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1 1 6 - Ch annel Digit al V ideo R e c or der EN I NST R U CTI O N MANU AL[...]
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2 F CC V erification Note : Th is e qu ipm en t ha s be en t es te d an d fo un d to co mp ly w i th th e li mi t s fo r Cl a s s B dig it al d e vi ce , pur sua nt to p ar t 15 of th e FC C Ru le s . T he s e li mi t s ar e de si gn ed t o pr ov i de r ea s on ab le p ro te c tio n ag ain s t ha r mf ul in ter fe re nc e in a r es id ent ia l in s[...]
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3 Impor t ant Infor mati on............................................................................................ 2 Co ntent s .................................................................................................................. 3 1 Li ve V iew S cr een .............................................................................[...]
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4 Liv e View Scr een When you turn on your DVR, you’ll see the Live View screen. Live View is the default display mode of the DVR. It is where you can watch live images from the cameras and do things on your DVR. Read this chapter to learn about nav igatin g aro und the L i ve V ie w scr een . Status Ic ons Statu s icons a ppe ar w hen s omethin [...]
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5 Menu Bar Th e Menu B ar at the b otto m of the sc ree n is a hand y p l ace to chan ge the v ie win g for mat of the L i ve V i ew s cre en. You can al s o ope n the Main Me nu, w her e you confi gure an d mana ge many of th e DV R b asic a nd ad v ance d func tional itie s . T o displ a y the men u bar , r ight-cl ick on th e Li ve V iew s cre e[...]
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6 Main Menu Th e main men u let s you acce s s many of th e DV R ’ s gr eat fe ature s . Y o u ca n cus tomize c amer a name s, kee p tr ack of rece nt event s , cre ate rec ord ing sc hedul es , conf igur e ad v anced m otion detec tion s etti ngs , and muc h mor e. Read this c hapter to che ck ou t all the g ood s tuf f your D V R ha s to of fe[...]
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7 Output Opt ions Th es e option s all ow yo u to contro l how th e DV R is g oing to del i ver an im age to yo ur television or monit or . Y o u ca n cus tomize set ti ngs suc h as: • screen res olution and posit ion on your mon itor • the audi o outpu t • the app ear a nce of the me nus • the auto -s eque nce d wel l time • the se nsiti[...]
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8 Enco de O ptions Th es e option s all ow yo u to cus tomize ho w the DV R rec ord s foot age an d “ enco des” the files. “Enco ding” is a ter m w hich r efer s to the comp re ssi on alg or ithm u sed b y the D V R. Y o u ca n choo se an d alter: • the res olution (per channel), • the fr ame r ate (how m any ima ges p er se con d the D[...]
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9 Recor ding O ptions Th es e option s all ow yo u to chang e asp ec t s of ho w the DV R w il l re cor d foot age su ch as: • W hether th e DV R w ill r eco rd o ver ol d foot age to ma ke room fo r fut ure ev ent s • W hether th e DV R w ill r eco rd a sh or t v ide o befor e event s t ake pl ace • How l ong the D V R w ill co ntinue to re [...]
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10 Schedule Options Y o u ca n spec if y w hen the D V R re cor ds v ide o and un der w hat mo de s for eac h chann el. B y def ault, al l chann el s ar e ar me d to use Moti on Detec t ion as th eir rec ord ing mo de. Th e sch edule p re sente d on- scr een ap pli es to on e chann el only ov er one w h ole w eek . Th ere is a 2 4- hour t imel ine [...]
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11 Playback Op t ion s Y o u ca n easily s ear ch and w atch al l you r reco rd ed v ide os by ch annel , t yp e of rec ord ing and tim e per io d. How to fin d and watc h recordings ? 1. Sele c t the cha nnel (s) you w ant to se arch fo r rec ord ings . T o pr ov ide th e highe s t qual it y v id eo the D V R c an only pl a yb ack up to 8 c hannel[...]
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12 Sear ch Menu O ver v iew of t he Play back In ter f ace Th e Pl ayb ack Inte r fa ce is quite simil a r to a compu ter’ s media pl aye r , or to the on- scr een d ispl ay of a D V D/ Blu -r a y pl aye r . Mos t of the contr ol s ar e quite s tr aig ht for w ar d, an d oper ate in the s ame w ay a s a st and ard m edia p la yer . Current Positi[...]
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13 Bac kup Opti ons W hen a v ide o is re cor ded , it is s tore d as a f ile on th e DV R’s hard dr i ve. Y ou c an copy vi deo r ecor din gs on the D V R’s hard dr i ve to an ex ter na l stor age de vi ce such a s a USB f l ash dr i ve o r eS AT A har d dr i ve. How to bac k up recordin gs ? 1. Conne c t a USB o r eS AT A s tor ag e dev ice t[...]
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14 Event Options Y o u ca n easily s ear ch for r eco rdin gs that w ere tr i gger ed by t he DV R d etec ting mot ion. T y p ica lly, the major it y of re cor dings b as ed up on “Event s” are l ikely to be rec ord ings tr igger ed b y the D V R’ s motion detec tion featur e. Th e sea rch f unc tion o per ate s in the s ame w a y as the m ai[...]
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15 Gener al Net wor k Options Y o u ca n manual ly conf igure n et w or k set tin gs for th e DV R . It is u sually n ot re quire d as the D V R autom atic ally conf igur es th em for y ou w hen yo u conne c t the D V R to your rou ter vi a the Ether n et ca ble. Option De scr iption Net w or k Acce s s Th ere ar e thre e dif ferent t y pe s of net[...]
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16 Ad v ance d Options Not e: Many of the fo llo w ing net wor k ing s et tings ar e not r equir ed w hen u sing Sw annL ink P 2P f or rem ote acces s . Option De scr iption DDNS Th e pl ace to conf igur e the DV R to au tomatic al ly update a d y namic DNS s er v ice. DD NS is not r equ ired f or Sw annL ink P 2 P rem ote acces s . If yo u intend [...]
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17 DDNS A D y namic DN S is a s er v ice w hich l ets y ou as sig n an addr es s to yo ur DV R s o you c an acces s it v ia th e Intern et. We re comme nd usin g S WANND V R as yo ur DNS s er v ice. Thi s is a fr ee s er v ice for S w ann DV R ow ner s , w hich w e dire c tly supp or t. T o cre ate an account w ith S WA NNDV R , go to: http :/ /w w[...]
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18 NTP Y o u ca n confi gure th e NT P se r ver d etail s to o btain c ur rent date an d time. Option De scr iption NT P Ser ver Th e defa ult ser ver us ed to obt ain accur ate date and time. NT P Por t Th e defa ult is 1 2 3. Y ou shou ld only c hange t his if yo u’ re u sing a dif fer ent N TP s er v er , and you k no w they u se a dif fere nt[...]
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19 Option De scr iption Sender Addr es s Th e addr es s yo u’ re s endin g the email f ro m. T his w ill b e the use r name y ou’ ve set up f or the em ail ser ver you’ r e usin g, fol low ed by “@” a nd then th e email s er ve r . F or exam ple: “your addr es s @ gmail .com” or similar . Sender Pas sw ord Th e pas s w ord f or the ou[...]
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20 IP F ilte r Th e IP Filter c an b e use d to confi gure w hic h IP addr es s es ha ve per m is sion to ta lk to the DV R a nd w hich do n ot. Thi s is an ad v ance d featur e, and i s rec ommen ded fo r ad v anced u ser s o nly. Tinkeri ng wi th thing s here - i f you’ r e not sur e w hat yo u’ re do ing - is mo re l ikely to break th ings t[...]
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21 Motion O ption s Y o u ca n set the m otion detec tion feat ure s of the DV R for eac h chann el . B y def ault, the DV R h as moti on re cor ding ena bled o n eve r y chann el , confi gure d to oper ate at an aver age le vel of s ensi ti vi t y. We think that motion dete c tion is th e be st w a y to get your D V R to oper ate almo st au tonom [...]
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22 How t o set up t he mo ti on de tection a rea ? In the Al arm: Motion menu, s ele c t the chan nel that y ou w ant to set up m otion detec tio n for and th en sel ec t Motion Dete ction - Set to disp l ay the M otion Dete c tion A rea S etup Inter f ace: • Y o u w ill s ee a gr id of r ed boxes o n the s elec te d chann el . The o utl ined b o[...]
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23 Alarm Menu How t o set th e DV R’ s re sponse t o a mot ion eve nt ? In the Al arm: Motion menu, s ele c t the chan nel that y ou w ant to set up m otion detec tio n for and th en sel ec t Ac tion - S et to di spl ay th e Action m en u: Y o u ca n spec if y ho w you w ant the D V R to notif y y ou w hen it d etec t s motion . Y ou can sel ec t[...]
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24 V ideo Loss Opt ions V ide o los s is r egar de d as a potential a l ar m event , and is co nsid ere d to occur an y time that th e DV R do es n ’t recei ve an a c ti ve v ide o signal o n any of it s inp ut s. Th e defa ult beh av iour of the D V R , wh en a chan nel ha s no incom ing v ide o signal , is simpl y to displ ay “ V ide o Lo ss?[...]
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25 Sen sor Options Y o u ca n cus tomize and co nfigu re ho w the D V R inter pret s an d re spon ds to the al ar m input s co nnec te d to the al ar m bl ock on t he ba ck of the D V R. Option Desc ription Al ar m Input N o Th e conne c tion that c or re spo nds to the in put y ou’ ve conn ec ted the se nso r to. Note that the A l ar m Inpu t Nu[...]
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26 Al ar m O upu t Opti ons Y o u ca n contro l the op er ation of th e DV R ’ s t wo A l ar m Ou t por t s (NO1 and NO2 ). Both al ar m ou tput s o n the DV R a re No r mally O pen (NO). If you h ave an e x ter nal dev ice, it m ust b e conf igur ed to us e a NO tr igg er ing meth od, oth er w is e they ’l l be in a per ma nently al ar me d st[...]
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27 E xception Options A n exception is a ny dev iati on fr om the D V R’s normal b eha vi our - phr a se d anothe r w ay, it’ s l ike say in g the DV R ’ s been w or kin g fin e except for the se e vent s Option Desc ription E xc ep ti on Ty p e Sel ec t the e vent t y pe you w a nt the DV R to r eac t to. B y co nfigur in g the ac tio n for [...]
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28 Hard Dr i ve (H DD) Options Y o u ca n find a c ompr ehen si ve li st of ha rd dr i ve s conn ec ted to th e DV R . E x ter nal dr i v es con nec te d via e S AT A w ill b e lis ted h ere, an d w ill beh ave l ike a st anda rd ha rd dr i ve. T he y w ill be l a bele d as e S A T A . E x ter nal dr i v es con nec te d via U SB w ill n ot appe ar [...]
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29 S.M. A .R. T Display S.M. A .R . T . (S elf-Moni tor ing , A naly sis and Rep or ting T e chnol og y) i s your ha rd dr i ve’ s w ay of tell ing the D V R ho w it’ s goin g. Th e Statu s indic ates th e cur re nt condit ion of the ha rd dr i ve. I t shoul d s ay “Goo d” . If it sa ys a ny th ing el s e, this in dic ates the re’ s a pr [...]
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30 How t o con trol a PT Z c amera ? Th e P T Z contr ol p anel c an be a cces se d fr om the L i ve V ie w ing s cre en by l ef t-clic king once on th e chann el scr een of t he cor r esp ondin g P T Z c amer a, and t hen cl ickin g the icon on th e chann el tool bar . Note f or Rem ote Acce s s an d Mob ile D evi ce us er s: Th e P T Z f unc tion[...]
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31 Gener al Sy stem O ptions Th es e option s all ow yo u to confi gure ge ner al D V R set tin gs . Option De scr iption L anguage Sel ec t the l a ngua ge that the D V R’s menus, al er ts a nd other communi catio ns w ill u se. V ideo Standar d Sel ec t b et we en PAL an d NT S C. PAL i s use d in Wes ter n Euro pe and Aus tr al ia, N T S C is [...]
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32 User O ptions Y o u ca n defin e and conf igur e the dif ferent l evel s of acces s v ar io us us er s hav e to the DVR. We sugge s t that at minimum th e admin acc ount be p as s wor d pr otec ted , as it ha s acces s to all a spe c t s of the DV R’ s oper at ion. • T o add a dditi onal us er s , cho ose Add . • T o rem ove a u ser , cho [...]
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33 How to conf igure p er mis sions for us er s ? Y o u ca n easily c us tomize the le vel of acce s s each in di v idual us er ha s. S imply s ele c t the Permi ssion bu t ton af ter in eit her the Add or M odif y Us er sc re en to set sp ecif ic acces s for th e us er you w ant . Th e Per mis sion s cr een ha s t w o tab s - Configur ation and Op[...]
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34 Sys tem I nformation Th e System Information s cre en pr ov ide s gene r al infor mati on abo ut the D V R. You ’ll nee d som e of the infor m ation sho w n her e if you co ntac t S w ann T ec hnic al Supp or t for as sis t ance. Th e dev ice nam e is the n ame that th e DV R con side r s to be it s ow n an d w hat it w ill use to r egis ter a[...]
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35 Q: T he imag es f rom m y ca mer a s are bl a ck & w hite, fl icker ing an d / or tota lly bl ank . W hat ’ s up ? A: Most likely, your V ide o Stan dar d isn’ t set co r rec t ly for yo ur reg ion. Ch eck o ut the s ec tio n on PAL / N T SC ( “General System Option s” on page 3 1 ) for more information. A s a r ul e of thumb, s et y[...]
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36 Q: I’ m get ting too ma ny email al er t s fr om the D V R. A: There ar e a few t hings th at might hel p, depe nding w hat ’ s gener atin g the email a ler t s. H ere ar e a few p os sibil itie s: • The e mail s are f or re al even t s, h owev er it is t elli ng me a bou t it mu ltipl e tim es . Thi s indic ates th at the DV R is fun c ti[...]
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37 USA Sw ann C ommuni catio ns US A In c. 1 2 6 3 6 Cl ar k Str eet S anta Fe Sp r ings C A 9 0670 USA Aus tr al ia Sw ann Communications Unit 13, 3 31 Ingles Str eet Por t Mel bour n e V ic 3 20 7 Aus tr alia Unit ed K ingdom Sw ann C ommuni catio ns L TD. Stag G ates H ous e 6 3 / 6 4 T he Avenu e S O 17 1 X S United Kingdom W arranty T erms &am[...]
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