Q-See WR414-411 User manual

Quick Installation Guide

4 Channel H.264 Compression DVR with

(CIF) Real-Time Recording and

4 Color CMOS Camera Kits

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4 Color CMOSR Cameras with Stands

(2) QSM1424C (6mm Lens)

(2) QSM1424W (3.6mm Lens)

Remote

Control

USB 2.0

Mouse

Ethernet

Cable

BNC (M) – RCA (F)

Adapter

(2 Included)

Camera Cables

(4 Included)

Power Supply &

4 -Way Splitter

For Cameras

Pre-Installed

Hard Drive

Software

User’s

Manual

Power Supply

For DVR

QR414 DVR

PART 1 - PACKAGE CONTENTS:

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PART 2 - DVR CAMERA AND POWER CONNECTIONS

Please note that it is STRONGLY recommended to use a surge protector that is UL-1449 rated.

Look for a clamping voltage of 330 or lower, a Joule rating of at least 400 and a response time of

10 nanoseconds or less.

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PART 3 - DVR CONTROLS: FRONT PANEL

Item

Number Button Name Symbol Function

1 HDD When the “Red” Indicator Light Flashes, it Means the Hard Drive is Being Read or Written to

2 POWER INDICATOR

If the “Green” Indicator Light is on, the System is Getting Power

3 IR Receiver Receives Signal from Remote Control

CH1 CH2

Select Single Channel Display

CH3 CH4

5 QUAD

Display all Cameras in Live Display or Playback Mode

6 REW Move Left/Reverse

7 PAUSE Pause/Play Frame by Frame, Dwell Time (Sequential Channel Switch) During Single Camera Display

8 PLAY Play Recorded Video

9 FWD Move Right/Play Forward

10 STOP Stop Playback/Stop Manual Recording

11 REC

Start Manual Recording

12 MENU/ESC Enter Main Menu or Exit Menu

13 UP Move Up

14 SEL/EDIT Select Key/Edit

15 DOWN Move Down

16 PTZ Enter PTZ Control Mode

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PART 4 - ACCESSING THE DVR MENUS

PART 5 - SETTING UP CAMERAS FOR VIEWING AND RECORDING

PART 6 - TO START RECORDING

Using higher resolution and quality settings results in better video quality, but takes up more space on the hard

drive. Choosing lower settings result in lower video quality, but takes up less space on the hard drive.

AUDIO: If audio is ENABLED sound will be recorded with the video from the channels, and will have audio

output in playback mode. If audio is DISABLED, sound will not record, and there will be no audio output in

playback mode (Audio cameras or a microphone is required to record the sound).

REC MODE: Sets DVR to record on Manual, Motion Detection & Time Schedule Recording (instructions

below).

Choose MENU by right clicking on the mouse or by pushing the

MENU button on the DVR front panel or remote control.

The Main Menu offers the following Setup Features:

CAMERA: Setup name display, position, image view, and record

quality of each channel (cameras).

RECORD: Enable recording & audio, set resolution & quality,

recording mode and file size.

NETWORK: Setup Network access (Remote Internet Monitoring).

SEARCH: Find files for playback and backup.

DEVICES: Manage & Format hard drive and USB devices, setup

alarms, PTZ cameras, mobile phone access and motion detection.

SYSTEM: Setup time, date, password, and video mode.

From the Main menu, select CAMERA. Here you

can setup the name display (up to 8 characters)

and position of each channel (cameras). Select

COLOR SETUP to adjust the image brightness,

saturation, contrast and hue settings for each

channel (camera). You can also choose whether

each channel can be previewed in LIVE MODE

and/or RECORDING MODE.

This System offers 3 modes for recording:

1. Manual 2. Time Schedule 3. Motion Detection.

From the main menu, select RECORD to enter into the

Record Setup menu (shown at right).

CHANNEL: “ON” enables video to record from the

respective camera. If the channel is set to “OFF”, video

from that channel will not record.

RESOLUTION: D1=704x480, HD1=704x240,

CIF=352x240

QUALITY: Best, Good, Normal

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PACK TIME: Choose the time length of all recorded files: 15, 30, 45, 60 min.

(Max = 60 min)

Manual Recording:

From the Record Setup screen set the Rec Mode to “ALWAYS”. Your DVR will continuously record and separate

files will be created with the Pack Time intervals you selected.

Time Schedule Recording:

From the Record Setup screen, set the Rec Mode to “TIME SCHEDULE RECORD” and click “SCHEDULE” in

green. This will display the Schedule menu (see below image). Select the channels (cameras) that you wish to

record on a schedule. The options are: All, CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, and CH-4 respectively. The channel you select will

be highlighted in “Blue”, and the unselected channels will be “Grey. Click on the green GENERAL option box then

click on the boxes for the days and times that you want to record using this option on the timeline. You can use the

[From – To] pull-down menus and COPY button to copy settings from one day to another day, or all days. Your DVR

will record on it’s Time Schedule, and separate files with the Pack Time Interval you selected. Click APPLY to

activate your customized schedule, and then reboot the DVR.

You can also click on the DEFAULT button to use the system defaults. The system default settings are:

Hr 01:00 am-07:59 am : No recording

Hr 08:00 am-18:59 pm : General recording (Time Schedule)

Hr 19:00 pm- 00:59 am : Alarm recording (Motion Detection)

Motion Detection Recording:

From the Record Setup screen, set the Rec Mode to “TIME SCHEDULE RECORD” and click “SCHEDULE” in

green. This will display the Schedule menu (See picture above). The options are: All, CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, and CH-4

respectively. The channel you select will be highlighted in “Blue”, and the unselected channels will be “Grey. Click

on the red ALARM option box then click on the boxes for the days and times that you want to record using this

option on the timeline. You can use the [From – To] pull-down menus and COPY button to copy settings from one

day to another day, or all days. Your DVR will record on Motion Detection. Click APPLY to activate your customized

schedule, and then go to the Devices option (red box in first below picture) and select the Motion Option (red box in

second picture below), which will display the Motion Detect Box.

Grid Explanation:

Red = Alarm (motion detection) recording

Green = General (time schedule) recording

Transparent = No recording

Blue = The channel and date selected.

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The Motion detection Menu has three sections, including Channel Status, Sensitivity and Motion area.

STATUS: This option allows you enable motion detection

on any channel.

SENSITIVITY: This option allows you to set sensitivity

level of motion detection from 1 to 4, with 4 being the

highest.

Next, click on the MD AREA SETUP button, which will

display the picture on the left. This option allows you to

select the area you want to be sensitive to motion. The

area in red is sensitive to motion. You can set this area by

using the mouse or REV, FWD, and SEL keys on the front

panel. Once you have set the area, right click with the

mouse or push the ESC key to save the setting. After you

have set all of the cameras, click on the Apply button to

save the settings.

PART 7 - SETTING UP THE DVR TO PLAYBACK

Search Playback:

From the Main Menu select SEARCH to display the Video

Search Menu shown to the right. If you input a specific date

and click Search, you will find all the recordings for that

day. When you select an item, you will playback the

recordings in 4 channel mode; or, click [File list] button to

display File list interface, where you can playback or

backup the file you selected. See File List heading below.

In the playback window you can play video Forward at 2x,

4x, and 8x speeds, Slow play at 1/2x, 1/4x, and 1/8x, or

normal play, pause and play frame by frame using the

playback control bar, and adjust volume by clicking or

sliding tune control bar. When playback has finished,

system will return to previous menu.

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PART 8 - BACKING UP THE VIDEO ON THE DVR

Attach a USB flash drive or USB hard drive to the USB backup port and follow the instructions in Part 8 to go to

the File List in the Search menu.

If you want to backup a single recorded file from the file list, from the File List dialog box pictured above, select the

file you wish to back up by placing a check mark in the accompanying green box and hit the [BACKUP] button on

the right of the screen. You will then receive a pop up screen as illustrated in the first picture below showing you the

progression of your backup. Once backup is complete, you will then receive a pop up message informing you that

you have backed up your files successfully as illustrated in the second picture below. Note that all files will be in an

H264 format that can be converted to AVI using the Multi Player program that comes with the DVR or through the

net-viewer program. Once converted, you can then view these files through any program that supports an AVI

format.

File List:

On the Video search menu mode, click File list to display

the sub-menu shown in the picture on the left.

This option will allow you to view all of the available files by

channel and type (all, normal, or alarm).

You can select a file and push the SEL button to playback

the file, or use the FWD button and down button to select

the backup option and backup the recorded file you

selected. You can also put a checkmark in the BAK box at

the end of multiple files if you want to backup more than

one file. See section 5.2.4 Search Recordings in the User

Manual for more information on using the File List option.

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Questions or Comments?

Mailing Address: Customer Service:

DPS, Inc. Phone: 877-998-3440 x 538

8015 E. Crystal Dr. Email: cs@dpsi-usa.com

Anaheim, CA 92807 Live Chat from our Website

Website: Tech Support:

http://www.q-see.com Phone: 877-998-3440 x 539

Fax: Email: ts@dpsi-usa.com

714-998-3509 Live Chat from our Website

REVISED 4/16/2010

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