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PART 6 - SETTING DVR TO RECORD

There are two modes for recording: 

Manual Recording

 and 

Scheduled Recording

.

MANUAL RECORDING

You can get to the Manual Record menu by right 
clicking on the screen with the mouse and se-
lecting 

Record

This will take you to the 

Record

 menu. You can 

click the 

All

 option on the 

Manual

 row to start 

recording on all channels, or you can select only 
the cameras that you want to begin recording. 
To stop recording, select the 

Stop

 option under 

each camera to cause that camera to cease re-
cording, or you can selecting the All option in the 

Stop

 row to cause all cameras to stop.

View 1

View 4
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Record

Main Menu

SCHEDULED RECORDING

To record on a schedule you will need to get to the 

Record

 menu as described above and select the 

cameras on the 

Schedule

 row instead of the 

Manual

 row. 

Next, go to the 

Main Menu

, and click on 

Settings

, and select 

Schedule

. This will open the 

Sched-

ule

 menu. 

The DVR is programmed with all cameras set to record constantly by default. You may set up your 
own schedule to meet your specific requirements.

SCHEDULE

Channel
Week Day
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6

PreRecord       sec.
      Record Type   Regular   MD    Alarm  MD/Alarm

Regular

Wed

1

4

00 :00         -24 :00
00 :00         -24 :00
00 :00         -24 :00
00 :00         -24 :00
00 :00         -24 :00
00 :00         -24 :00

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MD

Alarm

MD/Alarm

0           3             6              9            12            15           18           21         24

There  are  six  blocks  of  time  you  can  use  to 
schedule  recording  and  each  camera  can  be 
individually configured or they all may share the 
same schedule. In addition, you may set up indi-
vidual schedules for each day, or you may share 
the same schedule across every day.
Cameras may be scheduled to record in different 
modes at different times of the day.

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PICTURE 6-2

PICTURE 6-3

PICTURE 6-4

PICTURE 6-5

PICTURE 6-6

An example of such a mixed schedule is shown 
in 

Picture  6-4

.  In  this  example,  Camera  1  is 

scheduled to record if motion is detected (MD) 
from midnight to 8am and then records continu-
ously from 8am to noon (Regular) followed by a 
one-hour  motion  detection  recording  segment 
until 1pm before returning to continuous record-
ing after that. Then, at the end of the day, it is in 
motion detection mode from 5pm to midnight.
The scale running along the bottom of the menu 
ranges from 0 to 24, representing the hours of 
a day. You can set starting and ending times to 
any specific minute you choose.

SCHEDULE

Channel
Week Day
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6

Wed

1

4

00 :00         -08 :00
08 :00         -12 :00
12 :00         -13 :00
13 :00         -17 :00
17 :00         -24 :00
00 :00         -24 :00

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      Record Type   Regular   MD    Alarm  MD/Alarm

Regular

MD

Alarm

MD/Alarm

0           3             6              9            12            15           18           21         24

MOTION DETECTION RECORDING

There are three steps to scheduling the DVR to record on motion. 

STEP 1

. Return to the Record menu (

Picture 6-2

) and designate which cameras will be 

recording in Motion Detection mode.

STEP 2

. Next, go to the Schedule (

Picture 6-3

) menu as described above and set schedule 

for each camera. 

STEP 3

. After setting up the schedule go to 

the 

Main Menu

 and select the 

Setting

 

menu. Inside, select the 

Detect

 window 

(

Red square in 

Picture 6-5

)

    The Detect window will allow you to 

configure your camera and the actions 
the DVR will perform when motion is 
detected. Under Event Type select 

Motion Detect

, Select your Channel, 

or All, and select the enable option to 
enable the camera for motion detection. 

DETECT

Event Type
Enable
Region

Period

Delay

Show Message         Alarm upload         Send Email
Record Channel

Tour
Snapshot
Buzzer

Anti-dither

sec.

Channel

Sensitivity

Motion Detect

1

3

0

sec.

10

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RECORD

Record Mode  All 

1   2  3  4  5  6  7  8

Schedule
Manual
Stop

Summary of Contents for QC40196

Page 1: ...8 and 16 Channel H 264 Compression All in One DVRs with Variable CIF and D1 Recording Options Quick Installation Guide For Bundles Featuring the QC40198 or QC40196 Network DVR...

Page 2: ...uals and software QC Series VGA AUDIO VIDEO USB HDMI RS232 NET DC 19V NO C 1 NO C 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A B CNTRL 12V STEP 1 Connect the Cameras to the Cables Connect both camera leads to the matching end...

Page 3: ...s for a headphone microphone and for a USB flash drive Using the DVR as a Computer Monitor The DVR s LCD screen can be used as a computer monitor by plugging in a VGA monitor cable from a computer int...

Page 4: ...eds or normal playback 9 Address Click to input device serial number 10 Function Aux Key In 1 channel monitor mode pop up assistant function PTZ control and Video color Switch the PTZ control menu in...

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Page 6: ...6 3 PICTURE 6 4 PICTURE 6 5 PICTURE 6 6 An example of such a mixed schedule is shown in Picture 6 4 In this example Camera 1 is scheduled to record if motion is detected MD from midnight to 8am and t...

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Page 8: ...e KB 52736 1p 2p 3p 4p PART 8 BACKING UP FILES The DVR supports backing up to USB flash drives hard drives burners and SD cards Plug in a USB device and go to the Main Menu and then clicking on the Ba...

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