Live Viewing Tab - First Alert DVR0805 User Manual

REMOTE ACCESS
REMOTE SURVEILLANCE

Live Viewing Tab:

By default, Remote Surveillance opens in Live Viewing mode (split-screen).
To use Live Viewing:
1. Click LIVE at the top of the main screen.
2. Click the display mode icons to view the main screen in single-channel, quad, or split-screen
configurations. You can also double-click a channel at any time to view it in single-channel.
3. Click to show or hide all the channel windows.
4. Click to start/stop manual recording to your PC on ALL channels. For more details see RECORDING.
5. Select a channel (outlined in red) and then click the audio bars to increase or
decrease listen-in volume. Click the icon to mute/unmute.
Live Viewing Talk Function
NOTE: The Talk function is not supported.
Recording
You can record video directly to your PC using the remote surveillance software.
To record video to your PC, from Live viewing, click to start/stop manual recording to your PC on ALL channels
Quick Access Menu
Right-click any channel to open the sub-menu.
The sub-menu contains the following options:
PTZ Control
You must have a PTZ camera (not included) connected to the system in order to use the PTZ controls.
To control a PTZ camera:
1. Select the channel of the connected PTZ camera(s).
2. Click the navigation arrows to pan and tilt the camera.
3. Click + /- to control zoom, focus, and iris.
4. Enter presets.
5. Click SETTING, HAND, and CLEAR to further control presets.
Screen Captures
Use the remote surveillance software to take a snapshot of the channels on
the main display screen. Screen Captures can be useful for your own records,
or may be needed by authorities in case of a security incident.
To take a screen capture:
1. From Live Viewing, select the channel you want to capture. The selected channel will be highlighted in a red frame.
2. Click .
3. Click OK in the confirmation window. Screen captures are saved as BMP files to the default save location (C:\DVR\...).
Recording
NOTE: You will record video to your PC
regardless of the recording mode on the
system itself. By default, recorded files are
saved in C:\DVR\[ip_address]\Record.
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