Basic Operation

 

 

• You are able to use the PTZ Navigation buttons in the

CAUTION

 

[PTZ Control] section to move the selected PTZ camera.

 

• The buttons are only available if the camera is a PTZ

The round middle button lets you quickly move the

camera.

camera to its home position. The [+] and [-] buttons lets

 

 

you zoom in and out respectively.

 

 

 

 

Digital Zoom

By selecting the [PTZ Control]’s [Digital Zoom] check box, you are able to use digital zoom on images from any camera displayed in the view. When digital zoom is enabled, you will see a small overview frame in the bottom right corner of each of the view’s camera positions.

[PTZ Control] section

[PTZ Navigation] button

 

 

[Live Viewing] window

[Digital zoom] check box

Note

[LIVE/BROWSE] button and indicator [SELECT] button and indicator

Keypad

[ZOOM IN/ENTER] button [ZOOM OUT/CANCEL] button

[PTZ/PRESET] button and indicator

Other Useful Functions

●Audio

To listen to live audio, select the required audio source in the [Audio] section’s [Audio Sources] list.

To temporarily mute the live audio, select the [Mute] check box.

•The recorded image(s) will not be recorded in zoom even when the digital zoom is used.

•When the digital zoom is used, the recording frame rate may decrease because the load factor of VR-N900U becomes high.

•To exit the digital zoom, unselect the [Digital Zoom] check box or click the [-] button until the image returns to normal size.

[Live Viewing] window

Using Preset Positions

This feature lets you move the camera to preset positions by entering the preset number with the keypad. (☞Page 44 “Defining a Preset Position”)

1 Press the [PTZ/PRESET] button until the [PTZ/ PRESET] indicator blinks.

The [PTZ/PRESET] indicator switches between lit and blinking each time the [PTZ/PRESET] button is pressed.

2 Move the camera to a preset position by entering the preset number with the keypad.

•If you press 0 first and then enter the preset number, you can specify numbers from 10 to 19.

•To specify numbers from 20 upwards, select the preset number from the [Presets] list in the [PTZ Control] section with the mouse.

CAUTION

•When the audio source is selected on multiple surveillance computers, sound quality may deteriorate.

•When returning from a [Setup] window to [Live], the audio settings becomes [None]. Please set the audio settings again.

Note

•When you select a camera which had the audio source

set by the [Camera Setting] of [Camera Record Setting] window, the specified audio is output. (☞Page 28)

•Selecting a camera not set to record an audio will output the most recently selected audio source continuously.

•When you select a camera that has not set an audio source, the most recently played audio will output continuously.

•When the recording and live image is simultaneously displayed, the displayed video and audio may not properly synchronize. (There is no effect to the recording in the system or the additional hard disk.)

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