Q-See QC40108 User's Manual
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1. G IMPORTANT It is STRONGLY recommended to use a surge protector that is UL 1449 rated Look for a clamping voltage of 330 or lower a Joule rating of at least 400 and a response time of 10 nanoseconds or less PART 3 CONNECTING THE DVR TO YOUR DISPLAY To Connect to a VGA Monitor You will need to purchase a BNC to VGA converter box depending on model you may also need a BNC F to BNC F cable Connect the converter to the Video Out plug on the dongle and then to a monitor using a VGA cable NOTE You may use both the built in monitor and a connected monitor simultaneously with this DVR The image on the external display will be identical to that on the built in screen PART 4 DVR CONTROLS This DVR can be controlled through the USB mouse or by using the the remote control We have found that the majority of our customers prefer to operate their DVRs using the USB mouse because of its ease of use and flexibility and our manual is set up with this in mind The remote control allows you to perform most of the day to day functions from a convenient distance It functions as a typical remote control with additional buttons allowing you to navigate through menus and control functions We recommend that you configure your DVR using the mouse controls reserving the remote control for operations such as live viewing file search and playback FRONT AND SIDE PANELS The front panel of the DVR has minimal features to aid2. 000 24 00 Sa Period6 00 00 24 00 Cameras may be scheduled to record in different modes at different times of the day fi Regular Wy Alarm JMD Alarm Paste Default PICTURE 6 3 An example of such a mixed schedule is shown in Picture 6 4 In this example Camera 1 is scheduled to record if motion is detected MD from midnight to 8am and then records continu ously from 8am to noon Regular followed by a one hour motion detection recording segment until 1 m before returning to continuous record ing after that Then at the end of the day it is in motion detection mode from 5pm to midnight The scale running along the bottom of the menu ranges from O to 24 representing the hours of a day You can set starting and ending times to any specific minute you choose MOTION DETECTION RECORDING ar SCHEDULE Channel 1 yjPreRecordl4_Jsec Week Day Wed 7j Record Type Regular MD Alarm MD Alarm Period 1 00 00 08 00 a Period 2 08 00 12 00 Period 3 12 00 13 00 Period 4 13 00 17 00 ma Period5 17 00 24 00 a caeI KON 00010 24 00 E Regular Wimp Alarm J MD Alarm Paste Default PICTURE 6 4 There are three steps to scheduling the DVR to record on motion STEP 1 Return to the Record menu Picture 6 2 and designate which cameras will be recording in Motion Detection mode STEP 2 Next go to the Schedule Picture 6 3 menu as described above and set schedule for each camera STEP 3 Aft
3. QSee simplicity quality technology Quick Installation Guide For Bundles Featuring the QC40108 H 264 Network DVR gt a 8 Channel H 264 Compression All in One DVR with Variable CIF and D1 Recording Options PART 1 PACKAGE CONTENTS 4ors Manual and QC40108 DVR Color Cameras with Stands Software CD Pre Installed Ethernet Hard Drive Video Audio Dongle Cable Video and Power Power Supply Power Supply amp 4 or Camera Cable for DVR 8 Way Splitter One per Camera Remote Control The appearance of contents may differ from images shown Revised 9 8 11 PART 2 DVR CAMERA AND POWER CONNECTIONS STEP 1 Connect the Cameras to the Cables 1A Connect the Video Audio Dongle to the Audio Video Network port on the bottom of the DVR Connect both camera leads to the matching ends on the power video cable Repeat for all cameras a i Attach the BNC connector on the power video cable to one of the BNC connectors marked Video on the Video Audio Dongle Repeat for all cameras Connect the remaining connector to one of the ends on the power splitter Repeat for all cameras STEP 3 Connect the other power supply to the DVR STEP 2 Connect the single end of the power splitter to the included power supply STEP 5 Connect thesurge protector to an outlet i STEP 4 Connect both power supplies to a surge protector T
4. button This will delete ALL files on that device IMPORTANT USB hard drives must be formatted as FAT 32 Once you have selected the files press Start to begin the download A progress bar will be displayed showing estimated time remaining During the download the Start button will change to Stop You can stop the process at any time by pressing the button again You can also right click out of the menu once the file transfer has begun to go on to other activities without cancelling the download PICTURE 7 11 The files will be saved with the following naming format SN_CH channel number _TYPE_TIME Year Month Date Hour Minute Second Therefore a file shown on the DVR as being a regular record R being recorded on 01 04 11 starting at 2 00 00 would have a file name of 1_01_R_010411020000 dav The files can be played back using the software included on the CD accompanying this DVR QSee QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONTACT US PRODUCT SUPPORT DOWNLOADS FIRMWARE UPDATES amp MANUALS 24 7 Technical Resources Live Chat M F 9 5 PST www Q See com Support
5. er setting up the schedule go to the Main Menu and select the Setting menu Inside select the Detect window Red square in Picture 6 5 The Detect window will allow you to configure your camera and the actions the DVR will perform when motion is detected Under Event Type select Motion Detect Select your Channel or All and select the enable option to enable the camera for motion detection PICTURE 6 5 L DETECT Event Type Motion Detect Channel Enable B Region Select Sensitivity Period Set Anti dither Show Message Alarm upload Send Email W Record Channel Delay 10 sec Tour W Snapshot Buzzer Paste Default Cancel PICTURE 6 6 Next under Region click the Select button to set up the area of the camera display that you want to be sensitive to motion You will then see the camera s view overlaid with a grid The green box is the current loca tion of the cursor The red area is the sensi tive area and the clear area is not sensitive to motion Click the Fn button on the remote control to adjust the sensitivity of your mouse as you move the cursor After you have finished the setup click the Enter button on the remote control to exit Next set your sensitivity level from 1 to 6 6 being the most sensitive then click the Save button on the Detect screen to save the setting PART 7 PLAYING BACK FILES The Search and Playback window can be accessed through the Shortcut menu You can view the p
6. ext video in Playpack mode SPR E 5 Slow Play Multiple slow playback speeds and resumes normal playback Zoom out when in PTZ mode Play Pause Will open Playback Search mode Begins playback of selected video or pauses current video Adjust Iris light level in PTZ mode Previous Record Goes to previous video in Playback mode ene aaeanoa OOO Reverse Pause Rewind current video or resume normal playback Adjust Iris light icles in PTZ mode Select default button Go to main menu Multi view mode Cycle through available multi screen display modes 2 Record Opens recording interface Use directional keys to select recording mode and channel Directional Keys Navigate through menus Cycle through channels in single or 8 screen viewing mode Ea Control Playback progress bar in Playpack mode Control PTZ camera and switch menues in PTZ mode Function Opens volume control Switches PTZ control menu Use with Directional keys to set up Motion Detection 0 9 Keys Use in similar manner to phone keypad to enter password etc Push number to select desired channel for viewing t ee MOUSE CONTROL The mouse operates in a manner similar to how it is used on a conventional computer point and click right click double click and so on How these functions are used is based on the context of where they are used Some examples are LEFT CLICK Selecting an item Opening a menu Checking a box or motion detection sta
7. idual playbacks can be controlled separately A single channel can be paused rewound or sped up without affecting the playback of other channels Selecting the Stop button will end playback of that channel while the others if any continue to play back To end playback on all channels simply right click the mouse or move to another file using the buttons to the right of the playback bar PICTURE 7 8 PART 8 BACKING UP FILES The DVR supports backing up to USB flash drives hard drives burners and SD cards Plug in a USB device and go to the Main Menu and then clicking on the Backup icon will open the Backup window The Backup window will display any connected devices along with available space and status If you have a device connected to the USB port on the side of the DVR and it does not appear oress the Detect button If it still does not appear then use a different USB device PICTURE 7 9 Once an external USB device is detected pressing the Backup button will open a new window allowing you to select which files to back up You can select by channel start and end times as well as which type of event regular recording alarm motion detection or all of them Click to place a check mark in front of files you want backed up You can also select all the available files by selecting the box at the top of the list PICTURE 7 10 If you need to clear space on your external drive you can use the Erase
8. iew 4 lecting Record Color Setting Search Record Main Menu PICTURE 6 1 This will take you to the Record menu You can click the All option on the Manual row to start recording on all channels or you can select only ia RECORD the cameras that you want to begin recording To stop recording select the Stop option under eahedule each camera to cause that camera to cease re Manaa cording or you can selecting the All option in the Stop Stop row to cause all cameras to stop Record Mode All 12 Sees OOS Cancel PICTURE 6 2 SCHEDULED RECORDING To record on a schedule you will need to get to the Record menu as described above and select the cameras on the Schedule row instead of the Manual row Next go to the Main Menu and click on Settings and select Schedule This will open the Sched ule menu The DVR is programmed with all cameras set to record constantly by default You may set up your own schedule to meet your specific requirements A SCHEDULE Channel 1 PreRecord 4 sec There are six blocks of time you can use to schedule recording and each camera can be Week Day Wed Record Type Regular MD Alarm MD Alarm individually configured or they all may share the icone 00 00 Z 00 wae erio 00 00 24 00 same schedule In addition you may set up indi a ane T vidual schedules for each day or you may share Period 4 E 00 Period 5 24 the same schedule across every day oroc gt Q
9. in discretion The most important item is the Infrared sensor window This should be kept unobstructed if the remote control is to be used The two indicator lights show whether the DVR is currently recording and if it is powered up and operating even if the screen is dark In addition to the ports located on the underside of the DVR there are twin USB ports located on the right side of the monitor frame Either one can be used for the included USB mouse In addition either port can be used to upload firmware updates or to back up files by inserting a USB flash drive into the port Infrared Remote Receiver Window USB Ports Recording Indicator Power Status Power Switch 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 The Remote Control is intended to supplement use of the mouse by providing a simple interface for basic operation once the DVR is set up Certain functions such as PTZ control are simpler when using the remote control Num Name Function Power Button Turn on or shut down the DVR An additional security feature You can require the DVR to ask you to enter the Device Number found in the General Settings menu before being able to access the log in screen S Fast Forward Multiple fast foward speeds in Playback mode Zoom in when in PTZ mode 4 Next Record Goes to n
10. layback from any camera that was activate during the recording session PICTURE 6 7 1P Ap p 4p B StartTime Type L 14 00 00 R 16 00 00 R 17 00 00 R Start Time 08 19 10 13 20 00 749 10 1 KB Sere Number Function Number Function Number Playback Reverse 15 Window File List Fast Play l EE 2 9 3 File Information 10 Previous 17 Frame i Playback Progress Bar 5 T7 Play 14 Previous Channel 7 Volume Function The playback screen can be set to display the recordings from one camera or as many channels as you have SEARCH To begin a search for an event STEP 1 Enter the date to be searched You can also click on the clock icon to open the Calendar Highlighted dates have recorded files STEP 2 Enter the start time if Known or skip this field to search the entire day Select the type of event All Alarm Motion Detection MD or both Alarm and Motion Detection STEP 3 Select which channels you wish to view Each of the four slots is a pull down which allows you to select a specific channel You can leave these empty to view 1 3 channels You can also choose to view four channels at a time or all eight channels simultaneously STEP 4 Click on the Search icon and any records fitting your criteria will be listed in the column to the right of the screen Up to 128 files can be displayed and multiple tabs pages may be displayed in the search results depe
11. nding on the number of cameras you have as well as how you configured your playback display In the event that a camera is set to manually record the events will be broken up by hour PICTURE 7 2 PICTURE 7 3 N N A e PICTURE 7 4 16 00 00 R 17 00 00 R Start Time 08 19 10 15 00 00 End Time 08 19 10 15 59 00 Size KB 52736 PICTURE 7 5 Files will be listed by their start time In addition when the DVR records a file it also indicates a the type of recording and it will indicate this 1 P 2p 3p 4p one letter code after the file name m St B StartTime Type R Regular recording EE L 11 37 22 M A External alarm triggered recording 11 48 00 R M Motion detection triggered recording 11 54 00 A 12 10 00 M 13 00 00 R 14 00 00 R PICTURE 7 6 PLAYBACK Once you ve run your search you may select which videos you wish to review Fast Next Start Stop and Play Stop Play Frame firey Double click on the desired video file and playback will begin The playback controls operate as with a normal DVD player or computer media player with pause rewind etc In the case of multiple views the channel with the green outline around its video is the one that is being controlled You can switch between channels by clicking on the one you wish to control Reverse Previous Frame PICTURE 7 7 While all channels will display video from the same event indiv
12. te control to bring up the System Login window You can also right click the mouse to bring up the Pop Up Shortcut menu where you select Main Menu Log in using the Admin account using the virtual V SYSTEM LOGIN keyboard Username admin User Name jadmin Password admin Password PICTURE 5 1 Once you have logged in you will be presented with the Main Menu There are 6 icons Search Info Setting Advanced Backup and Shutdown PICTURE 5 2 SEARCH Find and playback files from the hard drive INFO Contains hard drive info system log version information and online users SETTING Most system configuration takes place in this window and its submenus Access General settings to set system time language hard drive overwrite file size and video display format The Encode submenu is where you set compression frame rate bit rate audio and sub stream You will also find schedule setup network setup motion detection setup display setup and default settings here ADVANCED Used for hard drive management manual recording account setup auto mainte nance and monitor output adjustment BACKUP Backup files from the hard drive SHUTDOWN Use this icon to safely shut down the system PART 6 SETTING DVR TO RECORD There are two modes for recording Manual Recording and Scheduled Recording MANUAL RECORDING You can get to the Manual Record menu by right View 1 clicking on the screen with the mouse and se V
13. tus Selecting letters numbers or symbols on the virtual keyboard DOUBLE CLICK Selecting an event for playback Selecting a screen to zoom into from multi screen mode View 1 RIGHT CLICK Exits any window Exits View 4 any menu or reopens View 8 previous menu Shortcut Menu Color Setting Search MOUSE WHEEL Page up or page down Record Switch items in check box A eee Increase or decrease numerical value in numerical input box CLICK AND DRAG Select motion detection zone Select privacy mask zone VIRTUAL KEYBOARD 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 various formats numbers upper case lower case and symbols by selecting the white keyboard symbol that will appear to the right of a field where text can be entered The symbol itself will change to show which keyboard format is available next Available keyboards include NUMBERS UPPER CASE LETTERS The keyboards are used by clicking on the desired character Spaces are entered using the L symbol and characters are deleted 427 5 6_ with the lt key Clicking outside of the 7 8 9 keyboard will close it STA ae SYMBOLS LOWER CASE LETTERS PART 5 ACCESSING THE DVR S MENUS When the system boots up it will be in multi screen mode Press Enter on the front panel the Enter Menu button on the remo
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