Swann DVR4-Alert SW242-DAL User manual

DVR4-Alert™ Plus

4CH Digital Video Recorder

SW242-DAL / SW244-DAO

Table of Contents

1. DVR Features ..........................................................................................1

2. Overview

2.1 Front Panel ..........................................................................................1

2.2 Rear Panel ...........................................................................................2

2.3 Remote Control ...................................................................................2

3. Installation

3.1 Installing Hard Drive...........................................................................3

3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor ........................................................3

3.3 Connecting the Power Supply………………………………………...3

4. Starting the DVR

4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive............................................................4

4.2 Recovering Lost Data..........................................................................4

4.3 Restore Recording Feature..................................................................4

4.4 Main Screen.........................................................................................5

5. DVR Setup

5.1 Setup Menu .........................................................................................5

5.2 Camera Select......................................................................................6

5.3 Record Select.......................................................................................6

5.4 Resolution............................................................................................7

5.5 Record Frame......................................................................................7

5.6 Record Quality ....................................................................................8

5.7 Schedule Set........................................................................................8

5.8 Miscellaneous Menu - Auto Record....................................................9

5.9 Miscellaneous Menu - Password Enable.............................................9

5.10 Miscellaneous Menu - Password Change............................................9

5.11 Miscellaneous Menu - Color Set.........................................................9

5.12 Miscellaneous Menu - Time Set........................................................10

5.13 Hard Disk Set ....................................................................................10

5.14 Motion Set.........................................................................................11

5.15 Video Mode.......................................................................................12

5.16 Factory Reset.....................................................................................12

6. Recording

6.1 Start Recording..................................................................................12

6.2 Stop Recording..................................................................................13

6.3 Recording Time on Hard Drive.........................................................13

7. Playback.................................................................................................14

8. USB Programming................................................................................15

8.1 PC Viewer Program............................................................................15

8.2 Program Buttons.................................................................................15

8.3 PC Backup..........................................................................................16

9. Specifications.........................................................................................17

10. Appendix

10.1 System Connection Diagram.............................................................18

10.2 DVR Accessories (included) .............................................................18

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z4 Channel BNC Camera Inputs

z1 Channel BNC Video Output

zVideo Format: NTSC / PAL

zMotion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings

zTime Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording

zOne ATA-100 (IDE) Hard Disk Interface

zUSB 2.0 Back up to computer

zRemote Control & Removable Hard Drive Tray

2.1 Front Panel

CH1 Channel 1 Stop Stop Playing/Recording

CH2 Channel 2 REC Record

CH3 Channel 3 Menu/Esc Enter / exit setup menu

CH4 Channel 4 SEL/Edit Confirm Selection / Edit

Quad Quad View Up Move up / left cursor

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REW Rewind Down Move down / right cursor

Pause Pause PWR Power indicator

Play Playback Video HDD Hard disk drive indicator

FWD Fast Forward

IR Receiver

Removable HDD Tray Finger Hole HDD Lock

Chapter 2: Overview

Chapter 1: DVR Features

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2.2 Rear Panel

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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 (4 Camera View)

Rewind

Playback Recording

Forward

Record

Pause

Stop recording / playback

Menu Enter or exit setup menu

Move up / left cursor

SEL Select / modify item

Move down / right cursor

PTZ Not Used

Power Supply Input

Grounding Terminal

4 BNC Video Inputs

1 BNC video output

USB

Fan

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3.1 Installing Hard Drive

1. Unplug the power supply. Never install or uninstall HDD when DVR is on.

2. Pull the HDD tray from the unit using the finger hole.

3. Connect the power cord and data cable to hard disk drive.

Make sure the HDD is set to be MASTER according to the hard drive manual.

The 4 pin connection is the DC power cable for HDD, and the wider cable is the standard

hard drive IDE type connection.

4. Firmly insert the HDD tray into DVR body.

5. Lock the HDD tray.

Lock the caddy by turning the key clockwise.

If you need to unlock the tray, turn the key counter-clockwise.

CAUTION:

1. If HDD tray is not locked, the DVR system may not function properly.

2. Do not remove the HDD tray while the DVR is on.

3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor

There are 4 camera inputs and 1 video output with BNC connectors (Refer to

2.2 Rear Panel).

3.3 Connecting the Power Supply

Please only use the power adapter supplied with the DVR. The standard power

supplied to the DVR is DC 12 Volt, 3.0 Amp.

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Chapter 4: Starting the DVR

4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive

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4.2 Recovering Lost Data

4.3 Restore Recording Feature

Checking HDD ……

MASTER…

RECOVER HDD?

04811-101735

(SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO

Power Error Detected

Restore Hard Disk (Master) OK

Restore REC Mode…………OK

On the screen it will show the hard drive

information. If no hard drive is detected,

check that the HDD is set to master and the

tray is locked.

After connecting the power, the system

will boot-up and detect the installed hard

drive.

A power failure can cause data to be lost,

however the DVR system will automatically

recover lost data after power is reconnected.

If a power error occurs during

recording process, the system will

automatically resume recording after

power is reconnected.

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4.4 Main Screen When the DVR is turned on the

following display will appear with your

connected cameras:

Upper left: Percentage of hard drive

space used

Middle: Channel number (CH1 through

CH4)

Bottom right: Date and Time

Bottom left: System/recording status.

(Refer to 6.1 Start Recording)

5.1 Setup Menu

Menu Directory

CAMERA SELECT

RECORD SELECT

RESOLUTION

RECORD FRAME

VIDEO QUALITY

SCHEDULE SET

MISCELLANEOUS MENU

HARD DISK SET

VIDEO MODE

MOTION SET

FACTORY RESET

Chapter 5: DVR Setup

MAIN

AUTO RECORD

PASSWORD ENABLE

PASSWORD CHANGE

COLOR SET

TIME SET

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PRESS (UP，DOWN), ENTER (SELECT)

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

MAIN MENU

CAMERASELECT 1234

RECORDSELECT 1234

RESOLUTION EACH

RECORDFRAME 25

RECORDQUALITY HIGH

SCHEDULE SET

MISCELLANEOUS MENU

HARD DISK SET

VIDEOMODE PAL

MOTION SET

FACTORY RESET

[SEL]: Select/modify settings

[Menu]: Press exit/previous menu

[Menu]: Push to enter system menu

[Up] and [ Down]: Move the cursor

5.2 Camera Select

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The DVR system can display 4

cameras at once or you can limit the

number of cameras displayed to save

HDD space.

Press [ SEL] to modify setting, or

press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3] and [CH4] to

set each channel separately.

If a channel is disabled, the system will display “OFF” on the monitor; this

channel will not be recorded. (Refer to 5.3 Record Select)

5.3 Record Select

Manually set 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. “1234” indicates all cameras are set to record.

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5.4 Resolution

There are two modes of resolution 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 record

function of CH1 and CH2 and then the system will only record video on CH3 and

CH4.

Press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3], and [CH4] enlarge relative channel to full screen

display.

In EACH Mode you can use the Auto Switch Function.

Auto Switch Function:

When the system is in live mode or recording mode, press and hold the

[QUAD] button for three (3) seconds to make each video channel enlarge to full

screen. Each camera will appear in full screen for three (3) seconds, including Quad

view. The switch will lasts until any button is pushed.

NOTE: Pushing the [ Stop] button will stop the switch feature but also may

stop the recording depending on Record Schedule Settings (5.7 Schedule Set).

QUAD Mode:

The DVR will compress and record all 4 video channels into one file however

recordings will be limited to quad view and you will be unable to view full screen

images in playback mode.

Auto Switch Function is not available in QUAD Mode.

5.5 Record Frame

Record frame indicates the frames or images recorded per second. More

frames per second gives smoother movement but uses more hard disk space.

The system default is 30fps (frames per second) for NTSC (PAL is 25fps).

This means the system will record 30 frames per second shared by the active

cameras. You can set frame rate for NTSC to 30,15,10,7,5,4,3,2,1 frames per second

(PAL is 25,12,8,6,4,3,2,1)

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