INTRODUCTION To prevent damage to your Q-See product or injury to yourself or to others, read and understand the following safety precautions in their entirety before installing or using this equipment. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the product will read them.
FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS This product offers the following features: Smartphone Compatible Access live footage directly from your iPhone, iPad or smartphones running Windows Mobile, Android, Symbian or BlackBerry operating systems. Your DVR can also be set to e-mail your hand held-device whenever specific activity occurs, such as motion detection. View Your Video Feed Online with No Extra Service Fees View your DVR’s live or recorded video footage on any Internet accessible computer with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome (using IE plug-in).
Also depending upon your model, the audio connection ports will either be BNC (like the video ports) or RCA. Microphones, such as Q-See’s QSPMIC have RCA connectors. If your DVR has RCA audio inputs, then these will connect directly to the DVR. For those models with the BNC...
QS206 FRONT PANEL MENU EXIT QS206 16CH H.264 Digital Video Recorder Item # Name/ Symbol Description STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode. Press again to wake. MENU/EXIT Press to open/close the main menu. CHANNEL/ Press the number buttons to view the selected channel full- NUMBERS screen;...
QS408 FRONT PANEL QS408 MENU EXIT Item # Name/ Symbol Description STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode. Press again to wake. Shows status of hard drive, recording, alarm, HDD full and INDICATORS network. ▲ Press to move cursor up; in PTZ mode, press to pan camera up.
QS434 FRONT PANEL MENU EXIT Item # Name/ Symbol Description STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode. Press again to wake. MENU/EXIT Press to open/close the main menu. Press buttons 1-4 to view that channel full-screen CHANNEL/ NUMBERS Press buttons 1-0 to input passwords and user IDs.
QS464 FRONT PANEL MENU EXIT QS464 Item # Name/ Symbol Description STANDBY Press to set the system in standby mode. Press again to wake. Press buttons 1-4 to view that channel full-screen Press buttons 1-0 to input passwords and user IDs. DURING PLAYBACK PRESS: ◄...
QS4474 FRONT PANEL POWER Item # Name/ Symbol Description SCREEN 7” LCD screen LCD ON/OFF Turns the screen on or off. The DVR will still operate. Pressing and holding will bring up the menu to put the DVR to STANDBY/ sleep or turn it off.
CONTROLS This DVR can be controlled through the USB mouse or with the remote control. We have found that the majority of our customers prefer to operate their DVRs using the USB mouse because of its ease of use and flexibility and our manual is set up with this in mind. For your convenience, we also include a remote control which allows you to perform most of the day-to-day functions from a distance.
3.2 REMOTE CONTROL The buttons on the Remote Control operate in the same manner as on a conventional DVR remote. Some buttons have multiple functions depending on which menu is being accessed. Name/Symbol Function STANDBY Press to turn standby mode ON/OFF. LOGIN/LOCK If “Security”...
BASIC OPERATION This chapter is intended to help you get your DVR up and running before you activate any advanced features which are covered in later chapters. You can use the mouse, remote control and the buttons on the front of the DVR to operate your system, but for convenience, we will be discussing operations using the mouse.
4.4 MAIN MENU To access the Main Menu, right-click anywhere onscreen with the mouse to open the Shortcut menu and select MAIN MENU. Pressing the Menu or MENU/EXIT button on the remote control or front panel of the DVRm, respectively, will also open the Main Menu. Placing the mouse over an icon will display iinformation about its contents and/or function.
DATE/TIME IMPORTANT! Date and time should be properly set before continuing so that you can easily locate recorded events. Inaccurate dates and times on files may affect their admissibility as evidence. To set the date and time: STEP 1. Click DATE/TIME and configure the following options: •...
DISPLAY Use the Display Setup menu to customize channel titles, show/hide the date and time in live viewing and playback, and enable/disable preview channels. To customize Display settings: STEP 1. Configure the following options: • NAME: Click any of the fields and enter a new title for the selected channel using the Virtual Keyboard (mouse only)
4.6 HARD DRIVE (HDD) MANAGEMENT This window displays essential information about the system’s internal hard drive, and lets you format the internal hard drive and external USB flash drive. The HDD menu displays the following: • HDD STATUS: The system will display “OK”...
FILE LIST You can use the File List Shortcut Menu to see a detailed list of all the recorded video on your system. Clicking on a file will begin playback. In the case of multiple files, you may need to use the Next button to see another page of recorded files.
4.8 BACKUP Once you have located a recorded video event on your system’s hard drive, you can copy it to a USB flash drive. Most USB flash drives are compatible with this DVR. F ILE LIST Backing Up Recorded Data TYPE 00:00:00 STEP 1.
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STEP 5. When you select Play, a Playback Control Bar will appear. 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 PICTURE 4-24 Function Function Hour Blocks Minute Progress Bar Date Play Previous Recording File Pause Stop Previous Frame / Next Frame...
RECORDING The controls for scheduling recording are mostly found in the Record menu which is located in the Main Menu. Certain features, such as Motion Detection, are located in the Advanced menu (also reachable through the Main Menu) but are included here for ease of instruction.
5.3 MASK FIELD The Mask Field lets you block a specific portion of a channel you do not want recorded or shown on the display screen. This can be useful if you need to conceal a sensitive area being captured by the installed camera. To use the mask field: STEP 1.
ADVANCED FEATURES Use the Advanced Setup menu to configure alarm settings, motion detection, mobile surveillance, PTZ settings and network settings. The Advanced Setup menu contains the following sub-menus: Alarm, Info, Motion Detection, Mobile, System, PTZ, and Network. PICTURE 6-1 6.1 ALARM CHAPTER 6 Use the Alarm menu to configure alarm and email settings.
6.2 EMAIL SETUP The system can send an email notification with a JPEG snapshot for triggered events on the system. Selecting Email Setup in the Alarm Setup menu will open the Email Setup menu. Your DVR will need to be connected to the Internet - either through a router or by being directly connected to a modem - in order to be able to send out email alerts.
RESTORING FACTORY SETTINGS STEP 1. Click DEFAULT SETTINGS. This will restore the system to the original factory settings. STEP 2. Click OK in the prompt. IMPORTANT! Restoring factory settings will cause any settings you’ve made to the system to be removed! This includes recording and network setups along with passwords! RESTARTING THE DVR (SOFT-RESET) STEP 1.
HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION WARNING! ELECTRIC SHOCK RISK! The DVR MUST be unplugged from all power sources as well as from the cameras before opening the case. Failure to do so can result in damage to the DVR or its components as well as injury or death.
CONSUMPTION WORKING 50 TO 104°F (10 TO 40C) TEMPERATURE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS If your problem is not listed below, please check our Resource Center at http://q-see.com/ QS434 QS464 QS4474 glossary/resource-library.php go to live chat at http://q-see.com or call our toll-free number, 877-998-3440 for more support.
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Question 6: DVR is having problems with real-time images, such as bad image color or serious brightness distortion, why? Answer: • If PAL and NTSC is not correctly selected on the BNC output, the images will be in black and white •...
Q-SEE PRODUCT WARRANTY Q-See is proud to back all of our products with a conditional service warranty covering all hardware for 12 months from the date of purchase. Additionally, our products also come with a free exchange policy that covers all manufacturing defects for one month from the date of purchase.
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