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To initiate playback:
• Select the channels you’d like to
playback. Note that the DVR can
only playback a limited number of
channels simultaneously: the DVR
cam playback 2 channels at realtime,
and up to four channels at near-
realtime.
• From the Video Type menu, select
the type(s) of video you’d like to
playback. The options are Manual,
Schedule, Motion and All.
• Set your Start Date/Time and your
End Date/Time.
• Select Search.
• Choose which event(s) you want to
play back, and up to four cameras
you’d like to view the video(s) from.
• To initiate playback, select Play.
Why can’t I playback all channels at
once?
The DVR only has so much processing
power, and we’ve congured it so that
it has more resources dedicated to
recording than to playback.
While you’re playing back footage, the
DVR continues to monitor and record
normally. Recording from four or eight
channels at once (depending on your
model) is so resource intensive that
playback is limited to two channels
simultaneously in realtime.
If you do require playback of more
channels than the DVR is capable of at
once, then we suggest using the Backup
process to copy information o the DVR
and then playing it back via the remote
interface on a PC.
When we say that it can “playback so
many channels at near real-time”, this
doesn’t mean things will be in slow
motion. Rather, the action will unfold
at normal speed, but be represented by
half the number of frames per second
(12.5fps/PAL or 15fps/NTSC).
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