Operating instructions

Digital Video Recorder
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Using a Mouse
You can use a mouse instead of the front panel buttons to perform many of the DVR functions. In the Live Monitoring
mode or Search mode, moving the mouse pointer to the left edge of the screen displays the following Mouse Display menu.
Full Screen
PIP
2x2
3x3
4x4
Previous Group
Next Group
OSD
Figure 65 — Mouse Display menu.
Full Screen
Selecting
(Full Screen) in the Mouse Display menu and choosing the camera number button displays the selected
camera full screen. It is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel or clicking the left mouse
button on a camera image when in one of the multiview formats (i.e., 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4). Clicking the left mouse button
on the screen again returns to the previous display mode.
PIP, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4
Selecting
, , or (PIP, 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4) in the Mouse Display menu displays the cameras in the selected
multiview screen mode (PIP, 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4). Selecting each display mode is the same as pressing the
DISPLAY
button or scrolling the mouse wheel up and down when in one of the multiview formats (i.e., 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4).
NOTE: The PIP display mode will not be supported in the search mode.
Previous Group, Next Group
Selecting
or (Previous Group or Next Group) in the Mouse Display menu moves to the previous or next page.
It is the same as pressing the
GROUP button.
OSD
Selecting
(OSD) in the Mouse Display menu toggles OSD On and Off.
Recording Video
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 — Installation, it is ready to record. The DVR
will start recording based on the settings you made in the Record setup screen. See Chapter3 — Configuration.
Recycle On or Recycle Off. The factory default is Recycle On. It does this by recording over the oldest video once
the hard disk is full. Setting the DVR to Recycle Off causes it to stop recording once the hard disk is full.