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9.1 General

General menu contains many of the settings you'll need to configure to get the most out
of your DVR system. Most importantly:
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The time and date can be set here.
 You can select the language you want for
the menus/GUI.
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The configuration for automatic adjustment
to daylight savings time is here.
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You can easily enable or disable password
protection - but will have to create a valid
username/password
Language: The language that the DVR'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 DVR 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
DVR'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
Technical Support. You may not be able to see the DVR'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 "Network: Advanced: NTP").
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 DVR exactly when it
commences and ends in your locality. First, turn DST on. We suggest setting the
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