Setting Menu; General - Q-See QC SERIES User Manual

4.3 SETTING MENU

Double-clicking on the Setting icon will
open the Setting menu window. This menu
contains a number of the settings that are not
related to recording video, but rather affect
how the DVR operates in general. Additional
settings are available in the Advanced
menu covered in Section 4.4. The available
selections will vary by the model of DVR, but
can include: General, Network, Pant/Tilt/
Zoom, RS232, Display and Default.

GENERAL

This window is where the basic settings for the DVR are configured. Your settings will only be
saved if you click the Save button before exiting the window.
IMPORTANT! You MUST stop all recording before changing the date or time.
System Time – The date and time
Date Format – Choose from Year-
Month-Day, Month-Day-Year or
Day-Month-Year
Date Separator – The three options are a dot
(.), dash (-) or slash (/)
Time Format – Chose between 24-hour
(military-style) or 12-hour (AM/PM)
formats
Language – The system currently supports
English, Spanish or French. The
system will need to be restarted for
the language change to take effect.
HDD Full – Depending on the number of cameras recording, the size of your hard drive, how
many cameras are recording and how often, image quality and other factors, your
DVR's hard drive can be completely full of recordings in one to four weeks. When it is
full, the DVR will stop recording unless you set it to overwrite older files.
IMPORTANT! The overwrite features should be enabled before you begin
recording or the DVR may not delete files created before that point. If this
occurs, reformatting the hard drive will fix the situation.
WARNING! Overwritten files can not be recovered. Important files should be
backed up onto another device to prevent loss.
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SETTING
GENERAL NETWORK PAN/TILT/ZOOM
DISPLAY DEFAULT
PICTURE 4-8
GENERAL
System Time
2012 - 03 - 15 10 : 06 : 12 Save
2 sec.
Date Format YYYY MM DD Snapshot
Date Seperator - DST Set
Time Format 24-HOUR Time Server
Set
Language ENGLISH
HDD Full Overwrite
Pack Duration 60
Device No. min.
8
Video Standard
NTSC
Auto Logout
10
Device ID min.
DVR
Startup Wizard
Default Save Cancel
PICTURE 4-9
Pack Duration – Rather than creating 24-hour long files when a channel is set to record all
the time, this allows you to set the maximum record length between one to two hours
(measured in minutes).
Device No. – If you are controlling more than one DVR with a single remote, this allows you to
give each DVR a separate numerical ID.
Video Standard – By default, this DVR operates using the NTSC standard common to North
America. Video output can be switched to PAL for areas where that is used.
Auto Logout – This sets the duration of inactivity before the DVR will automatically log a user
out of the system.
Device ID – If you are monitoring more than one DVR remotely, giving each an identifying
name will assist in keeping track of which system is being monitored.
Snapshot – When you enable snapshots in the Schedule menu (see Section 4.6), this
determines how much time will pass between snapshots. You can set the interval from
1 to 600 seconds (10 minutes).
DST – In order for your DVR to adjust to
Daylight Savings Time automatically,
you should enable the function
and then set whether DST begins
and ends in your region based on
a variable date such as the last
Saturday of a particular month or a
specific date.
Time Server – Enabling this allows a DVR that is connected to the Internet to automatically
maintain accurate time - including adjustments due to Daylight Savings Time - in the
same way that a computer does.
Server IP - The default server used to
obtain accurate time is the Windows
server, but you can manually enter in
another.
Port - This is the port that the DVR
will use to contact the server.
Time Zone - You will need to set your time zone. For North America these are:
Eastern Time Zone = GMT-5
Mountain Time Zone = GMT-7
Alaskan Time Zone = GMT-9
Update Period - This is the frequency at which the DVR will check the time with the
server.
Synchronize - Clicking this will cause the DVR to update the time immediately.
DST
Day of Week Date
Start Mar 2nd Sun 02 : 00
End
Nov 1st Sun 02 : 00
OK Cancel
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DST
Day of Week Date
Start
2012 - 03 - 11 02 : 00
End
2012 - 11 - 04 02 : 00
OK Cancel
PICTURE 4-11
NTP
time.windows.com
Server IP
Port 123
Time Zone
GMT-8:00
Update Period Hours
24
OK Cancel Synchronize
PICTURE 4-12
Central Time Zone = GMT-6
Pacific Time Zone = GMT-8
Hawaii Time Zone = GMT-10
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