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Owner’s Manual & Safety Instructions

Save This Manual Keep this manual for the safety warnings and precautions, assembly,

operating, inspection, maintenance and cleaning procedures. Write the product’s serial number in the

back of the manual near the assembly diagram (or month and year of purchase if product has no number).

No portion of this manual or any artwork contained herein may be reproduced in

any shape or form without the express written consent of Harbor Freight Tools.

Diagrams within this manual may not be drawn proportionally. Due to continuing

improvements, actual product may differ slightly from the product described herein.

Tools required for assembly and service may not be included.

Read this material before using this product.

Failure to do so can result in serious injury.

SAVE THIS MANUAL.

REV 16b

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Safety ............................................................................. 2

Specifications .............................................................. 5

Components and Controls ....................................... 6

Setup ..............................................................................8

Default Settings ........................................................ 12

Basic Settings

WARNING SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS

This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential

personal injury hazards. Obey all safety messages that

follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.

Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided,

Read all safety warnings and instructions.

Save all warnings and instructions for future reference.

Installation Precautions

1. Check federal, state and local surveillance laws

4. Wear ANSI-approved safety goggles

5. Keep installation area clean and well lit.

6. Keep children and bystanders out of

the area during installation.

7. Do not install when tired or when under the

influence of alcohol, drugs or medication.

Use Precautions

1. This product is not a toy. Do not allow

2. Use as intended only.

4. Maintain product labels and nameplates.

These carry important safety information.

Camera Safety Warnings

1. To prevent electric shock, do not attempt

2. Do not expose the Power Adapter to rain

3. Do not abuse the Power Adapter cord. Never

use the cord for unplugging the plug from the

outlet. Keep cord away from heat, oil, sharp

edges or moving parts. Damaged or entangled

4. Handle Camera with care. Camera could be

damaged by improper handling or storage.

5. Do not abuse the Power Adapter cord. Never

These carry important safety information.

If unreadable or missing, contact

(California Health & Safety Code § 25249.5, et seq.)

8. The warnings, precautions, and instructions

discussed in this instruction manual cannot

cover all possible conditions and situations

that may occur. It must be understood by the

operator that common sense and caution are

factors which cannot be built into this product,

but must be supplied by the operator.

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19 Play Forward/Backward Slowly

20 Rotate through View Layout

21 Move Down

22 Open Menu

Confirm Selected Operation

DVR Back Panel

6

2 43

7 9 10

8

DVR Accessories

Open Menu

Confirm Selected Operation

Move Up

Live View Layout

Move Down

Go back one hour

Go forward one hour

Step through playback slowly

Playback 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x

Go back 4x, 8x, 16x

Play/Pause

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NOTICE: CHECK FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL SURVEILLANCE LAWS BEFORE

INSTALLING VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT.

CONNECT AND TEST ALL EQUIPMENT AND CAMERA LOCATIONS

BEFORE MOUNTING CAMERAS.

Designate Location for DVR and Monitor

When planning location for DVR and Monitor:

1. Select a clean, dry, well ventilated, dust-free,

2. If connecting DVR to Network, make sure

3. Take into consideration the length

CAUTION! Route the Cables so as

4. Make sure location will remain within

2. HD cable (sold separately) or

B. Connect Cameras and Audio

NOTICE: Do not join cables together end-to-end. Video loss may occur. If extra length is needed,

longer cables (sold separately) and a higher amperage power adapter (sold separately) should be used.

1. Connect Video (Yellow) from Cameras

2. Connect Power (Red) from Cameras to Cables.

3. Connect Video (Yellow) from Cables to DVR.

4. Connect Power (Red) from Cables to Splitter.

6. Audio:

connected microphones will record sound.

b. Connect speaker (sold separately) to

c. Go to Audio Settings on

page 23 to enable audio.

NOTICE: CHECK FEDERAL, STATE AND

LOCAL AUDIO SURVEILLANCE LAWS

BEFORE INSTALLING MICROPHONE.

Plan Mounting Locations for Cameras

DO NOT MOUNT CAMERAS YET!

Note: If adding extra cameras, use Item 62468.

1. Adjust Hood as needed to protect the lens.

Hood

b. Select locations under eaves to shelter

Cameras are visible, but out of reach.

d. Verify that installation surfaces have no hidden

utility lines before drilling or driving screws.

e. Make sure no strong light will shine

directly into Camera Lenses.

f. To avoid mounting the Cameras upside down,

make sure the Hood is above the Lens.

g. Do not point Camera through a window, glaring

may occur, resulting in poor quality images.

C. Connect Mouse

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Recording Settings

Right Click or Pop-Up Menu > Record Setup

Continuous and Custom Scheduled Sessions

Scheduled Sessions for each camera.

Cancel or right click on screen.

c. Use - and + buttons to manually adjust

Brightness, Contrast, Saturation,

Hue and Sharpness, or

Note: If "Unformatted U-Disk " error

appears, format USB flash drive according

to Maintain Drives on page 19.

c. Click Backup. A folder named with the recording

date will be created on the flash drive.

d. The USB flash drive can be plugged into

another device to view or transfer recordings.

Note: Some flash drives include special file

handling software and may not be compatible.

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SAFETY

Take Photos

Right-Click or Pop-Up Menu > Snapshot

1. Click Snapshot, cursor will turn into camera icon.

2. Click area within desired channel to

3. Window will pop up to let you know

4. Right-click to exit Snapshot mode.

Note: If monitoring audio, take care when clicking

on monitor screen, it is possible to change

View and Backup Photos

Right-Click or Pop-Up Menu > Photos

1. Select Search Type and Channel.

2. Click Search.

to Maintain Drives on page 19.

b. The USB flash drive can be plugged into

another device to view or transfer recordings.

Note: Some flash drives include special file

View and Backup DVR's Activity

Search >Log

1. Type: All is selected by default. Change

up, setting are imported and exported.

when recordings start.

f. User Management - Logs when connecting

to the network and when users log in.

g. File Operation - Logs when records are

searched, played back and backed up.

2. Date: Today's date is selected by default.

Change date to search a different day or

deselect Date box to view logs for all dates.

3. Detail: Click to view detailed information

about the logged event.

handling software and may not be compatible.

Maintain System

System > Maintenance

Restart Schedule, Update Firmware, Reset Factory Settings, Import and Export Settings

1. Scheduled Restart: Select day for restart.

2. Enter time according 24 hour format. For

Click OK to save changes and close menu.

Cancel or right click on screen.

USB flash drive. (Find the most recent

firmware updates at harborfreight.com.)

4. Reset Factory: Click to restore

system default settings.

a. Click OK.

IMPORTANT! Clicking OK will delete custom

activity and recording are not affected. Will

need to reconnect Network by checking

Automatic(DHCP) again and clicking Apply or OK.

Maintain and Format Hard Drive, Format USB Flash Drive

1. When Hdisk is Full: Overlay is selected by

2. Format:

a. Highlight device to format - Hard Drive or

U Disk (U-Disk will appear as selection

if USB Flash Drive is installed).

b. Click Format button, then click OK.

IMPORTANT! Clicking OK will delete

Click OK to save changes and close menu.

Changes will not be saved if you click

Cancel or right click on screen.

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Clock Settings............................................................................................................................ 20

Resolution and FPS Settings ................................................................................................... 21

User Management Settings ......................................................................................................22

Privacy Mask .............................................................................................................................. 23

also need to hire an Network Specialist.

• The DVR must be connected to your network.

(Go to Connect DVR to

Network on page 29.)

• After network connection is set up:

1. Auto Synchronize Time: Check box to

Changes will not be saved if you click

Cancel or right click on screen.