Chapter 4: Operating instructions 
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Table 2: Front panel button functions by task 
  Direction  Press to cycle through channels. 
Enter  Press to show the PTZ control toolbar. 
 Reverse 
 
Press to play the earliest video file of the current camera 
(upper-left video tile if in multiview mode). 
 Pause 
 
Press to freeze the last image of the live display for all 
active cameras displayed.  
 Play  Press to play 24-hour playback of the current camera 
(upper-left video tile if in multiview mode). 
Live  Press to switch to live view mode. 
Seq  Press to start/stop sequencing cameras on the current 
monitor. Hold the Seq button for three seconds to start and 
stop sequencing. 
Menu  Press to enter the main menu. 
  Direction  The left and right buttons are used to speed up and slow 
down recorded video. The up and down buttons are used to 
jump recorded video forwards or backwards by 30 s. 
Enter  Press the button to pause the video. Press again to restart 
the video. 
In single-frame Playback mode, press to advance the video 
by a single frame. 
 Reverse  Press to play back a camera in reverse direction. 
In Picture Playback mode, view pictures in reverse 
direction. 
 Pause  In Playback mode, stop playback. 
 Play  In Playback mode, play back a camera in the forward 
direction. 
  Direction  The left and right buttons are used to jump recorded video 
forwards or backwards by one frame. The up and down 
buttons are used to jump recorded video forwards or 
backwards by one second. 
  Direction  Press to control the movement of the PTZ camera. 
Zoom +/-  Press to zoom in and out.  
Preset  Press Preset and a numeric button to call the specified 
preset. 
Tour  Press Tour and a numeric button to call the specified 
shadow tour. 
 Play  Press to do an auto tour. 
Display  Press to delete a selected key point from the PTZ Setting > 
More Settings> Tour > Key Point list. 
  Direction  Press to navigate between different fields and items in 
menus.
 
Menu  Enter/exit the main menu.