Step 2: Preview properties:
Fig 5.19 Setup preview mode
Preview mode:
For preview mode item, you can use
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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 image preview switch time. You can use
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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 image
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 image every 20
seconds.
Audio preview:
If you enable audio preview (“
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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
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