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   In some cases, maybe you want mask the sensitive area. This area will not be 
preview and recorded. The mask area setup steps are following: 
 
Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: 
Step 2: Select one camera: You can use【Ç】【È】keys to select one camera.   
Step 3:Enter into “Advanced settings” enable the check box beside “Privacy 
Mask” item, you can press【Enter】or【edit】  key to change the flag into “9”, and 
active “Area” button. Move “Active Frame” to “Area” button on the right side of 
mask check box, press【ENTER】key to enter into mask area setup interface. Shown as 
fig 5.13 
 Mask Area  Setup 
 
Fig 5.13 Mask area setup 
 
Step 4: Setup mask area: In the mask area setup interface, there is one small 
yellow pane on the upper left side. For PAL camera, the whole screen is divided into 
22*18 panes (22*15 for NTSC), you can use【↑】【↓】【→】【←】keys to move the 
yellow pane to your hope position and press【EDIT】key, the yellow pane will be 
turned into red, then you can use【↑】【↓】【→】keys to extend the red pane and 【←】
key to shrink the red pane. This red area is the mask area.   
After you make sure the red mask area, press【EDIT】key to save the mask area. 
The maximum mask area size is 8*8 panes and the minimum size is only one pane. 
You can setup 4 mask areas at most. 
After you finish setup, press【ENTER】key to return “Advanced settings” menu. 
You can press【A】key to clear all mask areas.   
 
Step 5: Save mask area: You can repeat step2, step3 and step4 to setup mask area 
for other cameras. In “Advanced setting” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the 
mask area, press “Cancel” button to abort.   
 
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