Display: Camera - Swann NVR-7085 models Instruction Manual

ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
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Display: Camera

Camera No.: Choose the channel you want to edit here. When
a network camera is connected to the channel, the
shown. Otherwise, the
connected to the channel.
Camera Name: Shows the name of the camera that's currently
connected to the channel. You can also specify a different
name for the camera by clicking on the text field to display a
virtual keyboard window. By default, all cameras are named
as Camera 1.
We highly recommended that you give a suitable name (up to
16 characters) for each connected camera. (e.g., If you've got a
camera that's monitoring the front entrance of your home, you
could name it "FrontEntranceCam" as such).
Display Camera Name: When checked, the name you've
selected for the camera will be displayed on-screen as an
overlay.
Record Date: When checked, the date (as displayed) will be
recorded directly on to your videos. This can be useful, as it
creates an inseperable record of exactly when the footage was
captured.
OSD Display Position: Gives you access to a screen where you
can easily set the exact positions of any overlayed text, such as
the camera name and the date and time.
Simply select any item you want to move (such as the Channel
Name and/or the Date and Time) and click and drag it to the
position you'd like it to be.
To exit the OSD Display Position screen, press the right click
button. A context menu will appear with two options: Save and
Exit. To exit without saving, simply choose Exit. If you want to
save your changes, choose Save first.
Image Settings
Gives you access to image adjustment tools, allowing you to
adjust the way the NVR interprets and displays video images.
See opposite for more information.
The Image Settings you choose will affect your recorded
footage. Rather than applying the changes after the video has
been processed (like many older NVRs) the Image Settings
affect how the NVR decodes the video it is receiving from the
cameras.
The upside of this is that you can use the Image Settings to
dramatically improve the quality of the images being recorded
by the NVR. This can be particularly useful for improving the
accuracy of your Motion Detection settings by varying the
settings to get the best blend of image quality, clarity and
motion sensitivity.
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The Display: Camera menu is where you can make adjustments
to how the NVR displays the feed coming from your cameras.
You can adjust aspects of each channel/camera, such as:
• the camera's name,
• what information will be displayed on-screen, and where
this information will be displayed,
• whether information such as the date will be recorded
directly onto your videos
• any areas of the video you want "masked" - that is, left blank.
• advanced camera video settings
• Brightness: Changes how light the image appears to be.
However, it can't make the camera see further in the dark,
or increase the clarity of an ill-lit image.
• Contrast: Increases the difference between the blackest
black and the whitest white in the image. Useful if sections
of the image "grey out" but setting the contrast too high will
degrade image quality.
• Saturation: Alters how much color is displayed in the image.
The higher the saturation, the more bright and vivid colors
will appear to be. Again, setting this too high can degrade
image quality.
• Hue: Changes the color mix of the image (this can have very
dramatic results). It's somewhat like moving through a
rainbow.
Remember: Your image settings will affect your recordings!
Mask: When checked, allows you to create, place and shape
a "privacy mask" which obscures part of the image on the
associated channel.
Camera Parameters: Adjust various camera settings
according to the environment where the camera is installed.
• Anti-flicker: Use this feature if some devices such as TV
screens and lights are flickering. For USA and Canada,
set this to 60Hz. For Australia and the UK, set this to 50Hz.
Outdoor mode is also available.
• Exposure Mode: Select the exposure level of the camera
based on pre-defined conditions. Select Manual to adjust
shutter speed and gain value of the camera manually.
• Contextual: Change the way the camera processes white
balance to correct image colors. Auto, Day, Night or Manual
(adjust the red and blue gain manually).
• Day/Night: Set the camera's colour mode during different
times of the day and night - AGC(Auto set by image sensor,
Color (Always in Day mode), Black&White (Always in Night
mode) or CDS (Auto set by light sensor).
• Backlight: Optimize brightness and contrast levels to
compensate for differences between dark and bright
objects using either BLC or WDR mode. This may improve
image clarity in high contrast situations but should be tested
at different times of the day and night to ensure there is no
negative effect.
• Mirroring: Change the orientation of the image to
horizontally reversed.
• Rotation: Turn the image upside down.
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