Important Information - Swann DVR4-1200 User Manual

Important Information

To ensure your privacy, this DVR is password protected.
• By default, password protection is disabled. To ensure your ongoing privacy,
we strongly recommend enabling the password protection feature as soon as
possible.
• Choose a password that you'll remember, but that others would be unlikely to
guess. Avoid obvious combinations - think outside the box!
• If you do manage to lock yourself out of the DVR, you'll need to contact us
at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the
back cover.
One of the most important things to decide early on is where you're going to in-
stall the DVR. There are several considerations to make, and some of them conflict
with one another.
• Your DVR needs to be located in a central location to allow you maximum
options when placing your cameras. This is true whether your cameras are
connected via cables or wirelessly - one way, you'll have to physically install
cabling, and wireless systems still have a limited range.
• On the other hand, your DVR should be installed somewhere secure. If the
DVR is too accessible it could be sabotaged or removed by an intruder.
• Ideally, assuming that you wish to use most features this DVR offers, it should
be installed close to a network access point. There is, however, no problem us-
ing a long network cable - a Cat 5e Ethernet cable up to approximately three
hundred feet (about 90m) should work. Different network cable standards will
offer a longer or shorter range.
DEFAULT PASSWORD INFORMATION
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