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Digital Ally Inc.| DVM Operation
DATE = 8-characters in length, representing the date of the event (yyyymmdd).
TIME = 6-characters in length, representing the time of the event in a 24hr format
(hhmmss).
INCIDENT ID = Up to the first 15-characters of the Incident ID can be displayed; the actual
number of the Incident ID is variable per event. Nothing will be displayed if no Incident ID
is assigned to the event by the user. If the Incident ID is less than 16 characters the entire
Incident ID can be displayed.
Press and release the Ms button to exit the playback list.
Slide View:
Using slide view, you may quickly skip through a snapshot image of your recorded video events for
playback and/or editing of profiling data.
1. From Standby, press the or button to enter Slide View mode. This displays the first image of
the oldest event video on the device along with any event data that was recorded from user input.
2. Press the or button again to step through other event videos.
3. While in slide view, press the Ms button to enter the profiling screens & change the assigned
profile data.
4. Press the button to begin playback of the event video represented by the image on the display.
5. To exit playback press and release the Ms button. This will return back to slide view.
6. To exit slide view, press the or button.
Playback Control:
During playback, audio is played through the built in speaker and volume is adjusted by
pressing the or button.
Pressing the button increases the speed of forward playback and the button will reverse
playback of the video. Pressing either of these multiple times increases the playback speed.
To pause a video during playback by pressing the button once. To resume playback press
Play/pause again.
While a recording is paused, add a mark by pressing the mark button momentarily.
To skip to the next mark in the recording press the Mark button.
During playback on the DVM, the L & R audio channels will be mixed by software when output to
the DVM external speaker.
4.11 Covert Operation
To enter or exit COVERT operation the unit must be either in the STANDBY or RECORD mode. To
place the unit in covert operation, press the Ms Button for 3 seconds which turns the LCD display
and status indicators off. To exit covert mode, press the Ms Button again for 3 seconds. While in
COVERT operation, the menu and playback screens cannot be activated or navigated.
The IR LED’s will continue to function when the DVM is in covert mode. For example when in
COVERT mode, the IR LEDs will turn ON if there is insufficient light. If there is sufficient light the IR
LEDs will turn OFF.