Swann DVR16-1500 Instruction Manual page 12

The Setup Wizard
To ensure your on-going privacy, we strongly recommend setting a password as soon as
possible. Choose something that you'll remember, but that others would be unlikely to guess.
IMPORTANT NOTICE - Do not lose or forget your password. To ensure that your DVR has the
best security possible, password recovery has been designed to be a complicated and time
consuming process. Only a select number of staff at the Swann Technical Support Telephone
Helpdesk can assist. Password retrieval can take several days, which means you will not be able
Date Format: How you'd like the date to be displayed. For best results, use the standard format for your location (MM-DD-YYYY
for the USA, DD-MM-YYYY for the UK and Australia).
System Date: The current date setting on the DVR. To alter this value, select the small calendar icon.
System Time: The current time setting on the DVR. To alter this value, select the small clock icon.
Note for NTP Users: Setting the date and time is less important if you're using NTP (Network Time Protocol) but we still
recommend you set it here first. Just in case.
Live View Mode: 4 x 4 is the default live view mode. This will display up to 16 video channels on-screen at a single time. Selecting
1 x 1 will display the first video channel full-screen - see page 25.
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Default Password Information
To ensure your privacy, this DVR supports password protection.
The default, all-access username is 'admin', the default password is '12345'.
to access your DVR during this time.
Setup Wizard: Admin Password
For your on-going security and peace of mind, we strongly
suggest setting a password for your Admin account. A password
can be any combination of numbers (no letters) up to 16 numerals
long.
Admin Password: Enter the existing Admin password here. The
default password for the Admin account is 12345. Don't enter
what you'd like the password to be - that goes in the fields below
this one.
New Admin Password (check-box):
accept a new password for the Admin account.
New Password/Confirm: Enter what you'd like the new password
to be in the upper field, and then confirm it in the lower field.
Wizard: Time, Date, Location, Live View
It's important to ensure that your DVR has the correct time and
date, as well as the correct time zone set. This is particularly
true in a legal context when a mistaken time or date can mean
the difference between your security footage being regarded as
legitimate evidence or not!
Time Zone: Select your location from the list. The East Coast
of the United States is GMT -05:00 and the West Coast is GMT
-08:00. The UK is at GMT+ 00:00 and the East Coast of Australia
is at GMT +10:00.
Remember that these values will be displaced by an hour during
DST (daylight savings time) if that applies in your locale. However,
don't set that here - the DVR supports automatically adjusting the
time during DST - see page 24.
When checked, the DVR will