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  • Page 1 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual QSD42908C8 Net DVR User’s Manual Q-See Products 8015 E. Crystal Dr Anaheim, CA 92807 http://www.q-see.com Customer Service: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 538 Email: cs@dpsi-usa.com Tech Support: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 539 Email: ts@dpsi-usa.com V2.1 Contact Us: Website: Fax: 714-998-3509...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Product Introduction ... 5 Summary ... 5 Features ... 5 Chapter 2 Installation ... 7 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Hard Drive (HDD) Installation ... 7 Rear Panel Description ... 8 System Setup ... 8 Chapter 3 Operational Instructions ...
  • Page 3 How to make a UTP network connect cable ..94 Appendix D: DVR Specifications..96 Appendix D: Camera Specifications... 97 Appendix E: Troubleshooting ... 98 Appendix F: Product Service & Warranty ... 99 Appendix G: Customer Information Card... 100 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...
  • Page 4 Thank you for purchasing our Net DVR. This manual applies to the QSD42908C8 model. Please read this Manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. DISCLAIMER: The contents of this Manual are subject to change without notice;...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Product Introduction

    The QSD42908 has both the features of a digital video recorder (DVR) and a digital video server (DVS). It can work as stand alone, or be used to build a powerful surveillance network, widely used in banking, telecommunications, transportation, factories, warehouses, irrigation, etc.
  • Page 6 Supports PTZ local and remote control. Supports multi-lever user management. Supports local and remote search log function. Automatic recovery from exceptions leads to high reliability. SDK and demo source code available to shorten the application development time. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Installation

    1-Power supply for DVR 2.2 Hard Drive (HDD) Installation Notice: The QSD42908C8 bundled package includes a 320GB hard drive. So these steps are only necessary if you want or need to replace the hard drive or install a second drive or larger hard drive.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel Description

    4- Audio Out 9- VGA Video Out 5- Loop Out 10- RS 232 Port 2.4 System Setup QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 2-1 QSD42908 Rear panel 11- Ethernet Port 12- RS 485 Port 13- Alarm in Ports 14- Alarm out Ports...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Operational Instructions

    Keys MENU Function Keys EDIT PLAY PREV SHIFT QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 3-1 Front Panel Description IR receiver for remote control. USB Port Input number, lower case, upper case character and symbols. 1. Switch preview mode into menu; 2. Brush control short key【WIPER】.
  • Page 10 NETWORK Control Direction Keys Keys ENTER Power QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Multi screen preview switch; Switch menu mode to preview; 【FOCUS-】in PTZ control. Input switch (number, lower case, upper case and symbol); 【FOCUS+】in PTZ control; In preview mode, display or hide the channel status bar.

  • Page 11: Ir Remote Control

    PLAY INFO VOIP MENU PREV Direction Keys ENTER QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Description Turnoff device. Enable/Disable IR remote control Same as numeric keys of front panel. Same as EDIT key of front panel. Same as A key of front panel. Same as REC key of front panel.

  • Page 12: Powering Down The Dvr

    Press【DEV】key, input the DVR device ID (default is “88”, can be changed in “Display” menu) and then press the 【ENTER】 key. If the “STATUS” light of the DVR front panel is green, it means you can use the remote control to operate the DVR. Disabling the Remote Control When the remote control status is on, press【DEV】key again, the “STATUS”...

  • Page 13: Menu Description

    Alarm out schedule Copy to alarm out Exceptions Add or delete user User Password setup or modification Password User rights setup QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Menu Name Select camera Camera name Color setup Date - screen position View tampering area and response Image...

  • Page 14: Menu Operation

    (【↑】 【↓】). When the “Active Frame” is located on an icon, you can press the【ENTER】key to enter into the sub menu. For example, move the “Active Frame” to the “Image” icon, press 【ENTER】to enter into the sub menu as in following fig 3.4: QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 3.3 Main menu...
  • Page 15 After pressing 【EDIT】 you can use【↑】and【↓】to select one option. For example, on the right side of “Select Camera”, there is a list box for you to select one camera. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 【 ↑】 【 ↓】 【 ←】 【 →】 ) . The different kinds of menu...
  • Page 16 Press【Cancel】button to cancel and return to parent menu. A button in grey means it can be operated only after it is enabled. How to exit menu Press【PREV】key to exit menu and return to preview mode. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual keys to move cursor;...

  • Page 17: Input Text

    Press【A】key to change input methods. You can select “number”, “Uppercase”, “Lowercase” or “Symbol”. Uppercase Lowercase Symbol There are 24 symbols in all. They are divided into 4 pages, and you can use 【0】 key to go to the next page. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...

  • Page 18: Chapter 4 Basic Operation Guide

    HDD is not installed or not detected. If HDD is not detected, please contact administrator. Note: If HDD is not installed or not detected, DVR will beep an alarm. You can disable the beeping in “alarm” menu ->”Exceptions” option.
  • Page 19 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 4.1 Recording status Form 4-1 Camera record status Icon Icon Color Status Description White No video signal Yellow Video input Pink Manual recording Green Real time recording Blue Motion detection recording External alarm recording...
  • Page 20 Press 【EDIT】 key to manually cycle preview. You can set the auto preview mode “Preview” menu, referring to 5.11. Press【PREV】key to switch multi-screen preview. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 4.2 Alarm status Form 4.2 Camera alarm status Status Description White...

  • Page 21: User Name And Password

    4.3 User name and password Note: When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default administrator named “admin”, and password is “12345”. The administrator’s name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and define their user rights.
  • Page 22 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 4.5 Main menu Step 2: Select the user name by using 【↑】 , 【↓】 then move the “Active Frame” to “Password” icon by using【】/【】keys. As fig 4.6 shows: Fig 4.6 Change users’ password...

  • Page 23: Ptz (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Control

    In menu mode, press 【 PTZ】 key, you can enter into PTZ control interface directly, shown in the following picture: Currently controlled camera’s name is displayed in the position is selected by the user. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 4.7 PTZ Control interface...

  • Page 24: Select Channel

    In PTZ control mode, press 【 REC/SHOT】 key, and press the preset number (three numeric keys), DVR will adjust the corresponding preset number. Repeat pressing 【REC/SHOT】key, and press the preset number, DVR will adjust that preset number. When you exit PTZ control mode, the camera will stay at the current position.

  • Page 25: Manual Record

    Press【ESC】or【ENTER】to exit and return preview mode. 4.5 Manual Record Note: In order to record the user must have recording rights, DVR has HDD, and HDD is formatted. In preview mode, press【REC】key, in the pop-up login dialog box, select a user name and input the correct password, you will enter into the “Manual Record”...

  • Page 26: Playback

    “Playback” interface. In menu mode, press【PLAY】key, you can enter into “Playback” interface directly as shown in Fig 4.9 (The two screen playback function is not available on this model) QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 4.9 Playback interface...
  • Page 27 Backup Devices: You can select USB flash, USB HDD, USB CD-R/W to backup the files or clips. Copy: Start to backup. Backup Today: Backup all recorded files from today. Operation when in playback QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 4.10 Playback interface...
  • Page 28 Copy segment: 【 EDIT】 ;Stop copy: 【EDIT】 (you need a back up device to store the segment) Exit: 【ESC】 Note: When DVR is busy, if you select high play speed, there may be a difference in actual play speed. Exit playback In playback interface, press【ESC】key to enter into preview mode.
  • Page 29 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 4.11 Play back control bar There is an additional bar that appears. We call it the control bar. Control Bar Functions: You can click these buttons to skip backward or forward 3% at a time : You can click these buttons to select the play speed : Click this button to pause.

  • Page 30: Backup Recorded Files

    【ENTER】key, all recorded files for the day of all channels will be backed up to the save device. A pop-up dialog box will display the backup status. If the backup device is not connected correctly or DVR does not detect the backup device, an exception dialog box will pop-up. Please ask administrator for more information.
  • Page 31 4) After you select all segments, press【ESC】key, a message window will pop-up. If you press the “Confirm” button, the DVR will start to backup the selected segments. If you press the “Cancel” button, DVR will abort backup. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...

  • Page 32: Shutting Down The Dvr

    In preview mode, a login dialog will pop-up, select user name and input password, press 【Enter】to enter into power off dialog and press “Confirm” to shut down DVR. If you input an incorrect password three times, DVR will return to preview mode.

  • Page 33: Chapter 5 Parameters Setup Guide

    Only the users that have “Parameters Setup” right need to read this chapter. When the following parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters take into effective. Other parameters do not require a reboot.
  • Page 34 If password and verified password are not same, a warning message box will appear, as shown in fig 5.3 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.1 Enter into user menu Fig 5.2 User management...

  • Page 35: Add And Delete User

    Add and Delete User Enter into “User Management” interface. Add user The steps are as follows: Step 1: Enter into “User Management” menu shown in fig 5.4 Please refer to Chapter 5.1 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.3 Error Fig 5.4 user management...
  • Page 36 If you want to assign rights, move the “Active Frame” to the “Setup Privileges” button and press【ENTER】to enter into the rights setup menu as shown in figure 5.6: QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.5 Input user name...
  • Page 37 Record: Manual start/stop recording; Set parameters Setup: Locally setup the DVR parameters; Log: Locally view the log on DVR; Utilities: Locally upgrade firmware, format the HDD, reboot the DVR and shut down DVR, etc. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.6 Setup user rights...
  • Page 38 Com Control: DVR RS-232 transparent channel function. MAC address This MAC address is not the address of DVR but the PC that will access DVR. If you setup this MAC address, only the PC with this MAC address can access this DVR.

  • Page 39: Unit Name And Device Id

    When you use the remote control to operate the DVR, you must use the device ID to select the DVR. The default device ID is “88”. If there is more than one DVR in one place, please setup different device IDs for each DVR, otherwise the remote control will control all the DVRs with the same device ID at the same time.

  • Page 40: Video Output Standard And Vga Setup

    Video Output Standard and VGA Setup Video output standard There is one VOUT BNC connector on the rear panel of the DVR. It is used to connect with an analog monitor and can support PAL or NTSC video output. You can modify the video output standard to match video input.
  • Page 41 System Time In “Display” menu, you can setup DVR system date and time. Move your active frame to “Date/Time setup” and press enter. Date Display Mode: Move the active frame to Date Display Mode then press 【EDIT】...
  • Page 42 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.10 Date/time setup Date OSD Position In “Camera” menu you can adjust the position where you want the Date to display, move active frame to “Position” on the right side of “Date OSD” and press the【ENTER】 button. Then you will see the picture below. Use 【↑】 【↓】 【←】 【→】...

  • Page 43: Video Parameters Setup

    【】keys to adjust and can find the video image will be changed at the same time. When you are satisfied with the real time video image, press【ENTER】to return “Color” menu. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.12 Color setup...

  • Page 44: Mask Area Setup

    22*18 panes (22*15 for NTSC), you can use【↑】 【↓】 【→】 【←】 keys to move the yellow panel to your desired position and press the【EDIT】key, the yellow panel will be turned into red, then you can use【↑】 【↓】 【→】 keys to extend the red panel and QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.13 Mask area setup...
  • Page 45 In “Advanced setting” menu, press the “Confirm” button to save the mask area, press “Cancel” button to abort. Here is the example for mask area function shown as fig 5.14 Disable the mask check box means cancel the mask area. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.14 Area masked...

  • Page 46: View Tampering Alarm

    View Tampering Alarm If you enable this function, when someone blocks the camera spitefully, DVR will send a warning alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Please use【】 【】keys to select one camera. Step 3: Select sensitivity: move active frame to sensitivity item right beside the “View tampering”...

  • Page 47: Video Loss Alarm

    By selecting the “Off” option for “View Tampering”, you can delete the view tampering area. Note: Only one view tampering area can be setup for each camera. The view tampering area can not be copied. If the schedule is modified, you must reboot the DVR to make the parameters effective.
  • Page 48 Step 4: Setup alarm schedule: You can setup a working schedule. The DVR will only respond when the video loss occurs during the schedule. Note: The 4 time periods can not be repeated. Please reboot DVR to make parameters effective.

  • Page 49: Motion Detection

    There are 7 options, from 0 (the lowest) to 5 (the highest) and “Off”. You can use 【 ↑】 【 ↓】 keys to select one. If you select the “Off” option, the DVR will not response even if there is motion detected.
  • Page 50 Step 5: Motion alarm policy: Move “Active Frame” to the corresponding “Policy” button of motion detection alarm, press 【ENTER】 key to enter into “Motion Alarm Handle” menu shown as fig 5.18 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Press【A】key to clear all motion areas.
  • Page 51 DVR will switch to the related camera. If you trigger more than one camera, the DVR will pop them up one by one every 10 seconds. When the motion alarm ends, the DVR will return to preview mode.

  • Page 52: Preview Properties

    Step 1: Enter into “Preview” menu: In the main menu, move the “Active Frame” to “Preview” icon and press【ENTER】, you will enter into “preview” menu as shown in fig 5.19 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.19 Setup preview mode...

  • Page 53: Recording Setup

    Step 2: Preview properties: Preview mode: For preview mode item, you can use 【 ↑】 【 ↓】 key to select one mode. If DVR has only 1 channel, you can select only “1 Screen” option. If DVR has 4 channels, there are “1 Screen”...
  • Page 54 Note: If you change the resolution option, please reboot the DVR to make it effective. Bit Rate Type: The DVR will use the fixed bit rate to compress image. The bit rate size is defined in “Bit Rate” option. With this option we can calculate the recorded file size and network bandwidth that we need.
  • Page 55 Enable Rec: Enable or disable selected camera’s record function. “×” means disabled and “” means enabled. Schedule: When you enable recording function, you can setup recording schedule. Note: When the camera’s recording schedule is modified, you must reboot the DVR to make it effective. All day recording setup: Step 1: Enter into recording schedule menu In recording menu, use【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable record function (“”...
  • Page 56 Detection” in order to trigger motion recording (refer to chapter 5.10). If record type is “Alarm” or other related types, you must setup “Alarms” in order to trigger alarm recording (refer to chapter 5.13). The time period is between 00:00—24:00. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: External Alarm Input And Relay Output

    “Handle”. If you select the “Handle” option, you can activate “Policy” and “PTZ Linkage” buttons on the right side. Move the “Active Frame” to the “Policy” button and press 【ENTER】key, you will enter into “Alarm in Handling” sub menu as shown in fig 5.23 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 5.22 Alarms setup...
  • Page 58 Description: If “On Screen Warning” is enabled, when an external alarm occurs and the DVR is in preview mode, the DVR will display the related camera. If you trigger more than one camera, the DVR will display them one by one every 10 seconds. When the external alarm ends, the DVR will return to preview mode.
  • Page 59 Step 9: Copy the parameters to other external alarm input: You can copy the parameters of current alarm input to other external inputs. Step 10: Save setup: In “Alarms” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the parameters. Press “Cancel” button or【ESC】key to abort. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.24 PTZ linkage setup...
  • Page 60 When you finish setup, press the “Confirm” button to return to “Alarms” menu. Step 5: Copy one alarm output parameters to other alarm outputs In “Alarms” menu, you can copy parameters of current alarm output to other alarm outputs. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.25 Alarm out schedule...
  • Page 61 When you finish setup, in the “Alarms” menu, press the “Confirm” button to save all parameters. Note: If any schedule is modified, you must reboot the DVR to make it effective. Exceptions The exceptions that can currently be handled include: hard disk full, hard disk error, illegal access, IP address conflict, network failure, and NTSC/PAL difference.

  • Page 62: Network Parameters

    IP address: This IP address must not be conflict with another IP address on the router. If there is a DHCP server in the network, you can set the IP as “0.0.0.0”, save and reboot the DVR. In reboot process, the DVR will search the DHCP server and get one dynamic IP address. This item will display the dynamic IP address.
  • Page 63 Remote Host IP and Port: If you set this IP and port, when there is an alarm and exception happens, the DVR will send information to that host IP. The center with this IP can receive alarm and exception information from the DVR. You can use SDK to develop this center software.
  • Page 64 Step 6: Save parameters: In the “Network” menu, press “Confirm” to save parameters. Reboot the DVR to make parameters effective. In the reboot process, the DVR will start dialup using PPPoE function. If the DVR dials into the internet successfully, the DVR will display the dynamic internet IP address in the “Network”...

  • Page 65: Accessing The Dvr Over A Network

    To access the DVR through a computer you need to make sure the default gateway on the DVR is the same IP address as your router, and the first three sets of numbers of the DVR IP address are the same as the first three sets of numbers of router’s address. Example: if your router’s default gateway is 192.168.1.1 then the default gateway setting in the DVR should be...

  • Page 66: Accessing The Dvr From A Remote Computer

    To access the DVR from a remote computer, in addition to the above steps, you will also need to forward ports 80 and 8000 on the router the DVR is attached to, to the IP address of the DVR. How you would do this depends on the brand and model number of your router. You can go to www.portforward.com...

  • Page 67: Ptz (Pan, Tilt, Zoom)

    5.17 PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) There is one RS-485 port on the DVR rear panel used for PTZ camera control. You can setup RS-485 parameters to match your PTZ protocol. In main menu, move the “Active Frame” to PTZ icon and press【ENTER】key, you will enter into PTZ menu as shown in fig 5.29 PTZ menu description Select channel: Select a PTZ camera.
  • Page 68 Camera ID. For example, if camera ID is 2, the DVR PTZ address is set as ID 3. Preset setup: Preset is using one number to represent the camera’s position, zoom, focus and iris.
  • Page 69 Note: Please make sure the PTZ camera you are using can support the preset function. Sequence setup In “PTZ” menu, press “Setup” button on the right side of “Sequence No”, you will enter into the “Sequence” setup menu as shown in fig 5.31 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.31 PTZ sequence setup...
  • Page 70 Press the “StartCru” button to repeat the PTZ track until you press “Stop” button. Press “Return” button to return to the “PTZ” menu. In “PTZ” menu, press “Confirm” button to save this cruise. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5.32 Cruise setup...

  • Page 71: Rs232 Setup

    Note: Please make sure the PTZ camera you are using can support the cruise function. 5.18 RS232 setup There is one RS-232 port on the DVR rear panel. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to “RS232” icon and press the【ENTER】key, you will enter into “RS232” setup menu: RS232 menu description RS-232 parameters: Including baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity, flow control, etc.
  • Page 72 Cancel: Abort modification and return to main menu. Example: PPP (Modem) passive dialup through PSTN There are two Modems. One is connected to DVR RS-232 port with DCE cable. The other is connected with PC COM port. Setup at DVR end Step 1: RS232 setup: Setup baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity and flow control.
  • Page 73 Step 3: Save setup: In “Recording” menu, press “Confirm” button to save parameters. Step 4: Setup Modem used on DVR side: Use DCE cable to connect Modem with PC serial port. You can use HyperTerminal or NetTerm to setup modem: AT&F ---- Retore default parameters (Generally, Modem is hard flow control)
  • Page 74 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...
  • Page 75 Step 3: Establish the dialup connection Select the Modem connected with PC just like the dialup network connection, input the telephone number connected with DVR’s modem. Input the username and password. They must be the same as that used in DVR PPP setup.

  • Page 76: Chapter 6 Utilities

    “Upgrade”, “Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboot”, “Power Off”, “View Log” and “System Info”. Enter into “Utilities” menu as shown in fig 6.1 Restore Parameters Restore factory parameters for the DVR. The IP address, gateway and port number will not be restored. Shown as fig 6.2 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 6.1 Utilities...

  • Page 77: Upgrade

    Input the ftp server IP and press【ENTER】key. DVR will connect with FTP server through the network and download the firmware file. If you select “USB” mode, please make sure you connect a USB flash drive to the DVR and the firmware file is in the root directory of the flash drive.

  • Page 78: Hard Disk Management

    Check HDD work status Capacity, Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not. Format HDD Before formatting stop all recording. After formatting, you must reboot DVR, otherwise DVR will not work correctly. Stop Alarm Out Clear the alarm output manually.

  • Page 79: View Log

    In the “Utilities” menu, press “View Log” to enter into “Log” menu as shown in fig 6.6 If you want to view the log based on the default option, just press 【 ENTER】 key. The DVR will list all matched information. You can also select options to search “By Type”, “By Date”, or “By Type&Date”.
  • Page 80 Step 3: Move “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button, press 【 ENTER】 key to start searching. Step 4: When searching is finished, DVR will list all matched alarm information. In the list box, the information includes: Index, Occur Time, Major Type, Minor Type, Panel User, Net User, Host Address, Para.

  • Page 81: System Information

    Step 5: After finishing search, the DVR will list the matched log information. Step 6: Press “Return” button to return to “Utilities” menu.. System Information Press the “System Info” icon in the “Utilities” menu, you will get DVR system information as shown in fig 6.7 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...

  • Page 82: Chapter 7 Firmware Upgrade

    Chapter 7 Firmware Upgrade The DVR firmware is stored in FLASH ROM. You can use the DVR upgrade function to write the firmware file (digicap) into FLASH. There are two cases where you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is to update old firmware, the other is when the code in DVR FLASH has crashed.
  • Page 83 In the “User/Rights Security” Dialog, select “User Name” as “target”. In “Home Directory” edit box, input the path where the firmware file (digicap) is placed. Then press “Done” to exit. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 7.2 setup parameters Fig 7.3 Setup username Fig 7.4 username...

  • Page 84: Upgrade Mode

    Cisco TFTP Server. 2. Connect the device to the Router. 3. Please use DTE cable to connect DVR RS-232 port with COM port of the server PC. 4. Configure the HyperTerminal. See steps below.
  • Page 85 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig1 Fig 2 2) Put in the name “hikvision”. And do step 1 again. Then enter into fig 4 and select COM1 and click “OK” to enter into fig 5. Fig3 Fig 4...
  • Page 86 LAN. You can use the command: “set serverip” to modified the server IP “set ipaddr” to modified the device IP “set netmask” to modified the mask IP Shown as fig 7. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 5...
  • Page 87 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 6 Fig 7...
  • Page 88 Input the command “save” and press the enter button. Shown as fig 8. Step 4: Input the command “update” and press the enter button, then the space button. After that the update will start. Shown as fig 9. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Fig 8 fig 9...
  • Page 89 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Step 5: After the update finishes, please input the command “reset” and press the enter button. The device will reset. Shown as fig 10. Fig 10...

  • Page 90: Appendix A: Mouse Control Function

    4. Area configure interface Right click Pop-up menu including confirm, cancel, clear, full (this option only appears in motion detect area configuration) Drag the left key Extend or shrink area Moving The primary grid followed with cursor QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...
  • Page 91 Single-click the right key Cancel the operation you did and go back to previous interface Scroll wheel forward Select previous file Scroll wheel backward Select next file Drag the left key Select an area to zoom in (For SAE\YAAN protocol) QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...

  • Page 92: Appendix B: Hdd Capacity Calculation

    Appendix B: HDD Capacity Calculation To calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: Use Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity needed for every hour: unit Mbyte.

  • Page 93: Appendix C: Dvr Connect Cable Definition

    Make the connect cable according the following; to left point of RJ45 head, 1 are the anode and cathode line for sending, 3 receiving, 7 is the shared grounding line: Pin definition for Standard RS-485 serial port RJ45 plug-in QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Definition and 4 cables are the anode and cathode line for...

  • Page 94: How To Make A Rs-232 Connect Cable

    Pin definition To make the network cable according to your actual needs there are two options: (1) Use the following method to make the network cable when DVR is connected to a network hub or switch. The corresponding relationship of the direct cable QSD42908C8 User’s Manual...
  • Page 95 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual (2) Use the following method to make the cross network cable when DVR is directly connected with client-end PC. The corresponding relationship of cross cable...

  • Page 96: Appendix D: Dvr Specifications

    Power consumption Working temperature Working humidity Dimensions PAL: 176*144(QCIF), 352*288(CIF), 704*288(2CIF), 528*384(DCIF), 704*576(4CIF); NTSC: 176*120(QCIF), 352*240(CIF), 704*240(2CIF), 528*320(DCIF), 704*480(4CIF). QSD42908C8 User’s Manual QSD42908 H.264 PAL:704*576(4CIF) NTSC704*480(4CIF) PAL:352*288(CIF) NTSC352*240(CIF) 8 channels BNC ( 1.0 Vp-p ,75 Ohm) 1 channel BNC (1.0Vp-p ,75 Ohm) 1 channel BNC (1.0Vp-p , 75 Ohm)

  • Page 97: Appendix D: Camera Specifications

    S/N Ratio Gamma Characteristic White Balance Lens Minimum Illumination Electronic Shutter Power Source Operation Temperature Storage Temperature QSD42908C8 User’s Manual 1/4" CCD NTSC: 510(H)X492(V) Internal Sync 420 TV Lines 1.0 V p-p, 75 ohm >48 dB 0.45 Auto 4 with 6 mm / 4 with 3.6 mm 0 Lux (w/ IR LED) Auto: 1/60 to 1/100.000 sec...

  • Page 98: Appendix E: Troubleshooting

    Client software can not view DVR live image. Notes: Place the DVR in well ventilated area so that it operates within the recommended range of temperature and humidity as in specifications. If the circuit board gets wet, dust on circuit board can cause a short circuit. The circuit board, plug and socket, housing fan and housing should be cleaned by brushing.

  • Page 99: Appendix F: Product Service & Warranty

    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. QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Contact Us: Q-See Products 8015 E.

  • Page 100: Appendix G: Customer Information Card

    QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Appendix G: 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 Notes:...
  • Page 101 QSD42908C8 User’s Manual Contact Us: Q-See Products 8015 E. Crystal Dr Anaheim, CA 92807 Website: http://www.q-see.com Customer Service: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 538 Email: cs@dpsi-usa.com Tech Support: Phone: 877-998-3440 x 539 Email: ts@dpsi-usa.com Fax: 714-998-3509...

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