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3-3. SETUP-REC
From [SETUP] Menu Select [REC] by using (
▲
)(
▼
) and press the [ENTER] button to enter the Sub-Menu
General Advice on Recording Setup.
Within this set of Sub-Menu settings, whilst there are the important options to delete specific or all
recordings, and to set the Watermark security option, the main use of these options is to adjust the
balance between the recorded image detail and the length of time that the Hard Drives in the DVR will
store images for.
For this DVR, the chosen resolution applies to ALL cameras.
(Note: If the Resolution is changed, all of the frame rates will change.)
So, it is best to decide on the overall resolution before the individual quality and frame rate settings are
adjusted.
Resolution Settings:
There is a choice of three global resolution settings:
The highest setting uses four times as much HDD capacity as the lowest.
360 x 288: Good resolution for general surveillance, better than video tape resolution.
720 x 288: High resolution for superior quality surveillance at slower frame rates.
720 x 576: Very High resolution for specific uses.
This resolution is designed for high quality images from mainly static images.
If used to record images of moving scenes, some blurring may be present on playback.
Recording Quality Settings:
There are four quality settings that are adjustable for each camera input.
The names of these speak for themselves: BEST, HIGH, NORMAL and BASIC.
These set the image compression level, the BEST recording the least compressed images.
The BEST setting uses approximately five times as much HDD capacity as the BASIC setting.
Frame Rate Settings:
This DVR has three different maximum frame rate capacities, dependant on the resolution setting.
The sum of all the individual frame rates cannot excede this maximum capacity.
These maximum frame rate capacities are:
For 360 x 288: 100 frames per second.
For 720 x 288: 50 frames per second.
For 720 x 576: 25 frames per second
There are seven frame rate settings that are adjustable for each camera input.
0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12 & 25 frames per second.
As the total maximum frame rate capacity is approached, the higher individual frame rate settings will be
shown in red and will not be selectable. If the total capacity is reached, no individual frame rate can be
selected.
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