User's Manual

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3. In the Timeline section, do the following:
a. In the Date Selection drop-down box, select the day you want playback to begin.
b. Use the spinner buttons to select the time.
4. On the playback control, click the Forward button to begin viewing.
Figure 42. Date Selection Drop-Down Box
UNDERSTANDING INSTANT PLAYBACK
The DX8100’s ability to perform instant playback of video is limited by a one-minute delay interval. The DX8100 has a built-in latency of
approximately one minute between the time that video is captured and when it is written to the hard disk. This delay exists to ensure that video
is accurately stored and the HVR’s database is updated correctly.
The delay interval is not affected if the DX8100 is in the alarm or motion record mode. In this case, the pre-alarm or pre-motion time period does
not become a factor in determining the delay interval.
To initiate an instant playback:
• On the playback control, click Instant Playback. The timeline is zoomed to the last two or three minutes of data.
The user can view video that has just been recorded. This video resides in memory and has not yet been stored on the hard drive. The color of the
timeline for this video will be green. This is because the system cannot identify the data characteristic until the data is stored on the hard disk
drive.
For example, if this data is recorded from a camera configured to monitor motion and there is no motion activity, the data will not be stored on
the hard disk drive.