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MyDVR: Configuration Overview
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Display: Channel Settings (see page 28)
Channel Name (Check Box): Whether the channel's name will
be displayed on screen or not.
Channel Name: The title you'd like to give that camera.
Record Data: Whether the overlays (Channel Name, Date and
so on) will be recorded onto the video with your images.
Mask (Check Box): Turns the masking function on or off.
Mask (Setup): Creates a black privacy overlay which masks part
of your images. Will affect recordings.
Recording: General (see page 30)
Encoding Parameter: Choose from the main stream or sub
stream to configure.
Main Stream: The way the DVR will internally process and
record video.
Sub Stream: The way the DVR will encode and send video to a
remote device (such as the PC you're using to access the DVR).
Record Audio (Check Box): Turn the audio recording function
on or off. Note: Record Audio must be specifically enabled for
the SubStream if you require audio via a remote connection.
Resolution: How many pixels (little dots) make up your image.
Frame Rate: How many images per second the DVR will capture.
BitRate Limit: The maximum size that your video files will be.
The higher this is set, the better recordings will look - however,
they'll also fill the hard drive faster.
Recording: Advanced Config (see page 31)
Overwrite: Whether the DVR will erase old recordings to make
room for new ones, or not.
Pre-record: Whether the DVR will cache and save footage that
occurs immediately before an alarm/motion event.
Delay: How long after an alarm event or motion the DVR will
continue to record for.
Pack Duration: The amount of video that will be stored as a
single "pack". Unless you have very specific requirements, leave
this at the default value.
Recording: Schedule (see page 32)
The schedule presented on-screen applies to one channel on
one specific day of the week only.
Use the Copy To functions to quickly assign identical schedule
layouts to multiple days/channels at once.
Be careful when programming your schedule. It's one of the most
important aspects of setting up your DVR, and if it's wrong in any
way, it could lead to complications later.
Note: Do NOT select Normal and Motion/Alarm-based
recording at the same time on the same channel - this can
cause conflicts in the way that the DVR interprets footage and
event information.
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Network: General (see page 37)
Be careful adjusting settings here - if the DVR can't access the
network anymore, you won't be able to configure it remotely!
Network Access: How your network is addressed - either DHCP
or STATIC IP addressing.
Subnet Mask: A required additional piece of IP addressing
information.
Gateway: The way "out" of your network, to the Internet.
Auto DNS / Static DNS: Whether the DVR will automatically
select a DNS server, or use one you assign.
Preferred / Alternate DNS: The DVR has two DNS servers,
essentially a primary and a backup.
MAC Address: The Media Access Control address. For some
advanced networking, it can help to know this value.
Network: Advanced Config (see page 38)
DDNS Setup: Opens the DDNS setup window (below).
NTP Setup: Opens the Network Time Protocol setup window
(see below).
Email Setting: Opens the Email Setup window (see below).
Server Port: One of the two ports the DVR needs to
communicate over your network. Ensure nothing else uses this
port. The default value is 9000. This is the port number you'll
use when logging in over the Internet from the MyDVR software
or remote access from a mobile device.
HTTP Port: The second of two ports the DVR needs to
communicate over your network. Ensure nothing else uses this
port. The default value is 85.
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NTP Setup (see page 39)
NTP Domain or IP Address: The server you intend to use to
access the current date and time. The default is pool.ntp.org.
NTP Port: The port that the NTP server uses. The default for
pool.ntp.org is 123.
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Email Setting (see page 41)
Operates in the same way as the email setup menu in the DVR
menu. Rather than attempt to summarize here, it's easier to
simply turn to page 41 to learn more.
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DDNS Setup (see page 39)
Where you can configure a Dynamic DNS server to track the
"position" of your DVR over the Internet. Check out page 39
for more information on DDNS servers.
We recommend using SWANNDVR as your DNS service.
This is a free service for Swann DVR owners, which we directly
support.
To create an account with SWANNDVR, go to:
http://www.swanndvr.com/
and click the Registration button. Follow the prompts to create
your account.
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