Pelco C2631M-A manual Customizing the ON-SCREEN Display OSD, Instant Recording

CUSTOMIZING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD)

Users with Guest User access and higher can add and delete on-screen display items.

To customize the on-screen display:

1.From the DX8100 menu bar, choose View > OSD and then select the items you want to add to or delete from the OSD. Items include

•Site Name

•Camera Name

•Video Recording

•Audio Recording

•PTZ

•Instant Recording

•POS

•Select All (displays all items in each pane)

•Background Color

Figure 28. Client OSD Menu Options

2.Do one of the following:

•From the DX8100 menu bar, choose View > OSD > Background Color > Set Color to add a contrasting background field behind each OSD display item.

•From the DX8100 menu bar, choose View > OSD > Background Color > Disable Background to remove background field.

INSTANT RECORDING

This section describes the instant recording mode. Users with Power User access and higher can configure the DX8100 for recording video both instantly and in accordance with a preset schedule. The Instant Recording mode is enabled from the Schedule page. Instant recording is activated from the main window by double-clicking the Instant Recording icon.

If the DVR is not in the normal recording mode, you can use the instant recording mode to manually start and stop a video recording session instantly. For information about adding the Instant Recording icon to the OSD, refer to Adding Instant Recording to OSD.

This section includes the following topics:

•Enabling and Disabling Instant Recording

•Adding Instant Recording to OSD

•Starting and Stopping Instant Recording

ENABLING AND DISABLING INSTANT RECORDING

This section describes how to enable and disable the instant recording mode and includes the following topics:

•Enabling Instant Recording

•Disabling Instant Recording

For more information on instant recording, refer to Instant Recording.

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