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Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.....................................................................................

V

PREFACE

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1

 

ABOUT THIS GUIDE ..........................................................................................................................................

1

 

TECHNICIAN NOTES .........................................................................................................................................

1

INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................

2

 

WHAT IS A SURVEILLIX® DVR™ ......................................................................................................................

2

NEW FEATURES.............................................................................................................................................................

3

DVR DESCRIPTION............................................................................................

4

1.1

BASIC FEATURES .......................................................................................................................................

5

1.2

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND LEDS ......................................................................................................

6

1.3

REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ......................................................................................................................

7

1.4

SERIAL NUMBER ........................................................................................................................................

8

GETTING STARTED............................................................................................

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2.1

IDENTIFYING INCLUDED COMPONENTS.....................................................................................................

10

2.2

KEYBOARD SETUP ...................................................................................................................................

11

2.3

MOUSE SETUP..........................................................................................................................................

11

2.4

MONITOR SETUP ......................................................................................................................................

12

2.5

POWER SETUP .........................................................................................................................................

12

2.6

CONNECTING A VIDEO SOURCE TO THE DVR.........................................................................................

12

2.7

CONNECTING SENSORS TO THE DVR .....................................................................................................

13

2.8

CONNECTING CONTROL OUTPUTS TO THE DVR.....................................................................................

14

2.9

OPTIONAL COMPONENTS.........................................................................................................................

15

DVR BASICS.....................................................................................................

16

3.1

TURNING ON THE DVR.............................................................................................................................

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3.2

TURNING OFF THE DVR ...........................................................................................................................

18

3.3

DISPLAY SCREEN .....................................................................................................................................

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3.4

CAMERA VIEW ..........................................................................................................................................

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3.5

RECORDING STATUS INDICATOR .............................................................................................................

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3.6

SCREEN DIVISION MENU ..........................................................................................................................

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SETUP OPTIONS..............................................................................................

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4.1

SETUP OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................

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4.1.1

Setup Screen Overview......................................................................................................................

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4.2

CAMERA SETUP........................................................................................................................................

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4.3

MOTION.....................................................................................................................................................

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4.3.1

Creating a Motion Area.......................................................................................................................

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4.3.2

Activating an Alarm Output on a Motion Event ...........................................................................

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4.4

FRAME SETUP ..........................................................................................................................................

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4.5

SCHEDULE SETUP (RECORDING).............................................................................................................

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