Technical Overview - Secube AT-A1600 User Manual

User's Manual

1.2 Technical Overview

Your DVR can replace both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation. However, it has
many features that make it much more powerful and easier to use than even the most advanced VCR.
The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to digital images and records them on a hard disk drive.
Using a hard disk drive allows you to access recorded video almost instantaneously; there is no need to
rewind tape. The technology also allows you to view recorded video while the DVR continues recording
video.
Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on tape. There is no need to
adjust tracking. You can freeze frames, fast forward, fast reverse, slow forward and slow reverse without
image streaking or tearing. Digital video can be indexed by time or events, and you can instantly view
video after selecting the time or Event.
Your DVR can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to record and the
schedule can be changed for day, night, weekend and user defined holidays.
The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set up to record over the
oldest video once the disk is full.
Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video.
You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via modem or Ethernet. There are two
USB ports that can be used to back up the video clip file to external hard disk drives(or memory sticks)
and/or can be connected to the USB mouse.
NOTE: This manual covers the 4-, 8- 16-channel digital video recorders. The DVRs are identical
except for the number of cameras and alarms that can be connected and the number of cameras
that can be displayed. For simplicity, the illustrations and descriptions in this manual refer to the
16-camera model.
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