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4 CHANNEL DVR
SC324 Series
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BEFORE OPERATING THIS SYSTEM, PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL THOROUGHLY
AND RETAIN IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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Thank you for purchasing the 4 channel DVR from Strategic Vista. The DVR converts analog video into digital format and records them on a hard disk drive depending on the system purchased. Digital video allows you to quickly access and search for a specific time segment or event which has been recorded. The DVR supports one HDD unit, 40 Pin IDE Type, with a maximum capacity of 250 GB To learn more about this system or to find out more about our products available, please visit our website at:
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NOTE This equipment has been certified and found to comply with the limits regulated by FCC, EMC and LVD. Therefore, it is designed to provide reasonable protection against interference and will not cause interference with other appliance usage. However, it is imperative that user follows this manual's guidelines to avoid improper usage which may result in damage to the unit, electrical shock and fire hazard or injury. In order to improve the feature functions and quality of this prod
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CONTENTS: 1 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SYSTEM CONTENTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 GETTING STARTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CONTROLS - FRONT PANEL ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 BACK
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GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: 1. Read Instructions 15. Servicing All of the safety and operating instructions should Do not attempt to service this product yourself as be read and understood before the product is used. opening or removing covers may expose you to 2. Retain Instructions voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to The safety and operating instructions should be qualified service personnel retained for future reference. 16. Damage Requiring Service 3. Heed Warnings Disconnect this pro
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CAUTIONS: 1. All the warnings and instructions of this manual should be followed 2. Remove the plug from the outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid aerosol detergents. Use water damped cloth for cleaning 3. Do not use this unit in very humid and wet places 4. Keep enough space around the unit for ventilation. Slots and openings of the cabinet should not be blocked. 5. During flashes of lightning or cracks of thunder, or when the system is not used for a long time, unplug the system power sup
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SYSTEM INCLUDES: An 80 GB or 120GB 4 CHANNEL DVR OWNER’S HDD may be included MANUAL depending on the DVR purchased Accessories pack, Power Adapter & Cord including the external (DC 19V, 2A) alarm block CHECK YOUR PACKAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED THE COMPLETE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE COMPONENTS SHOWN ABOVE. GETTING STARTED: 1. Connect the AC power cord and plug it into an electrical outlet. The POWER LED will illuminate orange. Other LED indicators will turn ON and illuminate RED. It
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CONTROL - FRONT PANEL: The diagram below shows the front right-side panel 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1. Menu Press the MENU to enter the main menu. Please refer to page 7 for more information on the Menu options. 2. / POP When viewing a single screen or Quad Screen, press the “ ” button for Picture on Picture screen. 3. /+ Picture in Picture This
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9. LED indicators – Represents the status of operation. (1) HDD : Blinks when the HDD is being accessed (via recording or playback). (2) HDD FULL : If the OVERWRITE menu is set up, the LED does not blink . This LED will blink If the HDD has less than 1GB of storage space remaining, and remains ON when HDD is FULL. (3) ALARM : LED will be ON when the ALARM or MOTION functions are enabled. When an ALARM or MOTION event is detected, the LED will blink for the duration. To turn off
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BACK PANEL : IN OUT 14 23 MAIN CALL EXTERNAL I/O DC 19V 2 4 5 6 1 1. EXTERNAL I/O - Allows for remote control by an external device or control system such as Video Web Server, or PC. Alternatively connects to an Alarm input sensor, such as a motion sensor . 2. VIDEO INPUT (1-4) - Connect to video a source, such as camera (BNC Connection). The video outputs from the desired cameras to these inputs. 3. MAIN – Connect the main display monitor to this output. The DVR’s Menu, Video Playback, and live
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MAIN MENU CONTROL: Enter the MENU screen by pressing the Menu button. Scroll through the 12 options by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons. To enter a sub-menu, press the ENTER button once the correct selection has been made. To exit the Main Menu, press the Menu button. Outlined below are the buttons used for Menu setting : “▲”and “▼”: Scroll up and down within a menu option “◄”and “ ►”: Scroll sideways within a menu option that has been selected “+ ”and “-”: Increase and decrease the number
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(ii) START - Set the time to start the recording. (TIMER) (iii) END - Set the time to end the recording. DAY START END IPS QLT MODE DAILY 01:00 22:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI (iv) IPS (IMAGES PER SECOND) OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI Allows you to set the Images Per Second for OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR recording. Available IPS settings are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF
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(CAMERA) CT CL HUE ALARM REC BR TITLE LOW ON 15 15 18 CAMERA01 18 OFF 18 CAMERA02 OFF 18 15 15 CAMERA03 OFF 18 HIGH 18 15 15 HIGH ON 18 CAMERA04 18 15 15 (iii) REC (RECORD) - Set up which channel you want to record. ON: When an alarm input is triggered the DVR will begin recording when an alarm is detected on this input. The DVR will record the alarming channel more frequently. For example : when CH01 is triggered, the record method will become 1-2-1-3-1-4…. OFF: The DVR will not record whe
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(iii) RECORD MODE - There are three recording settings : QUAD-FRAME, QUAD-FIELD, & MULTIPLEX. (RECORD) RECORD IPS 30 QUALITY NORMAL RECORD MODE QUAD-FRAME (a) Quad-Frame – The DVR will record all cameras in a Quad Split screen. Images will be saved as a complete frame consisting of 2 images. (b) Quad-Field - The DVR will record all cameras in a Quad Split screen. Images will be saved 1 field at a time. This usually ensures more fluent
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(iii) REC IPS - Select the images per second of recording during an ALARM. Available settings are 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30. The default setting is 30. (iv) QUALITY - There are four recording quality settings during an ALARM: BASIC, NORMAL, HIGH, BEST. (v) RECORD MODE - There are three recording settings : QUAD-FRAME, QUAD-FIELD & MULTIPLEX. 5. DWELL (i) NORM - Select to setup the time duration between each channel (MENU) rotation in the camera sequence mode displayed on the call TIMER CAMERA mon
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7. Motion (MENU) TIMER This section allows you to configure the DVR’s video motion CAMERA detection feature. This allows the DVR to record when changes are RECORD detected in the camera’s field of view. This is a Pixel Based ALARM DWELL Detection feature. PIP MOTION (i) SEN (SENSITIVITY) DISPLAY Select the level of the pixel-based Motion REMOTE Sensing’s sensitivity level by channel or camera. USER The sensitivity ranges from 1 to 99. The highest SYSTEM sensitivity setting is 01, the lowe
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Figure 1-1 Figure 1-2 MOTION DETECTION SETUP MOTION DETECTION SETTING — ROW SETUP 1 23 4567 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 11 11 12 12 Figure 1-3 Figure 1-4 MOTION DETECTION TRIGGERED-TURNS BACK TO MOTION DETECTION SETTING PURPLE 23 4567 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 23 4567 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 11 11 12 12 (vi) MOTION RECORD When the DET setting is “ON”, you can set up the MOTION RECO
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2. Select ”OFF”: The screen still shows and if it’s in the record mode, the motion detection will change the scanning sequence. (vii) DAY / START / END To setup the DAY and the START/ END time for motion trigger record timer setting. 8. DISPLAY (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD (i) TITLE DISPLAY ALARM Selecting “YES” will enable the camera title DWELL to appear on the monitor. Selecting “NO” PIP will remove all titles from appearing on the MOTION DISPLAY monitor. REMOTE USER (ii) OSD CO
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(iii)ID (REMOTE) To be able to control different DVR’s, a remote REMOTE MODE RS-485 protocol setting is used. The ID number can be set BAUD RATE 9600 from 000 to 255. ID 255 10. USER (MENU) (i) USER TIMER Allows you to set up the user account for controlling CAMERA RECORD the DVR. The system will allow for up to 8 users to ALARM have access. DWELL Supervisor – Control all the functions. PIP Other Users – View all functions except t
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(SYSTEM) (iv) KEY MUTE BUZZER ON When the KEY MUTE is set to “YES”, there will EXT ALARM ON be no sound when you press any of the keys during VLOSS ALARM ON operation. KEY MUTE YES HDD OVERWRITE YES (v) HDD OVERWRITE MESSAGE LATCH YES DATE DISPLAY D/M/Y When enabled (YES), recording will continue DATE
