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Four Channel H.264 Digital V ideo Recor der Advance d- Series M12C16031210E ...
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FCC V erification: NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a r esidential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy ...
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Before Y ou Begin T able of Contents 3 Before Y ou Begin 2 T able of Contents 3 Overview 4 Important Information & Package Contents 5 Front Panel 6 Rear Panel 7 Remote Control 8 Connecting Cameras 9 Navigating the Menus 10 - 11 Starting the DVR 12 The Main Menu 13 The Camera (Display Setup) Menu 14 The Record Setup Menu 15 The Record Schedule 1 ...
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Congratulations on your purchase of the DVR! Y ou’ve chosen a versatile, powerful and great value security monitoring and recor ding solution for your home or business. Let’ s just take a moment to talk about some of the gr eat features that the DVR offers and some of the things to think about before installing the system. 4 Channel Monitoring ...
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Important Information 5 IMPORT ANT GUIDELINES • Do not expose the DVR to moisture . W ater is the arch-enemy of electrical components and also poses a high risk of electric shock. • Avoid dusty locations . Dust has a tendency to build up inside the DVR case, leading to a high risk of failure or even fir e. • Only install the DVR in ...
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Layout of the F ront P anel 6 123 19 8 5 4 9 10 11 6 7 12 13 14 15 17 18 16 1) Power Indicator: This LED is illuminated when the DVR is connected to power and switched on. 2) Infrared Sensor: Monitors signals coming from the infrar ed remote control. If this sensor is blocked or obstructed, then the functionality of the remote will be impair ed. 3) ...
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Layout of the R ear P anel 1) CH1 ~ CH4 (Video Inputs): These are the four camera inputs, labelled as per their channel in the DVR’ s interface. Thus, plug the camera you want to be associated with Channel 1 into the port marked CH1 and so on. 2) Video Outputs: This sends a composite video signal out of the DVR. Each of the two ports can be conne ...
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1) 0 ~ 9 (Numeric Buttons): Used to input numbers. 1 ~ 4 can be used as quick channel changing buttons in a similar manner to a television, and these will work during either live-viewing mode or playback. Additionally , the numeric buttons will be used when inputting any numerical information – most often, your password. 2) ALL: Activates or deac ...
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1. Connect the power and BNC ends of the security camera to an extension cable. Ensure these connections ar e secure, and shielded from weather , moisture or other hazards. Though Swann cameras use low voltage DC power supplies, there is still the possibility of short circuits if water gets into the power plug or socket. 2. If you have multiple cam ...
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10 Navigating the Menus There ar e two main ways to navigate through the menus on the DVR. One way is to use the buttons on the front panel of the DVR and/or the r emote control. The other way is to use the included USB mouse. Front Panel / Remote Contr ol For an explanation of the functions of the buttons on the DVR and the remote contr ol, see pa ...
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11 Navigating the Menus IMPORT ANT - Remembering to Apply Y our Changes When you’re using the menus to change settings or values, none of your changes will be saved until you choose the “Apply” option, which is usually located in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. Always select the APPL Y button before leaving a menu if you want to sa ...
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12 Starting the D VR Once the DVR has been connected to power it will switch itself on automatically . The DVR takes approximately 45 seconds to boot up, during which time the image to the right will be displayed. The default mode of the DVR is live-viewing mode. This is the mode which monitors the images coming from your cameras in r eal-time, and ...
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The Main Menu The MAIN MENU of the DVR. In this picture, the mouse cursor is currently highlighting the CAMERA icon. Camera (Display Setup): The camera menu contains all the options for setting up how the DVR interfaces with and displays the images from the cameras connected to it. This is wher e channels are enabled or disabled in live viewing, an ...
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The DISPLA Y SETUP MENU of the DVR. In this picture, the mouse cursor is currently highlighting the CH1 title field. Naming Channels Y ou can change the name of any channel from the default (and rather drab) “CHx” to anything that you would like (provided it’ s short enough to fit in the box). A descriptive name on each channel often makes ...
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The R ecord Setup Menu Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 15 In the RECORD SETUP menu you can choose which channels will be active during recor ding, change the recor ding quality , enable & disable audio, select recor d mode and pack time (the maximum size of each recor ded file). This menu contains ...
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The R ecording Schedule Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 16 The first step in setting the schedule is choosing which channel you’d like to set the schedule for . Y ou can do this using the drop-down menu near the top of the scr een. If you’d like to set the schedule for more than one channel at a ti ...
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Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 17 This is the NETWORK SETUP screen. This is the most technically complex aspect to setting up the DVR, and does requir e a working knowledge of network technologies. If you are unfamiliar with networking, then we suggest talking with a professional - ideally , the same p ...
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Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 18 Video Search In the VIDEO SEARCH screen you can sear ch for a specific day for a recording and view it in playback mode. This is useful for hunting a specific recor ding of an incident if you know the time and date it occurred. T o sear ch you need to input the date ...
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Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 19 Preparing a USB Flash Drive Most, but not all, USB flash drives are compatible with the DVR. The flash drive will have to be formatted with the correct file structur e, which is FA T32. This can be done via a compatible computer , or you can have the DVR itself form ...
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PlayBack 20 This is an example of the PLA YBACK interface, currently playing back four channels simultaneously in quad view . Channels 1, 3 and 4 were actively r ecording. Channel 2 was not recor ding at this time - hence the display appears blank. (The image content has been intentionally blurred.) The playback controls ar e displayed across the b ...
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Playing Backed Up Footage on a PC 21 The video files which the DVR backs up are not playable by standar d multimedia software. This means that your usual media player is not going to be able to open or display footage from the DVR. The main reason for this is that footage fr om the DVR is always made of multiple channels of video which are synchro ...
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Device Management & HDD Menu Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 22 This is the HARD DRIVE (HDD) MANAGEMENT screen. All aspects of t h e hard drive can be managed fr om this screen. Additionally , this is the place to go if you want to know exactly how much space is left on the hard drive, and how much ...
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HDD Menu (ctd) & PTZ Menu OVERWRITE: When enabled, the DVR will r ecord over the files already stored on the har d drive. Us- ing the overwrite option is advisable, as the DVR will always be able to recor d events as they happen. However , it does mean that you’ll need to get important events off the HDD befor e they’re overwritten. Y ou c ...
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The Alarm Menu Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 24 From this menu you can configur e the DVR to emit an alarm tone from it’ s internal buzzer , or configure the DVR to send an ‘Auto-Mail’ email alert when motion is detected or other events occur . Copy T o: A quick way to copy the settings for th ...
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Auto Email Setup Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 25 Y ou can configure the DVR to automatically send you email alerts when it detects an alarm event. Please note that this function is not compatible with all email servers - as the email the DVR sends is procedurally generated, many email servers miside ...
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Mobile Devices & Motion Detection Menu Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 26 For more information about accessing the DVR via a mobile device, see page 35. USER NAME: This is the user name that you’ll need to use when logging into the DVR via a mobile device. The default user name is “admin” - bu ...
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Motion Detection Configuration Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 27 Say , for example, you are trying to monitor your front yar d, whilst in the background there is a busy street, and the cars driving past continually set of f the motion detection. What can you do about it? Setting only part of the camera ...
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System Setup and Date & Time Menus Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 28 The SYSTEM SETUP menu is where most of the advanced settings for the DVR hide out. Most of the time, there isn’ t much you’ll need to change here. However , a few settings might need tweaking from time to time, particularly wh ...
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P assword and Video Setup Menus 29 Setting your Password The system password allows you to pr otect the DVR’ s settings & recor ding. W ithout the password the DVR menu cannot be accessed. We str ongly advise that you set a password as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access to the DVR, either locally or remotely . It is this same pas ...
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Language, Info and Maintenance Menus Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 30 System Information Menu The system information menu displays the version of the hardwar e and software you are running. Additionally , this screen will also display the Media Access Control (MAC) addr ess. There ar e two items that ...
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Language, Info and Maintenance Menus PTZ Controls Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPL Y button. 31 Y ou can bring up the PTZ Setup window by pressing the PTZ button on the remote contr ol, or by right-clicking the mouse in the live view mode, and choosing PTZ. Note: the features which will be usable depend on the cap ...
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R emote Access The primary requir ements for accessing the DVR via the Inter net are: A High-Speed Internet Connection Video uses a lot of data, so you’ll need a fast Internet connection in order to get smooth playback and monitoring remotely . Note that upload speed refers to the rate at which an Internet connection can send data, not receive it ...
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33 Public and Private IP Addresses The IP address used by the DVR, whether enter ed manually (ST A TIC) or assigned by the dynamic host (DHCP) is the private IP address of the DVR. The private IP addr ess is used to locate the DVR on your private network. However , to access the DVR from a r emote location via the Inter net, you’ll need to know y ...
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R emote Access via Internet Explorer The easiest way to access your DVR remotely is via an Internet browser . These instructions will detail how to access the DVR via Microsoft Internet Explorer ® . This section assumes that you’ve already configur ed the DVR and your network to operate properly . Remotely accessing the DVR via Internet Explore ...
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R emote Access from a Mobile Device 35 The DVR supports access from mobile devices, such as mobile phones with Microsoft Windows Mobile ® as their operating system, as well as the increasingly popular iPhone . T o correctly configur e your DVR for remote access via a mobile device, or indeed any r emote access, it is important to have your networ ...
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Changing or installing a Hard Drive 36 Note: the following instructions are for installing or changing the hard drive. If your DVR alr eady has a hard drive pr e-installed, and you don’t want to change it, disregar d these steps. 1. Ensure the DVR is switched of f and unplugged from mains power . 2. Locate and remove the 4 scr ews on the rear of ...
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Problem: I’m not getting a pictur e on my TV or monitor! Solution: There ar e a couple of things that could be going on. Here are a couple of theories: • If you’ve connected the DVR to a TV via the VIDEO OUT port, ensure that the composite video cable (BNC to RCA) connects the MAIN VIDEO OUT on the DVR to a VIDEO IN on your television. Che ...
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T echnical Specifications 38 DVR Video Video Format P AL or NTSC Video Inputs 4 x Composite BNC Inputs Video Outputs 2 x Composite BNC Outputs, 1 x VGA Out Display Resolution NTSC: 704 x 480, P AL: 704 x 576 (Composite Video) VGA: Up to 1400 x 900 Display Frame Rate NTSC: 30fps, P AL: 25fps Audio Audio Inputs 4 x RCA Audio Input Audio Output 2 x RC ...
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W arranty Information Swann Communications warrants this product against defects in workmanship and material for a period of one (1) year from it’ s original purchase date. Y ou must present your r eceipt as proof of date of purchase for warranty validation. Any unit which proves defective during the stated period will be r epaired without charge ...
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