System information
5. How many alarm outputs are supported?
• The DX-TL4716E has 16 Alarm outputs
6. Are alarm relays supported?
• The DX-TL4716U has 4 Alarm Relay outputs
Audio Recording:
1. How many audio inputs for recording are supported?
• The DX-TL4716E supports one channel for recording audio. This channel can be assigned to
any camera video input.
2. What is the minimum picture record rate required to record audio?
• The DX-TL4716E can record audio down to .25PPS.
3. Is the recording channel assignable or fixed?
• The DX-TL4716E audio channel can be assigned to any camera input.
Schedule or Timer Recording:
1. What is Schedule or Timer Recording?
• The DX-TL4716E supports three types of recording: Regular, Alarm and Timer recording.
Timer recording is where you can setup a time schedule that includes day of week, time of
day, holidays and after hours for the DVR to follow. The DVR will then start recording when
scheduled, also stop, archive, switch to specific cameras and camera settings + more.
2. How many timer recording patterns are supported?
• The DX-TL4716E supports two Timer Program configurations (ie Normal & Holiday), each
with 8 fully configurable scheduling patterns.
3. What is the difference between RECORDING PATTERN A-D?
• The DX-TL4716 has 4 definable recording patterns labelled A to D. The basic difference is
that recording pattern A is default recording pattern and is the only one that can be used for
regular recording (Regular recording is where you press the front panel REC Button). All
patterns (A thru D) can all be used for Timer Rec. mode.
4. What is an application or operational example of schedule recording?
• Typically, Timer recording is used for businesses that are open during the day and closed at
night. In this example, Timer recording would be setup to record 8:00am to 5:00pm with all
cameras and after hours from 5:00pm to 8:00am at which point the DVR would be setup to
record only main areas like entrance, back door cameras. Also, you can setup the DVR to
archive recorded video at a particular time (i.e. on Saturday at 7:00PM).
5. How do I activate Timer Recording?
• To activate Timer REC. on the DX-TL4716E simply press the Timer button found inside the
front door.
6. Why is the DVR beeping when I activate Timer Recording?
• You must first have the time and date set and the record program pattern correctly
configured.
7. What is SPECIAL in Timer Recording?