Technical Manual

Privacy

This allows you to set up areas within the camera’s view that will be

blocked from observation. This may be the location of a combination

lock, keypad or other area that requires privacy. Like Motion

Detection above, use of this feature is not recommended for most

situations when the camera is connected to a security DVR as it will

create artifacts on the video recording which cannot be removed.

However, users may ﬁnd it to be beneﬁcial feature when multiple

users have administrator-level access to the DVR.

PRIVACY

SELECT AREA1

DISPLAY ON

COLOR 2

DEFAULT

RETURN RET

PRIVACY

SELECT AREA1

DISPLAY ON

COLOR 2

DEFAULT

RETURN RET

There are eight areas which can be individually conﬁgured. Use Display to turn each one on or off as desired. Pressing the multi-

function button will take you to the submenu where you can adjust the size and position the selected area. You can also choose

from 16 colors for the privacy area to either highlight the area, or to make it less obvious on the display.

Defective Pixel Correction

Like HD displays and monitors, digital cameras can occasionally have defective pixels. A defective pixel is more likely to occur as a

result of mishandling of the camera - whether by being dropped, or attempted vandalism. Using the options within the Defective

Pixel Correction (DPC) menu, the camera can be set to automatically compensate for defective pixels and the user can attempt to

correct pixels which are “stuck on.”

DEFECT

LIVE DPC ON

LEVEL 30

STATIC DPC OFF

START

LEVEL 4

RETURN RET

Live DPC, when enabled, allows the camera to automatically

compensate for a pixel that is inoperative. You can adjust the level

of sensitivity, but overcompensating can cause a decline in image

quality.

Static DPC allows the user to attempt to reset pixels which may be

stuck in either the “on” or “off” position. The camera’s shutter will

need to be set to AUTO (see Page 11). You will also need to have a bright ﬂashlight or other light source available to shine directly at

the camera.

STEP 1. Enable static DPC

STEP 2. Adjust the level

STEP 3. Shine the light at the camera and push the multi-function button to start the DPC.