Q-See H.264 NETWORK DVR User Manual

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50 51Spot TabThis allows select feeds to be viewed on a separate monitor that is connected to the DVR butmay be in another room, for example. There will be no menu access on this auxiliary display.PICTURE 4-10PICTURE 4-11PICTURE 4-12Only one channel can be displayed at atime on this monitor. You can choose whichchannels (each channel is a “group”), theorder and their dwell time. The left and rightarrows allow you to move to the next group. Achannel can appear in more than one group.Mask TabSet up masks on individual cameras to block out select areas on each screen. This is to grantprivacy in situations when other users may be able to view the camera feeds and you wish torestrict viewing of certain areas or activities.Click on the Setting button next to a givencamera to apply a mask to its view.Up to three areas may be masked in animage. Simply click and drag to cover thearea. To delete, double-click on a mask.Right-click to exit the screen, your masks willbe saved.The masks will appear on that channel’simage in the live area as well as onrecordings.4.3 RECORD CONFIGURATIONQT4 Series DVRs are set to record in real-time (30 frames per second) in the CIF format.Depending on the model, one or more channels may be set to record in the higher resolutionin real-time, or all channels may record in D1, but at a reduced frame rate. QT5 Series DVRs,along with the QT454, are configured to record in real-time on all channels in the high-resolution D1 format. The QT2124 can only record in the CIF format. There are five sets ofoptions; Enable, Record Bitrate, Time, Stamp and Recycle Record.EnableEnable SnapSnapRecord BitrateRecord Bitrate Recycle RecordRecycle RecordTimeTime StampStampDefaultDefault ApplyApply ExitExitCH Resolution fps Encode Quality Max Bitrate1234CH Resolution fps Encode Quality Max Bitrate1234AllAll Remaining : 0 (CIF), 0 (D1).Remaining : 0 (CIF), 0 (D1).3030303030303030CBRCBRCBRCBRCBRCBRCBRCBRHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher1536 kbps1536 kbps1536 kbps1536 kbps1536 kbps1536 kbps1536 kbps1536 kbpsD1D1D1D1D1D1D1D13030 CBRCBR HigherHigher 1536 kbps1536 kbpsD1D1RECORDRECORDEnable TabSelect some or all of the cameras to recordto the DVR. Depending on your DVR model,you can set up to 16 cameras to recordaudio in addition to video. This will requirecameras equipped with microphones orseparate microphones co-located with thecamera(s). You can globally select all thecameras regardless of their individual settingsby selecting the All box below each column.Record Bitrate TabSet up the resolution, quality, encoding,quality and maximum bitrate of the videostream according to your needs. You can seteach camera individually, or globally by usingthe All function at the bottom of the window.PICTURE 4-13PICTURE 4-14NOTE! While each camera can have its resolution and frame rate setindependently of the other cameras, the DVR may limit the frame rate availableto a camera based on the settings of other cameras.Parameter Options What it MeansResolution D1, CIF D1 = Full TV resolution, CIF = 1/2 D1. D1 takes moreroom on the hard drive than CIFFPS 1-30 Frames per second. More frames makes for smoothervideo but takes up more room on the hard drive.Encode VBR, CBRVariable Bit Rate versus Constant Bit Rate. VBR providesbetter image quality for video with motion in it, but at theexpense of a larger file size.Quality Lowest– HighestOnly available when VBR is selected. The higher thequality, the more drive space required. CBR’s defaultsetting is for higher quality.Max Bitrate 256-2084kbps This sets the maximum bitrate that each camera willrecord at with VBR encoding selected.