Instruction manual

4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder
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Pre-Event
Highlight Pre-Event in the Record menu and press the button, and the Pre-Event setup screen
appears. If you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule, a message will display alerting
you to this fact.
You can set the amount of time to record prior to the event by adjusting the Dwell. You can set
the Dwell from 5 seconds to 30 minutes. The longer the dwell set, the fewer maximum ips can
be set.
NOTE: When the DVR is in the Time or Time & Event mode, it ignores the pre-event settings
and follows the time settings.
Event Setup
Figure 44  Event menu.
Alarm-In
Highlight Alarm-In in the Event menu and press the button. The Alarm-In setup screen appears.
Figure 43  Pre-Event setup screen.
When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it
is possible to have it record images before the
event occurs. The Pre-Event screen allows you
to define how to handle pre-event recording.
You can turn individual cameras On or Off for
pre-event recording. The image speed can be
set from 0.10 to 30.00 ips (25.00 ips PAL), and
image quality can be selectable from Very High,
High, Standard and Basic.