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If Schedule mode is disabled the system will not start recording on alarm. Setting schedule on or off is achieved through pushing the SCHEDULE button on the front panel or remote, but not through the System Setup menu and window. When the unit is in Schedule Mode active, the character “S” will display on the screen. Alarm video recording can’t be stopped by pushing the RECORD or STOP button while Schedule Mode is active. To ensure that once Schedule Mode is set to on that the schedule cannot be accidentally stopped there is a password protection to stop Schedule Mode. You must press the SCHEDULE button then enter the correct password to turn Schedule Mode off.
Check Alarm Recording setup before recording; confirm the video quality and the frame rate, as the record setting can’t be changed during the recording process.
As long as the alarm input signal is correctly set the alarm recording will continue during the period of time set up by A/M REC TIME, and when the outside the time period the alarm recording automatically stops.
5.Time Recording
Time recording starts and stops recording automatically according to the
To start the Time Recording function you must have a record schedule setup beforehand. When this is done, push the SCHEDULE button on the front panel to set schedule mode to on and the schedule symbol “S” will display on the screen. The Time Recording mode will not work unless you activate Schedule Mode.
To make Time Recording mode active the system must be set to Schedule Mode active and that period is set to “T” in Record Schedule setup.
In Time Record mode, you must push the SCHEDULE button then enter the password to stop time recording.
Because Time recording is reliant on the system being set with the correct time, you must adjust the time to your correct local time before using this function.
6.Playback
Push the PLAY button and the system will begin to play the images recorded from the start of the most current recording.
If the recording is playing, push the PAUSE button to pause playing, push the PLAY button again to resume normal play.
To use Fast Forward playing or Fast Backward playing, push the FORWARD or REW button while the recording is playing to see faster playback. Push the PLAY button to return to normal speed playing from the current place.
Continuous pushing of the FORWARD button will change the
During playback mode, press the Single Frame Forward button to play a frame at a time, and hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held.
During playback mode, press the Single Frame Rewind button to play back a frame at a time, and hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held.
Push the PLAY button again to resume normal playback speed, or push the STOP button to stop playing.
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Basic Operation (continued)
7.Search Play
Push the Search button to display the Search Play window on the screen. TIME SEARCH: search recording by the time you enter.
EVENT SEARCH: search recording by event list.
START STOP SEARCH: search recording by start and stop segments.
Push the UP or DOWN button to move the cursor, then push the ENTER button to enter the sub menu you have highlighted. Push the SEARCH button again to quit the search menu.
8. Time Search
Move the cursor to Time Search, then push the ENTER button and the Time Search window will appear, as illustrated as below.
Push the LEFT or RIGHT button to move the cursor, push + and - button to modify the time, then push the ENTER button to start play from the time you selected. Push the SEARCH button again to return to the Search Play menu.
If the time you enter doesn’t match recorded video, the DVR will automatically play the video closest to the time you enter.
START: the first time you record.
END: the end time of the last recording, you must enter a time between start and end. If the HDD has been overwritten, the start time may not be correct.
9. Password Reset
Press the “pause” button 12 times on the front panel and it will reset the DVR's password to the factory default password of (0000).
10. Changing the On Screen Display (OSD) language
You can change the OSD language from the default English to French or Spanish by following the steps below.
To change the OSD language, enter the menu system by pressing the MENU button on the front of the DVR and correctly input your password.
Highlight the “SYSTEM SET” option, and press the ENTER button. Select “MENU LANGUAGE” and press the ENTER button.
Push the ADD or DEC buttons to change the language and press the ENTER button to select your language.
Now fully exit the menu system and restart your DVR.
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