Part 5 – Accessing the DVR menus
Part 6 – Setting up Cameras for Viewing and Recording
Part 7 – To Start Recording
Push MENU from the DVR front panel, or remote.
The Main Menu offers the following Setup Features:
CAMERA: Setup name display, position, image view, and record quality of each channel
(cameras).
RECORD: Enable recording & audio, set resolution & quality, recording mode and file
size.
NETWORK: Setup Network access (Remote Internet Monitoring).
SEARCH: Find files for playback and backup.
DEVICES: Manage & Format hard drive and USB devices, setup alarms, PTZ cameras,
mobile phone access and motion detection.
SYSTEM: Setup time, date, password, and video mode.
From the Main menu, select CAMERA. Here you can setup the name display (up to 8
characters) and position of each channel (cameras). Select COLOR SETUP to adjust the
image brightness, saturation, contrast and hue settings for each channel (camera). You
can also choose whether each channel can be previewed in LIVE MODE and /or
RECORDING MODE.
This System offers 3 modes for recording:
1. Manual 2. Time Schedule 3. Motion Detection.
From the main menu, select RECORD to enter into the Record
Setup menu (shown at right).
CHANNEL: “ON” enables video to record from the respective
camera. If the channel is set to “OFF”, video from that channel
will not record.
RESOLUTION: D1=704x480, HD1=704x240, CIF=352x240
QUALITY: Best, Good, Normal
Using higher resolution and quality settings results in better video quality, but takes up more space on the hard
drive. Choosing lower settings result in lower video quality, but takes up less space on the hard drive.
AUDIO: If audio is ENABLED sound will be recorded with the video from the channels, and will have audio
output in playback mode. If audio is DISABLED, sound will not record, and there will be no audio output in
playback mode (Audio cameras or a microphone is required to record the sound).
REC MODE: Sets DVR to record on Manual, Motion Detection, and Time Schedule Recording (detailed
instructions below).
PACK TIME: Choose the time length of all recorded files: 15, 30, 45, 60 min.
(Max = 60 min)
