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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder

Login/Logout

Selecting (Login) in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to select a User
and enter the password to log into the system. Selecting (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout
screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user

Zoom Mode

You can enlarge an area of the video by selecting

Zoom

from the Camera Menu in the Live Monitoring menu or pressing

the

Zoom

button on the front panel. For a few seconds after selecting

Zoom

from the Camera Menu or pressing the

Zoom

button, a rectangle displays on the screen. A rectangle shows the area that will be enlarged. You can move the

rectangle around using the arrow buttons. Pressing the (Enter) button in the Zoom mode enlarges the area in rectangle.
Exit the Zoom mode by selecting

Zoom

again from the Camera Menu or pressing the

Zoom

button again. While in

the Zoom mode, the icon displays if

Zoom

is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab).

Event Monitoring

When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event if

Event Monitoring On

is selected

in the Display setup screen (Main Monitor tab).

Event monitoring lasts for the dwell time set for event recording. After the dwell time has elapsed, the monitor returns
to the previous screen unless another event has occurred. If you want to return to the live monitoring mode before the
dwell time has elapsed, press one of the camera buttons.

Covert Camera

If a camera is set up as

Covert 1

in the Camera setup screen (Settings tab), that camera will not be displayed unless a

user with

Covert Camera View

authority logs into the system. However the camera title and status icons will be

displayed on the monitor.

If a camera is set up as

Covert 2

in the Camera setup screen (Settings tab), that camera appears to be Off unless a user

with

Covert Camera View

authority logs into the system. The camera title will be grayed out and status icons will

not be displayed on the monitor.

NOTE: When a camera is set up as

Covert 1

, the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert

video. When set up as

Covert 2

, the DVR displays only the camera title on the covert video.

If a user who has

Covert Camera View

authority logs into the system, the user can view video from cameras set to

Covert 1

Covert 2

including the camera titles and status icons.

PTZ Mode

If a user who has

PTZ Control

authority logs into the system, the user can control PTZ cameras. The DVR will control

cameras with Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabilities. Select

PTZ

from the Camera Menu in the Live Monitoring menu or

press and hold the

PTZ

button on the front panel for three seconds or longer to display the PTZ camera menu and enter

the PTZ mode. Select

PTZ

again from the Camera Menu or press and hold the

PTZ

button for three seconds or longer

again to exit the PTZ mode.

Figure 60

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PTZ Select Camera menu.

Select the PTZ camera you wish to control. The icon

flickers on the PTZ camera screen. You

can control the camera using front panel control buttons, by setting up presets or by selecting the
expanded PTZ features. To use the front panel buttons, press the Left and Right arrow buttons to
pan left and right. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to tilt the camera up and down. Press the
camera button 1 to zoom in, and press the button 2 to zoom out. You can use the button 3 and button
4 to focus the image.