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Part 4 – Accessing the DVR menus
After the system boots up it will go into multiple window mode. Click Enter or left click with the mouse anywhere on the screen and you will bring up the login interface (shown as Pic 4.1) and enter the admin password which is admin by default under the admin login. This will bring up the Main Menu screen in Pic
4.2.There are 6 icons; Search, Info, Setting, Advanced, Backup and Shutdown. Use the Search option to find and playback files from the hard drive. Go to the Info option for hard drive info, system log, version information, and online users. The Setting option is used to access General settings where you set system time, Language, hard drive overwrite, file size, and video display format, the Encode option where you set compression, frame rate, bit rate, audio, and sub stream, Schedule setup, RS232 setup, Network setup, Alarm setup, motion detection setup, PTZ setup, Display setup, and Load Default setup. The Advanced option is used for hard drive management, alarm output, manual recording, account setup, auto maintenance, and TV output adjustment. The Backup icon is used to backup files from the hard drive, and the Shutdown option is used to safely shutdown the system.
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Part 5 – Setting up DVR to record
There are 3 modes for recording
Manual Recording
Scheduled Recording
Motion Recording.
1. Manual Recording:
You can get to the Manual Record menu by right clicking on the screen with the mouse or by going to the Main Menu and selecting Manual Record. This will take you to the screen in Pic 5.1. You can click the All option on the manual line to start recording on all channels, or you can select the cameras that you want to record in manual mode. To stop recording you can select the all option on the stop line, or select individual cameras as shown in Pic 5.2.
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