Bosch Appliances Home Security System DVR4C User Manual

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DVR4C Remote Viewer | Operation Manual | Live Viewer

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3.6

Instant Recording

To quickly record a live image to a local or network disk, 

place the mouse cursor on the image and right click. Click 

Rec Start

 for instant recording. 

REC 00:03

 appears in the 

upper right of the image. To stop recording, click 

REC Stop

. 

If you do not stop recording manually, it stops automatically 

after ten minutes. The recording is stored on the disk and in 

the directory set in the options menu.

3.7

Event Log

The log screen displays changes in status for each DVR 

registered in the list of DVRs. If a DVR is deleted from the 

list, the corresponding log will no longer be displayed.

If a new event is received, it is added at the bottom of the list 

which scrolls down automatically. To stop scrolling, click 

 .

3.7.1

 Viewing an event log

1. To view an event log for a specific DVR, select the DVR 

in the 

DVR

 drop-down list.

2. To view a specific type of event, select the appropriate 

filter in the 

Filter

 drop-down list.

> Logs can be viewed as ALL, MOTION, INPUT ALARM, 

ERROR, STATUS and TEXT.

3.7.2

 Viewing live event log images

Double-click an event on the event log list to view live 

images associated with that event.

3.7.3

 Viewing the recorded event log images

Select an event from the event log list and click  

. The 

Playback Viewer program opens and the images are played 

back.

3.8

Options

Click 

 to open the option window with 

Display

 and 

Instant Recording

 menu tabs.

In the 

Display

 tab, set whether DirectX is to be used for 

viewing images and set the caption information for the 

images. Select the time and date format to be used for the 

caption display.

> DirectX must already be installed on your PC before you 

can select it for use.

> Using DirectX improves performance by 30%.

> If the screen flickers when using DirectX, disable it.

In the 

Instant Recording

 tab, select the drive and directory 

for storing quick recordings. Select the format type for the 

recording file.

3.9

AUDIO

Use the drop-down list to select the audio input channel. 

The icon 

 is normally blue but flashes when audio is 

received. Click the icon to mute the audio. Use the volume 

control 

 to set the audio level.

> Audio video synchronization is typically <0.5 second offset.

3.10 Relay Out

Use the drop-down list to select a DVR.    

An output relay can be turned on or off by clicking 

.