8 / 16-CH H.

264 Digital
Video Recorder
DVR-872 / DVR-1672

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Energy Saving Note of the Device
This power required device does not support Stand by mode operation.
For energy saving, please remove the DC-plug or push the hardware Power Switch to OFF
position to disconnect the device from the power circuit.
Without remove the DC-plug or switch off the device, the device will still consuming power
from the power circuit. In the view of Saving the Energy and reduce the unnecessary power
consuming, it is strongly suggested to switch off or remove the DC-plug for the device if this
device is not intended to be active.

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Revision
User’s Manual for PLANET 8 / 16-Ch H.264 Digital Video Recorder
Model: DVR-872 / DVR-1672
Rev: 2.0 (June, 2011)
Part No. EM-DVR872_1672

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 This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of unprotected “Dangerous voltage"
within the product's enclosure that may be strong enough to cause a risk of electric shock.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

WARNING !!!
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN
OR MOISTURE.

All the safety and operating instructions must be read before the unit is operated.

 Make sure to switch the power off before you install the DVR.
 There is the danger of an electric shock if the DVR is opened by an unqualified service
engineer or installer.
 Avoid using the DVR outside of the reference temperature and humidity indicated in the
specification.
 Avoid exposing the DVR to violent movement or vibration.
 Do not use or store the DVR in direct sunlight or near to any source of heat.
 Do not place any object into the holes used for air circulation.
 Always use the DVR in a well ventilated location to prevent overheating.
 Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type.
 Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 FEATURES ...................................................................................................................... 1

Chapter 2 PACKING DETAIL ............................................................................................................ 2
Chapter 3 LOCATION AND CONTROL ............................................................................................ 3
3.1 Front Panel Controls ..............................................................................................................3
3.2 Real Panel Connectors ...........................................................................................................5
3.3 Remote Control ......................................................................................................................6
3.4 Mouse Control........................................................................................................................9
3.5 Playback Mode..................................................................................................................... 11
3.6 PTZ Mode ............................................................................................................................12
Chapter 4 INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................. 14
4.1 System Configuration ..........................................................................................................14
4.2 Hard Disk Installation ..........................................................................................................16
Chapter 5 BASIC OPERATION and MENU SETUP ....................................................................... 18
5.1 Main Menu Setup.................................................................................................................18
5.2 Record Setup ........................................................................................................................19
5.3 Event Setup ..........................................................................................................................22
5.4 Schedule Setup.....................................................................................................................25
5.5 Camera Setup .......................................................................................................................27
5.6 Account Setup ......................................................................................................................28
5.7 Network Setup .....................................................................................................................30
5.8 PTZ & RS-485 Setup ...........................................................................................................36
5.9 System Setup........................................................................................................................37
5.10 Utility Setup .......................................................................................................................44
5.11 Diagnostic ..........................................................................................................................45
Chapter 6 SEARCH & BACKUP ..................................................................................................... 46
6.1 Search Setup.........................................................................................................................46
6.2 Backup Setup .......................................................................................................................49
Chapter 7 iCMS Installation and Usage.......................................................................................... 50
7.1 iCMS Installation .................................................................................................................50
7.2 iCMS Login and Environment.............................................................................................52
7.3 Groups & Events..................................................................................................................54
7.4 View DVR/ Group List ........................................................................................................54
7.5 Event View ...........................................................................................................................55
7.6 Local PC Information and Control.......................................................................................55
7.7 Main Display........................................................................................................................56
7.8 Audio Control.......................................................................................................................56
7.9 eMaps ...................................................................................................................................57
7.10 PTZ Control .......................................................................................................................58
7.11 Operation Bar .....................................................................................................................59
7.12 User administration ............................................................................................................60
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 7.13 DVR Connection Information Setup..................................................................................61
7.14 Group Administration ........................................................................................................61
7.15 eMap Setup ........................................................................................................................63
7.16 Remote-Site Playback ........................................................................................................63
7.17 HDD Playback ...................................................................................................................65
7.18 File Playback......................................................................................................................66
7.19 Event Playback...................................................................................................................67
7.20 Snapshot Data ....................................................................................................................68
7.21 Recording Data ..................................................................................................................68
Chapter 8 NETWORK SURVEILLANCE......................................................................................... 69
8.1 AP Software Installation and Setup......................................................................................69
8.2 AP Software Operation ........................................................................................................70
Chapter 9 Mobile Application .......................................................................................................... 73
9.1 For Symbian System ............................................................................................................73
9.2 For Windows Mobile System...............................................................................................79
Appendix A: Product Specification .................................................................................................. 83

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this
document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information herein.

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Chapter 1 FEATURES

 Two USB ports (for mouse usage and backup).

 Dual streaming enhances the speed of network transmission
 Built-in VGA up to 1280x1024 resolution
 Individual setup of resolution, frame rate and video quality for each channel
 Still image snapshot
 AVI converter with time stamp
 H.264 compression ideal for saving HDD space
 Real time live display
 Live display, record, backup, playback and network access simultaneously
 Picture-in-picture monitoring and 2X to 8X digital zoom display
 Control Methods: front panel, USB mouse, IR remote controller, client viewer
 Intuitive GUI for easy configuration and menu driven operation
 Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera control
 Data backup: USB devices, network and DVD-RW
 Event triggered with email notification: motion detection, alarm, video loss
 Supports Internet Explorer with same GUI as DVR site
 Multi-language OSD
 Central Management System (CMS)
 3G/ GPRS mobile phone monitorin

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Chapter 2 PACKING DETAIL

1. DVR

2. CD Disk 3. Quick Installation Guide 4. Remote Control

5. HDD Kit x 1 6. Power Adapter & Power Cord 7. Battery x 2

8. SATA Cord x2 (DVR-872) 9. HDD Rack x 4 (DVR-872)

10. I/O Cable
SATA Cord x3 (DVR-1672) HDD Rack x6 (DVR-1672)

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Chapter 3 LOCATION AND CONTROL

3.1 Front Panel Controls

 DVR-872/ DVR-1672

Item Description
A DVD-RW drive can be installed in the front
1 DVD-RW Slot
vancant drive bay. (Optional)
2 IR RECEIVER Input sensor for the remote control.
Press EJECT button to open/close the DVD-RW
3 EJECT
drive.
The USB 2.0 port can be used to connect to
4 USB 2.0
numerous USB 2.0 backup devices.
NUMERIC BUTTON / Camera Select/Numeric Button. Press [+10]
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CHANNEL SELECT button to select channels.
6 LOCK Enable Keypad Function.
7 PTZ Start/Stop PTZ Control.
8 REC Start/Stop recording.
Displays the status of the DVR (standby), HDD
9 STATUS LED
read/write and network transmission.
LEFT DIRECTIONAL Left Directional Button. Fast Forward Playback,
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BUTTON/ REWIND Speed: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x and 64x.
UP DIRECTIONAL Up Directional Button. Slow Forward Playback,
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BUTTON/ SLOW Speed: 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x and 1/16x.
RIGHT
Right Directional Button. Fast Forward
12 DIRECTIONAL
Playback, Speed: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x and 64x.
BUTTON/ FAST
DOWN
13 DIRECTIONAL Down Directional Button. Stop Playback.
BUTTON/ STOP
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14 PLAY Start playing back.
Enter search menu screen, use Up/ Down
15 SEARCH button to navigate. Press ENTER to access
selected item.
Exit various functions and menu screen
16 ESC/ BACKUP
Video data storage backup.
17 ENTER/ MODE( ) Switch to full screen and quad screen.
MENU/ PAUSE Enter menu mode, use Up/ Down button to
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MENU/ navigate menu screen. Press to pause playback.
19 MUTE Switch to 1-CH Audio Out/ Turn Off Live Audio.
AUTO Enable auto mode, to skip channels. Press
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MENU to disable auto mode.
FREEZE Turn On/ Off Live Display FREZZE Function.
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Turn On/ Off Screen FREEZE Function.
ZOOM Enable/ Disable double screen size display.
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Press ENTER to switch channels.
23 STATUS Display Status.
Turn on picture-in-picture format, use Up/
PIP
24 Down button to navigate. Press ENTER to
access selected item
This button is used to toggle between multiple
MULTI
25 display modes: 16, 13, 10, 9 and 4 channel split
screen display modes.

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 3.2 Real Panel Connectors
3.2.1 8–CH Digital Video Recorder: (DVR-872)

3.2.2 16–CH Digital Video Recorder: (DVR-1672)

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3.3 Remote Control

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Remote Controller – Button Definition
○
1 REC Start/ Stop Recording.
○
2 STATUS Display Status.
Camera Select / Numeric Button.
○
3 CAMERA BUTTONS
Press [+10] button to select channels.
○
4 MUTE Switch to 1-CH Audio Out/ Turn Off Live Audio.
Enable/ Disable On Picture-In-Picture Format.
○
5 PIP Use Directional button to navigate the menu item, and press Enter button to
enter the menu item.
○
6 Switch to Quad Display.
○
7 Switch to 9-Channel Display.
○
8 Switch to 13-Channel Display.
○
9 Switch to 16-Channel Display.
Enable/ Disable double screen size display.
○
10 ZOOM Use Directional button to navigate the screen display, and press Enter button to
switch channels.
○
11 ESC Exit Button.
Enter the SEARCH menu.
○
12 SEARCH Use Up/ Down Directional Button to navigate the menu item, press Enter button
to enter menu item.
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13 PLAY Start Playing Back.
○
14 MENU/ Enable/ Disable Menu.
Pause Playback.
○
15 / Up Directional Button.
Slow Forward Playback, Speed: 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x, 1/16x.
○
16 / Right Directional Button.
Fast Forward Playback, Speed: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x.
○
17 / Down Directional Button.
Stop Playback.
○
18 / Left Directional Button.
Fast Rewind Playback, Speed: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x.
○
19 ENTER/ MODE Switch to Single Screen/ Quad Screen Display.
○
20 COPY Enter the COPY menu.
○
21 FREEZE Turn On/ Off Live Display FREZZE Function. Turn On/ Off Screen FREEZE Function.
○
22 AUTO In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen.
○
23 PTZ Start/ Stop PTZ Control.
○
24 LOCK Enable Keypad Function.
○
25 OSD Turn On/ Off the Screen Display.
○
26 IRIS + PTZ Iris-Open.

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27 IRIS - PTZ Iris-Close.
○
28 ZOOM + PTZ Zoom-In.
○
29 ZOOM - PTZ Zoom-Out.
○
30 FOCUS + PTZ Focus-In.
○
31 FOCUS - PTZ Focus-Out.
Lens PreSet Point Setup
○
32 PRESET Press PRESET button+ 2 numeric numbers to save current lens location
PLAY+ Numeric Number to move lens to preset point.

○
33 TOUR Activate PTZ Preset Tour.

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 3.4 Mouse Control

Live Mode
Single Channel Display Move the cursor to the desired channel and double left click.
Change from Single-Channel
Double left click
to Multi-Channel Display

Mouse – Menu Mode

Enter Menu setup Right click
Select/ Enter Left click
Return to Previous Page Right click

Mouse – Graphic Icons

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the four (Main Menu/ Search/
Backup/ PTZ) menu icons.

MAIN MENU

SEARCH SETUP.

BACKUP.

PTZ CONTROL.

Turn On/Off recording.

PLAYBACK

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up five (PAUSE/ PIP/ ZOOM/
AUTO SEQ/ LOCK) display icons.

PAUSE, to pause LIVE image

PIP, picture in picture

ZOOM, double the screen size

AUTO-sequence

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 LOCK, activate the key lock.

Full screen display, multiple clicking to switch channels

Quad display.

9CH Split-screen display

13CH Split-screen display

16CH Split-screen display

Mouse – GUI Hints and Tips

Recording is on

Number represents the current selected LIVE audio channel

Live Audio is off

Motion detected on the channel

Sensor triggered on the channel

Video loss detected on the channel

USB device detected

DVR has been connected onto the Internet.

AUTO-SEQ is on

FREEZE is on, screen is frozen

LOCK is on

PTZ control is on

99% Shows the current hard disk space used-up (99% means that the HDD
space has been used up 99%, and the remaining HDD space is 1%)
Current time which is used when providing the conversion of AVI files is
shown on the bottom lower right of each DVR screen.
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 3.5 Playback Mode

Playback – Quick Function Icon

Press「 / 」button to Fast Rewind
Speed : 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x

Press「 / 」button to Fast Forward

Speed : 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x

Press「PLAY」/ 「 」button to Play/ Pause Playback

/
「 / SLOW」slow playback
Speed : 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x

「 / 」stop playback

Playback channel by channel with snap shot display

Full screen display

Quad display

9CH Split-screen display (available only to 8/ 16CH DVR)

16CH Split-screen display (available only to 16CH DVR)

Zoom in video image

Snap shot image

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 3.6 PTZ Mode

PTZ – Remote Controller Control

/ SLOW Move PTZ up.
/ Move PTZ down.
/ Move PTZ to the left.
/ Move PTZ to the right.
ZOOM + PTZ zoom-in.
ZOOM - PTZ zoom-out.
FOCUS + PTZ focus-in.
FOCUS - PTZ focus-out.
IRIS + PTZ iris-open.
IRIS - PTZ iris-close.
TOUR Activate PTZ pre-set tour. *
To save a preset location
PRESET + NUMBER
Press PRESET and a number key. DVR will save the current location.
To go to a preset location
PLAY + NUMBER
Press PLAY and a number key. DVR will move to the preset location.
ZOOM Set current PTZ location as the start of the line-scan. *
PIP Set current PTZ location as the start of the line-scan. *
FREEZE Activate line-scan. *
*：Different brands of PTZ protocol sometimes may not be 100% compatible with each other.
Therefore, these functions may not be applicable.

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PTZ – Quick Function Icon

Exit PTZ Mode and back to the LIVE mode

Preset number N. (1~64)

Go to preset number N.

Set current PTZ location at preset number N.

[TOUR] icon, click to activate preset tour

Same as [PIP]. Set current PTZ location as the starting point of the
line-scan.

Same as [FREEZE]. Activate line-scan.

Same as [ZOOM]. Set current PTZ location as the ending point of the
line-scan.

To move PTZ in 360°

PTZ zoom in or PTZ zoom out.

PTZ focus in or PTZ focus out.
PTZ IRIS open or PTZ IRIS closes.

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Chapter 4 INSTALLATION

4.1 System Configuration

4.1.1 8–CH Digital Video Recorder:

4.1.2 16–CH Digital Video Recorder:

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4.2 Hard Disk Installation
Step 1: Remove the upper case.

Step 2: Lock the HDD holder symmetrically onto both sides of the HDD.

Lock the screw

Step 3:Insert the SATA cable and power cable onto the SATA HDD

Step 4: Place the HDD on the HDD plate of the removed case and connect the power and
the SATA cable.

Step 5: Connect the Power and SATA cable into the sockets on the main board. Make
sure that the HDD1 cable has been properly inserted into HDD1 socket.

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 Step 6: The installation has completed.
DVR-872 DVR-1672

HDD1 HDD1 HDD0

or HDD0 HDD2
DVD BUNNER or
DVD BUNNER

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 Chapter 5 BASIC OPERATION and MENU SETUP

5.1 Main Menu Setup

To enter the main menu and setup the DVR, please log-in account and enter user
password. The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please refer to
“Account Setup” for related setup of other log-in users.

Main Menu – Mouse Control

Switch between capital and small letters.

/ Switch between numbers and letters.

Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login account.

Delete the last character.

Enter to identify the password. It will enter the setup menu if the password
is verified.
Space key

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 Main Menu – Remote Controller and Front Panel Control
(Click MENU button to enter Quick Setup Menu )
Switch to different options under one item
Switch to different items
MENU Press to confirm setup (OK)
ESC Press to cancel setup (CANCEL)
ENTER Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard

5.2 Record Setup

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 Item Description
Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the HDD when
HDD is full.
HDD FULL [Stop]：Stop Recording
[Overwrite]：Start to overwrite beginning from the oldest data of HDD,
and continue to record.
OSD Position X Set time stamp of OSD position X
OSD Position Y Set time stamp of OSD position Y
OSD Position Setup OSD position time stamp setup
Information stored within the HDD is preserved for only a specified length
Video Preservation (Hours)
of time.
Quality & Frame Rate Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
Setup… recording and event recording type.

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 5.2.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup

Item Description
View Normal / View Event Setup resolution, quality and FPS separately for different record type.
No. Check/ Uncheck the box will enable/ disable recording of that channel.
Resolution Choose record resolution, this value will be used by each channel.
Quality Choose from Below Basic / Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest.
FPS Choose recording frame rate (1~30).
The maximum recording frames available by the average distribution of
Auto
each channel.
＊Number of “Auto” means the DVR processing ability. Recording data depends on “FPS”.
Ex: If channel 1 to channel 8 set to 15 FPS, the sum will be 120 FPS. (8 x 15 = 120)

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5.3 Event Setup

Item Description
Motion Setup Enter to set up motion detection
Sensor Setup Enter to set up sensor detection

5.3.1 Motion Setup

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 Item Description
Alarm Duration(Seconds) Alarm duration time (1~60 seconds).
Check the box to Enable/ Disable popup screen function for all channels.
Motion Popup When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will
popup in full screen display.
Enable Check the box to Enable/ Disable motion detection for each channel.
Sensitivity Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Sensitivity from value 0 to 10 for each
channel. The lower value you set lower the sensitivity it will be

Motion Area Setup Enter to setup motion detection area

Apply to All Set all the channels to the same setting.

5.3.1.1 Motion Area Setup

There are partitions in motion detection area (22x15 blocks). Under initializing status,
motion detection area is in the entire screen. Red colored area is undetected; yet the
detected area is transparent.
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 Item Description
Mask Mouse Selection Select to mask the mouse selected area.
All Area Detection Select all the images as motion detection area.
Mask All Area Cancel all motion detection images on the screen.
Continue Continue setup.
Exit & Save Save setup and exit setup page.
Exit & Discard Cancel setup and exit setup page.

5.3.2 Sensor Setup

Item Description
Alarm Duration(Seconds) Alarm duration time (1~60 seconds).
Sensor Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels.
When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will
pop up in full screen display.
Sensor Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels.
When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will
pop up in full screen display.
Sensor Polarity Click or press ▼ to select between HIGH/ LOW voltage for triggering
sensor detection or OFF to turn off polarity for each channel
Low Polarity：Sensor has not been triggered. When connected, sensor
will be turned on.
High Polarity：Sensor has been triggered. When connected, sensor
status will be turned off.
Off：Sensor is deactivated, and will not be turned on/off.
All off Set all sensors polarity to off.
All Low Set all sensors polarity to low level.
All High Set all sensors polarity to high level.

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5.4 Schedule Setup

Apart from manual recording, you can also setup the recording time by weeks and
schedule recordings include: normal, motion detection, and sensor detection.

Item Description
Click or press ▼ to select Page. Each page provides 10 schedules for
Page
setup. 5 pages in total.
Holiday Setup Enter to setup holiday, maximum up to 50 days.
View Event Setup View Normal/ Motion / Sensor Setup.

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5.4.1 Schedule Record Setup

Click on the time icon on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have
detail setup by dates, time and event.
Item Description
Enables schedule recording according to the time
Enable Schedule Record
schedule (shown above).
Enables schedule motion detection recording
Enable Schedule Motion Detect
according to the time schedule (shown above).
Enables schedule sensor trigger recording according to
Enable Schedule Sensor Trigger
the time schedule (shown above).

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5.4.2 Holiday Setup

Since holidays are different between countries and regions, you can setup the holiday of
your location accordingly (Maximum Setup: 50).

5.5 Camera Setup

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 Item Description
Mask Check the box to Enable/ Disable mask function for LIVE mode
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Sharpness of your camera from
Sharpness
value 0 to 15. The default value is 1.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Brightness of your camera from
Brightness
value 0 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Contrast of your camera from
Contrast
value 0 to 255. The default value is 0.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Saturation of your camera from
Saturation
value 0 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Hue of your camera from value 0 to
Hue
255. The default value is 150. (This function is ineffective in PAL system).
Name Set up name of each channel.
Volume Select to adjust audio volume under LIVE mode and recording mode.

NOTE!
Mask function can not turn the network live image function off. Please use the Playback Mask under
master account to turn it off.

5.6 Account Setup

The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently for
each user (maximum of 4 users) to access the DVR over network. The default admin
account is [admin] and password is “123456”.

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 Item Description
No. Check to activate the user’s account.
User Name Edit the user name.
Password Enter to set up password for each user.
Permissions Enter to setup Permissions for each user.
Change Admin Password Enter to change administrator’s password.

5.6.1 Permission Setup

The Account Setup is set to provide individual user (maximum of 4 users) role-based
permissions, including access to Setup menu, Network operation, and PTZ function,
Playback, Utility, Backup and Mask on specific channels while playing back.

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5.7 Network Setup

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 Item Description
Connect type Setup mode for network connection: DHCP、LAN、ADSL.
HTTP Setup Enter to set up HTTP for remote access into DVR.
DDNS Setup Enter to Enable/ Disable DDNS function and set up.
Mail Setup Enter to Enable/ Disable Email notification and setup.

5.7.1 Networking Setup

The DVR supports DHCP, LAN and ADSL access for network connection.

5.7.1.1 DHCP

If the DHCP option is used for DVR network connection, an IP address is assigned by
the DHCP server automatically.

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5.7.1.2 LAN

Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required.

Item Description
IP Address Enter IP address provided by ISP
Subnet Mask Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP
Gateway Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP
Enter DNS address provided by ISP. (Note: The correct DNS address
DNS
must be entered for DDNS function).

5.7.1.3 ADSL

Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required.

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 Item Description
User Name Enter user name provided by ISP
Password Enter password provided by ISP

5.7.2 HTTP Setup

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 Item Description
Enable HTTP Server Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR
over the network if the HTTP function is activated.
Port Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65535. The default value is 80.
Quality and Frame Rate Setup for Network Transmission
No. Check to activate the transmission of each camera.
Quality Choose from Below Basic / Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest.
FPS Choose recording frame rate (1~30FPS).
The maximum recording frames available by the average distribution of
Auto
each channel (totally 60FPS).
This video streaming is used for network transmission; setting is LQ (low quality). Under a low bandwidth
capacity, this stream can send out small picture and keep a good video quality and smooth display rate. If
the bandwidth is large enough, it can be adjusted to HQ (high quality). Thus, the network streaming will be
switched to the condition which this DVR is recording. Therefore, a larger video image can be sent to
remote site.

5.7.3 DDNS Setup

Item Description
Enable DDNS Check/ Uncheck to Enable/ Disable DDNS function.
DDNS Server Enter the registered SMTP Server:
DYNDNS.ORG, NO-IP.ORG, CUSTOM.COM
Host Server Enter the registered SMTP Server.
User Name Enter user name.
Password Enter password.
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 5.7.4 Mail Setup

E-mail can be used as a form of notification when an event occurs (VLOSS, MOTION,
and SENSOR).

Item Description
Enable E-mail Notification Check the box to enable/disable E-mail Notification function.
SMTP Server Enter to set up SMTP Server name.
Port Default is 80. Maximum number of port is 65535.
User Name Enter to set up User Name.
Password Enter to set up Password.
Sender E-mail Enter to set up e-mail address of sender.
Trigger Event Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below
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 circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).
Receiver E-mail Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually.

5.8 PTZ & RS-485 Setup

The DVR allows users to control PTZ functions of your camera. To enable PTZ function,
the 485 cable should be connected to the RS-485 port of DVR.

Item Description
Enable PTZ Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel.
Protocol Set up the protocol of PTZ cam.
PTZ ID Click or press ◀ ▶ to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1 to 64.
Baud Rate Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400、4800、9600 、19200
RS-485 ID
RS-485 Baud Rate Reserved.
Keyboard

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5.9 System Setup

Item Description
DVR Name The name of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access.
DVR Location The location of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access
Language Click or press ▼ to select OSD language.
Setting remote controller ID to match the remote code definition
Remote ID
retrospectively to particular DVR.
After one minute without any action, the DVR will switch to LIVE mode
automatically. Auto lock can function differently according to the setting below.
Button automatically Auto Lock: The front panel function keys are ineffective
only until using the mouse and please re-enter the password again.
Auto Lock Function
Auto Logout Key Lock
Setting
Key lock ○ ○
Key unlock ○ ×
Disable × ×
Display Setup Enter to set up Display
Date/Time Setup Enter to set up Date/Time
Buzzer & Relay Setup Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay
Spot Setup Enter to set up Spot

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 5.9.1 Display Setup

Item Description
Auto-Seq Interval Click or press ◀ ▶ to set up duration time in seconds for the interval
( Seconds) between channels under Auto-Seq mode (1~999 seconds).
Show OSD Turn On / Off OSD display
Show DVR Status Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display
Show Date/Time Turn On / Off date and time display
Show Channel Name Turn On / Off channel name display
Video System Auto / NTSC / PAL video system setting (available to DVR-872)
CRT Make the display more suitable for CRT monitor. (available to DVR-1672)
Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.（black, dark grey,
Border Color
light grey, and white）
※Time tolerance of Auto-Seq Interval is ±2 seconds.

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5.9.2 Date/ Time Setup

Item Description
Hour Format 12HOURS/ 24HOURS
Date Format MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD
Date/Time Position Choose the position of Time and Date display
Change Date & Time Setup time and date of DVR
Time Zone Setup Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time.
Internet Time Setup Setup automatic synchronization with internet server

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5.9.2.1 Change Date & Time
Users are allowed to setup date and time of the DVR.

5.9.2.2 Time Zone Setup

In time zone setup, users can change the time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time
function according to your DVR location.

Item Description
Select Time Zone Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13
Daylight Saving Time Turn On/ Off Daylight Saving Time

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 5.9.2.3 Internet Time Setup

Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.

Item Description
Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function. Select this
Automatic Synchronization option to enable the function, DVR will automatically synchronize the
time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting.
Date and Time show on DVR will immediately correspond with those in
Update Now
internet server.

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5.9.3 Device Setup

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 Item Description
Mouse Speed Adjust the mouse moving speed

Buzzer & Relay Setup

Key Tone Enable/ Disable keystrokes.

Enable/ Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for HDD
Alarm Buzzer
error, sensor, motion and vloss (Video Loss).
Enable/ Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks when the
Alarm Relay
alarm is triggered for HDD error, sensor, motion and vloss.

5.9.4 Spot Setup

The DVR has two modes of video output; one is the main video output, the other is spot
video output. SPOT setup is for controlling orders of channels that the system cycles
through in SPOT mode. User can monitor every channel in the SPOT mode.

Item Description
Auto-Seq. Interval The duration interval time between channels is in seconds under SPOT
(Seconds) mode (1~999 seconds).
When setting “Enable Spot”, the “MAIN/SPOT” BNC terminal will be
Enable Spot
confined/restricted to Spot output port only.
Skip Video Loss Channel Whether to skip channels without video signal.
Channels Select which channels will be displayed in the sequence.

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 5.10 Utility Setup

Item Description
HDD Initialization Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop recording
before entering this menu. Enter the menu, system will show all the
data (model/ volume) of HDD that is installed in the DVR. Check the HDD
you’d like to initialize, and then press “Start”. HDD initialization is
successful when the status shows “Succeed”.
USB Initialization Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and press “YES” to
clean up all data on your USB. The initialization is done when it shows
“Succeed”.
System Recovery Restore system default values.
Reset System Events Reset all the recording events in the DVR.
Copy Setup to USB Copy configuration to a USB device. There will be a file named
“sdvr.config” on your USB.
Download Setup from USB Download configuration from a USB device into DVR.
Upgrade Upgrade DVR through USB.
Please stop recording and backup setup configuration before upgrading.
System will reboot automatically when the upgrade is completed.

NOTE!! DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR UNPLUG USB DEVICE DURING THE UPGRADE as it
may cause incomplete firmware upgrade and damage to the DVR.

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5.11 Diagnostic

Item Description
Version The current firmware version of DVR
The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected from network, the
IP Address
screen will display” NETWORK DISCONNECT”.
MAC Address MAC Address of DVR
HDD Volume The capacity of HDD
HDD Used Rate Percentage of space used on HDD.
Shows HDD status.
USING means the HDD is now used for recording.
HDD Status GOOD/ BAD means the HDD has a known/ unknown format for the
DVR. (Note: Please initialize your newly-installed HDD before using it,
otherwise it can be recognized as BAD by the DVR).
Format Time The latest format time of HDD

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Chapter 6 SEARCH & BACKUP

6.1 Search Setup

Item Description
Event Search Press to enter event search menu.
Time Search Press to enter time search menu.

6.1.1 Event Search

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 The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included.

If there is recording data for an event, a yellow signal icon will be shown on the left

side of time information. Rest your cursor under the line and press “enter”, or left click
your mouse to playback the recording data.

Item Description
Criteria Setup conditions of the event search function
Page Convert pages of events
Date/Time Date/ time when the event occurred.
Event type, defined as following:
Motion Motion Detected
Sensor Sensor Detected
Video Loss Video Loss
Event Type Remote Login User log-in over the network
Remote Logout User log-out over the network
Power On System Rebooting
HDD Full HDD is FULL
HDD Error HDD is error
Channel The channel where the event occurred.

6.1.1.1 Criteria Setup for Event Search

The amount of events can be numerous. Therefore, you can facilitate event sorting by
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 setting up “criteria”. Setup “start time” and “end time” for each event search, then the
search result will be limited to this specific period of time. Only events and channels that
are  checked will be sorted in event search as well.

6.1.2 Time Search

TIME SEARCH, you can search for a specific time of the recording data to playback.
Dates with recording are shown by data marked with a red square [ □ ]. System will
start playing back according to the date that you’ve selected. Calendar will be shown
by using mouse to click on “year” and “month”.

Click “date” to display recording time of that specific date with time bar. You can
change time (hour/ minute/ second) or click on a specific time of time bar by mouse
then press “YES”. DVR will playback the selected recording data.

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6.2 Backup Setup
User can back-up any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so,
connect a USB to the DVR. The format of backup file is IRF file and can be played by
“DVRemoteDesktop.exe” or “iCMS”.

Item Description
From Backup file starting time
To Backup file ending time
Select USB, CD, or DVD-R/RW as the backup device (From remote site, the device
Device
will be PC.)
Free Space The available space in your backup device
Refresh Recalculate the available space of backup device
Required Space Calculate the required size of backup file
Calculate Calculate the size of backup file
Start backup operation. Be sure to calculate the size of backup file BEFORE
Start
operating backup.

NOTE!! Do not unplug the USB device or turn off the DVR during the backup process to avoid
unrecoverable error. When backup is completed, you need to re-plug in order to insure
proper function.

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Chapter 7 iCMS Installation and Usage

DVR-462 has provided a simple use and powerful utility called – iCMS. When this utility
installed to Windows platform, user can get more functions than on the web browser.
When you want to fully control your DVR-462, you may install the iCMS into your PC and
refer to instructions below to know and manage theose functions in the iCMS.

7.1 iCMS Installation

System Requirement:
 Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent.
 Microsoft Windows Vista、Windows XP、Windows 2003 Server.
 512MB memory above.
 20MB HD space. Recording and image capturing require extra space for storage.

Installation Guide:

Step 1: Install the CD that is packed with the DVR and into your CD-ROM drive.
Step 2: You will see a welcome web page. Please click the iCMS utility hyper-link. If the
welcome web page doesn’t appear, you can find the program in
E:\Utility\Setup.exe. Suppose “E” is your CD-ROM drive.
Step 3: If the PC doesn’t install Visual C++ plug-in, you will see this screen below,
please select “Install” to install this plug-in.
Step 4: Please click “Next”.

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Step 5: Select “Browse” to change installation path if needed. To check available space on
hard disk, please select “Disk Cost” then please select “Next” to the next step.

Step 6:”Confirm Installation” window shows. Select ‘Next’ then the installation starts.

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Step 7: Select ‘Close’ to finish installation when the “Installation Complete” window
shows.

7.2 iCMS Login and Environment

To enter iCMS, the administrator’s user name and password are required. The defaults
are ‘admin’ and ‘123456’.

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After successful login, the following image is shown on your screen:

②
④ ⑤
DVRs, Groups & Information about DVRs, groups and events. See “7.3
Events Groups & Events” for more details.
Information about local PC’s hard disk, volume,
PC information and
recording...etc. See “7.6 Local PC Information and Control”
control
for more details.
Live image display area. See “7.7 Main Display” for more
Main Display
details.
Display Modes Several choices of display modes supported by iCMS.
A set of 10 operations are provided by iCMS. See “7.11
Operation Bar
Operation Bar” for more details.

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7.3 Groups & Events
Icon Description

View list of logged in DVR／ Group.

View Logs： DVR event information list.

7.4 View DVR/ Group List

Single left click on ‘DVR’ or ‘Group’ will
expand/ shrink the entire DVRs and groups
list.

On the DVR list, double left click on a

connected DVR will show its image in the
main display. See “7.13 User Administration”
for further information.

On the Group list, double left click on a

group will show live image from the
channels of the group in the main display.
See “7.14 Group Administration” for further
information.

Icon Description
Video Loss

Motion

Sensor

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7.5 Event View
This window lists all the events recorded on the DVR. Each DVR has a list of different
categories of events. According to Remote in/ Remote out, Video Loss, Motion, Sensor,
and Other（Power Reset, Key lock, Key unlock, HD Full）.

7.6 Local PC Information and Control

Located on the left lower corner of the screen, please see the chart below:
Icon Function Description
Shows the ratio of available space / HDD capacity
HDD info
of C:\ drive (where iCMS is installed).

Volume PC volume or playback volume control bar.

Record live image to local PC storage. To view

locally stored data, use “Record” under the
Recording
operation bar. Also see “7.21Recording data” for
detail.
Take snapshot to save in local PC storage. To view
all the snapshots you’ve taken; please go to
Snapshot
“Snapshot” under the operation bar. See
“7.20Snapshot data” for detail.

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7.7 Main Display
The main display area is where the live image of DVR is shown. You can drag to change
the location of the screen for each channel and turn On/Off audio signal by clicking the
mouse.

7.8 Audio Control

In live mode, you can turn On/ Off the audio signal of Ch1~Ch4 (4CH DVR supports
only 1Channel audio recording):
「 」Audio signal is On
「 」Audio signal is Off

Turn On/Off by clicking on the graphical icon, please note that each time only one
audio signal channel is allow turned on.

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7.9 eMaps
In LIVE view, press「 」to show eMap window. If a channel has e-Map settings
added, a drop-down menu will appear showing the related e-Map names added in
this channel. The channel that has not been added with any e-Map settings will have
"No eMaps" shown on the screen.

For more information about e-Map setup, please refer to“7.15 eMap Setup”.

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7.10 PTZ Control
Right mouse click on the screen, PTZ control icon will appear, as shown below:
Icon Description
8 Directional
PTZ Movement
Button

ZOOM+：Zoom In

ZOOM-：Zoom Out

Preserved Function

FOCUS+：Focus Near

FOCUS-：Focus Far

Preserved Function

Set PTZ Preset 16 PTZ Preset Points

Goto PTZ Preset 16 PTZ Goto Preset Points
Activate Auto Tour
PTZ Sensitivity PTZ Sensitivity Setup
Set the start and the end point
of Cruise function
Activate Cruise Mode

Preserved Function

AUX
AUTO+1 - AUTO+8
1~8(Customize)

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7.11 Operation Bar

10 Operations listed as below:

Icon Description

User Administration. Please see「7.12 User administration」

DVR Administration. Please see「7.13 DVR Administration」

Group Administration. Please see「7.14 Group Administration」

eMap Administration. Please see「7.15 eMap Setup」

Remote Playback. Please see「7.16 Remote-Site Playback」

HDD Playback. Please see「7.17 HDD Playback」

File Playback. Please see「7.18 File Playback」

Event Playback. Please see「7.19 Event Playback」

Snapshot Data. Please see「7.20 Snapshot Data」

Recording Data. Please see「7.21 Recording Data」

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7.12 User administration
Before the iCMS can be used on a PC, user accounts should be added with proper
authority. Each user should be assigned with a password and optionally a
description. If a user does not have certain authority assigned, he/ she will not be
able to operate the corresponding function on the Operation Bar. The default is
none of the authority assigned. The administrator should assign proper authority to
each user. These user accounts can be deleted or edited later on.

Select “OK” to save the setup.

Icon Description
Add a user account. The default authority has none permission.
Delete a user account.

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7.13 DVR Connection Information Setup
You can add or delete the DVR connection, information and description editing,
also enter names of the channels (Please select Generic DVR for DVR Model).
After setup, please click "OK" to store setup.

7.14 Group Administration

A ‘Group’ means a set of video channels from one or many DVRs, which means, user
can organize channels from different DVRs to be set in a group. This function allows you
to monitor and manage channels from multiple DVRs easily and flexibly.

Steps:
Step 1: Add a new group and set its name and description.
Step 2: Click ‘Select’ which will bring up a new window.
Step 3: Check the specific channels that you’d like them to be included in the group. To
include all channels of a DVR, just uses  icon to check the DVR.

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Step 4: Click “OK” to return to the previous window.
Step 5: Select a display mode, system will auto select.
Step 6: Drag a channel from the lower left panel into the main display to a preferred
location. Or, change the channel location in the main display by mouse dragging.
Step 7: You can ‘Select’ again to add other channels, but the un-saved channel locations will be
lost.
Step 8: Click “OK” to save the setup.

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7.15 eMap Setup
If the DVR has the sub-region, or would like to have a picture on the background to
monitor the channel, you can use the eMap.

Steps:

1. Click [ ] icon to select a path of the window picture.

2. Click [OK] button after selecting a picture, a window will show on the right picture
content.
3. Use left mouse button to drag to any location.
4. To delete a channel, please right-mouse click on the channel icon (CH1-CH4),
and select item option "Remove".
5. Click [OK] button after setup has been completed to store setup.

7.16 Remote-Site Playback

You can playback recorded images of the DVR on the remote-site. First select a DVR,
DVR recording information list appears below, double-click to playback selected video
time period, a video information screen will appear on the right. There are different
split-screen options to select from, as shown below.

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Icon Description

Start Playback

Pause

Stop playback

Fast forward

Fast rewind

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7.17 HDD Playback
You can directly play the recording data in the HDD that’s uninstalled from DVR by iCMS.
See the picture below, the left part of the screen shows the recording data in a list form
that’s separated by hour and the right part is the main display. You can change the
display modes and play files fast forward or rewind.

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7.18 File Playback
You can play the recorded *.irf files by “File Play” in iCMS. It allows you to change the
display mode, forward or rewind the file and drag the time bar.

Icon Description

Start Playback

Pause

Stop playback

Fast forward

Fast rewind

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7.19 Event Playback
You can play the event recorded by the DVR.

Steps:
1. Select DVR.
2. Select date.
3. Double-click on the selected “Event type” (table on the left hand side, bottom row),
video will be shown on the right side of the screen.
4. Select split-screen.
5. Use the 4 icon functions on the bottom of the screen to operate video playback.

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7.20 Snapshot Data
It can display all the snapshots you’ve taken, into “Snapshot Data”. You can review,
delete or save as other files.

7.21 Recording Data

It can play all the recording files you’ve recorded, into “Recording Data”. You can play or
delete them.

Steps:
Step 1: Choose the recording time at upper left corner, it will be played on the main display.
Step 2: You can choose the display mode.
Step 3: Time bar will be shown on the right lower corner, please drag the time bar to
specify the recording time you’d like to play.

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Chapter 8 NETWORK SURVEILLANCE

8.1 AP Software Installation and Setup

Step 1：Enter the IP address of the DVR in the IE browser.

Step 2: A window will pop-up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user
name is admin and password is 123456. Other related setup about user
account and password, please refer to “5.6 Account Setup“.

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Step 3: You’ve logged into the DVR

8.2 AP Software Operation

User-friendly operation, DVR remote interface provides the DVR with the same local
client interface.

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8.2.1 Remote Record

Click Record icon to select between 3 recording options (Record On/ Off, Record to
Local…, Screen Snapshot [F2]). Record switch can activate DVR client to record,
record to local client can be backed up onto the PC, may also use snapshot to capture
video image onto the PC.

8.2.2 Lock

Click Lock icon to lock remote-site function and to unlock, account and password must
be entered all over again.

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8.2.3 Full Screen

Click Full Screen icon to enlarge the screen to full screen display.

8.2.4 Camera Name

A variety of languages can be used to setup the PC client camera names; and
simultaneously changes the display of the local client DVR.

8.2.5 Remote-Site Backup

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Chapter 9 Mobile Application

You can remotely monitor all channels of the DVR through your mobile device. The
required mobile application is from the DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for
both Windows mobile 5.0 above and Symbian.

Please confirm that the network function of the DVR has been activated before mobile
connection: Main menu  Network Setup  HTTP Setup  Check the “Enable
HTTP Server”.

9.1 For Symbian System

Mobile Device: Nokia, SonyEricsson…etc.

System requirement:
GPRS/ 3G must be provided from your telecom service.
Mobile device that supports GPRS/ 3G protocol and Java cldc1.0/midp 2.0 environment.

9.1.1 Mobile Application Installation

Please follow the steps shown below to perform the mobile device surveillance function.

Step 1: You need to install the mobile application called “DVRH264.jar” into your mobile
device. The application can be downloaded from the CD that packed with DVR through
Bluetooth or USB cable. You can find it in e:\utility\mobile\. For example, e is your
CD-ROM drive.

Step 2: Install the application software “DVRH264.jar” in your mobile device. It might be
installed automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file
for installation.

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9.1.2 Mobile Application Operation
After the installation, enter Program Files menu in your mobile device to run a file called
“H264 MIDlet”.

Select “Menu” at the right lower corner of your mobile screen, 4 commands, Login Add
Modify and Delete, will show up.

9.1.2.1 Add New Login DVR

To log into the DVR, you need to enter the logging-in DVR information. Find “Add” under
the “Menu” then enter logging-in DVR’s IP address, Port number, account name and
password. Press “Add” to save this information after entering.

9.1.2.2 Logging onto the DVR

Use the Login command to log onto a DVR and monitor live images. If multiple DVRs
have been added to the mobile application, they will be listed by name, you can select
one to log onto.

A confirmation message might show up for a network charge before connection. The
fee rate will depend on the telecom company and package fee that you go with.

Network connectivity will take some time. It will be affected by networking environment
and bandwidth flow. Live image will show up after a successful connection.

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Note: Live images can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is set to off on local DVR.

9.1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of the DVR

You can use “Modify” command to change the login information of the DVR. The
dialogue is identical to that of “Add” command.

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 9.1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of the DVR
“Delete” command can be used to remove the DVR information when it is no longer
useful. Select the DVR on the name list, then choose “Delete”.

9.1.3 Live Monitoring Operation

This paragraph describes some operation under the LIVE monitoring mode in your
mobile device.

9.1.3.1 Scroll the Image

You can use the keypad on your mobile device to scroll the image when it is oversized.

Key Action
2 Scroll Up
4 Scroll Left
6 Scroll Right
8 Scroll Down

9.1.3.2 Image Quality Setup

Select “Quality” under the “Menu”. There will be 5 levels for you to choose: Low, Normal,
Middle, High and Highest.

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 9.1.3.3 Channel Display
Select “Single” under the “Menu”, all channels will be listed for you to choose from.

PS. Live images can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is set to off in local DVR.

9.1.3.4 Size of Image

The screen size of different mobile device can be different. You can select “Size” under
the “Menu” to choose from “Original” or “Fit Screen” to resize the display image.

Item Description
Original The image will be shown in original size.
Fit Screen The image will be shown to fit the screen.

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 9.1.3.5 Rotate the image

Live image can be displayed by normal image or rotate to 90 degrees. Select “Rotate”
under the “Menu” for this operation.

9.1.3.6 Alarm

This application will not only allow user to remotely monitor through mobile device but
receive the alarm that has been triggered by events such as Motion Detected, Sensor
Triggered and Vloss (Video Loss).

Select the “Alarm” under the “Menu” to switch this function on or off.

Item Description
Motion detected
Sensor triggered
Video loss

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 9.2 For Windows Mobile System

There are two kinds of applications for Window Mobile OS: JPEG compression and
H.264 compression. The one for H.264 compression can transfer both audio and video
signal to your mobile device.

System Requirement:
Mobile device OS：Windows mobile system 5.0 and above.
Mobile device need to support internet: GPRS／3G／Wifi… etc.

9.2.1 Mobile Application Installation

Please follow the steps shown below to perform the
mobile device surveillance function on your mobile
device (mobile phone, PDA ...etc).

Step 1: The mobile application called

“Jrviewer.CAB” and “H264Pocket.CAB” need to be
installed in your mobile device. The application can
be downloaded directly from the manufacturer’s
website to your mobile or; alternatively, it can be
transferred to your mobile device from the CD that is
packed with DVR through Bluetooth or USB cable.
You can find it in e:\utility\mobile\. For example, e is
your CD-ROM drive

Step 2: Install the application software

“Jrviewer.CAB” and “H264Pocket.CAB” in your
mobile device, two folders named ”Jrviewer” and
“H264Pocket” will be created. It might be installed
automatically after downloading; otherwise, select it from the downloading file for
installation.

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9.2.2 Mobile Application Operation
After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run files
named “Jrviewer” and “H264Pocket”.

This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor the DVR. Press “OK” to bring
up the operation menu; see chart the below for further information.

Item Function Description

Enter DVR’s name, IP address, Port, Account user, Password
Add Add login DVR
then press “OK”
‧Choose the DVR that you’d like to logon , then press “OK”
‧PS. Live image can not be displayed in your mobile when
the recoding is off.
Login Logon DVR ‧PS. Network connectivity will be affected by networking
environment and bandwidth flow. The fee rate will
depend on the telecom company and package fee you
go with.
Modify Modify Login DVR Choose DVR, press “Modify”, and press”OK” to save change.
Delete Delete Login DVR Choose DVR and press”Delete” to delete the DVR info.

The operation of Jrviewer The operation of H264 Pocket

9.2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring

After successful logon to the DVR, press “View” to bring up operation menu. You can
choose the channel, resize the image, choose the quality, and turn On/ Off the status
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9.2.3.1 jrviewer Operation under the LIVE monitoring

Item Function Description

Channel
Display for CH 1~16 Choose from CH1~16 to display
1~16
Original：image size as original
Screen Size of image Stretch：stretch the size as full screen
Fit: resize the image to fit the screen

Change the quality of image. Please note the better quality, the
Quality Quality
slower data transfer rate.

Graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if

there is event such as motion detected, sensor triggered and
video loss to be detected on any channel. You can also uncheck
the “Status Bar” to inactivate this function.

Icon Description
Status Bar Status Bar
Motion Detect
Sensor Trigger
V-Loss

Alarm through your mobile device can be triggered if there is

Alarm Alarm event to be detected. You can also uncheck the “Alarm” under the
“View” to inactivate this function.

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9.2.3.2 Operation under the LIVE monitoring for H264 Pocket

Item Function Description

Channel
Display for CH 1~16 Choose from CH1~16 to display. CH1 can receive audio signal.
1~16
Graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if
there is event such as motion detected, sensor triggered and
video loss to be detected on any channel. You can also 
uncheck the “Status Bar” to inactivate this function.

Status Bar Status Bar

Icon Description
Motion Detect
Sensor Trigger
V-Loss

Alarm through your mobile device can be triggered if there is

Alarm Alarm event to be detected. You can also  uncheck the “Alarm” under
the “View” to inactivate this function.

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  Check this function to choose one channel to display in full
Full Screen Full screen display
screen.

Appendix A: Product Specification

Model DVR-872 DVR-1672
CONNECTOR
Video System Auto Detect NTSC / PAL Switch
Video Input 8CH BNC 16CH BNC
Video Output 1CH BNC（MAIN / SPOT）
SPOT Output 1CH BNC（MAIN / SPOT）
VGA Output 1280x1024
Audio Input 4CH RCA
Audio Output 2CH RCA
Audio Backup YES
Sensor 8 input / 1 output 16 input / 2 output
RS-485 Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera
USB Port 2 ports
Mouse USB mouse
IR Remote Controller YES
STORAGE
SATA HDD x2 SATA HDD x 3
(Max. 2TB each) (Max. 2TB each)
HDD Support
or or
SATA HDD x1 + DVD writer x1 SATA HDD x2 + DVD writer x1
DVD Writer Optional
OSD
Display Division 1,4,9,13,16 1,4,9
Title 14 characters
RECORDING
Video Compression H.264
Audio Compression ADPCM

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 720x480, 720x240, 360x240 (NTSC)
Resolution
720x576, 720x288, 360x288 (PAL)
60, 120, 240 (NTSC) 120, 240, 480 (NTSC)
Frame Rate
50, 100, 200 (PAL) 100, 200, 400 (PAL)
Quality Highest, High, Normal, Basic, Below Basic
Record Mode Manual, Schedule, Event(motion detection/sensor)
Pre-Alarm Recording 16MB (around 10 sec)
Post-Alarm
1-60 sec
Recording
Motion Detection 22X15 (sensitivity 0~10)
PLAYBACK
Search Mode Time, Event
fast forward/backward 2X/4X/8X/16X/32X/64X
Playback Speed slow forward/backward 1/2X,1/4X,1/8X
play/pause
Backup Mode USB flash driver / Network / Optional DVD media
NETWORK
Network
H.264
Compression
Network Software Internet Explorer / CMS / 3G Mobile Phone
Network Users 5
Remote Notification Email message
Service TCP/IP, SMTP, DHCP, DDNS, PPPoE
OTHER
Daylight Saving YES
5 users including 1 administrator
Password
user authority selectable
Event List 10000
Key Lock YES
Firmware Update USB device
Dimension 430mm (W) x 70mm (H) x 360mm (D)
Power Source DC12V
Operating
30 ~ 80% RH, 5℃ ~ 40℃ (41℉ ~ 104℉)
Environment

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