Swann DVR SW242 2LP User Manual

DVR4-1150™

4CH Digital Video Recorder

SW242-2LP

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5.17 Factory Reset..................................................................................... 12

6. Recording

6.1

6.2

6.3

Start Recording.................................................................................. 12

Stop Recording.................................................................................. 13

Recording Time on Hard Drive ......................................................... 13

7. Playback................................................................................................. 14

8. USB Programming

8.1 PC Viewer Program............................................................................ 15

8.2

8.3

Program Buttons................................................................................. 15

PC Backup.......................................................................................... 16

9. Specifications......................................................................................... 17

10. Appendix

10.1 System Connection Diagram............................................................. 18

10.2 DVR Accessories (included) ............................................................. 18

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Chapter 1: DVR Features

z 4 Channel BNC Camera Inputs

z 1 Channel BNC Video Output

z Video Format: NTSC / PAL

z Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings

z Time Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording

z USB 2.0 Back up to computer

z Remote Control

Chapter 2: Overview

2.1 Front Panel

IR Receiver

Stop

REC

CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

Quad

Channel 1

Channel 2

Channel 3

Channel 4

Quad View

Rewind

Stop Playing/Recording

Record

Menu/Esc

SEL/Edit

Enter / exit setup menu

Confirm Selection / Edit

Move up / left cursor

Move down / right cursor

Power indicator

REW

Down

Pause

Play

PWR

HDD

Pause

Playback Video

Fast Forward

Hard disk drive indicator

FWD

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2.2 Rear Panel

USB

1 BNC video output

4 BNC Video Inputs

Power Supply Input

Fan

2.3 Remote Control

CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

Quad

Select or enlarge Channel #1

Select or enlarge Channel #2

Select or enlarge Channel #3

Select or enlarge Channel #4

Quad View (4 Camera View)

Rewind

Playback Recording

Forward

Record

Pause

Stop recording / playback

Enter or exit setup menu

Move up / left cursor

Select / modify item

Move down / right cursor

SEL

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Chapter3: Installation

3.1 Installing Hard Drive

1. Unplug the power supply. Don’t install or uninstall HDD when DVR is on.

2. Remove the DVR cover carefully.

3. Connect the power cord and data cable to HDD.

4. Use the provided screws to fix hard drive on the rack, and then replace the

cover.

3.2 Connecting Camera and Monitor

There are 4 camera inputs and 1 video output with BNC connectors (Refer to

2.2 Rear Panel).

3.3 Connecting the Power Supply

Please only use the power adapter supplied with the DVR. The standard power

supplied to the DVR is DC 12 Volt, 3.0 Amp.

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Chapter 4: Starting the DVR

4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive

After connecting the power, the system

will boot-up and detect the installed hard

drive.

Checking HDD ……

On the screen it will show the hard drive

information. If no hard drive is detected,

check that the HDD is set to master and the

tray is locked.

4.2 Recovering Lost Data

RECOVER HDD?

04811-101735

A power failure can cause data to be lost,

however the DVR system will automatically

recover lost data after power is reconnected.

(SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO

4.3 Restore Recording Feature

If a power error occurs during

recording process, the system will

automatically resume recording after

power is reconnected.

Power Error Detected

Restore Hard Disk

Restore REC Mode…………OK

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4.4 Main Screen

When the DVR is turned on the

following display will appear with your

connected cameras:

10%

Upper left: Percentage of hard drive

space used

Middle: Channel number (CH1 through

CH4)

Bottom right: Date and Time

Bottom left: System/recording status.

(Refer to 6.1 Start Recording)

EACH REC <1> <T> 2008/08/08 20:08:08

Chapter 5: DVR Setup

＞

5.1 Setup Menu

MenuDirectory

CAMERA SELECT

RECORD SELECT

RESOLUTION

RECORD FRAME

RECORD QUALITY

SCHEDULE SET

MISCELLANEOUS MENU

HARD DISK SET

MOTION SET

MAIN

LANGUAGE SELECT

AUTO RECORD

PASSWORD ENABLE

CHANGE PASSWORD

COLOR SET

TIME SET

VIDEO MODE

FACTORY RESET

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MAIN MENU

[

Menu]: Push to enter system menu

CAMERA SELECT

RECORD SELECT

RESOLUTION

1 2 3 4

EACH

[ Up] and [ Down]: Move the cursor

RECORD FRAME

RECORD QUALITY

SCHEDULE SET

MISCELLANEOUS MENU

HARD DISK SET

MOTION SET

HIGH

[ SEL]: Select/modify settings

[

Menu]: Press exit/previous menu

VIDEO MODE

FACTORY RESET

PAL

(UP，DOWN) MOVE (SELECT) CHANGE

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

5.2 Camera Select

The DVR system can display 4

cameras at once or you can limit the

number of cameras displayed to save

HDD space.

Press [ SEL] to modify setting, or

press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3] and [CH4] to

set each channel separately.

If a channel is disabled, the system will display “OFF” on the monitor; this

channel will not be recorded. (Refer to 5.3 Record Select)

5.3 Record Select

Manually set which channels are allowed to record.

Note: If no channels are selected, an error message will appear briefly on the

screen when record is selected. “1234” indicates all cameras are set to record.

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5.4 Resolution

There are two modes of resolution for video recording:

EACH Mode:

The DVR compresses and records each video channel separately so you can

enlarge a single channel to full screen display and still be recording on all channels.

You can also record on specific channels, for example, you can turn off the record

function of CH1 and CH2 and then the system will only record video on CH3 and

CH4.

Press [CH1], [CH2], [CH3], and [CH4] enlarge relative channel to full screen

display.

In EACH Mode you can use the Auto Switch Function.

Auto Switch Function:

When the system is in live mode or recording mode, press and hold the

[QUAD] button for three (3) seconds to make each video channel enlarge to full

screen. Each camera will appear in full screen for three (3) seconds, including Quad

view. The switch will lasts until any button is pushed.

NOTE: Pushing the [ Stop] button will stop the switch feature but also may

stop the recording depending on Record Schedule Settings (5.7 Schedule Set).

QUAD Mode:

The DVR will compress and record all 4 video channels into one file however

recordings will be limited to quad view and you will be unable to view full screen

images in playback mode.

Auto Switch Function is not available in QUAD Mode.

5.5 Record Frame

Record frame indicates the frames or images recorded per second. More

frames per second gives smoother movement but uses more hard disk space.

The system default is 30fps (frames per second) for NTSC (PAL is 25fps).

This means the system will record 30 frames per second shared by the active

cameras. You can set frame rate for NTSC to 30,15,10,7,5,4,3,2,1 frames per second

(PAL is 25,12,8,6,4,3,2,1)

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5.6 Record Quality

There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low.

Higher quality records the best images but uses more hard drive space.

Record frame rate, record quality and available hard drive space will affect the

total recording time of the DVR system.

5.7 Schedule Set

You can preset video recording modes by Time and Motion Detection

Recording.

“-” No Recording

“T” Time (or manual recording: Default)

SCHEDULE SET

“M” Motion Detection Record

TTTMMMTTTTTTMMTTTTT--MMT

│

12 15 18 21 24

[ Up] and [ Down]: To move the cursor

[ SEL]: To modify record method

Numbers along bottom indicate the 24

hours of a day

(UP，DOWN) MOVE (SELECT) CHANGE

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

For example:

If you want to record by motion detecton during 3 to 6 o’clock, set the time

points (3, 4, 5) to “M”; if you want to continuous record from 7 to 12 o’clock, set

the time points (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) to “T”.

Both of the recording methods need to be triggered by pressing the [ REC]

button. After pressing [ REC] button, if the schedule is set to “T” at that time, the

DVR will start to record immediately; if the schedule is set to be “M”, the DVR will

not record until motion (movement) is detected by system.

Force Record：

When the DVR is set to record by motion detection, the DVR will not record if

there is no motion. If you want to record immediately, please press and hold [ REC]

button for 3 to 5 seconds to begin manual recording.

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5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Language Select

You can select the SEVEN different OSDs from English, Italian, French,

German, Polish, Spanish to Portuguese.

5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record

When this option is set to “ON”, the DVR will automatically continue with the

current Record Schedule if no actions occur for 5 minutes. If you choose “OFF”,

the DVR will not record until you press the [ REC] button.

5.10 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Enable

This DVR is equipped with password protection features. Set this feature to

“ON” to enable password protection. When this option is set to “ON”, you will be

required to enter a password if you want to stop recording or enter the menu.

System default password: Press [CH1] button six (6) times.

5.11 Miscellaneous Menu- Change Password

All keys can be used as password

PASSWORD : - - - - - -

CURRENT

NEW

key except the [ Menu] key,

which is used to exit.

CONFIRM

If you forget your password,

please refer to 5.16 Factory Reset.

5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-Color Set

HUE: 0-99

SATURATION: 0-99

CONTRAST: 0-99

BRIGHTNESS: 0-99

HUE

SATURATION

CONTRAST

BRIGHTNES

SATURATION

CONTRAST

BRIGHTNES

[ Up] and [ Down]: move the cursor

[REW]: Increase value

[FWD]: Reduce value

HUE

SATURATION

CONTRAST

BRIGHTNES

SATURATION

CONTRAST

BRIGHTNES

[CH1-CH4, QUAD]: Select channel

(CH1-CH4,QUAD)SELECT CHANNEL

)MOVE ( ) ADJUST (MENU)EXIT

[

Menu]: Exit

(

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5.13 Miscellaneous Menu-Time Set

TIME SET

Configure system date and time:

∨

2008/08/08 20:08:08

[ Up] and [ Down]: move the cursor

(UP，DOWN) MOVE (SELECT) CHANGE

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

[ SEL]: modify the value

[

Menu]: exit and save

5.14 Hard Disk Set

OVERWRITE ENABLED:

HARD DISK SET

If you choose “YES”, recording

continues and overwrites oldest

recordings when the hard drive is full.

If you choose “NO", the

recording process will stop when the

hard drive is full.

OVERWRITE ENABLE

HDD SIZ

HDD USED

[YES]

120042MB

80865MB 77%

HDD FORMAT

(UP，DOWN) MOVE (SELECT) CHANGE

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

HDD SIZE:

Indicates the total capacity of the hard drive installed in the DVR.

HDD USED:

Indicates the actual space used on the hard drive and the percentage of hard

drive space used.

HDD FORMAT:

Choose this option to delete all data on a hard drive.

You will be prompted to input your password when formatting the HDD.

Note: When you install a new hard drive in the DVR, please use this function to

format the hard drive for use with the DVR.

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5.15 Motion Set

MOTION RECORD TIME:

This number indicates how many

seconds the motion detection recording

lasts after the DVR has detected motion.

MOTION SET

MOTION RECORD TIME:

MOTION ALARM TIME:

OFF

MOTION ALARM TIME:

This number indicates how many

seconds the buzzer/alarm inside the DVR

will sound after the DVR has detected

motion.

MOTION SET

(UP，DOWN) MOVE (SELECT) CHANGE

PRESS (MENU)

TO EXIT

CONT: Continuous alarm until press any

key is pressed when motion detected.

OFF: No alarm

MOTION SET:

SENSITIVITY:

MOTION DETECTION SET

Use [ Up] and [ Down] button to

highlight the channel you want to modify

and press [ SEL] to adjust sensitivity of

motion detection on each channel.

High (1----------9, OFF) Low

>CHANNEL

CHANNEL

SENSITIVITY

CHANNEL

AREA SET

(UP，DOWN) MOVE (SELECT) CHANGE

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

When “OFF”, the channel will not

detect motion or trigger motion recording.

AREA SET:

Use [ Up] and [ Down] button to select the channel you want to modify and

press [ SEL] button to enter the sensitive area of each camera. The picture of the

selected channel is divided into 16(4*4) blocks, press [REW] to move left, press

[FWD] to move right, press[ Up] and [ Down] to move the cursor up and down,

press [ SEL] to set the highlighted block active or disabled.

When the block is transparent, it’s active or set to detect motion. When the

block is covered by a shadow, it is not active and motion will NOT be detected.

Make sure Record Schedule is set to Motion for the times required.

5.16 Video Mode

Select NTSC (North America) or PAL (Europe/Australia) video system.

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5.17 Factory Reset

Press [ SEL] button to reset the DVR to factory defaults. The DVR will

reboot and all custom settings (including password) will be restored to default.

If you have forgotten your password and would like to reset, press [Pause]

button 10 times to reset DVR to factory default. Then the default password is now:

[CH1] button 6 times.

If you are unable to stop recording, you must unplug the power supply and

remove the HDD, then reboot the DVR and press [Pause] button for 10 times.

Chapter 6: Recording

6.1 Start Recording

Press [ REC] to start recording (as set in 5.7 Schedule Set).

DVR will display system information on screen.

10%

EACH REC [1] (T) 2008/07/01 16:22:30

1. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage)

2. Recording symbol (channel is currently recording)

3. Camera Number

4. Record Mode (QUAD or EACH)

5. Status (REC, Play, >>1, >>2, >>3, REW, PAUSE)

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6. HDD Info. ([1] Master Hard disk)

7. Record Schedule: (T) Time or Manual Record (M) Motion Detection (-) No

Recording

8. The date and time on the DVR

6.2 Stop Recording

Press [ Stop] button to stop recording. If you have already activated the

password protection, you will be prompted to input the password.

6.3 Recording Time on Hard Drive

Estimated record time based on a 160GB Hard Drive (Quad Mode) in hours:

You can calculate and estimate record hours by below formula:

160 (G Byte) × 1024 (M Byte) × 1024 (K Byte)

Divided by:

15 (Kbyte/frame) × 7 (frame/sec.) × 60 (sec.) x 60 (min.)

System

NTSC

Quality

HIGH

Frame Rate

20 K Bytes

15 K Bytes

12 K Bytes

156

208

259

333

444

555

2331

3107

3884

NORMAL

LOW

104

130

System

PAL

Quality

HIGH

Frame Rate

20 K Bytes

15 K Bytes

12 K Bytes

195

259

324

389

518

648

2331

3107

3884

NORMAL

LOW

125

156

Estimated time would be 444 Hours.

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Chapter 7: Playback

Press [ Play] button to play the last recording.

During playback, press the [ Menu] button to list all recorded video clips

from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top.

Press [ Up] and [ Down] to move the cursor and select an event, press

[ Play] button to start playback.

60%

SEARCH TIME

2008/08/08 08:08:08---2008/08/08 20:08:08

01 TIME

02 TIME ②

*03 MOTION

2008/08/08

20:00:00①

19:05:55

16:22:16

13:22:16

10:03:30

20:18:39

09:34:43

00:00:00

*04 MOTION ③ 2008/08/08

> 05 TIME

⑤*06 TIME

*07 TIME

2008/08/08

2008/08/01

08 FORCE④

(UP,DOWN)MOVE (PLAY)PLAY (MENU)EXIT

(FWD)SELECT MODE (SEL)CHANGE

1. Starting time of the event

2. TIME: continuous record

3. MOTION: Motion Triggered event

5. “*” marks un-played video recording

4. FORCE: Force Record event

You can also play recorded video by searching the exact date and time as follows:

1. Press [FWD] button to change the select mode

2. Press [ Up] and [ Down] button to select date starting time or ending time

3. Press [ SEL] to edit time value

4. Press [ Play] to play the video

∨

08 : 30 : 3 2 --- 2008/0 1 / 0 8

2008 /0 1 / 0 8

16 : 00 : 05

Search Date and Time

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Chapter 8: USB Programming

Using the provided DVR PC Viewer software, you can connect the DVR to

your PC to playback or backup footage.

8.1 PC Viewer Program

1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM Drive

2. Open CD directory

3. Double click on the “PCViewerInstall.exe” file to install the PC Viewer software

4. Run the installed PC Viewer program

PC Viewer will detect the hard drive installed in the DVR automatically when

you connect the USB cable from DVR to PC.

8.2 Program buttons

10 11 12 13 14

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Item

Remark

1. DVR event list

2. Capture picture

3. Save video clip

5. Load video file saved in PC

6. DVR Mode*

Open event list recorded in DVR

Save an image of current frame

Save DVR’s video clip to PC in .mys/.avi file

Load .mys file saved in PC

To switch working mode between PC viewer

7. PC Mode*

mode and DVR viewer mode

CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, QUAD

8. Channel selection keys

9. Playing scroll bar

10. Fast backward

11. Previous frame

12. Play backward

13. Pause

Video progress

Play backward with fast speed

Move to previous frame

Play backward with normal speed

Pause playing

14. Play

Play forward with normal speed

Move to next frame

15. Next frame

16. Fast forward

17. Volume scroll bar

18. Exit

Play forward with fast speed

Not available for this model

Exit PC Viewer

‘ DVR Mode: play video clips saved on DVR’s HDD.

‘ PC Mode: play video clips (.mys file) saved on PC

8.3 PC Backup

Press

“.mys” files.

button to open the DVR recorded event list and select an event.

to begin backup. Backup video files can be saved as “.avi” files or

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Chapter 9: Specifications

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

NOTE

Video Format

NTSC / PAL

Operation System

Camera Input Channel

None

Stand-alone

4 channel Composite BNC

Video Output Channel

Display Frame Rate

1 channel Composite BNC

NTSC

120 frames/second

4×30 frames/second

4×25 frames/second

Quad Mode

PAL

100 frames /second

Max.30 fps (Quad)

Max.25 fps (Quad)

Each Channel =

NTSC

PAL

Recording Frame Rate

Quad Mode

NTSC

PAL

Max. 30 frames/s (Total)

Max. 25 frames/s (Total)

Recording Frame Rate

(Each Mode)

30 fps ÷ Number of Cameras

Each Channel =

25 fps ÷ Number of Cameras

Record Mode

Resolution

Continuous, Time Schedule, Motion Triggered.

NTSC: 720×480

Display

Record

PAL: 720×576

Quad: 640×224 (total)

NTSC: 320×112, 640×224

PAL : 320×136, 640×272

Each: 640×224

Low : 12K Byte

Normal: 15K Byte

High : 20K Byte

Motion-JPEG

Video Compression Format

(12-20K bytes/frame)

HDD Support

Over 400G Byte

160GB Hard drive @ 7 frames per second @ Normal Quality

(160×1024×1024 Kbyte) ÷ ( 7×15×60×60 ) = 444 Hours

Estimated Record Length

USB

For PC playback & backup

Included

USB 2.0

Remote Control

Method

Full Screen

Dimension ( L × W × H )

Time、Date、Event

YES

9.84"×9.05"×1.57"(250mm×230mm×40mm)

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Chapter 10: Appendix

System Connection Diagram

10.1

DVR

(Digital Video Recorder)

DVR Accessories (included)

10.2

Power Cord

Power Adaptor

User Manual

Design may vary depending

On country

Software CD

Remote Controller

USB Cable

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Swann Technical Support

All Countries E-mail: tech@swann.com.au

Telephone Helpdesk

UNITED STATES toll free

877-274-3695 (Sun-Thurs, 2pm-10.30pm PST)

USA Exchange & Returns

562-777-2551 (Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm PST)

AUSTRALIA toll free

1300 13 8324 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm Aus EST)

International

+61 3 8412 4610 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm Aus EST)

See http://www.worldtimeserver.com for information on different time zones and the time in Melbourne

Australia compared to your local time.

WARRANTY INFORMATION

Swann Communications warrants this product against defects in workmanship and material for a period of one

(1) year from its original purchase date. You must present your receipt as proof of date of purchase for warranty

validation. Any unit which proves defective during the stated period will be repaired without charge for parts or

labour, or replaced at the sole discretion of Swann. The repair or replacement will be warranted for either ninety

days or the remainder of the original one year warranty period, whichever is longer. The end user is responsible

for all freight charges incurred to send the product to Swann’s repair centres. The end user is responsible for all

shipping costs incurred when shipping from and to any country other than the country of origin. The warranty

does not cover any incidental, accidental or consequential damages arising from the use of, or the inability to

use this product. Any costs associated with the fitting or removal of this product by a tradesman or other person,

or any other costs associated with its use are the responsibility of the end user. This warranty applies to the

original purchaser of the product only, and is not transferable to any third party.

Unauthorised end user or third part modifications to any component or evidence of misuse or abuse of the

device will render all warranties void.

FCC Notice

We, Swann Communications of 10612 Shoemaker Avenue, Bldg B, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 USA, declare

under our sole responsibility that the product:

SW242-2LP

To which this declaration relates:

Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any

Interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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