Manual Frame Rate Confi Guration - Swann Advanced series Easy Setup Manual

Manual Frame Rate Confi guration

Frame Rate: How many frames per second (FPS) the DVR records. "Real-time" is 25 fps
(PAL) or 30 fps (NTSC). However, even lower frame rates are okay - even 3fps is still the
equivalent of three photographs per second.
Frame Rate - Fixed or Manual: If the FPS setting is "fi xed", then the DVR will
automatically adjust the frame rate to a fi xed value, determined by the resolution
you're recording at. The fi xed framerate values will ensure there is always enough
spare "frames" available. If you choose, you can manually set the frame rates for all
channels. Doing so is an advanced option and only recommended for experienced
users. However, it will allow you to more economically distribute the available
framerate across all your channels, and use more of the available processing
capability of the DVR.
Resolution: How many little dots (called "pixels") make up your image. More pixels
mean a better looking and more detailed image. However, the DVR can only process
so many of pixels at once, so increasing the resolution means you'll need to lower
your Frame Rate (FPS). There are four settings: D1 (the highest - the same resolution
as a DVD), HD1 (literally "half D1") and CIF (one quarter of D1).
Schedule: Where you can program the DVR to record constantly or automatically
(upon detecting motion or alarm events) at the times you'd like. Click or select the
SCHEDULE button to program it (see "The Recording Schedule" on page 25).
Copy: Quickly apply the settings you've chosen for this channel to any or all other
channels.
24 Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.
Date and Time Menu
Setting the Date and Time
It is very important if you're planning on using the video search function that the
date and time are correctly set. This is also the case if you want to be able to use the
footage from your DVR in a court of law or similar legal proceeding.
Date: The date, in the format as chosen in the Date Format drop-down
menu.
Date Format: The format of the date (eg. DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY and so
on).
Time: This can be edited in the same way as the Date, or set to update
automatically.
Time Format: How the time will be displayed, either as 12-hour (AM or PM) or 24-
hour time.
Time Zone: Particularly important if you've enabled NTP - set this to the time
zone where you happen to be. For example, people in eastern
Australia (Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00,
whilst the Eastern Time zone in the USA and Canada is GMT-05:00.
(GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time - it's the baseline that keeps
all the diff erent time zones in sync.)
NTP SETTING: Network Time Protocol. If you've got the DVR connected to the
Internet, you can have it automatically sync time with an online
server.
IMPORTANT: If you change your Time Zone setting, click APPLY before you
click UPDATE.
Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button. 53