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Chapter 4 — Operation
NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not,
please refer to Chapter 2 and 3.
The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and
playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back
video. You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week. The DVR
allows you to search through the recorded video using much more sophisticated tools than those
available with VCRs. Additional DVR features that are not available with VCRs are remote control
and viewing and recording video at the same time you are watching previously recorded video. The
DVR operates even when no hard disk drives are installed. In this case, recording, playback and
any processes that access hard disk drives are not supported. You can only view live video,
establish system settings that are not related to hard disk drive operation. Also the unit can be
connected with DX-PC4U Watch either via Ethernet or modem.
The Front Panel controls are described in Chapter 3 — Configuration.
Turning on the Power
Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 — Installation, it is ready
to record.
The unit will take approximately 60 seconds to initialize.
The DVR will recover automatically once the unit is initialized if recorded data on the storage
device has been damaged.
Live Monitoring
As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the
attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker. The default mode is to
display 4 cameras at once. Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full screen.
It displays live video and plays live audio until the user enters another mode.
Pressing the
QUAD/SEQUENCE button toggles between quad (2x2) display mode and sequence
mode.
Pressing the
button in the Live Monitoring mode will freeze the current image on the screen
until you press the button again. The screen displays
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