Quick Installation Guide
4 Channel H.264 Compression DVR with
Built-in Retractable 7” LCD Display Screen,
(CIF) Real-Time Recording and
4 Color CMOS Camera Kits
MODEL QR4174-411
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PART 2 - DVR CAMERA AND POWER CONNECTIONS
Please note that 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.
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PART 3 - DVR CONTROLS: FRONT PANEL
15. Select/Edit/Right
16. Reverse/PTZ Focus
17. Pause/Auto Sequence
18. Play
19. Forward
20. Stop Recording
1. Enter/Exit Display Screen
2. 7” LCD Screen for Monitoring
3. Show Menu
4. Scroll Down in Menu
5. Scroll Up in Menu
8. Menu/Escape/Left
9. Enter or Exit PTZ
10. Up Button
11. Power LED
12. IR Receiver
13. Hard Drive LED
14. Down Button
6. Numeric Keys and Channel Select
7. View All Channels
21. Record
PART 4 - ACCESSING THE DVR MENUS
Choose MENU by right clicking on the mouse or by pushing the
MENU button on the DVR front panel or remote control.
The Main Menu offers the following Setup Features:
CAMERA: Setup name display, position, image view, and record
quality of each channel (cameras).
RECORD: Enable recording & audio, set resolution & quality,
recording mode and file size.
NETWORK: Setup Network access (Remote Internet Monitoring).
SEARCH: Find files for playback and backup.
DEVICES: Manage & Format hard drive and USB devices, setup
alarms, PTZ cameras, mobile phone access and motion detection.
SYSTEM: Setup time, date, password, and video mode.
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PART 5 - SETTING UP CAMERAS FOR VIEWING AND RECORDING
From the Main menu, select CAMERA. Here you
can setup the name display (up to 8 characters)
and position of each channel (cameras). Select
COLOR SETUP to adjust the image brightness,
saturation, contrast and hue settings for each
channel (camera). You can also choose whether
each channel can be previewed in LIVE MODE
and/or RECORDING MODE.
PART 6 - TO START RECORDING
This System offers 3 modes for recording:
1. Manual 2. Time Schedule 3. Motion Detection.
From the main menu, select RECORD to enter into the
Record Setup menu (shown at right).
CHANNEL: “ON” enables video to record from the
respective camera. If the channel is set to “OFF”, video
from that channel will not record.
RESOLUTION:
CIF=352x240
D1=704x480,
HD1=704x240,
QUALITY: Best, Good, Normal
Using higher resolution and quality settings results in better video quality, but takes up more space on the hard
drive. Choosing lower settings result in lower video quality, but takes up less space on the hard drive.
AUDIO: If audio is ENABLED sound will be recorded with the video from the channels, and will have audio
output in playback mode. If audio is DISABLED, sound will not record, and there will be no audio output in
playback mode (Audio cameras or a microphone is required to record the sound).
REC MODE: Sets DVR to record on Manual, Motion Detection & Time Schedule Recording (instructions
below).
PACK TIME: Choose the time length of all recorded files: 15, 30, 45, 60 min.
(Max = 60 min)
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Grid Explanation:
Red = Alarm (motion detection) recording
Green = General (time schedule) recording
Transparent = No recording
Blue = The channel and date selected.
Manual Recording:
From the Record Setup screen set the Rec Mode to “ALWAYS”. Your DVR will continuously record and separate
files will be created with the Pack Time intervals you selected.
Time Schedule Recording:
From the Record Setup screen, set the Rec Mode to “TIME SCHEDULE RECORD” and click “SCHEDULE” in
green. This will display the Schedule menu (see below image). Select the channels (cameras) that you wish to
record on a schedule. The options are: All, CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, and CH-4 respectively. The channel you select will
be highlighted in “Blue”, and the unselected channels will be “Grey. Click on the green GENERAL option box then
click on the boxes for the days and times that you want to record using this option on the timeline. You can use the
[From – To] pull-down menus and COPY button to copy settings from one day to another day, or all days. Your DVR
will record on it’s Time Schedule, and separate files with the Pack Time Interval you selected. Click APPLY to
activate your customized schedule, and then reboot the DVR.
You can also click on the DEFAULT button to use the system defaults. The system default settings are:
Hr 01:00 am-07:59 am : No recording
Hr 08:00 am-18:59 pm : General recording (Time Schedule)
Hr 19:00 pm- 00:59 am : Alarm recording (Motion Detection)
Motion Detection Recording:
From the Record Setup screen, set the Rec Mode to “TIME SCHEDULE RECORD” and click “SCHEDULE” in
green. This will display the Schedule menu (See picture above). The options are: All, CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, and CH-4
respectively. The channel you select will be highlighted in “Blue”, and the unselected channels will be “Grey. Click
on the red ALARM option box then click on the boxes for the days and times that you want to record using this
option on the timeline. You can use the [From – To] pull-down menus and COPY button to copy settings from one
day to another day, or all days. Your DVR will record on Motion Detection. Click APPLY to activate your customized
schedule, and then go to the Devices option (red box in first below picture) and select the Motion Option (red box in
second picture below), which will display the Motion Detect Box.
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The Motion detection Menu has three sections, including
Channel Status, Sensitivity and Motion area.
STATUS: This option allows you enable motion detection
on any channel.
SENSITIVITY: This option allows you to set sensitivity
level of motion detection from 1 to 4, with 4 being the
highest.
Next, click on the MD AREA SETUP button, which will
display the picture on the left. This option allows you to
select the area you want to be sensitive to motion. The
area in red is sensitive to motion. You can set this area by
using the mouse or REV, FWD, and SEL keys on the front
panel. Once you have set the area, right click with the
mouse or push the ESC key to save the setting. After you
have set all of the cameras, click on the Apply button to
save the settings.
PART 7 - SETTING UP THE DVR TO PLAYBACK
Search Playback:
From the Main Menu select SEARCH to display the Video
Search Menu shown to the right. If you input a specific date
and click Search, you will find all the recordings for that
day. When you select an item, you will playback the
recordings in 4 channel mode; or, click the [Search] button
then click the [File list] button to display File list interface,
where you can playback or backup the file you selected.
See File List heading below.
In the playback window you can play video Forward at 2x,
4x, and 8x speeds, Slow play at 1/2x, 1/4x, and 1/8x, or
normal play, pause and play frame by frame using the
playback control bar, and adjust volume by clicking or
sliding tune control bar. When playback has finished,
system will return to previous menu.
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File List:
On the Video search menu mode, click File list to display
the sub-menu shown in the picture on the left.
This option will allow you to view all of the available files by
channel and type (all, normal, or alarm).
You can select a file and push the SEL button to playback
the file, or use the FWD button and down button to select
the backup option and backup the recorded file you
selected. You can also put a checkmark in the BAK box at
the end of multiple files if you want to backup more than
one file. See section 5.2.4 Search Recordings in the User
Manual for more information on using the File List option.
PART 8 - BACKING UP THE VIDEO ON THE DVR
Attach a USB flash drive or USB hard drive to the USB backup port and follow the instructions in Part 8 to go to
the File List in the Search menu.
If you want to backup a single recorded file from the file list, from the File List dialog box pictured above, select the
file you wish to back up by placing a check mark in the accompanying green box and hit the [BACKUP] button on
the right of the screen. You will then receive a pop up screen as illustrated in the first picture below showing you the
progression of your backup. Once backup is complete, you will then receive a pop up message informing you that
you have backed up your files successfully as illustrated in the second picture below. Note that all files will be in an
H264 format that can be converted to AVI using the Multi Player program that comes with the DVR or through the
net-viewer program. Once converted, you can then view these files through any program that supports an AVI
format.
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Questions or Comments?
Please contact us using the following methods with questions about your Q-See product.
Q-See Products
8015 E. Crystal Dr.
Anaheim, CA 92807
Email:
Customer Service
Technical Support
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Telephone:
Customer Service
1.877.998.3440 x 538
Technical Support
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Fax:
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REVISED 5/20/2010
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