System: General - Swann NVR-7085 models Instruction Manual

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ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
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System: General

Language: The language that the NVR's menus, alerts and other communications will use. This usually defaults to English.
Be careful not to change this setting unintentionally - it might be tricky to find the setting to change it back when the NVR is
speaking another language!
Video Standard: Here you can choose between PAL and NTSC. PAL is used in Western Europe and Australia, NTSC is used in
the US, Canada and Japan. If the NVR's picture is black and white, flickering or similar, then this is probably caused by the video
system being set incorrectly. Don't change this setting unless advised to do so by Swann Technical Support. You may not be able
to see the NVR's output on your screen anymore!
Time Zone: Particularly important if you've enabled NTP - set this to the time zone where you happen to be. For example, people
in eastern Australia (Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00, whilst the Eastern Time zone in the USA and Canada
is GMT-05:00. (GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time - it's the baseline that keeps all the different time zones in sync.)
Menu Date Format: The format of the date (eg. DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY and so on).
System Time: This can be edited manually, or set to update automatically by using NTP (see
35).
DST Setting: As the standards for daylight savings differ from country to country, and often state to state, you might need to
manually tell the NVR exactly when it commences and ends in your locality. First, turn DST on. We suggest setting the Daylight
Saving Time Mode to Date, and manually entering the dates and times that daylight savings time applies to and from, in your
locality.
Note: Some NTP servers are NOT fully compatible with DST. This may cause your system to double-count adding one or removing
one more hour than they should, or cancel each other out. You may need to intentionally change your time zone to compensate, or
simply not use NTP and DST simultaneously.
Enable Password: When enabled, the NVR will require a password to access, even for local users. It's advisable to enable
password protection
Auto Lock Time: When the password protection is enabled, the NVR will automatically time-out, whereafter it will ask for a
password before returning to normal functioning. The Auto Lock Time determines how long a period of inactivity will cause the
NVR to lock itself again.
Device ID: Differentiates your NVR from other devices. If you don't have any other NVR's or similar devices, then you can leave this
as-is. If you've got multiple NVRs running on the same network, then it's a great idea to give each a unique ID.
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The System: General menu contains
many of the settings you'll need to
configure to get the most out of your
NVR system. Most importantly:
The time and date can be set here.
You can select the language you
want for the menus/GUI.
The configuration for automatic
adjustment to daylight savings time
is here.
You can easily enable or disable
password protection - but will
have to create a valid username/
password
"Network: Advanced: NTP" on page

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