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Product name: Video Receiver (RX7101) Release Date: 2007/09/21 Manual Revision: 1.10 Web site: www.vivotek.com Email: technical@vivotek.com sales@vivotek.com Made in Taiwan. ©Copyright 2000-2006. All rights reserved - 1 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532
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Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use. It is important to first verify that all contents received are complete according to the list in the "Package Contents" chapter. Take notice of the warnings in “Quick installation guide” before the Video Receiver is installed, then carefully read
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Table of Contents Before You Use This Product......................................................................2 Package Contents....................................................................................5 Installation.............................................................................................6 Physical Description............................................................................6 Front Panel...................................................
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Maintenance.................................................................................... 28 Appendix.............................................................................................. 29 A. Troubleshooting ........................................................................... 29 Status LED ................................................................................ 29 Reset and restore ....................................................................... 3
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Package Contents RX7101 Software CD Power adapter Quick installation guide Terminal connector Warranty card - 5 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532
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Installation The Video Receiver only supports one privileged account to access and configure it. In this manual, "Administrator" refers to the person. Physical Description Front Panel “Status LEDs” Two LEDs show the status of Video Receiver. Please refer to the Appendix Troubleshooting for details. “Talk” The button is reserved to support two way audio. “Switch channel” (1) In the multiple channel mode and “Sequential display” were set, to push the button to stop or start the
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Rear Panel “Power cord socket” Plug the power jack of the included power adapter to Video Receiver. Connecting the power adapter should be the last operation while physically installing Video Receiver. “Reset button” Refer to the Appendix Troubleshooting for the detailed usage of system recovery. “General I/O terminal block” Video Receiver provides a very flexible general I/O interface to combine with the user’s security devices such as alarms, lighting or door locks. One green c
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Hardware Installation Please verify that your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents. Depending on the user’s application, an Ethernet cable may be needed. The Ethernet cable should meet the specs of UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length. Connect the power adapter jack to the Video Receiver before plugging in to the power socket. This will reduce the risk of accidental electric shock. Shut down all the
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Address, the green LED will blink every second. The Video Receiver will first detect Ethernet. If it does not connect to Ethernet, the system booting will fail. Please connect the Ethernet cable and power on again. When system boot up, the green LED will flash every second as heartbeat to indicate alive. If the green LED is off, please check the network connections. When system is alive, go to next paragraph “Software installation”. Software installation At the end of the hardwa
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Initial Access to the Video Receiver Check Network Settings The Video Receiver can be connected either before or immediately after software installation onto the Local Area Network. The Administrator should complete the network settings on the configuration page, including the correct subnet mask and IP address of gateway and DNS. Ask your network administrator or Internet service provider for the detail information. By default the Video Receiver requires the Administrator to run in
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the following figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails. The option box can be checked to save the password for future convenience. But it is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason. *If the administrator (root user) assigns no password, everybody can access the homepage directly. - 11 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532
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Primary capability of Video Receiver Video The Video Receiver supports maximum four video sources. The display mode can be single channel and multiple channels. And the multiple channel display can be display four channel simultaneously or sequentially. In sequential mode the period of showing a channel can be adjusted. When single channel mode is selected, only channel 1 is effective. In single channel mode, the video resolution can be set up to D1, the receiver automatically
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series. OSD The Video Receiver provides the following information for showing the connection or display status. If the IP address is empty, the video output shows "No Video" on the top-right corner. If the IP address is configured but the channel is disconnected, the video output shows the IP address on the top-right corner. In sequential multi-channel mode, if the periodic channel switch is stopped, there should be a channel ID on the top-right corner. - 13 - www.
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Administrator’s capability Software revision upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site of Vivotek. An easy-to-use Installation Wizard is provided to upgrade the Video Receiver with just a few clicks. The upgrade function is opened to the Administrator only. To upgrade the system, follow the procedures below. 1. Download the firmware file named “rx7101_xxxxx.zip” and upgrade the firmware from HTTP web page. 2. The whole process will finish in a few minut
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Definitions in Configuration The Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages. The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration. If the Administrator also wants to set certain options through the URL, read the reference appendix for details. Overview If the sources have been set, the overview p
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System settings "Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the banner. "Keep current date and time" Click on this to reserve the current date and time of the Video Receiver. An internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the system is turned off. "Sync with computer time" Synchronizes the date and time of the Video Receiver with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated. “Manual” Adjust the date and
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Video and audio settings "Single channel mode" Video Receiver shows Channel 1 in video output. The video resolution can be set up to D1, the receiver automatically scale all other resolutions to full D1 at display. "Multiple channel mode" Video Receiver shows four channels in video output. "Sequential display" Video Receiver shows Channel 1, 2, 3, 4 in order. The period of showing a channel can be adjusted below this item. The receiver automatically scales all other resolutions to f
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