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ZMODO 4CH User Manual

ZMODO 4CH User Manual

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  • Page 1 4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder...
  • Page 2 Notes:  The  power  supply  of  this  DVR  is  provided  through  DC12V3A  adapter,  please  check  the  power  outlet  before  installation  and  ensure  it  can  meet  the  requirements  of  the  adapter;  Do not place the DVR at a place subject to rain and moisture;  Do not install the DVR at a place subject to violent vibration;  Do not install the DVR at a place subject to direct sunlight, and be far away from high  temperature environment;  The DVR’s back panel should be placed 15cm or more away from other objects or wall  for cooling;  The  DVR  should  work  under  temperature,  humidity  and  voltage  according  to  its  technical specifications; ...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    contents Chapter 1 Open-case inspection and quick installation ........1  1.1 Open­case inspection ................1  1.2 Product appearance and port ..............1  1.3 Technical parameters ................2  1.4 Remote controller ..................5  1.5 Mouse ....................... 6  Chapter 2 Quick installation ................7  2.1 HDD Installation ..................7  2.2 Boot ......................
  • Page 4 Chapter 5 Client software & Player .............. 36  5.1 Client software ..................36  5.2 Video Player ................... 37  Appendix 1. Q&A ..................41  Appendix 2 hard disk space occupation calculation ........43  Appendix3:SystemConnection Picture ............44 ...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Open-Case Inspection And Quick Installation

    Chapter 1 Open-case inspection and quick installation 1.1 Open­case inspection  ◆ When you receive the products, please check if the DVR is complete or make sure if there  is any accidental damage during transportation.    ◆   Then, please open the package and check if the accessories are complete. You can remove  the protective film of the DVR package.    The Package contains the following accessories:  ◎ One IR remote controller  ◎ One pair of remote controller batteries  ◎ One piece of Product Certificate  ◎ One piece of product Warranty Card  ◎ One piece of User Manual  ◎ One pair SATA HDD cable ( installed in the case)  ◎ One DC12V3A power adapter  ◎ One HDD bracket (already installed) and a set of mounting screws  ◎ One piece of CD    Specific product accessories may be different, so please refer to the real products.       ...

  • Page 6: Technical Parameters

    Back panel(4CH) 1.4CH video input 2.4CH audio input 3.Video output 4.Audio output 5.VGA output 6.USB interface 7.Network interface 8.RS-485 9.Power input 10.Grounding terminal Back panel(8CH): 1.8CH video input 2.8CH audio input 3.Video output 4.Audio output 5.VGA output 6.USB interface 7.Network interface 8.RS-485 9.Power input 10.Grounding terminal 1.3 Technical parameters...
  • Page 7 Action with Alarm Support Email alarm Send pictures to the designated Email PTZ control Support PTZ protocol PELCO-D,PELCO-P etc Support Zoom Support Support 1 SATA HDD，capacity to 2T Network and protocol 1 RJ-45 10/100M via Ethernet，support TCP/IP、DHCP、DNS、DDNS、 UPNP 、NTP etc IE browser Support Client software...
  • Page 8 Sign Interface description VIDEO IN Video input(BNC interface) AUDIO IN Audio input VIDEO OUT Video output(BNC interface) AUDIO OUT Audio output Connect VGA monitor NETWORK Connect the Ethernet RS485 Connect PTZ camera ALARM Connect alarm switch output Auxiliary DC12V output SENSOR Connect alarm switch input Grounding terminal Power interface...

  • Page 9: Remote Controller

    1.4 Remote controller For reference only, the real product shall prevail. Functional definition Spare keys Spare keys Channel selection; number keys PTZ Control Single and multi-split screen Quit shortcut menu Shortcut menu Direction buttons: Next, on the left and right Exit \Return MENU Enter the main menu...

  • Page 10: Mouse

    1.5 Mouse This equipment supports USB2.0 mouse, so the user can operate with mouse (mouse operation is as same as WINDOWS operating setting) to realize menu functions. It is just ok to insert the mouse with USB interface to the mouse interface in this equipment. Mouse Function action...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Quick Installation

    Chapter 2 Quick installation 2.1 HDD Installation Hard disk installation must be carried out by technicians to avoid damage to the equipment and hard disk. The DVR mainframe must be powered off before operation. This equipment supports hard disk with SATA hard disk interface. Seagate brand hard disk is recommended.

  • Page 12: Shortcut Menu

    Equipment code: it is just ok to enter equipment code “000000” displayed on right side in corresponding input box. The defaulted code will be guided to the number box when mouse operation; we recommend to set mainframe password when remote controller is operating many equipments, to divide through targeted equipment code input, or the remote controller will disturb the adjacent mainframe.
  • Page 13 2.4.6 Start Cruise PTZ preset start cruising capabilities. (right click again to opt out cruise) Note: This feature can only be valid after set up PTZ control parameters and preset points. 2.4.7 PTZ Control Click right button in main interface and select “PTZ control”, following interface will pop-up: PTZ speed (fast or slow) can be controlled in this interface, zoom, focus and aperture is also controllable.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Advanced Settings

    2.4.9 ZOOM In the single-channel full-screen mode, can be done by dragging the mouse to marquee area to enlarge 2.4.10 PIP In the single-channel full-screen mode, you can see floating images of other channels. Chapter 3 Advanced settings 3.1 Main menu The main menu has the “PLAYBACK”, “RECORD”, “HDD”, “BASIC”, “ADVANCED”...

  • Page 15: Recording Mode

    Note: The setup of all the submenus below will not be effective until “Enter” is pressed. The setup of this menu will be invalid if you exit directly. A significant characteristic of this product is when you move the cursor to any option, the prompting message of this option will be displayed automatically in the lower part of the screen.

  • Page 16: Video Search

    Time configuration: First select from the 3 modes of alarm recording, general Recording and no recording for your desired recording mode for a certain lattice, and configure specific recording time lattices (each lattice represents 1hr). Each lattice can be configured into different recording modes by marking them into different colors, such as red, green and background color, which represent alarm recording, general recording or no recording within each hour respectively.

  • Page 17: Backup

    DVR). After selection and confirmation, which channel file is displayed can be modified in the following list. Record type: There are 3 options: all, normal and alarm. After selection and confirmation, the searched message will be displayed automatically as a list, as shown below: Notes: In the “Detailed File”...

  • Page 18: Hard Disk Management

    record file. After “Enter” is pressed in the “Backup” check box, a “√” will appear in this box, indicating that this record file has been selected. The move the cursor to the option box on the right and click “Backup”, when the screen will display the backup progress message of the file, as shown below: Notes: When the available space of the backup device is less than the capacity of the...

  • Page 19: Basic Setup

    memory is full; DISABLE: Recording will stop when the memory of the hard disk is full; HDD FORMART: If the hard disk is used for the first time, it is often necessary to format the hard disk. Click the “Format HDD” button, and then click “Enter” for formatting in the pop-up prompt message dialog box, otherwise click “Cancel”.
  • Page 20 3.6.2 Time setup Move the cursor to the “DATE/TIME” option (the icon is surrounded by a yellow frame to indicate selection), and press “Enter” to enter the setup screen of this option, as shown below: 3.6.3 User password DEVICE ID: Enter digits directly to set up the DVR number; PASSWORD: Press “Enter”...
  • Page 21 below: Name: Move the cursor to the input box of this option, and press “Enter” to enter the input screen of this option. Numerical, English and Chinese pinyin input methods are supported; Position: Move the cursor to this option, and press “Enter” to change over between name positions;...

  • Page 22: Advanced

    MONITOR RESOLUTION: Left-click or press “Enter” to set the VGA output resolution, with the 3 options of 1280*1024, 1024*768 and 800*600; CAMERA SYSTEM: Left-click or press “Enter” to change over between the two camera systems of PAL and NTSC; Volume setup: Move the cursor to “Volume Setup”, left-click or press “Enter” to enter the Volume Setup screen, and press “Left”, “Right”...
  • Page 23 3.7.1 Alarm Move the cursor to the “Alarm” option (the icon is surrounded by a yellow frame to indicate selection), and press “Enter” to enter the setup screen of this option, as shown below: I/O CHANNEL/ALARM: Each channel corresponds to an I/O state alarm, when the alarm input of a channel is valid, the alarm record of the corresponding channel will be started.
  • Page 24 SSL: a secure link transmission protocol, whose “Off” or “On” state is determined by the mailbox server. “Off” is usually chosen. SMTP PORT: the mailing port of the mailbox server, usually being 25, with the exception of a few mailboxes, such as the mailing port of the GMAIL server whose port number is 465.
  • Page 25 MD Channel and STATUS: Each channel has a corresponding switch. Press “Enter” to select motion detection “On” or “Off”. SENSITIVITY: Each channel has a corresponding sensitivity setting, with the 4 levels of 1, 2, 3 and 4, in which 4 is the highest. Press “Enter” for changeover. MD AREA: Each channel has a corresponding motion detection area setting.
  • Page 26 3.7.4 Mobile phone monitoring The mobile phone monitoring function of this series DVR is supported by mobile phones of the Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems, such as Dopod P660, Nokia N78 and Nokia 95. The operating procedures are as follows: Setup method of mobile phone monitoring at the DVR end: Enter the following screen from “Main Menu”...
  • Page 27 3.7.6 PTZ Enter the “PTZ” screen from “Main Menu” →“Advanced”, as shown below: Channel: selecting the channel to which the dome camera is connected (to select any of the latter 4 channels, click “Next Page”) Protocol: selecting the dome protocol of the corresponding brand and model, with two options, Pelco-D by default Baud rate: selecting the baud rate used by the dome, with the 4 options of 1200, 2400, 4800 and 9600...
  • Page 28 PPPOE: broadband dial-up network access, as shown below: 3G: 3G function (support CDMA 2000 and WCDMA),select WCDMA. After success to apply, exit from 3G,and then you can see IP info . PPPOE user name and password: Fill in the PPPOE user name and password provided by the Internet service provider.

  • Page 29: Domain Name Application

    DDNS: Enable the DDNS function. SERVICE: Service providers with 6 options of 3322; dyndns; changeip; no-ip; leadingdvr and oray. Host name: The host name you registered on the DDNS service provider’s web site. User name: The user name you registered on the DDNS service provider’s web site. Password: The password you registered on the DDNS service provider’s web site.
  • Page 30 After confirmation, the system will prompt that the verification message has been sent to the designated mailbox, as shown below: Activate account Log in your mailbox and open the confirmation link sent from support@dyndns.com, as shown below: Click the link below and enter the website to activate the account. Login After successful activation, open the home page http://www.dyndns.com/...
  • Page 31 Enter the “Dynamic DNS Free” screen, as shown below. Click “ ”. Enter the hostname, select the service type and then enter the dynamic IP address (usually being the dynamic IP address of the network of the DVR host) to be tied in the Add New Hostname screen, as shown below.

  • Page 33: Port Forwarding

    3.9 Port forwarding Port forwarding procedures: Set the host IP address. See the relevant section. Log in the router. If the IP address of the router is 192.168.1.1. After this IP has been entered in the IE address bar, a login prompt box will appear, as shown below: Click “Enter”...
  • Page 34 Click “Applications& Gaming ”, as shown below: As shown above, fill in the IP and the port number in the corresponding files, and select “Both” in [Protocol]. The tick below [Enable] denotes “selected”. After setup, click “Save Setting” to save the settings. 88 stands for the WEB port, 9000 for the media port and 15961 for the mobile phone port.

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Dvr Network

    Chapter 4 DVR network 4.1 Functional characteristics In network operations, software installation is realized by the IE browser of the operating system itself, which is simple and convenient. The DVR supports LAN and WAN access, as well as IP and domain name access. 4.2 Installation and download of controls Automatic installation of plug-ins unit: For example, if the IP address of the DVR is 192.168.1.223:88.

  • Page 36: Real-Time Preview

    Note: If the DVR host is in an LAN, but you have chosen the “WAN” option, the effect of the preview image will be non-real-time. 4.4 Real-time preview After logging in the client end successfully, enter the real-time preview screen directly and perform video connection automatically, as shown below: Play control: : opening or closing the image;...

  • Page 37: Recording Mode

    First select the date of the record to be played and the channel and record types, and then click “Search”. The eligible record files will appear in the file list, with the bold numbers denoting dates with record data, as shown in the figure above. Select the file to be played back, and double-click this file or click “Playback”...

  • Page 38: Ptz Control

    The setup method is the same as the mainframe menu. See “Alarm Setup” in Chapter 3 for details. 4.8 PTZ control Click “Setup” →“PTZ ” to enter the PTZ Control mode. See Figure 5-6: See Chapter 3 “Network Setup” in this manual for the setup method. 4.9 Network setup Click “Setup”...

  • Page 39: System Setup

    4.10 System setup Click “Setup” →“Setting” to enter the Setting screen, as shown below: INTERNET: setting the code stream; the higher the code stream is, the clearer the remote image will be, but the network bandwidth must be high, otherwise the image may have a delay.

  • Page 40: Host Info

    File SAVE PATH: setting the record saving directory during remote recording and remote backup IE password: setting the IE login password (Note: This password may be cleared in the main menu of the DVR.) 4.11 Host info Click “DVR HOST” to enter the Host Info screen, as shown below. View the operating state of the hard disk, the time remaining and the software version and MAC address of this system.

  • Page 41: Video Player

    MEDIA PORT：Enter the port number, the default is 9000 PASSWORD：Enter IE password NETWORD：Select web styles, LAN is the local area network, INTERNET is the wide area network Notice: After the successful login, the interface is the same as that of IE. Please refer to the instruction in Chapter 4.
  • Page 42 When opening the root of the record file, please select the format as .264,as shown in the following image: Click“*.264” There will be .264 files in the file list, select one of the files to be played. Click 'OPEN' as shown in the following image: Then click 'PLAY' option as shown in the following image:...
  • Page 43 After clicking 'PLAY' option, click the button of the player button, to enter the following interface as shown in the following image: Click here...
  • Page 44 Function Definition Function Definition Icon Icon Recording Schedule All video ① Play Forward, Play back Increase video Pause, STOP Start Operation Backward /forward frame File Cut Slow/Normal/Fast File Deletion << >> Next Hour AVI Format transmission Capture bitmap Decrease video Volume Control Note:1.Double click the image to enlarge the image 2.When converting the AVI format, you should click ST button.

  • Page 45: Appendix 1. Q&A

    Appendix 1. Q&A How to recover password if forgotten? A: Please contact technicians from vender or manufacturer if you have forgotten the password. Please set a safe password easy to remember (don’t set simple password like 123456 if you need more safety). No video output signal? A: Please confirm that the video output port is connected to the VIDEO OUT, and ensure BNC in DVR interface is in good connection, whether BNC cable is used...
  • Page 46 above still appears. 12. DVR can not control the PTZ after setup? A: Please test for the following reasons: Front PTZ failure ① PTZ decoder setting, connection and installation is incorrect ② PTZ incorrect setup in the DVR ③ PTZ protocol decoder and DVR does not match each other ④...

  • Page 47: Appendix 2 Hard Disk Space Occupation Calculation

    Appendix 2 hard disk space occupation calculation This DVR data hard disk occupation per channel/hour is as following table according to different bit rate and resolution: (The table is only for reference, the real product shall prevail) Unit: Megabyte /Channel/Hour Bit rate Excellent Good...

  • Page 48: Appendix3:Systemconnection Picture

    Appendix3:SystemConnection Picture ...

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