User manual
Table Of Contents
- Product overview
- Features
- Installation environment
- Unpacking the TVR 10 and its accessories
- HDD capacity
- Back panel overview
- Connection diagram
- Control interfaces
- Controlling the TVR 10
- Front panel overview
- Using the mouse
- Using the IR remote control
- Using the Web browser
- Main menu overview
- Turning on the TVR 10
- Live mode
- Connecting the spot monitor
- Logging on
- Controlling a PTZ camera
- Manual recording
- Playing back video
- Archiving recorded files
- Turning off the TVR 10
- User settings
- Camera settings
- Display settings
- Recording settings
- Alarm settings
- Network settings
- PTZ settings
- Modifying the device name
- Restoring to factory defaults
- Managing the hard drive
- Acknowledging an alarm
- Rebooting the TVR 10
- Viewing logs
- Upgrade methods
- Upgrading with a USB flash memory
- Upgrading through the Web browser
- Setting up the wftp32 FTP server
- Upgrading using the FTP server
- Display interface
- PTZ interface
- Camera name position configure interface
- Area configure interface
- Text input interface
- Playlist interface
- User interface
- Menu defaults
- Network defaults
- Warranty information
- Contacting support
Chapter 4: Basic operation
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3. Use the Media box to select the backup device you want to use.
4. Click Archive to start the archiving process.
When the archiving starts, a corresponding message box displays, indicating the
status. If the selected files exceed the capacity of your storage device, an error
message displays.
Archiving a video segment
While playing back a recorded file, the TVR 10 lets you archive a specific segment of
the video you are watching.
To back up image segments during playback:
1. Enter the playback interface by selecting a recorded file. For more information,
see “Playing back a recorded file” on page 34.
2. While the video is playing, press PTZ to begin recording the video, and press PTZ
again to stop recording. A video segment is created.
3. You can repeat step 2 to create additional segments. You can generate up to 30
additional segments.
4. After all segments have been created, press ESC. A confirmation message window
displays. Press Confirm to begin archiving the selected segments. Press Cancel to
abort the archive process.
Playing back the archived files
Use the standard file player software to play back the video segment on your PC.