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Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 1 English Operation manual Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fr ont panel con tr ols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Viewing pictures. . . . . . . . . . [...]
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2 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English Refer ence Definition of terms Cameo: Single camera picture in a m ultiscreen displ ay . Dw ell tim e: Th e leng th of time that an alarm indic ator co ntinu es to opera te after the action causin g it h as occ urred . Th e leng th of tim e th at one image of a sequence is s how n. F ull-scr [...]
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Introduction Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 3 English Intr oduction Digital versatile r ecorder f or security applications The D ivar is a video recording system that can record m ulti ple camera signals wh ile sim ultan eou sly pr o vidin g live m ultiscr een v iewin g and play back . I t com bines th e fun ction ality of a d igita[...]
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Fro nt panel contr ols 4 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English Fr ont panel controls Indicators Th e po wer in dicato r lights to ind icate th at p ow er is being sup plied to the unit . Th e ind icators acros s the to p of the u nit ligh t or flash to alert you to v arious op erating con ditio ns. R ecor d - lights w hen the unit [...]
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Front panel contr ols Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 5 English Primar y functions (light belo w A L T key o f f ) Liv e ke y - pr ess to switch t o live viewing . Search key - press to open a s earch menu to look for recorded events. R ew ind k ey - in liv e m ode , pr ess to start r eve rse play back of recordi ngs f or the di spl [...]
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Fro nt panel contr ols 6 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English Alternate functions (light belo w AL T k ey is lit) F1 key - restor es defau lts in activ e me nu. F2 key - is ass igned a spe cific fu nctio n in the m enu. Arrow keys: - move arou nd through menu items or values. -L e f t -U p -D o w n -R i g h t Selec t key - selects[...]
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View ing pictur es Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 7 English Viewing pictur es Th e un it has two m onito r outp uts, A and B. The wa y in w hich the se m onit ors disp lay pictu res dep end s on ho w the sys tem has b een set up . Monitor A M onito r A is the m ain m onito r . It sh ow s full-scre en, q uad or mu ltiscre en liv e or[...]
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Viewing pictures 8 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English Multiscreen T o view differ ent multiscr een displa ys on monitor A: 1. Press the m ult iscreen k ey . > A multiscre en display of camera pic tures appear s on monitor A. 2. Press the m ul tisc reen k ey again to go to the next programm ed m ulti screen view . > If you [...]
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View ing pictur es Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 9 English Zoom T o zoom in on a camera pictur e: 1. Pr ess the AL T k ey . > The AL T indicator lights. 2. Pr ess the zoom ke y . > The zoom indicator lights. > The picture is enlarged by a factor of 2. 3. Use the arr ow k eys to sel ect the area of the pict ure to be displa[...]
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Live, pla yback and search modes 10 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English Liv e , pla yback and sear ch modes Liv e mode The live mode is the normal opera ting mode of the uni t where you w atch l ive pictures from the cam eras. F rom the live mode you can switch to the search m ode, th e play back m ode o r to th e syste m m enu. [...]
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Live, pla yback and search modes Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 11 English Pr otecting a video r ecording 1. Press the pause k ey for longer tha n one second during pl a yback to mark the beginni ng of a protec ted recording. > A dialog window appear s. > The time and date of the mar ker at which protection of the video star t[...]
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Using the menu 12 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English Using the menu Accessing the menu Th e menu give s acces s to sev eral fun ction s to h elp y ou u se the un it. Acces s to some m enu items is password pr otected. T o open the menu: 1. Press th e AL T ke y to enter the alternate function mode. > The AL T indicator lights.[...]
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Using the menu Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 13 English H ISTORY > The histor y menu pro vides a l ist of all events that have occurred. This li st can be filtered to sh ow only th ose ev ents you wish to se e. >> HISTORY F ILTER • F ill in the d ate/tim e values to restrict the perio d fo r viewin g events . •S e l e [...]
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Using the menu 14 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English D ISK MANAG ER > Th e disk m anag er m enu gives access to in form ation on t he in ternal h ard disk(s) and any external di sks connected. The status of the re corded video and associat ed data is also acce ssed via th is men u. A ccess to som e me nu s is pa sswo r d pr o[...]
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Using the menu Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 15 English >> AUTHENTIC ITY CHECK (ac cess may requi re pass word) • This check verifies that video images and associated data hav e not been modi f i ed . • Selec t the p eriod with in w hich the auth entic ity ch eck ru ns. T he d efault values ar e the same a s the earliest [...]
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T riggers and alarms 16 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English T riggers and alarms V arious t ypes of event s can c hange the way the uni t works. These events can be: • An alarm in put signal applied to the unit. • A m otion det ection si gnal from a camera. • A loss of video from one of the cameras. • An in ternal alert f[...]
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T riggers and alarm s Philips Communicatio n, Security & Imaging 17 English Alarm inputs If an input causes an alarm • M onit ors A and B can switch to a pre- programmed view m ode. • M onit or A: The border around the di splayed cameo is red. The alarm ic on is displ ayed in eac h cameo. An alar m status mess age is displ ayed. • M onit [...]
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T riggers and alarms 18 Philips Communi cation, Security & Imaging English Video loss alarm If the loss of a video signal causes an alarm: M onito r A or B can b e set up to sho w the video loss sig nal. • M onitor A switch es to m ultiscreen v iew . Th e lost camera sig nal is d isplayed as a black cam eo with the video lo ss message. T he b[...]