Network Video Recorder User Manual 
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1.1  Front Panel 
DS-8600NI-E8 Series 
 
Figure 1. 1 DS-8600NI-E8 Series 
 
Table 1. 1 Description of Control Panel Buttons 
Turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. 
Turs blue when the device is functioning properly. 
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. 
Flickers red when data is being read from or written to HDD. 
Reserved for future usage.   
Flickers blue when network connection is functioning properly. 
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. 
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. 
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as 
USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). 
Returns to the previous menu. 
Presses for arming/disarming the device in live view mode. 
Enters the Manual Record settings menu.   
Presses this button followed by a numeric button to call a PTZ 
preset in PTZ control settings. 
Turns audio on/off in the playback mode. 
Enters the playback mode.