Press ENTER to confirm the selection, then the unit starts to format the hard disks and load the factory default settings, or press ESC to abort. We strongly recommend to backup your programmed configuration before making any changes on Record Mode settings. NOTE: The total PPS is shared by 16 viewing windows, which means, even one window hasn’t connected with a camera and displays no video, that window still wastes pps. But if you select for setting the unit, those windows with no cameras connected to them will not be recorded, in other words, the pps will not be wasted. 3.5.2 Schedule Setup The Schedule Setup is used to set the day and night time, or weekend recording schedule. Select from the Record Setup menu and press ENTER; the following menu is displayed. Schedule Setup 1. Day Time Start 2. Day Time End 3. Night Time Start 4. Night Time End 5. Weekend Schedule 6. Weekend Start 7. Weekend End AM 06:00 PM 06:00 PM 06:00 AM 06:00 YES Fri 18:00 Mon 06:00 • Make appropriate changes of the start time of Day and Night Time using Direction keys. • Press ENTER to confirm the settings or ESC to cancel. • If you want to have a weekend record, choose to enable the Weekend Schedule in advance and then set the Weekend Start/End time. • Press ESC to back to previous page. 3.5.3 Preset Record Configuration The is used to select the preset recording quality and frame rate. In normal circumstances, we strongly suggest you set the item to , the default. Halfl-D1 mode (NTSC: 720x240@60PPS; PAL: 720x288@50PPS) Normal PPS Normal Size Event PPS Event Size 3.75 NTSC (3.125 PAL) 11 KB 15 NTSC (12.5 PAL) 17 KB 4. Basic Operation The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR allows user to access some general operations through the front panel easily. The following sections introduce the general operations of the unit. 4.1 Viewing Live / Playback Video The general functions in live and playback mode are described in the following sections. 4.1.1 Viewing Modes The DRT16 / DRT8 DVR supplies user versatile ways of viewing both live and recorded video. Following presents these view formats. Viewing in Full Screen Press any CHANNEL key directly to view the corresponding camera image in full view format. Viewing in Multi-window Various multi-window view formats are offered for selecting. To switch between available viewing formats, press MODE repeatedly. The available view formats are illustrated as the following figure. 4.1.2 Digital Zoom Users are able to view a 2. full screen in live mode. To view the 2. full screen, follow the steps. • Press a CHANNEL key to view the corresponding camera in full screen. • Press ZOOM to enter a 2. full screen zoom mode of the selected camera. • If you need to view specific area of the 2. zoomed screen, use Direction keys to pan / tilt the zoomed area around the original image. • Either press ZOOM again or ESC to leave the zoom mode. 4.1.3 Viewing Live Cameras Users are allowed to view live camera in versatile view modes, including full-screen, 2.2 and 4.4. The general operation under live mode is described as follows. To Freeze Live Image Press FREEZE while viewing live image, the image pauses but the date / time information does not, and the system clock continues running. Press FREEZE to pause the live image; press FREEZE again to resume the live camera view. 4.1.4 Viewing Recorded Video To view recorded video, user can press PLAY/STOP key directly. When press the PLAY/STOP key, the unit starts to continue playing back the recorded video from the suspended point of record. If it is the first time to use the PLAY/STOP key, the unit will playback from the very beginning of the record. Alternatively, user can select records from the Search menu to play specific video. Refer to Section 4.3 Searching Recorded Video for more information. The Forward or Reverse speed indicator will be shown on the bottom-left of the screen, when in the playback mode. The general operations in playback mode are described as follows. Key Usage in Playback The key usage is slightly changed in playback mode. Following is the key usage found in playback mode. LEFT (Reverse Playback) The key is used to reverse the recorded video while the unit is playing back. Press the key repeatedly to increase the speed of reverse playback by 1., 2., 4., 8., 16., or 32.. RIGHT (Forward Playback) The key is used to play the recorded video fast forward. Press the key repeatedly to increase the speed of forward playback by 1., 2., 4., 8., 16., or 32.. FREEZE Press FREEZE to pause the playback video. When the recorded video is paused, press LEFT / RIGHT to resume playback video single step reverse / forward, respectively. Press FREEZE again to continue playing video. PLAY/STOP Press to start playing back video, or to exit current mode or stop playing back video and back to live mode. Pause Playback and Single Step Forward To pause and resume recorded video, follow these steps. • Press one of the CHANNEL key...
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