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INDEX 1. DVR Features....................................................................... 1 2. Layout 2.1 Front Panel...............................................................................................1 2.2 Rear Panel ................................................................................................2 2.3 Remote Control.....................................................................................2 3. Installation 3.1 Installing the Hard Drive.......
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5.10 Miscellaneous Menu – Change Password....................... 9 5.11 Miscellaneous Menu - Color Set..................................... 9 5.12 Miscellaneous Menu - Time Set.................................... 10 5.13 Hard Disk Setup..................................................................................10 5.14 Motion Setup ........................................................................................11 5.15 Video Mode................................................
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual Chapter 1: DVR Features 4 Channel BNC Camera Input 1 Channel BNC Video Output Video Source Option: NTSC / PAL Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings Time Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording One ATA-100 Hard Drive Interface USB 2.0 Back up to computer Remote Control Chapter 2: Layout 2.1 Front Panel IR Receiver Stop #10 Stop recording / playing CH1 #1 Channel #1 REC #11 CH2 #2
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 2.2 Rear Panel 1 BNC video output 4 BNC video inputs Fan Power Supply Input Grounding Terminal USB Port is located on the right side of the case. 2.3 Remote Control CH1 Select or enlarge Channel #1 CH2 Select or enlarge Channel #2 CH3 Select or enlarge Channel #3 CH4 Select or enlarge Channel #4 Quad Quad View Rewind Play recording list Forward Record Pause Stop recording / playing back Menu Enter or exit set
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual Chapter 3: Installation (optional) 3.1 Installing Hard Drive Note: This model comes with a 250GB Hard Drive already installed, so this would only be necessary if you are replacing the hard drive. 1. Unplug the power supply. Don’t install or uninstall HDD when DVR is on!! 2. Carefully open the DVR case. 3. Connect the power cord and data cable to hard disk drive. The 4 pin connection is the DC power cable for HDD, and the wider cable is the standard h
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual Chapter 4: System Boot 4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive After connecting the power, the system will boot-up and detect the installed hard drive. Checking HDD …… On the screen it will show the hard drive MASTER… information. 4.2 Recovering Lost Data RECOVER HDD? A power error can cause data to be lost, the 04811-101735 (SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO DVR system can automatically recover lost data after power is reconne
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 4.4 Main Screen While the DVR is running, the monitor will display the information from the cameras as follows: Upper left: Percentage of space used on hard drive. Middle: Channel number (CH1 through CH4) Bottom right: Date and Time Bottom left: System status. (Refer to 6.1 Start Recording) Chapter 5: DVR Setup ＞ 5.1 Setup Menu Menu Directory CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RESOLUTION RECORD FRAME MAIN RECORD QUALITY
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual [ Menu]: enter system menu MAIN MENU CAMERA SELECT 1234 Note: If you are recording to enter RECORD SELECT 1234 RESOLUTION EACH RECORD FRAME 25 Menu you need to push stop button to RECORD QUALITY HIGH SCHEDULE SET MISCELLANEOUS MENU HARD DISK SET stop recording first. MOTION SET VIDEO MODE PAL FACTORY RESET [ Up] and [ Down]: move the curs
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 5.4 Resolution There are two resolutions for video recording: EACH Mode: The DVR compresses and records each video channel separately so you can enlarge a single channel to full screen display and still be recording on all channels. You can also record on specific channels, for example, you can turn off the recording function of CH1 and CH2 and then the system will only record video on CH3 and CH4. Press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3], and [CH4] to enlarge relative ch
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 5.6 Record Quality There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low. Higher quality uses more hard drive space. Record frame rate, record quality and available hard drive space will all affect the total recording time of the DVR system. 5.7 Schedule Set You can set the video recording method by Time, and Motion Detection Triggered Recording. “-” No Recording SCHEDULE SET “T” Time (System Default) TTTMMMTTTTTTMMTTTTT--MMT
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record When the function is set to “ON” DVR will be awaked to record automatically by record schedule if DVR is without any manual operation in five (5) minutes. When you choose “OFF”, DVR will not record until you press the [ REC] button. 5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Enable When this option is set to be “ON” you will be required to enter the password if you want to stop recording or enter menu. System default password: Pre
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-Time Set TIME SET Configure system date and time: ∨ 2008/08/08 20:08:08 [ Up] and [ Down]: move the cursor [ SEL]: modify the value PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT [ Menu]: exit and save 5.13 Hard Disk Set OVERWRITE ENABLED: If you choose “YES”, recording HARD DISK SET continues and overwrites oldest OVERWRITE ENABLED [YES] previous recordings whe
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 5.14 Motion Set MOTION RECORD TIME: This number indicates how many seconds the motion detection recording continues MOTION SET after a motion triggered event ends. MOTION RECORD TIME: 10 MOTION ALARM TIME: OFF MOTION ALARM TIME: MOTION SET This number indicates how many seconds PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) the buzzer inside the DVR will sound PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT after the DVR has been triggered by mo
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 5.15 Video Mode Select NTSC or PAL video source (NTSC is used in the United States). 5.16 Factory Reset Press [ SEL] button to reload factory defaults, then the DVR will reboot, all custom settings (including password) will be restored to factory default. Caution: There is no confirming dialog box for this selection after you press [ SEL] button, please be patient! If you forget your password, please keep the system on main screen, and then press [Pause] b
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual 1. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage) 2. Recording symbol (channel is currently recording) 3. Channel Number 4. Record Resolution (QUAD or EACH) 5. Status (REC, Play, FF1, FF2, FF3, REW, PAUSE) 6. HDD Info. ([M] Master Hard disk) 7. Record Schedule: (T) Continuous (M) Motion Detection (-) No Recording 8. The date and time on the DVR 6.2 Stop Recording Press [ Stop] button to stop recording. If you have activated password protection you need to
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual Chapter 7: Playback Press [ Play] button to play the latest recording. During playback press the [ Menu] button to list all recorded video clips from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top. Press [ Up] and [ Down] to move the cursor and select an event, press [ Play] button to start playback. 1. Starting time of the event 2. TIME: continuous recording 3. MOTION: Motion Triggered event 4. FORCE: Forced R
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual Chapter 8: USB Programming By connecting the DVR to a PC you can use PC Viewer software to play back and backup DVR recorded video through the USB 2.0 port. 8.1 PC Viewer Program 1. Put the USB Driver Program CD into your CD-ROM Drive 2. Open CD directory 3. Double click on the “PCViewerInstall.exe” file to install the PC Viewer software 4. Run the installed PC Viewer program PC Viewer will detect the hard drive installed inside DVR automatically when
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual Item Remark 1. Capture picture Save an image of current frame 2. Save video clip Save DVR’s video clip to PC in .mys/.avi file 3. Directory Setting Change location of capture directory On PC 4. Time Search Search for time file on DVR hard disk 5. DVR event list Open event list recorded in DVR 6. DVR Mode* To switch working mode between PC viewer 7. PC Mode* mode and DVR viewer mode 8. Channel selection keys CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, QUAD 9. Playing scroll bar
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QSD004C4-250 User’s Manual Chapter 9: Specifications DVR ITEM DESCRIPTION NOTE Video Format NTSC / PAL Operation System None Stand-alone Camera Input Channel 4 channel Composite BNC Video Output Channel 1 channel Composite BNC NTSC 120 frames/second 4×30 frames/second Display Frame Rate PAL 100 frames /second 4×25 frames/second NTSC Max.30 fps (Quad) Quad Mode Recording Frame Rate PAL Max.25 fps (Quad) Quad Mode Each Channel = NTSC Max. 30 frames/s (Total) Recording Fram
