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Beore You Begin

FCC Verication

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and ound to comply with the limits or Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 o the

FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmul intererence in a residential installation.

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio requency energy and, i not installed and used in accordance with

the instructions, may cause harmul intererence to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the

equipment o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the intererence by one or more o the ollowing measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent rom that to which the receiver is connected

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician or help

These devices comply with part 15 o the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the ollowing two conditions:

These devices may not cause harmul intererence, and

These devices must accept any intererence received, including intererence that may cause undesired operation.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

All jurisdictions have specic laws and regulations relating to the use o cameras. Beore using any camera or any purpose, it

is the buyers responsibility to be aware o all applicable laws and regulations that prohibit or limit the use o cameras and to

comply with the applicable laws and regulations.

FCC Regulation (or USA): Prohibition against eavesdropping

Except or the operations o law enorcement ocers conducted under lawul authority, no person shall use, either directly

or indirectly, a device operated pursuant to the provisions o this Part or the purpose o overhearing or recording the private

conversations o others unless such use is authorized by all o the parties engaging in the conversation.

WARNING

Modications not approved by the party responsible or compliance could void users authority to operate the equipment.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Make sure product is xed correctly and stable i astened in place

Do not operate i wires and terminals are exposed

Do not cover vents on the side or back o the DVR and allow adequate space or ventilation

DEFAULT PASSWORD INFORMATION

To ensure your privacy, this DVR supports password protection.

The deault, all-access username is admin. I the DVR asks you to log in beore youve set a password, enter admin as your

username and leave the password blank. This will give you access to all areas o the DVR.

The password unction is disabled by deault. However, i youre asked or a password, the deault is 12345.

To ensure your ongoing privacy, we strongly recommend setting a password as soon as possible. Choose something that

youll remember, but that others would be unlikely to guess.

I you do manage to lock yoursel out o the DVR, youll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk- the number is on the back cover.

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Contents

Beore You Begin 2

Contents 3

Introduction 4

Basic DVR Operation 4

Layout o the DVR 5

Connection Diagram 6

Connecting Additional Devices 7

Installation Guidelines 8

Layout o Remote Control 8

Installing MyDVR on PC 9

MyDVR: Logging In 10

MyDVR: Interace 11

MyDVR: Local Conguration 12

MyDVR: Conguration Overview 13

Remote Access From a Mobile Device 17

Operating the DVR Locally 18

Menu Layout 19

Camera: Display 20

Camera: Output 21

Recording: Encode 22

Recording: Option 23

Recording: Schedule 24

Search: Playback 25

Search: Backup 26

Search: Event 27

Search: Log Search 27

The Playback Interace 28

Network: General 29

Network: Advanced 30

Network: Advanced: DDNS 31

Network: Advanced: NTP 31

Network: Advanced: IP Filter 32

Network: Network Status 32

Network: Advanced: Email Settings 33

Alarm: Motion 34

Alarm: Motion Detection Conguration 35

Alarm: Motion Detection - Action 36

Alarm: Video Loss 37

Alarm: Exception 38

Device: HDD 39

Device: S.M.A.R.T. 39

Device: PTZ 40

System: General 41

System: User 42

System: System Inormation 43

System: Device State 43

System: Maintenance 44

Troubleshooting 45

Technical Specications 46

Warranty Inormation 47

Helpdesk / Technical Support Details 48

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Introduction

Basic DVR Operation

Congratuations on your purchase o this Swann DVR. Youve

made a ne choice or keeping a watchul eye over your home

or business. Lets take a moment to talk about some o the

eatures this DVR oers, and how to get the most out o them.

Multi-Channel Recording Solution

The DVR records 4 or 8 channels (depending on your model)

at D1 resolution.

Whats this D1?

D1 is a (slightly inaccurate) term or a certain resolution o

video which is nowoten called broadcast quality. We like to

think about it as being about the quality o a DVD movie.

Some savvy nerds will know where the term came rom and

why its not quite correct, but its become a standard term in

the CCTV industry, so we use it here.

Fast and Easy Networking

Now supporting UPnP, networking your DVR has never been

easier. For the majority o networks, its almost plug-and-play.

Users with more complex network congurations might

have to adjust some settings (see Network: General on page

29 or more about networking) to get everything running

smoothly.

Easy Setup using your PC (Recommended)

The remote access and conguration eatures o the included

MyDVR sotware are so powerul that (technically speaking)

you dont even have to touch the DVR to operate it (except or

plugging things in, o course).

I you connect the DVR to your network and install the MyDVR

sotware to a compatible PC on the same network, you can

complete the DVR setup procedure there, as well as stream

images rom the DVR straight to your PC monitor.

Requirements:

A compatible computer connected to the same network

as the DVR. The network must support DHCP and UPnP.

Connect your DVR to your cameras, power and a network

as shown on page 6.

Ensure that your network uses DHCP addressing, and

supports UPnP (Universal Plug and Play- see page 29).

Install the MyDVR sotware on a computer connected to

the same network as the DVR (see page 9).

Login to your DVR, view images and congure settings

(see page 10 onwards or more details).

The USB Mouse (Recommended)

The easiest way to operate the DVR is to use the included USB

optical mouse - we put together the look and eel o the menu

system specically or mouse-riendly navigation.

The controls are pretty easy to remember - heck, there are only

two buttons. It couldnt be simpler.

Let click:

Selects an item or conrms a choice.

Right click:

Opens the menu bar rom the live viewing screen.

Returns one step rom a submenu.

Opens a context menu in some settings screens.

The Scroll Wheel:

Can be used to adjust the values o sliders and scales

when highlighted by the mouse.

O course, you dont have to use the mouse.

The Front Panel

The buttons on the ront panel are adequate or operating the

DVR, but theyre hardly ideal or ongoing use.

Between Menu, Select and the D-pad (directional pad) you can

navigate through all the DVRs menus and congure almost

any setting. Its a little clunkier than the mouse and its not as

quick and easy, but it does save a little space - and you dont

need to nd the remote!

The Remote Control

The remote control has all the buttons that the ront panel

does, plus some others. It operates like a remote control or

a DVD player or similar - its hardly a high-tech gadget these

days but it does get the job done!

A ull rundown o the remote control and its various unctions

can be ound on page 8.

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Layout o the DVR

1) Video Inputs 1 - 4: These are your primary video inputs.

Each accepts a standard composite video signal and connects

via a BNC connector.

The channels are labeled by number in the same order as theywill appear on your DVRs interace.

2) Video Inputs 5 - 8: As 1) but apply to the 8-channel model

only.

3) Audio Inputs: These will accept a standard line-level signal

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Connect the BNC outputs rom

your cameras into the yellow BNC

inputs on the rear o the DVR.

Connect your cameras to

power, using the a power-

splitter (i included).

Connect the DC12V

Output rom the

power supply to

the power input.

Connect the power

supply to a wall

outlet.

Connect the mouse

to the USB2.0 port.

I youve got a monitor with VGA

but not HDMI, connect it to the VGA

output on the DVR.

I youve got a TV or monitor

with HDMI in, connect to

the HDMI port on the DVR.

Connect an ethernet

cable rom the LAN port

on the DVR to a spare

port on your router.

Connection Diagram

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The Audio Out port

can be used to connect

a stereo, speakers,

headphones or other

external sound device.

The Audio In ports can be used

to connect audio devices to the

DVR. Obviously, your microphone

probably wont look like that one

- theyre oten built into cameras.

An external hard drive

with an eSATA port can

be connected to the

eSATA port on the DVR.

An external hard drive with a USB-compatible

interace (USB 2.0 recommended) can be

connected to the ront USB port o the DVR.

The ront USB port also supports USB solid-state storage, such as fash drives.

The PTZ port (RS485)

can be used to connect

compatible PTZ devices,

such as this Swann PTZ

dome.

Connecting Additional Devices

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Layout o Remote Control

Installation Guidelines

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Do not expose the DVR to moisture. Water is the arch-

enemy o electrical components and also poses a high risk

o electric shock.

Avoid dusty locations. Dust has a tendency to build up

inside the DVR case, leading to a high risk o ailure or

even re.

Only install the DVR in a well ventilated space. Like

all electronics, the circuitry and hard drive in the DVR

produce heat, and this heat needs a way out.

Do not open the DVR case except to install/swap the

hard drive inside. There are no user serviceable parts

inside.

Never open the case whilst the DVR is plugged in, and

never turn the DVR on whilst the case is open.

Use only the supplied power adapter. Other adapters

may cause damage to the DVR or cause a re.

Do not cut or modiy any cable or any reason. Doing

so will void your warranty, as well as pose a great risk o

re or electrical shock.

Do not expose the DVR to sudden bumps or shocks (or

example, being dropped). The DVR is as robust as possible,

but many o the internal components are quite ragile.

Remember that the DVR is, in all likelihood, going to be

let on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Keep this in mind

when choosing a location or installation.

1. Standby: Sends the DVR into standby mode. No recording will occur while

the DVR is set to Standby.

2. Login / Lock: Locks the DVR so that it requires a password to re-open, or

initiates unlocking the DVR i its already locked. Only works once the

password unction has been enabled and a password set (see page 42 or

details).

3. Number Buttons: Can be used as shortcuts to a specic camera, and are

useul or quickly entering numerical passwords.

4. Display Mode: Enters split-screen view, where the screen shows one, our

(quad mode 2 x 2) or eight (8ch only - 3 x 3 with one space blank) video eeds

at once.

5. Menu: Opens the DVRs menu.

6. PTZ: Opens the Pan/Tilt/Zoom control screen.

7. Exit: Goes back one step or level in the DVRs menu tree.

8. Arrow Buttons: Navigates around menus or toggles through options.

Control PTZ direction.

9. OK: Works as the Select button does on the DVR, or as the Enter button on a

keyboard.

10. + / -: For adjusting the zoom o PTZ devices.

11. Record: Triggers manual recording mode.

12. Stop: Stops manual recording. Wont have any eect on recordings triggered

by the schedule in either normal or motion-based recording modes.

13. Mute: As the name suggests, this mutes the audio output o the DVR.

14. Playback Controls: Opens the playback interace rom the live viewing

mode. Pauses, rewinds, ast orwards or or resumes playback rom paused.

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Your DVR comes with powerul remote access and interace

sotware, called MyDVR. You can setup and congure almost

all aspects o the DVR rom the MyDVR interace.

The MyDVR sotware will allow you to:

view images rom your DVR in real-time,

playback recorded ootage,

copy ootage to your local PC and

adjust settings and congure the DVR.

In act, the MyDVR sotware is so powerul, you dont even

need to connect a monitor to the DVR i theres a computer on

the local network that youre running MyDVR on.

For quick and easy conguration o the DVRs settings,

recording quality and schedule, we suggest using the

remote interace in MyDVR.

How to install MyDVR:

Insert the included CD into your computer.

Locate the le called MyDVR.exe and run this le.

You may be asked by UAC (User Account Control) to allow

MyDVR to make changes to your system. Select Allow or

Continue.

Youll see an installation wizard. Simply ollow the prompts

to install the sotware.

Once the MyDVR sotware has been installed, it should

automatically detect your DVR on your network.

Minimum PC Requirements:

2.0GHz or aster CPU (Dual-core recommended)

1GB or more RAM (2GB recommended)

10/100Mbps Network (1000Mbps recommended)

Internet connection (512kbps+ recommended)

1024x768 resolution (1280x720 recommended)

Supported Operating Systems

Microsot Windows XP, Microsot Windows Vista, Microsot

Windows 7

NOTE: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7are registered trademarks o Microsot Corporation.

Installing MyDVR on PC

Got a Mac?

Check outwww.swann.com/mydvrmac

or the latest Mac-based remote

access sotware.

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Beore running MyDVR or the rst time:

Ensure your DVR is connected to a networkand (i accessing

via the Internet) you know the Public IP Address o the DVR

or the DDNS address (see Network: Advanced: DDNS on

Network: Advanced: DDNS on page 31 or more).

That your network is set to DHCP addressing or the DVR

has been congured to use STATIC addressing (see Network:

General on page 29).

That UPnP is enabled on your router (see your routers

documentation to learn more).

I youre accessing the DVR via a LAN (local network):

Select LAN under the heading Network Type.

Your DVR should automatically appear in the list o

compatible devices near the top o the window.

I your DVR does not appear, choose Scan Device in LAN.

I this doesnt work, then it indicates some kind o local

network ault.

Select your DVR rom the list - it will probably be the only

thing there, unless youve got another Swann DVR.

I youre accessing the DVR via the Internet:

Select WAN under the heading Network Type.

I youre using a Fixed Public IP address, choose IP

Address under Register Mode, and enter the IP address

into the space marked IP.

I youre using a DDNS hostname, choose Domain Name

under Register Mode, and enter the DDNS domain name

into the eld labeled Domain.

I youre using the SwannDVR DDNS service, your addresswill be:yourDDNSname.swanndvr.net

Enter the Server Port or the DVR (it wont be able to

automatically detect this over the Internet - youll need

to remember it!).

Enter your Username and Password.

Choose Login.

I youre logging in to the DVR or the

rst time via a local network, then use

the ollowing settings:

IP: This eld will sel-populate when

you select a DVR rom the list.

Server Port: The deault is 9000.

MyDVR will automatically detect the

server port o the DVR.

Username: To get ull control o the

DVR, use the deault administrator

username: admin. You can create

other accounts, but the deault is

always called admin.

Password: The deault admin account

has no password. Leave this blank, and

set a password later.

MyDVR: Logging In

Deault Password Inormation

To ensure your privacy, this DVR supports password protection.

The deault, all-access username is admin. I the DVR asks you to log in beore youve set a password, enter

admin as your username and leave the password blank. This will give you access to all areas o the DVR.

The password unction is disabled by deault. However, i youre asked or a password, the deault is 12345.

To ensure your ongoing privacy, we strongly recommend setting a password as soon as possible. Choose

something that youll remember, but that others would be unlikely to guess.I you do manage to lock yoursel out o the DVR, youll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support

Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.

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MyDVR: Interace

Preview: The deault splash screen o MyDVR.

The screen layout emulates the multi-channel live view

screen o the DVR, showing you images coming directly rom

your cameras in near-realtime (some delay is caused by the

network/Internet connection youre using to access the DVR).

You can select a single camera, or multi-channel viewing by

using the Viewing Mode buttons in the lower right corner.Playback: Opens the Playback interace, which operates in

much the same way as the playback interace on the DVR itsel.

Settings (Conguration): Allows access to both the Local

Conguration screen and Remote Conguration menus.

Local Conguration: Denes how MyDVR will manage and

save ootage/still images to your local PC.

Remote Conguration: Allows access to the DVRs settings.

The congurable options are very similar to those youll nd

in the DVR menus.

Main Viewing Area: Where images rom your camera will beshown.

Playback / Backup Links: Quick access to playback and

backup.

PTZ Controls: For controlling PTZ devices. They operate in the

same way as those youll nd on the DVR itsel.

Image Controls: You can alter the brightness, contrast,

saturation and hue o your images here. They operate in the

same way as those in the DVRs menu (see Camera: Displayon page 20 or more inormation).

Viewing Modes: Choose between single camera viewing,

quad-mode (2 x 2, showing our cameras) and all (3 x 3

showing eight cameras - 8ch model only).

Volume Control: Alters how loud the audio output rom the

DVR will be. Remember that the nal output volume will also

be aected by the master volume control o your operating

system, as well as the levels set on speakers or ampliers

connected to your system.

Need more details?

The overview o the DVR settings presented over the next ew pages is just that - an overview.

The ull explanation o the DVRs menu system and confguration options are listed in detail rom

page 18 onwards. The DVRs menu system is unctionally very similar to the MyDVR sotware

interace, and youll fnd more detailed inormation about all menu options and settings there.

The relevant page or additional inormation is listed next to each menu screen.

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MyDVR: Local Conguration

The local conguration screen is where you can customise

how MyDVR will store and process ootage on the local PC

when you download it rom the DVR.

Record Path: Where MyDVR will save recordings i you selectRecord rom the Preview screen.

Download Path: Where MyDVR will save ootage that youve

downloaded rom the DVR.

Snapshot Path: Where MyDVR will save still images captured

using the snapshot unction.

Convert to AVI: When selected, MyDVR will use your PC to

transcode ootage rom the DVRs native ormat (H.264) into a

container that your computer (indeed, almost any computer)

will be able to playback without special sotware.

About transcoding to AVI:

Dont be put o by the complex word - transcoding is just a

shortening o translating code.

Transcoding, while a straight-orward process, is veryprocessor intensive. You may notice signicant slow-down

on your computer while the transcoding takes place. For

best results, try not to over-burden your computer - just let it

transcode the ootage in peace.

Auto-Login: When selected, MyDVR will automatically login

to and open the Preview screen or the DVR it is currently

connected to. Simply un-check Auto-Login i you dont want

MyDVR to do this anymore, or you want to change the deault

device (youll just need to go through the manual login

procedure once or the device you want).

Playback Problems?

Some media players have trouble playing back the transcoded AVI les rom the MyDVR sotware.

We recommend using VLC media player, which has no problems with the DVRs AVI les.

You can get it or ree rom www.videolan.org/vlc.

Note:Veryew (i any) media players will be able to play the un-modied H.264 video streams that are the DVRs

native ormat. The H.264 streams are raw video data with no container (AVI is a container). Its a little like tryingto read a book with no punctuation or capital letters or spaces - the transcoding process puts in the spaces and

the ull stops and makes it possible to be read by someone other than the author.

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MyDVR: Conguration Overview

Display: Camera (see page 20)

Channel Name (Check Box): Whether the channels name will

be displayed on screen or not.

Channel Name: The title youd like to give that camera.

Record Data: Whether the overlays (Channel Name, Date and

so on) will be recorded onto the video with your images.

Mask (Check Box): Turns the masking unction on or o.

Mask (Setup): Creates a black privacy overlay which masks part

o your images. Will aect recordings.

Recording: General (page 22 or more)

Encoding Parameter: Choose rom the main-stream or sub-

stream to congure.

Main Stream: The way the DVR will internally process andrecord video.

Sub Stream: The way the DVR will encode and send video to a

remote device (such as the PC youre using to access the DVR).

Record Audio (Check Box): Turn the audio recording unction

on or o.

Resolution: How many pixels (little dots) make up your image.

From highest to lowest resolution: D1, HD1, CIF

Frame Rate: How many images per second the DVR will capture.

Realtime is 30ps (NTSC) or 25ps (PAL).

BitRate Limit: The maximum size that your video les will be.The higher this is set, the better recordings will look - however,

theyll also ll the hard drive aster.

Recording: Advanced Cong (see page 23)

Overwrite: Whether the DVR will erase old recordings to make

room or new ones, or not.

Pre-record: How long beore an alarm event or motion the DVR

will record.

Delay: How long ater an alarm event or motion the DVR will

continue to record or.

Pack Duration: The amount o video that will be stored as a

single pack.

Recording: Schedule (see page 24)

The schedule presented on-screen applies to one channel on

one specic day o the weekonly.

Use the Copy To unctions to quickly assign identical schedule

layouts to multiple days/channels at once.

Be careul when programming your schedule. Its one o themost important aspects o setting up your DVR, and i its

wrong in any way, it could lead to disastrous complications

later.

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Network: General (see page 29 or more)

Be careul adjusting settings here - i the DVR cant access the

network anymore, you wont be able to congure it remotely!

Network Access: How your network is addressed - either DHCP

or STATIC IP addressing.Subnet Mask: A required additional piece o IP addressing

inormation.

Gateway: The way out o your network, to the Internet.

Auto DNS / Static DNS: Whether the DVR will automatically

select a DNS server, or use one you assign.

Preerred / Alternate DNS: The DVR has two DNS servers,

essentially a primary and a backup.

MAC Address: The Media Access Control address. For some

advanced networking, it can help to know this value.

Network: Advanced Cong (see page 30)

DDNS Setup: Opens the DDNS setup window (below).

NTP Setup: Opens the Network Time Protocol setup window

(see below).

Email Setting: Opens the Email Setup window (see below).

Server Port: One o the two ports the DVR needs to

communicate over your network. Ensure nothing else uses this

port. The deault value is 9000. This is the port used or remote

access rom a mobile device.

HTTP Port: The second o two ports the DVR needs to

communicate over your network. Ensure nothing else uses thisport. The deault value is 85. This is the port number youll use

when logging in over the Internet rom the MyDVR sotware.

NTP Setup (see page 31)

NTP Domain or IP Address: The server you intend to use to

access the current date and time. The deault is pool.ntp.org.

NTP Port: The port that the NTP server uses. The deault or

pool.ntp.org is 123.

Email Setting (see page 33)

Operates in the same way as the email setup menu in the DVR

menu. Rather than attempt to summarize here, its easier to

simply turn back to page 33 to learn more.

DDNS Setup (see page 31)

Where you can congure a Dynamic DNS server to track the

position o your DVR over the Internet. Check out page 31

or more inormation on DDNS servers.

We recommend using SWANNDVR as your DNS service.

This is a ree service or Swann DVR owners, which we directly

support.

To create an account with SWANNDVR, go to:

http://mydvr.swanndvr.com/

and click the Registration button. Follow the prompts to create

your account.

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Alarm: Motion Detection (see page 34)

Channel: The channel youre conguring the motion detection

settings or.

Enable: Whether the motion detection is enabled or the

channel currently selected.

Sensitivity: A sliding scale between 1 and 50. The number reers

to the number o pixels (as a percentage) that have to change

between rames - okay, this one is a little more complex than

this summary will allow. Seriously - check out page 34 or a

much more useul explanation o how motion detection works.

Action: What youd like the DVR to do when it detects motion.

Typically (assuming the schedule is congured to do so) this will

be to record video. It can also be a cue to trigger an email alert,

or to sound the DVRs internal buzzer.

Alarm: Video Loss (see page 37)

Action (Check boxes): Whether youd like the DVR to send an

email alert or to sound the DVRs internal buzzer.

Arm Schedule: The times o day/week youd like the DVR to be

armed to detect video loss.

Alarm: Exception (see page 37)

Exception Type: What event type youd like the DVR to react to.By conguring the Action or these events, you can create any

combination o audio alerts (see below) or auto-emails to be

sent or dierent event types.

Audio Warning: Sounds the DVRs internal buzzer.

Send Email: Commands the DVR to send an email alert.

Show Exception: Shows any alerts that occur at the bottom

right corner o the main screen. Double-click on the alert

notication to see details.

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Device: PTZ (see page 40)

Channel: The channel youd like to congure a PTZ camera or.

Settings: See page 40 or more inormation about the PTZ

settings youll nd here.

Youll probably need the documentation that came with your

PTZ camera to gure out how to ll out this conguration

page.

System: General (see page 41)

System Standard: Lets you change the DVR between PAL or

NTSC standards.

NTSC operates at 30 rames per second, and has an eective

resolution o 720 x 480. Its used in countries with 60Hz power,

such as the United States, Canada, Japan and so on.

PAL operates at 25 rames per second, and has a eective

resolution o 720 x 576. Its used in countries with 50Hz power,

such as most o Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia.

I this is not set correctly, images on your DVR may be black

and white, ickering or simply not there at all.

I you change the System Standard,it automatically orces a reboot o the DVR.

This will happen the instant you clickOK.

Date Format: How youd like the date displayed.

Device ID: A code dierentiating this DVR rom other DVRs or

DVR-like devices. You can leave this setting - its only important

i youre got multiple DVRs and youre planning to use them on

the same network or share PTZ device control.

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Remote Access From a Mobile Device

Using the SwannView app or mobile devices, youll be able to log into your DVR rom almost anywhere you can imagine (or,

at least, get a decent signal - like everyone, were at the mercy o your phone company!) and view images coming rom your

cameras in real-time (or as close to as wireless networking will permit).

How cool is that? Were pretty sure this was science-ction just a ew short years ago.

Youll need a compatible mobile device. At the time o writing, there are apps or iOS (iPhone / iPad) andAndroid-based devices.Were working on apps or other mobile platorms.

To download the latest mobile viewing apps, operating guides and to check the compatibility o your device, log onto:

www.swann.com/swannview

Above: A screen-capture oSwannView,

running on an iPhone 4.

Were constantly making improvements to our sotware, so the interace

may look slightly dierent to this, but the unctionality will be much the same.

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Operating the DVR Locally

1) Menu: Opens the main menu.

2) Single Camera View: Shows images rom one camera in

ull-screen.3) Quad-Camera View: Divides the screen into our viewing

windows, each showing images rom one camera.

4) Octo-Camera View (8ch only): Divides the screen into 8

sections, with one our times the size o the others.

5) All-View (8ch only): Divides the screen into nine segments,

which will display eight channels with one blank space.

6) Next Camera(s): Cycles the cameras displayed in viewing

mode.

7) Start/Stop Tour: Starts or stops auto channel switching.

8) PTZ Control: Opens the PTZ control window.

9) Digital Zoom: Increases the size o things in view, at thecost o visual quality.

10) Manual Record: Initiates manual recording.

11) Playback: Opens the Search: Playback (page 25)

menu.

12) Audio On/Of: Enables or disables the audio unction o

the DVR.

To open the Menu Bar:

Right click with the mouse on the live viewing screen.

or

Press the MENU button on the DVR or the remote control.

The camera icon indicates that this camera is currently recording. This icon will be the same

whether the recording was scheduled, initiated manually or triggered by motion (though the

motion icon will also be present i theres motion detected).

The motion icon indicates that the DVR has detected motion coming rom this camera. It doesnt

necessarily mean its recording (the camera icon will be there, too, i thats the case!).

Video Loss indicates that the channel displaying this has lost the eed rom its camera.

I you see this icon onscreen (itll be lurking in the lower right corner by deault) it indicates

that something has gone wrong. Click the icon to access the Event Log where youll get more

inormation about exactly what has gone wrong.

Deault Password Inormation

To ensure your privacy, this DVR supports password protection.

The deault, all-access username is admin. I the DVR asks you to log in beore youve set a password, enter

admin as your username and leave the password blank. This will give you access to all areas o the DVR.

The password unction is disabled by deault. However, i youre asked or a password, the deault is 12345.

To ensure your ongoing privacy, we strongly recommend setting a password as soon as possible. Choose

something that youll remember, but that others would be unlikely to guess.

I you do manage to lock yoursel out o the DVR, youll need to contact us at the Swann Technical Support

Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.

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Display

Camera

Menu Bar

Encode

Playback

General

Motion

HDD

General

Option

Backup

Advanced

Video Loss

S.M.A.R.T

User

Lock

Email Settings

DDNS

NTP

IP Filter

Output

Schedule

Event / Log

Status

Exceptions

PTZ

Inormation

Shutdown

Maintenance

Reboot

Recording

Search

Network

Alarm

Device

System

Shut Down

Menu Layout

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Camera: Display

Camera No.: Choose the camera / channel you want to edit

here. The Camera No is the same thing as the number written

on the rear panel next to the BNC socket used to connect the

camera.

Camera Name: Select a name or the camera youve selected.

By deault, all channels are named as the Camera No. eld, but

this can be set to anything youd like up to 16 characters.

Display Camera Name: When checked, the name youve

selected or the camera/channel will be displayed on-screen

as an overlay.Record Date: When checked, the date (as displayed) will be

recorded directly into your videos. This can be useul, as it

creates an inseperable record o exactly when the ootage was

captured.

OSD Display Position: Gives you access to a screen where

you can easily set the exact positions o any overlayed text,

such as the camera name and the date and time.

Simply select any item you want to move (such as the Channel

Name and/or the Date and Time) and click and drag it to the

position youd like it to be.

To exit the OSD Display Position screen, right click. A context

menu will appear with two options: Save and Exit. To exitwithout saving, simply choose Exit. I you want to save your

changes, choose Save rst.

Image Settings: Gives you access to image adjustment tools,

allowing you to adjust the way the DVR interprets and displays

video images. See opposite or more inormation.

The Image Settings you choose will aect your recorded

ootage. Rather than applying the changes ater the video has

been processed (like many older DVRs) the Image Settings afect

how the DVR decodes the video it is receiving rom the cameras.

The upside o this is that you can use the Image Settings to

dramatically improve the quality o the images being recordedby the DVR. This can be particularly useul or improving the

accuracy o your Motion Detection settings.

Mask: When checked, allows you to create, place and shape a

privacy mask which obscures the view o part o the image

on the associated channel.

Brightness: Changes how light the image appears to be.

However, it cant make the camera see urther in the dark, or

increase the clarity o an ill-lit image.

Contrast: Increases the dierence between the blackest black

and the whitest white in the image. Useul i sections o the

image grey out but setting the contrast too high will degrade

image quality.

Saturation: Alters how much color is displayed in the image. The

higher the saturation, the more bright and vivid colors will appear

to be. Again, setting this too high can degrade image quality.Hue: Changes the color mix o the image (this can have

very dramatic results). Its somewhat like moving through a

rainbow.

Remember: Your image settings willafect your recordings!

You can use the Image Settings to help ne-tune your Motion

Detection sensitivity. At night, your cameras images may seem

to ficker slightly, or to have increased noise. In video, noise

is random fuctuations o pixels, a little like an old television

that is not set to a station, oten called static.

By tweaking the Brightness and the Contrastyou can eliminate

much o this video noise, increasing the quality o your imagesand the accuracy o the Motion Detection.

The Display: Camera menu is where

you can make adjustments to how the

DVR displays the eed coming rom your

cameras.

You can adjust aspects o each channel/

camera, such as:

the cameras name,

which inormation will be displayed

on-screen, and where this

inormation will be displayed,

whether inormation such as the

date will be recorded directly onto

your videos

any areas o the video you want

masked - that is, let blank.

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The Camera: Output menu is where

you can control how the DVR is going

to deliver an image to your television,

screen or monitor.

Youll be able to adjust such items as:

screen resolution and position onyour monitor

the audio output,

the appearance o the menus,

the auto-sequence dwell time, and

the sensitivity o the USB mouse.

Resolution: The number o little dots that make up an

image. This should be set as high as possible, but equal to

or lower than the maximum resolution your screen/monitor

can display. Things change a little depending on what kindo

monitor youre using, and how its connected.

The DVR has our ormats available, in two dierent aspect

ratios:

Square (4:3) - 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024

Widescreen (16:9) - 1280 x 720 (720p) or 1920 x 1080 (1080p)

Square Monitor via VGA: Use one o the 4:3 ormats to

correctly align the DVRs output on your screen. Using a

widescreen ormat will stretch the image vertically.

Widescreen Monitor via VGA:I possible, use the widescreen

(16:9) ormat. I your monitor cant display that resolution, you

might need to enable letter-boxing on your monitor and use

a 4:3 ormat.

PC Monitor via HMDI: Choose a ormat appropriate or your

monitor. I its a widescreen, use a widescreen ormat. Set to

the highest option that is equal to or less than the screens

maximum resolution.

Widescreen Plasma/LCD HDTV via HDMI: The resolution

should be set to the maximum your television canprocess not

display. Typically, this will be 1080p, as even screens which

dont have that many pixels can still display the image, just

with less detail. Check your televisions documentation to

learn this value. I your television cant display 1080p, then use

720p instead.

Transparency: You can set the DVRs menus to be partially

transparent (see-though) - in case you need to keep an eye on

things while adjusting settings (or it makes you eel like youre

living in the uture because its so tech - we dont judge). Thebest way to set this is to simply experiment over time and see

what works well or you.

Mouse Sensitivity: How sensitive the mouse will be. On

lowest, large and dramatic arm movements are required to

move the mouse but a ew inches onscreen. At the other end

o the spectrum, a tiny bump or knock can send the cursor

rom one side o the screen to the other. Try somewhere

around the lower end or starters, and then increase it little by

little i its moving too slowly.

Dwell Time: How long channels will be displayed when using

auto-sequence mode.Audio: Whether the DVR will output an audio signal. When

checked, the DVR will output audio to a compatible device

(via the HDMI or the RCA Audio Output). When unchecked, the

DVR will not output an audio signal at all.

Border Adjustment: Changes the size and position o the

DVRs images on the screen. Altering the border size can be

useul i youve got parts o the DVRs image extending beyond

the part o the screen you can see.

The border adjustment is much more likely to be required or

older, CRT computer monitors connected via the VGA output.

HDMI should (in theory) automatically adjust the DVRs imageto perectly t your screen.

Camera: Output

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Camera No.: The camera eed you want to alter the settings

or. These will be numbered sequentially, and correspond to

the BNC video inputs labelled on the rear o the DVR. Note

that the channel name here is independent o the Camera Name

selected on the Display: Camera menu screen.

Encoding Parameters (advanced user option): Whether

youre editing the parameters or the mainstream or the

substream.

Main-Stream: The main-stream is the video eed that the DVR

will record and display. This is the higher-quality stream.

Sub-Stream: The sub-stream is the video stream that the DVR

will send to remote devices via a network or the Internet. It is the

lower-quality stream as a reduction in video size makes it easier

to send over a network.

Record Audio: Choose whether the channel youve selected

will record audio or not. I you dont have any audio devices

connected, its a good idea to disable audio, as it will save

some space on your HDD.

Resolution: How many little dots are going to make up yourimage. There are two options:

D1: About the same resolution as a DVD (704 x 480 or NTSC,

or 704 x 576 or PAL). This is the deault resolution or all

channels, and we suggest leaving this setting well alone.

HD1: Literally, hal o D1 (352 x 480 NTSC / 352 x 576 PAL) and

about the quality o a typical YouTube video. This wont save

HDD space - the bitrate is the important setting or determining

how much space your recordings require on the HDD.

CIF: 1/4 o D1 (352 x 240 NTSC / 352 x 288 PAL), and about

the same resolution as a low-quality webcam. We cant think

o a good reason to use CIF as your resolution setting, unlessyouve some really cunning plan we didnt think o. It wont

save any HDD space - or that, youll need to change the bitrate.

Frame Rate: The number o rames per second (ps) that the

DVR will record. The deault (and maximum) is reerred to as

real-time and is 30ps (NTSC) or 25ps (PAL).

Reducing the number o rames per second will either

save hard drive space or improve the data-rate per rame

(depending how you set the bit-rate - see the next point).

Remember that your FPS count is the same as saying take

X photograph per second (where X is your FPS setting).5ps doesnt sound like much, but its still ve individual

photographs per second. I maintaining image clarity while

reducing HDD consumption is your priority, it makes sense to

lower the rame rate.

As with all settings on this screen, some experimentation is

encouraged to nd the settings which will work best or you!

Max. BitRate(Kbps): The actual amount o data that the DVR

will use to record video.

The main-stream uses a variable bitrate to record video - the

more movement occurs in the video, the higher the bitrate

will have to be. When theres little movement in view, the DVRwill automatically reduce the bitrate to conserve HDD space.

I the amount o movement in a recording would require a

higher bitrate to accurately record than youve selected as the

maximum, the DVR will attempt to preserve as much o the

quality as possible by applying compression to the image. This

compression will take the orm o irregular, uzzy blocks over

segments or all o the image. I you encounter this, it indicates

that you might need to increase the overall bitrate.

I youve set a high bitrate but a low rame rate, the DVR will

still use all the data it can, resulting in potentially higher

quality per rame than at higher rame rates.

The sub-stream uses a constant bit-rate. This makes the

video easier to stream over a network or the Internet.

Recording: Encode

The Recording: Encode menu allows to

alter and customize how the DVR records

ootage and encodes the les.

Encoding is a term which reers to

the compression algorithm (a ancy,computer term or make the le smaller

while retaining visual quality) used by

the DVR.

You can choose and alter:

the resolution (per channel),

the rame rate (how many images

per second the DVR records) and

the data-rate o each video stream.

The higher the data rate, the better

your images will look, but the more

space theyll require on your HDD.

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Overwrite: When enabled, the DVR will record over the les

already stored on the hard drive. The DVR will always record

over the oldest les on your hard drive rst.

Using the overwrite option is advisable, as the DVR will always

be able to record events as they happen. However, it does

mean that youll need to get important events o the HDD

beore theyre overwritten.

Pre-Record: While Pre-Record is enabled, the DVR will recorda ew seconds beore an event occurs. Its a little like making

the DVR psychic (but not really - its actually just caching a ew

seconds o video which it adds to event recordings as they

occur).

I youre using Motion Detection (recommended) as your

primary recording method, then its a really good idea to use

Pre-Record - sometimes, i a motion event is ast enough, it

might have let view beore the DVR can trigger a recording.

With Pre-Record, theres almost no chance youll miss it.

Post-Record: How long ater an event occurs that the DVR

will continue to record. It can be very useul - or example, i

an intruder or potential target triggers the motion detectionbut pauses in view, then post record being enabled will get

a much better look at them. We think that 30 seconds is a

reasonable length or the post-record setting, but can be

higher (the options are 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes) depending on

your unique circumstances.

Pack Duration:Pack Duration is a measurement o how long

the DVR will record or beore splitting the output le into

discrete units. Packs are something like the scene numbers

on a DVD - though the video is broken up into separate units,

it will still play through as one continuous movie (unless

interrupted by the schedule or motion detection turning the

recording on or o). I you dont want to worry about setting

Pack Durations, you can leave it on the deault value; it will

make little dierence to the day-to-day running o the DVR.

Recording: Option

The Recording: Option menu lets you

change some aspects o how the DVR

will record ootage, such as:

whether the DVR will record a short

video beore events take place,

how long aterevents take place the

DVR will continue to record or,

how the DVR will store and divide

long recordings into packs and

whether the DVR will record over

old ootage to make room or new

events.

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Important Guidelines

The schedule presented on-screen applies to one channel on

one specic day o the weekonly.

Use the Copy To unctions to quickly assign identical schedule

layouts to multiple days/channels at once.

Be careul when programming your schedule. Its one o the

most important aspects o setting up your DVR, and i its

wrong in any way, it could lead to disastrous complications

later.

Copy To: There are two Copy To buttons on the Schedule

Menu screen.

Copy To (Week/Day): This is located above the schedule itsel,

next to the Week drop down menu where you can select a dayo the week to edit the schedule or.

This button will allow you to copy your settings rom one day

to other days. It wont aect any other channels.

Copy To (Channel): Located at the base o the screen, with

Deault on one side and Apply on the other. This will allow

you to copy the schedule rom the channel youre editing to

another channel or channels.

Recording Modes:

There are two types o recording to choose rom.

Normal: The DVR will constantly record or any period where

Normal is selected. You wont miss anything, but constant

recording will ll your hard drive very quickly. (The DVR does

record the equivalent o a DVD lm every two hours on everychannel, so thats rather a lot o data!) Typically, we suggest

Motion as a better recording mode or most users.

Motion: The recommended recording setting or most

applications. The DVR will only record when it detects

something moving in ront o a camera, and will then only

record ootage rom the camera(s) that do detect motion

unless you alter your Action settings Alarm: Motion Detection

- Action on page 36 to include other channels.

Beore setting any o your schedule to Motion, ensure that

Motion Detection is properly congured or the channel(s)

you want to associate with it. See Alarm: Motion on page34 or more inormation about setting up and conguring

Motion Detection.

None: As the name suggests, the DVR will not record

anything. This isnt really a mode, but its listed here or

completeness.

Recording: Schedule

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To initiate playback:

Select the channels youd like to

playback. Note that the DVR can

only playback a limited number o

channels simultaneously: the DVRcam playback 2 channels at realtime,

and up to our channels at near-

realtime.

From the Video Type menu, select

the type(s) o video youd like to

playback. The options are Manual,

Schedule, Motion andAll.

Set your Start Date/Time and your

End Date/Time.

Select Search.

Choose which event(s) you want to

play back, and up to our cameras

youd like to view the video(s) rom.

To initiate playback, select Play.

Why cant I playback all channels at

once?

The DVR only has so much processing

power, and weve congured it so that

it has more resources dedicated to

recording than to playback.

While youre playing back ootage, theDVR continues to monitor and record

normally. Recording rom our or eight

channels at once (depending on your

model) is so resource intensive that

playback is limited to two channels

simultaneously in realtime.

I you do require playback o more

channels than the DVR is capable o at

once, then we suggest using the Backup

process to copy inormation o the DVR

and then playing it back via the remote

interace on a PC.

When we say that it can playback so

many channels at near real-time, this

doesnt mean things will be in slow

motion. Rather, the action will unold

at normal speed, but be represented by

hal the number o rames per second

(12.5ps/PAL or 15ps/NTSC).

Search: Playback

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To backup ootage:

Connect a USB fash drive or a USB HDD to the USB

port on the ront o the DVR

- OR -

Connect an eSATA HDD to the eSATA port on the

rear o the DVR.

Choose the camera(s) you want to backup ootage

rom.

From the Video Type menu, select the type(s) o

video you want to backup. The options are Manual,

Motion and Schedule - orAlli you want everything.

Set your Start Time and End Time.

Select Backup.

The Backup File List

Will show you a list o all the video events between the

start and end times youve selected. All the ticked les

will be part o the backup.

Reresh: Looks or devices to which ootage can be

backed up. This will include USB fash drives or hard

drives connected to the ront USB port, or external hard

drives connected via the rear eSATA port.

AVI Format File: When checked, the DVR will transcode

the ootage into a le ormat that can be played back in

a computer.

About transcoding to AVI:

Dont be put o by the complex word - transcoding is just

a shortening o translating code. Transcoding, while a

straight-orward process, is very processor intensive.

You may notice signicant slow-down (or apparent

non-responsiveness) on your DVR while the transcoding

takes place.

While the backup process is executed, the DVR will display a pair o progress

meters. The top one indicates the progress o the current video event, the lower

one shows the overall progress.

To end the backup process beore its complete, choose Cancel. Some or all o the

incidents you selected wont have been copied. While backing up, particularly

when transcoding to AVI, the DVR might take a ew moments to register that

youve selected Cancel.

Note that, while the backup is in progress the DVR will be inoperable. It

will continue recording and monitoring, but wont respond to the mouse being

moved or buttons being pressed (at least, not quickly - cut it some slack, its

working really, really hard).

Backing up ootage can be a slow process - doubly so when transcoding to AVI.

I youre backing up more than a ew minutes ootage at a time, youve got time

to make a cup o coee, maybe call a riend or catch up on some TV. Seriously, it

can take a while - talk to any video editor about transcoding and theyll tell youit takes a long time.

Search: Backup

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The Event Search menu will show you

recordings that were triggered by the

DVR detecting motion.Typically, the majority o recordings

based upon Events are likely to be

recordings triggered by the DVRs

motion detection eature.

The search unction operates in the same

way as the main playback search: the

only dierence is youll select an Event

Type rather than a Video Type.

The Log Search screen operates in the

same way as the other search screens,

but is able to access the entire DVRs

event log, not just recorded ootage.

I youre looking or an event which has

no recorded ootage associated with it

(such as a lost video signal, hard drive

error, Internet communication problem

or similar) this is where youll nd it.

Search: Event

Search: Log Search

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The Playback Interace

The Playback interace is quite similar to a computers media

player, or to the on-screen display o a DVD/Blu-Ray player.

Most o the controls are quite straight orward, and operate in

the same way as a standard media players.

Current Position: A basic progress meter. You can click to

move the current position icon to quickly scan through video

events.

Volume Control: Alters the output volume o playback.

Rewind: Reverses the ootage.

Play: Plays ootage orwards at normal speed.

Pause / Step: Pauses playback but retains still images onscreen.

Subsequent presses will move a single rame orward in the

video. This will usually be 1/30th (NTSC) or 1/25th (PAL) o a

second.

Fast-Forward: Speeds up playback.

Slow: Plays back ootage at reduced speed. Press multiple

times to urther reduce the speed: 1/2 speed, 1/4 speed, 1/8th

speed, 1/16th speed and so on.

Recording Type: Whether the video being played back was

recorded under normal recording (blue) or based on motion

or an alarm event (red).

Hide Console: Maximizes the area onscreen or playing back

your ootage by hiding the on-screen controls.

Exit Playback: Leaves the playback interace and returns to

the live viewing mode.

Remember: Playback Limitations

While youre playing back ootage, the DVR continues to

monitor and record normally.

Recording rom our or eight channels at once (depending on

your model) is so resource intensive that playback is limited

to two channels in realtime, or our channels in near-realtime.

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Network Access: Here you can choose between the three

dierent types o networks that the DVR can be connected to.

The three types o networks are:

DHCP: DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol) is a

system where one device on your network (usually a router)

will automatically assign IP addresses to devices connected tothe network.

STATIC: Static networks require all devices to have their IP

addresses manually dened, as there is no device dedicated

to automatically assigning addresses.

PPPoE: An advanced protocol that allows the DVR to be more

directly connected via a DSL modem. This is an option or

advanced users only.

IP Address: Just as houses and businesses need to have an

address which identies their location on the road network,

so too do computers and other devices need addresses (called

IP ADDRESSES) to identiy their position on the electronicnetwork. The DVR uses IPv4 addressing, which consists o our

groups o numbers between 0 and 255, separated by periods.

For example, a typical IP address might be 192.168.1.24 or

something similar. The most important thing when setting the

IP address is that nothing else on your network shares that IP

address.

Subnet Mask: I the IP address is like a street address, then a

subnetwork is like your neighborhood. This will be ormatted

in a similar way to the IP address (ie. our numbers up to 255

separated by periods) but contain very dierent numbers. In

the above example, the Subnet Mask might be something like:

255.255.255.0.Deault Gateway: This is the address o the way to the

Internet - to continue the road analogy, this is like your local

access point to the highway. This is an IP address in the same

ormat as the others, and is typically very similar to the IP

address o the DVR. To continue the above examples, it might

be something such as: 192.168.1.254.

Auto DNS / Static DNS: Choose how youd like to dene your

DNS servers. We recommend leaving it on Auto unless youve

got a specic reason not to.

Auto DNS: The DVR will automatically choose a DNS server.This is the recommended setting.

Static DNS: I you need to manually dene a DNS server, then

choose Static DNS. This is recommended or advanced users

only.

Preerred DNS Server: Domain Name System. Everything

on the Internet is located via an IP address - however,

or ease o use, we associate domain names (such as

www.exampledomainname.com) with those IP addresses.

This index is accessible in many locations online, and we call

those locations DNS servers.

DNS or STATIC conguration: Under most circumstances,you can set the DNS Server address to be the same address as

your router (this is usually the same address as Gateway).

DNS or DHCP conguration: Typically, the DNS Server

address will automatically be detected by the DVR. In some

cases, youll need to enter a value - the address o your router

(the same as the Gateway) should work.

Alternate DNS Server: A backup DNS server. This is here as a

redundancy - your DVR will probably work without one.

MAC Address: The Media Access Control address. This is a

unique code which nothing else should share. You cant

change this one - its hard set when the DVR ships out.

Network: General

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DDNS: The place to congure the DVR to automatically

update a dynamic DNS service. I you want to remotely access

the DVR via the Internet, youll probably need to congure a

DDNS account. See Network: Advanced: DDNS on page 31

or details on setting up and conguring the DDNS.

NTP:Network Time Protocol. I youve got the DVR connected

to the Internet, you can have it automatically sync time withan online server.

Email Settings: Where you can congure the DVR to work

with an email account o your choice. This must be correctly

congured or the DVRs auto-email eature to work.

IP Filter: An advanced eature which allows you to exercise

precise control over what devices/IP address(es) are allowed to

communicate with the DVR and which are not. Recommended

or advanced users only.

Server Port: This is the port that the DVR will use to send

inormation through. The most important things are that:

Youll need to enable UPnP on your router so your routercan selectively open these ports, allowing the DVR to

communicate via the Internet. I your router doesnt

support UPnP, you have two options. You can either get

a new router (which wed actually recommend - UPnP

is such a good eature!) or you can manually orward

ports rom the router to the DVR. Port orwarding is a

technical and involved process, recommended only or

the technically inclined.

Nothing else share this port. The deault port number is

9000, which is not used by many other devices/programs.

However, particularly i you have another DVR or DVR-like

device, something might be using this port already. I thisis the case, change this value to be unique.

Youll need to know this port value when logging in

rom a mobile device or the MyDVR sotware - so, i

you change it, remember what it is!

HTTP Port: This is the port through which you will be able to

log in to the DVR.

Like the server port, it will need to be orwarded properly

in order to ensure smooth, latency-ree communication.

The deault value is 85, as this port is seldom used by

other devices or applications. I there is another device on

your network using this port, youll need to change it tobe unique.

This is the port number youll need to remember when

logging in remotely rom a remote PC via the HTTP

interace.

UPNP enable: UPnP is a technology which makes conguring

your network easier and aster. To use the UPnP setting on

the DVR, youll need a router which supports the eature, with

UPnP enabled. Note that many routers which do support

UPnP do not come with the eature enabled by deault. You

may need to ask your Internet service provider to turn it on.

When UPnP is enabled on both your DVR and router, the Portsthat the DVR requires to be open or access to and rom the

Internet will automatically be opened and closed as necessary

by your router, saving you the trouble o manually orwarding

these ports. I UPnP is not enabled, or your router does not

support the eature, youll need to orward the ports the DVR

uses rom the router to the DVR - since this is a technically

challenging process, we strongly recommend using UPnP i

possible.

Network: Advanced

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How do I deal with a dynamic IP address?

One option is to contact your ISP and request a static IP

address. Theyll usually charge a small ee or doing this. Its

worth noting that not all ISPs oer static IP addresses.

I your ISP does not oer static IP addresses then you can use

a dynamic reerencing service. We provide one ree o charge.

We recommend using SWANNDVR as your DNS service.

This is a ree service or Swann DVR owners, which we

directly support.

To create an account with SWANNDVR, go to:

http://mydvr.swanndvr.com/

and click the Registration button.

Follow the prompts to create your account.

Server: Choose the server that youre using. The options are

DYNDNS and our own DDNS server, SWANNDVR.

Device Domain Name: Enter the host name that you set up in

your DDNS service. This is the address you use to access your

network. For example: yourhostname.swanndvr.net

Username and Password: Here, enter the username and

password you setup with your DDNS server. These do not

have to match your username/password combination in

either your DVR or router (or the sake o security, we suggestmaking them dierent).

For SwannDVR users: Your username is the email address you

used to register the account. The password is whatever you

selected when you registered.

Static and Dynamic IP Addresses

In much the same way as your home

network can use static or dynamic IP

addresses, many Internet providersdont issue (or charge more or) a

static IP address or users. The easiest

way to nd out is to contact your

Internet service provider. Alternately,

you can access the www.whatismyip.

com service, make a note o your IP,

then reboot your router/gateway.

This should reresh your Internet

connection. I your IP address changes,

you have a dynamic IP address. I it

stays the same, you may have a static

IP - contact your ISP to conrm.

Particularly important i youve enabled

NTP - set this to the time zone whereyou happen to be. For example, people

in eastern Australia (Canberra, Sydney

and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00,

whilst the Eastern Time zone in the

USA and Canada is GMT-05:00. (GMT

stands or Greenwich Mean Time - its

the baseline that keeps all the dierent

time zones in sync.)

NOTE: Some NTP servers are NOT ully

compatible with DST. This may cause

your system to double-count adding

one or removing one more hour thanthey should, or cancel each other out.

You may need to intentionally change

your time zone to compensate, or simply

not use NTP and DST simultaneously.

Network: Advanced: DDNS

Network: Advanced: NTP

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The IP Filter can be used to modiy

which IP addresses have permission to

talk to the DVR and which do not.

This is an advanced eature, and is

recommended or advanced users only.

Tinkering with things here - i youre not

sure what youre doing - is more likely

to break things than making anything

better.

Network: Advanced: IP Filter

Network: Network Status

The Network Status screen shows

you a quick summary o your

network settings. You cant alter

things here - see the General

and Advanced tabs or places to

actually alter things.

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Network: Advanced: Email Settings

I you want the DVR to occasionally drop you a line, share

news, tell you about its day and - more importantly - tell you

whats going on around your home or business as it happens,

then you can congure it to automatically send email alerts as

events happen.

We suggest using Gmail as your email client - its quite easy

to set up an account and use it solely or the DVR. Weve

tested the email procedure with Gmail, and it does work.

Other email servers may not work correctly - manyinterpret the procedurally generated email rom the DVR

asspam and block the mail rom being sent.

For the Auto-Mail unction to work correctly, the DVR will need

to be correctly congured with the details o the email servers

and addresses you want to use.

Enable SSL or TSL: Whether the email server youre using

requires a secure link. This is on be deault, and should be let

on i youre using any o the preset email servers.

SMTP Server: There are three preset options to choose rom,

Gmail (smtp.gmail.com), Windows Live Mail (smtp.live.com)

and Yahoo Mail (smtp.mail.yahoo.com).

Youll need to setup an account with one o these email

providers. All oer ree email accounts. To signup, visit the

email providers website:

Gmail (Google): www.gmail.com

Yahoo Mail: mail.yahoo.com

Windows Live Mail: www.hotmail.com

The DVR will automatically adjust some settings (such as the

SMTP port number) to make conguration signicantly easier.

Other (check-box): This is included or uture development- it wont do anything, yet. In a uture rmware release, youll

have the option o using any (i.e. other) email providers with

the DVR. I you require use o this eature, contact Swann and

well x you up with an update - though we still recommend

Gmail.

SMTP Port: The SMTP port used by the email provider o your

choice. This eld will automatically sel-populate i you use

one o the presets.

Sender Address: The address youre sending the email rom.

This will be the username youve set up or the email server

youre using, ollowed by @ and then the email server. For

example: youraddress@gmail.com or similar.

Sender Password: The password or the outgoing email

account.

Recipient Address: The email address you want the DVR to

send emails to. This can be any email address you like, however,

bear in mind that the DVR might send a large number o

automatic emails under certain conditions.

Attach Picture: While this is selected, the DVR will attach a

small image to each email alert (where applicable).

For motion-based email alerts, this will be an image o

whatever triggered the motion detection.

Interval: The length o time that must elapse ater the DVR

sends an email alert beore it will send another.Short Interval settings are likely to lead to huge numbers o

alerts being sent by the DVR - perhaps even several emails

or one event (i that one event lasts longer than the interval

setting). On the other hand, a long interval setting might

mean youll miss a specic update that you needed. Theres no

right answer, and youll probably have to ne-tune this setting

to get the results youre ater - itll be dierent or everyones

unique circumstances.

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Alarm: Motion

How Motion Detection Works

The way that the DVR looks or motion is quite straight orward

- its a process where it compares one rame (that is, a single

image taken approximately a 25th/30th o a second rom the

previous image) with the next. A certain amount o dierence

between these two rames is interpreted as motion.As a result, the DVR is able to detect when there is a change

in the picture. However, this does not necessarily need to be

something moving in the rame. For example, a light being

turned on or o, a lightning fash or even the sun coming out

momentarily on a cloudy day might be enough to trigger the

motion detection on the DVR. However, as these events last

only a moment (and are relatively rare) they will only create

a ew very short redundant clips, which will not take up too

much space or pose a problem with scanning through ootage.

This method o motion detection can, however, become

problematic when using wireless cameras. As wireless

technology is susceptible to intererence, the static and imagedistortion common to wireless systems is oten enough to

trigger the motion detection inadvertently.

As a result, we strongly advise against using wireless

cameras with any o our motion sensitive recording

equipment, and advise the use o hard wired cameras. I

you simply must use wireless technology, we advise using

digital wireless technology as this technology is much more

resistant to intererence rom other wireless equipment and

environmental causes. However, any wireless technology,

digital or otherwise, has serious limitations when combined

with motion detection.

For a similar reason, dont use PTZ systems and motion

detection simultaneously. The DVR will interpret the

camera moving as motion and record. This is particularly true

when using Cruise Mode - as the camera is moving almost

continually, so too is the DVR recording almost continually!

Here, youll be able to set the motion detection eatures o

the DVR or each channel. We suggest that motion detection

is, under most circumstances, the most practical recording

method or the DVR to employ.

How it Works: Once motion detection has been enabled or a

channel, it will register to the DVR as an Motion Event. Thus,you can use the Motion recording mode in the schedule to

trigger the DVR to record when motion detection triggers an

alarm signal.

Enable: Whether or not motion detection is enabled

on a specic channel. Each channel can be congured

independently o one another.

Motion Detection: Click the applicable Set button to setup

the motion detection area or that channel. See Alarm: Motion

Detection Conguration on page 35 or details on how to do

this, and what it means.

Say, or example, you are trying to monitor your ront yard,whilst in the background there is a busy street, and the cars

driving past continually set o the motion detection. What

can you do about it? Setting only part o the cameras view

to be motion sensitive might be the answer. This is useul in a

number o circumstances, such as monitoring one particular

door at the end o a busy hallway, or a backyard with a tree

that keeps blowing in the wind.

Action: Here you can dene what will happen when the

camera youve selected detects motion.

Note: I youve used the Copy-To eature to copy rom

one camera to another, remember that the Action will be

copied across, too! You will need to re-set the action oreach channel.

I youre planning to use Motion

Detection as the primary (or sole)

recording mode or the DVR, you must

ensure its properly congured.

I the motion detection sensitivity is

too sensitive, then the DVR will recordtoo requently or continually - any

benet o motion detection will be

lost.

I the motion detection sensitivity is

not sensitive enough, then the DVR

will not record when it should and

may not record anything at all.

We think that motion detection is the

best way to get your DVR to operate

almost autonomously or long periods

o time (typically weeks to months)

without you having to worry about

losing old ootage.

However, it is VITAL that its

congured correctly!

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Alarm: Motion Detection Conguration

To set the MOTION DETECTION AREA

In the MOTION DETECTION menu, use the mouse or the arrow

buttons to highlight the SETUP button or the channel you

wish to setup the MOTION DETECTION AREA or, and conrm

by pressing select or let clicking.

You will see a grid o red boxes. The outlined boxes mark

the area that is sensitive to motion. The area without

the red outlines is not sensitive to motion.

Use the mouse to move the cursor around the screen.

By pressing select or let clicking an area in the grid, you

can toggle motion detection ON or OFF in that location.

Areas marked by red boxes will be sensitive to motion,

those not marked will not be.

Click and drag to select the area you want to select or

deselect.

Sensitivity: The Sensitivity setting is controlled by a slider,

allowing you to set a value between 0 and 50. The lower the

number, the more sensitive the motion detection will be.

Typically, values between 5 and 10 will give good results in the

daytime.

At night, you may get numerous alse triggers unless you

raise the sensitivity setting, perhaps as high as 25 - 30. This is

because when cameras (particularly CMOS-based ones) use

active inrared night vision, they dramatically increase the

gain controls to the image sensor. This creates a lot o noise

in the cameras images, which are interpreted by the DVR as

motion.

There are a ew steps you can take to minimize the amount o

noise in your images.

Try adjusting the ImageSettings (see Camera: Display

on page 20 or details) to ne-tune the brightness and

contrast to get a more stable image.

Limit the motion sensitive area to only the areas in view

that a target could be. In particular, large eatureless areas

in the cameras view are the ones most likely to give alse

triggers - turning o the motion sensitivity to any area

a target cannot move inront o will help reduce alse

triggers.

Note:The motion detection eature will seem more sensitive

at night, particularly when using low-light or active inrared

cameras. We recommend that you test your motion detection

sensitivity both during the day and at night to ensure your

sensitivity setting is suitable or either lighting condition.

Notes

Wireless cameras are not recommended or use with the motion

detection.

Motion detection is not recommended or use with PTZ systems.

Avoid enabling motion detection on a channel which has a PTZsystem attached to it - especially when the PTZ system is set to

Cruise Mode.

Setting the motion detection at high sensitivity levels (4 or lower)

increases the requency o alse alarms. On the other hand, low

sensitivity levels (20 or higher) increase the risk that a signicant

motion event (such as an intruder) will not trigger the motion

detection to record.

Check the Motion Detection settings both during the day

and at night. In low-light conditions (or when your cameras

are using inrared night vision) the DVR may be more or less

sensitive to motion, depending on your unique circumstances.

The dierence might be very dramatic!

Image Sensors: CMOS and CCD

There are two kinds o CCTV cameras out there: CMOS and

CCD. Neither technology is inherrently better but theyre quite

dierent and you may need to adjust your motion detection

sensitivity to suit the kind o cameras you have.

CCD: A Charged-Coupled Device outputs a clear, stable image. Its

the best kind o sensor to use with motion detection, and typically

requires lower settings (that is: lowernumber, more sensitive).

CMOS: A Complementary MetalOxideSemiconductor is a

dierent kind o image sensor, producing bold, vibrant images.It tends to have more noise than CCD, and typically requires a

higher setting (that is, a highernumber, which is less sensitive).

Weather

The weather conditions are going to aect your motion detection.

Dramatic weather phenomenon such as heavy rain, strong

winds, lightning and so on may trigger the motion detection with

surprising requency.

On the other hand, things like og, mist and other obscuring

kinds o weather might mask or obscure something moving to

the point that the DVR ails to detect them.

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Alarm: Motion Detection - Action

Audio Warning: The DVR will use its internal buzzer to emit an

alarm tone. It sounds like an old computer indicating an error,

or a large truck backing up.

Send Email: The DVR will send an auto-email alert when

the event type youve selected occurs. The Email Settings

button will take you to the same email conguration screen

accessible rom the Network menu - see Network: Advanced:

Email Settings on page 33 or details.Trigger Camera: You can dene one cameras motion

detection to trigger recording on one or more other cameras.

This can be useul in a number o situations. For example:

I youve two cameras overlooking a yard, one with a wide

view rom well overhead and one with a much narrower

view o a corner or path. You may nd that using the

camera with the narrow view or motion detection gives

ewer alse triggers and doesnt miss an event as oten as

the really wide view might, so triggering the wide view to

record as well ensures you know where the subject went

ater they let the narrow view. One camera might ace a public area, while another

camera looks down a private corridor which exits into the

public area. Having the camera in the private area trigger

the one in the public area to record can give you a record

o where a subject went ater they let the private area,

without lling your hard drive with recordings triggered

by random passers by.

Schedule: You can change how the DVR Actions events at

dierent times. For example, a motion event occurring during

business hours might be perectly normal, whereas one

occurring at our in the morning might indicate something

much more severe is happening.

Some tips to customizing your motion detection actions:

Consider how important it is to be notied o motion

events as they happen.

Using the email alerts is a great way to be kept up-to-speed

on whats happening, but may quickly become annoying i

something occurs which will generate a number o alse triggers.

As a rule, we suggest employing the email alert only on interior

cameras during times that noone should be moving about inront o them.

It can be important to have a complete record o a

subjects movements and actions or legal reasons.

I your cameras capture an illegal event (typically an intruder,

but were continually surprised by stories rom our users) it is

important to have as much inormation as possible.

For example, images o someone in your home may not actually

provethat they broke in - but ootage o them breaking a window

does. I you use a camera inside the home to trigger all exterior

cameras with a long pre-record time set, then you will have a

record o how they entered in addition to what they did.

Always consider whats really important.

Which is the bigger problem - a dozen alse triggers per day, or

missing one critical event?

Theres no magic setting which will make motion detection work

perectly. There will always be some events that its not sensitive

enough to catch, or minor happenings that will trigger an overly

sensitive camera to record. Typically, the best motion detection

settings are ones that give ew alse triggers but dont miss

anything.

Even motion detection which alse triggers a ew times per hourwill still save a signicant amount o hard drive space compared

with a constant recording schedule or the same duration.

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Alarm: Video Loss

Alarm: Video Loss

Video Loss is regarded as a potential alarm

event, and is considered to occur any time

that the DVR doesnt receive an active

video signal on any o its inputs.

The deault behaviour o the DVR, when a

channel has no incoming video signal, is

simply to display Video Loss in white text

on a black background over the associated

channel. I youre not using all the inputs

on your DVR, then some channels will be in

permanent Video Loss state. Just be sure

that you dont Enable a video loss action

or these channels.

Channel: Which channel/camera youd like

to set the Video Loss behaviour or.

Enable: Whether the selected channel has

video loss monitoring active or not.

Action: The action youd like the DVR to

take when this event occurs. Its set in the

same way as the Action or any other event.

Alarm: Video Loss - Action

Audio Warning: The DVR will use its

internal buzzer to emit an alarm tone. It

sounds like an old computer indicating an

error, or a large truck backing up.

Send Email: The DVR will send an auto-

email alert when the event type youve

selec