2CONTENTSPreface .......................................................................4Features..................................................................4About the user manuals .........................................4System requirements for a PC ...............................5Trademarks and registered trademarks .................5Abbreviations .........................................................5Restrictions when using this product .....................6Before using this product ...........................................7About the face matching function (option) .............7Motion detection (VMD) function ...........................7Time display of recorded images ...........................7Response to the mouse operations .......................7Black screen displayed when playing recordedimages ....................................................................8Recording operation ...............................................8Event type ..............................................................8Basic operations.........................................................9Setup menu ..............................................................11Configure the minimum settings [Easy Start] ...........12Configure the basic settings [Basic setup] ...............16Display the basic setup pages .............................16Set up date & time and language[Date/Language] ...................................................16Camera setup [Camera] .......................................19Set up recording/events [REC & event] ................39Configure the settings relating to monitors[Monitor] ...................................................................49Set up the main monitor [Main monitor] ...............49Configure the settings relating to sub monitors[Sub monitor] ........................................................50Configure other settings relating to monitors[Advanced setup] .................................................51Configure the settings relating to network[Network] ..................................................................52Configure the basic network settings [Basic] .......52Procedure to register information for the"Viewnetcam.com" service ..................................54Configure the settings relating to the mailnotification [e-Mail] ...............................................55Configure the Panasonic alarm protocol settings[Panasonic alarm protocol]...................................57Configure the settings relating to NTP/SNMP synchronization [NTP/SNMP] ...................58Configure the settings relating to the usermanagement [User management] ............................59Configure the basic settings relating to usermanagement [Basic].............................................59Register, edit or delete the user information[User registration] .................................................61Edit the administrator information[Administrator setup] ............................................63Configure the settings relating to maintenance[Maintenance] ...........................................................64Check the system information such as theversion [System information] ................................64Confirm the hard disk drive information[HDD information] .................................................64Configure the settings and operations relating tothe system [System management] .......................66Register the licenses for the recorder and theAdditional Business Intelligence Kit[Registration Key] .................................................68Manage the hard disk drives [HDD management] ...71How to display the "HDD management" page.....71Check the hard disk drive information[HDD information] .................................................72Format the hard disk drives [Format HDD] ..........72About the removal process and the linkprocess of hard disk drives ..................................73About the change of the HDD operationalmode ....................................................................73Configure the settings relating to theextra functions [Extra function].................................75Lists of the setting items (Setup menu) ....................76About the error logs and the network logs ...............91Error logs ..............................................................91About the network log ..............................................93Operation window ....................................................94Ctrl (control) screen display..................................94Sub monitor (monitor for display of liveimages only) .........................................................99Basic operations.....................................................100Logout ................................................................101Use an SD memory card ........................................102Login operation at startup ......................................103Monitor live images ................................................104About the operation panel ..................................104Switch between control screen and wide viewscreen .................................................................1081-screen display .................................................109Display images from cameras on amultiscreen .........................................................110Display or hide the camera title ..........................111Use digital zoom.................................................111Operate the camera ...............................................112Camera control panel .........................................112Panning/Tilting ...................................................113Zooming .............................................................114Move to home position ......................................114Focus adjustment ...............................................114Iris (brightness) adjustment ................................115Auto mode ..........................................................115Register camera preset positions ......................116Move camera preset positions ...........................116Register home position ......................................117