Q-See DVR User manual

Q25DVR4ES

Economy Series

User Manual

Q-See Products

8015 E. Crystal Dr

Anaheim, CA 92807

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Table of Contents

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Q-SEE Product Warranty

Thank you for choosing our products.

All of our products users have a conditional free warranty repair service for hardware

within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one

month (valid for manufacturing defects).

Permanent upgrading service is provided for the software.

Liability Exclusions:

Any product malfunction, abnormalities in operation or damage caused by following

reasons are not within the free service scope of our company.

Please select payable service.

(1) Equipment damage caused by improper operation

(2) Improper environment and conditions in/on which the equipment operates, e.g.,

improper power, environment temperature, humidity and lightening strike etc. that cause

equipment damage.

(3) Damage caused by acts of nature: earthquake and fire etc.

(4) Equipment damage caused by the maintenance of personnel not authorized by our

company.

(5) Product sold over 12 months ago.

In order to provide various services to you, please complete registration procedure after

you purchase the product. Cut off or copy User's Information Card and fax or mail it to us

after the card is filled in. You can also register the product by going to the

website and clicking on the Register link.

www.q-see.com

Customer Information Card

User's Name Mr./Mrs.

Company Name

Postal Address

Postal code

Phone Number

E-mail

Model Number of

Product

Serial Number of

Product

Purchase Date

Distributor

1.DVR Features 3

2.Layout 3

2.1Front Panel 3

2.2Rear Panel 4

2.3Remote Control 4

3.Installation 5

3.1Installing Hard Drive 5

3.2Connecting Camera and TV Monitor 6

3.3Connecting Power Supply .6

4.System Boot 6

4.1Detecting Installed Hard Drive 6

4.2Recovering Lost Data 7

4.3Restore Recording Feature 7

4.4Main Screen 7

5.DVR Setup 8

5.1Setup Menu 8

5.2Camera Select 9

5.3Record Select 9

5.4Record Mode 9

5.5Recording Frame Rate 10

5.6Recording Quality 10

5.7Schedule Set 11

5.8Sub Menu - Auto Record 11

5.9Sub Menu - Password Enable 11

5.10Sub Menu - Password Change 12

5.11Sub Menu - Color Set 12

5.12Sub Menu - Time Set 13

5.13Hard Disk Setup 13

5.14Motion Setup 14

5.15NTSC/PAL Output Selection 15

5.16Factory Reset 15

6.Recording 16

6.1Start Recording 16

6.2Stop Recording 16

6.3Recording Time on Hard Drive 17

7.Playback 17

8.USB DVR Access 18

8.1 Program Installation 18

8.2 Program Buttons 19

9.Specifications 22

10.Appendix 24

10.1System Connection Diagram 24

10.2DVR Accessories (included) 24

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Chapter 10: Appendix - 10.1 System Connection Diagram

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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 Disk Interface.

USB 2.0 Back up to computer.

With Remote Control & Removable Hard Drive Tray.

Chapter 2: Layout - 2.1 Front Panel

1.FUNCTION KEYS

2.REMOVABLE HARD DRIVETRAY

3.SELECTION / DIRECTIONKEYS

4.HDD LOCK

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Chapter 10: Appendix - 10.2 DVR Accessories (included)

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Chapter 2: Layout - 2.2 Rear Panel

Chapter 2: Layout-2.3 Remote Control

1. 1 x BNC VIDEO OUTPUT

2. FAN

3. 4 X BNC VIDEO INPUT

4. 12V DC POWER SUPPLY

5. USB 2.0 PORT

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13. MENU Enter or exit setup menu

15. SEL/Edit Modify item

06. Rewind

08. Forward

10. Pause

01. CH1 Select or enlarge CH1

03. CH3 Select or enlarge CH3

04. CH4 Select or enlarge CH4

05. QUAD Quad View

02. CH2 Select or enlarge CH2

07. Play recording list

09. Record

11. Stop recording

14. UP Move up prompt

16. DOWN Move down prompt

Camera Specifications

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CAUTION: Do not remove the cartridge while the

DVR is on!

CAUTION: The wedge at the end of the cartridge handle must be fully inserted into

the compartment; otherwise the cartridge will not be able to insert into the DVR

firmly, it could also cause damage by scraping the body of the DVR.

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NOTE: This package comes with a 250GB hard drive. You would follow these instructions if

you want or need to install a new hard drive.

1. Slide the HDD tray out of DVR body carefully.

2. Connect the power cord and data cable to hard disk

drive carefully.

3. Insert the HDD tray into DVR body.

4. Lock the HDD tray.

Make sure the HDD is set as MASTER.

Chapter 3 : Installation - 3.1 Installing Hard Drive

Chapter 9: Specifications

DVR Specifications

Estimated Record Length

120GB Hard drive @ 7 frames per second @ Normal Quality

(120*1024*1024 K byte) ( 7*15*60*60 ) = 332 Hours

Method Time Date Event

Search Full Screen YES

Dimension( L x W x H ) 12.25in * 5.25in * 3.25in

Video Output Channel 1channel Composite BNC

NTSC 120 frames/second 4 x 30 frames/second

Display Frame Rate PAL 100 frames/second 4 x 25 frames/second

NTSC Max.30 fps (Quad) Quad ModeRecording Frame Rate

(Quad) PAL Max.25 fps (Quad) Quad Mode

NTSC Each Channel =

30fps Number of Cameras

Max. 30 frames/s

(Total)Recording Frame Rate

(Each Mode) PAL Each Channel =

25 fps Number of Cameras

Max. 25 frames/s

(Total)

Record Mode Continuous, Time Schedule, Motion Triggered.

Display NTSC 720 x 480

PAL 720 x 576

Resolution

Record NTSC 320 x 112, 640 x 224

PAL 320 x 136, 640 x 272

Quad 640 x 224 (total)

Each 640 x 224

Video Compression Format

(Each Channel)

Modified Motion -JPEG

(12-20K bytes/frame)

Low :12K Byte

Normal :15K Byte

High :20K Byte

HDD Support Up to 500GB ATA -100 Interface

ITEM DESCRIPTION NOTE

Video Format NTSC / PAL

Operation System None STAND-ALONE

Camera Input Channel 4 channel Composite BNC

USB For PC playback & backup USB 2.0

Remote Control Included

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Chapter 3: Installation - 3.2 Connecting Cameras and TV Monitor

Chapter 3: Installation - 3.3 Connecting Power Supply

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.

On the Monitor it will show the hard

drive information.

Please refer to the hard drive manual to

configure hard drive as Master.

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There are 4 camera inputs and 1 video output with BNC connectors (Refer to Chapter 2: Layout

-2.2 Rear Panel).

1. Connect the camera cables from the camera to the 4 Video Inputs on the DVR.

2. Connect the 4 power feeds for the cameras to the power connectors on the cable near the

video ports of the DVR, connect the other end to the power supply and plug the power

supply into a surge protector.

3. Using the included RCA to BNC cable, connect the yellow RCA connector from the cable

to the RCA video in port on the TV, connect the silver BNC connector on the other end of

the cable to the BNC video out port on the back of the DVR.

NOTE: Refer to Chapter 10: Appendix-10.1 System Connection Diagram

Please only use the power adapter supplied with the DVR.

Connect the power cord to a surge protector or Uninterruptible Power

Supply.

Press to configure the DVR play/record system.

Press to print the picture of DVR's playback

Press to play the video .

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Chapter 4: System Boot - 4.2 Recovering Lost Data

The system will automatically recover lost

data.

A Power Error can cause data to be lost.

Chapter 4: System Boot - 4.3 Restore Recording Feature

If a Power Error occurs during

recording process, the system will

automatically resume recording after

power is restored.

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Chapter 4:System Boot - 4.4 Main Screen

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While the DVR is running, the monitor

will display the view from the cameras

as well as the following:

Upper left: Percentage of hard drive

space used.

Middle: Channel name (CH 1 through

CH 4).

Bottom right: Date and Time.

Bottom left: Mode, Status, Hard Drive

Info,and Schedule Setting of the DVR.

Refer to 6.1 Start Recording

1 DVR Event List 2. Capture one frame picture

3. Save DVR's Recorded Video to PC 4. Configuration

5. Load Video File Saved in PC 6. Play DVR Video File

7. Play PC Video File 8. Channel Selection Keys

9. Playing Scroll Bar 10. Fast backward

11. Previous Frame 12. Play Backward

13. Pause 14. Play

15. Next Frame 16. Fast Forward

17. Volume Scroll Bar (not used by this unit) 18. Exit

Press to open the event video list.

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Chapter 5: DVR Setup - 5.1 Setup Menu

Press [ Menu]to enter the setup

menu;

Use [ Up]and [ Down]to

select item;

Press [ Select]to modify settings

and [ Menu]to exit.

Chapter 8: USB DVR Access - 8.2 Program buttons

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Menu Directory

CAMERA SELECT

RECORD SELECT

RESOLUTION

RECORD FRAME

VIDEO QUALITY

SCHEDULE SET

MISCELLANEOUS MENU

HARD DISK SET

MOTION SET

FACTORY RESET

MAIN

AUTO RECORD

PASSWORD ENABLE

PASSWORD CHANGE

COLOR SET

TIME SET

Chapter 5: DVR Setup - 5.3 Record Select

Configure which channels are allowed to record.

Note: If no channels are selected, an error message will appear briefly on

the screen when record is selected.

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Chapter 5: DVR Setup - 5.2 Camera Select

The DVR system can display 4 camera feeds in one

picture (Quad Mode).

Users can configure which camera is displayed.

Press [ Select] to modify setting and press [ CH1],

[ CH2], [ CH3],[ CH4] to set each channel

separately.

If the channel is disabled, the system will display

OFF on the monitor.

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(UP,DOWN) MOVE (PLAY) PLAY (MENU) EXIT

(FF) SELECT MODE (SELECT) CHANGE

SEARCH TIME

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01 TIME

02 TIME

03 TIME

04 TIME

05 MOTION

0 6 MOTION

07 MOTION

08 MOTION

1. Start Time. 2. End Time.

3. TIME: Continuous record. 4. MOTION: Motion Triggered event.

5. Un-played video recording.

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Chapter 5: DVR Setup - 5.4 Record Mode

There are two modes of resolution for video recording

1. Each Mode: The DVR compresses and records each video channel

separately so the user 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, user can turn off the record function of CH1 and

CH2 and then the system will only record video on CH3 and CH4.

Press [ CH1], [ CH2], [ CH3], [ CH4] to switch between channels

when playing back recorded video.

In Each Mode user can use the Loop Function.

Loop Function: When the system is in Live mode or Recording mode,press the

Chapter 8: USB DVR Access - 8.1 Program Installation

1.Put the USB Driver Program CD in your CD-ROM Drive.

2.Open CD directory.

3.Double click on Set up .

4.Run the install DVR Viewer program.

To Run the program Double click the program icon [ ] on the desktop.

DVR Viewer will detect the hard drive automatically when user connects

the USB cable to PC.

NOTICE: If the hard drive isn't detected, please restart and try the following:

1-Close the USB program window and remove the USB cable

2-Press [ ] then reconnect the USB cable to the PC and try again.

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