User`s guide
Configuring the DVR
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Table 3-4
Record Mode/Schedule items
Menu Item Description Values Default
Record Speed The camera speed can be set to record at
different image rates, ranging from the
fastest rate of 60
IPS (60 images per
second) to 0.1
IPS (one image every ten
seconds). Lower image rates result in
longer recording times for a given size
of hard drive.
Record speed is the total speed of all
cameras combined. For example, if the
Record Speed is set to 60
IPS and there is
only 1 camera, the camera records at 60
IPS. If there are four cameras, then each
camera records at 15
IPS.
A record speed of 5
IPS (10 IPS for 2
cameras, 15
IPS for 3 cameras, 20 IPS for
4 cameras) is sufficient for most
requirements. (At slower rates, the
motion becomes increasingly jerky, as in
a time-lapse
VCR system.)
60
IPS, 30 IPS, 20 IPS, 10 IPS,
15
IPS, 5 IPS, 2 IPS, 1.5 IPS, 1 IPS,
0.5
IPS, 0.2 IPS, 0.1 IPS
15 IPS
Picture Quality The TR4 Plus DVR uses M-JPEG video
compression to extend the recording
time on the hard drive. Picture Quality
lets you choose the amount a picture is
compressed versus the amount of
memory the picture takes up on the hard
drive. See “Recording Capacity” on
page 3–13.
Picture Quality
• 1 (standard)
•2
•3
•4
•5
•6 (high)
4
Repeat Record Setting Repeat Record to
ON lets you
choose to start recording again and
overwrite the information on the hard
drive.
Setting Repeat Record to
OFF lets you
choose to stop recording and retain all
the information on the hard drive.
ON, OFF
Note: If Repeat Record is OFF and
the hard drive has been filled, the
DVR can be made to start recording
again by pressing the
REC button on
the DVR front panel for five
seconds.
ON
Record Audio1, 2 TR4 Plus DVR has two audio inputs and
two audio outputs. By setting Record
Audio 1 and/or 2 to
OFF, no signal is
recorded from the audio inputs. This
feature is useful if no microphones are
being used as hard drive memory space
is not used to record unnecessary audio
channels. At slow record speeds, this
saves memory space on the hard drive.
ON, OFF ON