Videoswitch VDC User Manual
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VDC Digital Recorder
Vdc601c.doc
Contents:
1
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