User Manual

User Manual of Network Video Recorder
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1.1 Front Panel
DS-9600NI-I8
Figure 1. 1 Front Panel
Table 1. 1 Description of Control Panel Buttons
No.
Name
Function Description
1
Status
Indicators
ALARM
Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected.
READY
Turns blue when the device is functioning properly.
STATUS
Turns blue when device is controlled by an IR remote.
Turns red when controlled by a keyboard and purple when IR
remote and keyboard is used at the same time.
HDD
Flickers red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
MODEM
Reserved for future usage.
Tx/Rx
Flickers blue when network connection is functioning properly.
GUARD
Turns blue when the device is in armed status; at this time, an
alarm is enabled when an event is detected.
Turns off when the device is unarmed. The arm/disarm status
can be changed by pressing and holding on the ESC button for
more than 3 seconds in live view mode.
2
IR Receiver
Receiver for IR remote control.
3
Front Panel Lock
Locks or unlocks the panel by the key.
4
DVD-R/W
Slot for DVD-R/W disk.
5
Alphanumeric Buttons
Switches to the corresponding channel in live view or PTZ
control mode.
Inputs numbers and characters in edit mode.
Switches between different channels in playback mode.
Turns blue when the corresponding channel is recording; turns
red when the channel is in network transmission status; turns
pink when the channel is recording and transmitting.
6
USB Interfaces
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as
USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
7
Composite
Keys
ESC
Returns to the previous menu.
Presses for arming/disarming the device in live view mode.