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CUSTOMIZING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD)
Users with Guest and Power User access and higher can add and delete on-screen display items.
To customize the on-screen display:
1. From the DX8000 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 13. DX8000 DVR OSD Menu Options
2. Do one of the following:
• From the DX8000 menu bar, choose View > OSD > Background Color > Set Color to add a contrasting background field behind each
OSD display item.
• From the DX8000 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 DX8000 for recording video both
instantly and in accordance with a preset schedule. The Instant Recording mode is enabled from the Schedule page. In stant 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 on page 40.
This section includes the following topics:
•Enabling and Disabling Instant Recording on page 39
•Adding Instant Recording to OSD on page 40
•Starting and Stopping Instant Recording on page 40

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 on page 40
•Disabling Instant Recording on page 40
For more information on instant recording, refer to Instant Recording on page 39.