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CHAPTER 4 MENUS
4.1 MAIN MENU
The
Main Menu
can be accessed at any time from the Live View by right-clicking the mouse
and bringing up the
Short Cut Menu
. Pressing the
Return
button on the side of the DVR will
also bring up the
Main Menu
.
There are six submenus available;
Search
,
Info
,
Setting
,
Advanced
,
Backup
and
Shutdown
. Clicking on an icon will take you
to that function or the submenu it represents.
The
Search
menu is covered in
Section 3.5
Search and Playback
.
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4.2 INFO MENU
Double-clicking on the
Info
icon will open the Info window. There are five items:
HDD
(Hard
Disk Drive)
Info
,
BPS
(data stream statistics),
Log
,
Version
and
Online
Users
.
HDD INFORMATION
This window displays information on the type, size, available space and status of the system’s
internal hard drive.
The system supports a single SATA hard
drive and it will be designated SATA 1. Below
the drive name is the drive status indicator.
“O” Drive is operating normally.
“X” Indicates an error
“-“ Hard drive not installed
“?”Hard drive is damaged
In the case of a hard drive error, the system will come directly to this menu. An error may be
indicated if the hard drive time and system time do not match. To resolve this issue, adjust
the time in the
General
setting
menu located in the Setting menu (See
Section 4.3
) and
restart the system. Formatting the drive, using
HDD Manage
as described in
Section 4.4
Advanced
is another possible solution to drive errors.
If the drive is damaged or missing, you will need to install a drive. Please see
Chapter 5
for
hard drive installation instructions.
Select
View Recording Times
to show files recorded on the DVR.
BPS
This window shows, in real time, the video
data stream for each camera in kilobytes per
second (KB/s) as well as the amount of space
each camera is writing to the hard drive in
megabytes per hour (MB/h). The green lines
for each camera will progress from left to
right.
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LOG
Any activity on the DVR is logged and recorded on the system. This information can be
viewed and searched from this window.
Information on user access, system
shutdowns, changes in recording status,
video loss and etcetera are listed. You can
search for activity in a similar manner to the
file search. This information can be backed
up to an external USB drive and it will be
saved as a text document.
