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V ersion 1.3 00P379100ASEA3 DR T16 / DR T8 Digita l V ideo Recorder User ’ s Manual 00P379100ASEA3 ...
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User ’ s Manual Caution and Preventive T ip s • Switch the 1 15/230V selector to your local voltage st andard • Handle with care, do not drop the unit • Mount the unit in an equipment rack or place it on a solid, stable surface. • Indoor use only . Do not p lace the unit in a humid, dusty , oily , or smoky site. • Do not place it in an ...
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User ’ s Manual Important Information Before proceeding, please read and observe all instructions and warnings in this manual. Retain this manual with the original bill of sale for future reference and, if necessary, warranty service. When unpacking your unit, check for missing or damaged items. If any item is missing, or if damage is evident, DO ...
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User ’ s Manual T able of Content 1. Overview ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Product Key Features .......................................................................................... 6 1.2 Product Application Diagram .............................. ...
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User ’ s Manual 4.5 Deleting Recorded Video ................................................................................... 29 4.6 Dome Control ..................................................................................................... 30 4.6.1 Dome Connection ......................................................................... ...
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User ’ s Manual 1. Overview The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR is an integrated digital vid eo recorder that combines the features of a time-lap se audio / video recorder , a multiplexer , and a video server to create a single security CCTV solution. Its out standing triplex operation enables users to view live or playback recorded video, and remote access th ...
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User ’ s Manual • Programmable call-monitor switching sequence • Pre-Alarm recording • IR Remote controller (Optional) • Multiple language on-screen menus • Network software support s static IP and DHCP • Support RS-485 remote control keyboard (Optional) 1.2 Product Application Diagram Connect the unit with other devices as shown in t ...
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User ’ s Manual 2. System Setup The notices and introduction on system installation will be described particularly in this chapter . Please follow the description to operate the unit. In order to prevent the unit from data loss and system damage that caused by a sudden power fluctuation, use of an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) is highly reco ...
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User ’ s Manual Connecting Required Devices Before power up the unit, you should connect cameras and a main monitor to the unit for basic operation. If needed, c onnect a call monitor for displaying full screen video of all instal led cameras in sequence. Connecting Short-term Device If you plan to install any short-term devices to the DRT16 / DR ...
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User ’ s Manual V ideo Input A group of BNC connectors are availa ble for video input streams from installed cameras. The number of c onnectors is equal to the number of channels; the DRT16 / DRT8 DVR has 8/ 16 BNC connectors on the rear panel, respectively . V ideo Looping Plenty of BNC connectors are positioned on the real panel for looping out ...
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User ’ s Manual LAN Connector (RJ-45) The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR is capable of networki ng. The LAN port opens the door of DRT16 / DRT8 DVR to Ethernet. USB Connector (x2) There are two USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel for users to connect external USB devices to the unit, such as ThumbDrive or CD-ROM. ® Power Jack The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR has a free volta ...
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User ’ s Manual 3.1 Front Panel Introduction The front panel controls enable user to control the unit and preset the programmable functions. 3.1.1 LED Definition The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR LEDs on the front panel are described as follows. Power LED (Green) The LED lit during the period when the correct power is connected. Network LED (Green) The LED sh ...
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User ’ s Manual 3.1.2 Function Keys The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR functional keys on the front panel for normal operation are described as follows. NOTE: The left HDD should be set to “Master” and the right one should be set to “Slave”. CHANNEL • When in both Live and Playback modes, press the CHANNEL key to view the corresponding vide o in full ...
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User ’ s Manual FREEZE • Press FREEZE while viewing li ve image, the liv e video will be frozen. The date / time information shown on the monitor will continue updating. Press FREEZE again to return to live mode. • Press FREEZE while playing th e recorded video, the playback video will be paused. Press LEFT / RIGHT to move the recorded video ...
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User ’ s Manual CALL/ COPY • In Live mode, press to enter call monitor control mode; press ESC to exit. • In Playback mode, press CALL to select the st art and end point of the video you want to export. More detailed information refer to Section 4.4 V ideo Export. Direction Keys • In Zoom mode, these keys function as Direction keys. • In ...
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User ’ s Manual <Power Off> Select this item to shut down the unit. Do not remove the power during shut down until the message “Y ou can safely turn off DVR now!” displays. <Reboot> Select this item to reboot the unit. The color bar and system checking information are displayed on the monitor until the unit is completely restarted ...
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User ’ s Manual Move the cursor up / down over the OS D items using the Direction keys and press ENTER to enter the selected sub-menu. 3.4 System Date / T ime Setting User can set the current date, time and other OSD p arameters in Date/T ime menu. The administrator ’s privileges are required for entering the submenu. In OSD Main menu, select & ...
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User ’ s Manual Date Display Mode This function allows user to set the OS D display type of t he date / time. There are three options to sele ct from: <Y/M/D>, <M/D /Y> or <D/M/Y>. “Y” represents “Y ear”, “M” represent s “M onth” and “D” represents “Day”. Move to the item and press ENTER, t he option star ...
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User ’ s Manual 3.5 Record Schedule / Quality Setting The Record Setup menu allows user to set recording quality , recording schedules, and other recording paramete rs. T o setup the recording quality and schedules, you have to enter t he OSD Setup Menu with correct Administrator's password. In the Main menu, move the cursor to <Record Se ...
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User ’ s Manual 3.5.2 Schedule Setup The Schedule Setup is used to set the day and night time, or weekend recording schedule. Select <Schedule Se tup> from the Record Setup menu and press ENTER; the followi ng menu is displayed. Schedule Setup 1. Day T ime S tart 2. Day T ime End 3. Night T i me S tart 4. Night T i me End 5. Weekend Schedul ...
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User ’ s Manual 4. Basic Operation The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR allows user to access some general operations through the front panel easily . The follo wing sections introduce the general operations of the unit. 4.1 V iewing Live / Playback Video The general functions in live and pl ayback mode are described in the following sections. 4.1.1 V iewing Mod ...
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User ’ s Manual • Press a CHANNEL key to view the corresponding camera in full screen. • Press ZOOM to enter a 2 × full screen zoom mode of the selected camera. • If you need to view specific area of the 2 × zoomed screen, use Direction keys to pan / tilt the zoomed ar ea around the original image. • Either press ZOOM again or ESC to le ...
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User ’ s Manual 4 × , 8 × , 16 × , or 32 × . RIGHT (Forward Playback) The key is used to play the recorded video fast forward. Press the key repeatedly to increase the speed of forward playback by 1 × , 2 × , 4 × , 8 × , 16 × , or 32 × . FREEZE Press FREEZE to pause the playback video. When the recorded video is paused, press LEFT / RIG ...
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User ’ s Manual The eight windows on the top side of the screen are used to view the Live video from channel 1 to channel 8 res pectively , and the other windows allow user to view Playback image from channel 1 to channel 8. 4.2 Sequence Setup This section introduce you how to view in sequence mode with both Main Monitor and Call Monitor , if con ...
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User ’ s Manual • Alternatively , press SEQ repeatedly to display the sequence of cameras previously programmed in Ca ll Monitor Schedule menu. • Press ESC to return the front p a nel to Main monitor control mode. 4.3 Searching Recorded V ideo The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR is capable of searching and playing back recorded video by date and time or eve ...
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User ’ s Manual NOTE: The date/time information will be shown on the screen with a DST icon if the Dayli ght Saving T ime function is enabled. “S” indicates summer time and “W ” indicates wintertime. 4.3.2 Searching by Event “Event List” allows you to search w anted video by event. The Event List is displayed as below figure: Event Li ...
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User ’ s Manual 4.4 V ideo Export The unit allows you to export want ed video to the built-in CD-RW/DVD+R W or an external device, such as a USB ThumbDrive ® , and save the video to *.drv file. If you want to export video to an external device, make sure the external storage has been connected to the DVR unit and the port has been set appropriat ...
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User ’ s Manual The whole process is described step by step in the following sections. 4.4.2 T o Export Normal V id eo T o Export normal video to exte rnal device, follow these step: • Press SEA RCH and play wanted normal video by entering date and time. Note if you are viewing in multiple channel mode, please make sure there is no window displ ...
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User ’ s Manual 4.4.3 T o Export Event V ideo T o export event video, follow thes e step s: • Press SEARCH and play wanted event video. T o play event video, refer to Section 4.3 Searchi ng Recorded V ideo. • After entering the playback mode, press CALL. The “ezBurn” window displays as below figure. The informa tion shown on it is for rea ...
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User ’ s Manual Purge All Event Dat a Select the item to delete all event video from database. Purge Event Before The item is used to delete event video t hat recorded before a specific date. The default of this item is <2000/01/01>. 4.6 Dome Control DRT16 / DRT8 DVR allows user to c ontrol a dome camera by the front panel. In Live mode, us ...
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User ’ s Manual 4.6.2 Dome Protocol Setup The Dome Protocol item lis ts the available dome pr otocols for communicating with dome cameras connected to the DRT16 / DRT8 DVR . From the Main menu, select <Camera Se tup> and press ENTER. T he following menu is displayed. Camera Setup 1. Camera Select 2. Dome Protocol 3. Dome ID 4. Camera T itle ...
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User ’ s Manual The ID number must match the ID address set by the dom e. The Unit ID is in the range of 1 to 255. The default ID is 224. Note that no two devices on the same bus should be given the same ID address, or a conflict may occur . The default DRT16 / DRT8 DVR RS-485 settings are 9600 Baud, 8 Data Bit s, 1 S top Bit and No Par ity . NOT ...
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User ’ s Manual Zoom In Use to zoom the dome camera in. This function is for user to choose the viewing area, more or less of it. ESC Use to leave dome control mode and return to live and full screen viewing mode. Auto / Enter • In OSD Menu mode, the key is used to make selection. • In dome control mode, this key is used to activate automatic ...
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User ’ s Manual 4.6.5 Setting Preset Point s The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR allows user to set preset positions; the amount of preset points depends on the dome manufacturer . Follow the steps to set preset point s. • Press a Channel key to view the corresponding camera in full screen. • Then press DOME to ent er dome control mode. • Use Direction ke ...
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User ’ s Manual 4.6.6 Calling Preset Point s Follow the steps to call preset point s. • Press a Channel key to view the corresponding camera in full screen. • Then press DOME to ent er dome control mode. • Press 2 to view the dome control Hin t Screen; press 2 again to toggle the Hint Screen. • Press 1 to access the Set/Go Preset function ...
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User ’ s Manual Appendix A: Technical Specifications All specifications are subj ect to change without notice. Specifications 8ch T riplex MPEG-4 DVR 16ch T riplex MPEG-4 DVR V ideo Operation System Embedded (Linux) Video S tand NTSC/P AL switch selectable Video Operation T riplex+ (Live, Record, Playback, Remote, and Internet access) Resolution- ...
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User ’ s Manual Playback Playback Play , S top, Pause, Rewind, Forward, Search Playback Speed Adjustment Y es (1x, 2x, …32x) Retrieve Date/T ime, Event S torage Build-in Storage X2 A T A 133/ UDMA 133 IDE, HDD/CD-RW Built-in HDD Up to 2 built-in HDDs Export X3 USB2.0 ports, support ThumbDrive ® and CD-RW Alarm Alarm Input X16, T erminal Block ...
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User ’ s Manual Appendix B: Record Duration The record duration relates to recording ra te, image quality and HDD capacity . Refer to the following table. NOTE: Record duration times are based on actual tests and represent average file sizes. Performance may vary depend ing on specific installations and use. Audio recording requires 8 KB per seco ...
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User ’ s Manual Number of Days of Recording @60PP S ( without Audio) Recording Rate Recording Picture Quality Mode Low Fair Mid High Best Total Images Per Second NTSC Total Images Per Second PAL NTSC (5 KB) PAL (5 KB) NTSC (8 KB) PAL (8 KB) NTSC (11 KB) PAL (11 KB) NTSC (14 KB) PAL (14 KB) NTSC (17 KB) PAL (17 KB) 160 GB Internal Storage 60 50 5. ...
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User ’ s Manual 600 GB Internal Storage 60 50 51.4 61.7 22.0 26.5 14.0 16.8 10.3 12.3 8.1 9.7 30 25 102.9 123.5 44.1 52.9 28.1 33.7 20.6 24.7 16.2 19.5 15 12.5 205.8 246.9 88.2 105.8 56.1 67.3 41.2 49.4 32.5 39.0 7.5 6.25 41 1.5 493.8 176.4 21 1.6 1 12.2 134.7 82.3 98.8 65.0 78.0 40 ...
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