LOREX Technology L154-81 instruction manual Operation, Camera Select, Recording

OPERATION:

Please Note: If the DVR was disconnected or a power failure was to occur, the back-up battery will retain the settings for up to 5 years. Therefore, the time, date and password will default back to the factory setting and will have to be manually reset. All other settings will remain the same.

1.CAMERA SELECT (1-4)

Press Camera Select (1-4) to select the camera to display in full screen

2.RECORDING

The DVR offers 3 recording modes listed below. Please refer to Appendix #2 for a chart of recording speeds Note: During recording, if the power was turned off accidentally, recorded video will still be stored in the HDD. The DVR will return to the original recording setting after the power is restored. When you press the “REC” button on the DVR, you will find the date, time and recording type.

Note: When the HDD is full, the character “*” will display on the bottom right-hand corner

of the screen. It will indicate that the HDD is full. It will not disappear until you format the HDD.

There are 3 recording modes: Alarm, Schedule, and Manual Recording.

(i) ALARM RECORDING

DVR is triggered by an external alarm input. A Normally Closed or Normally Open device would be connected to the external sensors alarm inputs on the back of the DVR, marked “SEN 1 to SEN 4”.

(ii) SCHEDULE RECORDING

Recording is activated by a Timer schedule. Refer to page 8 for instructions on how to set schedules for recording.

(iii) MANUAL RECORDING

Recording is initiated manually by pressing the REC button. In this case, recording will continue until “STOP” is pressed on the unit.

Note: In all recording modes, recording will occur on all connected camera’s. There is no way to record only on specific channels.

(the Alarm and Schedule recording is the first priority during manual recording)

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