Playback By System Log - HIKVISION DS-8104 Quick Operation Manual

DS-8100HCI-ST Series DVR Quick Operation Guide
Note:
You can search and playback video files by their card numbers.
3. Click the Play button to start playback of all the files found with the specified search criteria or click the
Search button to bring up the list of search results. After search results are presented, select the file you would
like to playback and press Play.
4. Recordings will automatically be play backed in the Playback interface.
Playback by Live Preview
You may also instantly playback from a channel while watching a Live Preview. The playback will be of
recordings from the past 5 minutes.
To playback from a channel instantly in Live Preview:
• Using a Mouse:
1. Right-click the mouse on desired channel and select the Playback button.
2. Recordings from the selected channel will start playing back in the Playback interface. An Attention message will appear if
there are no recordings found from the previous 5 minutes. You may also press the Play button to view the day's recording
for the selected channel.
3. You may also select additional channels for playback from the channel list on the right hand side of the Playback interface.
• Using the Front Panel/Remote:
1. Press the PLAY button. This will take you into the Playback interface.
2. Enter the channel you would like to view recordings for on the front panel or remote (i.e. press 'SHIFT', the STATUS light
will turn green, then press '1' for channel 1, press '2' for channel 2).
3. Recordings will begin for the selected channel.

Playback by System Log

You may also playback recordings from the System Log.
To playback video from the System Log:
1. Enter the Log Search menu by clicking Menu> Maintenance >Log
Search.
2. Set Major Type setting to Information.
3. Set Minor Type setting to Start Record or End Record.
4. Set Start Time and End Time.
5. Click the Search button.
6. A list of results with your search criteria will be displayed. Select
the video log to playback and click Play.
7. The recording will begin to play in the Playback interface.
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