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Fig. 5.20 Setup preview mode
Step 2: Preview properties:
Preview mode:
For preview mode item, you can use [↑] [↓] key to select one
mode. If DVR has only 1 channel, you can select only “1 Screen” option. If DVR has
4 channels, there are “1 Screen” and “4 Screen” options. If DVR has more than 4 but
less than 9 channels, there are “1 Screen”, “4 Screen” and “9 Screen” options. If DVR
has 16 channels, there are “1 Screen”, “4 Screen”, “9 Screen”, “12 Screen” and “16
Screen” options.
Switch time:
That is screen preview switch time. You can use [↑] [↓] keys to
select switch time. There are many options, including “5 Seconds”, “10 Seconds”, “20
Seconds”, “30 Seconds”, “1 Minutes”, “2 Minutes”, “5 Minutes” and “Never”. If you
select “Never”, the preview screen will not be switched automatically. For example,
for 16 channels DVR, if you select “4 Screen” preview mode and “20 Seconds”
switch time, DVR will cycle display 4 channels screen every 20 seconds.
Audio preview:
If you enable audio preview (“
”), when you preview single
camera, DVR will play the audio of that channel.
Preview layout setup:
There is a square frame divided into many windows. If
you select “4 Screen” preview mode, this frame is divided into 4 windows. Each
window represents one camera. You can move “Active Frame” among the windows.
There is one bar under the square to display the preview order of all cameras.
First select the biggest screen preview mode, for example, for 4 -channel DVR,
select “4 Screen” preview mode so that all windows are display in the square.
Secondly, move “Active Frame” to one of these windows, press numeric keys to
input camera index. The small window will display that camera number. In this way
you can change the display order. If you press 0, then the corresponding window will
not display live video.
After you define the camera preview order, you can select preview mode to meet
your demand.
Save setup:
Press “Confirm” button to save preview properties. Press “Cancel”
or [ESC] key to abort.
