ...he button to pause the current image displayed on the screen In the Pause mode Press once to forward frame by frame Press once to rewind frame by frame 3 STOP Press the button under all circumstances to return the DVR to live monitoring mode 4 CHANNEL SHIFT Display mode Press MODE button to display 4 channels Full Screen Switch Press or button to show the full screen channels Channel display switc...

Page 8: ...DVR4MQAEB 8 VELLEMAN 8 Detailed menu configuration a Menu diagram ...

Page 9: ...ging the recorded image size stop the recording first 6 RECORD QUALITY There are four quality settings BEST HIGH NORMAL BASIC 7 MANUAL RECORD IPS Recording is activated by pressing the REC button Select the images per second of MANUAL RECORD The options are as follows NTSC FRAME 30 15 7 3 PAL FRAME 25 12 6 3 CIF 120 60 30 15 CIF 100 50 25 12 8 EVENT RECORD IPS Recording is activated by event alarm...

Page 10: ...23 30 to 23 30 Example 2 If you plan to set the timer recording from Sunday 08 00 to Monday 15 00 then set the recording timer schedule as Sunday from 08 00 to 00 00 and Monday 00 00 to 15 00 2 START Select the starting time for the recording 3 END Select the finishing time for the recording d Main menu options DATE Move the cursor to the DATE and press ENTER The screen will show the following opt...

Page 11: ...s 1 TITLE Move the cursor to the title which you want to change and press ENTER to access the setting screen Assign a title to each channel up to six characters letters or symbols the default title is the channel number 2 BRIG CONT SATU HUE Adjust the brightness contrast saturation hue of each channel The level is from 0 to 255 The default value of BRIG is 110 others are 128 3 COV COVER Select YES...

Page 12: ... detect function of each channel 3 AREA Press the ENTER button to set detection area Pink blocks represent the area that is not being detected while the transparent blocks represent the area that is under detection to switch between the different goals 4 LS The sensitivity of comparing two different images The smaller the value the higher sensitivity for motion detection The highest sensitivity se...

Page 13: ...efault setting is 02 7 RE The value of RE is a reference for detection The default value is 10 which means the DVR will compare 10 continuous images at one time according to the sensitivity of LS SS and TS simultaneously Therefore the bigger the value the higher sensitivity for motion detection 8 ALARM Select LOW HIGH for the alarm polarity The default alarm value is OFF DETECTION TIMER Set DATE t...

Page 14: ...r further instructions This function is always on and cannot be changed Advance menu ALERT Move the cursor to the ALERT and press ENTER The screen will show the following options 1 EXT ALERT Set the sound on off when external alarm is triggered 2 INT BUZZER Set the sound of KEY VLOSS MOTION ALARM HDD FULL on or off 3 KEY BUZZER Set the sound on off 4 VLOSS BUZZER Set the sound on off 5 MOTION BUZZ...

Page 15: ... rate 2400 bits sec 5 RATE Set the baud rate of each channel 2400 4800 9600 19200 57600 PTZ connection and control 1 Device PTZ Pelco D protocol PTZ 2 Connection for detailed information on connection and instructions see PTZ manual Note for the PR485A and RS485B Port see 5 b Back panel or Appendix 2 PIN configuration 3 Control mode see front panel 4 Detailed instructions see PTZ manual Advance me...

Page 16: ...er 10 sec 30 sec 60 sec 9 LANGUAGE Press ENTER und pick the OSD language 10 VERSION The firmware version information will be shown on the screen 11 VIDEO FORMAT The information of the DVR s video format will be shown on the screen Advance menu NETWORK Move the cursor to the NETWORK and press ENTER The screen will show the following options 1 NETWORK TYPE STATIC Select NETWORK TYPE and press or but...

Page 17: ...ymbool the channel is selected 5 HDD NUM Choose the HDD master 6 BACKUP TO USB Press ENTER to backup the chosen file to USB NOTE 1 The USB format must be FAT 32 If this is not the case first format to FAT 32 2 If the USB is not supported by the DVR the USB ERROR message will be shown on the screen 3 We suggest clearing all the files in the USB before you backup files in your USB 4 The backup files...

Page 18: ...rch Press SEARCH button on the front panel of the DVR to enter the search mode The screen will show the following options 1 HDD Select the specific HDD 2 FULL LIST List of all recorded files R RECORD S SYSTEM A ALARM MS MOTION T TIMER 3 RECORD LIST List of manual recorded files 4 SYSTEM LIST List of system recorded files Under continuous recording mode the DVR system will save one recording file e...

Page 19: ... shutdown and press POWER to switch to PAL system press till the monitor shows the video image of the DVR 2 Press POWER button to shutdown and press POWER to switch to NTSC system press till the monitor shows the video image of the DVR d USB upgrade You can use the USB to upgrade Format the USB memory device first 1 Get the upgraded files from your distributor 2 Save the upgraded files in your USB...

Page 20: ...licensed software AP see Advance menu BACKUP Network Type Dynamic IP DHCP and PPPoE Set the Network information in System Config of the licensed software AP For detailed DHCP and PPPoE setting please refer to NETWORK DHCP and PPPoE p 25 5 After setting up the network information click twice to enter login page Key in Username Password and IP Static IP or Host name Dynamic IP Click the green button...

Page 21: ...will be saved onto the PC Each recorded file can contain up to 18 000 frames When the recorded file capacity is full the new recorded file will be saved to the second file If the HDD space is less than 200MB the program will stop recording h System Config press this button to enter the setting page of the video web server i number of online users j CH 1 4 k 4 channel Display l Search m Record n St...

Page 22: ...press ESC to exit from PTZ control AP screen and back to DVR control AP screen v Menu Up Down Left Right w Turbo Off On To speed up the menu selection or the control of the PTZ camera under software AP you can activate the turbo function by pressing this button You can set the turbo function from 1 to 10 For example If you set the turbo function to 3 one mouse click will have the same effect as 3 ...

Page 23: ... A Playback Information Information display such as Date Time Resolution Rewind Forward Speed Status and Functions etc B Time progress bar Show the playback progress status C Functions De interlace Reduce the vibration of the paused picture De blocking Reduce the video mosaic phenomenon OSD Display the OSD of the AP playback window AVI convert Convert the entire recorded file to AVI format Config ...

Page 24: ...VR to connect to an Ethernet network or dial up 1 Static IP Enter the server IP gateway net mask and web port and press APPLY to confirm 2 PPPoE Enter the username and password provided by your ISP Internet Sever supplier and press APPLY to confirm 3 DHCP This DHCP function needs to be supported by router or cable modem network with DHCP service Choose the DHCP IP type and press APPLY to confirm N...

Page 25: ...es the DNS information DDNS APPLICATION EXAMPLE Go to a website providing free DDNS services Example http www dyndns org Create an account in DynDNS After having created your account you will receive a confirmation email within a few minutes To complete registration follow the instructions received Complete these steps within 48 hours to complete the registration If the confirmation email was not ...

Page 26: ... be blocked by SMTP 4 In some cases the mail server requires to verify the password Enter the user name and password 5 Press APPLY to confirm FTP 1 When alarm or motion is triggered a video copy file can be captured The DVR can upload the captured images to the assigned FTP site 2 Enter the detailed FTP information NOTE To activate the FTP notification function enable the function of the FTP notif...

Page 27: ...the value the higher sensitivity for motion detection SS The sensitivity towards the size of the triggered object on the screen the number of motion detection grids The smaller the value the higher sensitivity for motion detection TS The sensitivity towards how long the object gets triggered The smaller the value the higher sensitivity for motion detection RE The value of RE is a reference for det...

Page 28: ...p information Press Start Success Convert Play File A Playback Information B Time Progress Bar C Functions 1 De interlace 2 De blocking 3 OSD 4 AVI Convert 5 Config Setting 6 Watermark 7 Open Previous 8 Open Next File D Playback Control Buttons Play Stop Pause Fast Rewind Fast Forward E Snapshot F Close the Player ...

Page 29: ... Path plus an email containing the MJPEG pictures 1 10 pictures will be sent to the address which is set under Mail FTP Notification MJPEG pictures will be made at your designated space set in File Path plus an FTP file containing the MJPEG pictures 1 10 pictures will be sent to the address which is set under FTP GENERAL 1 Get the information of DVR firmware version in this window 2 Select Turbo S...

Page 30: ... functions but cannot control b c and f functions GUEST Watch the image only Only the a function can be used 3 Life time According to different authority level different accounts can stay online for different time period 1min 5min 10min 1hour 1day infinity ONLINE USER INFO Get all the online users information here Name IP Address Authority Level Resolution and Image Quality FILE PATH 1 Snapshot Pa...

Page 31: ...table in both Windows 2000 and Windows XP Step 1 Type IP address into the URL address box and press ENTER NOTE If the TCP port number is not 80 see the example below IP address 192 168 1 10 Port number 888 Key in 60 121 46 236 888 into the URL address box and press ENTER Step 2 Press the Download JAVA button Download AP Download JAVA ...

Page 32: ...DD near the power connector or replace the HDD HDD failure Test with another HDD Test with another HDD cable Make sure HDD Master and Slave mode is set correctly Cannot detect USB ThumbDrive Test with another USB ThumbDrive Cannot view the DVR over the network with a web browser Update the JAVA programme Update the firmware of the software AP 11 Appendix 1 HDD Installation Please carry out the fol...

Page 33: ...C 30V PIN 8 EXTERN ALARM NO Under normal operation the COM disconnects from NO When the alarm is triggered the COM connects with NO Voltage limitation AC DC 30V PIN 9 GND Signal GND PIN 10 RS485 B The DVR can be remotely controlled by an external device or control system such as a control keyboard using RS485 serial communication signals PIN 11 RS485 A The DVR can be remotely controlled by an exte...

Page 34: ...x50 P KEY_CH11 0x42 B KEY_DOWN 0x4E N KEY_CH12 0x43 C KEY_RIGHT 0x52 R KEY_CH13 0x44 D KEY_POWER 0x57 W KEY_CH14 0x45 E KEY_KEY LOCK 0x4B K KEY_CH15 0x46 F KEY_CH16 0x47 G 14 Appendix 4 Recording time table 1 Recording time varies depending on the following factors Different camera quality Different picture composition such as frequency of the object movement Record Mode Quality IPS 500GB Recordin...

Page 35: ...ompatible USB brands Upgrade the firmware of the DVR to the latest version to ensure the accuracy of following table Brand Model Capacity Rotation HITACHI Deskstar HDS728080PLAT20 80GB 7200rpm HITACHI Deskstar 180 GXP 120GB 7200 rpm HITACHI Deskstar 7K250 HDS722516VLAT20 160GB 7200 rpm HITACHI HDS722516VLAT80 160GB 7200 rpm HITACHI HDS722516DLAT80 160GB 7200 rpm HITACHI Deskstar 7K250 HDS722525VLA...

Page 36: ...igital Caviar WD1200BB 00CAA1 120GB 7200 rpm Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JB 120 7200rpm Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JB 160GB 7200rpm Western Digital Caviar WD2000BB 00DWA0 200GB 7200 rpm Western Digital CaviarSE WD2500JB 250GB 7200 rpm VELLEMAN cannot be held responsible in the event of damage to or loss of programmes data or removable media VELLEMAN advises you to regularly make backups o...