Specifications

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DHCPwillcreateanissuewiththecamerainstallerifthereisnoDHCPserverpresentonthenetworktoassignan
address.
Forgeneralpurposes,staticIPaddressesarerecommended.
WhenaPoEinjectorisusedandconnecteddirectly
toaPC,therearetwonetworkingcables.Onecableconnects
thePCtothePoEinjector,whiletheotherconnectstheinjectortothecamera.Onlyoneofthesecablesshouldbe
cross‐over.Theothercablemustbearegular,straightthroughcable.
BeawarethatsomePoEinjector
deviceswillautocrossthenetworkcableeliminatingtheneedforonecabletobe
crossed.
PleasecheckthedocumentationthatwasprovidedbythemanufacturewiththePoEdevicebeingused.
NOTE: SurroundVideo® cameras require a higher PoE power class (Class 3) than other Arecont Vision camera
models.
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WITCHESANDROUTERS
Notethat some Gigabitswitches and networkadaptersincompletely emulate100BaseTsignaling levelsand may
notworkcorrectlywithhighbandwidth100BaseTequipment.
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OWSHARPNESS 
Iftheimagesharpnessappearstobelow:
 Checkifthelensisinfocus.
 Checkifthelensisofappropriatequalityforthemegapixelresolutioncamerabeingused.
 OntheImagetabRibbonBarchecktheQualitysettingintheAdjustmentspanel.Increasingimagequality
will increase perceived sharpness. Sharpness setting can also be adjusted to increase edge definition in
theimage.
 Checkifthelensirisisfullyopenorcloseddowntoomuch.Forbestresolutionanddepthoffieldtheiris
(dependingonlensmakeandmodel)shouldbeclosedby2
‐3F‐stops.
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REQUENTLYASKEDQUESTION S
1. What typeofvideo compressionis used inArecont Visioncameras?ArecontVisioncamerasuseMJPEG in
thecaseofmodelnumbersAVxxx0andH.264/MJPEGformodelsAVxxx5.
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2. How much storage space is required when using Arecont Vision cameras? Storage requirements can be
calculated if the camera
models and desired frame rates are known using the Arecont Vision bandwidth
calculatoravailableonourwebsite.
3. 
MostArecontVisioncamerasalsoprovidehighlysophisticatedon‐boardmotiondetection.Tofurtherreduce
therequiredstoragetheuserhasanoptiontoarchiveonlythoseimagesthatcontainmotion.Our
bandwidth
calculatoris provided athttp://www.arecontvision.com/foi.php tohelp withdetermining storage/bandwidth
requirements.
4. Whyisalicensewarningoccurring?AlicenseisonlyneedediftheAV200softwareisbeing usedforarchiving
video.Thiswarningwillbedisplayeduntilthesoftwareislicensed.Alicensefilecanbeobtainedfor
cameras
to record by contacting a distributor or contacting [e-mail]. Note: The MAC address/
Serialnumbersofthecamerastoberecordedwillneedtobeprovidedforthelicensetobegenerated.
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