ATV FA4-120, User Manual

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Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder
Chapter 4 — Operation
NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not,
please refer to Chapter 2 and 3.
The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and
playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back
video. You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week. The DVR
allows you to search through the recorded video using much more sophisticated tools than those
available with VCRs. Additional DVR features that are not available with VCRs are remote control
and viewing and recording video at the same time you are watching previously recorded video.
The Front Panel controls are described in
Chapter 3 — Configuration .
Turning on the Power
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in
Chapter 2 — Installation , it is ready
to record.
The unit will take approximately 60 seconds to initialize.
Live Monitoring
As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the
attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker. The default mode is to
display 4 cameras at once. Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full screen.
It displays live video and plays live audio until the user enters another mode.
Pressing the
QUAD/SEQ
button toggles between quad (2x2) display mode and sequence mode.
Pressing the
ENTER
button in the Live Monitoring mode will freeze the current image on the
screen until you press the button again. The screen displays
.
The DVR can be set to display the event-detected video in full-screen on the monitor during the
preset dwell time when there is an Event. The video of the lowest camera number among cameras
associated with the event-detected sensor will be displayed, and the DVR will return to the previous
screen format after event monitoring dwell time. While the event monitoring is activated, the
monitoring for all other subsequent events will be ignored. Pressing the individual camera button
or the
QUAD/SEQ
button during event monitoring releases the current event monitoring and
displays the selected camera or return to the previous screen format.
NOTE: The DVR will not play audio in the Sequence, Quad, and Event monitoring mode.
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