Western Digital 4CH Triplex User Manual

USER GUIDE 4CH TRIPLEX DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER Version. 3.0 Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

H. SENSOR LED A red light appears when sensor perceives event. I. MOTION LED A red light appears when DVR detects motion. J. IR RECEIVER Remote Con

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2-3. Rear View A. CAMERA INPUT BNC Input Connectors for camera B. LOOPBACK OUTPUT BNC Loop-back Output Connectors for cameras C. AUDIO IN RCA Audi

2-4. Specification INPUT 4 composite BNC (NTSC/PAL) – 1.0Vp-p 1 composite BNC (NTSC/PAL) – 1.0Vp-p 1 S-VIDEO VIDEO OUTPUT 4 composite loop-back

3. Factory Default  LIVE  CHANNEL ROTATION  CHANNELS--------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4  DURATION-------

 SENSITIVITY------------------------------------------------------- L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 H  POST RECORD--------------------------------------------

 FACTORY DEFAULT------------------------------------------------------- SELECT  DATE FORMAT-------------------------------------------------------

4. Setup 4-1. Initial menu Press the Setup button, then Setup menu will appear. 4-2. LIVE 4-2-1. Channel Rotation 1. Select LIVE and press SEL bu

3. Press SEL button when the cursor is LABEL field (channel name). A keyboard will appear for you to type in a new name. 4. Name the label (cha

4-3. RECORD In Record Setup, you can choose from QUAD, MUX, and SCHEDULE recording mode. In each mode, the recording quality, recording frame, audio,

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance (ser

4. The selected mode becomes highlighted. Press ESC button to go back to LIVE mode, and from then the selected recording mode will be applied to

4-3-2-1. GENERAL Setup In QUAD Setup screen, select GENERAL to go to the GENERAL setup screen.  QUALITY – Press button to select recording quality

 SENSOR – Press button to set <ON> or <OFF>. <ON>: Video will be recorded when the sensor is activated. Please refer to “4-3-2-3.

when sensor is activated.  CHANNEL - Press button to set <ON> or <OFF> <ON>: Video will be recorded when the sensor is activated.

4-3-3. MUX Recording Mode <RESOLUTION: 360X240> <RESOLUTION: 720X480> Difference in recording resolu

 RESOLUTION – Press button to select recording resolution.  QUALITY – Press button to select recording quality. DVR supports four types of pic

 SENSOR – Press button to set <ON> or <OFF>. <ON>: Video will be recorded when the sensor is activated. Please refer to “4-3-3-3.

when sensor is activated.  CHANNEL - Press button to select the channel to record when sensor is activated.  DURATION - Press button to select the

4-3-4. SCHEDULE Recording Mode SCHEDULE supports the weekly recording plan. The default recording mode of schedule is MUX recording mode and recording

4-3-4-2. Mapping Recording methods and Front Buttons Front Buttons Recording Method Detailed Feature REW SENSOR Record when the sensor is activate

Table of Contents 1. Features ...

4-4. SYSTEM Select SYSTEM and press SEL button to go to SYSTEM setup menu. 4-4-1. ADMIN PASSWORD ADMIN PASSWORD can be edited here. 1. Place the

4-4-2. USER PASSWORD USER PASSWORD can be edited here. 1. Place the cursor on the “Select” and press SEL button. 2. CURRENT PASSWORD: Enter the

Supported date formats and examples  YYYY-MM-DD  2003-07-11  MM-DD-YYYY  07-11-2003  DD-MM-YYYY  11-07-2003  YYYY/MM/DD  2003/07/11

5. Press “YES” to delete the related data or press “NO” to keep the data and cancel the date change. WARNING If the user selects <YES>, all the

4-4-8. DYALIGHT SAVING 1. Press buttons to decide whether to apply DAYLIGHT SAVING or not by selecting <ON> or <OFF>. 2. A

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4-5. INFO Select INFO from the SETUP menu and press SEL button to go to INFO setup screen. 4-5-1. SITE ID Site description of DVR is shown and can be

2. Press buttons and SEL button to open the LOG list. 4-5-3. SYSTEM Displays DVR information such as name of tools.  SYSTEM NAME – It sh

Captured images are sorted by date/time, which indicates the time of recording. Select a file from the list to view the captured image. To ca

2. Press buttons and SEL button to type an email address on the keyboard, and use “ENTER” button on the keyboard to save and apply the changed e-mai

4-7. NETWORK...

4-6. PTZ In order to use the PTZF function, the same camera type as the PTZF camera that is connected to the chosen channel should be selected as fo

4-7-2. LAN Users connected to LAN network, which uses static IP addresses, should follow the setup described below. 1. Press buttons to set network

1. Press buttons to set network type to <LAN>. 2. Press buttons to set DHCP to <ON>. 3. Press buttons to set DDNS to <ON>

3. Press buttons and SEL button to type the ADSL service ID on the keyboard, and use “ENTER” button on the keyboard to save and apply the s

2. If you select “YES,” DVR will reconfirm the formatting procedure, showing “Do you really want to delete all data?” 3. Formatting will proceed

5. OPERATIONS 5-1. Power ON/OFF 5-1-1. Power ON A. Connect the camera input cables to the camera input port on the back of DVR. B. Connect the mon

5-2-2. Individual Full Screen Setup Press the channel buttons on DVR to select a channel. The selected channel is highligh

(1) Channel Name (2) It shows the recording trigger.  R – When recording is triggered by Manual record button.  M – When recording is triggered by

5-5. Recording 5-5-1. MANUAL Recording In Manual Recording, manually press the buttons on DVR to record. This method is useful when recording is nece

The selected date is highlighted yellow. C. Select a desired channel with buttons. Selected channel is highlighted yellow. Press SEL button to

5-7-3. Still image Backup in USB flash memory stick ... 52 5-8. PTZF

<SHOW/HIDE OSD ICON during play> During playback, press the MISC button to hide the OSD ICON (date, channel name, time,playing speed, time b

iii. - X16 – 16 times as fast E. JUMP/STEP When playback is paused, press the button to step backward to the previous frame. During play or fast-forw

5-7-3. Still image Backup in USB flash memory stick 1. Connect an USB flash memory stick into USB port. 2. Select the still image that you want to

3. PAN/TILT – to pan or tilt the selected channel 4. ZOOM/FOCUS – to zoom or focus the selected channel 5. CAMERA INITIAL – to go

5-8-2. PTZF Camera link to RS-485 54

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5-9. Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation & Alpha-blending Adjustment Press the MISC button twice to go to the screen where brightness, contrast

5-10. OSD position and Screen size Adjustment The position of OSD on LIVE screen can be adjusted up and down. Depending on the characteristics of t

2. From 1. GREEN 2. ORANGE 3. MINT 4. VIOLET, select the region you wish to adjust. Place the cursor on “1.Set” and press SEL button to obtain

5-11-2. Deleting Region 1. Select INDIVIDUAL for REGION in the MOTION menu and press SELECT button to go to Motion Region Setting screen. 2. From

7-4-3. NETWORK CLIENT S/W Start Up – Dynamic IP Address ... 71 7-5.LIVE ...

4. In MUX recording mode, if you wish to listen to the audio of a channel live, select the channel from live screen using the number buttons. (The ch

5-13. External Terminal Information 5-13-1. RS-232C No Name Description No Name Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 6 DSR Data Set R

5-14. Sensor Installation DVR can connect up to 4sensors. There are two simple steps to install the sensors.  Connect THE SENSOR SIGNAL LINE  Connec

3. If the recorded data on DVR is QUAD mode, you need to select Q on VIDEO. If you do not select Q, QUAD mode will not be backed up on the CD. 4. I

6. HDD Installation 6-1. Installing HDD in removable HDD rack For DVR, the hard disk, on which images are saved, is installed into the RACK. The har

6. Assemble the rack containing the hard disk into DVR while holding up the handle. 7. Have the rack fixed in using the key of the rack. Otherw

6-3. HDD Indicator When the POWER is on, the hard disk indicator is displayed as the chart shows. ITEM INDICATOR POWER GREEN LED H

7. NETWORKING DVR can be connected to LAN or ADSL network and supports functions and additional features that are available on remote DVR. 7-1. NETWOR

7-3-2. For LAN Users Select LAN for NETWORK TYPE using buttons. Edit the IP address assigned from LAN as well as LAN’s GATEWAY and SUBNET MASK. Us

For setting up an email address for sending out assigned IP addresses to the client user,please refer to “4-5-5. SEND MAIL (IP ADDRESS Mailing)”.

WARNING The authorized expert must install DVR. When connecting a camera, audio, or sensor cables DVR should be turned off first. Please be aware th

For setting up an email address for sending out assigned IP addresses to the client user, pleaserefer to “4-5-5. SEND MAIL (IP ADDRESS M

2. Enter the assigned IP address from DVR setup menu into the IP ADDRESS field and enter the password if DVR is using a password. After pressing O

7-5.LIVE 1. Enlarge Channel 2. QUAD Screen ROTATE Screen 3. Display Live Images on Full-screen without any control tools 4. IP Address Displayed 5

7-6. SETUP Press the SETUP button on the upper right of GUI to go to remote DVR SETTING menu. 7-6-1. RECORD A. SELECT MODE You can select your record

 SENSIVITY – Select from LOW, NORMAL, and HIGH  SENSOR1 / SENSOR2 / SENSOR3 / SENSOR4  TYPE: Select from NORMAL OPEN / NORMAL CLOSE  RELAY OUTPUT

 ALARM: Select the alarm to be set off when Sensor is activated  CHANNEL: Select the channel to be recorded when Sensor is activated  DURATION: Sel

7-6-2. LIVE D. CH1 / CH2 / CH3 / CH4  LABEL: Show the selected channel name  P/T/Z/F TYPE: Select the appropriate camera protocol for the channel

ADMIN password can’t be amended on Network Client S/W. 7-6-4. NETWORK A. ADSL SETTINGS  SERVICE ID: Enter ADSL service ID  PASSWORD: Enter ADSL

7-6-5. BACKUP Available backup file format *.nsf – This format can be playback only in network client S/W. *.avi – This format can be

7-7. SEARCH 7-7-1. Buttons in Search menu 1. Enlarge the selected channel on display 2. The Graphic Bar shows the recorded part for the da

1. Features  4 channels real-time video display and 4 channels real-time video recording  TRIPLEX – Simultaneous record, playback and network trans

13. Still image capture during playback 14. Playing audio of selected playback channel 15. 4channels simultaneous playback 16. Browsing and play

7-8-2. STILL IMAGE capture during LIVE DISPLAY 1. During LIVE DISPLAY, press the channel button you wish to backup. 2. A window for saving the

3. Enter file name (file format: bmp) and press “Save”. 7-8-5. Downloading Still Images from DVR 1. Press the following button to download th

5. Select the channel to backup. 6. Backup starts when you press START 7. When BACKUP is completed, “Backup complete” will appear.

8. Networking by Web Browser 8-1. Download Web Brower Viewer and Connection 1. Enter the DVR IP address. Then the window will appear as bellow. Click

8-2. Main Features 8-2-1. LIVE 8-2-2. SEARCH 85

8-2-3. BACKUP 9. Networking by DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Server) 1. Check the serial number of DVR from SETUP>INFO>SYSTEM>SERIAL ID. 2. Pl

10. Playback of local HDD in Network Client S/W 1. Take HDD out from DVR and connect it to PC as Slave. 2. Please go to CMOS setup and confirm that

2. Name, Function and Connection 2-1. Front View A. PLAYBACK BUTTONS REW, REW JUMP/STEP, PLAY/PAUSE, JUMP/STEP, and FF buttons are used for playin