Avtech AVL683, User Manual

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3. BASIC OPERATION
3.1 Live Page
There are three modes available for the layout of the image display. Below shows the default layout which
presents the best ratio for surveillance without image distortion, and the frequently-used status icons for each channel
are placed at the left or right side of the screen.
Icon Function Icon Function Icon Function Icon Function
Key lock Key unlock
1st live audio
channel 2nd live audio
channel
3rd live audio
channel 4th live audio
channel 1st playback
audio channel 2nd playback
audio channel
3rd playback
audio channel 4th playback
audio channel Audio channel
unselected Digital zoom
mode
Digital zoom
unselected
HDD overwrite Timer recording LCD adjustment
or
Recording
or
Alarm
or
Motion
3.2 Recording
By defaults, when the HDD capacity is nearly full, this device will overwrite 8GB data from the oldest for
continuous recording without notice.
1) Manual Recording
By defaults, the record icon ( or ) shows on the screen when the DVR is powered on and a HDD is
installed.
2) Event Recording
When the motion detection or alarm is activated, the motion icon ( or ) or alarm icon ( or ) shows on
the screen for any motion or alarm event.
3) Timer Recording
When the timer record is activated, the timer icon “ ” shows on the screen.
3.3 Playback
Press “Play” to immediately play the latest recorded video.
Note: There must be at least 8192 images of recorded data for playback to work properly. If not, the
device will stop playback. For example, if the IPS is set to 30, the recording time should be at least
273 seconds (8192 images / 30 IPS) for the playback to work properly.
Note: The video playback at the local site might get affected and may not be so fluent if there’s any
remote surveillance simultaneously going on.