CLEAR NVR User Manual

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1.5Connections

Video Connections

Video Output: Supports VGA/HDMI video output. You can connect to monitor through these video output interfaces simultaneously or independently.

Audio Connections

Audio Input: Connect to microphone, pickup, etc.

Audio Output: Connect to headphone, sound box or other audio output devices.

Alarm Connections

Some models may support this function. Take 16 CH alarm inputs and 1 CH alarm output for example.

Alarm Input:

Alarm IN 1~16 are 16 CH alarm input interfaces. There are no type requirements for sensors. NO type and NC type are both available.

The way to connect sensor and the device is as shown below:

The alarm input is an open/closed relay. If the input is not an open/closed relay, please refer to the following connection diagram:

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2Basic Operation Guide

2.1Startup & Shutdown

Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life of your device.

2.1.1Startup

①Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the NVR.

②Connect with the mouse and power. The device will boot and the power LED would turn blue.

③ A WIZARD window will pop up (you should select the display language the first time you use the NVR). Refer to 3.1 Startup Wizard for details.

2.1.2Shutdown

You can power off the device by using remote controller or mouse.

By remote controller:

①Press Power button. This will take you to a shutdown window. The unit will power off after a while by clicking “OK” button.

② Disconnect the power.

By mouse:

①Click StartShutdown to pop up the Shutdown window. Select “Shutdown” in the window. The unit will power off after a while by clicking “OK” button.

② Disconnect the power.

2.2Remote Controller

①It uses two AAA size batteries.

②Open the battery cover of the remote controller.

③Place batteries. Please take care the polarity (+ and -).

④ Replace the battery cover.

Key points to check in case the remote doesn’t work.

1.Check batteries polarity.

2.Check the remaining charge in the batteries.

3.Check IR controller sensor for any masking.

If it still doesn’t work, please change a new remote controller to try, or contact your dealers. You can just turn the IR sensor of the remote controller towards the IR receiver of the NVR to control it when you are controlling multiple devices by remote controller.

There are two kinds of remote controller. The interface of remote controller is shown as below.

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Note:

You shall press P.T.Z button to enter PTZ setting mode, choose a channel and press P.T.Z button again to hide the P.T.Z control panel. Then you can press preset, cruise, track, wiper or light button to enable the relevant function.

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2.3Mouse Control

Mouse control in Live Preview & Playback interface

In the live preview & playback interface, double click on any camera window to show the window in single screen mode; double click the window again to restore it to the previous size.

In the live preview & playback interface, if the interfaces display in full screen, move the mouse to the bottom of the interface to pop up a tool bar. The tool bar will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it for some time; move the mouse to the right side of the interface to pop up a panel and the panel will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it.

Mouse control in text-input

Move the mouse to the text-input box and then click the box. The input keyboard will pop up automatically.

Note: Mouse is the default tool for all operations unless an exception as indicated.

2.4Text-input Instruction

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The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown below.

2.5Common Button Operation

Click it to show the menu list.

Click it to change the sequence of the list.

Click it to change the camera displaying mode.

Click it to close the current interface.

Click it to go to the earliest date of camera recording.

Click it to go to the latest date of camera recording.

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3Wizard & Main Interface

3.1Startup Wizard

The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons (: no disk; : unavailable disk; : RW available disk).

You can quickly configure the NVR by wizard setup to make the NVR work normally. You must configure the wizard if you start the NVR for the first time (or click “Skip” to cancel the wizard next time).

Click “Wizard Setup” to start wizard. The setting steps are as follows.

①System Login. Set your own password or use the default when you use the wizard for the first time (the default username of the system is admin and the default password of admin is 123456); select the login username and enter the corresponding password next time.

Click “Edit Security Question” to set questions and answers for password security of admin. If you forget the password, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details.

Click “Next” to continue or click “Cancel” to exit the wizard.

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②Date and Time Configuration. The date and time of the system need to be set up if you use the wizard for the first time. Refer to the following figure. Set the time zone, system time, date format and time format. The DST will be enabled by default if the time zone selected includes DST. Click “Next” to continue.

③Network Settings. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the IP address and DNS automatically, or manually input IP address, subnet mask, gateway, preferred DNS and alternate DNS. Input the HTTP port, RTSP port and Server port (please see 11.1.2 Port Configuration for details). Click “Next” to continue.

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④QRCode. You can scan the QRCode through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or PAD to log in the mobile client instantly. Please refer to 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance for details.

⑤Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the

same local network with NVR and then click to add the searched camera. Click “Add

All” to add all the cameras in the list. Click to delete the added camera. Click “Delete All” to delete all the added cameras.

Click to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left. Input the new IP address, subnet mask, gateway, username and the password of the camera. Click “OK” to save the settings.

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Click to edit the added camera as shown on the above right. Input the new camera name, IP address, port, username and the password of the camera. You can click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “OK” to save the settings. You can change the IP camera name only when the added camera is online. Click “Next” to continue.

⑥Disk Settings. You can view the disk number, disk capacity of the NVR and serial number, R&W status of the disk. Click “Formatting” to format the disk. Click “Next” to continue.

⑦Record Settings. Two record modes are available: auto and manual.

Auto: Select one auto mode in the interface as shown below and then click “OK” button to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details.

Manual: Set the “Sensor Record”, “Motion Record” and “Schedule Record” of each camera. Click “OK” to save the settings. See 7.1.1 Mode Configuration for details.

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3.2Main Interface

3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction

The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below.

Start button. Click it to pop up area ③.

Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen.

Screen mode button.

Dwell button (see 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View and 5.2.4 Scheme

View In Sequence for details).

Click it to enable OSD; click to disable OSD.

Click to set the default playback time before starting instant playback (8.1 Instant Playback) or going to the playback interface for

playback operations (8.2 Playback Interface Introduction); click to go to playback interface.

Manual record button. Click it to enable/disable record.

Manual alarm button. Click it to trigger or clear the alarm-out manually in the popup window.

Record status button. Click it to view the record status.

Alarm status button. Click it to view the alarm status.

Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status and RAID status.

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Information button. Click it to view system information.

Introduction of area ②:

Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.

Click “Single Channel Sequences” to view all the added groups in the group list; click one group in the list to view all the added cameras in the group (refer to 4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group for detail configuration of the camera group). Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one group in the group list to preview the cameras’ images one by one in the selected window.

Click “Customize Display Modes” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to 5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode for detail configuration of the display mode). Double click one display mode in the list to switch to the display mode for previewing.

3.2.2 Setup Panel

Click StartSettings to pop up the setup panel as shown below.

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Account and Authority

The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on.

System

The module covers the functions such as Basic Configuration (see 11.2 Basic Configuration for details), Device Information (see 11.7 View System Information for details), Log Information (see 11.6 View Log for details) and Configuration File Import&Export (see 11.5 Backup and Restore for details) and so on.

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4Camera Management

4.1Add/Edit Camera

4.1.1 Add Camera

The network of the NVR should be set before adding IP camera (see 11.1.1 TCP/IPv4 Configuration for details).

Refer to the pictures below. Click Add Camera in the setup panel or in the top right corner of the preview window to pop up the “Add Camera” window as shown below. You can quickly add or add the IP camera manually.

Quickly Add

Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.

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5Live Preview Introduction

5.1Preview Interface Introduction

You should add camera first after logging on to the system (see 4.1.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging.

Click the preview window to show the tool bar as shown in area ①; right click the preview window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu list are introduced in the table below.

The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to

select the zoom in area. Click / to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for amplification. Click “Back” to return to the live preview interface.

5.2Preview Mode

5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode

Set different screen modes and cameras’ display sequences as required and then save the display modes classified by surveillance areas, priorities and so on. Refer to the picture below. Double click one display mode in the display mode list to view the live images in this mode.

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Add Display Mode Method One:

①Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode.

② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as required.

③ Click “Save” button under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click “OK” button to save the current display mode.

Method Two:

①Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput Settings to go to the interface and then set the screen mode.

② Double click the camera or camera group in the list to add them to the selected window.

③ Click to save the current display mode (refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence for detail configurations). The display mode will be saved and displayed in the display mode list in the live preview interface.

Edit Display Mode

Click “Customize Display Modes” tab in the live preview interface and then select one display mode in the list. Click “Rename” to edit the display mode name; click “Delete” to delete the display mode.

5.2.2 Quick Sequence View

You can start quick sequence view if the scheme has not been created. If the scheme has been created, please refer to 5.2.4 Scheme View in Sequence for details.

Go to the live preview interface and then click to pop up a little window. Set the dwell

time in the window and then click to view the live group by group according to the

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camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause

the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.

5.2.3 Camera Group View In Sequence

You can start camera group view in sequence if camera group has been created (see 4.2.1 Add Camera Group for details).

①Go to the live preview interface and then select a camera window.

②Double click one camera group on the right side of the interface. The cameras in the group will start camera group view one by one in the selected camera window.

You can also drag the group directly to any preview window. Right click on the group view window and then click “Close Dwell” button to stop the view.

5.2.4Scheme View In Sequence

Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays all the dwell schemes; area ② shows the detailed information of the scheme;

area ③ displays all the cameras and groups; area ④ is the tool bar (: clear button; : favourite button, click it to pop up a window, enter the display mode name in the window and then click “OK” to save the current display mode; other buttons are screen mode buttons).

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Lens Control

Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click or to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens. Click “Save” to save the settings.

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6PTZ

6.1PTZ Control Interface Introduction

You can control the IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera for PTZ control.

Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below. You can select another IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera on the top right of the interface for PTZ control.

Introductions of the buttons on the bottom right of the interface: