User Manual

Chapter 7: Playback functionality
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“Event playback” on page 39 for more information.
Bookmark Select the desired cameras and time period to search for bookmarks. Enter
the desired keyword to search for a specific file name, if required. Click
Search. The list of bookmarks appears. Change the pre and post-play
times, if required.
Click Play for the desired bookmark to play back.
Click the Exit button to exit the playback of the selected bookmark and do
another search, or click the Search icon to open the Search window
and select the Bookmark tab.
Note: You can only search for a bookmark by file name in the 24-hour
playback mode.
Smart This feature lets you selectively playback the parts of a recording with VCA
and motion events and skip over video that does not have such events.
See “Smart playback” on page 40” on page 39 for more information.
Sub-periods This feature lets you see simultaneously the 24-hour playback recording
for a selected camera split over several consecutive time periods. See
“Split-screen playback” on page 42.
Select the desired camera and number of split screens. Playback starts
immediately.
External file Import a file to play back.
Insert the storage device, such as a USB flash drive, in the recorder and
select a video file to play back.
Snapshot Select the desired cameras and the time period. Click Search. The list of
snapshots appears. Click Play to see the desired snapshot.
To search again, click the Search icon to open the Search window and
select the Snapshot tab.
Event playback
This feature lets you selectively playback VCA, alarm input and motion events.
To do an event playback:
1. In playback mode, select Event from the drop-down list on the upper left-corner of
the window.
2. Select the type of event to search for from the right-hand side of the window: Alarm
Input, Motion, or VCA Alarm.
If you select VCA Alarm, select the type of VCA alarm under Minor Type. Also
select the desired cameras to search.
If you select Alarm Input, select the desired alarm inputs from the list displayed.
If you select Motion, select the desired cameras to search.
Note: Motion detection must be enabled in order to use this function. See “Motion
detection” on page 64 for information.