Record Menu (Playback); General (Playback); Events (Playback & Backup Files) - Night Owl AHD7 SERIES User Manual

7.3 Record Menu
From this menu you can enable recording, set video settings, and adjust
streaming options.

7.3.1 General (Playback)

Search and playback all recorded video from this menu. Choose your desired
date and times from the options below, then click Play to view recorded video.
Right-click to exit back to the menu screen.
Channel: select the channel you would like to playback footage from.
Type: search All, Normal or Motion video to playback.
Playback Channel: choose the desired channel to view footage from.
Start Time: set the initial time parameter for your video search.
End Time: set the end time parameter for your video search.
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1. Calendar: indicate the date to playback video.
2. Channel Selection: choose the channels to display on-screen.
3. Full Screen: hides the Calendar and Channel Selection panels.
4. Rewind: rewinds the recorded video.
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5. Slow Forward: forwards the video at a slower speed.
6. Play: plays video starting at the indicator on the timeline.
7. Pause: pause the recorded video.
8. Stop: stop the recorded video.
9. Fast Forward: fast forward frame-by-frame of the recorded event.
10. Zoom: click the icon and select the area on-screen to zoom in.
11. Clip/Save: click once to set the start point of the video you would like to save.
Press the icon again to select the end point of the video you would like
to save then choose whether you would like to save as an H.264 or AVI format.
12. Volume Scale: adjust the volume of the video in the selected channel(s).
13. Start Time: indicates the beginning of the timeline on the selected Calendar date.
14. End Time: indicates the end of the timeline.
15. Timeline Length (24h, 2h, 1h, 30m): select the duration of the on-screen
display of the timeline.
16. Exit: double right click the mouse or click on the X to exit the playback screen.
7.3.2 Events (Playback & Backup Files)
Search for video from triggered events and quickly backup the video files for
future reference. You can select either All, Normal or Motion.
Date: select the date to search for event footage.
Time: choose a start and end time that the event happened.
Channel: pick the channel(s) with the desired video.
Type: select from All, Normal, or Motion video.
Search: once the parameters are set, click this button to retrieve video from
the specified time period. You can choose to save the video file as an AVI or
H.264 format.
Quick Backup: check the tick boxes to the left of the found video clip(s) and click
this button to save that video to a USB Flash Drive. You can also Playback by right
clicking on the icon located in the playback section.
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