Setup; Camera; Video - Q-See QC-SERIES User Manual

3.2 SETUP

The options available in this tab are divided into several sections dedicated to the camera
itself, the network connection, event monitoring, direct recording to an FTP server, system
maintenance and history. Each of these sections will incude one or more submenus to allow
you complete control of your camera.

CAMERA

This is divided into two sub-menus - Conditions and Video. In Conditions, you can adjust
the camera's settings to adjust for any lighting or environmental factors specific to its location
for the best possible image.
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The Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation sliders can be moved to improve image
clarity.
Gain - For cameras located in darker areas, Gain allows the camera to electronically
compensate by making the image brighter. The trade off is a potential loss in image quality
due to increased "noise" in the picture. You can allow the camera to adjust automatically or
manually, with an adjustable upper limit to prevent the image from reaching a point where it is
unusable due to excessive noise.
Exposure - this controls the amount of light reaching the camera's receptors. This allows the
user to compensate for areas that are excessively lit resulting in overexposed images that
have some detail areas "blown out." On a traditional camera, this feature would be controlled
by opening or closing the camera's iris. On an IP camera, this is controlled electronically. You
can "lock" the exposure level to a specific setting by selecting Manual and adjusting it from
the pull-down menu.
Scene Mode - This allows the camera to compensate for sunlight versus moon light. This
is done by adjusting the red and blue light levels. This can be done automatically, or is fully
customizable by the user. The mode can also be disabled or set to permanently utilize only a
single mode.
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VIDEO

The Video sub-menu contains four tabs controlling how video is streamed from the NVR, the
camera's built-in snapshot feature, on-screen displays and, on PCs the file path to save locally
recorded video and snapshots.
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The settings available within the Video tab are similar to the options available in the Record
Setting menu which was covered in Section 2.2. However, these settings only apply to the
camera and not the NVR. If the Internet connection is poor either at the camera's location
or with the monitoring PC or device, then the settings can be lowered to improve the video
transfer. For example; a bitrate of 4096 requires an upload speed of 4mbps.
The Snapshot tab allows you to set the
resolution, quality and frequency of snapshots
captured by the camera. These are separate
from the snapshots captured by the NVR
using this camera.
You can change the camera's name, create
a privacy mask and enable/disable the
on-screen display of the camera's name
and time in the Overlay tab. Your NVR is
configured not to display the channel title
info on its screen, but you may change that
setting in the Overlay setting within the
Record Setting menu (see Section 4.3 of
the User Manual).
You may set up to four masked areas in the
camera's display. These are separate from
those made in your system and cannot be
overriden by the masks made in the NVR.
Path allows you to select the location on your PC's hard drive where video and snapshots will
be saved when the appropriate icon is selected in Live View.
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