User guide

Manual Issue 046 Ovation Systems Ltd. Page 5
Time-Lapse DVD Recorder
User Guide
3 Basic Operation & Configuration
AfterBurner is simple to set-up and operate via its front panel LCD and control buttons.
Please note: Afterburner is a video (and audio) recorder (not a player). The only way to view
the recordings is by burning them onto DVD.
AfterBurner is primarily intended for use in surveillance operations in 24-hour time-lapse
mode. In this mode, it may be operated in 3 main ways:
1. Manual
The unit records to its internal hard disk and the user can then manually burn video to
blank DVD when required. In this mode, AfterBurner will divide the video into 4.7 GB
files (the capacity of a DVD) and user can select which file is burnt from a list.
2. Retrieval of One DVD Per Day
This is where the unit is set recording with a blank disk in the drive. 24 hours later the
unit burns the previous 24 hours of video to DVD disk. The user can then retrieve the
burnt DVD and insert a new blank DVD ready for burning the following day.
Tip: In 24 hour mode, it is possible to configure AfterBurner to burn a disk at a given
time of day. See Section 3.3, Set The Burn Mode, page 8.
3. Long-Term Unattended Operation
AfterBurner can record up to 16 DVDs of data (24 DVDs with the 128 GB disk option)
to its internal hard drive with the option of stopping or overwriting data when the disk
becomes full (see section 4.1, page 12). In 24-hour mode, this allows the unit to be
left record unattended for 16 days, after which the video can be burnt to 16 separa
DVDs.
Tip: Ovation Systems manufacture MultiBurner, a 7 way DVD burner stack that
speeds up the burning of multiple DVDs. It is especially useful in long-term
surveillance operations as up to 8 DVDs can be automatically burnt without the need
for any user input.
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NB: It is possible to record and burn simultaneously.
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