Chapter 5: Live view
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Figure 8: Live view toolbar
Table 8: Description of the live view toolbar icons
Icon Description
Pause: Freeze the live image of the selected camera. Although the image pauses, time
and date information does not. The system clock continues to run.
Start Manual Recording: Start/stop manual recording.
The icon is red when manual recording is enabled. See “Recording schedule” on page
86 for information on setting up this function.
Instant Playback: Playback the recorded video from the last five minutes. If no
recording is found, then there was no recording made in the last five minutes.
Click the icon and select the desired camera. Click OK.
See “Modify the instant replay duration” on page 88 For more information.
Audio On: Enable/Disable audio output. The audio option must already have been
setup in the Display menu.
Snapshot: Capture a snapshot of a video image. The image is saved on the unit. See
“Slideshow of snapshots” on page 47 for more information.
PTZ Control: Enter PTZ control mode.
See “Configuring PTZ settings” on page 70 for more information.
Digital Zoom: Enter digital zoom. See “Digital zoom” on page 35 for further information.
Image Settings: Enter the image settings menu to modify the image lighting levels.
There are two options:
Preset Mode: These are preconfigured image lighting levels. Select one of the four
options depending on current lighting conditions:
- Standard: Use in standard lighting situations.
- Indoor: Use indoors.
- Dim Light: Use when the light level is low.
- Outdoor: Use when outdoors. The contrast and saturation values are high.
Customize: Modify brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue values. Click Restore to
restore image settings to previous values.
Click Restore to restore image settings to previous values. Click Default to return to
default values.
These settings can also be modified from the Camera Setup > Image menu (see page
“Image settings” on page 66.
Show Text: Display inserted text on screen. The color of the text can be changed:
Black, white, or pink.
Auxiliary Focus: Automatically focus the camera lens for the sharpest picture.
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