Operating Your Dvr; Using The Front Panel Controls - HIKVISION HK-RA208 Series User Manual

Operating Your DVR

There are numerous ways to navigate and operate your DVR. You may use the Front Panel Controls, the
included IR (Infra-Red) Remote, a Mouse and the Soft-Keyboard.

Using the Front Panel Controls

Your DVR comes with built-in front panel controls, as shown in Figure 3.
The controls on the front panel include:
1. IR Receiver: Receiver for IR remote.
2. USB Ports: Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk
Drive (HDD).
3. Status Indicators: Status indicators for different features of the DVR.
• Alarm: Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected.
• Ready: Ready indicator turns blue when DVR is functioning properly.
• Status: Status indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote. Indicator turns red when
controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time.
• HDD: HDD indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
• Modem: Reserved
• TX/RX: TX/RX indictor blinks blue when network connection is functioning properly.
• Guard: Guard indicator turns blue when the device is armed, off when the device is unarmed. The arm/disarm
state can't be initiated by pressing and holding on the ESC button for more than 3 seconds in Preview mode.
4. Alphanumeric Buttons: Alphanumeric buttons used in various menus of the DVR. Some uses include:
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Fig 3: HK-RA208 (Top), HK-RA216 (Bottom)
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