HIK VISION Digital Video Recorder User guide

Digital Video Recorder

Quick Operation Guide

UD.6L0202B0063A01

Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder

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This manual is applicable to DS-7204HFHI-ST, DS-7208HFHI-ST, DS-7204HFHI-SE and DS-7208HFHI-SE

DVR.

DVR Pre-Installation

The DS-7200HFHI-ST&SE DVR is highly advanced surveillance equipment that should be installed carefully.

Please take into consideration the following precautionary steps before installation of the DVR.

1. Keep all liquids away from the DVR.

2. Install the DVR in a well-ventilated and dust-free area.

3. Ensure environmental conditions meet factory specifications.

4. Install a manufacturer recommended HDD.

DVR Installation

During the installation of the DVR:

1. Use brackets for rack mounting.

2. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables.

3. When installing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than its diameter.

4. Connect both the alarm and RS-485 cable.

5. Allow at least 2cm (~0.75-inch) of space between racks mounted devices.

6. Ensure the DVR is grounded.

7. Environmental temperature should be within the range of -10 ºC ~ 55 ºC , 14ºF ~ 131ºF.

8. Environmental humidity should be within the range of 10% ~ 90%.

Hard Disk Installation

Before you start:

Before installing a hard disk drive (HDD), please make sure the power is disconnected from the DVR. A factory

recommended HDD should be used for this installation.

For the HDD installation steps between DS-7200HFHI-ST&SE devices are similar, here we take the steps of

DS-7204HFHI-ST as example.

Up to 2 SATA hard disks can be installed on your DVR.

Tools Required: Screwdriver.

Steps (for DS-7200HFHI-ST&SE):

1. Remove the cover from the DVR by unfastening the screws on the back and side.

2. Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of DVR and the other end to the HDD.

Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder

3. Connect the power cable to the HDD.

4. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD.

5. Re-install the cover of the DVR and fasten screws.

Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder

Front Panels

Front Panel of DS-7200HFHI-ST

Description of Control Panel Buttons

No.

Name

Function Description

POWER

Power indicator turns yellow once the power switch turns on.

READY

Ready indicator turns yellow when system is running.

STATUS

Status indicator turns red when SHIFT mode is on.

ALARM

Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected.

HDD

HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to

HDD.

TX/RX

TX/RX indictor blinks yellow when network connection is

functioning properly.

IR Receiver

Receiver for IR remote.

USB Interface

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as

USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

Composite

Keys

SHIFT

Switch between the numeric or letter input and functions of the

composite keys. (Input letter or numbers when the light is out;

Realize functions when the light is red.)

1/MENU

Enter numeral “1”;

Access the main menu interface.

2/ABC/F1

Enter numeral “2”;

Enter letters “ABC”;

The F1 button when used in a list field will select all items in the

list.

In PTZ Control mode, it will turn on/off PTZ light and when the

image is zoomed in, the key is used to zoom out.

3/DEF/F2

Enter numeral “3”;

Enter letters “DEF”;

The F2 button is used to change the tab pages.

In PTZ control mode, it zooms in the image.

4/GHI/ESC

Enter numeral “4”;

Enter letters “GHI”;

Exit and back to the previous menu.

5/JKL/EDIT

Enter numeral “5”;

Enter letters “JKL”;

Delete characters before cursor;

Check the checkbox and select the ON/OFF switch;

Start/stop record clipping in playback.

6/MNO/PLAY

Enter numeral “6”;

Enter letters “MNO”;

Playback, for direct access to all-day playback interface.

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7/PQRS/REC

Enter numeral “7”;

Enter letters “PQRS”;

Open the manual record interface.

8/TUV/PTZ

Enter numeral “8”;

Enter letters “TUV”;

Access PTZ control interface.

9/WXYZ/PREV

Enter numeral “9”;

Enter letters “WXYZ”;

Multi-channel display in live view.

0/A

Enter numeral “0”;

Shift the input methods in the editing text field. (Upper and

lowercase, alphabet, symbols or numeric input).

DIRECTION

The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different

fields and items in menus.

In the Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up

and slow down recorded video. The Left and Right button will select

the next and previous record files.

In Live View mode, these buttons can be used to cycle through

channels.

In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ

camera.

ENTER

The ENTER button is used to confirm selection in any of the menu

modes.

It can also be used to tick checkbox fields.

In Playback mode, it can be used to play or pause the video.

In single-frame Playback mode, pressing the button will advance the

video by a single frame.

In Auto-switch mode, it can be used to stop /start auto switch.

Front Panel of DS-7200HFHI-SE

Description of Front Panel

No.

Name

Function Description

POWER

Power indicator turns yellow when the power switch on the real panel is

turned on.

STATUS

Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to

HDD.

TX/RX

TX/RX indictor blinks yellow when network connection is functioning

properly.

IR Receiver

Receiver for IR remote

USB Interfaces

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB

mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

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Rear Panels

DS-7204HFHI-SE

DS-7204HFHI-ST

DS-7208HFHI-ST&SE

No.

Item

Description

VIDEO IN

HD-SDI interface for video input.

AUDIO IN

RCA connector

AUDIO OUT

RCA connector

VGA

DB9 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu.

HDMI

HDMI video output connector.

USB Port

Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional devices.

Network Interface

Connector for network

RS-485 Interface

Connector for RS-485 devices.

Power Supply

DC 12V power supply.

Power Switch

Switch for turning on/off the device.

GND

Ground

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Peripheral Connections

RS-485 Connection

To connect RS-485 devices to the DVR:

1. Disconnect pluggable block from the RS-485 terminal block.

2. Press and hold the orange part of the pluggable block; insert signal cables into slots and release the orange

part. Ensure signal cables are in tight.

3. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block.

Note: The RS-485 unit can be used as T+ and T- when it’s working in the output mode, and R+ and R- when it’s

working in the input mode. We take the RS-485 connection of DS-7204HFHI-SE as an example.

Rear Panel of DS-7204HFHI-SE

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Specifications

Table 1 Specification for DS-7204HFHI-ST

Model

DS-7204HFHI-ST

DS-7208HFHI-ST

Video/Audio input

Video compression

H.264

HD-SDI video

input

4-ch

8-ch

HD-SDI interface (800 mVp-p, 75 Ω)

Supported

HD-SDI camera

types

1080I60, 1080I50, 1080P30, 1080P25, 720P60, 720P50,

720P30, 720P25

Audio

compression

G.711u

Audio input

4-ch

8-ch

RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1 KΩ)

Two-way audio in

1-ch, RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1 KΩ), (using the 1st channel of audio

input)

Video/Audio

output

HDMI / VGA

output

1920 ×1080 / 60 Hz,1280 ×1024 / 60 Hz, 1280 ×720 / 60 Hz,

1024 ×768 / 60 Hz

Encoding

resolution

Main stream: 1080P / 720P / VGA / 4CIF / CIF

Sub-stream: 4CIF(non-real-time) / CIF / QCIF / QVGA

Frame rate

Main stream: 1/16 fps ~ Real time frame rate

Sub-stream: 1/16 fps ~ Real time frame rate

Video bitrate

32 Kbps-16 Mbps

Audio output

1-ch, RCA (Linear, 1KΩ)

Audio bitrate

64 Kbps

Dual-stream

Support

Stream type

Video, Video & Audio

Synchronous

playback

4-ch

(up to 2-ch 1080P real time)

8-ch

(up to 2-ch 1080P real time)

Playback

resolution

1080P / 720P / VGA / 4CIF / CIF / QVGA / QCIF

Remote access

Output bandwidth

128Mbps

Remote

connection

128

Network

management

Network protocols

TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, SMTP,

SNMP, NFS, iSCSI, UPnP™

Hard disk

SATA

2 SATA interfaces

Capacity

Up to 4 TB capacity for each disk

External

interfaces

Network interface

1; 10M / 100M / 1000M self-adaptive Ethernet interface

Serial interface

1; standard RS-485 serial interface, half-duplex

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Table 2 Specification for DS-7200HFHI-SE

USB port

2 ×USB2.0

Alarm in / out

4 / 1 (optional)

General

Power supply

12V DC

Consumption

(without hard

disks)

Max. 15 W

Max. 20 W

Working

temperature

-10 ºC ~ +55 ºC (14 ºF ~ 131 ºF)

Working humidity

10% ~ 90%

Chassis

19-inch rack-mounted 1U chassis

Dimensions

(W ×D ×H)

445 ×290 ×45 mm (17.5 ×11.4 ×1.8 inch)

Weight

4 kg / 8.8lb (without hard disk)

Model

DS-7204HFHI-SE

DS-7208HFHI-SE

Video/Audio input

Video compression

H.264

HD-SDI video

input

4-ch

8-ch

HD-SDI interface (800 mVp-p, 75 Ω)

Supported

HD-SDI camera

types

1080I60, 1080I50, 1080P30, 1080P25, 720P60, 720P50,

720P30, 720P25

Audio

compression

G.711u

Audio input

4-ch

8-ch

RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1 KΩ)

Two-way audio in

1-ch, RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1 KΩ), (using the 1st channel of audio

input)

Video/Audio

output

HDMI / VGA

output

1920 ×1080 / 60 Hz,1280 ×1024 / 60 Hz, 1280 ×720 / 60 Hz,

1024 ×768 / 60 Hz

Encoding

resolution

Main stream: 1080P@12fps / 720P / VGA / 4CIF / CIF

Sub-stream: 4CIF(non-real-time) / CIF / QCIF / QVGA

Frame rate

Main stream: 1/16 fps ~ Real time frame rate

Sub-stream: 1/16 fps ~ Real time frame rate

Video bitrate

32 Kbps-16 Mbps

Audio output

1-ch, RCA (Linear, 1KΩ)

Audio bitrate

64 Kbps

Dual-stream

Support

Stream type

Video, Video & Audio

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Synchronous

playback

4-ch

(up to 2-ch 720P real time)

8-ch

(up to 2-ch 720P real time)

Playback

resolution

1080P / 720P / VGA / 4CIF / CIF / QVGA / QCIF

Remote access

Output bandwidth

128Mbps

Remote

connection

128

Network

management

Network protocols

TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, SMTP,

SNMP, NFS, iSCSI, UPnP™

Hard disk

SATA

1 SATA interface

2 SATA interfaces

Capacity

Up to 4 TB capacity for each disk

External

interfaces

Network interface

1; 10M / 100M / 1000M self-adaptive Ethernet interface

Serial interface

1; standard RS-485 serial interface, half-duplex

USB port

2 ×USB2.0

Alarm in / out

4 / 1 (optional)

General

Power supply

12V DC

Consumption

(without hard

disk)

Max. 15 W

Max. 20 W

Working

temperature

-10 ºC ~+55 ºC (14 ºF ~ 131 ºF)

Working humidity

10% ~ 90%

Chassis

Stand-alone 1U chassis

19-inch rack-mounted 1U

chassis

Dimensions

(W ×D ×H)

315×230×45 mm

(12.3×9.0×1.8 inch)

445×290×45mm

(17.3×11.3×1.8 inch)

Weight

(without hard

disks)

2 kg / 4.4lb

4 kg / 8.8lb

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