QUICK START TO THE NEW DVR 883b
1) With camera and monitor connected, and on, push the DVR power button.
This takes about 30 secs, to show the main menu. Please wait.
2) To show the camera live, scroll down to “TV”, with the arrow keys and
push the center/enter arrow button to select.
3) If the camera and monitor are connected and on, a picture will appear
quickly.
4) To record, hit the “REC/stop” button and 4 lines will appear:
a. Path, could be C or USB (if a USB device is plugged into the front)
b. Memory size of drive plus how much is available.
c. Video Quality, High is normally selected. Med and low are available.
d. OK and Cancel.
5) “C” is usually highlighted and if you want to record to the internal Hard
drive Just leave it alone.
6) Skip past video quality to OK and select enter (center) button.
7) The unit will start recording and a tiny red dot will appear on the bottom
left side of the screen indicating it is in record.
8) To stop, hit the “REC/stop” button again. It may take a few seconds to
actually say stop on the screen. It is closing the file and if it is large
enough may take 5-10 secs.
9) To playback the video hit the menu button and scroll up to “Recorded files”
Hit the select (center) button to select “Recorded files”.
10) Select which file to play by using the arrow buttons.
Hit the select (center) button to play.
11) To stop the playback hit the “Rec/stop” button.
For more detailed operation of this DVR see the manual supplied with the
system.
Once you get the video files to your computer see the folder VLC in the DVR
hard drive. Download it into your computer and use it to play and pull stills
from the video. This program is free to distribute and use.
