Display Setup Menu - Swann Advanced series Easy Setup Manual

Display Setup Menu

The Display Setup menu of the DVR. In this picture, the mouse cursor is cur-
rently highlighting the CH1 title fi eld.
Naming Channels
You can change the name of any channel from the default (and rather drab) "CHx" to
anything that you would like (up to 8 characters in length). A descriptive name on
each channel often makes it easier to remember what camera is where, and which
channel would have captured an event you might be looking for.
Channel Name: The name that will be displayed over the image from a channel.
Simply highlight this box and enter the new name you would like.
Position: Where the title of the channel is displayed on screen. You can choose
any of the four corners of the display (U-L meaning Up-Left, and D-R
meaning Down-Right).
20 Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.
Video / Audio Setup Menu
Video System: Here you can choose between PAL and NTSC. PAL is used in Western
Europe and Australia, NTSC is used in the US, Canada and Japan. If
the DVR's picture is black and white, fl ickering or similar, then this is
probably caused by the video system being set incorrectly.
Video Out: Choose which video signal you'd like to route through the main
video outputs. Choose between the LIVE OUT and SPOT OUT.
VGA/HDMI This setting will determine how detailed the image sent to a compatible
Resolution: VGA or HDMI monitor (choose HDMI from the dropdown list to use
HDMI) will be. The term VGA is somewhat of an anachronism, referring
to the plug-type, not to the actual resolution. The DVR can be set to four
diff erent resolutions: SVGA (800 x 600), XGA (1024 x 768), SXGA (1280
x 1024) and 1440 x 900 (a resolution which doesn't have a short three-
or-four-letter "name"). SVGA and XGA are standard 4:3 monitors. SXGA
monitors are 5:4 (slightly more square). 1440 x 900 is a widescreen
format for 16:10 monitors. HDMI is intended for widescreen monitors
or televisions.
The HDMI output will have a resolution of up to 1920 x 1080. The
actual resolution you'll see depends on the resolution of your HD
television or HDMI capable monitor.
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