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Table of Contents
PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
ABOUT THIS GUIDE .............................................................................................................................................. 15
TECHNICIAN NOTES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................................................... 17
FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................. 17
CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................................. 19
BASIC FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................. 20
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND LEDS ............................................................................................................... 21
REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ............................................................................................................................... 22
GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................................................... 23
IDENTIFYING INCLUDED COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................ 24
KEYBOARD SETUP ............................................................................................................................................... 25
MOUSE SETUP ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
MONITOR SETUP .................................................................................................................................................. 26
POWER SETUP ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
CONNECTING A VIDEO SOURCE ........................................................................................................................ 26
HARD DRIVE ARRAY ............................................................................................................................................. 27
Swapping a Hard Drive ....................................................................................................................................... 27
OPTIONAL COMPONENTS .................................................................................................................................... 28
NVS BASICS ............................................................................................................................................................... 29
SETTING THE TIME AND DATE ............................................................................................................................ 30
ACCESSING THE DVR UTILITY ............................................................................................................................ 30
Exporting DVR Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Importing DVR Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Changing Video Format ...................................................................................................................................... 31
DISPLAY SCREEN ................................................................................................................................................. 32
Live Camera Options .......................................................................................................................................... 32
CAMERA VIEW ....................................................................................................................................................... 33
Recording Status Indicator ................................................................................................................................. 33
Special Recording .............................................................................................................................................. 33
SCREEN DIVISION BUTTONS ............................................................................................................................... 34
SETUP OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 35
SETUP OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................ 36
CAMERA SETUP .................................................................................................................................................... 37
NETWORK VIDEO .................................................................................................................................................. 38
Connecting a Network Device ............................................................................................................................ 38
Connecting Manually ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Connecting with Camera Finder .................................................................................................................... 39
Assigning a Network Device to a Channel ..................................................................................................... 39
Camera Configuration ........................................................................................................................................ 40
Displaying More Columns .............................................................................................................................. 40
Accessing the Configuration Menu ................................................................................................................ 40
Upgrade and Registration ................................................................................................................................... 41
