Chapter 4 — Operation
NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please
refer
The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing
back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video. You can
establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week. The DVR allows you to search
through the recorded video using much more sophisticated tools than those available with VCRs.
Additional DVR features that are not available with VCRs are remote control and viewing, and recording
video at the same time you are watching previously recorded video.
The front panel controls are described in
Chapter 3 — Configuration
.
Turning on the Power
Press the power button after connecting the power cord to turn on the unit. Once you have installed the
DVR following the instructions in
Chapter 2 — Installation
, it is ready to record.
Turning off the Power
Press the power button after selecting
System Shutdown
from the System menu in the setup screen to
turn off the unit.
Live Monitoring
As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the attached
monitor. The default mode is to display all cameras at once. Pressing any camera button will cause that
camera to display full screen. It displays live video until the user enters another mode.
Pressing the
(Display)
button cycles the DVR through the different display formats.
The DVR can be set to display full-screen video for a preset dwell time when an Event occurs. Video
from the lowest camera number associated with the event sensor will be displayed, the DVR will return to
the previous screen format after event monitoring dwell time expires. While the event monitoring is
activated, the monitoring for all other subsequent events will be ignored. Pressing individual camera
buttons or the
button during event monitoring releases the current event monitoring and displays the
selected camera or returns to the previous screen format.
Pressing the
(Sequence) button causes the cameras to display sequentially. When in one of the
multi-view formats, pressing this button will cause the DVR to go through predefined screen layouts (Full
Sequence). Or, the bottom, right screen will display live cameras sequentially (Cameo Sequence).
Selecting another display mode, or pressing the
button again exits the Sequence mode. When in one
of the multi-view formats, pressing the
Left
or
Right
arrow buttons will cause the DVR to go to the
previous or the next page. For example, if you press the
Right
arrow button in the 2x2 format, the DVR
changes pages as follows: