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Chapter 4 ─ Operation
NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not,
please refer to Chapters 2 and 3.
The DVR's controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and
playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back
video. You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week. The DVR
allows you to search through the recorded video using much more sophisticated tools than those
available with VCRs. Additional DVR features that are not available with VCRs are remote control
and viewing, and recording video at the same time you are watching previously recorded video.
The front panel controls are described in Chapter 3 ─ Configuration.
Turning on the Power
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 ─ Installation, it is ready
to record.
Live Monitoring
As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the
attached monitor. The default mode is to display all cameras at once. Pressing any camera button
will cause that camera to display full screen. It displays live video until the user enters another
mode.
While in the live monitoring mode, pressing the
Monitoring menu at the top of the screen. Pressing the
can navigate through menus and items by pressing the arrow buttons.
NOTE: The Live Monitoring menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to
the top of the screen.
MENU
Figure 59 ─ Live Monitoring menu.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder
button displays the following Live
button again hides the menu. You
MENU
Freeze
Sequence
Camera Menu
Alarm
Panic
Setup
Search Mode
Login/Logout
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