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In
Live View
, along with the channel(s), you will see the system date and time displayed along
with the name and icons indicating the status of each channel. Setting the system date and
time and changing the channel names is covered in
Section 4.3
under the
Settings
menu.
NAVIGATION BAR
Left-clicking on the screen in Live View mode will open the Navigation Bar allowing you
shortcut access to select menus and functions. It also serves as an easy-to-view status bar
showing the current situation with alerts, network, and drives.
PICTURE 3-3
PICTURE 3-2
Opens
Main
Menu
Minimize/
Maximize
Bar
Screen
Display
Mode
PTZ
Controls
Opens
Search
Menu
Alarm
Status
Network
Status/
Opens
Network
Window
Manage
Hard
Drive
Startup
Wizard
Opens
Tour
Setup
Window
Recording
Motion
detected
Video
loss
The icons on the navigation bar will also alert you to issues with the status of your drive,
network connection and alarms with red icons when a situation arises.
View 1
View 4
View 8
View 9
View 16
Pan/Tilt/Zoom
Auto Focus
Color Setting
Search
Record Status
Tour Setup
Remote Device
Alarm Output
Main Menu
Clicking on any one screen in multi-view mode will bring that screen to full-screen single-view
mode. The exception is in eight-view where clicking on one of the smaller displays will move it
to the larger display. You can also drag channels to a different position on the screen with the
displaced channel relocating to the position of the one that was moved.
In addition to selecting the viewing mode
from the
Shortcut Menu
using the mouse,
you can also cycle through the modes using
the up and down arrows on the remote or
the front of the NVR. The left and right arrows
on both the remote and NVR front panel will
cycle through which channels are displayed.
PICTURE 3-4
Realtime
Playback
Digital Zoom
Quick Backup
Snapshot
(not available
on all models)
Add Remote
Device
Two-Way
Talk
Clicking the
Realtime Playback
icon will cause the window to play back the most recent
video clip recorded by that camera. The duration of this clip is set in the
General Settings
menu.
Click the
Digital Zoom
icon and then select an area of interest within that channel’s video
feed to enlarge the area. Right-click with the mouse to exit the zoom.
Quick Backup
allows you to save the current live video to a USB drive inserted into the front
USB port. If no drive is present, you will receive an error message.
Snapshot
allows you to take still images which will be saved onto the hard drive. You can
search for these using the same
Search and Playback
window used to search for video.
See
Section 3.5
for full instructions.
Use
Add Remote Device
to replace the current camera with another camera - or QC DVR -
from your list of connected cameras shown in the
Remote Device
menu. You cannot add a
camera that is already being displayed using this tool.
If you have a speaker and microphone located near your camera and you have a microphone
located at your DVR, clicking on the
Two-Way Talk
icon will allow you to talk anyone within
the same area as the camera. The icon will be green while this feature is active. Unclick it to
hear any responses. You can set the number of pictures taken with each click in the
General
Settings
menu (see
Section 4.3
).
You can close the controls either by either right-clicking or by moving the mouse out of the
area.
SHORTCUT VIDEO CONTROLS
When the mouse cursor is in the top-center portion of a channel with a live video stream, a
set of shortcut controls will appear. These allow you to perform quick playback and backup
functions, digitally zoom in and add another camera.