Operation Manual

User Manual of Digital Video Recorder
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3.2 Operations in Live View Mode
In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below.
• Single Screen: show only one screen on the monitor.
• Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously.
• Auto-switch: the screen is auto switched to the next one. And you must set the dwell time for each screen
on the configuration menu before enabling the auto-switch. Menu>Configuration>Live View>Dwell
Time.
• Start Recording: normal record and motion detection record are supported.
• Quick Set: select the output mode to Standard, Bright, Gentle or Vivid.
• Playback: play back the recorded videos for current day.
• Aux/Main output switch: the DVR checks the connection of the output interfaces to define the main and
auxiliary output interfaces. When the aux output is enabled, the main output cannot do any operation, and
you can do some basic operation on the live view mode for the Aux output.
The DS-7100, DS-7200, and DS-7324/7332HGHI-SH models do not support Aux/Main output switch.
The priority level for the main and aux output for other models is as follows:
For the DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH
The DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH provides HDMI1, HDMI2 and VGA interfaces, and the priority level for the main
and aux output is HDMI1/VGA>HDMI2. See the table below.
Table 3. 2 Priorities of Interfaces for DS-8124/8132HGHI-SH
S.N
VGA/HDMI1
HDMI2
Main output
Auxiliary output
1
√
√
VGA/HDMI1
HDMI2
2
√
×
VGA/HDMI1
3
×
√
HDMI2
 √ means the interface is in use, × means the interface is out of use or the connection is invalid. And the
HDMI1, VGA and HDMI2 can be used at the same time.
For Other Models
The priority level for the main and aux output is HDMI/VGA>CVBS. See the table below.
Table 3. 3 Priorities of Interfaces for Other Models
S.N
VGA/HDMI
CVBS
Main output
Auxiliary output
1
√
√
VGA/HDMI
CVBS
2
√
×
VGA/HDMI
3
×
√
CVBS
 √ means the interface is in use, × means the interface is out of use or the connection is invalid. And the
HDMI, VGA and CVBS can be used at the same time.