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Sentry Surveillance RealEyes 17 Series Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 RealEyes Series 17 NVR Manual http://www.sentrysurveillance.com...

  • Page 2: Live View

    Welcome to the Sentry Surveillance NVR quick start manual. This manual will give you a good, general overview of all the most common features needed to use your new Sentry Surveillance RE17 series surveillance video recorder. Live View When you first look at your system, you should see a screen very similar to the one above. There are only a few key features you may use regularly.

  • Page 3: Zooming In And Out

    Most of these options will not be necessary for everyday use. The main items to be concerned about are the Live View and Video Log buttons. Clicking on each one will switch between them as needed. We’ll start with how to navigate the Live View options. Here you will find useful information about the options that you may use most often while monitoring your camera system.

  • Page 4: Live View Tools

    Live View Tools You also have additional tools at the bottom. When you move your mouse pointer over a camera view you will see these options appear at the bottom of the live view panel. You can see these options and where they are located in the top image of the previous page.

  • Page 5: Saving A Snapshot

    Saving a Snapshot Click on the snapshot button to save a snapshot of the current live view. The box to the right opens and gives you options for what information you want to include in the snapshot. Pick a location you wish to save the snap shot to.

  • Page 6: Playing Back Recorded Footage (Video Log)

    Playing back Recorded Footage (Video Log) Important: Marking Footage to Never Recycle Before we get into reviewing footage we want to go ahead and show how to mark footage to never be recycled. As you are reviewing footage you may find clips you need to save across multiple cameras and time frames.
  • Page 7 When you wish to review footage that has been recorded, you can either click on the button located at the top of screen with your mouse or press the F10 key on your keyboard. This will switch over to the view log.
  • Page 8 After selecting your date, take a look at the two red bars located at the bottom. The top red bar shows all of the available footage for the selected date for the camera you have currently selected on the left side. The white bar indicates what time you currently have selected as shown in the image below.

  • Page 9: Playing A Specific Time Frame

    Playing a Specific Time Frame You do have the option to watch only a specific time frame. Click on the Mode A button shown at section 8 in the navigation bar image, then click the starting time you wish to view. This places a yellow line with a triangle on top similar to the white one which shows the current time you’re viewing.

  • Page 10: Creating A Backup

    Creating a Backup There are multiple ways to create a backup but we will go over the best, most efficient way of doing so using your RealEyes system. While in the Video Log you can either press the letter B on the keyboard or select the backup option in the menu by going to the Toolbar icon in the top right and then clicking on the tools icon in the tool...
  • Page 11 Select the option “Never-recycle events only” then click the OK button. You’ll notice that the numbers on the right hand side of the camera list change. By using this, you don’t have to select the cameras you want or type in your time frames.
  • Page 12 Saving to a CD-R or DVD-R You do have the option to save the footage to a CD-R or DVD-R. As stated before you can use CD-RW or DVD-RW but it is not recommended as those medium are not as secure.
  • Page 13 Support If you have any issues or questions about your RealEyes RE17 Series NVR, please feel free to contact us Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM ET. Our technical support staff is waiting and happy to help with any problems you may have with your system. Contact Us Toll Free: 1-800-228-8909 Atlanta, GA: 770-592-0400...

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