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Basic Setup
MyDVR: Configuration Overview
Display: Channel Settings (see page 28)
Channel Name (Check Box): Whether the channel’s name will be displayed on screen or not.
Channel Name: The title you’d like to give that camera.
Record Data: Whether the overlays (Channel Name, Date and so on) will be recorded onto the video with your images.
Mask (Check Box): Turns the masking function on or off.
Mask (Setup): Creates a black privacy overlay which masks part of your images. Will affect recordings.
Recording: General (see page 30)
Encoding Parameter: Choose from the main stream or sub stream to configure.
Main Stream: The way the DVR will internally process and record video.
Sub Stream: The way the DVR will encode and send video to a remote device (such as the PC you’re using to access the DVR).
Record Audio (Check Box): Turn the audio recording function
on or off. Note: Record Audio must be specifically enabled for the SubStream if you require audio via a remote connection.
Resolution: How many pixels (little dots) make up your image.
Frame Rate: How many images per second the DVR will capture.
BitRate Limit: The maximum size that your video files will be. The higher this is set, the better recordings will look - however, they’ll also fill the hard drive faster.
Recording: Advanced Config (see page 31)
Overwrite: Whether the DVR will erase old recordings to make room for new ones, or not.
Delay: How long after an alarm event or motion the DVR will continue to record for.
Pack Duration: The amount of video that will be stored as a single “pack”. Unless you have very specific requirements, leave this at the default value.
Recording: Schedule (see page 32)
The schedule presented
Use the Copy To functions to quickly assign identical schedule layouts to multiple days/channels at once.
Be careful when programming your schedule. It’s one of the most important aspects of setting up your DVR, and if it’s wrong in any way, it could lead to complications later.
Note: Do NOT select Normal and
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