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Digital Video Recorder
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Chapter 4 ─ Operation
NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please
refer to Chapters 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.
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 all 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
DISPLAY
button cycles the DVR through the different display formats.
The DVR can be set to display full-screen video for a preset dwell time when an Event occurs. Video
from the lowest camera number associated with the event sensor will be displayed, the DVR will return to
the previous screen format after event monitoring dwell time expires. While the event monitoring is
activated, the monitoring for all other subsequent events will be ignored. Pressing individual camera
buttons or the
DISPLAY
button during event monitoring releases the current event monitoring and
displays the selected camera or returns to the previous screen format.
PIP Mode
You can display a Picture-in-Picture by pressing the
DISPLAY
button in the single-screen mode. You can
change the location of the PIP counterclockwise and clockwise by pressing the Up and Down arrow
buttons and change its size by pressing the Left and Right arrow buttons.
Active Cameo Mode
You can enter the Active Cameo mode by pressing and holding the
CAMEO
button for two seconds or
longer in any multi-view format or selecting Group Edit in the Mouse display menu. The yellow outline
surrounding the video indicates the active cameo, and pressing the arrow buttons moves the active cameo.
Pressing the (Play/Pause) button exits the Active Cameo mode. Selecting
Exit Group Edit
in the
cameo menu displayed when pressing the
CAMEO
button also exits the Active Cameo mode. The active
cameo mode will remains in effect for 15 seconds if there is no further operation.