Q-See H264 user manual Live Configuration, Date & Time Tab, Live Tab, DST Tab

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Date & Time Tab

Set date, time, time format and related configurations in this menu.

IMPORTANT! To maintain the integrity of recorded video, you should set the DVR to the correct date and time before making changes in other menus.

4.2 LIVE CONFIGURATION

Live configuration includes four submenus: Live, Main Monitor, Spot and Mask.

Live Tab

Use this menu to set camera names and adjust picture colors, brightness, hue saturation and contrast for optimal picture results.

LIVE

Setting the correct date and time before proceeding is essential to maintaining the integrity of your video records - especially for purposes of evidence. Making these straightforward settings should be your first priority before proceeding further within this manual. Changing the date and time after important videos have been recorded could result in the loss of those files.

You can individually name cameras by highlighting the field for each camera. The virtual keyboard will appear allowing you to enter characters, numbers and symbols with case sensitivity. ENTER will save the name and return to the LIVE menu. ESCAPE will

Live

Main Monitor

Spot Mask

 

CH

Camera Name

Show Name

Color

1

CAMERA01

 

Setting

2

CAMERA02

 

Setting

3

CAMERA03

 

Setting

4

CAMERA04

 

Setting

Most of the options within this menu are

BASIC

exit the keyboard without saving.

All

Recording Status

self-explanatory. If you are unsure of your time zone, the date and time settings on your computer or searching online for “Time Zones” will quickly provide you with the information you need.

NTP Server: Using Network Time Protocol will keep your system’s clock current by allowing it to occasionally receive updates from the selected server. Your DVR must be connected to the Internet for this feature to work. Please see the Remote Monitoring Guide for instructions.

DST Tab

System Date & Time

DST

Date Format

MM-DD-YY

Time Format

24 Hour

Time Zone

GMT

Sync Time with NTP Server

NTP Server

time.windows.com

Update Now

System Date

03/04/2011

MAY

25

System Time

12 : 43 : 13

Save Now

Default Apply Exit

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You can enable or disable the display of the cameras’ names and recording status (see Section 3.3) by using the check boxes.

You can configure the color settings for each channel individually. Adjust image saturation, hue, brightness, and contrast by clicking on the Setting button for each individual camera or for all of them simultaneously by selecting the All button before making the settings. This window can also be reached by clicking the color button on the Control Bar.

Default Apply Exit

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This setting allows your system to adjust for time changes due to Daylight Savings Time. Again, your system must be connected to the Internet for this feature to work. As of this writing, Daylight Savings Time begins in most areas of North America on the 2nd Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. Both changeovers happen at 2 am.

Allowing the DVR to make the change automatically ensures that files will not be lost as could happen by manually changing the hour.

Main Monitor Tab

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Select the configuration of your display.

Split Mode allows you to choose from

Checking the box marked Daylight Saving Time will enable the DVR to switch the hour automatically.

The starting and ending periods must be set using the pull down options along with entering the hour manually. The Week radio button should be selected for this method.

If your region switches to and from DST on a specific date, then chose the Date radio button and enter the needed information.

Click Apply to save your settings and Exit to close the menu.

BASIC

System Date & Time DST

Daylight Saving Time

 

 

 

Time Offset [Hours]

1

 

 

Mode

Week

Date

From

March

 

 

 

The 2nd

 

 

 

Sunday

 

 

 

02:00:00

 

 

Until

November

 

 

 

The 1st

 

 

 

Sunday

 

 

 

02:00:00

 

 

 

Default

Apply

Exit

 

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single view, 2x2, 2x3, 3x3, 4x4 (depending on model) views on a screen at one time. You can also select which channels will be displayed.

Channels can be grouped and the display will

 

cycle between groups. Any individual channel

 

can be shown in more than one group.

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Dwell Time: This is the time interval the

 

display will spend showing a group

 

before moving on to the next group.

 

NOTE! If viewing remotely on a computer with dual monitors, the display must be on the main monitor.

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