Overview - Swann DVR4-1200 User Manual

Overview

Congratulations on your purchase of the DVR4-1200!
You've chosen a versatile, powerful and great value security monitoring and
recording solution for your home or business. Let's just take a moment to talk
about some of the great features that the DVR4-1200 offers and some of the
things to think about before installing the system.
4 Channel Monitoring and Recording
The DVR4-1200 can monitor and record four channels simultaneously. You can
configure the recording modes for the four channels quite independently – for
example, you could have two channels recording on a schedule, one recording
constantly and one armed to record on motion. Or any other combination you can
think of!
Powerful H.264 Compression
The advanced video codec used by the DVR4-1200, called H.264, offers high
quality video files at a fraction of the size of older video codecs such as MPEG-2
or similar. Basically, this means you can get store more footage on the DVR's hard
drive, and that the quality of that footage can be significantly higher than many
older video formats. H.264 has been engineered to provide the highest level of
data compression possible (saving space on your hard drive) whilst maintaining a
high image quality.
Powerful Networking and Remote Access Features
The DVR4-1200 features an Ethernet port, which can be used to connect the
DVR to your home network. With the addition of a high-speed Internet service,
this allows you to remotely access the DVR from any high-speed Internet terminal
on Earth! If that isn't convenient enough, the DVR also features mobile device
support, allowing you to connect to it from a devices such as the iPhone, devices
running Blackberry OS (version 5 or later), Microsoft Windows Mobile (version 6.1
®
or higher) or Symbian S60 (3 edition or more recent), as well as the increasingly
rd
popular platform Android. See pages 54-55 for more information about supported
mobile platforms.
Pulled the DVR out of the box and aren't sure what to do next?
Check out page 13 for a quick rundown of the setup procedure!
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