➄ PRE Alarm Time Limit ⑧ Motion Detection

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	➄ PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT	⑧ MOTION DETECTION
	The pre-alarm recording is an important function which enables you to find out about the situation	The DVD will start recording images whenever it detects any movement only when ALARM
	immediately before a motion is detected in the input video or before alarm occurs. Set how much	ENABLE is set to ON. At this time, you can set the detailed items about the motion detection
	video data you want to record before the motion is detected or alarm is triggered. About 2 seconds	in the SET AREA & SENSITIVITY menu. To force stop the recording started by the motion
	to 10 seconds of video data are stored in the system’s SDRAM at all times. When a motion is detect-
		detection, press and hold the STOP(■) button for 3 seconds. Then, the recording started by the
	ed or alarm is triggered, as much data as it is set in the PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT is taken from
		motion detection will be paused for 5 seconds, during which time you should go into the menu
	the SDRAM and written to the HDD as it simultaneously begins the alarm recording. However, since
		and set the MOTION DETECTION to OFF to completely stop the recording. If no action is
	the capacity of the SDRAM is limited, the field rate of the pre-alarm recording will decrease as the
		performed by the user for 5 seconds, the system resumes the recording started by motion
	time set in the PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT is increased.
		detection. [ON/OFF]
	[10SECOND/8SECOND/6SECOND/4SECOND/2SECOND/OFF]

Caution

If the system is currently recording, the PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT settings will not be

When performing the recording started by motion detection, the recording time is

applied even when alarm occurs. The PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT settings are applied

determined by the the time set in MAIN ALARM TIME, PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT, and

only if the system is not currently recording.

POST ALARM TIME LIMIT as it was the case in the alarm recording.

➅ POST ALARM TIME LIMIT

⑨ SET AREA & SENSITIVITY

Set the amount of video data you want to record immediately after a motion is detected in

1) AREA

the input video or alarm is triggered. The system records as long as the time set in the

Areas for motion detection are 4 in total and you can set the LEVEL, SIZE, and MOVE

MAIN ALARM TIME, and then records more data as long as the time set in the POST

for each area. When you go into SET AREA & SENSITIVITY menu, the following

ALARM TIME LIMIT.

screen appears and the cursor is positioned at the AREA item. At this time, press the

[5MINUTE/4MINUTE/3MINUTE/2MINUTE/1MINUTE/30SECOND/20SECOND/

10SECOND/OFF]

UP(

) or DOWN(

) button to select the desired area (AREA 0 ~ AREA 3), and press

the

SET/STILL(

) button to move

the cursor to the LEVEL item to set the

Note

sensitivity level for the selected area. [0/1/2/3]

The following illustrates the temporal relationship among the main alarm recording

time (MAIN ALARM TIME), pre-alarm recording time (PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT), and

[SIZE][MOVE]

AREA=0

LEVEL=OFF

post alarm recording time (POST ALARM TIME LIMIT) based on the time of alarm

occurrence.

AREA 0

AREA 1

Alarm Occurrence

PRE ALARM TIME LIMIT

MAIN ALARM TIME

POST ALARM TIME LIMIT

AREA 2

AREA 3

➆ MAIN ALARM PICTURE RATE

Set the main alarm recording field rate. If the input video signal is NTSC, a maximum of

2) LEVEL

60 FPS can be recorded; if PAL, a maximum of 50 FPS can be recorded.

Sensitivity to motion can be set from LOW to HIGH+, or to OFF. Closer to HIGH, more

1) NTSC

resensitive to motion, closer to LOW, more insensitive to motion.

Press the UP(

) or DOWN( ) buttion to set the sensitivity level, and press the

[60.00FPS/30.00FPS/15.00FPS/10.00FPS/7.50FPS/5.00FPS/ 2.50FPS/

SET/STILL(

) button to move the cursor to the SIZE item to set the size of the motion

1.00FPS/0.50FPS]

detection area.

2) PAL

[OFF/LOW/LOW+/MIDDLE/MIDDLE+/HIGH/HIGH+]

[50.00FPS/25.00FPS/12.50FPS/8.30FPS/ 6.25FPS/5.00FPS/2.50FPS/

1.00FPS/0.50FPS]

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