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Main Menu
Display Menu
Camera Options
These options allow you to make adjustments to how the DVR displays the feed
coming from your cameras.
You can adjust aspects of each channel/camera, such as:
•
the camera's name
•
what information will be displayed on-screen, and where this information will be
displayed
•
whether information such as the date will be recorded directly onto your videos
•
any areas of the video you want "masked" - that is, left blank
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The main menu lets you access many of the DVR's great features. You can customize camera names, keep track of
recent events, create recording schedules, configure advanced motion detection settings, and much more.
Read this chapter to check out all the good stuff your DVR has to offer.
Option
Camera No
Select the channel you want to configure. The Camera No is the
same thing as the number written on the rear panel next to the BNC
socket used to connect the camera.
Camera
Enter a name for the camera you've selected. By default, all
Name
channels are named as the Camera No. field, but this can be set to
anything you'd like up to 16 characters.
Display
When checked, the name you've entered for the camera/channel
Camera
will be displayed on-screen as an overlay.
Name
Record Date When checked, the date (as displayed) will be recorded directly
on to your videos. This can be useful, as it creates an inseparable
record of exactly when the footage was captured.
OSD Display
Access a screen where you can easily set the exact positions of any
Position
overlaid text, such as the camera name and the date and time.
• Simply select any item you want to move (such as the Channel
Name and/or the Date and Time) and click and drag it to the
position you'd like it to be.
• To exit the OSD Display Position screen, press the right click
button. A context menu will appear with two options: Save and
Exit. To exit without saving, simply choose Exit. If you want to save
your changes, choose Save first.
Image
Access the camera's image settings screen where you can make
Settings
adjustments to the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue levels.
Mask
Lets you create and place "privacy masks" to conceal parts of the
image on the screen. This restricts what can be seen - useful when
you want to protect personal privacy or sensitve areas.
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