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1 Safety Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2 Important Data Security Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3 Applications and Major Features. . . . . . . . . . 33
4 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1 Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.2 Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.3 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.3.1 Inserting / Replacing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5 Connecting the Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.1 Installing the hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.2 Cameras, monitor, USB mouse . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.3 Audio signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.4 Alarm inputs and alarm outputs,
PTZ connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.5 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.6 Power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6 Setting the Recorder intoOperation . . . . . . . 38
6.1 Setting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.2 Possible error messages after switch-on. . . . . 39
6.2.1 No hard disk installed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.2.2 Hard disk not formatted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.3 Status at first switch-on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6.4 Startup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6.5 All menus at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
6.6 Enabling password protection, changing
passwords and defining user rights . . . . . . . 44
6.7 Configuring alarm inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.8 Activating / Deactivating signal sounds
Forwarding events to the alarm output. . . . . 45
6.9 Settings for live surveillance:
Camera name, image, time display . . . . . . . 45
6.10 Masking image areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.11 Setting the motion detection feature . . . . . . 45
6.12 Remote control of cameras (PTZ). . . . . . . . . 46
6.13 Enabling the snapshot feature . . . . . . . . . . 46
6.13.1 Cloud storage for snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.14 Saving and loading differentconfigurations. . 47
6.15 Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7 Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.1 User lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.2 User change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.3 Live surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.3.1 Setting dwell time and
display for image sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.3.2 Magnifying an image section . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.3.3 Sound reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.4 Operating bars – fast access to settings and
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.5 Adjusting colour, brightness, contrast
oftheliveimages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.6 Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.6.1 Changing recording times . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.6.2 Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.7 Replaying recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.7.1 Replaying the most recent 5 minutes recorded
byacamera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.7.2 Recording a specific time range and, if required,
saving it to an external device . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.7.3 Calling up snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7.8 Controlling a PTZ camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.9 Deleting data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.10 Factory setting (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
7.11 Calling up the event list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
7.12 Showing system information
Changing device IDs and device names . . . . . 54
7.13 Switching off the recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
8 Insertions and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9 Remote Surveillance and Remote Access
totheRecorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.1 Remote surveillance via mobile phone
and tablet computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.2 Remote access via a computer . . . . . . . . . . 56
10 Where to Find Settings and Functions. . . . . . . 57
11 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
12 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59