Performance Series Network Video Recorder User Guide 
 
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Street Lamp: The white balance threshold is set to street lamp mode. 
Manual: You can manually set the gain for the red/blue channel. The 
value ranges from 0 to 100. 
Day/Night 
Sets the camera color and the B/W mode switch. Day&Night Modes: 
Colorful: The camera outputs video in color. 
Auto: The camera switches from Color to Black & White according to 
the conditions, such as if the scene is generally bright, or if IR 
illumination is required. 
B/W: The camera outputs black and white video. 
Configuring Encoding Settings 
Click ENCODE under Image to open the Encode interface. After making any Encoding 
changes, click OK to save the changes. 
Figure 12-31 Encode Configuration Interface 
 
 
Note 
If the NVR fails to retrieve the configuration information for your selected 
camera/channel, then you should navigate to a different window (such as 
Snapshot or Overlay), then navigate back to the Encode window to refresh it. 
 
Table 12-9 Encoding Configurations 
Setting  Description 
Channel  Select a channel from the drop-down list. 
Code Stream 
Type 
Select from Regular, MD, and Alarm. You can select different encoding 
frame rates for different recorded events.