
ALIEN HERO INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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Last Revised 16/10/2013
3. Live View
Live view shows you the video image for each camera in real time. The device
automatically enters Live View mode when powered up. It is also at the very top of
the menu hierarchy, thus pressing the ESC button a number of times (depending on
which menu you’re on) always brings you the Live View mode.
3.1 Live View Icons
In the live view mode, there are icons at the top right of the screen for each channel
showing the status of the record and alarm for each channel. This enables you to
confirm when the unit is triggering an alarm/motion and whether the unit is recording
for that channel.
Table 3.1 Description of Live View Icons
Icons
Description
Alarm (video loss, tampering, motion detection or sensor alarm)
Record (manual record, schedule record, motion detection or alarm triggered record)
Alarm & Record
3.2 Operations in Live View Mode
There are many functions provided. The functions are listed below.
Single Screen
: showing only one screen on the monitor.
Multi-screen:
showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously.
Auto-switch:
the screen is auto switched to display single or multiple screens. You
must set the dwell time for each screen in the configuration menu before enabling
Auto-switch.
Menu>Setup>Live View>General>Dwell Time
All-day Playback:
play back the recorded videos for current day.
Start Recording
: start all-day normal recording or motion detection recording for all
channels.
Aux/Main output switch:
the DVR will check the connection of the output interfaces
to define the main and auxiliary output interfaces. When both HDMI and VGA are
connected, or either one is connected, it is used as the auxiliary video output for live
view, playback, recording and PTZ controls; When both HDMI and VGA are not
connected, it is used as the main video output for live view playback, recording, PTZ
control and menu operations.
When the aux output is enabled, you can do some basic operation on the live view
mode for the Aux output, while no operation is allowed for the main output.