Optiview DVR 4CHs User Manual

4CH STANDALONE DVR

USER MANUAL

2008 JAN. Ver 1.1

USB

4 CHANNEL

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HDD SUPPORT LIST

Warning：

Should you wish to install a new hard

drive in this unit, a list of tested hard

drives shown to be compatible can be

found below.

Brand

Capacity

IDE- Samsung

IDE- Seagate

IDE- Maxtor

80GB/ 160GB

80GB/ 160GB/ 320GB/ 400GB

SATA- Maxtor

SATA- Seagate

SATA- HITACHI

SATA- WD

160GB/ 250GB/ 320GB

160GB/ 250GB/ 320GB/ 500GB/ 750GB

320GB/ 500GB

Warning：

The hard drive below is not recommended

for this unit

Brand

Capacity

IDE- WD

All Series

SATA- WD

160GB/ 250GB/ 750GB/ 1TB

SATA- Maxtor

SATA- HITACHI

500GB

1TB

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CONTENT

1、FEATURE

2、SPECIFICATIONS

3、INSTALLATION

4、FRONT PANEL

5、OPERATING MANUAL

6、VIEW CONTROL

7、PLAYBACK CONTROL

8、RECORD CONTROL

9、4 CHANNEL RECORDING HOURS

10、DVR Viewer User Guide

11、SATATO PATA CONVERT BOARD(Option)

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1、FEATURE

1、Definitely Standalone.

2、Real Time Refresh Rate.

3、Display While Recording.

4、Frame Recording & Quad Recording.

5、Compatible of NTSC/PAL format.

6、Advanced MJPEG.

7、Manual / Motion / Programmed

8、Systems records automatically while alarming.

9、Search by Time / Date.

10、Watch dog feature.

11、HDD Volume Indicator.

12、Can use USB to link PC, Player can search Time to Play、

saving and take photos functions.

13、Internal motion detect feature.

14、Remote Control.

15、Support Audio Recording.

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2、SPECIFICATIONS

OPERATION SYSTEM

Video Input

Embedded RTOS

NTSC/PAL

VGA Output

D-SUB 15P VGA

4CH Composite

1CH Composite

Video Input Channel

Video Output Channel

Display Frame

NTSC

PAL

120 fps (4x30 fps)

100 fps (4x25 fps)

Max. 30 fps

Recording Frame

Rate(QUAD)

NTSC

PAL

Max. 25 fps

Recording Frame

Rate(EACH)

NTSC

PAL

Max. 7.5fps(30 fps/4)

Max. 6.25fps(25 fps/4)

Recording Mode

Continuous / Motion / Programmed

Display

NTSC

PAL

720x480

Resolution

720 x 576

Recording

NTSC

PAL

640x224

640x272

Advanced

MJPEG

Low

12K Bytes / Frame

15K Bytes / Frame

20K Bytes / Frame

Compression Format

Normal

High

HDD

400G X 1 (Max)

Time / Date / Event

Mode

YES

Full screen

MOTION DETECT

LOSS DETECT

BUZZER OUTPUT

Brightness adjust

Contrast adjust

USB Output

VGA Output

System a monitor

Power supply

Dimension

Power recover auto restore record mode

DC 12V / 4A(AC110V-240V 50/60HZ)

220mm x 288mm x 48mm (W x D x H)

1.5KG

Weight

Audio Function

Audio Input/Output Real Line Recording

And Playing

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3、INSTALLATION

REAR PANEL

(4)

REAR PANEL A

AUDIO

VIDEO IN

VIDEO OUT

CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

XGA

DC12V

OUT

(1)

(2)

(3)

(5)

(6)

REAR PANEL B

AUDIO

VIDEO IN

CH3

VIDEO OUT

CH1

CH2

CH4

DC12V

OUT

(1) XGA Output(Only REAR PANEL A)

(2) Video Output : Corresponding to Video Input.

(3) Video IN : Cameras to Video Input.

(4) Audio Input.

(5) Audio Output.

(6) Power Input : Please use the power supply attached

Adaptor : DC-12V / 4A

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4、FRONT PANEL

(1)

( 2 )

( 9 ) (10)

( 4 )

( 7 )

( 8 )

( 5 )

( 6 )

( 3 )

(11) (12)

(1) USB PORT

(2) Record Indicator

(3) HDD Indicator

(4) Move Up / Camera 1 Display

(5) Move Left / Camera 2 Display

(6) Move Down / Camera 3 Display

(7) Move Right / Camera 4 Display / Select

(8) Menu / Show Percentage of the hard Drive recorded

(9) Play / Pause

(10) Record / Stop

(11) Fast Reverse / Mute

(12) Fast Forward / Sequence Switch

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5、OPERATING MANUAL (MAIN MENU)

MAIN MENU

SYSTEM SETUP

CAMERA SETUP

RECORD SETUP

RECORD SCHEDULE

MOTION SETUP

HARD DRIVE SETUP

XGA RESOLUTION : 1024 X 768

SYSTEM RESTORE

(Only REAR PANEL A)

(

) : SELECT

(

) : SET

(

) : EXIT

XGA RESOLUTION : 640X480, 800X600, 1024X768 (default setting),1280X1024.(Only REAR PANEL A)

Press

to select items, use

to exit

to enter.

SYSTEM SETUP

BUZZER ALARM TIME

LOSS ALARM

AUDIO RECORD

AUDIO MUTE

: ﹝ON﹞

: ﹝OFF﹞

AUDIO INPUT VOLUME

AUDIO OUTPUT VOLUME :

PASSWORD SETUP

TIME SETUP

(

) : SELECT

(

) : SET

(

) : EXIT

Press

to select items, use

to exit

to enter.

PASSWORD SETUP

Select this item to change password :

CURRENT PASSWORD :______

NEW PASSWORD

CONFIRM PASSWORD

:______

(1) When the new password is accepted, you will receive a

message that inform you. PASSWORD CHANGED

(2) If the password was not accepted, you will receive a

message that inform you. NO PASSWORD CHANGED

*Use the view control button on the front panel to input the number.

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is:"1"

is:"2"

is:"3"

is:"4”

TIME SETUP

Select this item to set up current time.

TIME SET

2004/12/17 18:00:30

(

):SELECT

(

):SET

(

):EXIT

Press

to select items, use

to exit

to enter.

CAMERA SETUP

CAMERA

LIVE ON/OFF

: CH1

: ON

RECORD ON/OFF

BRIGHT SETUP

CONTRAST SETUP

COLORS SETUP

AUTO SWITCHING

(

):SELECT

(

):SET

(

):EXIT

Press

to select items, use

to exit

to enter.

RECORD SETUP

RECORD MODE

:EACH

:NORMAL

:30

VIDEO QUALITY

RECORD FRAME RATE

(

):SELECT

(

):SET

(

):EXIT

Press

to select items, use

to exit

to enter.

(1) Record Setup:EACH MODE (frame recording),

Each Mode frame rate alternatives as follows:

Maximum : 7.5 fps each camera Totally :30 fps = 7.5 x 4 CH

QUAD MODE (quad recording).

In this mode

、

invalid.

(2) Video Quality: video quality selection: High, Normal, Low

(3) Record Frame Rate: QUAD MODE frame rate alternatives as follows:

Enable Audio Record → 30、15、10、7、5、4 fps.

Disable Audio Record → 30、15、10、7、5、4、3、2、1 fps.

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RECORD SCHEDULE

TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

12 15 18 21

Press

to select items, use

to exit

to enter.

(1)Range: 0-24 hrs.

(2)Set ”T” for continuous recording.

(3)Set “M” for motion recording.

(4)Set up ”-” to disable the recording.

MOTION SETUP

MOTION SETUP MENU

CHANNEL-1

CHANNEL-2

CHANNEL-3

CHANNEL-4

SENSITIVITY

(OFF)

(

):SELECT

(

):SET

(

):EXIT

Press

to select items, use

to exit

to enter.

★ If you want to enable Motion Recording, Please finish

the setup procedure a. and b.

a. Set SENSITIVITY in the menu option

“MOTION SETUP MENU"

b. Set “PROGRAMMED RECORD” --- “M” in the menu

option “RECORD SCHEDULE”.

6、VIEW CONTROL

(1)You can use the following view control buttons to monitor the video from the cameras.

Camera #1 (Ch1), return to Quad Mode by press again.

Camera #2 (Ch2),return to Quad Mode by press again.

Camera #3 (Ch3),return to Quad Mode by press again.

Camera #4 (Ch4),return to Quad Mode by press again.

(2)View Control is only valid while the RECORD MODE is in the EACH MODE.

QUAD Display, Enable / Disable theAuto switching function.

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7、PLAYBACK CONTROL

(1)Press , and the system will play the latest event which you haven't seen before.

(2)Press , and the system will enter the PLAYBACK EVENTS SEARCH MODE.

(3)Each period is as four hour.

SEARCH TIME

HARD DRIVE : MASTER

Select Start Date/

Time to End Date/

Time

04/04/01 02:47:56 - 04/04/01 02:47:56

01 TIME 2004/12/10 02:47:50

02 TIME 2004/12/10 02:47:50

03 TIME 2004/12/10 02:47:50

Press

to select items, use

to enter.

to exit,

select event / time.

Press

to switch between the TIME SEARCH MODE and the PLAYBACK

EVENTS SEARCH MODE,

to exit.

(1)EVENTS SEARCH MODE :

Press

choose one period, then press to play.

(2)TIME SEARCH MODE :

The signal > goes up to the HARD DRIVER: MASTER. Press

to select items. Use

to play.

select to change data, Then press

(3)PLAYBACK :

*Press

X2,

to speed forward. Continue to press

X4, X8 , playing.

and show

*Press

to rewind the playback.

to pause.

to stop.

8、RECORD CONTROL

(1)Press to start recording.

(2) During recording, the mark * appears in status of overwriting

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9、4CH RECORDING HOURS ON 80GB HARD DRIVE

*Thereinafter a rough estimate a table for reference only, recording data

quantity can follow an image a variation a rate somewhat different.

Recording Results in NTSC Format

Video

Signal

30 fps

15 fps

7 fps

1 fps

Video

Quality

Display

Format

High

Nor mal

Bas ic

High

36Hours

48 Hours

58 Hours

64 Hours

90 Hours

112 Hours

72 Hours

96 Hours

116 Hours

128 Hours

180 Hours

224 Hours

144 Hours

192 Hours

232 Hours

256 Hours

360 Hours

448 Hours

1,080 Hours

1,440 Hours

1,740 Hours

1,920 Hours

2,700 Hours

3,360 Hours

QUAD

MODE

NTSC

EACH MODE

(Full Screen)

Nor mal

Bas ic

Recording Results in PAL Format

25 fps

12 fps

6 fps

1 fps

Video

Quality

Display

Format

Signal

High

Nor mal

Bas ic

High

38 Hours

48 Hours

60 Hours

62 Hours

90 Hours

118 Hours

76 Hours

96 Hours

152 Hours

192 Hours

240 Hours

950 Hours

1,200 Hours

1,500 Hours

QUAD

MODE

120 Hours

124 Hours

180 Hours

236 Hours

PAL

248 Hours 1,550 Hours

EACH MODE

(Full Screen)

Nor mal

Bas ic

360 Hours

472 Hours

2,250 Hours

2,950 Hours

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4CH STANDALONE DVR

10、DVR PC Viewer User Guide

Introduction

This document is the Operation Manual for the 4 CH Stand Alone DVR PCViewer.

The application will show you stream image stored in the Storage Device (HDD, CF card,

USB Memory Stick, etc.), which was previously formatted and recorded by the DVR.

If any DVR-formatted Storage Device is connected to your PC, the application will

automatically detect the Storage Device and show the recorded stream. You can also

save the current screen to a JPEG file, and save the video/audio stream to a file

[MYS file, the Vineyard's proprietary video/audio stream file format.

The application consists of two functional modules:

DVR PC Viewer Shows stream stored in the DVR Storage Device.

MYS File Player Plays captured stream file.

Terms in This Document

Storage Device Hard Disk, CF Card, USB Memory Stick

The Application DVR Storage Device PC Viewer

DVR Storage Device Storage Device which was previously formatted and recorded by the

DVR base on Vineyard Technologies' DVR chip.

Operating System

Central Processing Unit

Random Access Memory

Graphic User Interface

CPU

RAM

GUI

Requirement

DirectX

OS of your PC should be Windows 2000(SP4) / XP(SP2) or later.

Your PC should be equipped with DirectX 7.0 or later.

Recommendation

Operating System (OS)

The application runs only on Windows 2000 (SP4) / XP (SP2) or later

1.0 GHz or Higher.

CPU

RAM

256 MByte or greater.

Installation

A. Hardware Installation

Before executing the application, connect the DVR Storage Device to the IDE cable of your

PC directly, or via USB adaptor

B. Software Installation

Run Setup.exe in the CD-ROM and follow the instruction to finish the installation.

[Make sure that the OS of your PC is Windows 2000 SP4/Windows XP SP2 or later.

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Execution

Just double click the icon of PC Viewer. The application will try to detect physical storage devices

installed at your PC and search for DVR storage device(s) among them.

If there is DVR Storage Device, the application will automatically start playing. However, If the

application fails to detect DVR Storage Device, which means that there is no DVR Storage

Device installed to your system, it will show following error message and set the default working

mode to MYS Player (See Section. 4).

Fig.1. No DVR Storage Device Message

Shortcut to play the video files on your PC via the attached

USB cable:

a. Connect USB cable both ends to the USB port of the DVR and your PC.

b. Supply 12VDC power to the DVR.

c. Wait until the message of USB detected pops up on the VGA monitor.

d. Run the PC Viewer software accordingly.

e. Wait until the very first image comes up to the PC Viewer.

f. Click “Play” icon on the control panel of the PC Viewer to start

viewing the video files.

DVR PC Viewer

A. User Interface

The default page of the application is DVR Storage Device PC Viewer. The user interface is

shown in Fig.2.

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(1)

(12)

(11)

(2)

(3)

(4) (5)

(6)

(7)

(8) (9)

(10)

(1) Screen

(2) Positioning Slider Bar

(7) PC Viewer Playback Control

(8) Capture Stream Button [MYS]

(9) Screen Capture Button [JPEG]

(10) Audio Control

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

MYS Player Button

DVR Storage Device Change Button

DVR Storage Device Information

Channel Selection

(11)

(12)

Viewer Playback Mode

Stream Time Display

Fig.2. DVR Storage Device PC Viewer User Interface

B. Functions

i. MYS Player Button

If you want to see MYS file which was stored in your PC, press this button or press [F2] key.

ii. DVR Storage Device Change Button

When there are more than one DVR storage devices, this button will be activated. Press this

button when you want to see video/audio stream stored in other DVR storage device. Fig.3

shows DVR storage device selection window.

Fig.3. DVR Storage Device Selection Window

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iii. DVR Storage Device Information Button

If you want to know how big is the DVR storage device is, or how much stream data is stored

in the device, press this button. Fig.4 shows the DVR storage device information window.

Fig.4. DVR Storage Device Information Window

iv. Channel Selection Buttons

According to the record channel setting of the stream, each channel buttons will be enabled.

Select any channel you want to see enlarged.

Fig.5. Channel Selection Buttons

Press

button (or [ 5 or Numpad 5 ] Key) to see all 4 channels at the same time.

button (or [ 1 or Numpad 1 ] Key) to see channel 1 enlarged.

button (or [ 2 or Numpad 2 ] Key) to see channel 2 enlarged.

button (or [ 3 or Numpad 3 ] Key) to see channel 3 enlarged

button (or [ 4 or Numpad 4 ] Key) to see channel 4 enlarged.

v. Viewer Control Buttons

Use Viewer Control Buttons to control viewer playback.

Fig.6. Viewer Control Buttons

*Press

button (or [<-] Key) to start fast reverse playback. By pressing this button again,

you can adjust the speed. The maximum speed is 8 times faster than reverse playback.

*Press

button (or [<-] Key) to start reverse playback.

button (or [Space Bar]) to pause playback.

button (or [->] Key) to start normal playback.

button (or [->] Key) to start fast forward playback. By pressing this button several

times, you can adjust the speed. The maximum speed is 8 times faster than normal playback.

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vi. Capture Stream Button

If you want to capture stream, follow the stream capture procedure listed below:

* Using Positioning Slider Bar find the stream position you want.

* Make sure that the playback is in PAUSE mode, and the Capture Stream Button is enabled.

* Press the button, then the application will start capturing. During capturing, Capturing

Indicator Window will be popped up.

Fig.7. Capturing Indicator Window

* To stop capturing, press Stop Capturing button on the window.

The captured file (an MYS file) will be stored in the Capture Directory. See the Application

Setting Section, to know more about the Capture Directory setting.

vii. Screen Capture Button

If you wan to capture the screen, follow the screen capture procedure listed below:

* Using Positioning Slider Bar find the stream position you want.

* Make sure that the playback is in PAUSE mode, and the Screen Capture Button is enabled.

* Press the button, then the application will start to make a JPEG file. When a JPEG file

successfully created. The application let you know that the image file is created showing

the file name and the Capture Directory path.

viii. Audio Control

Fig.8. Audio Control Buttons

Press

button to enable sound. Once sound is enabled, the button icon will be changed to

. Press it to disable sound again. Using the slider bar, you can adjust the volume.

MYS Player

A. User Interface

Fig. 9 shows the user interface of the MYS player.

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(1)

(2)

(3)

(10)

(6)

(7)

(9)

(8)

(4)

(5)

Screen

MYS file information

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

MYS File Select Dialog

Positioning Slider Bar

PC Viewer Button

MYS File Playback Control

Screen Capture Button [JPEG]

Audio Control

(8)

(9)

File Open Button

Playback Status

(10)

Fig.9. MYS File Player User Interface

B. Functions

i. PC Viewer Button

When you want to back to PC Viewer function, press this button.

ii. File Open Button

Press this button to select MYS file.

iii. MYS file information

When an MYS file selected and being played, the file name and the file size will be displayed

in the MYS file information box.

iv. MYS file Playback Control Buttons

Use MYS file playback buttons to control the playback.

Fig.10. MYS file playback control Buttons

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* Press

button (or [<-] Key) to start fast reverse playback. By pressing this button again,

you can adjust the speed. The maximum speed is 64 times faster than reverse playback.

* Press

button (or [<-] Key) to start reverse playback.

* Press

button (or [Space Bar]) to pause playback.

button (or [->] Key) to start normal playback.

button (or [->] Key) to start fast forward playback. By pressing this button several

times, you can adjust the speed. The maximum speed is 64 times faster than normal playback.

v. Screen Capture Button

If you wan to capture the screen, follow the screen capture procedure listed below:

* Using Positioning Slider Bar find the stream position you want.

* Make sure that the playback is in PAUSE mode, and the Screen Capture Button is enabled.

* Press the button, then the application will start to make a JPEG file. When a JPEG file

successfully created. The application let you know that the image file is created showing the

file name and the Capture Directory path.

vi. Audio Control

Fig.11. Audio Control Buttons

Press

button to enable sound. Once sound is enabled, the button icon will be changed to

. Press it to disable sound again. Using the slider bar, you can adjust the volume.

■ Application Setting

A. User Interface

Enable/Disable

Application Closing

Confirm

Change

Captured

File Saving