IMPORTANT - Remembering to Apply Your Changes

When you’re using the menus to change settings or values, none of your changes will be saved until you choose the “Apply” option, which is usually located in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.

Always select the APPLY button before leaving a menu

if you want to save the changes that you have made.

There are two reasons why the “Apply” button needs to be expressly selected. For one, it helps prevent accidental modification of the DVR’s settings while you’re navigating other menus or similar. Secondly, the DVR only checks and loads the settings you’ve modified when the apply button is pressed. This is important to prevent the DVR operating erratically or performing an unintended operation whilst settings are in the process of being modified.

Using the On-Screen Keyboard

As the DVR doesn’t have a keyboard, when you have to enter text the DVR will present you an on-screen ‘keyboard’. This will automatically appear when you select a text field which allows you to enter a value.

If you want to change the type of characters being entered, click the ABC button on the right of the keyboard - this will cycle through the modes available. You can enter letters, numbers or symbols, each with their own mini-keyboard.

Getting Started

If you’ve just unpacked your DVR and are not sure where to begin setting up your system, here’s a quick rundown of the most important things that need to be set up.

•Test your system. Before installing cables into walls, it’s a great idea to plug everything in and make sure it all works. This is particularly true if you’re using additional cameras to any that came with the DVR (this DVR is available stand-alone or in a kit with cameras). We do our very best to ensure that the equipment reaching you is of the highest quality and will work out of the box, but accidents do occur in shipping and sometimes components can fail. Better to find out now than once everything is screwed in place!

•Then, once the DVR is on and working, the first thing to do is to set your password (see page 29 for details on how to do it).

•Set the Date and Time (page 28 for details) to ensure that, once you start recording, you are able to index and search the recorded footage easily. Also, if using the DVR’s footage in any legal proceedings, then having an accurate date and time on your footage becomes quite crucial.

•Check your hardware - specifically, and most importantly, the hard drive (see pages 22 & 23). This is where all your footage will be stored, so it’s quite important to ensure that it is functioning correctly.

•Setup your recording modes and/or schedule (pages 15 - 16) to make sure that the DVR will record what you want it to, and at the right time.

•OPTIONAL (Advanced Users): Configure your network settings (pages 17 & 32 - 37).

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