USA Vision UA-XVR1620 16 Channel H.265 5MP Lite 2MP HD DVR User Guide

USA Vision UA-XVR1620 16 Channel H.265 5MP Lite 2MP HD DVR

Product Information

Specifications:

• Model: UA-XVR1620
• Manufacturer: USA Vision Systems Inc.
• Address: 9301 Irvine Blvd, Irvine, CA 92618, USA
• Contact: Tel: +1-949-421-5910, Fax: +1-949-583-152
• Website: www.geovision.com.tw/us

Product Usage Instructions

1. Introduction

Before using the UA-XVR1620, ensure you have read the manual thoroughly for proper operation.

1.1 Packing List

Check the packing list to ensure all components are included before proceeding with installation.

1.2 Overview

The UA-XVR1620 provides advanced features for surveillance purposes.

1.2.1 Front View

Detailed description of the front view of the product.

1.2.2 Rear View

Detailed description of the rear view of the product.

2. Installation

Follow the steps for HDD installation, connection diagram, and power supply connection as outlined in the manual.

2.1 HDD Installation

Step-by-step guide on how to install the hard disk drive in the UA-XVR1620.

2.2 Connection Diagram

Refer to the connection diagram to connect all necessary components properly.

2.3 Power Supply Connection

Instructions on how to connect the power supply securely to the device.

3. Getting Started

Follow the start wizard process to initialize the UA-XVR1620 for use.

3.1 Start Wizard

Step-by-step guide on how to run the start wizard for initial setup.

3.1.1 Start Wizard

Detailed instructions on each step of the start wizard process.

3.1.2 Connecting IP Cameras

Guidance on how to connect IP cameras to the UA-XVR1620.

3.2 Live View Overview

Overview of the live view feature and its components.

3.2.1 Main Window

Description of the main window layout during live view.

3.2.2 Task Menu Bar

Explanation of the task menu bar options for live view operations.

3.2.3 Camera Quick Toolbar

Details on using the camera quick toolbar for quick access to camera functions.

3.3 Recording Playback

Learn how to access and play back recordings on the UA-XVR1620.

3.3.1 Accessing the Playback Window on UA-HD DVR

Instructions on accessing the playback window on the DVR for recorded footage.

3.3.2 Exporting and Playing Recordings

Steps to export and play recordings from the UA-XVR1620.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I reset the device to factory settings?
2. What is the maximum storage capacity supported by UA-XVR1620?
3. Is remote viewing possible with this product?
4. How can I update the firmware of UA-XVR1620?
5. What are the recommended IP camera models for use with this device?

Quick Start Guide
UA-XVR1620

Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.

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April 2023
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Introduction

Welcome to the UA-XVR1620 Quick Start Guide. In the following sections, you will learn about the basic installations and configurations. For more details, see UA-XVR1620 User’s Manual.

1.1 Packing List
UA-XVR1620 3.5″ HDD screw kit x 2 2.5″ HDD screw kit x 2 Rack Mount x 2 Screw for Rack Mount x 2

Audio Cable USB Mouse Power Adapter (DC 12V, 5, 60W) Power Cord Download Guide

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1.2 Overview
1.2.1 Rear View

Item Power LED HDD LED USB port

Description Show constant green when power is supplied. Blink red when the HDD is writing or reading data. No LED when no HDD is installed. Connect the supplied mouse or USB flash memory.

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1.2.2 Rear View

Item

Description

e-SATA

Connect to e-SATA HDD for recording & backup.

Audio Input (1-4) Connect with audio input signals, RCA port.

Audio Input (5-16) Connect to the input ports with supplied connector.

CVBS

Connect to your TV or monitor, BNC port.

Audio Output

Audio signal output, RCA port.

Video Input

Connect with video input devices, BNC port.

VGA

Connect to your TV or a monitor with VGA input.

RS-485

Connect to PTZ devices.

Sensor & Alarm Optional. Connect to external sensor & alarm devices.

HDMI

Connect to your digital TV or monitor with HDMI input.

LAN

Connect to your home network.

USB port

Connect the supplied mouse or USB flash memory.

Power

Connect to the supplied power adaptor.

Reset

Load default settings of the DVR. Note: The Reset button is below the USB port. Poke the Reset button to load default settings.

Power Switch

Turn on / off power supply.

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Installation

2.1 HDD Installation
Follow the instructions below to install the HDD in the DVR for video data storage. Caution: DO NOT install or remove the hard drive while the power is turned ON. Note: 1. The DVR supports 3.5″ and 2.5″ SATA HDD of up to 10 TB only. 2. The following procedures are for reference only. The practical operation may be
different depending on the model you purchased. HDD Installation: (1) Cut power firstly. Unscrew both sides and rear panel to open the upper cover.
(2) Connect the data and power cables to the HDD and place the HDD on the DVR case. Carefully flip the DVR case and secure the HDD to the DVR with screws.
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2.2 Connection Diagram
Speaker
2.3 Power Supply Connection
Caution: Use only the supplied power adapter of the DVR. Connect one end of the power adapter to the power connector on the back of the DVR. Plug the other end of the power adapter into the wall outlet.
For specific models, press the Power Switch to turn on the power.
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Getting Started

3.1 Start Wizard
3.1.1 Start Wizard
Click Start Wizard to proceed to the next step.
3.1.2 Connecting IP Cameras
After finishing setting Network Configuration and Date and Time, this page appears.
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Click Search to search IP cameras in the same network. Choose the IP camera(s) you want

to add, and then click

icon to add to the DVR. Or, click button to manually add

individual IP camera to a single channel.

IP Address/Domain: IP address or domain name of the IP camera.

Alias: Name of the IP camera.

Port: Port of the IP camera.

Protocol: Choose the protocol of the IP camera from the dropdown menu.

User Name: User Name of the IP camera.

Password: Password of the IP camera.

Note: 1. The system fills in the ID and password using admin/admin123. for UA- B580F3 /
UA-R500F2 / UA-R560F2 / UA-R580F2 / UA-R800F2 by default. Make sure to enter the correct ID and password of the IP cameras if the login credentials have been changed on the IP cameras before connecting to UA-HD DVR models. 2. The default password is 123456 for the following IP camera models: UA-B20004F / UA-B40004F / UA-B4000VF-S / UA-D20002F / UA-D40002F / UA-D4000VF-S / UA- R40002F-SA. To modify the password on the camera’s Web interface, refer to Network Cameras User Manual for details.

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3.2 Live View Overview
3.2.1 Main Window
Camera Title To display the camera title A-: This indicates that the camera connected is an AHD camera T-: This indicates that the camera connected is a TVI camera C-: This indicates that the camera connected is a CVI camera IP: This indicates that the camera connected is an IP camera State Icon
: Trigger Intelligence Detection : Trigger PIR Detection : This indicates that the DVR is currently recording. : This icon appears when the camera has detected motion. : The icon indicates that the external I/O alarm device is triggered : This icon indicates that the HDD is in error to work : This icon indicates the HDD is unformatted. :This icon indicates the HDD is full.
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:This icon indicates the HDD is read-only. Off-line: The analog camera is disconnected. No Camera: IP camera is disconnected. Decoding Failed: The DVR doesn’t support this kind of IP camera compression standard, please change to H.264 compression standard. Resource Not EnoughInsufficient resources, the main code flow does not support all drawings at the same time/MJPEG format can only display one channel. Band Not EnoughInsufficient bandwidth, the channel cannot be online Failed to connect to cameraIPC connection failed User name or password error: IPC username and password are wrong
Click to open Quick Add menu to add IP camera Click to edit current IP camera For more details, see 4.2 Live View Screen Overview in UA-XVR1620 User’s Manual.
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3.2.2 Task Menu Bar
Click to open the Start Menu. Click to choose different layouts for live view.
More Layout: Click to choose more layouts for live view. Auto SEQ: Click to start viewing channels in a sequence. Playback: You can choose to play the latest recording for all channels from the beginning of the day, or you can choose the playback from the latest 5s, 10s, 30s, 1Min, 5Min. Audio: Click to adjust audio volume. Preview Policy: Click to switch among real-time, balanced, or smooth view. This function only effects the live view video quality by bitrate and frame rate without impacting the recording quality. Manual: To start or stop Manual Record and Manual Alarm. System: To view system information, channel information, record info, and network state. This icon appears if the network is disconnected.
3.2.3 Camera Quick Toolbar
Click to manually record the channel. If the manual recording is in process, the icon will be in red color. Click one more time to stop manual record. Click to save a snapshot of the current camera image. Manual Capture must be enabled to use this feature.
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Click to play the last 5 minutes of recording of this channel. Click to enter PTZ control panel. Click to zoom-in the channel. When the icon appears, press and hold the left button of your mouse to drag the area you want to zoom in. Click to adjust the image color of the channel. You can adjust the HUE, BRIGHT, CONTRAST & SATURATION of the image. Click to switch main/sub stream Click to enable/disable white light alarm. Note that this menu won’t change the white light setting parameter. Click to manually record the channel. If the manual recording is in process, the icon will be in red color. Click one more time to stop manual record. Click to save a snapshot of the current camera image. Manual Capture must be enabled to use this feature. Click to play the last 5 minutes of recording of this channel. Click to enter PTZ control panel. Click to zoom-in the channel. When the icon appears, press and hold the left button of your mouse to drag the area you want to zoom in. Click to adjust the image color of the channel. You can adjust the HUE, BRIGHT, CONTRAST & SATURATION of the image. Click to switch main/sub stream Click to enable/disable white light alarm. Note that this menu won’t change the white light setting parameter.
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3.3 Recording Playback

3.3.1 Accessing the Playback Window on UA-HD DVR

On the main window, click the Playback icon

on the toolbar at the bottom to play back

the video. At the lower left corner of the main window, you can also click the Start icon and Search to open the playback window to customize the playback channels and event types, and then play back the video.

For details, see Chapter 7 Search, Playback & Backup in the User’s Manual.

3.3.2 Exporting and Playing Recordings
Saving Video Clips from Local UA-HD DVR 1. At the lower left corner of the main window, click the Start icon
open the playback window.

and Search to

2. Insert a USB flash drive, and click the Save icon

from the video playback controls

to save the video clips.

Exporting Video Clips from the Web interface of UA-HD DVR 1. On the main page, click the Playback tab to open the playback page. 2. After searching for the desired recordings, click the Download icon from the video
playback controls. 3. Select the desired files and click Start Download to download the video clips.

Playing Video Clips Exported Locally or from the Web Interface of UA-HD DVR 1. Install one of the following players:
USAVision Player VLC Media Player KM Player 2. Launch the player and locate the recordings, and wait for 3 ~ 30 seconds before it starts to play.

Note: Make sure to launch and player first and locate the recordings on the player to prevent latency.

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Remote Access via Web Client

Use the Web Client to remotely access your DVR at any time via a PC. Before you access the Web Client, ensure that your PC’s system meets the basic requirements and that the network settings of the DVR are configured properly.

4.1 Basic System Requirements

Item

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Intel® CoreTM i5 CPU Intel® CoreTM i5 CPU or higher

RAM

4G or more

8G or more

Hard Drive

500G or more

1000G or more

Display RAM Display Resolution OS
DirectX

2G or more

4G or more

1280*1024

1920*1080

Windows 7 or above Mac OS X® 10.9 or above DirectX 11

Direct3D

Acceleration Function

Ethernet Adapter 10/100/1000M Ethernet Adapter

IE

10/11

Mozilla Firefox V52 or later

Google Chrome V57 or later

Mac Safari

V12.1 or later

Edge

V79 or later

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4.2 Looking Up the Dynamic IP Address
By default, when the DVR is connected LAN with DHCP server, it is automatically assigned with a dynamic IP address. Follow the steps below to look up its IP address. 1. Download and install the UVS Device Utility program here. 2. On the UVS Device Utility window, click Search to search for the devices connected in
the same LAN. 3. Find the device with its Mac Address and click on its IP address.
4. The login web page appears.
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4.3 Web Client Manager Live Interface
Once you log in the Web Client Manager interface, you will see the live view as shown below.

1- Channel: Quick turn on camera channel

Click

icon show channels list.

Click

icon shut up channels list.

Turn on/off live streaming. While real time streams turn on, the icon is blue. Manual record, click and start to record manually. Click icon again to stop recording and the records saved to local PC. Manual recording icon shows blue which recording. Manual capture. Click to save the snapshot to your local PC.

Bitrate icon. Camera set up main/sub/mobile streaming. Mobile stream only be used in IP channels.

2- Realtime setting: Main stream: High video quality to view on main stream. Sub stream: Middle video quality to view on main stream. Mobile stream: The lowest video quality to view on mobile stream. Advantage: Use smaller bandwidth, only support on IP camera.

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3- Main menu: Preview: Check realtime video on camera. Playback: Check the records in DVRHDD drive. Remote setting: DVR menu to set up device parameters. Local setting: Set up Web records and picture save location, select video “file type”.
4- Information: Mouse stop, check system user, IE version and plug-in version 5- Manual Alarm: Manual enable /disable Alarm Out
6- Color setting: Click to hidden the settings.
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7- AI alarmTrigger AI alarm push, click

click AI type detection, click to delete.

8- PTZ Control: Click to show/hidden PTZ.

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9- PTZ Control Plug-in 18

Watch Mode

Time Interval: watch mode waiting time interval,

the time since stop watch mode operation.

Modeselect watch mode, default/preset/line

scan/tour/pattern scan

Click

to start cruise.

Line Scan:

Area scan: Click

to record the start

position, after moving PTZ, click

to

record the stop position

Speed: Line scan speed

Click

to start line scan, PTZ start line

scan. PTZ only move in the same horizontal

direction on this mode.
Tour

Time Interval: every point stay time.

Click to add preset point. Click to

delete preset point. Click / move

up/move down preset points. Click

to

start cruise.

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Pattern Scan
Record: Click
route. Click
Cruise: Click
route

to record the cruise to stop record.
to cruise the recorded

10- Live View Control Buttons:

switch windows modes

Open all of channels Close all of channels Original: Display preview with original scale

Stretch: Stretch the live window to suitable every scale screen full screen Manual record: Click the manual recording of all the display channels. Click again to stop recording. Manual video is saved to your PC

Manual capture: Click to grab the screen of all the current display channels to save to

your computer

Digital: Click live image. Click -one part of image zone to enlarge. Right- click to return

normal view.

Volume control: adjust level volume +/-.

Mute mode

Intercom: Click to speak with DVR, re-click to turn off. (Note: this function need DVR supports)
White light, manual control siren and white light (Need IPC supports). Siren, manual control siren to alarm (Need IPC supports).

Click to add customize tag please (7.1.5 TAG) 11- Guide: Display the current channel number. Use direction keys to control.

12- Page: Click channels to show on the screen.

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Upgrading Firmware

You can upgrade the firmware on the device remotely through UVS Device Utility. Follow the instructions below. 1. Download and install the UVS Device Utility program here. 2. On the UVS Device Utility window, click Upgrade and check the box of the device you
wish to upgrade the firmware on. Optionally, check the corresponding boxes to upgrade the firmware on several devices at a time.
3. Click Open to locate the firmware file saved at your local computer. 4. Type the username and password of the device. 5. Click Upgrade to process the upgrade.
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References

• KMPlayer Official Site | Best Video Player - We Play All
• Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN

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