Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AR821-CKT001 Kguard
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D VR with Cloud T echnology USER MANU AL Au rora Series Default user name: admin Default password: 123456.
ENGLISH Pre face 2 DVR User ’ s Manual About this Manual The material in this documen t is for inf ormaon purpose and is subject to change without prior noce. W e made every e ort to ensur e that this user ’ s manual is accur ate and c omplete.
ENGLISH Pre face DVR User ’ s Manual 3 Saf ety In forma on W arning This is the symbol f or indicang any pot enal hazard, risk or condion requiring special a enon. The user needs to re fer to the import ant operang and maintenance or servicing instrucons.
ENGLISH Conten ts 4 DVR User ’ s Manual Con t ents About this Manual .................................................................................................................... 2 FCC Compliance Sta tement ...................................
ENGLISH Conten ts DVR User ’ s Manual 5 Display Se tup .................................................................................................................. 34 Display ....................................................................
ENGLISH Conten ts 6 DVR User ’ s Manual Sengs ........................................................................................................................... 65 Load Def ault Sengs ..................................................
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Intr oducon DVR User ’ s Manual 7 In troducon Product Ov erview Fron t Panel HDD LINK POWER 4 CH 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 1) Menu: Press t o enter the menu. 5) IR receiv er: Receives inc oming remote con trol commands. 2) Esc: Press t o exit the curren t menu.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Intr oducon 8 DVR User ’ s Manual 16-Channel DVR VGA HDMI DC+12V IN USB E-SA TA AUDIO OUT CVBS OUT RJ45 GND ALM IN NO COM GND 485A 485B GND 12 34 AUDIO IN 12 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 VIDEO IN 9 2 4 6 5 12 11 10 7 8 1 1) Po wer Input: Connects to the power adapt er .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Intr oducon DVR User ’ s Manual 9 R emote Con trol 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 MENU PTZ EXIT ST ANDBY LOGIN/LOCK OK RECORD STOP EXTRA AUDIO MUTE 2 3 5 7 11 12 14 17 18 20 22 9 4 6 1 10 13 15 19 21 23 16 8 1) Login/Lock: Press to login/lock the main menu.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Intr oducon 10 DVR User ’ s Manual Mouse The DVR is supplied with a USB mouse that y ou can use to oper ate the DVR. Simply plug in the supplied mouse int o the USB mouse connector a t the rear panel of the device.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted DVR User ’ s Manual 11 Geng St art ed Inst alling the Har d Disk Drive Depending on the package y ou have pur chased, the hard disk drive ma y be included in the full package. If it is not pre-inst alled, follow the ins tallaon instrucons on this user manual.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted 12 DVR User ’ s Manual Step 3: Secur e HDD Align the HDD to the holes on the DVR c ase and secure the HDD using the four (4) supplied scr ews. Step 4: R eplace the cover A ach the cover and the scr ews back in place.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted DVR User ’ s Manual 13 Making Connecon Basic Connecon 4-Channel / 8-Channel DVR AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN AUDIO IN VIDEO OUT RJ45 USB 2.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted 14 DVR User ’ s Manual Camera 16-Channel DVR VGA HDMI DC+12V IN USB E-SA TA AUDIO OUT CVBS OUT RJ45 GND ALM IN NO COM GND 485A 485B GND 12 34 AUDIO IN 12 16 .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted DVR User ’ s Manual 15 Connecng to Other Devices 4-Channel / 8-Channel DVR AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN AUDIO IN VIDEO OUT RJ45 USB 2.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted 16 DVR User ’ s Manual VGA HDMI DC+12V IN USB E-SA TA AUDIO OUT CVBS OUT RJ45 GND ALM IN NO COM GND 485A 485B GND 12 34 AUDIO IN 12 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted DVR User ’ s Manual 17 Eas y Ne twork Setup The outstanding f eatur e of this DVR is that you do not need t o do any complica ted network se ngs to set up the DVR for r emote live view on smart phone/pad/w eb browser s (MyKguard) or uploading images t o Cloud.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted 18 DVR User ’ s Manual Step 2: Login t o MyKguard Open your comput er IE browser (IE8 or abo ve) and enter h p://www .mykguar d.com in the URL bo x. Enter the DVR ID and passwor d on Quick Login . Then click Login .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted DVR User ’ s Manual 19 Basic Connecon for Uploading Imag es to Cloud Step 1: Connect the D VR to netw ork a. Connect the power adapt er to the DVR. See “Making Connecon” on page 13. b. Connect a RJ-45 cable from the LAN port on the back of the D VR to an av ailable port on a router .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted 20 DVR User ’ s Manual b. Via scanning QR code A “QR code” also appear s on the screen a er clicking AcveCloud . Using your smart phone/pad, simply scan the QR c ode and conrm the link to acva te the Dropbo x cloud stor age.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted DVR User ’ s Manual 21 Setup Wiz ard The Setup Wizar d will appear the rst me y ou start the D VR. It will guide you to congur e inial DVR sengs including me setup, network setup, and other basic se ngs.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted 22 DVR User ’ s Manual Basic Setup Click Time tab to c ongure the dat e and me sengs. See “Date/Time” on page 33 . Click DST tab to congur e the Daylight Saving Time sengs. See “DS T (Dayligh t Saving Time)” on page 34 .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted DVR User ’ s Manual 23 If you are using PPP oE connecon, select PPPoE t ab. Specify User name and Pass word.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Geng St arted 24 DVR User ’ s Manual HDD Setup Display the HDD s tatus and capacity . T o forma t the HDD, check the F ormat box and click F ormat . Overwrite: Select an ov erwrite interv al opons. By days : Dene the beginning da te of the les that will be overwri en.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Oper ang the DVR DVR User ’ s Manual 25 Oper a ng the D VR Logging in Enter the user name and pass word bef ore ent ering the Main menu. Note: The def ault user name and password ar e: User name: admin Pass word: 123456 Main Screen Once you turn on the DVR, the liv e view screen appear s.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Oper ang the DVR 26 DVR User ’ s Manual T ask Bar T o open the task bar , do one of the following: • Right -click on any place on the scr een. • Press the Menu buon on the r emote contr ol. T o access the Main menu or other common funcons, click the respecv e icon.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Oper ang the DVR DVR User ’ s Manual 27 Click to switch t o 4-window display . Click to switch t o 6-window display . Click to switch t o 8-window display .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Oper ang the DVR 28 DVR User ’ s Manual Click to switch t o 9-window display . Click to st art/st op rota on of channel display . T o customiz e the auto sequence or der , see “ Auto Sequence” on page 36 . Click to access the Color Setup menu.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Oper ang the DVR DVR User ’ s Manual 29 Click to access the V olume Contr ol bar . - Drag the slider t o adjust the volume lev el. Click to turn mute on or o . Click to access the PTZ Contr ol panel. • Select the desired channel.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Oper ang the DVR 30 DVR User ’ s Manual Click to open the video playback scr een. Select the desired me slot that y ou want to pla y . T o play in full screen, click a channel. See “Pla ying Videos” on page 57 f or more details.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 31 Conguring D VR Se ngs Main Menu Main Menu Record Search Log Search Logout HD D e-SATA (16-channel only ) Disk management Advance Alarm Network COMM P.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 32 DVR User ’ s Manual Click to en ter the Main menu. Select one of the menu opons and congur e the necessary sengs: Basic menu Congure the s yst em, date/me, displa y , record, and user sengs.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 33 Basic Menu Sy st em Setup Device name: Enter the desir ed name for the D VR. The name can be composed of alphanumeric char acters and is used to idenfy this device in your list of acv ated DDNS acc ounts.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 34 DVR User ’ s Manual Time zone: Select the me z one in your loca on. Note: In the USA, EST (E astern St andard Time) is GMT -5:00, where PST (P acic Standar d Time) is GMT -8:00. The UK is GMT +0:00, and the Eas t Coast of Austr alia is GMT +10:00.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 35 Time/Name: Choose to hide or display the r ecording da ta (me, dat e, or channel) during recording. See “ Overlay Sengs” on page 36. Copy CH/T o CH: Select to cop y the current sengs t o all channels or one specic channel.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 36 DVR User ’ s Manual • Overla y Sengs Use these sengs to include a dat e/me and camer a name on a video stream per channel. In Time/Date, click Se ngs and select the channel that you wan t to set the overla y sengs.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 37 Mode : Allows to c ongure how man y channels are display ed on the screen. The a vailable opons include 1 x 1 (one channel in full screen), 2 x 2 (f our channels), 3 x 3 (nine channels) , 4 x 4 (sixteen channels) depending on the number of DVR channels.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 38 DVR User ’ s Manual Rec ord Setup Basic Set the audio funcon and recor ding mode for each channel. Enable: Check to enable or uncheck to disable the rec ord mode f or a channel. Audio: Check to enable the audio recor ding for a channel.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 39 Note: If the recor d mode seng is set to 960H, it is r ecommended to use a 600 TVL or higher resoluon c amera. Frame r at e: Select how many images per sec ond the DVR will recor d.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 40 DVR User ’ s Manual • Recor ding Schedule Setup Y ou can also double-click the me slot to set the r ecording mode and schedule. Start me/End me : Ent er the Start me and End me informa on when the recor ding begins and ends.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 41 • Conguring Other Users In Basic user menu you can specify the user name, passwor d, MAC address and allow the binding client MAC or not. User name : Select a name for the user you wan t to dene.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 42 DVR User ’ s Manual • Authorizing Other Users The administr ator can gr ant access rights to user s in the following cat egories: • Basic (sy stem, dat a/me display , recor d) • Advanced (Alarm, Netw ork, COMM, P .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 43 Note: • It is advised to av oid using wireless camer as with any of the moon r ecording equipment.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 44 DVR User ’ s Manual • Moon Schedule Setup Prior dening the moon schedule, mak e sure the channel you w ant to associate it with is Enabled . In Schedule, click Sengs and double- click the me slot to set the schedule.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 45 Note: Be sure to c omplete the E-mail and DNS server se ngs befor e enabling this funcon. Alarm output: If an alarm device is connected, check the bo x to mak e the device sound the alarm when moon is detect ed.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 46 DVR User ’ s Manual • Sensor Schedule Setup In Schedule, click Sengs and double- click the me slot to set the schedule. Start me/End me : Ent er the Start me and End me informa on when the sensor detecon begins and ends.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 47 Note: Be sure to c omplete the E-mail and DNS server se ngs befor e enabling this funcon. Alarm output: If an alarm device is connected, check the bo x to mak e the device sound the sensor when trigger ed.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 48 DVR User ’ s Manual Others Customiz e the even t(s) alarm sengs. Disk error: Select Enable to trigger the alarm if the DVR has tr ouble to access or detect the har d disk drive. Disk full: Select Enable to trigger the alarm when the hard disk drive is full.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 49 LAN T o access the DVR ov er local area netw ork, you need to congur e the LAN parame ters of y our DVR Prior congurin.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 50 DVR User ’ s Manual PPPoE Select if you are using PPP oE connecon. With PPP oE (Point -to- Poin t Protocol o ver Ethernet), y our DVR is most lik ely connect ed to a DSL modem, and your ISP has supplied you with an authenc aon user name and passwor d to the Internet.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 51 Sub-str eam The sub-stream is the video s tream that the DVR will send t o remote devices via a network or the In ternet. It is the lower -quality str eam as a reducon in video siz e, using constan t bit -rat e and thus making it easier to send over a netw ork.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 52 DVR User ’ s Manual DDNS DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is a service that regist ers a domain name and the oang IP address with a DDNS server so that the domain name can be rout ed to the IP address ev en if the IP is changed in a dynamic IP sy stem.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 53 Sending interv al: Select an e-mail sending interval. Mail server(SMTP): Enter the SMTP Server of the sending e-mail server . If you do not know the SMTP mail server address, please consult with the e-mail service pr ovider or check the informa on on their web page.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 54 DVR User ’ s Manual Cloud A t present, your D VR supports the Dropbo x cloud stor age. Bef ore seng up the cloud stor age on the DVR, mak e sure your Dr opbox accoun t has been creat ed and acve (Dropbo x website: www .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 55 PTZ Setup Here y ou can congure the D VR to be able to oper ate PTZ devices. PTZ stands f or P an, Tilt & Zoom. The DVR is compa ble with many - but not all - PTZ devices av ailable.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 56 DVR User ’ s Manual Search: A er selecng date, me, video type, and channel, click to sear ch for r ecorded les. The sear ch results are display ed on the right window . First/Pr ev/Next/Las t: Click to brow se the search result pag e by page.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 57 Pla ying Videos Aer selecng dat e, me, video type, and channel, click Playback to en ter the playback mode in terf ace. The selected video le is display ed on the screen.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 58 DVR User ’ s Manual Playback Scr een (Hide Time Line) Playback Scr een (Hide Time Line and Control Bar) T rimming Videos T o mark the st art and.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 59 T o sav e the trimmed video, click the icon. Select the le that y ou want to sa ve and check the Back up box. Then click Backup to sa ve the le int o the selected USB drive.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 60 DVR User ’ s Manual Disk Managemen t HDD Forma ng HDD Display s the HDD connected to the int ernal SA T A port. T o make sur e that the hard disk driv e is properly set, it is important t o congure the har d disk drive sengs bef ore its inial usage.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 61 Managing USB Disk Drive Click Manage to vie w or delete le(s) stor ed in the USB disk drive. T o delete f older(s)/le(s), check the respecve bo x(es) and click Delete .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 62 DVR User ’ s Manual Inf ormaon Device Display the D VR informa on including the device name and ID , serial number , rmwar e version, MA C address, and DVR ID . The device inf ormaon is mainly used by the technical support, in the e vent that you r equire assist ance.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 63 Rec ord Display the specic channel r ecording sengs including video resoluon, frame r ate, quality , and recording capacity (per hour). Click Exit to close the curren t screen.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 64 DVR User ’ s Manual Manual Reboot Click Reboot t o reboot the DVR. A message appear s, click Ye s to conrm the oper aon. Set Aut o Maintenance T o maintain the oper aonal int egrity of the DVR, it is rec ommended to reboot your D VR periodically .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs DVR User ’ s Manual 65 Updat e Sys tem Firm ware Use this fea ture to upda te the rmwar e with the latest v ersion. Download the rmwar e folder named “ dvrupgr ade” and save the f older in a USB ash drive.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Conguring D VR Sengs 66 DVR User ’ s Manual Load Def ault Sengs Use this fea ture to r estor e the factory def ault sengs of the DVR. In Load fact ory default sengs, click Sengs to load the def ault sengs.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client DVR User ’ s Manual 67 W eb Client Use W eb Client to r emotely access the DVR at an yme. Bef ore accessing W eb Client f or rst me: • Ensure that the Ne twork sengs of the DVR is pr operly congured.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client 68 DVR User ’ s Manual Int erf ace Overview Aer you login t o W eb Client, the Live screen appear s. Note: The number of channels display ed may vary depending on the D VR model. The illustra on below is from a 8-channel DVR.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client DVR User ’ s Manual 69 Swit ching Screen Modes The Live scr een can be viewed in di erent modes. Click the respecve icon on the t ask bar to swit ch to di erent displa y mode. Click to switch to F ull Window mode.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client 70 DVR User ’ s Manual Video Pla yback Click Playback t ab remotely sear ch, play , and download recor ded videos. Searching and Pla ying Videos Congure the sear ch opons (see “Search” on page 55 ). Click to switch be tween Recor d List and Search R esult Pag e.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client DVR User ’ s Manual 71 Downloading R ecorded Videos Click to download the video to y our local hard disk. See “Loc al Sengs” on page 77 f or details on seng download path f older . Select the box of the les that you w ant to download.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client 72 DVR User ’ s Manual Congur e Sengs Click Congure t ab to remotely c ongure the DVR. The av ailable menu opons and seng congur aons are v ery similar to the DVR sy stem menu. Note: The relev ant page r efer ence for addional inf ormaon is list ed on each menu item.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client DVR User ’ s Manual 73 Dat e/Time Congure the da te, me, and dayligh t saving me sengs. • Select the Date/Time t ab to congur e the date and me sengs. R ef er to “Date/Time” on pag e 33 .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client 74 DVR User ’ s Manual Rec ord Customiz e the rec ording sengs and schedule. Re fer t o “Recor d Setup” on page 38 . User Change the passwor d and authorize user s and set the access rights in using the DVR.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client DVR User ’ s Manual 75 Alarm Customiz e the moon, sensor , video loss, and other even t(s) recording se ngs. • Select the Moon tab to cus tomiz e the moon recording se ngs. Ref er to “Moon” on page 42 .
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client 76 DVR User ’ s Manual COMM Congure In ternet rela ted applicaon sengs. Note: Be sure that the D VR network connecon is pr operly congured be for e proceeding with the folllo wing setup. • Select the MyKguard t ab to enable remote access the D VR via MyKguard.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: W eb Client DVR User ’ s Manual 77 Local Sengs Specify the local path direct ory to save do wnloaded videos, les, and snapshots. Set the rec ording length f or each video le (5/10/15/30 minutes) and click the corr esponding Browse buon to modify the path.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Appendix 78 DVR User ’ s Manual Appendix T r oubleshoong If you e xperience any problems in using the D VR, try the following soluons to these c ommon problems bef ore calling for service. If pr oblems persist, c ontact the cust omer service in your area.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Appendix DVR User ’ s Manual 79 Specica ons Model AR421 AR821 AR1621 No. of Channel 4 Channels 8 Channels 16 Channels Cloud Cloud Stor age Ye s Stor age Mode Schedule /.
ENGLISH Auror a Series: Appendix 80 DVR User ’ s Manual Model AR421 AR821 AR1621 Backup Method HDD , USB, Network Pow er Supply 12V /2A Opera ng T emperatur e (without HDD) -10°C to 55°C ( 14°.
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