System: General - Swann DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER Instruction Manual

System: General

Language: The language that the DVR's menus, alerts and other communications will
use. This usually defaults to English.
Video Standard:
Here you can choose between PAL and NTSC. PAL is used in Western
Europe and Australia, NTSC is used in the US, Canada and Japan. If the DVR's picture is
black and white, flickering or similar, then this is probably caused by the video system
being set incorrectly.
Time Zone: Particularly important if you've enabled NTP - set this to the time zone
where you happen to be. For example, people in eastern Australia (Canberra, Sydney
and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00, whilst the Eastern Time zone in the USA and
Canada is GMT-05:00. (GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time - it's the baseline that
keeps all the different time zones in sync.)
Menu Date Format: The format of the date (e.g. DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY and so
on).
DST Setting: As the standards for daylight savings differ from country to country, and
often state to state, you might need to manually tell the DVR exactly when it commences
and ends in your locality. First, turn DST on. We suggest setting the Daylight Saving
Time Mode to Date, and manually entering the dates and times that daylight savings
"System: General"
The menu contains many of the settings you'll
need to configure to get the most out of your DVR system.
Most importantly:
• You can set the time and date here.
• You can select the language you want for the menus.
• The configuration for automatic adjustment to daylight savings
time is here.
• You can easily enable or disable password protection - but will
have to create a valid username/password .
time applies to and from, in your locality.
Enable Password: When enabled, the DVR will require a password to access, even for
local users. It's advisable to enable password protection
Auto Lock Time:
When password protection is enabled, the DVR will automatically
time-out, where after it will ask for a password before returning to normal functioning.
The Auto Lock Time determines how long a period of inactivity will cause the DVR to
lock itself again.
Device ID: Differentiates your DVR from other devices. If you don't have any other DVRs
or similar devices, then you can leave this as is. If you've got multiple DVRs running on
the same network, then it's a great idea to give each a unique ID.
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