Digital Video Recorder User Manual 
 
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Table 1-5  Description of Front Panel 
No.  Name  Function Description 
1 
Status 
Indicators 
ALARM 
Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. 
READY 
Turns  blue,  indicating  that  the  DVR  is  functioning 
properly. 
STATUS 
Turns  blue  when  device  is  controlled  by  an  IR 
remote. 
Turns  red  when  controlled  by  a  keyboard  and 
purple when IR remote and keyboard is used at the 
same time. 
HDD 
Flickers  in  red  when  data  is  being  read  from  or 
written to HDD. 
Tx/Rx 
Flickers  in  blue  when  network  connection  is 
functioning properly. 
GUARD 
Turns  blue  when  the  device  is  in  armed  status;  at 
this  time,  an  alarm  is  enabled  when  an  event  is 
detected.   
Turns  off  when  the  device  is  unarmed.  The 
arm/disarm status can be changed by pressing and 
holding on the ESC button for more than 3 seconds 
in live view mode. 
2  Alphanumeric Buttons 
Switches to the corresponding channel in live view 
or PTZ control mode. 
Inputs numbers and characters in edit mode. 
Switches  between  different  channels  in  playback 
mode. 
Turns  blue  when  the  corresponding  channel  is 
recording; turns red when the channel is in network 
transmission status; turns pink when the channel is 
recording and transmitting.