Manual

VDC Digital Recorder
Vdc601c.doc
Contents:
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Start Here ............................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Connecting Up........................................................................................................................................................................2
1.2 Setting Date and Time............................................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Recording ...............................................................................................................................................................................3
1.4 Routine Checks ......................................................................................................................................................................3
1.5 Care of the Hard Drive............................................................................................................................................................4
1.6 Critical Alerts...........................................................................................................................................................................4
1.7 Power On Reset .....................................................................................................................................................................5
2 Viewing Live Images ..........................................................................................................................6
2.1 Viewing Full Screen Images ...................................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Quad Display ..........................................................................................................................................................................6
2.3 9-way Multi-Screen (VDC-9 only) ...........................................................................................................................................6
2.4 Auto-Sequencing ....................................................................................................................................................................7
2.5 Inhibiting Alarms .....................................................................................................................................................................7
3 Time/Date Search ...............................................................................................................................8
4 Playback Controls .............................................................................................................................. 9
5 Sweep Mode...................................................................................................................................... 10
6 Event List........................................................................................................................................... 11
7 Writing Incidents to CD....................................................................................................................12
8 Replaying a CD .................................................................................................................................13
9 Information Screens......................................................................................................................... 14
9.1 Drive Information ..................................................................................................................................................................14
9.1.1 Re-Scan Drives.................................................................................................................................................................14
9.2 Image Information.................................................................................................................................................................15
9.2.1 Live ...................................................................................................................................................................................15
9.2.2 Play...................................................................................................................................................................................15
9.3 System Information...............................................................................................................................................................16
10 Using the Menu.................................................................................................................................17
11 Menu Reference................................................................................................................................19
11.1 Date/Time .............................................................................................................................................................................19
11.2 Record ..................................................................................................................................................................................19
11.2.1 Days..................................................................................................................................................................................19
11.2.2 Cameras ...........................................................................................................................................................................20
11.2.3 Quality...............................................................................................................................................................................20
11.3 Display..................................................................................................................................................................................20
11.3.1 Camera Titles ...................................................................................................................................................................20
11.3.2 Auto Sequence Dwell .......................................................................................................................................................20
11.3.3 Record Brightness ............................................................................................................................................................20
11.3.4 Record Colour Boost ........................................................................................................................................................21
11.4 Alarms...................................................................................................................................................................................21
11.4.1 Activity Detection ..............................................................................................................................................................21
11.4.2 Alarm Hold Time...............................................................................................................................................................21
11.4.3 Video Loss Alert................................................................................................................................................................21
11.4.4 Hard Drive Alert ................................................................................................................................................................21
11.4.5 Clear Event List ................................................................................................................................................................21
11.5 Network.................................................................................................................................................................................22
11.5.1 Dial-Up Type.....................................................................................................................................................................22
11.5.2 IP Address ........................................................................................................................................................................22
11.5.3 Sub-Net Mask...................................................................................................................................................................22
11.5.4 Gateway............................................................................................................................................................................22
11.5.5 Port ...................................................................................................................................................................................22
11.6 Config ...................................................................................................................................................................................22
11.6.1 Upgrade from CD..............................................................................................................................................................22
11.6.2 Restore Factory Config.....................................................................................................................................................22
11.6.3 Erase Hard Drive ..............................................................................................................................................................22
11.6.4 Password..........................................................................................................................................................................23
11.6.5 System Address................................................................................................................................................................23