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Step 3: After entering the "settings" screen you will be presented with ten options. For now we needto only change the recording resolution. To proceed with this, left click on the "ENCODE" icon toenter the Encode page.Step 4: Now that we are in the Encode window we are shown a number of options we can change.Our first step on this window is to set the DVR to change all of the recording resolutions for everychannel. To do this select the down arrow next to the "Channel" option and left click on "ALL" locatedat the bottom of the dropdown window. (This field's default value is 1)

Step 5: Next we need to change the resolution of the actual video. *Keep in mind we recommendalways recording in D1 (704x480) resolution, we recommend this because the quality of the video isquite better vs. CIF resolution (352x240)* To proceed with changing the recording resolution selectthe down arrow next to the "Resolution" option. You will see a couple different options to selectfrom, for now we need to select D1 by left clicking on it. This will automatically change the framerate to whatever the maximum allowable FPS (Frames Per Second) is for your DVR. (Econo - 7FPS,PROLINE 4 & 8 Channel - 15fps, PROLINE 16 - 7fps, FULLD1 & FULLD1-PRO - 30fps) All DVR's willallow up to 30 FPS per channel at CIF resolution, but as said before, we recommend recording allchannels at D1 resolution even if it means a lower frame rate.

Step 6: Your almost done! Next we need to set the bit rate to its highest value to ensure a smoothand high quality video with low compression. To do this left click the arrow next to the "BitRate(Kb/S)" option, this will present you with another dropdown box. The next to last option on thisdropdown window should be "1024" please select this now by left clicking on it. If you have theFULLD1-Pro, you will select "2048".

Step 7: After setting the Channels, Resolution, and Bit Rate select "Save" in the lower right corner tosave your changes. Congratulations! You now know how to change the recording resolution of yournew DVR!Turning Recording On and OffThere may be a time where you do not want to record video on all channels or you may always wantto have your DVR recording, whichever preference you decide on its always good to know how toturn the recording on and off on your DVR. If, for example, you have an 8 channel DVR but onlyhave four cameras hooked up to it, it would be to your advantage to stop recording the unusedchannels to save on hard drive space.Step 1: First we need to access the on screen menu like we did in previous tutorials, to do this rightclick to open the on screen menu window. Next we need to select the "Record" option on the onscreen menu, do this by left clicking it.Step 2: After selecting the Record option, the Record window will be displayed presenting you withmultiple filled and unfilled circles. To set a channel to record we need to select the correspondingcircle to the right of "Manual". If you want all of your camera channels to record you can simplyselect the circle under "All" and to the right of "Manual".

Step 3: If you prefer to have certain camera channels recording and others not, then this step isnecessary, if you followed step 2 and prefer all your channels to record please skip this step as it isn'tneeded. Moving on, while in your Record window you can individually select a camera channel toNOT record, to do this left click in the blank circle to the right of "Stop" and directly under yourcorresponding channel number. As you can see in our example below we have set camera channels 1& 6 to NOT record.Step 4: After selecting your channels to record or not to record the only thing left to do is click the"OK" button on the record window. This saves your options you have selected. Congratulations! Youcan now set all your channels to record or stop recording and also individually select camera channelsto record or not record.

Getting the DVR Setup for Internet ViewingPreface:Getting your DVR setup for the internet is one of the best features that these DVR’s have. This guideshould help most users get their DVR setup for the internet but please note that there are severaldifferent types of ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) and Network Configurations. While this guide willhelp most, there may be some users that may have to contact their ISP to figure out how to docertain tasks within this guide. We will let you know during this tutorial on when you may need tocontact your ISP to get certain information.What you will need:DVR, A Router, Network Cable AKA CAT5 Cable AKA Ethernet Cable (most of the DVR’s come withthis but you may find the need to get a longer one and that is okay), High Speed Internet (Dial Up isnot ideal and may not work depending on the speed). Internet Explorer is the browser were using forthis tutorial. Terms you will learn if you don’t know them already (don’t worry, we will teach them aswe go):IP Address: An IP address is a unique number that a computer has or other type device (such asyour DVR) that helps identify itself within a network. There are 2 types of IP Addresses: LAN IP’s andWAN IP’sWAN IP: Wide Area Network IP. Otherwise known as your public IP. This is the IP that most peopleare familiar with. This IP address identifies your local network to the internet. Think of it like a streetaddress for your home which helps identify your location to the world. Since you are using a router toconnect all your devices to the internet, your router will have one WAN IP address that identifies yourentire network to the internet.LAN IP: Local Area Network IP. LAN IP’s are individual IP’s assigned to each device within your LocalNetwork. Each device that is connected to your router, whether it be your computer or DVR will haveits own individual LAN IP. Remember when we said a WAN IP is like a street address for your home?Well, LAN IP’s are like the individual people living in the home.Static or Dynamic IP: Your WAN IP will be either one of these 2 types. A static IP is one thatpermanently stays the same. A dynamic IP is constantly changing. Port Forwarding: This is aconfiguration that is done within your router to allow your DVR to be seen from remote locations overthe internet.

Preparation:Please ensure that you have your router setup properly and that you can access the internet with itfrom a regular computer. Most internet users typically do use a router so more than likely you areprobably already setup but if you do not have a router then you will need to get one. You will alsoneed to make sure that you have access to your routers administration page. Chances are, you mayhave not accessed this in a while but you will need to access this now to do some slightconfigurations. Also, go ahead and run the Network cable from the network port on the back of theDVR to an open port on your router.Step 1: Have your router assign your DVR a LAN IP.You can do this by simply going into the DVR’s Main Menu Setting Network. Once you get there,you will need to highlight the box that is labeled “DHCP”. Once you highlight the box you will noticethat the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway fields will become blank, after that happens, be sureto click Save. Once you click save, it should automatically exit the network menu, If not, go aheadand manually exit the menu.Next you will need to go back into the network menu. Once you get back into the menu, you willnotice that the IP address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway fields are automatically filled in with numbersnow. These are the numbers that the DVR obtained from your router. If you do not see any numbersfilled in the fields, then please restart your DVR and go back into the network menu and you shouldthen see the fields filled in with numbers. The IP address that you see in the Network menu is yourDVR’s LAN IP, be sure to write this down as you will need this info later. In the following example,

our LAN IP is 10.0.0.10, please note that yours will more than likely be different but for our example,our router assigned our DVR the LAN IP of 10.0.0.10.IMPORTANT: Once you see that all of the information is filled in be sure to uncheck the DHCP boxand click save. Doing this will make the DVR keep the same IP address permanently. If you leave thebox checked, the DVR will get a new IP address every time the DVR restarts or shuts down and youdo not want that to happen.***Attention 64-bit users only***If you are using a 64-bit (x64) Operating System you will need to run Internet Explorer as anadministrator.To do so, find the icon to Internet Explorer (usually located on the desktop) or click on the StartMenu and in the Search field type "Internet Explorer". Once the search is finished you will probablysee multiple options (Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer (64-bit), Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).You will need to right click on the normal "Internet Explorer" icon (Not the 64-bit or 'NO add-ons'option) and select "Run as administrator". Now you can continue with the steps below.

Step 2: Verify that you can log in to the DVR from a computer within your local network.In order to do this, you will need to use a computer that is connected to the same router as yourDVR is. Use Internet Explorer if that is your primary browser. First we must configure InternetExplorers Active X settings in order to operate the remote software. To do this open InternetExplorer Tools Internet Options Security. Then Click on the Custom Level Button. Now you willneed to scroll down to where the active X controls are. You will need to find the 3 following Active Xconfigurations: 1) Download Signed Active X controls 2) Download unsigned ActiveX controls 3)Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting. You will need to select the“Prompt” box for all 3 of these configurations:

Next we need to set the Internet Explorer browser to compatibility mode, to do this simple click the"Tools" option on the menu bar at the top then about halfway down the window you will see"Compatibility View". Click that to allow Internet Explorer to view your DVR page.

Now that we have internet explorer configured correctly, it is time to login to the DVR. Do this bysimply typing in your DVR’s Local IP address. This is the address that we told you to write downearlier. In our example, our Local IP is 10.0.0.10. Please note that if you get any prompts to installactive x or any add-ons, please click yes to all of the messages. It may take a while to popup but thisis what your login screen will look likeImportant: Please note that whenever you login you will need to use a username that is able toaccess the DVR remotely. The default username and password 888888 will not be able tologin to the DVR remotely. Even if you have changed the username and password for this accountto something else, you still will not be able to use that account to login over the network. That useraccount is made primarily to be used directly at the DVR, not over the network. However, you canuse the other user accounts, for example, if you have not changed any of the default usernames andpasswords, you can use admin as your username and password to login to the DVR. Whichever useraccount you choose to control over the network, you will want to go into your DVR and allow fullaccess as an administrator so that you can access all of the remote software’s configurations. Inorder to gain access to all of your user accounts, please go to your DVR and access the main menu.From there you go to Advanced Account. From there you can edit the various user accountspermissions and/or add other user accounts.After you successfully login, this is what the remote software will look like (please note that it maytake a while to load) (Also, whenever the screen comes up, be sure to click the open all button at thebottom left to see your cameras):

Step 3: Get your DVR and Router Configured so you can see your DVR from a remotelocation outside of your local network.You are halfway finished. Now you will have to configure your router to allow you to login to yourDVR from a remote location outside of your network. Simply typing in your DVR’s LAN IP from aremote location will not work. This is where your Networks WAN IP will come into play and you willalso need to know if your WAN IP is a Dynamic IP or a Static IP.Figure out your WAN IP:You can do this by going to the website www.ipchicken.com. Once you get to IP chicken it will showyou your WAN IP. Write this number down. In our case our networks WAN IP is 70.234.179.105Figure out if your WAN IP is Static or Dynamic:The difference between a static IP and a Dynamic IP is a static IP stays the same permanently. ADynamic IP changes constantly. For example, our network has a Dynamic IP, so our WAN IP of70.234.179.105 will be totally different here in an hour or so. If you do not know what kind of WANIP that you have, you will need to contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and ask them. A staticIP requires less configuration to get this process setup than a Dynamic IP. You can still have aDynamic IP, but you will need to take an extra step to configure your router to make it work. We willget to that later though.

Configure your Router for Port Forwarding:This process allows your router to be seen over the internet so you can see your DVR remotelyoutside of your network. All routers are different but in our example, we used a Netgear router. Ifyou do not know how to access your routers Port Forwarding section, please consult your routersmanual or customer support to guide you to the port forwarding section. This is the part where youwill need to access your routers admin page.There are 2 ports that you will need to forward in order for this DVR to work correctly. You do this byadding a custom service to the Port Forwarding Section. You will need to forward ports 80 and 37777to your DVR’s Local IP. Let's take port 80 for example. The service name is not important but let’sjust go ahead and name it DVR1. For the service type you will need to select TCP/UDP. For thestarting port, input 80. And for the ending port, input 80. In the Server IP address field, you will typein your DVR’s LAN IP. Click “Apply”:

So once you get all of your custom port forwarding services completed. You will have a total of 2services listed:Ensure that ports 37777 and 80 are open:We will now need to make sure that ports 37777 and 80 are open and accessible and that they arenot being blocked by your ISP. In order to do this, you will need to make sure that you are on acomputer within the same local network as your DVR. Next you will need to visit the websitewww.canyouseeme.org. Once you get there, you will notice that your WAN IP is listed and there is abox where you can input the port number that you want to check. First you will want to check port80. Enter port 80 in the box and click check. If your port is open, you will see a green “success”notification at the bottom. Do the same thing for port 37777:

If you received an error that your port was not open or that your service could not be seen, then it islikely that your ISP is blocking those ports. In this case you will need to contact your ISP to ask themto unblock those specified ports so that you can use this DVR over the internet. Or you can ask themwhich ports are open that you can use, if they tell you that you need different port numbers, thenplease note that you will need to re-configure your router and DVR with those according numbers.The best option though would be to have them unblock those ports because this would require lessconfiguration and hassle.Verify that you can login to the DVR from a remote computer that is outside of yournetwork.Now you have everything configured correctly. It is time to see if you can login to the DVR from aremote computer. Remember how we initially logged in to the DVR from the local network by typingin the DVR’s LAN IP into the browser bar? Well this time you will instead type your WAN IP into thebrowser bar. Please note that in order to properly do this, you will need to login from a remotecomputer outside of your local network. This means that you may have to leave your house or call afriend to attempt it for you. Whichever remote computer you decide to use to login to your DVR with,DO NOT FORGET TO USE INTERNET EXPLORER AND DO NOT FORGET TO CONFIGUREYOUR ACTIVEX SETTINGS FOR THAT COMPUTER AS DESCRIBED IN STEP 2 OF THISTUTORIAL. Also, if you try to visit your WAN IP from within your local network, do not be surprisedif that does not work. Some ISP’s do not allow what is called a “loop through”. Please ensure thatyou try this from outside of your local network.Also, if you have a dynamic IP, you may want to verify with IPchicken.com that your WAN IP has notchanged. If it has, then you will need to use your new WAN IP and type that into the browser barfrom the remote location.Now for our example, all we do is type in our WAN IP of 70.234.179.105 (yours will be different)from a remote location and it brings us to our login screen:

Please note that if you have other devices that you are using that require port forwarding, then youwill need to type in your WAN IP followed by a Colon and then 80. For example, ours would be70.234.179.105:80Simply type in your username and password and you are done! Congratulations!!For Dynamic IP users:Since your WAN IP will be changing all the time, there is obviously no way of knowing what your everchanging WAN IP is when you are away from the DVR’s location. To combat this problem, there is awebsite called www.dyndns.com that allows you to have a permanent WAN IP “in essence”. Thisservice is completely free. You will need to configure your router to the dyndns service. Please visitthe dyndns website to obtain the service. Since all routers are different, there is no way we can givea general tutorial on how to connect your router to dyndns, so please contact dyndns customersupport or your routers customer support if you do not know how to do this. Dyndns also has manygreat tutorials on how to achieve this process.TroubleShooting:I followed all the steps to a “T” but I still cannot connect to the DVR from a remotelocation.More than likely, the problem lies within your ISP’s network configuration. Some networks do notallow you to access devices such as DVR’s from outside the network. For example, some Hughes Netusers will not be able to access their DVR remotely unless they upgrade to their special Static IPservice. Some other ISP’s have similar settings. If you feel you have followed all of the instructions inthis tutorial and you still cannot access the DVR, the best thing to do would be to contact your ISPand let them know what you are trying to do. They will more than likely let you know the reason whyyou are not able to connect to the DVR and they should give you some options on how to configureyour network in able to access the DVR remotely. Please note dep

DVR Quick Setup Guide First we would like to thank you for your DVR purchase. Most likely, as soon as you get your DVR in, you will want to get the core functionalities of the DVR up and running as quickly as possible. This handbook will help you do just that. Also, please note that there are also many other guides and