User manual

Operation
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Siemens Building Technologies
Fire Safety & Security Products 12.2008
Selecting the camera number under Triplex enters the Triplex mode and plays
back video of the selected camera. When in the single-screen display format, the
camera currently displayed on the screen will be selected and when in the PIP
display format, the camera displayed on the PIP screen will be selected for the
search channel. During the Triplex mode, the DVR maintains the same display
format as it does in the live mode. A red outline surrounding the video and the
camera title indicates the search channel. While in the Triplex Mode, the DVR
continues recording cameras as they were set up in the recording schedule. Also,
live monitoring will continue except for the camera that has been selected for
playback.
When playing video for the first time, the DVR will display the most recent image.
When playing video subsequent times, the DVR will start playing video from the
last recalled image. Recorded audio will be played when the DVR displays a
camera with recorded audio in full screen mode. Pressing the Play/Pause button
again will freeze the video on the screen.
NOTE
Only the administrator and users with Covert Camera View authority can view video from covert
cameras. The covert cameras in the playback mode are determined by the current camera settings.
Camera buttons (1 to 16) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera
to display full screen. Buttons 1 to 9 are also used to enter passwords.
Display button
Pressing the Display button toggles between different display formats.
The available formats are: 4x4, 3x3, 2x2 and PIP (not all formats are
available for the 8-channel DVR).
Search button
When in the live mode, pressing the Search button enters the Triplex
mode.
RW (Rewind) button
Pressing the RW button plays video backward at high speed.
Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from ,
and
. The screen displays , and respectively.
Previous button
Pressing the Previous button goes to the previous image.
Play/Pause button
Pressing the Play/Pause
button plays back images at regular speed.
Pressing the button while in the Playback mode pauses the video. The
screen displays
when the DVR is playing back video. The screen
displays
when in the Pause mode.
Next button
Pressing the Next button goes to the next image.
FF (Fast Forward) button
Pressing the FF button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing
the button again toggles the playback speed from , and
. The screen displays , and respectively.
Zoom button
Pressing the Zoom button zooms the current playback image on the
screen. A PIP with a rectangle temporarily displays showing what area
of the screen has been enlarged. You can use the arrow buttons to
move the rectangle to another area. Pressing the
(Enter) button
toggles the zoom size between 2x, 3x and 4x.
You can use a mouse for convenient playback control. Position the mouse pointer
on the search screen, and the following search toolbar will display.
Fig. 111 Mouse playback controls
Clicking
on the left side exits the toolbar. If you want to display the toolbar again,
position the mouse pointer on the screen. Change the toolbar location by clicking
the empty space on the right side of the toolbar and drag it to where you want it
located on the screen.