Operating instructions

6.1 Pre-Camera Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to Pre-Camera and then press

ENTER to call up Pre-Camera Setup display as shown.

There are up to 4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The Pre-Camera Setup allows the

administrator to define some fundamental attributes for all the installed cameras.

The general operations are as below:

 ▲▼◄►

Press these buttons to select the items.

 Numeric

Press these buttons to select the camera.

 ESC

Press this button to escape from this screen and return to Setup Menu display. If the contents

have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to save the changes, press

ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 REC Resolution – the record resolution for all the cameras in the system. For NTSC, it can be

720x480, 720x240, or 360x240; for PAL, 720x576, 720x288, or 360x288. Press +/- buttons to

select the resolution.

 Installed – whether this camera is installed or not. If installed, the following items will be

settable. Press ENTER or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “

ˇˇ

” - checked.

 Watermark Press ENTER buttons to change the value

 PTZ ID – the PTZ ID of this camera if it’s a PTZ camera. The PTZ ID has to be consistent with

the setting of this camera. Please refer to the manual of the camera for the ID setting. Press +/-

buttons to change the value (N/A or 0-255). The default setting is “N/A” – Not Available, which

means that it’s not a PTZ camera.