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You can open the OSD menu system from the recorder Live View display.  
1. 

Open the recorder Live View screen, and then click inside the screen where the PTZ camera video 
image is displayed. See below. 

a. 

Click the 

PTZ Control 

icon in the Quick Setting Toolbar. The PTZ camera Live View window 

will expand to full screen and the pop-up window shown below will open. 

Menu

 icon

b. 

In the 

PTZ Control

 panel pop-up window, click the 

Menu

 icon on the 

Configuration

 line. 

c. 

Drag the PTZ Control window to a position where it doesn’t cover the OSD menu 

 

NOTE

The PTZ Control window direction buttons and the 

Iris +

 and 

Iris

 -

 keys are used to 

navigate the OSD menu and set configuration options in the camera. See . 

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Opening the OSD Menu through remote login to the recorder

To open the OSD menu during a remote login to the recorder: 

a. 

After logging into the recorder, open the camera in a single Live View window. 

b. 

In the PTZ control panel, scroll down the Preset list to 

Preset95

, click the entry to highlight 

it, and then click the 

Call

 icon. See below. The OSD 

MAIN MENU

 screen will open. 

PTZ control panel

Preset95 

Call

 icon

NOTE

The PTZ control panel direction buttons and the 

Iris +

 and 

Iris -

 keys are used to navigate the OSD 

menu and set configuration options in the camera. 

OSD menu navigation 

For the ALIBI Recorder

: Navigation and settings in the OSD are made through direction keys and the 

Iris 

+

 and 

Iris -

 buttons in the recorder PTZ Control panel. See below. 

Direction keys

Click to open OSD menu

Iris+  Iris–

Iris+ Iris– 

Direction keys

ALIBI recorder PTZ Control panel

ALIBI recorder remote access PTZ control panel

For remote access to the 

recorder

: Navigation and settings in the OSD are made through direction keys 

and the 

Iris +

 and 

Iris -

 buttons in the recorder PTZ control panel. See above. 

The function of the directional keys and Iris buttons are defined in the table below. 

Keys

Function

p

Move up in the parameter list 

q

Move down in the parameter list. 

t

Move to previous page, field

u

Move to next page, field

Zoom + 

Zoom in 

Zoom – 

Zoom out 

Iris+ 

(OPEN)

Set parameter value, or open sub-menu 

Iris– 

(CLOSE)

Cancel change of parameter. 

OSD Definitions: On-screen Display (OSD) menus

 

After the camera is installed on a compatible recorder, you can open the OSD menu by clicking the PTZ 
Control icon on the Quick Setting Toolbar. 

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