SVAT Electronics CV501 - 16CH User Manual

1.  Power Input– 12V 4. 16A
2. 

VGA OUT – Connection to a VGA monitor 

3.  Ethernet (LAN) connection – Connect to a router or modem 
4.  Alarm Input/Relay - Connects Alarm adapter
5.  Audio Out - Connect to a speaker or amplifier
6.  RS-232/485 – Connects a PTZ (pan/tilt/zoom) adapter

7.  Video Input – CH 1 to 16 – Camera connections
8. 

Audio In – Connects to an audio supported camera/

microphone (not included) 

9. 

SPOT – Connects to a second monitor for camera viewing 

purposes only (no menu access) 

10. 

11. 

1.  Auto – Pressing this prompts the DVR to sequence through

   the cameras 
2.  Record - Pressing this button prompts DVR to record
3.  1-16 – Camera buttons – Shows the individual camera

   on screen 
4.  Menu Button – Opens and exits the main menu
5.  Zoom – Pressing this turns the zoom function on 
6.  ID – Displays the DVR IR number on screen. Used to identify 

the DVR if multiple DVR’s are used

7.  Enter – Select button/Confirm Changes
8.  Directional buttons – Moves the cursor up, down, left 

  and right 
9.  PTZ – Turns on PTZ (Pan tilt zoom) camera controls in live view 

mode (PTZ camera not included) 

10.  VIEW – scrolls through the different camera views (4/9/13/16)
11.  Rewind – Rewinds playback footage 
12.  Fast forward – Fast forwards playback footage 
13.  Play – Prompts and Playback/search menu to 

  playback footage 
14.  Stop – Stops playback footage and recording 
15.  Pause/Step Back – During playback, pressing this button will 

pause the footage. Pressing it a second time will step back the 

video footage a few minutes

16.  Pause/Step Forward – Pauses playback footage and pressing 

this button again will step forward the time by a few minutes