ClearView Panther-16HP User manual

Standalone DVR Quick Start Guide
Version 1.1.0

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Table of Contents
1Hardware Installation and Connection........................................................... 1
1.1 Check Unpacked DVR .......................................................................... 1
1.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel ...................................................... 1
1.3 After Remove the Chassis .................................................................... 1
1.4 HDD Installation ..................................................................................... 1
1.5 Front Panel............................................................................................. 2
1.6 Rear Panel.............................................................................................. 4
1.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection..................................................... 5
2Overview of Navigation and Controls............................................................. 7
2.1 Boot up & Shut Down ............................................................................ 7
2.2 Login ....................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Preview ................................................................................................... 9
2.4 Manual Record..................................................................................... 11
2.5 Search & Playback .............................................................................. 12
2.6 Schedule............................................................................................... 19
2.7 Snapshot............................................................................................... 23
2.8 Network................................................................................................. 27
2.9 Pan/Tilt/Zoom....................................................................................... 29
3Web Operation ............................................................................................... 32
3.1 Network Connection ............................................................................ 32
3.2 Login ..................................................................................................... 32

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3.3 Main Window........................................................................................ 33

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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our DVR!
This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our DVR in a very short time.
Before installation and operation, please read the following safeguard and warning
carefully!
Important Safeguard and Warning
1．Electrical safety
All installation and operation here should conform to your local electrical safety codes.
The product must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shock.
We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by
improper handling or installation.
2．Transportation security
Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation,
storage and installation.
3．Installation
Keep upwards. Handle with care.
Do not apply power to the DVR before completing installation.
Do not place objects on the DVR.
4．Qualified engineers needed
All the examination and repair work should be done by the qualified service engineers.
We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted
repair.
5．Environment
The DVR should be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable,
explosive substances and etc.
6. Accessories
Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer.
Before installation, please open the package and check all the components are included:
Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is missing in your package.
7. Lithium battery
Improper battery use may result in fire, explosion, or personal injury!
When replace the battery, please make sure you are using the same model!
RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT
TYPE.

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DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.
CAUTION
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE CHANGE SYSTEM DEFAULT
PASSWORD AFTER YOU FIRST LOGIN!

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1Hardware Installation and Connection
Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local
electric safety rules.
1.1 Check Unpacked DVR
When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible
damage. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental
clashes during transportation. Then you can open the box to check the accessories.
Please check the items in accordance with the list. (Remote control is optional). Finally you can
remove the protective film of the DVR.
Note
Remote control is not a standard accessory and it is not included in the accessory bag.
1.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel
For detailed information of the function keys in the front panel and the ports in the rear panel,
please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resource CD.
The model label in the front panel is very important; please check according to your purchase
order.
The label in the rear panel is very important too. Usually we need you to represent the serial
number when we provide the service after sales.
1.3 After Remove the Chassis
Please check the data cable, power cable, COM cable and main boar cable connection is secure
or not.
1.4 HDD Installation
Important
Shut down the device and then unplug the power cable before you open the
case to replace the HDD!
All figures listed below for reference only!
You can refer to the User’s Manual for recommended HDD brand. Please follow the instructions
below to install hard disk. This series DVR max supports 2 SATA HDDs. Please use HDD of
7200rpm or higher.
All the figurers listed below are for reference only. Slight difference may be found on the front or
rear panel.

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①Loosen the screws of the
upper cover and side panel.
Remove the cover.
②Fix four screws in the HDD
(Turn just three rounds).
③Place the HDD in accordance
with the four holes in the bottom.
④Turn the device upside down and
then turn the screws in firmly.
⑤Connect the HDD cable and
power cable. .
⑥Put the cover in accordance
with the clip and then place the
upper cover back. Secure the
screws in the rear panel and the
side panel.
1.5 Front Panel
The front panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1
Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information.
Name
Icon
Function
Power button
Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up or
shut down DVR.
Shift
Shift
In textbox, click this button to switch between numeral,
English(Small/Capitalized),donation and etc.
Up/1
Down/4
、
Activate current control, modify setup, and then move up and
down.
Increase/decrease numeral.
Assistant function such as PTZ menu.
In text mode, input number 1/4 (English character G/H/I)
Left/2

Shift current activated control,

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Right/3
When playback, click these buttons to control playback bar.
In text mode, input number 2(English character A/B/C)/3(English
character D/E/F)
.
ESC
ESC
Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation.
When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode.
Enter
ENTER
Confirm current operation
Go to default button
Go to menu
Record
REC
Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys or
numeral keys to select the recording channel.
Click this button for at least 1.5 seconds, system can go to the
Record interface.
Slow play/8
Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback.
In text mode, input number 8 (English character T/U/V).
Assistant
Fn
One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant
function: PTZ control and image color.
Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it
for 1.5seconds to delete the previous character before the
cursor.
In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction keys to
realize setup.
In text mode, click it to switch between numeral, English
character(small/capitalized) and etc.
Realize other special functions.
Fast play/7

Various fast speeds and normal playback.
In text mode, input number 7 (English character P/Q/R/S).
Play previous/0

In playback mode, playback the previous video
In text mode, input number 0.
Reverse/Pause/6

In normal playback or pause mode, click this button to reverse
playback
In reverse playback, click this button to pause playback.
In text mode, input number 6 (English character M/N/O)
.
Play Next/9

In playback mode, playback the next video
In menu setup, go to down ward of the dropdown list.
In text mode, input number 9 (English character W/X/Y/Z).
Play/Pause /5

In normal playback click this button to pause playback
In pause mode, click this button to resume playback.
In text mode, input number 5(English character J/K/L).
USB port
To connect USB storage device, USB mouse.

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Network
abnormal
indication light
Net
Network error occurs or there is no network connection, the light
becomes red to alert you.
HDD abnormal
indication light
HDD
HDD error occurs or HDD capacity is below specified threshold
value, the light becomes red to alert you.
Record light
1-16
System is recording or not. It becomes on when system is
recording.
IR Receiver
IR
It is to receive the signal from the remote control.
Alarm indication
light
Alarm
Here you can view there is external alarm input or not. The light
becomes on when there is an external alarm. The light become
off when the external alarm stops.
1.6 Rear Panel
This series DVR rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN
Icon
Name
Note
1
Power switch
Power on/off button.
2
1～16
Alarm input
port 1～16
There are two types; NO (normal open)/NC
(normal close).
When your alarm input device is using external
power, please make sure the device and the
DVR have the same ground.
NO1～NO3
Alarm output
port 1～3
3 groups of alarm output ports. (Group 1：port
NO1～C1,Group 2:port NO2～C2,Group 3:port
NO3～C3）).Output alarm signal to the alarm
device. Please make sure there is power to the
external alarm device.
NO：Normal open alarm output port.
C：Alarm output public end.
C1～C3
3
VGA
VGA video
output
VGA video output port. Output analog video signal.
Can connect to the monitor to view ananlog video

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SN
Icon
Name
Note
port
output.
4
AUDIO IN
Audio input
port
Connect to audio input device such as speaker.
5
VIDEO IN
Video input
port
Connect to analog camera, video input signal.
6
GND
Alarm input ground port.
7
Power input
port
Input 12V DC.
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USB2.0 port
Connect to USB storage device, mouse, burning
DVD-ROM and etc.
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A
RS485（RS-
485）
communicati
on port
RS485_A port. It is the cable A. You can connect to
the control devices such as speed dome PTZ.
B
RS485_B.It is the cable B. You can connect to the
control devices such as speed dome PTZ.
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HDMI
High
Definition
Media
Interface
High definition audio and video signal output port. It
transmits uncompressed high definition video and
multiple-channel data to the HDMI port of the display
device.
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Network port
100M Ethernet port
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AUDIO
OUT
Audio output
port
Connect to video output device such as sound box.
When connect the Ethernet port, please use crossover cable to connect the PC and use the
straight cable to connect to the switcher or router.
1.7 Alarm Input and Output Connection
Important
Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not
merely count the alarm input and out channel amount according to the ports on the rear
panel.
Please note the following contents are based on our 2U series product. For detailed
operation instruction of other series products, please refer to the User’s Manual included
in the resources CD.
There are two alarm input types for you to select: normal open (NO) and normal close (NC).
1.7.1 Alarm Input and Output Details
You can refer to the following sheet Xfor alarm input and output information.
Important
The general 2U series product interface is shown as in

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Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-3
You can refer to the following sheet for alarm input and output information.
1，2，3，4，5，
6，7，8，9，10，
11，12，13，14，
15，16
ALARM 1 to ALARM 16. The alarm becomes active in low voltage.
NO1 C1，
NO2 C2，
NO3 C3，
There are three groups of normal open activation output (on/off
button)
Earth cable.
1.7.2 Alarm Input Port
Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
Normal open or Normal close type.
Please parallel connect COM end and GND end of the alarm detector (Provide external
power to the alarm detector).
Use the controllable +12V power to reset the smoke sensor remotely.
Please parallel connect the Ground of the DVR and the ground of the alarm detector.
Please connect the NC port of the alarm sensor to the DVR alarm input(ALARM)
Use the same ground with that of DVR if you use external power to the alarm device.
Figure 1-4
1.7.3 Alarm Output Port
Provide external power to external alarm device.
For controllable +12V, it can be used to provide power to devices such as reset smoke
sensor.
To avoid overloading, please read relay parameters sheet in the User’s Manual carefully.
RS485 A/B cable is for the A/B cable of the PTZ decoder.

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2Overview of Navigation and Controls
For detailed operation instruction of other series products, please refer to the User’s
Manual included in the resources CD.
Before operation, please make sure:
You have properly installed HDD and all the cable connections.
The provided input power and the device power are matched.
Always use the stable current, if necessary UPS is a best alternative measure.
2.1 Boot up & Shut Down
2.1.1 Boot up
Please follow the steps listed below to boot up the device.
Connect the device to the monitor and then connect a mouse.
Connect power cable.
Click the power button at the front or rear panel and then boot up the device. After device
booted up, the system is in multiple-channel display mode by default.
2.1.2 Shut Down
Note
When you see corresponding dialogue box “System is shutting down…” Do not click power
on-off button directly.
Do not unplug the power cable or click power on-off button to shutdown device directly when
device is running (especially when it is recording.)
There are three ways for you to log out.
Main menu (RECOMMENDED): From Main Menu->Operation->Shutdown, click shutdown
button, you can see device shuts down.
From power on-off button on the front panel or remote control. Press the power on-off button
on the DVR front panel or remote control for more than 3 seconds to shutdown the device.
From power on-off button on the rear panel.
2.1.3 Auto Resume after Power Failure
The system can automatically backup video and resume previous working status after power
failure.
2.1.4 Replace Button Battery
Please make sure to use the same battery model if possible.
We recommend replace battery regularly (such as one-year) to guarantee system time
accuracy.
Note:
Before replacement, please save the system setup, otherwise, you may lose the data
completely!
2.2 Login

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After system booted up, system pops up the startup wizard interface. See Figure 2-1.
Please refer to the user’s manual for detailed startup wizard operation information.
Tips
Check the box Startup button here, system goes to startup wizard again when it boots up the
next time.
Cancel the Startup button, system goes to the login interface directly when it boots up the next
time.
Figure 2-1
The system login interface is shown as in Figure 2-2.
System consists of four accounts:
Username: admin. Password: admin. (administrator, local and network)
Username: 888888. Password: 888888. (administrator, local only)
Username: 666666. Password: 666666(Lower authority user who can only monitor, playback,
backup and etc.)
Username: default. Password: default(hidden user)
You can use USB mouse, front panel, remote control (not included in the accessory bag) or
keyboard to input. About input method: Click to switch between numeral, English
character (small/capitalized) and denotation.
Note:
For security reason, please modify password after you first login.
Continuous three times login failure will result in system alarm and six times login failure will
result in account lock!

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Figure 2-2
2.3 Preview
After you logged in, the system is in live viewing mode by default. You can see system date, time
and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings
(Main Menu->Setting->System->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer
to the display settings (Main Menu->Setting->Camera->CAM Name)
Tips
Preview drag: If you want to change position of channel 1 and channel 4 when you are
previewing, you can left click mouse in the channel 1 and then drag to channel 4,
release mouse you can switch channel 1 and channel 4 positions.
Use mouse middle button to control window split: You can use mouse middle button to
switch window split amount.
Preview Control
The preview control function has the following features.
Support preview playback.
In the preview desktop, system can playback previous 5-60 minutes record of
current channel. Please go to the Main Menu->Setting->->System->General to set
real-time playback time.
Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any playback
start time.
Support playback, pause and exit function.
Right now, system does not support slow playback and backward playback function.
Support digital zoom function.
Support real-time backup function.
You can follow the contents listed below for the operation instruction.
Preview control interface
1
Recording status
3
Video loss
2
Motion detection
4
Camera lock

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Move you mouse to the top centre of the video of current channel, you can see system pops
up the preview control interface. See Figure 2-3. If your mouse stays in this area for more
than 6 seconds and has no operation, the control bar automatically hides.
Figure 2-3
You can refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN
Name
Function
1
Realtime playback
It is to playback the previous 5-60 minutes
record of current channel.
Please go to the Main Menu->Setting->-
>System->General to set real-time playback
time.
System may pop up a dialogue box if there is no
such record in current channel.
2
Digital zoom
It is to zoom in specified zone of current
channel. It supports zoom in function of multiple-
channel.
Click button , the button is shown as .
Drag the mouse or use the middle button to
select a zone, you can view.
Right click mouse to cancel zoom and go back
to the original interface.
3
Real-time backup
function
It is to backup the video of current channel to
the USB device. System can not backup the
video of multiple-channel at the same time.
Click button , system begins recording. Click it
again, system stops recoridng. You can find the
record file on the flash disk.
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Snapshot
Click to snapshot once. The snapshot file is
saved on the USB device or HDD. You can go to
the Search interface (chapter 2.5) to view.
5
Mute
Click to mute. Click again to enable audio
function when preview.
Please note this function is for one-window
mode only.
Playback control
The playback control has the following features.
Support play, pause, and exit and drag function.
During the preview playback process, you can not see the channel title and record status
of current channel. It will display the channel title and the record status once you exit the
preview playback.
During the preview playback, you can not switch the displayed channel or change
current window-display mode.
System closes preview control interface when you are switching split mode.
Please note the tour function has the higher priority than the preview playback. You can
not control the preview playback until the tour function ended.
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2.4 Manual Record
Note:
You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the
HDD has been properly installed.
There are three ways for you to go to manual record menu.
Right click mouse and then select Manual->Record.
In the main menu, from Storage->Record.
In live viewing mode, click record button in the front panel or record button in the remote
control.
Manual record menu is shown as in Figure 2-4.
2.4.1 Record Operation
System supports main stream and sub stream. There are three statuses:
schedule/manual/stop. Please highlight icon“○” to select corresponding channel.
Manual: The highest priority. After manual setup, all selected channels will begin ordinary
recording.
Schedule: Channel records as you have set in recording setup (Main Menu->Setting-
>System->>Schedule)
Stop: Current channel stops recording.
All: Check All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel
schedule/manual record or enable/disable all channels to stop record.
Figure 2-4
2.4.2 Snapshot Operation
Check the corresponding box to enable/disable schedule snapshot function. See Figure 2-5.

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Figure 2-5
Tips
You can check All button after the corresponding status to enable/disable all-channel snapshot
function.
2.5 Search & Playback
Click search button in the main menu, or right click mouse and then select Search button when
you are previewing, search interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-6.
Usually there are three file types:
R: Regular recording file.
A: External alarm recording file.
M: Motion detection recording file.

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Figure 2-6
Please refer to the following sheet for more information.
SN
Name
Function
1
Display
window
Here is to display the searched picture or file.
Support 1/4/9/16-window playback.
2
Search
type
Here you can select to search the picture or the recorded file.
You can select to play from the read-write HDD, from peripheral device or from
redundancy HDD.
Before you select to play from the peripheral device, please connect the
corresponding peripheral device. You can view all record files of the root directory
of the peripheral device. Click the Browse button; you can select the file you want
to play.
Important
Redundancy HDD does not support picture backup function, but it
supports picture playback function. You can select to play from redundancy
HDD if there are pictures on the redundancy HDD.
3
Calendar
The blue highlighted date means there is picture or file. Otherwise, there is no
picture or file.
In any play mode, click the date you want to see, you can see the corresponding
record file trace in the time bar.
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Playback
mode
and
channel
selection
pane.
Playback mode：1/4/9/16. (It may vary due to different series.)
In 1-window playback mode: you can select 1-16 channels.
In 4-window playback mode: you can select 4 channels according to your
requirement.
In 9-window playback mode, you can switch between 1-8 and 9-16 channels.
In 16-window playback mode, you can switch between1-16 and 17-32
channels.
The time bar will change once you modify the playback mode or the channel

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option.
5
Card
number
search
The card number search interface is shown as below. Here you can view card
number/field setup bar. You cam implement advanced search.
6
Mark file
list button
Click it to go to mark file list interface. You can view all mark information of current
channel by time. Please refer to chapter 2.5.3 for detailed information.
Please note only the product of this icon supports mark function.
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File list
switch
button
Double click it, you can view the picture/record file list of current day.
The file list is to display the first channel of the record file.
The system can display max 128 files in one time. Use the │and │or the
mouse to view the file. Select one item, and then double click the mouse or click
the ENTER button to playback.
You can input the period in the following interface to begin accurate search.
File type：R—regular record；A—external alarm record；M—Motion detect
record.
Lock file. Click the file you want to lock and click the button to lock. The file
you locked will not be overwritten.
Search locked file: Click the button to view the locked file.
Return: Click button , system goes back to the calendar and channel setup
interface.
Please note:
For the file that is writing or overwriting, it can not be locked.
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Playback
control
pane.
►/
Play/Pause
There are three ways for you to begin playback.
The play button
Double click the valid period of the time bar.
Double click the item in the file list.
In slow play mode, click it to switch between play/pause.
■
Stop

Backward play
In normal play mode, left click the button, the file begins backward play.
Click it again to pause current play.
In backward play mode, click ►/to restore normal play.
│/
│
In playback mode, click it to play the next or the previous section. You can
click continuously when you are watching the files from the same channel.
In normal play mode, when you pause current play, you can click │and
│to begin frame by frame playback.
In frame by frame playback mode, click ►/to restore normal playback.
►
Slow play
In playback mode, click it to realize various slow play modes such as slow
play 1, slow play 2, and etc.

Fast forward
In playback mode, click to realize various fast play modes such as fast
play 1,fast play 2 and etc.
Note: The actual play speed has relationship with the software version.
Smart search

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The volume of the playback
Click the snapshot button in the full-screen mode, the system can snapshot
1 picture.
System supports custom snap picture saved path. Please connect the
peripheral device first, click snap button on the full-screen mode, you can
select or create path. Click Start button, the snapshot picture can be saved
to the specified path.
Mark button.
Please note this function is for some series product only. Please make sure
there is a mark button in the playback control pane.
You can refer to chapter 2.5.3 for detailed information.
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Time bar
It is to display the record type and its period in current search criteria.
In 4-window playback mode, there are corresponding four time bars. In other
playback mode, there is only one time bar.
Use the mouse to click one point of the color zone in the time bar, system begins
playback.
The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.
The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are
playing the file.
The green color stands for the regular record file. The red color stands for the
external alarm record file. The yellow stands for the motion detect record file.
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Time bar
unit
●The option includes: 24H, 12H, 1H and 30M. The smaller the unit, the larger the
zoom rate. You can accurately set the time in the time bar to playback the record.
The time bar is beginning with 0 o'clock when you are setting the configuration.
The time bar zooms in the period of the current playback time when you are
playing the file.
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Backup
Select the file(s) you want to backup from the file list. You can check from the
list. Then click the backup button, now you can see the backup menu. System
supports customized path setup. After select or create new folder, click the
Start button to begin the backup operation. The record file(s) will be saved in
the specified folder.
Check the file again you can cancel current selection. System max supports to
display 32 files from one channel.
After you clip on record file, click Backup button you can save it.
For one device, if there is a backup in process, you can not start a new
backup operation.
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Clip
It is to edit the file.
●Please play the file you want to edit and then click this button when you want to
edit. You can see the corresponding slide bars in the time bar of the corresponding
channel. You can adjust the slide bar or input the accurate time to set the file end
time.
After you set, you can click Clip button again to edit the second period. You
can see the slide bar restore its previous position.
Click Backup button after clip, you can save current contents in a new file.
You can clip for one channel or multiple-channel. The multiple-channel click
operation is similar with the one-channel operation.
Please note:
System max supports 1024 files backup at the same time.
You can not operate clip operation if there is any file has been checked
in the file list.
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Record
type
In any play mode, the time bar will change once you modify the search type.