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OPERATION
The On Screen Display (OSD) built into your camera allows you to control almost every aspect of how it captures images. Using the
built-in menus, you can optimize exposure, gain, backlight, white balance and other functions to best fit the location and use of your
camera. It should be noted that these settings must be made at the camera itself and they cannot be set remotely. When used with a
security DVR system, what you see on the screen will be what is recorded - including the OSD menu. In fact, use of the OSD can trigger
motion detection so it may be advisable to temporarily disconnect/disable alarms or notifications when working in the OSD menu.
Settings will be stored on the camera even in the event of power loss. Once power is restored, the camera will continue to operate
according to your settings. You can revert to the factory default settings by selecting “Reset” in the menu.
SETUP MENU
Pressing the
multi-function button
(shown on previous page) will open the OSD to the Setup Menu. The menu will appear over the
video image being delivered by the camera.
SETUP
1. LENS
MANUAL
2. EXPOSURE
3. WHITE BAL
ATW
4. DAY/NIGHT
5. SPECIAL
6. IMAGE ADJUST
7. RESET
8. EXIT
To change a setting, use the button to scroll to the desired item
until it is indicated by the arrow and press right or left to select
the desired value. Menu options with a “ ” indicate that there is
a submenu. Clicking on such an item by pushing in the button
will take you to the desired submenu.
This menu is embedded on the chipset that processes the
images coming to the camera, This chipset is used in numerous
cameras with various capacities and not all functions will work
on this camera.
Some cameras will have a menu that differs slightly than the one shown above. In this case, the
Lens
options will be replaced by the
Language
menu - which will not appear as an option in the
Special
menu. With slight differences in appearance, the other menus
on these cameras will operate as shown
In most of the submenus, you can use the
Return
option to go back to the main
Settings
menu by selecting
RET.
You may also leave
the menu completely by selecting
EXIT
.
IMPORTANT!
Your camera will retain your settings in case of power loss, but only if you exit the
menu using the
EXIT
option either from the
Setup
menu or from within a submenu.
Cable-Mounted
Multi-Function
Button
CONTROLLING YOUR CAMERA
The camera’s on-screen menu is accessed by the
multi-function button
attached to the camera cable.
To access the on screen display, press the
multi-function button
. This will bring
up the menu on your system’s monitor or other attached display. This button also
acts as the “
Enter
” button when setting your parameters.
Navigate through the menu using the directional controls. The cable-mounted
multi-function button
acts as a miniature joystick allowing you to move up,
down, left or right through the menu and submenus.
The next chapter describes the operation of the On-Screen Display.
