User manual

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Siemens Building Technologies
Fire Safety & Security Products 01.2009
9.4 Recording video
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Section 7: Installation,
it is ready to record. The DVR will start recording based on the settings you made
in the Record setup screen. See Section 8: Configuration.
"Recy
cle On" or "Recycle Off". The factory default is "Recycle On". It does this by
recording over the oldest video once the hard disk is full. Setting the DVR to
"Recycle Off" causes it to stop recording once the hard disk is full.
"Standard" (CIF), "High" (Half D1) or “Very High” (D1). The factory default
resolution is "Standard". When set to "Standard", the DVR has a maximum
recording speed of 100 ips (120 ips for NTSC) resolution. When set to "High", the
DVR has a maximum recording speed of 50 ips (60 ips for NTSC). When set to
"Very High", the DVR has a maximum recording speed of 25 ips (30 ips for NTSC).
Pressing the Panic button starts panic recording of all cameras, and pressing the
button again stops panic recording. If you set the Panic Recording Duration in the
Record Screen, panic recording will stop automatically according to the preset
duration as long as the Panic button is not pressed.
NOTE
When the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used, panic
recording will not operate.
Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original
factory settings, you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See
Section 8: Configuration for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options.
9.5 Playing recorded video
If a user who has Search authority logs into the system, the user can view
recorded image. Once video has been recorded, you can view it by pressing the
Play button. 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.
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 4)
Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to
display full screen.
Up, Down, Left, Right
Arrow buttons
Pressing the
button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the
button again toggles the playback speed from , and .
Pressing the
button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the
button again toggles the playback speed from , , and . When
in the pause mode, pressing the
button moves to the next image and
pressing the
button moves to the previous image.
Pause button
Pressing the
button pauses playing video.
Play button
Pressing the Play button enters the playback mode, and pressing the button
again exits the playback mode. When entering the playback mode, video is
paused. Pressing the
button plays back video at regular speed. The
screen displays when the DVR is in the Pause mode and the screen
displays
when the DVR is playing back video.
Zoom button
Pressing the Zoom button zooms in the current image in double on the
screen.