All of our products are backed by a conditional service warranty covering all hardware for 12 displays may change. We encourage you to visit our website at www.Q-see.com to check for months from the date of purchase. Additionally, our products also come with a free exchange the latest firmware updates and product announcements.
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 To prevent damage to your Q-See product or injury to yourself or to others, read and understand the following safety precautions in their entirety before installing or using this equipment. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the product will read them.
If your drive was packaged separately, or if you Supports multiple-channel audio and video. Independent hardware decodes the audio and wish to upgrade your installed drive up to a 1 Terabyte (QS434 and QS408) or video signal from each channel to maintain video and audio synchronization.
INSTALLATION AND Both displays may be used at the same time, however they will both show the same images CHAPTER 2 and they cannot be combined. The mouse cursor will only appear on one screen at a time and CONNECTION this may be selected by rolling the mouse scroll wheel forward (VGA) or backwards (television).
QS206 REAR PANEL FRONT PANEL VIDEO IN FULL MENU EXIT QS206 16CH H.264 Digital Video Recorder AUDIO IN AUDIO CVBS OUT DC +12V RJ45 ALM IN Item # Connector Description Item # Name/ Symbol Description VIDEO IN Video input for connecting analog video signal input (BNC) STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode.
QS408 FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL QS408 FULL ON/OFF AUDIO IN AUDIO VIDEO IN MENU EXIT DC +12V RJ45 VIDEO ALARM IN Item # Name/ Symbol Description Item # Connector Description STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode. Press again to wake. Power Switch Power On/Off Shows status of hard drive, recording, alarm, HDD full and...
QS434 FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN AUDIO IN FULL MENU EXIT DC +19V RJ45 VIDEO OUT ALM IN Item # Name/ Symbol Description Item # Connector Description STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode. Press again to wake.
QS464 FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL ON/OFF AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN AUDIO IN RJ45 USB 2.0 MENU EXIT REC ALARM USB MOUSE QS464 DC +12V VIDEO OUT Item # Name/ Symbol Description Item # Connector Description STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode. Press again to wake. Power Switch Power On/Off Press buttons 1-4 to view that channel full-screen...
VIRTUAL KEYBOARD CONTROLS CHAPTER 3 The virtual keyboard is contextual. For example, it will only show digits when the field is for numeral entries. In fields where letters and symbols can be entered, users can switch between This DVR can be controlled through the USB mouse or with the remote control. We have various formats –...
3.2 REMOTE CONTROL The buttons on the Remote Control operate in the same manner as on a conventional DVR remote. Some buttons have multiple functions depending on which menu is being accessed. Name/Symbol Function STANDBY Press to turn standby mode ON/OFF. LOGIN/LOCK If “Security”...
4.2 SHORTCUT MENU BASIC OPERATION CHAPTER 4 The Shortcut menu gives direct access to many of the system’s functions, features and This chapter is intended to help you get your DVR up and running before you activate any options without having to go through a series of intermediiate steps. advanced features which are covered in later chapters.
4.4 MAIN MENU 4.5 BASIC SETTINGS To access the Main Menu, right-click anywhere onscreen with the mouse to open the Set the system language, date and time, passwords, and configure audio and display Shortcut menu and select MAIN MENU. Pressing the Menu or MENU/EXIT button on the options.
6-digit ADMIN password and a 6-digit USER password. MM/DD/YYYY, or YYYY/MM/DD The QS434 and QS464 only support one Admin and one User account. • TIME: Enter the time • TIME FORMAT: Use the drop-down...
VIDEO/AUDIO DISPLAY Use the Video/Audio menu to set the resolution and camera video system on the DVR. You Use the Display Setup menu to customize channel titles, show/hide the date and time in live will need to have microphones or audio-equipped cameras connected to your DVR (through viewing and playback, and enable/disable preview channels.
4.7 PLAYBACK 4.6 HARD DRIVE (HDD) MANAGEMENT View recorded video on the system through the Search menu. This window displays essential information about the system’s internal hard drive, M A I N M E N U and lets you format the internal hard drive and external USB flash drive. VIDEO SEARCH K E Y L O C K The HDD menu displays the following:...
FILE LIST USING THE ON-SCREEN PLAYBACK CONTROLS You can use the File List Shortcut Menu to see a detailed list of all the recorded video on your The DVR can play back a single channel in full screen or up to four channels in multi-view system.
USING THE PLAYBACK SOFTWARE 4.8 BACKUP The Playback software included on the accompanying software disk will play back the video Once you have located a recorded video event on your system’s hard drive, you can copy it to files created by your DVR. These files have a .264 file extension and will not play on standard a USB flash drive.
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Video Play Settings STEP 5. When you select Play, a Playback Control Bar will appear. Each video record contains data from all the cameras that were recording at that time. You can view up to four of those recordings at one time by clicking on the “Play All Channels” button (Item number 14 in 4-24).
RESOLUTION On the QS 206, CIF is the only resolution option. The QS408 offers the larger STEP 1. Open the Schedule menu. and clear D1 recording format on channels 1 and 2. Both the QS434 and 464 offer D1 on all STEP 2. Under CHANNEL, select channels ALL.
5.3 MASK FIELD 5.4 MOTION DETECT The Mask Field lets you block a specific portion of a channel you do not want recorded or The default recording mode for your DVR is “Alarm’ which includes motion detection. The shown on the display screen. This can be useful if you need to conceal a sensitive area being Motion Detection menu can be found by accessing the Advance menu from the Main captured by the installed camera.
6.1 ALARM ADVANCED FEATURES CHAPTER 6 Use the Alarm menu to configure alarm and email settings. External alarm devices must be Use the Advanced Setup menu to configure alarm settings, motion detection, connected to the alarm block on the rear panel of the system in order to use the I/O (input/ mobile surveillance, PTZ settings and network settings.
6.2 EMAIL SETUP 6.3 SYSTEM INFO The system can send an email notification with a JPEG snapshot for triggered events on the This window will allow you to view system information - including the firmware version, MAC system. Selecting Email Setup in the Alarm Setup menu will open the Email Setup menu. address, and serial number of the system.
RESTORING FACTORY SETTINGS 6.5 PAN-TILT-ZOOM CAMERAS (PTZ) STEP 1. Click DEFAULT SETTINGS. This will restore the system to the original factory Use the PTZ Setup menu to configure settings for an optional PTZ camera. settings. STEP 2. Click OK in the prompt. NOTE! Consult the instruction manual of your PTZ camera for complete information about your camera, including protocol and baud rate.
ITEM DEVICE SPECIFICATION as from the cameras before opening the case. Failure to do so PARAMETER QS206 QS408 QS434 QS464 can result in damage to the DVR or its components as well as injury or death. SYSTEM LANGUAGE ENGLISH/ CHINESE...
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ITEM DEVICE SPECIFICATION If your problem is not listed below, please check our Resource Center at http://q-see.com/ PARAMETER QS206 QS408 QS434 QS464 glossary/resource-library.php go to live chat at http://q-see.com or call our toll-free CONNECTOR NETWORK RJ45,10M/100M number, 877-998-3440 for more support.
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Question 6: DVR is having problems with real-time images, such as bad image color or Question 14: Why can’t I log in over the Internet? serious brightness distortion, why? Answer: Answer: • Please check the network to see if it is connected. Check if LINK or 100M LED is •...
Q-SEE PRODUCT WARRANTY Q-See is proud to back all of our products with a conditional service warranty covering all hardware for 12 months from the date of purchase. Additionally, our products also come with a free exchange policy that covers all manufacturing defects for one month from the date of purchase.
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