Chapter 7: Playback functionality
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• Using the front panel:
1. Select the camera for playback and press the
Play
button. Playback from the
selected camera starts immediately.
Note: Synchronous playback is only available using the mouse. If live view was
showing multiview, only the camera in the top-left channel on screen will be played
back.
2. To select a different camera for playback, press the numerical button of the desired
camera.
3. Press
Live
to return to live view.
24-hour playback modes
You can select one of seven different 24-hour playback modes (see item 1 in Figure 17
on page 44). They are:
Playback mode
Description
Normal
Play back recordings from the selected cameras of the selected day.
Select the desired cameras and day to play back. Playback starts
immediately.
You can select all the playback toolbar options.
Event
Play back recorded selected VCA, alarm inputs or motion events. See
“Event playback” on page 47 for more information.
Bookmark
Select the desired cameras and time period to search for bookmarks. Enter
the desired keyword to search for a specific file name, if required. Click
Search
. The list of bookmarks appears. Change the pre and post-play
times, if required.
Click
Play
for the desired bookmark to play back.
Click the
Exit
button to exit the playback of the selected bookmark and do
another search, or click the
Search
icon to open the Search window
and select the Bookmark tab.
Note
: You can only search for a bookmark by file name in the 24-hour
playback mode.
Smart
This feature lets you selectively playback the parts of a recording with VCA
and motion events and skip over video that does not have such events.
See “Smart playback” on page 48” on page 47 for more information.
Sub-periods
This feature lets you see simultaneously the 24-hour playback recording
for a selected camera split over several consecutive time periods. See
“Split-screen playback” on page 50.
Select the desired camera and number of split screens. Playback starts
immediately.
External file
Import a file to play back.
Insert the storage device, such as a USB flash drive, in the recorder and
select a video file to play back.