Instruction Manual

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6.1 Pre-Camera Setup
In Setup Menu display,
press ▲▼◄► to
change the highlighted
option to Pre-Camera,
and then press
ENTER (Mouse:
Left click) to call up
Pre-Camera Setup
display.
There are up to 8/4
cameras which can be
connected to the system. The Pre-Camera Setup allows the administrator to define
some fundamental attributes for all the installed cameras.
The general operations are as below:
 ▲▼◄►
Press these buttons to select the items.
 Numeric
Press these buttons to select the camera.
 ESC (Mouse: Right Click)
Press this button to escape from this screen, and return to Setup Menu display. If
the contents have been modified, a Save dialog will be shown to ask the user to
save the changes, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC (Mouse: Right Click) to
exit without saving.
Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:
 REC Resolution – the record resolution for all the cameras in the system. For
NTSC, it can be 720x480, 720x240, or 360x240; for PAL, 720x576, 720x288, or
360x288. Press +/- buttons to select the resolution.
 Compression – Compression ratio of Normal or High. High compression ratio
will result in smaller storage size, and hence longer recording time; but the
Normal Record IPS will always be the same as Event Record IPS in Camera
Setup, and Dual Streaming will always be used for network video. Press +/-
buttons to change the setting.
 Watermark – to record with digital watermark or not. If yes, all the recorded
images for all the cameras will have digital watermark embedded. Press