Event Search; File Management; Image - Q-See QT SERIES User Manual

EVENT SEARCH

Selecting this tab will bring up a list of recorded events. Your DVR is configured by default to record
when motion is detected. You can choose whether to display events triggered by Motion, Sensor or
both. These files are saved as events.
Select the date you wish to search and click the
Search button. You will be presented with a list of
recorded events.
Select the channel and click the Double-click the
event file you wish to play back.

FILE MANAGEMENT

From within this tab you can lock, unlock or delete recorded events from the drive.
Clicking the Search button in the upper right of the window will bring up a list of events to be displayed.
Results can be filtered by selecting date and channels if desired.
LOCK – Selecting a file and then clicking the Lock button will protect the event from being overwritten or
deleted unless the entire drive is reformatted
UNLOCK – This will remove the file protection and the event recording can be deleted or overwritten
normally
DELETE – If the event is not Locked, this will remove the selected event from the DVR.
NOTE! If the status shows "Writing" it means that the sector on the hard drive
where the file is located is still being written to. You cannot delete the file until
the file is completed and the word "Writing" disappears.
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Image

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IMAGE
This tab functions much as the Event Search tab by allowing you to search for and view the still images
captured when you click on the Snapshot icon on the Control Bar. These images are stored on the
DVR's hard drive just as with video files.
Select the date to search, along with the start and end times to search between. You can also select
which channels you want to include in the search. Clicking the Search button in the upper right of the
window will bring up a list of available images.
SEARCH
Time Search Time Search Event Search File Management Event Search File Management
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Delete Delete Lock Lock Save Save Save All Save All
After the search is completed, a count of available images will be displayed along with the first still image.
The buttons at the bottom of this tab allow you to navigate through the images as well as save them for
use outside the DVR.
DELETE – This will remove an unwanted image from the hard drive.
LOCK – This will prevent a file from being deleted. If a file is locked, this button will read UNLOCK.
SAVE/SAVE ALL – These buttons allow you to save individual or all of the images in the group to an
external USB flash drive inserted in the USB port on the front of the DVR.
ARROW BUTTONS – Navigate to the first, last previous or next image in the group.
Search Search
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Start Time
12 / 23 / 2010 12 / 23 / 2010
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00 : 00 : 00 00 : 00 : 00
End Time
12 / 23 / 2010 12 / 23 / 2010
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23 : 59 : 59 23 : 59 : 59
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