Search, Playback, Start, Stop and Play

SEARCH

PLAYBACK

Start, Stop and Play

To begin a search for an event:

All

Alarm

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ALL

STEP 1. Enter the date to be searched. You can also click on the clock icon to open the Calendar. Highlighted dates have recorded files.

STEP 2. Enter the start time (if known) or

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Files will be listed by their start time. In addition, when the DVR records a file, it also indicates the type of recording and it will indicate this one-letter code after the file name.

R = Regular recording

A = External alarm triggered recording M = Motion detection triggered recording

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StartTime Type

11:37:22 M

11:48:00 R

11:54:00 A

12:10:00 M

13:00:00 R

14:00:00 R 15:00:00 R

16:00:00 R

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CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERATION

skip this field to search the entire day.

Once you’ve run your search, you may select which videos you wish to review.

Select the type of event; All, Alarm, Motion Detection (MD) or both Alarm and Motion Detection.

STEP 3. Select which channels you wish to view. Each of the four slots is a pull-down which allows you to select a specific channel. You can leave these empty to view 1-3 channels. You can also choose to view four channels at a time or all channels

(8 or 16 depending on model) simultaneously.

Alarm/MD

All

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Double-click on the desired video file and playback will begin. The playback controls operate as with a normal DVD player or computer media player with pause, rewind, etc. In the case of multiple views, the channel with the green outline around its video is the one that is being controlled. You can switch between channels by clicking on the one you wish to control.

Fast Next

Play Frame Playback

Stop Slider

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STEP 4. Click on the Search icon and any records fitting your criteria will be listed in the column to the right of the screen. Up to 128 files can be displayed and multiple tabs (pages) may be displayed in the search results depending on the number of cameras you have as well as how you configured your playback display. In the event that a camera is set to manually record, the events will be broken up by hour.

16:00:00 R 17:00:00 R

Start Time

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End Time

While all channels will display video from the same event, individual playbacks can be controlled separately. A single channel can be paused, rewound or sped up without affecting the playback of other channels.

Selecting the Stop button will end playback of that channel while the others (if any) continue to play back. To end playback on all channels, simply right-click the mouse or move to another file using the buttons to the right of the playback bar.

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All

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Reverse Previous

1p 2p 3p 4p

StartTime Type

11:37:22 M

11:48:00 R

11:54:00 A

12:10:00 M

13:00:00 R

14:00:00 R

15:00:00 R

16:00:00 R 17:00:00 R

Start Time

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End Time

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