ADT 4-channel DVR User Manual

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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder31Chapter 4 ─ OperationNOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters2 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 schedulesbased on time of day and day of the week. The DVR allows you to search through the recorded video using much moresophisticated tools than those available with VCRs. Additional DVR features that are not available with VCRs areremote control and viewing, and recording video at the same time you are watching previously recorded video.The front panel controls are described in Chapter 3 ─ Configuration.Turning on the PowerOnce you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 ─ Installation, it is ready to record.Live MonitoringAs soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin showing live video on the attached monitor. Thedefault mode is to display all cameras at once. Pressing any camera button will cause that camera to display full screen.It displays live video until the user enters another mode.While in the live monitoring mode, pressing the MENU button displays the following Live Monitoring menu at thetop of the screen. Pressing the MENU button again hides the menu. You can navigate through menus and items bypressing the arrow buttons.FreezeSequenceCamera MenuAlarm ResetSetupSearch ModeLogin-LogoutFigure 44 ─ Live Monitoring menu.NOTE: The Live Monitoring menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen.Live Monitoring MenuFreezeSelecting (Freeze) in the Live Monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again.It is the same as pressing the (Play/Pause) button on the front panel. While in the Freeze mode, the icon displaysin bottom-left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab).