Swann DVR4-2000, DVR4-5600, DVR4-2500 Operating Instructions Manual

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DVR4-2000

4 Channel H.264 Digital Video Recorder

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Operating Instructions

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Before You Begin

FCC Veriﬁcation: NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits

for Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

· Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

· Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver

· Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected

· Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help

These devices comply with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) These devices may not cause harmful interference, and (2) These devices must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Prohibition against eavesdropping

Except for the operations of law enforcement ofﬁcers conducted under lawful authority, no person shall use, either directly or indirectly, a device operated pursuant to the provisions of this Part for the purpose of overhearing or recording the private conversations of others unless such use is authorized by all of the parties engaging in the conversation.

WARNING: Modiﬁcations not approved by the party responsible for compliance could void user’s authority to operate the equipment.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS:

· Make sure product is ﬁxed correctly and stable if fastened in place

· Do not operate if wires and terminals are exposed

· Do not cover vents on the side or back of the DVR and allow adequate space for ventilation

Table of Contents

Before You Begin Table of Contents Package Contents Read Before Installation

Overview

Important Information Layout of the Front Panel Layout of the Rear Panel Layout of the Remote Control Connecting Cameras Navigating the Menus Starting the DVR

The Main Menu

The Camera (Display Setup) Menu The Record Setup Menu The Recording Schedule The Network Conﬁguration Menu The Video Search Menu The File List & USB Backup The Playback Interface Playing Backed Up Footage on a PC The Device Management Menu The HDD (Hard Drive) Management Screen The PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) Setup Menu The Alarm Menu Auto Email Setup The Mobile Devices Menu The Motion Detection Menu Motion Detection Conﬁguration The System Setup Menu The Time Setup Menu The Password Setup Menu The Video Setup Menu The Language and Info Menus The System Maintenance Menu PTZ Controls Requirements for Remote Access

Setting Up Remote Access

Remote Access via Internet Explorer Remote Access from a Mobile Device

NetViewer - About the Software

NetViewer - Installation Guide NetViewer -Starting the Software NetViewer -The Main Interface NetViewer - The Replay Interface NetViewer - Setup Installing/Changing the HDD Troubleshooting Technical Speciﬁcations Notes Warranty Information Technical Support

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Package Contents

DVR4-2000™ Unit

Remote Control

Operating Instructions

Easy Setup Guide

Power Adapter with Cable

Software CD

Network cable

USB Mouse

BNC to RCA Video Cable

Security Stickers (4 Pack)

If you are missing any of these components, contact Swann Communications for assistance.

Read Before Installation

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES

Do not expose the DVR to moisture• . Water is the arch-enemy of electrical

components and also poses a high risk of electric shock.

Avoid dusty locations• . Dust has a tendency to build up inside the DVR case, leading to a high risk of failure or even ﬁre.

Only install the DVR in a well ventilated space• . The circuitry and hard drive in the DVR, like all electronic devices, produce heat, and this heat needs a way out.

Do not open the DVR case• except to install/swap the hard drive inside. There are no user serviceable parts inside.

Never open the case whilst the DVR is plugged in• , and never turn the DVR on whilst the case is open.

Use only the supplied power adaptor.• Other adaptors may cause damage to the DVR or cause a ﬁre.

Do not cut or modify any cable for any reason.• Doing so will void your warranty, as well as pose a great risk of ﬁre or electrical shock.

Don’t expose the DVR to sudden bumps or shocks• (for example, being dropped). The DVR is as robust as possible, but many of the internal components are quite fragile.

Remember that the DVR is, in all likelihood, going to be left on 24 hours a day, • 7 days a week. Keep this in mind when choosing a location for installation.

Overview

Congratulations on your purchase of the DVR4-2000!

You’ve chosen a versatile, powerful and great value security monitoring and recording solution for your home or business. Let’s just take a moment to talk about some of the great features that the DVR4-2000 offers and some of the things to think about before installing the system.

4 Channel Monitoring and Recording

The DVR4-2000 can monitor and record four channels simultaneously. You can conﬁgure the recording modes for the four channels quite independently – for example, you could have two channels recording on a schedule, one recording constantly and one armed to record on motion. Or any other combination you can think of!

Powerful H.264 Compression

The advanced video codec used by the DVR4-2000, called H.264, offers high quality video ﬁles at a fraction of the size of older video codecs such as MPEG-2 or similar. Basically, this means you can get store more footage on the DVR’s hard drive, and that the quality of that footage can be signiﬁcantly higher than many older video formats. H.264 has been engineered to provide the highest level of data compression possible (saving space on your hard drive) whilst maintaining a high image quality.

Powerful Networking and Remote Access Features

The DVR4-2000 features an Ethernet port, which can be used to connect the DVR to your home network. With the addition of a high-speed Internet service, this allows you to remotely access the DVR from any high-speed Internet terminal on Earth! If that isn’t convenient enough, the DVR also features mobile device support, allowing you to connect to it from a device running Microsoft Windows

Mobile

popular iPhone.

or Symbian S60 (3rd edition or more recent), as well as the increasingly

Pulled the DVR out of the box and aren’t sure what to do next?

Check out page 13 for a quick rundown of the setup procedure!

Important Information

DEFAULT PASSWORD INFORMATION

To ensure your privacy, this DVR is password protected.

To unlock the DVR for the ﬁrst time, the default password is “• 123456”.

To ensure your ongoing privacy, we strongly recommend changing the pass-• word as soon as possible. Choose something that you’ll remember, but that others would be unlikely to guess.

If you do manage to lock yourself out of the DVR, you’ll need to contact us • at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk - the number is on the back cover.

Installation Tips & Tricks

One of the most important things to decide early on is where you’re going to install the DVR. There are several considerations to make, and some of them conﬂict with one another.

Your DVR needs to be located in a central location to allow you maximum • options when placing your cameras. This is true whether your cameras are connected via cables or wirelessly - one way, you’ll have to physically install cabling, and wireless systems still have a limited range.

On the other hand, your DVR should be installed somewhere secure. If the • DVR is too accessible it could be sabotaged or removed by an intruder.

Ideally, assuming that you wish to use most features this DVR offers, it should • be installed close to a network access point. There is, however, no problem using a long network cable - a Cat 5e Ethernet cable up to approximately three hundred feet (about 90m) should work. Different network cable standards will offer a longer or shorter range.

Layout of the Front Panel

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1) Power Indicator: This LED is illuminated when the DVR is connected to power and switched on.

2) Infrared Sensor: Monitors signals coming from the infrared remote control. If this sensor is blocked or obstructed, then the functionality of the remote will be impaired.

3) Hard Drive Indicator: Lights up when the hard drive is active. It will ﬂash rapidly when recording or searching (in time with the read/write cycles).

4) Menu/ESC: One of the primary controls for navigating through the menus. When in liveviewing mode, it will enter the main menu. When pressed in the main menu, it will return the DVR to live-viewing mode. Finally, when in a submenu, this button will return you to the main menu.

5) PTZ: Opens the Pan, Tilt, Zoom pop-up menu. This is used to control PTZ capable camera systems, and will not affect standard cameras.

6 & 7) Previous Channel & Next Channel: Moves back or forward through available channels in either live-viewing mode or playback.

8) Quad Mode: Enters split-screen quad-view. The whole screen is split into four quadrants, each displaying the images from one camera.

9) Rewind: During playback, this will reverse the footage. Press multiple times to increase the speed of the reversing. When navigating through menus, this button will move the cursor to the left.

10) Pause: During playback, will pause the current recording and leave a still-frame on screen. In live-viewing mode, this will activate the autosequence mode, where the display automatically cycles through the available camera signals (this must be correctly conﬁgured and enabled to function correctly).

11) Play: If pressed in live-viewing mode, this will take you directly into playback mode, and begin playing the most recent recording. In playback mode, use it to resume playback after pausing or stopping a recording.

12) Fast-Forward: During playback, this will speed up the footage. Press multiple times to increase the speed of the playback. When navigating through menus, this button will move the cursor to the right.

13) Stop: In playback mode, pressing this button will stop playback.

14) Record: Press to immediately start recording. This acts as a manual override to the schedule and motion recording modes. For a channel to be recorded in this mode (or any other) it must listed as ‘active’ in the Camera Setup and Record Setup menus.

15 ~ 18) Arrows: Move the cursor in the selected direction in the menus.

19) Select: The equivalent of Enter/Return on a computer keyboard. Use this button to (as the name suggests) select an option in the menus, or to conﬁrm an entry.

Layout of the Rear Panel

1) CH1 ~ CH4 (Video Inputs): These are the four camera inputs, labelled as per their channel in the DVR’s interface. Thus, plug the camera you want to be associated with Channel 1 into the port marked CH1 and so on.

2) Video Outputs: This sends a composite video signal out of the DVR. Each of the two ports can be connected to separate monitors. However, there is no requirement to use more than one monitor/television – one usually does the job just ﬁne.

3) Audio Input: One RCA audio input. This will accept standard line-level signals (<1V).

4) Audio Output: A mono audio output channel. These output a standard ‘linelevel’ signal, and can easily be connected to the audio inputs on a television or stand-alone audio device.

5) USB Mouse Port: For connecting the included USB mouse (other standard USB mice will also work). This port will not accept a USB ﬂash drive – this port will work with a mouse only.

6) USB Backup Port: For connecting a USB ﬂash drive for the purposes of backing up footage.

7) LAN Port: To connect an Ethernet cable, allowing the DVR to be connected to a local area network. This network, in turn, can be used to give the DVR a connection to the Internet.

8) RS485: For connecting a PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) capable system.

9) Power Connection: For supplying power to the DVR. Use only the supplied power adaptor, and do NOT change or modify it in any way. Modiﬁcations to your power supply radically increases the risk of electrocution or ﬁre, and will immediately void your warranty.

Layout of Remote Control

6) Menu: One of the primary controls

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9 11 13

1) 0 ~ 9 (Numeric Buttons): Used

to input numbers. 1 ~ 4 can be used as quick channel changing buttons in a similar manner to a television, and these will work during either liveviewing mode or playback. Additionally, the numeric buttons will be used when inputting any numerical information – most often, your password.

2) ALL: Activates or deactivates the entire area shown on screen to be armed for Motion Detection recording mode. Motion Detection will need to be correctly conﬁgured for this button to function as described.

for navigating through the menus. When in live-viewing mode, it will enter the main menu. When pressed in the main menu, it will return the DVR to live-viewing mode. Finally, when in a submenu, this button will return you to the main menu.

7) SEL (Select): The equivalent of Enter/ Return on a computer keyboard. Use this button to (as the name suggests) select an option in the menus, or to conﬁrm an entry.

11) Mute: Will not affect the function of this DVR.

12) Play: If pressed in live-viewing mode, this will take you directly into playback mode, and begin playing the most recent recording. In playback mode, use it to resume playback after pausing or stopping a recording.

4) Rewind: During playback, this will reverse the footage. Press multiple times to increase the speed of the reversing.

13) Fast-Forward: During playback, this will increase the speed of playback. Press multiple times to increase the speed of playback further.

3, 7, 8, 9 & 10) Arrow Buttons: Moves the cursor in the appropriate direction when navigating menus.

5) Record: Press to immediately start recording. This acts as a manual override to the schedule and motion recording modes. For a channel to be recorded in this mode (or any other) it must listed as ‘active’ in the Camera Setup and Record Setup menus.

14) Stop: In playback mode, pressing this button will stop playback.

15) Pause: During playback, will pause the current recording and leave a stillframe on screen. In live-viewing mode, this will activate the auto-sequence mode, where the display automatically cycles through the available camera signals (this must be correctly conﬁgured

and enabled to function correctly).

Connecting Cameras

Connect the power and BNC 1. ends of the security camera to an extension cable.

Connect the DC end on the 2. extension cables to the 4 way power splitter plugs.

Connect the camera power 3. supply to the other end of the power splitter.

Connect the BNC end of the 4. extension cables to the camera connections on the back of the DVR unit (CH1, CH2, CH3 & CH4).

Connect the DVR power supply 5. plug into the power supply socket on the back of the DVR.

Plug in the camera power 6. adapter and the DVR power adapter to mains power outlets.

Navigating the Menus

There are two main ways to navigate through the menus on the DVR. One way is to use the buttons on the front panel of the DVR and/or the remote control. The other way is to use the included USB mouse.

Front Panel / Remote Control

For an explanation of the functions of the buttons on the DVR and the remote control, see pages 6 and 8, respectively. Many of the controls operate in a similar manner to controls on a DVD player or similar. However, due to the speciﬁc and multi-channel nature of the DVR, the functionality of some buttons may not be immediately obvious.

USB Mouse

When a USB mouse is attached to the DVR, it allows for easy navigation and operation of the menus. In this capacity, the mouse functions in a very similar manner to the mouse attached to a computer. The left mouse button is used to select, conﬁrm choices and otherwise interact with the menu system. The right mouse button opens the pop-up menu (when pressed in liveviewing mode) or exits a menu (when pressed whilst in the menu system).

The pop-up menu, accessed by right-clicking the mouse in live-

viewing mode.

IMPORTANT - Remembering to Apply Your Changes

When you’re using the menus to change settings or values, none of your changes will be saved until you choose the “Apply” option, which is usually located in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.

Always select the APPLY button before leaving a menu

if you want to save the changes that you have made.

There are two reasons why the “Apply” button needs to expressly selected. For one, it helps prevent accidental modiﬁcation of the DVR’s settings while you’re navigating other menus or similar. Secondly, the DVR only checks and loads the settings you’ve modiﬁed when the apply button is pressed. This is important to prevent the DVR operating erratically or performing an unintended operation whilst settings are in the process of being modiﬁed.

Using the On-Screen Keyboard

As the DVR doesn’t have a keyboard, when you have to enter text the DVR will present you an on-screen ‘keyboard’. This will automatically appear when you select a text ﬁeld which allows you to enter a value.

If you want to change the type of characters being entered, click the ABC button on the right of the keyboard - this will cycle through the modes available. You can enter letters, numbers or symbols, each with their own mini-keyboard.

Getting Started

If you’ve just unpacked your DVR and are not sure where to begin setting up your system, here’s a quick rundown of the most important things that need to be set up.

Test your system.• Before installing cables into walls, it’s a great idea to plug everything in and make sure it all works. This is particularly true if you’re using additional cameras to any that came with the DVR (this DVR is available stand-alone or in a kit with cameras). We do our very best to ensure that the equipment reaching you is of the highest quality and will work out of the box, but accidents do occur in shipping and sometimes components inevitably fail. Better to ﬁnd out now than once everything is screwed in place!

Then, once the DVR is on and working, the ﬁrst thing to do is to • set your

password (see page 42 for details on how to do it).

Set the Date and Time• (page 41 for details) to ensure that, once you start

recording, you are able to index and search the recorded footage easily. Also, if using the DVR’s footage in any legal proceedings, then having an accurate date and time on your footage becomes quite crucial.

Check your hardware• - speciﬁcally, and most importantly, the hard drive (see pages 30 & 31). This is where all your footage will be stored, so it’s quite important to ensure that it is functioning correctly.

Setup your recording modes and/or schedule• (pages 18 - 21) to make sure that the DVR will record what you want it to, and at the right time.

OPTIONAL (Advanced Users):• Conﬁgure your network settings (pages 22 - 23 & 50 - 51).

Starting the DVR

Once the DVR has been connected to power, switch it on by using the power switch on the rear panel. The DVR takes approximately 45 seconds to boot up, during which time the image to the right will be displayed.

The default mode of the DVR is live-viewing mode. This is the mode which monitors the images coming from your cameras in real-time, and allows you to conﬁgure your recording and channel options. The DVR automatically starts in live-viewing mode, with quad-view enabled, as shown below.

The main display windows showing 1. channels 1 and 3. The highlighted portion of the image is the channel identiﬁcation tag which in this case is set to the default value of “CHx” where “x” is the number of the channel in question.

The display windows showing 2. channels 2 and 4. These are labeled as their counterparts 1 and 3.

The 3. current time and date are displayed at the top of the screen. This will be the date stamp applied to all recordings. If this is incorrect, you’ll need to set the time and date in the DVR to their correct values (see page 41).

The Main Menu

The MAIN MENU of

the DVR. In this picture,

the mouse cursor is

currently highlighting

the CAMERA icon.

Camera (Display Setup): The camera menu contains all the options for setting up how the DVR interfaces with and displays the images from the cameras connected to it. This is where channels are enabled or disabled in live viewing, and where the AUTOSEQ (Automatic Sequence) function can be conﬁgured.

Record: Where you can conﬁgure the recording options for the DVR. You can set channels to be armed for recording constantly or on a schedule, and set the recording resolution, quality and size. You can also enable or disable the audio channel. Additionally, the recording function for some or all channels can be disabled entirely.

Network: Where you can conﬁgure the DVR to operate on your home network and over the Internet. This is the most complex aspect of setting up the DVR, and requires a good working knowledge of networking methods and protocols.

Search: Where you look for footage of a speciﬁc event. You only need to know the date and time that the incident that you are looking for occurred. You need not know exactly - you can specify a

range of times and/or dates. The DVR will list all recordings made in between the start and end points you specify.

Devices: Here you can ﬁnd the setup and conﬁgurable options for the devices which can be connected to the DVR. These devices are in order:

HDD: The hard drive, where you store your footage.

ALARM: The circumstances which will trigger the DVR to record or issue an alert of some kind (such as an email).

PTZ: For setting up the DVR to work with Pan, Tilt, Zoom camera systems.

MOBILE: For setting up the DVR for access via a compatible mobile/cell phone.

MOTION: To conﬁgure how and where the DVR looks for motion. This can be used as (and is recommended as) the primary recording mode of the DVR.

System: All the remaining options and sub-menus. Here is where you set the Date and Time and your Password, change the video output settings, change languages, or the automatic maintenance schedule of the DVR.

The Camera (Display Setup) Menu

The DISPLAY SETUP MENU of the DVR. In this picture,

the mouse cursor is

currently highlighting the

CH1 title ﬁeld.

Naming Channels

You can change the name of any channel from the default (and rather drab) “CHx” to anything that you would like (provided it’s short enough to ﬁt in the box). A descriptive name on each channel often makes it easier to remember what camera is where, and which channel would have captured an event you might be looking for.

Title: The name that will be displayed over the image from a channel. Simply highlight this box and enter the new name you would like.

Position: Where the title of the channel is displayed on screen. You can choose any of the four corners of the display (UPLEFT being the top left-hand corner, and DOWNRIGHT being the lower, right-hand corner).

AUTOSEQ (Auto-Sequence)

When AUTOSEQ (automatic sequencing mode) is engaged, the DVR will automatically cycle through all available channels, displaying each in turn expanded to ﬁll the entire screen.

In the AUTOSEQ drop-down menu, you can select how long you’d like each channel to appear, as well as the quad-view mode. Each can be conﬁgured individually, so you can ﬁne tune exactly how long you’d like each channel to be visible for. The DVR will skip channels which been disabled during the auto-sequence.

Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.

Color Setup

You can ﬁne tune the look of each channel individually by adjusting the HUE, BRIGHT (brightness), CONTRAST and SATURATION values for each channel. Just select the SETUP option under the COLOR heading to open the dialog window.

This is useful if peculiar lighting conditions, a non-standard camera or a conspicuously colored object in the frame cause the display to be inconveniently tinted, or over/under exposed. Basically, this will help ﬁx something that just doesn’t look ‘right’.

HUE: Changes the color mix of the frame (this can have very dramatic results). BRIGHT: Changes how light all tones in the image appear. CONTRAST: Increases the difference between the blackest black and the whitest

white in the image. Useful if sections of the image “grey out” but setting the contrast too high will degrade image quality. SATURATION: Alters how much color is displayed in the image. The higher the saturation, the more bright and vivid colors will appear to be. Again, setting this too high can degrade image quality.

LIVE Viewing - Enabling and Disabling Channels

Monitoring something that you’d rather keep private/secret/unknown to the casual observer? No problems. You can alter which channels appear when in live viewing mode, and which ones appear later on.

To do so is simple: simply locate the DISPLAY drop down menu - it only contains two options, ON or OFF. Simply change the value to OFF and that channel will now appear to be blank in live viewing mode. Images on the channel in question will still be recorded - and you’ll see it as normal in playback mode.

Display Time

In the nearby DISPLAY TIME drop down menu, you can select whether you want to see the time displayed on the channel in either live viewing mode, or when recording. The time will always be recorded in the event list and in the footage’s meta-data (the information included in the ﬁle such as when it was recorded - you can access this later) - this simply changes whether or not you see it in the main view screen.

Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.

The Record Setup Menu

The RECORD SETUP MENU of the DVR. In this picture, the mouse cursor

is currently highlighting the

D1 resolution button.

In the RECORD SETUP submenu you can choose which channels will be active during recording, change the recording quality, enable & disable audio, select record more and Chunk Size (the maximum size of each recorded ﬁle). This menu contains many of the most important settings on the DVR, and correctly conﬁguring them is important to the ongoing smooth operation of the unit.

Turning Channels ON or OFF

Using the drop-down menus in the CHANNEL line, you can turn the recording functions for a channel ON or OFF. Turning a channel OFF in this way means that it will never be recorded until turned ON again. This can be set independently of the channel being enabled/disabled in live-viewing mode (that is, a channel can be seen but not recorded or vice-versa).

Resolution and Quality

The term “Resolution” refers to how many pixels (the individual little dots which together make up an image) will be recorded in your image. The highest setting D1 will use a resolution approximately equal to that of a DVD, whereas CIF will use one quarter this many pixels. HD1 offers a middle-ground between these settings. Higher resolutions give sharper images, but each frame of video takes up more space on your hard drive. Thus, the DVR will record fewer images per second (frames) at high (D1) resolution. Lower resolutions, particularly CIF, do not have nearly as much detail, but will record many more images per second.

The higher the quality selected, the more detail will appear in your footage. Best quality video takes up more space on your hard drive than normal quality. Good quality offers a compromise between the size of and amount of detail in your footage.

Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.

Audio

The audio recording function can be turned enabled or disabled here. If you have no audio recording equipment (such as a microphone) attached to your system or simply do not want to record sound, then we suggest disabling the audio here - it will save a small but noticeable amount of hard drive space.

Rec. Mode (Recording Mode)

There are two recording methods which can be chosen here, the choices are ALWAYS or TIME SCHEDULE RECORDING.

If you want the DVR to record constantly then choose ALWAYS. On the other hand, if you want the DVR to either record at speciﬁc times, or when motion is detected during the pre-deﬁned times, then choose TIME SCHEDULE RECORD. When you select the latter, a SCHEDULE button will appear, allowing you to program a custom recording schedule.

Chunk Size

Chunk Size is a measurement of how long the DVR will record for before splitting the output ﬁle into discrete units. Chunks are something like the scene numbers on a DVD - though the video is broken up into separate units, it will still play through as one continuous movie (unless interrupted by the schedule or motion detection turning the recording on or off).

The right settings for you depend on a number of factors. Larger Chunk Sizes use slightly less space on the HDD and keep related events together. Also, larger Chunk Sizes make navigating through the File List a bit easier (see page 24).

Smaller Chunk Sizes are more resistant to ﬁle corruption, and make backing up slightly quicker. If you don’t want to worry about setting Chunk Size, you can leave it on the default value; it will make little difference to the day-to-day running of the DVR.

Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.

The Recording Schedule

The SCHEDULE screen. Currently,

the schedule is conﬁgured to record on Alarm Events (i.e. Motion Detection) from 6:00am to 1:00pm

weekdays, and record constantly

between 6:00am and 6:00pm on

At all other times, the DVR is

conﬁgured not to record anything

The ﬁrst step in setting the schedule is choosing which channel you’d like to set the schedule for. From the CHANNEL drop-down menu, select the channel you’d like to set the schedule for.

If you’d like to set the schedule for more than one channel at a time, you have two options. One option is to manually enter the same information for each channel individually.

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The other option is to choose ALL from the CHANNEL drop down menu. Selecting this will apply the settings in the schedule to all channels on the DVR. If you want to set a base schedule for all channels, and then conﬁgure them individually, select ALL, set your basic schedule, and then ﬁne tune channels one at a time. Changing the ALL schedule will overwrite any schedule already set for individual channels.

The DVR schedule can be set to record using three different record modes.

ALARM: Will record only when the alarm function has been triggered.

GENERAL: Will record based on the general settings on the DVR - either constantly,

or when motion is detected, depending on your motion detection settings.

NO RECORD: As the name suggests, the DVR will not record.

Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.

Setting the Schedule

The ﬁrst step in setting the schedule is choosing which channel you’d like to set the schedule for. From the CHANNEL drop-down menu, select the channel you’d like to set the schedule for.

If you’d like to set the schedule for more than one channel at a time, you have two options. One option is to manually enter the same information for each channel individually.

Copying and Pasting Schedules from day to day

Rather then enter the same schedule information multiple times for each day you wish, you can use the COPY function.

To copy the schedule settings from day to day, select the day you’d like to copy from on the ﬁrst drop down menu. Then, select the day you’d like to copy the schedule to from the second. If you’d like all days to operate on the same schedule, choose ALL from the second drop-down menu.

Using the arrow buttons or the mouse, highlight the COPY button, and left click or press select. The schedule for the selected day will be copied to the day(s) you have selected.

Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.

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