21Turning on the PowerConnecting the power cord to the recorder turns on the unit. The Operate Indicator will light and initializingwill start. While the recorder is initializing, the front panel indicators (except the Operate Indicator) will blink.The unit takes approximately 60 seconds to initialize.Initial Unit SetupBefore using your recorder for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes itemssuch as time and date, display language, camera, record mode, network and password. Your recorder canbe set up using various screens and dialog boxes.Throughout the screens you will see “ ”. Highlighting the “ ” and pressing the button gives you theopportunity to reset that screen to its default settings.Press the [MENU] button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select “ ” (Login) inthe Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screens. The Login screen appears.Select a User and enter the password by pressing the appropriatecombination of Camera number buttons and then the button. Enter thepassword (default:1234) when logging in the “ADMIN” user (default) for thefirst time.Figure 6 : Login screenNote: To assure the secure management of the system, changing the password from the defaultsetting is strongly recommended.If you cannot use the front panel buttons, click the button using the mouse to enter apassword, and the virtual keyboard displays. See instructions below for using the virtualkeyboard.To log the user out of the system, press the [MENU] button or move the mouse pointer to thetop of the screen and then select “ ” (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu. The Logoutscreen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user.Figure 7 : Logout screen