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Table Of Contents

Chapter 1 Product overview
- Installation environment
- Default settings to access the device
Chapter 2 Installation
- Installation environment
- Unpacking the recorder and its accessories
- Back panel
- Wiring the keypad
- RS-485 ports
- RS-232 port
- PoE ports
- Monitor connections
- Audio inputs and output
- Brackets
Chapter 3 Getting started
- Turning on and off the recorder
- Using the setup wizard
Chapter 4 Operating instructions
- Controlling the recorder
- Using the front panel
- Using the mouse
- Using the IR remote control
- Menu overview
Chapter 5 Live view
- Description of live view
- Video output
- Monitor output
- Audio output
- Controlling live view mode
- Multiview format
- Sequencing cameras
- Accessing frequently used commands
- Configuring live view
- General settings
- Configuring time and date
Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera
- Changing PTZ camera settings
- Calling up presets, tours and shadow tours
- Setting and calling up presets
- Setting and calling up preset tours
- Setting and calling up a shadow tour
Chapter 7 Playing back a recording
- Overview of the playback window
- Playback pop-up menu
- Instant playback
- All-day playback
- Playback skip time
- Searching recorded video
- Playing back recordings by time and video type
- Playing back recordings by event
- Creating and playing back bookmarked recordings
- Slideshow of snapshots
- Playing back recordings from the system log
- Playing back frame-by-frame
- Digital zoom in playback
Chapter 8 Archiving recorded files
- Archiving files
- Auto archiving
- Creating and archiving video clips
- Archiving snapshots
- Managing backup devices
- Playing back archived files on a PC
Chapter 9 Using the web browser
- Windows 7 and 8 users
- Accessing the web browser
- Web browser overview
- Using the web browser to configure the device
- Searching and playing back recorded video
- Searching for event logs
- Recording from the browser
- Dual stream recording
- Controlling a PTZ dome camera in the web browser
- Capturing text insertions
- Text overlay
- Using a network storage system
Chapter 10 Recording
- Configuring recording settings
- Using an external recording device
- Configuring recording schedules
- Daily schedules
- Holiday schedules
- Manual recording
- Motion detection schedules
- External alarm schedules
- Protecting recorded files
- Configuring redundant recording
- Capturing text insertions
- Failover and recovery
Chapter 11 Alarm settings
- Description of alarm notification types
- Setting up motion detection
- Video analytics
- Setting up system notifications
- Setting up external alarms
- Triggering or clearing alarm outputs manually
- Detecting video loss
- Detecting video tampering
Chapter 12 Network settings
- Configuring general network settings
- Configuring an NTP server
- Configuring e-mail
- Configuring SNMP
- Configuring UPnP
- Configuring an FTP server to store snapshots
- Configuring a remote alarm host
- Configuring multicast
- Configuring the server and HTTP ports
- Configuring the RTSP service port
- Telnet set up
- Checking network status
- Exporting network packet data
- Port forwarding
Chapter 13 Storage management
- Initializing HDDs
- Controlling disk storage mode on the HDD
- Setting up HDD groups
- Setting the HDD property
- Checking HDD status
- Configuring HDD alarms
- Managing eSATA
- Checking the S.M.A.R.T. information
- Bad sector detection
Chapter 14 Camera settings
- Cameras supported
- Adding IP cameras to the recorder
- PoE power budget
- Accessing IP cameras connected to an internal switch
- Configuring the camera OSD settings
- Setting up privacy masking
- Adjusting video image settings
- Watermarking
- Hiding a camera image from view
Chapter 15 Recorder management
- Configuring the RS-232 port
- Updating system firmware
- Restoring default settings
- Importing and exporting configuration settings
- Viewing system information
- Searching system logs for events
Chapter 16 User management
- Adding a new user
- Customizing a user’s access privileges
- Deleting a user
- Modifying a user
- Changing the Admin password
Appendix A Specifications
Appendix B PTZ protocols
Appendix C Port forwarding information
Appendix D KTD-405 keypad
- Supported firmware
- Wiring the keypad
- Setting up the keypad to work with the recorder
- Operating the keypad
Appendix E Maximum pre-recording times
Appendix F Supported PTZ commands
Appendix G Default menu settings
Index

Chapter 4: Operating instructions

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Figure 8: IR remote control

Item

Description

. Alarm

Acknowledge an alarm.

. Device

Enable/disable the IR remote control to control the

recorder.

. Numeric buttons

Select a camera, and enter a number in a menu option.

. Display

Switch between the different multiviews.

. Mon A and Mon B

Switch between monitors A and B.

. Live

Return to live view mode.

. Menu

Activate the main menu.

. Seq

Start /stop sequencing.

. , , ,

In Menu mode: Use left or right arrow buttons to select and up or down arrow

buttons to edit entry.

In PTZ mode: Use to control PTZ.

In Playback mode: Use to control playback speed.

. OK

Confirm selection.

. Zoom + and -

Use to control zoom of camera lens.

. Preset

Enter preprogrammed

three-digit code to call up a preset.

. Tour

Enter preprogrammed

one-digit code to call up a tour.