Chapter 4 - Operation; Turning On The Power; Live Monitoring - ADEMCO AHDR4 User Manual

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, recording video at the same time you are watching previously
recorded video, and printing images to a standard printer.
The Front Panel Display and 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. Press the
The unit will take approximately 60 seconds to initialize. While it is initializing, the DVR will
display HELLO. Then, the HELLO will start moving to the left.

Live Monitoring

As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the
attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker. 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 and plays live audio until the user enters another mode.
Pressing the
DISPLAY
Pressing the
SEQUENCE
When in one of the multi-view formats, pressing this button will cause the DVR to through
user-defined screen layouts (page sequence), or the bottom, right screen to display live cameras
sequentially (cameo sequence). Selecting another display mode, or pressing the
button again will exit the Sequence mode.
Pressing the
FREEZE
button again.
POWER button, and the unit will go through its self-diagnostics.
button cycles the DVR through the different display formats.
button will cause the cameras to display sequentially on the monitor.
button will freeze the current image on the screen until you press the
Digital Video Recorder
SEQUENCE
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