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1 U s e r M a n u a l H . 26 4 NE T W O R K D V R QT SERIES.
2 3 © 2010, 2012 Q-See. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights r eserved. This manual and software and har dware described her ein, in whole or in part, may not be repr oduced, translated, or reduced to any machine-r eadable form without prior written approval.
4 5 1. INTRODUCTION 7 For Your Safety 7 Features 8 2. CONNECTIONS AND CONTROLS 10 2.1 DVR Functions and Connections 10 2.2 Mouse 36 2.3 Remote Control 37 3. BASIC FUNCTIONS 38 3.1 Power On/Off 38 Power On and Login 38 Power Off 38 3.2 The Control Bar 39 3.
6 7 FOR YOUR SAFETY T o prevent damage to your Q-See pr oduct or injury to yourself or to others, read and understand the following safety precautions in their entir ety before installing or using this equipment. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the pr oduct will read them.
8 9 FEA TURES This DVR uses high-performance video processing chips and an embedded Linux operating system for quality image recor ding and ease of use. It utilizes numerous advanced technologies including the industry-standard H.264 compr ession to deliver high-quality , smooth videos and dual stream capability for r emote viewing.
10 11 Y ou may view this DVR using a standard 19” (or larger) VGA monitor or a television. The former is connected using the VGA port on the back panel while the television utilizes the BNC “Video Out” port on the back. Y our DVR is configured to use the VGA port as the main display .
12 13 1 10 11 3 5 2 4 2 6 8 9 7 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 12 13 ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 POWER Power On/Off 2 NUMBER BUTTONS Select individual channels and enter data where r equired 3 DIRECTION Navigates t.
14 15 ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 INDICA TOR LIGHTS Shows the recor ding, network and power status of the DVR. 2 INFRARED WINDOW Receives signals from the r emote control 3 VIDEO MODE BUTTON Press and hold 10 seconds (or until you hear a beep) to switch video output from the VGA port (default) to the BNC video out port.
16 17 1 2 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 FRONT P ANEL VGA SPOT DC 12V VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 USB NET ALARM OUT P/Z Y Z A 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 B RS485 ALARM.
18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 FRONT P ANEL Y Z RS485 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT SPOT USB LAN VGA VIDEO IN GND GND COM NO P/Z A B K/B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALARM IN 1234 2 3 5 4 1 6 7 8 .
20 21 QT446 FRONT P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 POWER ( Behind flip-down panel) Puts the DVR into standby mode or wakes it up from standby mode. 2 USB PORT ( Behind flip-down panel) Used for external USB backup devices. 3 NUMBER P AD Enter channel numbers.
22 23 QT4332 QT4532 FRONT P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 POWER ( Behind flip- down panel) Puts the DVR into standby mode or wakes it up from standby mode. 2 USB PORT ( Behind flip-down panel) Used for external USB backup devices. 3 NUMBER P AD Enter channel numbers.
24 25 QT504 FRONT P ANEL BACK P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 RECORD Begins manual recor ding Controls Focus in PTZ mode 2 PLA Y Begins playback 3 REWIND Rewinds video Controls camera speed in PTZ mode 4 .
26 27 QT526 FRONT P ANEL BACK P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 IR RECEIVER Receives signals from r emote control 2 NUMBER BUTTONS Select individual channels for full screen view 3 DIRECTION Selects multi-s.
28 29 1 3 5 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 2 1 3 5 4 11 12 14 16 13 15 6 7 8 10 9 2 QT528 FRONT P ANEL BACK P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 IR RECEIVER Receives signals from r emote control 2 NUMBER BUTTONS Select.
30 31 QT518 FRONT P ANEL BACK P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 POWER ( Behind flip-down panel) Puts the DVR into standby mode or wakes it up from standby mode. 2 USB PORT ( Behind flip-down panel) Used for external USB backup devices. 3 NUMBER P AD Enter channel numbers.
32 33 QT5116 FRONT P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 POWER ( Behind flip-down panel) Puts the DVR into standby mode or wakes it up from standby mode. 2 USB PORT ( Behind flip-down panel) Used for external USB backup devices. 3 NUMBER P AD Enter channel numbers.
34 35 QT536 FRONT P ANEL ITEM NAME FUNCTION 1 POWER ( Behind flip-down panel) Puts the DVR into standby mode or wakes it up from standby mode. 2 USB PORT ( Behind flip-down panel) Used for external USB backup devices. 3 NUMBER P AD Enter channel numbers.
36 37 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 Item Button Function 1 POWER Soft power down switch. Use this before unplugging the DVR 2 INFO Get information about the DVR such as HDD space and firmware v.
38 39 Screen Display Mode Dwell Volume Snapshot Playback PTZ Record Color Zoom Move Control Bar Menu 3.1 POWER ON/OFF Before turning on the DVR, ensure that all connections ar e good. POWER ON AND LOGIN Connect the power supply and the DVR will power up.
40 41 DISPLA Y MODE By clicking on the display mode buttons on in the Control Bar you can quickly configure how your cameras’ video feeds are displayed. The settings her e will temporarily override the default configuration made in the Main Monitor tab in the Live menu (see Section 4.
42 43 3.3 LIVE VIEWING AND RECORDING SWITCHING VIDEO OUTPUT The DVR is normally configured to output video signal to a 19” or larger monitor thr ough the VGA port on the back.
44 45 PICTURE 3-11 PICTURE 3-12 PICTURE 3-13 PICTURE 3-14 Play/ Pause Rewind Screen Display Mode Volume Hide T ool Bar Exit Frame Advance Zoom Color T rim Backup Previous Record Play/ Pause Stop Fast .
46 47 4.1 BASIC CONFIGURA TION This chapter is intended to help you get your DVR up and running before you activate any advanced features which ar e covered in later chapters. Y ou can use the mouse, remote control and the buttons on the fr ont of the DVR to operate your system, but for convenience, we will be discussing operations using the mouse.
48 49 Date & Time T ab Set date, time, time format and related configurations in this menu. PICTURE 4-5 PICTURE 4-6 Sy ste m Sy ste m DST DS T Da te & Tim e Dat e & Ti me BA SIC BA S IC D.
50 51 Spot T ab This allows select feeds to be viewed on a separate monitor that is connected to the DVR but may be in another room, for example. Ther e will be no menu access on this auxiliary display . PICTURE 4-10 PICTURE 4-11 PICTURE 4-12 Only on e chan nel ca n be d isplaye d at a time on this monito r .
52 53 Time T ab Y ou can set the length of time the DVRs record an event befor e and after a motion detection or alarm is triggered as well as how long an individual r ecord is pr eserved.
54 55 PICTURE 4-19 PICTURE 4-20 PICTURE 4-21 PICTURE 4-22 4.4 SCHEDULE CONFIGURA TION Y our DVR is configured to recor d whenever motion is detected. If this is your desired setting then you will not need to make any changes.
56 57 Substream T ab The substream is the data that is sent to r emote monitoring devices. Due to bandwidth concerns, these data streams are generally smaller than those sent dir ectly to the DVR itself. These streams run in parallel with the main str eam sent to the hard drive and they do not affect each other .
58 59 Other Settings Commercial ISPs pr ovide their customers with dynamic addresses (IP numbers). These numbers can change from time to time depending upon your service pr ovider . When they do, you will lose the ability to remotely access your DVR fr om your mobile phone or other out-of- network device.
60 61 4.7 ADV ANCED In this set of commands, the user can erase all the settings, import or export data files to and from the DVR and contr ol who can remotely access the DVR thr ough three submenus: Reset , Import/Export and Black/White List.
62 63 EVENT SEARCH Selecting this tab will bring up a list of recor ded events. Y our DVR is configured by default to recor d when motion is detected. Y ou can choose whether to display events triggered by Motion, Sensor or both. These files are saved as events.
64 65 This DVR supports backing up files to USB flash drives, USB hard drives and USB DVD burners through the USB port on the front panel. Remote backups can be performed over the Internet. Refer to Section 2.4 Remote Backup in the Remote Monitoring Guide .
66 67 6.1 INFORMA TION DVR MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 6 PICTURE 6-1 This window enables the user to monitor the status of the system, its network connection, online users, history and events through five submenus: System , Event , Log , Network and Online Users .
68 69 ONLINE USER INFORMA TION Information on remote users curr ently connected is displayed in this window . PICTURE 6-7 Refresh – Updates the list of online users Disconnect – The Administrator can disconnect a selected user from the DVR. That PC will not be able to access the device for five minutes thereafter .
70 71 6.4 UPGRADE This window will display firmware updates that ar e loaded on a USB flash drive in the front USB port. PICTURE 6-11 Firmware upgrades ar e available from Q-See at www.Q-See.com/Support and may be found by looking up your specific model.
72 73 PICTURE 7-1 7.1 CONNECTING A PTZ CAMERA All QT -Series DVRs can support one or more Pan/Tilt/Zoom, or PTZ cameras. These cameras connect to the DVR through the same ports as a conventional camera, but the contr ol wires connect through the RS485 block on the back of the DVR.
74 75 And, selecting Setting will bring up the camera view along with a control panel to program the camera’ s motion. The dome’ s rotation can be contr olled vertically , horizontally and diagonally along with its speed. The lens zoom, focus and iris (light level) can be set as well.
76 77 NO C 1 NO C 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A B CNTRL 12V ALARM IN Many QT Series DVRs feature connections for external alarms – both input and output. Please consult Chapter 2 Connections and Controls to determine whether your model includes this feature and wher e the connection block is located.
78 79 Relay Specification Model: JRC-27F Material of the contact Silver Rating (Resistance Load) Rated switch capacity 30VDC 2A, 125V AC 1A Maximum switch power 125V A 160W Maximum switch voltage 250V.
80 81 MOTION Motion T ab As with the Alarm function above, it incorporates hold time and can trigger procedur es. Select which cameras you wish to start recor ding on motion detection. Set the holding time which determines the length of time the cameras continue recor ding after motion stops.
82 83 ALARM OUT Set how the alarms are handled and transmitted in this window . This controls any device attached to the ALARM OUT port on the back of the DVR. There ar e three tabs; Alarm Out , Schedule and Buzzer . Alarm Out T ab Y ou can set the relay alarm out name as well as the hold time.
84 85 STEP 4 . Connect the power and data cables. Press firmly , but do not force them onto the pins or you may damage them. The connectors are “keyed” to ensure they ar e connected in the proper position. STEP 5. Attach hard drive to the base of the DVR with screws using the four mounting holes.
86 87 A.1 TROUBLESHOOTING 1. The DVR does not start after connecting the power , what is wrong? a. The power adapter may have been damaged, or is not providing enough power . Please change the adapter . b. The DVR may not be getting enough power from the outlet or surge pr otector it is attached to.
88 89 13. What are the PC configurations for 16-channel real time access with fully open mainstream channel? 14. On Vista and W in7 I am getting an error message that Codec can’ t be installed or is missing, how do I solve that? There ar e two ways to fix it: a.
90 91 Parameter QT474 QT446 QT4332 COMPRESSION Compression Format Standard H.264 Baseline VIDEO Video In Composite 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 4 / Composite 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 16 /75Ω, BNC x 8 Composite 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 32 Video Out COMPOSITE 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 1, VGA x 1 COMPOSITE 1.
92 93 Parameter QT528 QT526 QT504 COMPRESSION Compression Format Standard H.264 Baseline VIDEO Video In Composite 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 8 Composite 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 16 Composite 1.
94 95 Q-See is proud to back all of our pr oducts with a conditional service warranty covering all hardwar e for 12 months from the date of pur chase. Additionally , our products also come with a free exchange policy that covers all manufacturing defects for one month fr om the date of purchase.
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