Q-See QT518-814 manual Part 6- Accessing the DVR menus, Part 7 - Setting up DVR to record

Part 6– Accessing the DVR menus

Press the MENU key which will bring up the LOGIN screen shown as Pic 5.1 and enter the user name and password which is admin and 123456 by default. This will bring up the SYSTEM screen in Pic 5.2. Use the Direction Keys (number 9 on the Front Panel diagram in Part 2) to move the cursor and ENTER key (number 7) to select. Select the BASIC option (RED square in Pic 5.2) and it will display the screen in Pic 5.3 where you set time and date and enable audio and password check. On the SYSTEM screen you use the LIVE option to adjust the camera images, the RECORD option (Pic 6.2) to set up resolution, frame rate, video quality and enable cameras for recording, the PTZ option to set up Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras, the USER option to set up users on the system, the NETWORK option to setup the unit for remote access, and the TOOLS option to access hard drive information, update firmware, and restore system defaults. Refer to Chapter 3 of the user’s manual for more information on the SYSTEM menu.

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Part 7 – Setting up DVR to record

There are 4 modes for recording: manual, schedule, motion detection, and external sensor. In this Quick Start Guide we will cover manual, schedule, and motion detection. If you want to use external sensor alarms refer to sections 3.3.5 of the user’s manual for information on how to set these up. To setup any type of recording you need to select RECORD in the SYSTEM menu (RED square in Pic 6.1) which will bring up the RECORD screen (Pic 6.2). Here you can enable recording on the channels you want to record (RED box in Pic 6.2) and select the quality, frame rate, and resolution for each camera.

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1. Manual Recording:

Once you have setup and enabled the cameras you want to record, push the RECORD key (number 17 on Front Panel in Part 2). It will start recording and will continue recording until you push the STOP key (number 13 on the Front Panel in Part 2). If the system is password protected it will ask for a password to stop recording.

2. Time Schedule Recording.

Follow instructions in Part 5 to go to SYSTEM menu. Use the Direction Keys (number 9 on Front Panel in Part 2) to select SCHEDULE (RED box in Pic 6.3) and hit ENTER (number 7 on Front Panel in Part 2). This will display the screen in Pic 6.4. Use the Direction Keys to go to the SCHEDULE option (RED square in Pic 6.4) and use the ENTER key to put a checkmark in the box. Then use the Direction Keys and ENTER key to select or de-select the hours of each day you want to have the cameras record. Green means the hour is enabled and transparent means it is not enabled. Select OK to save the settings. Repeat this procedure for the other cameras.