Others

7. Troubleshooting

Symptom

 

 

 

 

Causes and Countermeasures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The [STS] lamp does not light

The STS lamp will light up if VN-E4is started up successfully. The light will appear blinking

up but blinks when power is

when troubles occur during startup and the error details will be displayed in CH1-CH4.

turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH1

CH2

 

CH3

 

CH4

Error Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light

Light

 

Light

 

Light

A device with the same IP address as VN-E4is

 

 

 

OFF

OFF

 

OFF

 

ON

detected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light

Light

 

Light

 

Light

There is no video signal input to VN-E4.

 

 

 

OFF

OFF

 

ON

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP address of VN-E4is unknown

See A3. IP Address SettingB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The web page of VN-E4cannot

Refer to ASTART-UP GUIDEB to check the Internet Explorer settings.

be displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The built-in viewer cannot be

Refer to ASTART-UP GUIDEB to check the Internet Explorer settings.

installed

Installation of the built-in viewer may fail when an anti-virus software is installed on the PC.

 

Install the built-in viewer on a PC that does not have such anti-virus software installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An anti-virus software warning

A warning message may appear when an anti-virus software is installed on the PC. To

message appears upon starting

prevent the warning message from appearing, install the built-in viewer on a PC that does

up the built-in viewer

not have such anti-virus software installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authentication by Verisign

Verisign’s electronic signature is stored in the built-in viewer. For PCs that are connected to

appears upon installing the

WEB, the authenticity of the viewer can be verified by Verisign authentication server.

built-in viewer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCP image/audio cannot be

Check the total bit rate and number of distributions on the AOperationB page of VN-E4.

played back

Maximum bitrate from VN-E4is 40 Mbps. New requests for distribution will be denied upon

 

exceeding 40 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VN-E4allows TCP transmission of up to 10 streams of JPEG or audio data. For example,

 

when acquiring 4 JPEG and 1 audio streams via TCP using the built-in viewer, a maximum

 

of 2 built-in viewers may be connected to one VN-E4.Make use of multicast for monitoring

 

by multiple viewers. VN-E4allows multicast transmission of up to 10 streams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multicast image/audio cannot

Start multicast transmission manually from the AStreamingB page of VN-E4.

be played back

In the case of multicast reception at the built-in viewer, check that the multicast address

 

and port number of the built-in viewer settings coincide with those on the AStreamingB page

 

of VN-E4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make use of a network that supports IGMP for multicast transmission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The frame rate of JPEG is low

Check the settings on the AEncodingB page of the VN-E4unit. Check the built-in viewer

 

settings as well when a built-in viewer is in use.

 

Frame rate will be constrained when the network bandwidth is narrow.

 

Frame rate will be constrained when there is prolonged network delay or when the data

 

volume sent from VN-E4is high. When this occurs, enlarge the window scale of the PC on

 

which the viewer is running. The window scale can be altered by changing the Windows

 

registry. Refer to Windows manual on procedures to change the Windows registry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noise is heard in the audio

Narrow network bandwidth or considerable jitter may cause failure of smooth transmission.

 

This can be remedied by reducing the transmission volume. Transmission volume can be

 

lowered by reducing the number of channels, frame rate and frame size of JPEG data to

 

acquire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio output from the PC will pass through Windows’ sample rate conversion function. For

 

some PCs, sample rate conversion may not be performed properly and interruptions may

 

occur in the audio sound. To resolve this problem, perform the following procedures to

 

change the Windows settings.

 

 

 

 

Go to AControl PanelB - ASounds and Audio DevicesB - AAudioB Tab - AAdvancedB -

 

APerformanceB Tab, and change ASample rate conversion qualityB from ABestB to AGoodB.

 

For some PCs, sound quality may deteriorate when the Windows OS plays back audio files

 

such as beep sounds with ASample rate conversion qualityB set to AGoodB.

 

Sound Blaster is recommended for use with this product.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A white zone appears in the

For some PCs, a part of the Internet Explorer graphics may not appear and is left white

built-in viewer.

when the following IE setting is performed.

 

ARight-click on DesktopB - APropertiesB - ASettingsB - AAdvancedB - AGeneralB - ADPI settingB,

 

and selecting ALarge sizeB or ACustom sizeB

 

When this occurs, graphics will be properly restored by selecting ANomal sizeB instead of

 

ALarge sizeB and ACustom sizeB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JVC VN-E4 manual Troubleshooting

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