Swann PRO-series User manual

On-Screen Display (OSD)
Instruction Manual
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1Introduction
So - you have bought one (or more!) of Swann’s range of Pro Series cameras, browsed
through the On-Screen Display (OSD), noticed lots of confusing settings, and don’t quite
understand what they all do. This manual will help you navigate through the OSD and
explain the OSD settings in detail.
The OSD enables you to control the appearance and characteristics of the image shown on
your camera. It features a myriad of settings that can be adjusted to obtain the best possible
image quality in any surveillance environment, providing you the flexibility to install the
camera in the most challenging of lighting situations. If you are experienced in photography
or video-making, then many of the camera’s functions are things you’ll be familiar with.
Just to be clear - there’s nothing you can do in the OSD which can actually damage the
camera. If it does all go wrong, you can use the Load Default option to set everything back to
the default/automatic settings.

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2Getting to know the OSD Controller
Arrow Buttons
Use to navigate through
the OSD and adjust
settings.
Display the OSD Main Menu/
Enter function
Quick save

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3Connecting the OSD Controller
If this is your first time connecting the OSD
Controller, follow the instructions below to
connect it to your camera.
1. Insert the RS485 plug coming from the
camera into the RS485 Port (1).
2. Connect a free end of the supplied power
splitter to the DC IN 12V Port (2).
You can find a detailed camera connection
guide in your camera’s instruction manual.

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4Navigating the OSD
IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101
• Press to display the Main Menu of the
OSD on your screen.
• Press or to choose a selection in
the menu list.
• Press or to toggle between options
for a particular setting.
• The symbol indicates that there is
a submenu for the setting. Select the
setting then press to enter the
submenu.
• Press to instantly save any change
made to a particular setting.
• To go back to the previous menu, select
RETURN then press .

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5The OSD Settings
3D-NR
IMAGE
IRIS
AE MODE
WB AWB - PRO
IMAGE ENHANCE
MIRROR
FLIP OFF
BRIGHTNESS
ZOOM IN 0
RETURN
BACK LIGHT
OFF
60
• 3D-NR (3D Noise Reduction): Lets you
turn the camera’s 3D filtering system on
to assist in obtaining low-noise images
for recordings done at night or in dim
conditions. Setting the 3D-NR value too
high (>9) can result in a “trailing” effect
(also known as motion blur) on moving
objects appearing on screen.
• Iris: Lets you control the default behavior
of your lens and iris. Many of the PRO
series cameras feature a prime lens with
a static iris, so the lens and iris settings
will have no effect. Even cameras that
have a vari-focal lens which is controlled
physically by using the lens control rods -
will not be affected by these settings.
• IMAGE
3D-NR OFF 3D-NR ON

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3D-NR
IMAGE
IRIS
AE MODE
WB AWB - PRO
IMAGE ENHANCE
MIRROR
FLIP OFF
BRIGHTNESS
ZOOM IN 0
RETURN
BACK LIGHT
OFF
60
• AE (Automatic Exposure) Mode: Lets
you choose from several AE modes
that will allow the camera to evaluate
the amount of light coming through
its image sensor and deliver optimal
exposure to the objects in the scene by
automatically setting the appropriate
shutter speed and/or aperture. This
setting comes in handy for those times
when your camera is in less than
ideal situations and the default AE
mode is not giving you good images
(e.g., camera installed in an area with
unusual lighting conditions, camera
facing a window, camera looking into
car headlights).
• WB (White Balance): Lets you choose
from a selection of preset white
balance options to adjust screen color
and help you obtain the most accurate
reproduction of color tone in the scene.

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3D-NR
IMAGE
IRIS
AE MODE
WB AWB - PRO
IMAGE ENHANCE
MIRROR
FLIP OFF
BRIGHTNESS
ZOOM IN 0
RETURN
BACK LIGHT
OFF
60
SHARPNESS
IMAGE ENHANCE
CONTRAST
SATURATION
RETURN
• Image Enhance: Lets you manually adjust the
levels of sharpness, contrast and saturation in
the displayed image.
• Sharpness: The clarity of detail and edges
in the image. Setting the sharpness too high
will make the image look pixelated. On the
other hand, setting the sharpness too low will
make everything look soft and blurry.
• Contrast: The dynamic range of the
camera’s output. The higher the contrast,
the greater the difference between the
blackest black and the whitest white will be.
• Saturation: The amount of grey in a colour.
Increasing saturation will produce more
vivid and intense colours in the image while
decreasing saturation will result in more
subdued colours. Setting saturation to 0 will
create a completely desaturated, black and
white image.

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3D-NR
IMAGE
IRIS
AE MODE
WB AWB - PRO
IMAGE ENHANCE
MIRROR
FLIP OFF
BRIGHTNESS
ZOOM IN 0
RETURN
BACK LIGHT
OFF
60
• Mirror: Lets you horizontally reverse
the orientation of the image.
• Flip: Lets you turn the image upside
down. This is useful if you have your
camera mounted upside down on a
ceiling and do not want to rotate it
physically.
• Brightness: Lets you adjust the level
of brightness in the displayed image.
Increasing the Brightness setting can
be useful if you have an unusually
dark monitor/television, or are
trying to view images in a very bright
environment. Typically, the default
value is fine unless you have specific
problems you’re trying to overcome.
• Zoom In: Lets you see the object of
interest up to five times closer using
the camera’s digital zoom.

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IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101
• DAY & NIGHT
• Auto: Lets you set the camera to
switch automatically from day to night
mode.
• Color: Lets you set the camera to
operate in color mode only. In low-light
conditions, the color will be faint, but it
will be there (assuming there’s enough
light to see anything). This will reduce
image clarity in low-light conditions.
• Black & White: Lets you set the
camera to operate in black and white
only.
• External: This mode is not supported.
Lets you choose how the camera handles colour and manages the transition from daytime to
nighttime and vice-versa

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• ZONE MASKING
IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101
COLOR
ZONE MASKING
AREA NO - 1
AREA NO - 2
AREA NO - 3
AREA NO - 4
AREA NO - 5
AREA NO - 6
AREA NO - 7
AREA NO - 8
RETURN
Colored Privacy Mask Mosaic Privacy Mask
Lets you create and place a “privacy mask”
to conceal parts of the image on the screen.
This restricts what can be seen - useful
when you want to protect personal privacy
or sensitve areas.
• Color: Lets you select what color the
privacy masks are. Or apply a Mosaic
pattern to blur the designated areas
- useful when you want to continue
monitoring masked areas for movement.
• Area No 1-8: Lets you create up to
eight separate rectangular privacy masks,
and customize their size and position.

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• MOTION DETECTION
SENSITIVITY
MOTION DET
AREA NO - 1
AREA NO - 2
AREA NO - 3
AREA NO - 4
RETURN
EXTERNAL
• Sensitivity: Lets you set the sensitivity level for
the motion trigger. When Sensitivity level is High,
motion detection can be triggered even by the
slightest of movement. When Sensitivity level is
Low, a lot of movement will be required to trigger
the motion detection.
• Area No 1-4: Lets you define up to four separate motion sensitive areas, and customize
their size, position and color. Whenever the camera detects motion in those areas, it will
flash that block of area with the associated color.
Lets you can enable motion detection
on the camera. Note that, if you’re using
a Swann DVR with motion detection
enabled, then there’s no need to arm it on
the camera as well.
IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101

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IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101
• VIDEO STANDARD
Lets you set the appropriate video
standard for your television.
For example, NTSC (used in USA,
Japan, Canada) or PAL (used in UK and
Australia).
IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101
• LANGUAGE
Lets you choose the language you
would like the OSD to be displayed in.
At this time, the OSD is only available in
English and Chinese.

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IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101
• LOAD DEFAULT
If the changes made to the OSD settings
have made the image look worse that
it originally was or you have moved the
camera somewhere else and want to re-
tune the camera, simply reset all OSD
settings back to their factory default.

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• RS485
IMAGE
MAIN MENU
DAY&NIGHT
ZONE MASKING
MOTION DET
VIDEO STD
LANGUAGE
LOAD DEFAULT
SOFT VERSION
RS485
SAVE&EXIT
AUTO
PAL
ENGLISH
20140101
CAM ID 1
RS485
PROTOCOL
BAUDRATE 9600
RETURN
PELCO - D
Lets you configure the camera’s RS485
communication settings - camera ID,
protocol and baud rate
If you change these settings, make sure
you take note of the new values as the
information in these settings are required
to control certain camera features such
as the OSD and PTZ when the camera’s
RS485 plug is connected to a Swann DVR.

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6Troubleshooting
Problem: I can’t get the OSD to display on my monitor.
Solution:
• Check the power supply to the OSD Controller.
• Check if the Red and Black connectors are correctly inserted into the RS485 green
plug. Look for the A+ and B- labels below the RS485 port on the bottomside of the OSD
Controller. The Red connector should go into the A/+ input and Black connector should go
into the B/- input.
Problem: Why are my video recordings displaying boxes when something is moving?
Solution: This is normal when the camera’s Motion Detection setting is enabled on the OSD.
These boxes appear whenever the camera sees moving objects in the motion-sensitive areas
and are embedded inside the feed your DVR is recording.
Problem: I misplaced the OSD Controller. Is there any other way to operate the OSD?
Solution: Your Swann DVR has a PTZ port with a green plug attached which can be connected
with the Red and Black connectors. For information on how to control the OSD on the DVR,
see the DVR’s instruction manual, specifically the PTZ section.

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7Need Help?
Swann Technical Support
All Countries E-mail: [email protected]om
Telephone Helpdesk
USA Toll Free 1-800-627-2799
USA Parts & Warranty 1-800-627-2799 (Option 1)
(M-F, 9am-5pm US PT)
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UK 0203 027 0979

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