User`s guide

Chapter 4
Advanced Viewing Setup
This Chapter provides information about the optional settings and features for
viewing video via the Network Camera. This Chapter is for the Camera
Administrator only.
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Introduction
This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live Video:
• Adjusting the video image
• Controlling user access to the live video stream
• Making video available from the Internet
• Using the Motion Detection feature
Adjusting the Video Image
If necessary, the Network Camera Administrator can adjust the Video image. Settings are
provided for:
• Image Type -
Select the desired type.
• Resolution - Select the desired size. The larger sizes require greater bandwidth.
• Quality Control - This determines the degree of compression applied to the Video stream.
Higher quality requires greater bandwidth.
• Frame Rate - You can determine the frame rate required by the video stream.
• Power Line frequency - Select 50Hz or 60Hz power line frequency, as used in your
region. The correct setting will improve the picture quality under florescent lighting.
• Color Balance - Select the correct color balance for your environment.
• Exposure - Adjust the brightness of the image, if the Auto-Exposure does not give
satisfactory results.
• Sharpness - Select the desired option for the sharpness.
• Microphone - Enable audio by checking this checkbox. Using Audio will increase the
bandwidth requirements slightly.
• Flip - This setting will swap the image top-to-bottom.
• Mirror – This setting will swap the image left-to-right.
• Time Stamp - If enabled, the time will be displayed on the Video image.
• Text Overlay - If enabled, up to 20 characters can be superimposed on the Video image.
This is useful for identifying the camera.
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