Maxtor SC324 manual Operation, Camera Select, Recording

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OPERATION:

Please Note: If the DVR was disconnected, or a power failure was to occur ,the back-up battery would supply power for 48 hours. After 48 hours the time and date 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 4 recording modes listed below. Please refer to Pg.30 for a chart of recording speeds and resolution. 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, recording type, and the available HDD space (in GB). The letter “ M ” represents the recording mode. Manual in this case. (OW represents HDD Overwrite)

NOTE : 1. When the HDD is full under the O/W Recording mode, previous recorded files will be overwritten without any further warning.

2.If the HDD has only 5 GB of space left, it will display “5 GB” on the upper- right part of the screen and will be displayed in orange. It will buzz for a few seconds. The same applies when there’s 4GB, 3GB, 2GB or 1GB of HDD space remaining. If the O/W (Overwrite) Recording mode

is on, it won’t have the warning buzzer.

(OW : HDD Overwrite)

 

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M OW

There are 4 recording modes: Alarm, Motion, Timer and Manual Recording.

(i) ALARM RECORDING

DVR is triggered by an external alarm input. The symbol will be shown on the triggered channel (refer to page 10).

(ii) MOTION RECORDING

The DVR will record when motion (pixel-based) is detected on the camera. Refer to Page 13 for instructions on setting the unit for motion detection.

(iii) TIMER RECORDING

Recording is activated by a Timer schedule, indicated by the symbol “ T “. Refer to page 7 for instructions on how to set schedules for recording.

(iv) MANUAL RECORDING

Recording is initiated manually by pressing the REC button, indicated by the letter “ M “. 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

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Contents Channel DVR Risk of Electric SHOCK. do not Open FCC Class B Notice Contents General Precautions Page Channel DVR Getting StartedSystem Includes An 80 GB or 120GBSearch Control Front PanelPOP SlowPlay AlarmTimer RECBack Panel Enter TimerMain Menu Control MenuCamera ViiTIMER EnableIv IPS Images PER Second CT Contrast RecordIv BR Brightness Vi CL ColorAlarm MultiplexIi PIP Screen DwellFull Screen Iii PositionIii RE Reference SEN SensitivityIi MD-NUM Motion Detection Number Iv DET DetectionVi Motion Record Display RemoteSystem UnlockEvent List of possible events Camera Select OperationRecording Play Back Search KEY LockVideo Loss Troubleshooting Problem SolutionTechnical Specifications Recording RateAppendix #1 Installing the HDD Appendix #2 Typical Configuration for a Complete System DVR Pin com port Appendix #4 PIN Configurations for Connection to a ComputerPIN 3, 4, 5, 6 Alarm Input PIN 1. RS232-TX RS-232PIN 14. Alarm Reset Input PIN 7. External Alarm NCPIN 8. External Alarm no PIN 15. External Alarm COMAppendix #5 List of Compatible Hard Disk Drives Model Capacity RotationAppendix #6 RS232 Remote Protocol Function Code AsciiAppendix #7 Recording Time in Hours MultiIP Video Router/Controller Web Server Features Appendix #8 Network ApplicationCH DVR Care and Maintenance