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Easy Link PRO Series: Operating the DVR
DVR User’s Manual
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Operating the DVR
You probably come to this section because the default configuration of the DVR does not quite satisfy your needs,
or you wish to learn more about your DVR. Therefore you need to access the DVR’s settings menu (Main Menu). The
Main Menu can be accessed locally or via a Web Client. More information on Web Client, please see
“Remote Access
Via Web Client” on page 93
.
Through Main Menu you may want to modify the following common settings:
• Motion Detection:
Change the way how the motion is handled by default. See
“Alarm: Motion” on page 76
.
• (Recording) Schedule:
To set up your own recording schedule. See
“Record: Schedule” on page 60
.
• Network:
Configure the DVR’s access parameters to the network. See
“Network: Network” on page 69
.
Main Menu
Right-click on Live Viewing screen and click on
.
• Display
: Configure everything to do with displaying, footage color setup, video output resolution, setting privacy
zones and more.
• Record
: Configure the recording options (for example, resolution) and setting up recording schedules for
channels.
•
Search
: Search for recordings (play the recording option), events and logs by different types.
• Network
: Configure the DVR’s access parameters to the network, define the parameters (for example, resolution)
for the remote stream, configure e-mail settings for receiving notifications and DDNS parameters.
•
Alarm
: Set the motion area and sensitivity (very important parameters when configuring an DVR), configuring the
alarm settings (what happens if an alarm occurs).
•
Device
: View how many hours of recording the internal HDD provides and decide the HDD overwrite options.
Here you can also configure the PTZ configuration parameters and connection parameters to link your DVR to
your Dropbox account or Google Drive.
• System
: Here you can configure the date and time parameters, change the language of the DVR’s interface,
modify users and view the general information about the system. In this menu you can also see the QR code for
accessing your DVR from your smart phone/tablet.
• Advanced
: Modify the basic maintenance tasks (for example, scheduled reboot). Determine the startup options,
perform the firmware update, safely shut down the system.
