Night Owl Optics Night Owl, 4BL manual Main Menu, 5.2.1Recording Functions

User’s Manual

5.2 Main Menu

Right-click the mouse, a pop-up menu will be displayed on the screen. Click “MAIN MENU” button on the pop-up menu to enter into Main Menu. You can also use the Menu button on the front panel to open the Main Menu. When using the front panel buttons, use the FWD and REW button to move in the menu, and use the SEL button to select the icon. Use the ESC button to return to previous window. In Main Menu, you can change settings such as Record Settings, Playback, Network, Camera, or System

settings such as Hard Disk Drive, Video Output, System Maintenance etc.

5.2.1Recording Functions

5.2.1.1Record Setup

Select Main Menu  Record Settings  Record Functions to open the RECORD SETUP menu. The adjustable options are as follow:

Record: Allows you to turn each channel ON/OFF.

Quality: Choose between “Good”, “Better”, and “Best” resolution.

Frame Rate: Choose the frame rate of your recording.

Audio: Allows you to Enable/Disable the audio port if you have audio enabled camera installed.

Record Mode: Choose between Time Schedule Record or Continuous. Time Schedule will allow you to set motion detection or record at a specific time of day/night.

File Size: Set the file size limit of each recorded clip.

Copy: Use this option to duplicate the setting of one channel to another

Resolution: Choose between “D1” (Highest), “HD1” (Mid), and “C1F” (Low) resolutions.

Note: Select Time Schedule Record and the select Schedule to access the below menu.

SCHEDULE recording options include ALL, CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, CH-4 respectively. Please select the option you need to record according to the schedule, the channel you have set will be highlighted in “Blue” and channels you have not set will be “Grey”.

To setup weekly schedules, click on the box of the corresponding time. Choose between Motion, Continuous, or No Recording and then click on each box in the schedule time line that you want to apply the select record type to. You can also use the “From – To” pull-down menus and Copy button to copy settings from one day to another. After you have completed the schedule, click “Apply” button to save the settings.

You can also click on the Default button to use the system defaults. The system default settings are:

Alarm all time on = Motion Detection = ON

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