Chapter 12: Recording
7. Select a recording type.
This setting instructs the recorder to begin recording when an alarm is triggered.
The recording type can be based on time and triggered by motion detection and/or
an alarm. If set to TimeLapse (TL-Hi or TL-Lo), the recorder records continuously.
8. Click
Apply
to save settings.
9. Repeat steps 4 to 8 for other days of the week or to copy the schedule settings to
another day.
To copy the current schedule settings to another day of the week, click
Copy
. Select
the number of the day of the week to which to copy the schedule. Click
OK
to save
changes and return to the Edit window.
10. Repeat steps 4 to 9 for the other cameras.
11. Click
Apply
to save the settings and
OK
to return to the schedule window.
The recording schedule window appears showing the schedule selected (see
Figure 29 on page 84 for an example).
Modify the instant replay duration
The live view toolbar in live view lets you quickly replay recorded video for a
preprogrammed period. You can easily change this preprogrammed time period. See
page 30 for more information on the live view toolbar.
To modify the preprogrammed time of this instant replay, go to
Recording
>
General
.
Select one of the times from the drop-down list (5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes) and click
Apply
. Default is 5 minutes.
Manual recording
The recorder lets you manually record video during live view. This can be useful if you
know that the recorder is not currently recording and you see something of interest on a
camera screen that should be recorded.
Once a manual recording is started, the recording continues until it is manually stopped.
If an alarm occurs during a manual recording, the alarm recording has priority over the
manual recording. If a scheduled recording is already in progress when a manual
recording is started, it continues to record as scheduled.
You can check to see if a camera is recording manually by looking at the icon on the
live view toolbar. The icon is red when manually recording. Default is off.
There are two ways to start and stop a manual recording:
•
Use the live view toolbar
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