Paragon 32CH Monitor display formats, Full screen, Menu start, Brightness contrast color, Pause

Operation PARAGON Series Quick Reference Guide

1. Monitor display formats

The monitor allows 4x, 6x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 13x, 16x and 32x multiscreen display as well as sequence view.

Full screen:

Select one of the channel keys 1 ~ 16 resp. or 16~32 (Press CH Switching key to switch from CH1~16 to CH17~32 or vice versa)

Sequence (automatic switch, available in live mode only)

Press the Seq key to start / stop the automatic switching mode.

2. Menu start

Press the MENU key to access the main menu bar. Use either Shuttle or Jog to switch between MENU parameters.

3. Brightness – contrast – color

Brightness, contrast and color can individually be set for each video channel. Select the camera menu (2nd icon) and enter the option „Video adjust“.

4. Recording

Recording starts directly after the recorder has booted; there is no separate LED or display.

5. Playback

Start the playback at the latest HDD playback position by pressing the PLAY key (Quick Play function deactivated!).

Fast forward / reverse:

Use the „Fast Forward“ key to play video images forward / reverse

Pause:

Actuate </II or >/II to freeze the current playback position.

6. Archiving video data

To archive to USB, insert a USB stick into the USB socket at the front. To archive to CD/DVD, insert the CD/DVD into the DVD+RW burner at the front . Press the COPY key in live mode to display the context menu.

Enter start and end time of the video export as well as the camera number and press COPY to start the video data export.

If requested, the player software can also be exported to the USB stick or CD/DVD by activating the checkbox “Player“.

Exit the menu by either pressing the MENU key several times or mouseclick on the cross in the menu bar (top right corner).

7. Playback search

Press the SEARCH key to enter the playback search menu.

From the menu on the left, choose the search method:

-Time search

Enter time and date of the requested recording position and click PLAY.

Upon successful search, the monitor automatically switches to playback mode and playback starts at the requested position.

-Event search

Select time and date as well as the relevant camera(s). In the “Event“ row, select the requested event type (alarm, motion, video loss and text) and confirm

your selection by clicking SEARCH. After the search, a list of available events is displayed. Select the relevant event from the list and click PLAY.

The monitor automatically switches to playback mode and playback starts at the selected position.

-Smart search

Select time and date as well as the relevant camera(s). Click “Grid Setting“ key to

(s). Click “Grid Setting“ key to

edit motion grid setup. Confirm your selection by clicking SEARCH. After the search, a list of available motion is displayed. Select the relevent motions from the list and click PLAY. The monitor automatically switches to playback mode and playback starts at the selected position.

-Snapshot search

Select among thumbnail images extracted from the recorded video at a user defined interval, at a specific date and time, in response to various types of events. Confirm your selection by clicking SEARCH. After the search, all the snapshots will be displayed. The result gives user an efficient review of significant activities.

Notes about Hot Swappable model:

1.Please do not remove/insert the HDD frequently whithin a short period of time.

2.Plug-in or take out HDD action has to wait for “ok” from screen.

3.In playback mode, HDD cannot take out of DVR.

4.Hot Swappable HDD model only supports two HDDs.

5.Hot Swappable HDD model does not support eSATA function yet.