Samsung SVR-1670 DVR User Manual


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Digital Video Recorder User Guide
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Digital Video Recorder User Guide
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This chapter provides information about :
• Scheduled Recording, which records video automatically at a scheduled time
• Manual Recording, which records video manually by pressing the REC button
• Event Recording records video automatically when events occur.
The chapter also discussing conguration settings including programming schedules, advanced
camera and audio setup. The information is presented in these sections :
▶8.1DeningPrograms
▶8.2SettingUpToRecord
8. 6 Defining Programs
Chapter 8. Scheduling and Recording Video
You can dene 26 programs—lableled from A to Z—and specify particular frame rates, video quality
and resolution for each. You then use these programs for both Manual and Schedule recording.
To set up a program :
1.AccesstheProgramsubmenu,ontheRecordSetupmenuoftheOSD.
2.ForProgramoption,selectanyletterfromA-Z.
-Thesettingsforthatprogramdisplay.Foreachpre-setProgram,thesettingsforallchannels
areidentical.YoucaneditanysettingwithinanyProgram.
-Eachchannelhastworecordingmodes:NormalandEvent.Normalrecordingproceedsuntil
aneventoccurs.Whenaneventoccurs,therecordingshiftsintotheEventRecordingsettings
youhavespecied.
-ForbothNormalandEventrecording,therearethreesettings:Resolution,FramesperSecond
andQuality.Allarefurtherexplainedinthetablebelow.
3.Noticethatyoucanhighlightanysettingonanychannel(thebackgroundturnsred)andthen
adjustthesetting.
This table describes the settings :
Figure 8.6.1 Program submenu on the Record Setup Menu
Channels 1-8
are listed on
the left grid.
Channels 9-16
are listed on
the right grid.
Option Description
Ch (Channel) The channel number
R (Resolution)
The recording resolution. Three resolutions are available:
∙ D1 (704 x 480)
∙ Half D1 (704 x 240)
∙ CIF (352 x 240)
F (fps)
Frames per second, from 1 to 30fps
The maximum frame rate varies depending on settings.
Q (Quality)
The recording quality: Q5, Q4, Q3, Q2, and Q1.
For Event Recording, Q3 or higher is recommended.
Maximum R/F
This box displays the maximum frame rate available for the selected resolution. For
example, if CIF 30fps appears in this box, it means that you can select up to 30fps
for the CIF resolution of a selected channel. D1 30fps means that you can select
up to 30fps for the D1 resolution.
About Recording Performance & Capacity
RecordingperformancefortheSVR-1680/1660isCIF480fpsforbothNormalandEvent
Recording.
∙Whenbothrecordingmodesareineffect,recordingperformancemustnotexceedCIF480fps.
Theresolutionandmaximumframeratevarydependingonthenumberofenabledchannels.
∙D1(704x480)=2xHalfD1(704x240)=4xCIF(352x240)
∙120D1compressedframes=240HalfD1compressedframes=480CIFcompressedframes.
Event Settings Limitations
WheneverychannelissetuptorecordNormallyatCIF30fps,theEventsettingsfortherst
channelarelimitedtoCIF30fps,Half15fps,andD17fps.
IfyouwanttosettheEventsettingstoD130fps,theNormalsettingsoftheotherchannelsmust
bechangedtototalCIF360fpsorless.
Freeing Up Capacity
Youcanfreeupcapacitybydisablingunusedchannels.Ifachannelisdisabled,itssurplusCIF
30fps becomes available for other use.
∙Todisableachannel,gototheDisplaySetupmenuontheOSD:SelecttheChannelNumber,
thenfortheStatusoptionselectDisable.Ifdisabled,thechannelisgrayed-outontheProgram
menu and is uneditable.
Settingachannel’sresolutionto0fpsdoesnotfreeupspacebecausethechannelstill
uses2-3recordingframespersecond—evenwhensetto0fps—fortaskssuchasnetwork
communications.
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