Installation
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Siemens Building Technologies
SISTORE AX4_EN.doc
Fire & Security Products
09.2004
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Technical Overview
Your DVR can replace both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security
installation. However, it has many features that make it much more powerful and
easier to use than even the most advanced VCR.
The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to digital images and records them
on a hard disk drive. Using a hard disk drive allows you to access recorded video
almost instantaneously; there is no need to rewind tape. The technology also
allows you to view recorded video while the DVR continues recording video.
Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on
tape. There is no need to adjust tracking. You can freeze frames, fast forward,
fast reverse, slow forward and slow reverse without image streaking or tearing.
Digital video can be indexed by time or events, and you can instantly view video
after selecting the time or event.
Your DVR can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to
record, and the schedule can change for different days of the week and user
defined holidays.
The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set
up to record over the oldest video once the disk is full.
Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to
alter video.
You can view live video, search image, and control your DVR remotely by
connecting via modem or Ethernet. There is a USB port that can used to back up
the clip file video to USB-IDE hard disk drives, USB CD-RW drives or flash drives.
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Installation
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Package Contents
The package contains the following:
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Digital Video Recorder
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Power Cord
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Multilingual user’s manual, multilingual RAS software and user’s manual on CD-
ROM
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Multilingual quick start guide
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Bottom Bracket and Assembly Screws
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Required Installation Tools
No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals
for the other items that make up part of your system.
Fig. 2
DVR rear panel.