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Congratulations on your purchase of this PRO-680 from Swann! You've chosen well: we think this is
one of the finest vari-focal CCTV video cameras available. The adjustable lens and on-screen menu
system make the PRO-680 ideal for monitoring any kind of space in almost any lighting conditions...
even no light at all, as it can see up to 35m/115ft in complete darkness!
Getting your PRO-680 mounted, connected and configured can be a bit of a process. It's not a "plug-
and-play" camera, though most of the advanced settings can be left on automatic, if that suits you.
Our two cents: you've spent the money on a great camera. It's worth spending a couple of hours
making sure it's set up right. This manual will take you through everything you need to do to get
the camera delivering high quality images, and will let you know a little about how you can tweak it
further.
1.
Choose a spot for your camera. This will be influenced by what you need to monitor, the places
nearby which could support a camera, the lighting conditions of the environment and so on.
2.
Connect the camera to a monitor. We suggest connecting it directly to a monitor during setup,
and to your DVR (or other recording device) afterwards. Having a monitor on hand in the same
location as the camera is a real time saver during setup.
3.
Set the zoom.
This will set the viewing angle of the lens, which determines how much the
camera can see (page 3).
4.
Set the focus.
This will allow you to choose which parts of what the camera can see is in focus.
In actuality, you'll probably go back and forth between steps 3 and 4 until you're happy with the
image (page 3).
5.
Adjust the camera's settings
under the circular screw-plug on the rear of the camera housing (pages 4 - 5).
6.
Connect the camera to your DVR
The PRO-680 is very flexible, and can be installed practically anywhere. Some of the things you'll have
to consider when choosing a location are:
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What you want to monitor, and where you'll get the best view of it.
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How you're going to connect the camera to your monitoring system.
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How to keep the camera out of harms way. Up high in protected corners is a good option.
Regardless of all the tweaking of the lens and image processing you do, there are a few immutable
things that are true for all cameras, CCTV or otherwise.
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The closer the camera is to what you want to see, the more detail you're going to get.
You can make some alteration by tweaking the zoom, but there's no substitute for proximity.
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Areas with varied lighting conditions are hard to view completely, with any camera.
the bright bits are exposed correctly, then the shadows will "black out". If the shadowy areas are
exposed correctly, then the bright bits will overexpose and "white out". Aiming the camera at an
evenly lit area will always give the best results.
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That "image enhancement" stuff that they do on
indefinitely on a video image. Licence plates are only readable from a few meters (a dozen or so
feet) away. If someone's head is represented by three pixels, that's it. Sorry. This is technology, not
magic. This is a great CCTV camera, but it's still just a video camera - it can't see that much better
than you can! Still, it does make for good television.
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About the Camera
The Process: An Overview
using the OSD (On-Screen Display). The controls are located
(or other recording/monitoring device) - see page 4.
Choosing a Location
Rules is Rules
CSI or 24 is all lies. You can't zoom in
If
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