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5. OPERATION
5.1 Power
On
1.
T
o power
-up,
conne
ct to a AC powe
r outlet.
NOT
E
1: Each tim
e a
fter po
w
er
in
g
o
n
, the s
y
ste
m
will a
u
to
-d
et
ec
t i
ts
p
er
ip
h
er
a
ls. T
h
e REC
LED
will
flash
in
dicating t
h
e SD c
ard is proceeding
with
tes
ti
ng (com
p
lete boot tim
e is
several seconds)
W
h
en an i
m
a
g
e
file error has been detected
, the s
y
st
e
m
w
ill
initiate a
u
to repair.
2.
After powering on, the s
y
stem automatically enters
live
monitoring.
W
hen the
system is currentl
y
unde
r schedul
e
recordin
g, it automatically will ent
er r
ecord mode.
3.
“
” icon shown on the stat
us line, indicates that SD card is oper
ating no
rmall
y.
4.
W
hen SD card is not inserted or t
h
ere is an error o
n
t
h
e S
D
c
a
rd
, the R
ec
indicator will
flash quickl
y. Please
re-
format befor
e proc
eedin
g.
5.
Y
ou can pla
y
while the
SD card is “r
ead onl
y
”
, but
y
ou c
annot re
cord;
and Rec
indicator will flash quick
ly
.
6.
Should a pow
er
-loss occur, the s
y
st
em automatically returns to the pr
evious recordin
g mode.
D
o
no
t wi
thdra
w th
e CF
car
d wh
il
e bo
ot
in
g
.
It
may
d
es
tr
o
y
the
da
ta s
tore
d wi
th
in
th
e CF
c
a
rd
.
5.2 Live Mode
Live mode is the d
efault
setup after s
y
stem start
-up.
•
T
im
e Disp
lay:
S
ystem Date
and
T
ime
.
Button Lock:
Indic
ates all buttons are lock
ed (buttons are ine
ffe
ctive
).
V
ideo S
tatus:
I
ndic
ates ex
ternal came
ra
con
nection.
7
Reco
rd
S
tatus:
Ma
nual
Record
Par
amete
r.
Record Siz
e, please
ref
er to
6.4 Record Setup
for V
ID
EO S
IZE
setup.
R
ec
o
rd Qualit
y, ple
ase
re
fe
r
to
6.
4
R
ec
or
d
Setup
fo
r V
IDEO
QUA
LI
T
Y
setup.
Audio Of
f Record, plea
se re
fe
r
to
6.
4
Re
co
rd
S
et
u
p
for
A
U
DI
O
RECOR
D s
etu
p.
SD Card S
tatus:
SD Card has not been ins
erted or there is an error.
S
D
C
a
rd
i
s c
o
n
d
u
ct
in
g
f
ile
testing.
SD Card is functioning n
ormall
y.
Overwrite reco
rd.
W
hen SD card is not inserted, re
cord
and pla
y
b
ack function is not
operational, but
monitoring is operational.
5.3 Record Mode
1. S
tart Record: 3
T
y
pes
of reco
rding mod
e.
(1)
Manual Record:
Suitable to record at an
y
time. Press
Rec
button, to enter
manual recordin
g status (start recordin
g)
. For more
information, please re
fer to
6.4 Manual Record
&
Schedule Record
.
(2)
Motion Detec
tion Reco
rd:
Suitable to record, when there ar
e sever
e image
chan
ges. Motion detection triggers schedule r
ec
ording, but it will onl
y
start
recordin
g wh
en the var
iation ex
ceeds the alar
m limi
tation value. For more
information, please r
efe
r
to
6.3 Motion Detection
and
6.4 Manual Rec
ord &
Schedule Record
.
(3)
Continuous Record:
Suitable for f
ew constant f
rame re
cordin
g or on lon
g-term
continuous recordin
g.
Fo
r more
information, ple
ase ref
er to
6.4 Manual R
ecord
& Schedule Re
cord
.
(4)
Alar
m
Reco
rd
::::
Suitable for ex
ternal alarm rec
ording.
W
hen alarm
schedule
been setup, ala
rm icon w
ill be shown on the displa
y
status ba
r (ala
rm triggered
recordin
g is setup).
2.
S
top Record:
Manual Record
Press
/????
button/
Manual Power
-Of
f/
Auto
Power
-O
ff when
S
y
stem Power Shorta
ge.
Schedule Record
Enter
////I
I
schedul
e
recordin
g,
all kinds of re
cordings
(Alarm/
Motion Detection/ Continuous) will be stopped.
T
o continue re
cordin
g, please follow the m
ethods below to restart r
ecordin
g.
Manual Record
Repress
button.
Schedule Record
S
top pla
y
b
ack and the
s
y
st
em will auto re-check the reco
rd
schedule setup a
gain.
