Chapter 4  
Camera configuration 
This chapter explains how to configure the cameras through a Web browser. 
You must have administrator rights on your PC in order to configure the cameras 
over the internet.  
Camera parameters 
This section describes how to configure the camera settings from the Channel 
Parameter screen. There are eight subfolders, which are described below: 
•  Display settings: Defines how the date and time are displayed on screen. By 
default the name appears in the lower right corner of the screen and the 
date/time on the top. See “Defining how information is displayed on screen” 
on page 28 for information on defining the camera name. 
•  Video settings: Defines how the camera records an event. The stream 
mode, stream type, resolution, image quality, bit rate, frame rate, and video 
compression can all be modified. See “Defining the system time” on page 29 
for more information. 
•  Schedule record: Defines the recording schedule of the camera. See 
“Defining a recording schedule” on page 34. 
•  Motion detection: Defines the on-screen area to trigger a response and the 
method of response. See “Motion detection alarm” on page 35. 
•  Text overlay: Defines up to four lines of extra text on-screen. They can be 
positioned anywhere. See “Adding extra on-screen text” on page 38. 
•  Camera image settings: Defines image quality parameters as well as 
camera behavior such as shutter speed, iris mode, day/night mode, IR mode, 
image flip, power mode and white balance. 
•  Time & date: Defines the synchronization of the time and date with the NTP 
server. 
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