NVR4POE / NVR8POE / NVR16POE Series NVR User Manual373.1 Introduction of Live ViewLive view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The NVR automatically enters LiveView mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus pressing the ESC many times(depending on which menu you’re on) brings you to the Live View mode.Live View IconsIn the live view mode, there are icons at the upper-right of the screen for each channel, showing the status of therecord and alarm in the channel, so that you can know whether the channel is recorded, or whether there are alarmsoccur as soon as possible.Table 3. 1 Description of Live View IconsIcons DescriptionAlarm (video loss, video tampering, motion detection, sensor alarm or VCA alarm)Record (manual record, continuous record, motion detection , sensor alarm or VCA alarmtriggered record)Alarm & RecordEvent/Exception (motion detection, sensor alarm, VCA alarm or exception information,appears at the lower-left corner of the screen. Please refer to Chapter 8.7 Setting AlarmResponse Actions for details.)3.2 Operations in Live View ModeIn live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below.• Single Screen: showing only one screen on the monitor.• Multi-screen: showing multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously.• Auto-switch: the screen is auto switched to the next one. And you must set the dwell time for each screen onthe configuration menu before enabling the auto-switch.Menu>Configuration>Live View>Dwell Time.• Start Recording: continuous record and motion detection record are supported.• Output Mode: select the output mode to Standard, Bright, Gentle or Vivid.• Add IP Camera: the shortcut to the IP camera management interface.• Playback: playback the recorded videos for current day.
