Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Cards Supported
- Contents
- 1. Configuring Main System
- 1.1 Getting Started
- 1.2 System Configuration
- 1.2.1 Configuring Global Recording Parameters
- 1.2.2 Setting Data Storage
- 1.2.3 Adjusting Individual Camera
- 1.2.4 Setting Day and Night Recording Mode
- 1.2.5 Geo Mpeg4 Advanced Settings
- 1.2.6 Selecting Screen Layout
- 1.2.7 Launching from System Tray
- 1.2.8 Installing Cameras and Audios
- 1.2.9 Setting Auto Reboot
- 1.2.10 Setting Text Overlay
- 1.3 Audio and Video Settings
- 1.4 Camera Monitoring
- 1.5 Account and Password
- 1.6 System Idle Protection
- 1.7 System Log
- 1.8 Recording Schedule
- 1.9 Schedule Center
- 1.10 Hotline Notification
- 1.11 E-mail Notification
- 1.12 PTZ Control
- 1.13 Pop-up Live Video on Triggered Events
- 1.14 Video Noise Solutions
- 1.15 Picture-in-Picture View
- 1.16 Picture-and-Picture View
- 1.17 Fisheye View
- 1.18 Shortcuts
- 1.19 Touch Screen Support
- 1.20 System Tools
- 2. Hybrid and NVR Solution
- 3. Video Analysis
- 3.1 Object Tracking and Zooming
- 3.2 Advanced Single Camera Tracking
- 3.3 Digital Object Tracking
- 3.4 Object Counting and Intrusion Alarm
- 3.5 Object Index
- 3.6 Automatic Video Snapshots
- 3.7 Face Detection
- 3.8 Face Count
- 3.9 Unattended and Missing Object Detection
- 3.10 Privacy Mask Protection
- 3.11 Scene Change Detection
- 3.12 Panorama View
- 3.13 Video Defogging
- 3.14 Video Stabilization
- 3.15 Advanced Motion Detection
- 3.16 Crowd Detection
- 3.17 Advanced Scene Change Detection
- 3.18 Advanced Unattended Object Detection
- 3.19 Advanced Missing Object Detection
- 3.20 Video Analysis Schedule
- 3.21 Specifications
- 4. Video Playback
- 5. Backup, Deletion and Repair
- 6. I/O Applications
- 6.1 I/O Device Setup
- 6.2 I/O Control Panel
- 6.3 Advanced I/O Applications
- 6.4 Input State Detection
- 6.5 I/O Enable Setting
- 6.6 Advanced I/O Panel
- 6.6.1 The Advanced I/O Panel
- 6.6.2 Creating a Group for Cascade Triggers
- 6.6.3 Configuring the Advanced I/O Panel
- 6.6.4 Setting Up Mode Schedule
- 6.6.5 Quick Link
- 6.6.6 Forcing Output
- 6.6.7 Editing Background Image
- 6.6.8 System-Wide Triggers
- 6.6.9 The “Advanced Logical Input Status in Multicam” Option
- 6.6.10 Managing a Group of I/O Devices
- 6.7 Visual Automation
- 6.8 Virtual I/O Control
- 7. Point-Of-Sale (POS) Application
- 8. Remote Viewing
- 8.1 Remote Viewing Using a Web Browser
- 8.2 WebCam Server Settings
- 8.3 Single View Viewer
- 8.3.1 Control Panel
- 8.3.2 Server List
- 8.3.3 Video Recording
- 8.3.4 Alarm Notification
- 8.3.5 Video and Audio Configuration
- 8.3.6 Hardware-Compressed or Megapixel Stream
- 8.3.7 PTZ Control
- 8.3.8 Visual PTZ Control Panel
- 8.3.9 I/O Control
- 8.3.10 Visual Automation
- 8.3.11 Picture-in-Picture View
- 8.3.12 Picture-and-Picture View
- 8.3.13 Image Enhancement
- 8.3.14 Remote Configuration
- 8.4 2-Window Viewer
- 8.5 Multi-Window Viewer
- 8.6 Multi View Viewer
- 8.6.1 Starting Multi View
- 8.6.2 Host List
- 8.6.3 Channel Status Information
- 8.6.4 Adding a Host
- 8.6.5 Combining Multiple Hosts into a Single Host
- 8.6.6 Video Recording
- 8.6.7 Camera Polling
- 8.6.8 Hardware-Compressed or Megapixel Stream
- 8.6.9 PTZ Control
- 8.6.10 Visual PTZ Control Panel
- 8.6.11 Output Control
- 8.6.12 Remote ViewLog
- 8.6.13 System Configuration
- 8.6.14 Camera Status
- 8.6.15 Host Information
- 8.6.16 Icon Image Change
- 8.7 Multicast and Audio Broadcast
- 8.8 JPEG Image Viewer
- 8.9 Remote Playback
- 8.10 Remote ViewLog
- 8.11 Event List Query
- 8.12 Download Center
- 8.13 Mobile Phone Applications
- 9. E-Map Application
- 10. Short Message Service
- 11. Useful Utilities
- 11.1 Dynamic DNS
- 11.2 TwinDVR System
- 11.3 Watermark Viewer
- 11.4 Twin View Display
- 11.5 Windows Lockup
- 11.6 Authentication Server
- 11.7 Fast Backup and Restore
- 11.8 Hot-Swap Recording
- 11.9 Backup Server
- 11.10 Backup Viewer
- 11.11 Bandwidth Control Application
- 11.12 Report Generator
- 11.13 Spot Monitor Controller
- 11.14 Quad Spot Monitor Controller
- 11.15 Digital Matrix
- 11.16 GIS Recording
- 11.17 GV-IP Device Utility
- 11.18 MCamCtrl Utility
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- A. USB Dongle Required for IP Device Applications
- B. Supported PTZ Protocols and Models
- C. Certified PTZ Models for Object Tracking
- D. Certificated PTZ Models for Full Degree Pan and Tilt Control
- E. Supported IP Device Brands
- F. Supported GPRS Models
- G. Custom Icon Naming Chart for Multi View
- H. Display Ratio Supported by Panel Resolution

Playing Back Video Files
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[Set Location] Click the […] button to assign a saving path.
[Normal]
Time Merge: Select whether to save a full-length video with recorded and non-recorded
periods. The non-recorded period will display a blank blue screen. This option is designed
to accurately reflect your recording status.
Save as EXE: Select whether to save files in EXE format. Enable this feature if you want to
play back video at the computer without installing GV-System. This format allows you to
auto-play the files with any third-party player.
Add digital watermark: Select whether to include the watermark in the exported video.
This option is only available when the watermark has been applied on the recorded video.
Date/Time: Select whether to include date and/or time stamps. You can also select the font
type and size, stamp position and color on the images.
Video Effects: Select whether to include the special effects in the exported video. To
include the effects of De-Interlace, Defog, Stabilizer, Overlay’s Camera and Time and
Overlay’s POS, you must have applied these functions on the recorded video.
Audio Export: Select Denoise to remove audio noises from the video, or select Channel
for audio exporting.
GPS Export: Select Channels to export the GPS data recorded on the GV-System. .
AVI Size for Multi Camera: Select the screen size of the saved file.
[Codec Selection]
GV-Mpeg4: This codec is created by GeoVision. It provides better image quality, higher
frame rates and smaller files size than any other. If the codec is selected, you must play the
exported files on the computer with the GV-System or the GV-Mpeg 4 codec installed.
Otherwise you can export the files in EXE format in order to play the video at any computer.
Mpeg4: This code is created by Microsoft. It allows you to view the exported files on the
Windows-based computer (Windows XP/ Vista / 7 / Server 2008). If the codec is selected,
the Privacy Mask you created using the ViewLog will be disabled.
[Camera(s)] Select which camera file for exporting.
2. Click OK to apply above settings.
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