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3.5  PLAYBACK 
The playback bar is the fastest way to show video from the exact time which users want to see. The 
playback bar allows a user to see both a time line and the current playback indicator. The user can then 
click the time line to move the indicator to the position which they want to see. The operation is as follows: 
To playback: 
By mouse: Right-click to bring up the menu bar and click on   to enter Playback Menu. 
By front panel: Press 
 key to enter Playback Menu.  
The playback bar will show (see figure below): 
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1.  Stop key: press to stop playback 
2.  Slow Reverse key: press to start slow reverse playback 
3.  Pause key: press to pause playback 
4.  Slow Forward key: press to start slow forward playback 
5.  Fast Reverse key: press to start fast reverse playback 
6.  Reverse key: press to start reverse playback 
7.  Forward key: press to start forward playback 
8.  Fast Forward key: press to start fast forward playback 
9.  Time bar: Move the slider on the time bar to the select time to playback (The start time and end time for 
time bar appears below the bar). The status of each camera is represented by different colors on the 
time bar. Green means normal; orange indicates a Motion; blue indicates Video Loss, red indicates an 
alarm event. 
10. “+” and “-“ signs are used to adjust the time scale range for the bar. Press “+” or “-“ to select between 
scale levels L1 ~ L5. When changing level, the start time and end time of the time bar will change 
L1: Entire time bar is 2 days 
L2: Entire time bar is 30 hours. 
L3: Entire time bar is 1 hour. 
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