CUES PICS User manual

P/N EC2978-APP, Revision: 03.27.2018
For Firmware Revision 1755
To be used with:
MS908, Standalone DVR User Guide
CH915, PICS User Manual
CH905, MPlus+ User Manual
MK900, MARK3 User Manual
DVR-USB Operang Appendix

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DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER INSTRUCTIONS
1. Pressthe[MENU/OK]buontodisplaythemainmenuorselectthecurrently
 highlighteditem,ortoselectalenameforcopying,movingordelengwhenin
 ‘Group’modeselecon.
2. PresstheUPandDOWNarrowstocyclethroughthechoicesinmenu.
3. Pressthe[STOP/BACK]buontobackoutofthemenususuallyonelevelatame.
 Pressthe[STOP/BACK]buonwhendoneselecnglenamesforcopying,movingor
 delengwhenin‘Group’modeselecon.
4. Pressthe[REC/PAUSE]buontostartrecordingavideo.
5. Pressthe[SNAPSHOT]buontotakeasnapshot.
6. PresstheRIGHTandLEFTarrowswhenviewingavideotofastforwardorrewindthe
 video.PresstheLEFTarrowwhendoneselecnglenamesforcopying,movingor
 delengwhenin‘Group’modeselecon.

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A SHORT DISCUSSION ABOUT FILENAMES
Thesystemautomacallyprovidesanameforvideosandsnapshotles.Thenameis
createdas:
YYYYMMDD-xx.ext
where:
YYYYisthefourdigityear
MMisthetwodigitmonth
DDisthetwodigitday
xxisthenumberofthatvideoorsnapshottakenthatparcularday,starngwith00
extiseither.mp4forvideoor.jpgforsnapshot
Filesarealwaysdisplayedinreversealphabecorder.
Iftherearemorethan16lestobedisplayed,the17thentryonthedisplaywillbe‘...’.
Selecng‘...’willtaketheoperatortothenextscreenofupto16les.
Filesmayberenamed,butitrequiresthataUSBkeyboardbeinsertedintooneofthe
externalUSBports.Theprocedureforrenaminglesisdescribedlaterinthisdocument.

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NOTES ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STORAGE
• TheDVR-USBcontainsa128GBinternalUSBashdriveanda16GBexternalUSBash
 drive.
• Thedefaultsengisforallvideorecordingandsnapshotstobesavedtotheexternal
 USBashdrive.
• Theexibilityexiststobeabletostoretotheinternal,externalorbothUSBashdrives
 simultaneously,dependingonthestrategythatworksbest.
• FilesontheexternalashdrivecaneasilybemovedtoaPCbyremovingitfromthe
 DVR-USBandinserngitintoaPC.OncethelesaremovedtoaPCtheycanquicklybe
 deletedfromtheashdriveinordertomakeroomforitsusageonceagain.
• Althoughtheinternaldriveisnon-removable,lescanindividuallybetransferred
 betweentheinternalandexternaldrivesineitherdirecon.
• Havingbothinternalandexternaldrivesmakesstoringbackupsofvideosorsnapshots
 possible.
• Approximately12hoursofhighdenionvideomaybestoredonthe16GBexternal
 drive.
• Frequentbackupsarerecommended.
Theoperatorisabletosettodefaultdeviceforstoringvideosandsnapshotsthroughthe
SetupMenuwhichwillbecoveredlater.Whenplayingvideos,viewingsnapshots,moving,
copyingordelengles,theoperatorrstselectsthestoragedevice(eitherinternalor
external).
WARNING:IfusingaashdrivenotsuppliedbyCUES,itmustbeformaedwithaFAT32
lesystem.Manynewerashdrives,especiallythoselargerthan32GB,donotcome
formaedtoFAT32(instead,typically,exFAT).

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NOTES ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STORAGE - CONTINUED
IfaashdriveofthewrongformatisinsertedintheexternalUSBdrive,theDVR-USBwill
displayanerrormessage‘ExternalStorageError’.Further,iftheoperatorselects‘System
Informaon’fromthe‘Setup’menu,itwillsay‘UnsupportedDevice’fortheexternaldrive.
InordertoformataashdrivetoFAT32,seetheseconinthisappendix‘Formangaash
drive’.NotethatFirmwareVersion1753orlaterisrequiredtoformataashdrivethrough
theDVR-USBmenu.
WARNING:Theexternalashdriveshouldnotberemovedwhilethesystemiswringtoit.
Themessage“Waitunlsafetoremove...”willappearonthedisplaywhenitiswringto
theexternalashaertheoperatorhaspressedthe[STOP/BACK]buon.Donotremovethe
ashunlthismessagehasbeenclearedfromthescreen.
WARNING:Whenrecordingtoaparculardriveortobothdrivessimultaneously,ifeither
drivellsupduringthisprocess,therecordingwillstopandanerrormessage‘Storagefullor
writeerror’willbedisplayed.Thelastfewframesrecordedmayalsobelostinordertofree
upspaceneededforindices.However,thelestoredwillbeviewable.
Operatorsmaynotethatwhenarecordingisbeguntheapproximateamountofrecording
meisdisplayedfortherstseveralseconds.Ifrecordingtoboththeinternalandexternal
DVR-USBashdrivesimultaneously,theapproximaterecordingmeoftheDVR-USBdevice
withtheleastcapacityisshown.
Atanyme,theoperatormaychecktheamountoffreespaceremainingonanyofthedrives
beingusedtostoredata.Seethesecon’Viewingtheamountofspaceremainingontheash
drives’.
Drivespacemaybemaintainedbymovingordelengles.Seetheseconsinthis
document:
• IndividualCopyingorMovingofVideoorSnapshotsfromInternaltoExternalorExternalto
 Internal
• IndividualDelengofFilesfromInternalorExternal
• GroupCopyingorMovingofVideoorSnapshotsfromInternaltoExternalorExternalto 
 Internal
• GroupDelengofFilesfromInternalorExternal

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Whencopying,movingordelengles,therearetwomodesofperformingtheseacons:
IndividualandGroup.TheIndividualmodeisquickeriftheoperatoronlyneedstoperform
afuncononasinglele.However,ifseverallesneedtobeoperatedon,especiallywhen
theyaretobemovedorcopied,usingthegroupmodemaybebenecial.Thisisbecause
thelistoflescanbeselectedandthentheoperaoniniatedtoactuponthem.Oncethe
operaonbegins,theoperatorcouldworkonsomethingelseandnothavetowaitatthe
computerwhileitperformsabatchofoperaons.
Regardlessofwhethertheoperaonchosenisindividualorgroup,iftheoperatortriesto
copyormovealetoatargetdrivethatalreadyhasaleofthesamename,theoperatorwill
begivenanopportunitytooverwritethetargetle.
Foraindividualcopy,moveordelete,theoperatorcanalternatelychooseto‘cancel’the
operaonpriortoperformingit.
Inthecaseofcopyingormovingagroupofles,ratherthan‘cancel’therewillalternatelybe
oponsto‘overwriteall’andto‘skip’.‘Overwriteall’willmakeitsothatthecurrentandany
subsequentlesfoundtoexistonthetargetdrivewillbeoverwrienwithouttheoperator
havingtodecideseparately.‘Skip’canbeusedtonotoverwritethecurrentlethathasbeen
foundtoexistonthetargetdrive,buttoconnuelookingtoseeifthereareotherlesonthe
targetdrivethatalsomayalreadyexistonthesourcedrive.

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ThefollowingaredescriponsofmanyoftheseleconsavailableintheDVRmenus.Note
thatnotallseleconswillbediscussedhereassomesengsshouldnotbechanged.
• Playingavideo
• Viewingasnapshot
• IndividualCopyingorMovingofVideoorSnapshotsfromInternaltoExternalor 
 ExternaltoInternal
• IndividualDelengofFilesfromInternalorExternal
• GroupCopyingorMovingofVideoorSnapshotsfromInternaltoExternalor 
 ExternaltoInternal
• GroupDelengofFilesfromInternalorExternal
• SengtheDateandTime
• SengtheRecordStorageDevice
• ChangingtheFastForwardandFastRewindvideome
• Viewingtheamountofspaceremainingontheashdrives
• Renamingavideoorsnapshotle
• Formangaashdrive
• AudioPass-through

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PLAYING VIDEO
Withnomenudisplayed,Press[MENU/OK].Thetoplevelmenuisdisplayed.
SelectPlayVideo.ThePlayVideoSourcemenuisdisplayed.
Selectasource(heretheoperatorhasselectedExternal).ThePlayVideo:Externalmenuis
displayed.
Notethatlesareshowninreversealphabecorder.
SelectavideotoviewandtheDVRmenuwillbeclearedfromthescreenandthevideo
willimmediatelybeginplayback.Whenplaybacknishes,pressing[MENU/OK]willreturn
controltothePlayVideo:Externalmenusothatanothervideocouldbeselectedand
viewed.

== Menu ==
> Play video
View snapshots
Overlays
File management
Setup
== Play Video Source ==
> External
Internal
== Play Video : External ==
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20171017-04.mp4 2.03 MB
20171017-03.mp4 35.9 MB
20171017-02.mp4 6.31 MB
20171017-01.mp4 8.3 MB
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VIEWING SNAPSHOTS
Fromthetoplevelmenu,selectViewsnapshots.
TheViewSnapshotSourcemenuisdisplayed.
Selectasource(heretheoperatorhasselectedExternal).TheViewSnapshot:External
menuisdisplayed.
Notethatlesareshowninreversealphabecorder.
SelectasnapshottoviewandtheDVRmenuwillbeclearedfromthescreen,thenameofthe
snapshotwillbebrieydisplayedandthesnapshotwillbedisplayed.Whennished,pressing
[MENU/OK]willreturncontroltotheViewSnapshot:Externalmenusothatanother
snapshotcouldbeselectedandviewed.

== Menu ==
Play video
> View snapshots
Overlays
File management
Setup
== View Snapshot Source ==
> External
Internal
== View Snapshot : External ==
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Operating the SyStem
Digital ViDeO recOrDer inStructiOnS
INDIVIDUAL COPYING OR MOVING OF VIDEO OR SNAPSHOTS FROM INTERNAL TO
EXTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO INTERNAL
Shownhereisanexampleofcopyinganindividualvideofrominternaltoexternal,butallof
theotherpossibiliesfollowthesamepaern.
Fromthetoplevelmenu,selectFilemanagement.
TheFileManagementmenuisdisplayed.
Iftheoperatorpreferstomoveavideoorsnapshot,selecngthesecond-to-lastoponinthis
menu‘ToggleCopyorMove’willchangetherstfourseleconsfromsaying‘Copy’to‘Move’.
PressingitasecondmewillreverttheseleconsbacktoCopy.Thedierencebetween
CopyingandMovingisthataermoving,thelewillbedeletedfromthesourceashdrive.
SelectCopyvideofrominternal.TheCopyVideofromInternalmenuisdisplayed.
== Menu ==
Play video
View snapshots
Overlays
> File management
Setup
== Copy Video from Internal ==
> 20171019-03.mp4 7.8 MB
20171019-02.mp4 680 KB
20171010-01.mp4 3.52 MB
20171019-00.mp4 2.18 MB
== File Management ==
Copy video from internal
Copy video from external
Copy snapshots from internal
Copy snapshots from external
Delete files from internal
Delete files from external
Toggle Copy or Move
> Select files : Individual