Overview
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Congratulations on your purchase of this Swann four channel PC-based surveillance system. You’ve chosen an
extremely cost effective and adaptable security solution to integrate with your existing computer system.
The PC-DVR and included software will allow you to turn your computer into a fully featured digital video
recorder with advanced networking and remote access features. You’ll be able to monitor four cameras at a time,
and record footage directly to your computer’s hard drive.
Whether you have the external USB PC-DVR or the internal PCI card version of the PC-DVR, this manual will cover
everything from installing your hardware to configuring your system for remote viewing (that is, being able to
access your security system via the Internet).
The PC-DVR boasts the following features:
Advanced video compression:
The PV-DVR records footage using the powerful MPEG-4 compression, allowing
for high-quality footage requiring the minimum possible hard drive space. This is the same format used by Blu-
Ray discs to store high definition video and a favorite format for Internet video due to its high quality and small
file size.
Flexible Recording Options:
The PC-DVR can be configured to operate using several different recording modes.
You can record constantly (Manual Recording), record based on a schedule (Schedule Recording) or record only
when something happens in view of one of your cameras (Motion Detection Recording) or automatically record
when one of your alarms are triggered (Sensor Alarm Recording).
Support for Pan, Tilt and Zoom cameras:
Supporting a number of PTZ control decoders, the PC-DVR is
compatible with many different PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) control systems and can be configured to control multiple
stand-alone or dome-mounted camera systems simultaneously.
Real-time, multi-camera displays:
There are numerous viewing methods available using the included software,
including split screen and automatic channel cycling.
Multiple Recording Search Options:
Search for recordings using the time and date they were recorded, the
camera they were recorded on, the recording mode in which they were recorded, or a combination of these
criteria.
Remote Access and Networking Features:
Being directly incorporated into your PC, the PC-DVR is highly
network compatible. You can monitor live images and engage playback via both the local area network and
remotely via the Internet once properly configured. It also allows for the remote control of PTZ compatible camera
systems.
System Requirements
Minimum
Recommended
CPU:
Intel PIII 800MHz or equivalent
Intel PIV 1GHz (or equivalent) or higher
Memory:
256MB
512MB or more
Video RAM:
32MB
64MB or higher
Network Card:
10/100Mbps or faster
10/100Mbps or faster
Operating System:
Microsoft
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Windows
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XP
Microsoft
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Windows
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Vista 32-bit
Microsoft
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Windows
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7 32-bit
(PCI Version ONLY)
Direct Draw:
Microsoft
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DirectX
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9.0
If your computer does not meet the minumum system requirements, we recommend not installing the PC-DVR
on this system. Consider upgrading your computer system, or acquiring a new PC to use the PC-DVR.
Please note that whilst multiple PCI PC-DVR cards can be installed into one computer system,
the USB version of the PC-DVR does not support this feature.
Additionally, the USB and PCI versions of the PC-DVR cannot be used in conjunction.
