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Digital Video Recorder

Clip-Copy

Video clips can be copied on an internal DVD RW drive, or external USB hard disk or flash drive. The copied video
clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista. Refer to the

Appendix –

USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation

for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy.

Selecting

A–B Clip-Copy

in the Search – Export menu or pressing the

CLIP COPY

button during the playback will

set the starting point of the video to be clip copied, and the icon displays at the bottom-left corner of the screen.

Selecting

A–B Clip-Copy

in the Search – Export menu or pressing the

CLIP COPY

button again will set the ending

point of the video to be clip copied by displaying the

Clip-Copy

screen.

Pressing and holding the

CLIP COPY

button for more than three seconds while in the Search mode or Live Monitoring

mode initiates the One-Touch Clip Copy function. The last recorded image will be the ending point of video to be
clip copied, and the system will automatically begin to calculate the possible video data size that the selected storage
media can handle.

Select

Clip-Copy

in the Search – Export menu or press the

CLIP COPY

button while in the Search mode or Live

Monitoring mode, and the

Clip-Copy

screen appears to allow clip copy setup.

Figure 74 — Clip-Copy screen.

You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can
set the start and stop times and dates.

Highlight the box beside

From

and press the (Play/Pause) button to

toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific
Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the first
recorded image.

Highlight the box beside

and press the button to toggle between

On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
When set to On, the search will be from the last recorded image.

Highlight the box beside

Channels

and press the button. You can

select the cameras that you would like to include in your video clip.

Highlight the box beside

Password

and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the

password for reviewing the video clips.

Highlight the box beside

Dest.

and press the button. You can select the storage device on which you would like to

record the video clip. You can choose from

Internal DVD RW

and

USB Storage

CAUTION: The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format.

NOTE: While copying video clips on the DVD RW, the recording speed might decrease.

While copying video clips on the DVD RW, the DVR will stop archiving video data until clip copy is finished.

When the error message “Firmware update of the optical drive is required” displays, update the firmware
of the installed DVD RW drive. Please follow the instructions described in Chapter 3 – Configuration –
System Information section.

The DVR automatically assigns a file name to the video clip. However, you can give the video clip file a different name.
Highlight the box beside

File Name

and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears. Enter a file name for the

video you are backing up and select

. The DVR will automatically add the camera number (for example “01”)

and “.exe” to the file name.

NOTE: When naming a file, you cannot use the following characters: \, /, :, *, ?, “, <, >, |.

Highlight

Include Text-In Data

and press the button. This will toggle between On and Off. When this feature is

On, you can include text-in data when copying video if the video was recorded with text-in data.