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1. 9 3 4 SnapShot 9 3 5 Playback 10 3 6 Motion Detect 11 3 7 Camera Setting 12 3 8 MotionDetector Setting 13 3 9 Record Setting 14 3 10 ScheduleRecord Setting 15 a 15 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 16 I Chapter 1 Overview 1 1 Introduction VideoHome s 4eyeGrab is a surveillance USB device that has the ability to record 4 camera videos simultaneously Its unique design and easy connection through USB port provides 4 video input which makes real time monitoring and recording a breeze 4eyeGrab is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand it is especially ideal for your notebook and portable surveillance application 1 2 Features 4 video simultaneously display recording in one board Display capability Support for One screen Four screen Sequence display mode Supports full screen display Camera ID date time status display Camera rename support Recording capability Instant Schedule recording Adjustable Reco2. 4eyeGrab 4 video USB grabber for surveillance User s Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital Device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiated radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no grantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by tuning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice Changes or modificatio
3. MM DD Time AM PM hh mm gt The Purple Arrow on the bottom right of the Playback window returns you to the 4eyeGrab main screen MotionDetect gt Click on MotionDetect to allow the camera to record immediately upon detecting any sort of movements Camera will stop recording after 5 seconds when no movement is detected 11 Chapter 3 Operation gt The Alarm light Display will show up in the middle of the screen 3 7 Camera Setting gt Choose between PAL NTSC or pe y Black and White mode for your pa Ontsc camera s Sequence Time Setting Each Camera Display Time 2 Second 7 H H 33 73 gt Sequence Time Setting gt Each Eanes nee camera DiSpray lime lows you to specify the period of time between switching from one Each Camera Display Time 25 w ims camera screen to the next in Sop Sequence display Camera Camera I v OSD 66 gt Camera Speed Setting allows you to change your camera s speed Camera 4ll Color Adjustment rightness setting depend on your Computer ic CPU amp VGA speed Contrast 4 SWI s Switches four camera Hue display windows per second 5 SW s Switches five camera Display windows per second Each Camera Display Time Saturation Sharpness Setup display time in each camera e g If you choose 4 SW s and 25ms it will take a total of 100ms 4 multiples for 25 equals 100 for four display windows and a total of 900ms for switching to four
4. Yes 3 05 License agreement Click Yes 3 06 Finish Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime installation Click OK 3 07 License for Windows Media Tools Setup Click Yes 3 08 Windows Media Tools Setup Click Next 3 09 Create folder Click Yes 3 10 Installation Options Click Next 3 11 Installation Directory Click Finish 3 12 After Setup is completed Click OK 3 13 InstallShield Wizard is now complete Click Finish 3 14 Please restart your computer After AP software is installed correctly you should now see the following icon on your desktop 4eyeGrab Double click this icon to start the AP software Make sure that your 4eyeGrab unit is plugged into your USB2 0 port otherwise the AP will not be able to start Chapter 3 Operation 3 1 Display Mode 4eyeGrab AP Main Screen HeyeGrab Camera Camera Il Camera Ill Camera IV Sequence Camere All Camera Camera Il Camera lll Camera IV Secuenics Camera All Playback MotionDetect Camera Setting MotionDetector Settin Record Setting ScheduleRecord Setting g g g 2 Red color text represents the function running Green color text represents the function can be execute White color text represents the function can not execute at this time gt The camera screen will show up one by one when clicking on Camera I thro
5. display windows Subtract 100ms from 1 second equals to 900ms Note If you setup switching time shorter it might make unstable video display please setup this setting for best performance gt Clicking on Default will restore the original settings gt OSD allows you to rename your Cameras 12 Chapter 3 Operation 3 8 gt Under Camera All Color Adjustment you can adjust different values which includes Brightness Contrast Hue values Saturation Sharpness gt Clicking on Default will restore the original settings gt Click on OK to accept and save your settings gt Click on Cancel to return to 4eyeGrab s AP main screen without saving your settings MotionDetector Setting gt Here you can select which camera i MotionDetector to use Motion Detector recording Select Camera for MotionDetector gt Detector Sense Mode Low Middle and High you can LJcamerat Camera 1 select the sensitivity for your C Camera C Camera Iv camera before activating Motion Detector recording Detector Sense mode O Low Middle High gt Detecting Action Here you can specify what the action will do Detecting Action right after your camera s detect Ai any sort of movement C Alarm Play an audio file Cancel gt Recording will immediately start when Record is checked gt Selecting Alarm will play a preset alarm audio file immediately when Motion Detector recor
6. I get unstable video during preview and recording A3 If you are using Ultra DMA hard disk please updated latest driver of IDE ATA ATAPI controller Some motherboard bundled drivers are not latest version we suggest that you use XP system bundled driver How can get minimum number of dropped frames during video capture performance However you can still take some of the steps below in order to improve the performance 1 Enable Hard Disk drive DMA 2 Go to My Computer gt Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager gt Disk drives to setup 3 Have more available free space in your Hard Disk 4 If possible use a Hard Disk with speed of more than 7200 rotation per minute 5 Disable Power Management in BIOS 6 Close any other applications programs you re not currently using 7 Try not to run any other program s during recording 8 Defrag your Hard Disk Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Q5 can preview video but when recording the system crashed hanged A5 1 Please make sure to install DirectX 9 0 or above on your system 2 See if you can update your video card driver to see if it s a direct draw issue 3 Your system might have too many programs open which are taking up memory Please close unnecessary programs 4 Please try and lower the hardware accelerator by the following My Computer gt Control Panel gt Display gt Settings gt Advanced gt Performance to adjust it 17
7. ch camera s then click Find This will list all of the files recorded by that specific camera s 2 If you know the exact Date and or Time you can also choose to check the box beside Date and Time in order to look for the file s you recorded 3 If you are unsure of the exact Date and or Time you can still find your recorded file by inputting a Start and End date and or Start and End time gt Play Plays the video file you currently selected 1 Double click the file in the list that you want play 10 Chapter 3 Operation 3 6 2 Choose file and click Open to play gt Pause Pauses the current video being played gt Stop Stops the current video being played gt Slow 1 2x 1 3x 1 4x Slows down the speed of the current video being played gt Fast 2x 3x 4x Speeds up the current video being played gt Rewind 1x 2x 3x 4x Rewinds the current video being played gt SnapShot Captures the current frame on the video being played Captured image s are automatically saved to YYMMDD hhmmss avi file format YY Year MM Month DD Day hh Hour mm Minute ss Second gt Record Filelnfo Displays information about the current video being played Recording start time Recording end time Size of the file Duration of the video gt Quickly Seeking File Allows you to quickly search for a video file recorded in your Record directory specify the date first then pressing Seek format Date YYYY
8. ding starts gt Click on OK to accept and save your settings 13 Chapter 3 Operation gt Click on Cancel to return to 4eyeGrab s main screen without saving your Settings 3 9 Record Setting gt Audio Here you can select which RecorderSet camera to record Audio psa F None Note audio can only be O Cameral O Camerall O Cameralll Cameral recorded on one camera at a Time stamp time Camera All V Cameral V Camerall V Cameralll M Cameral gt Time stamp You can specify Frame Rate whether or not Time Stamp will Camera All 30 show up while recording from your pares a ee A Cameralt 30 camera s CamerallI 30 Cameraly 30 gt You can change the Frame Rates Record Dir And mode O Linear Circular of your camera s C Program Files VideoHome teyeGrab Record a gt Record Dir And mode otal Space 9 8G Free Space 1 0G 1 Linear mode allows you to keep recording until there is only about 30Mbs of free space left on your Hard Disk 2 Circular mode allows you to keep recording by going back on your current recorded file and overwrites it as needed if there s not enough available free space on your Hard Disk 3 You can change your Default saving path of your recorded videos if you wish to do so Change the path by typing in the text box or by selecting a new folder by pressing the button located on the right of the path gt Click on OK to accept and save
9. ns not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment CE DECLARATION This device complies with CE These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interface in a residential installation Printed in TAIWAN R O C No 01091506 All contents are subject to change without notice All trademarks are the property of their respective owner Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview 1 1 1 Introduction 1 1 2 Features rana a a a 1 1 3 Specifications 2 1 4 Minimal System Requirements 2 1 5 Package Contents 2 Chapter 2 Installation 3 2 1 Hardware Device Description 3 2 2 Driver amp Device Installation 4 2 3 Application Software Installation 6 Chapter 3 Operation 7 3 1 Display 7 3 2 Recorder e e 8 3 3 FUIl Screen
10. ntel Pentium 4 1Ghz or above or equivalent AMD processor 128MB of RAM Win2k SP4 or WinXP SP1 and above 1 5 Package Contents 4eyeGrab unit 4eyeGrab driver and software CD User s Manual Chapter 2 Installation x Please make sure that your computer has USB2 0 port correctly installed and functioning before installation Steps 1 Install Driver see 2 21 2 Plug in 4eyeGrab unit see 2 24 3 Install 4eyeGrab AP software see 2 31 2 1 Hardware device description USB 2 0 Connector USB 2 0 connector Connect to USB 2 0 port of your computer Composite video input Composite video input from external A V device e g Surveillance Camera Chapter 2 Installation 2 2 Driver Installation Xx Please do not connect 4eyeGrab to the computer s USB port before driver installation 2 2 1 Please insert Multimedia Installation Kit CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Run E 4eyeGrab Driver Setup exe assuming CD ROM drive in E drive InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for USB Video Audio Device Driver The InstallShield Wizard will install USB Video Audio Device Driver on your computer To continue click Next J Cancel Click Next 2 2 2 Complete Setup Wizard InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing USB Video Audio Device Driver your computer Click Finish 2 2 3 After completing Setup Wizard please restart your comp
11. r cameras Chapter 3 Operation Recorded file save to YYMMDD_hhmmss avi file name YY Year MM Month DD Day hh Hour mm Minute ss Second 3 3 FullScreen gt Click on FullScreen to view your current camera s in full screen mode Double click the full screen mode will back to normal mode 3 4 SnapShot gt During one video display window include sequence display click on SnapShot will allow you to capture an image of the current viewing camera screen gt After SnapShot the captured image will show up on the snapshot window right click on the captured image in order to choose Save Delete Preview Print Captured image s are automatically saved to YYMMDD hhmmss avi file format YY Year MM Month DD Day hh Hour mm Minute ss Second Chapter 3 Operation 3 5 Playback gt Click on Playback to bring up the Playback window Playback FileName CameraID Event TimeStamp Start Date StartTime End fr al T SEEEEE al Record FileInfo Search option Camera Cameral v Date 2006 9 6 a CITime F4 05 13 a Quickly Seeking File Start Date 2006 9 6 v EndDate 2006 9 6 Date 2006 9 6 y Time FF 05 13 Cl Start Time FF 05 13 el a EndTime F 05 13 9 2 gt Video Output Screen Shows the current video being played gt There are several ways to find the file you recorded 1 In the Search option specify whi
12. rding frame rate Supports Linear or Circular overwrite mode Allows independent recording on Multiple cameras Time stamp support Audio recording support Camera ID start date time logged into database Selectable Recording drive Playback capability Record Information display Powerful video search engine allows you to search by time mode date mode camera ID and so on Scroll bar to search the video you needed Exact date time and length display Playback speed control Rewind Replay support Snapshot support during playback Print support for image capture Chapter I Overview Motion Detector Camera Select Support Detecting Sense Low Mid High set support Detecting Action Record Alarm set support Alarm light Display 1 3 Specifications eeeoeeoe 0008 808 8 Display frame rate Up to 30fps NTSC 25fps PAL for one video input and 2 3fps for four video input Highest recording frame rate Up to 30fps NTSC 25fps PAL Lowest recording frame rate 1 fos NTSC 1 fps PAL Audio recording supports one camera only Still image capture 640 x 480 JPG format Analog video 4 analog video input RCA port Video system NTSC PAL multi system support Recording file size 400MB per day based on low mode and 1fps Compression type MPEG 4 4 Minimum System Requirements Video Card system with onboard graphics chip is not recommended USB 2 0 equipped computer I
13. ugh IV individually in four display window gt Click on Camera All will show all of the camera on four display window simultaneously Double click one of four display window will change to one display window mode Chapter 3 Operation gt Click on Sequence will show the Cameras one in one display window at a time Each Camera s Display Time in Sequence mode is determined under the Sequence Time Setting in Camera Setting mode see p 11 3 7 Double click one of the four display windows will fix the camera video source gt Right click Function Display j Recorder j bont Exit Always On Top 1 Display Here you can choose to display any camera all of the cameras at the same time 2 Recorder Here you can start recording from any camera all of the cameras you choose 3 About Show the current version of 4eyeGrab AP software installed on your system 4 Exit Close 4eyeGrab software 5 Always on Top Makes your 4eyeGrab window be displayed above all other windows in order to avoid focus stealing 3 2 Recorder Mode gt The camera screen will be recorded one by one when clicking on Camera through IV individually gt Click on Camera All will record all of the camera on screen Simultaneously each camera video record individually four camera video file gt During sequence mode click on Sequence will record all of the Cameras at the same video window one video file for fou
14. uter Chapter 2 Installation 2 2 4 After computer is restarted please plug the 4eyeGrab device into your computer s USB2 0 port System will detect your new device and install completely 2 2 5 In order to check whether or not your 4eyeGrab driver was installed successfully Go to My Computer gt Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager amp Device Manager File Action View Help e MYf a e aea zna VIDEOHOME 8N SL Computer Se Disk drives 2 Display adapters DYD CD ROM drives gy Human Interface Devices Sy IDE ATA ATAPI controllers ae Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices Monitors BB Network adapters NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator y Ports COM amp LPT SB Processors Sound video and game controllers Audio Codecs Legacy Audio Drivers Legacy Video Capture Devices Media Control Devices Realtek AC 97 Audio Tea AJY Converter Video Codecs System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Chapter 2 Installation 2 3 Application Software 4eyeGrab Installation 3 01 Please insert Multimedia Installation Kit CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Run E 4eyeGrab AP Setup exe assuming CD ROM drive in E drive 3 02 Welcome to the InstallShield wizard Click Next 3 03 Choose your destination location Click Next 3 04 Install Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime Setup Click
15. your settings gt Click on Cancel to return to 4eyeGrab s main screen without saving your settings 14 Chapter 3 Operation 3 10 ScheduleRecord Setting gt TimeSet Select from Camera I IV StheduleRecorder Only selectable when box is EER Camera select checked in Camera Select Ceameral C camerali _ Cameralll _ Cameral gt Here you can pick and schedule Timeset your cameras to start recording Camera v and end on any specific date and j Start Date 2006 9 6 Time FF 05 06 time Your output file will 7 l automatically be saved as End Date 2006 9 6 vw Time FF 05 06 YYMMDD_hhmm format e g 060901_ 1315 gt Click on OK to accept and save your settings gt Click on Cancel to return to 4eyeGrab s main screen without saving your settings 3 11 Exit Close your 4eyeGrab AP software 15 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Q1 Q2 A2 Q3 Q4 The best recording performance depends on your computer system A4 16 Why can t my system detect 4eyeGrab A2 Make sure you enable USB2 0 in the motherboard BIOS setup Also please make sure that your system has the latest USB2 0 host driver For Win XP please upgrade to Service Pack 1 or above For Win2000 please upgrade to Service Pack 3 or above Why does the my system show High Speed device plug into Full speed USB port Please make sure your system support USB2 0 hardware port Why do
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