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Remote Access

remote surveillance

Live Viewing Tab:

By default, Remote Surveillance opens in Live Viewing mode (split-screen).

To use Live Viewing:

1.Click LIVE at the top of the main screen.

2.Click the display mode icons to view the main screen in single-channel, quad, or split-screen configurations. You can also double-click a channel at any time to view it in single-channel.

3.Click to show or hide all the channel windows.

4.Click to start/stop manual recording to your PC on ALL channels. For more details see RECORDING.

5.Select a channel (outlined in red) and then click the audio bars to increase or decrease listen-in volume. Click the icon to mute/unmute.

Live Viewing Talk Function	Recording
NOTE: The Talk function is not supported.	NOTE: You will record video to your PC
	regardless of the recording mode on the
	system itself. By default, recorded files are
	saved in C:\DVR\[ip_address]\Record.

Recording

You can record video directly to your PC using the remote surveillance software.

To record video to your PC, from Live viewing, click to start/stop manual recording to your PC on ALL channels

Quick Access Menu

Right-click any channel to open the sub-menu.

The sub-menu contains the following options:

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Quick Access Menu

PTZ Control

You must have a PTZ camera (not included) connected to the system in order to use the PTZ controls. To control a PTZ camera:

1.Select the channel of the connected PTZ camera(s).

2.Click the navigation arrows to pan and tilt the camera.

3.Click + /- to control zoom, focus, and iris.

4.Enter presets.

5.Click SETTING, HAND, and CLEAR to further control presets.

Screen Captures
Use the remote surveillance software to take a snapshot of the channels on the main display screen.	Remote Viewing -
Screen Captures can be useful for your own records, or may be needed by authorities in case of a	PTZ Control
security incident.
To take a screen capture:

1.From Live Viewing, select the channel you want to capture. The selected channel will be highlighted in a red frame.

2.Click .

3.Click OK in the confirmation window. Screen captures are saved as BMP files to the default save location (C:\DVR\...).

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Playback Tab

Use the Replay menu to search and playback recorded video on your system.

Remote Viewing-Playback Screen

To use the replay menu:

1.Click REPLAY at the top of the main screen. The main screen will be grey.

2.Click REFRESH below the calendar to view the recorded files for the current month. NOTE: Normal recording is indicated by a clock icon; alarm recording (alarm, loss, and motion events) are indicated by an exclamation mark icon.

3.Double-click a file from the File List to playback the file in the main screen. The icon in the file list changes to “ ”.Control playback using the buttons at the bottom of the main screen.

Remote Viewing-Progress Bar

The purple bar indicates the download progress. The green marker indicates playback progress. You can click and drag the playback marker (will turn from green to orange) to advance or rewind playback as needed. Click Play, Pause, Stop, Fast Forward, Slow and Next Frame to perform those functions.

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