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Mars Series: Operating the NVR
NVR User’s Manual
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Operating the NVR
You probably come to this section because the default configuration of the NVR does not quite satisfy your needs, or
you wish to learn more about your NVR. Therefore you need to access the NVR’s settings 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 68
.
Via 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 56
.
• (Recording) Schedule:
To set up your own recording schedule. See
“Record: Schedule” on page 42
.
• Cloud Storage:
Allow the NVR to upload the snapshots from the cameras to an off-site cloud-based storage.
See
“Using Cloud Storage” on page 29
.
•
Alarm
and
Sensor
: Configure the external sensors and associate with a specific video channel. See
“Alarm: Alarm”
on page 57
.
Main Menu
Right-click on Live Viewing screen and click on
.
• Display
: Configure everything to do with displaying, including online/offline status of the cameras, 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 NVR’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 NVR), 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 connection parameters to link your NVR to your Dropbox account.
• System
: Here you can configure the date and time parameters, change the language of the NVR’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 NVR from your smart phone/pad.
• Advanced
: Modify the basic maintenance tasks (for example, scheduled reboot). Determine the startup options,
perform the firmware update, safely shut down the system.
