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    3-869-357- 11 (1) Netw ork Camera Recor der © 2004 Sony Corporation User’ s Guide Software V ersion 1.0[...]

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    2 Copyright Notice ©2004 Son y Corporation. All r ights reser ved . This manual may no t be reproduce d, tran slated or red uced to any machi ne readable form in whole or in part, without prior writ ten appro v al fro m Son y Corpora tion. SONY CORPORA TION PR O VIDES NO W ARRANTY WITH REGAR D TO THIS MANU AL OR INFORMA TION CO NT AINED HEREI N AN[...]

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    T able of Cont ents 3 T ab le o f Content s Introduction Fe ature s ......................... .................. .................. ..... 4 System Conf igurati on .............................. .............. 4 System Requir ements ..................... .................. ..... 5 Installing Network Camera Recorder ............ ..... 5 Let’ s Use [...]

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    Introduc tion F eatures / Syst em Configur ation 4 Introduction Featur es Network Camera Recorder i s software e xclusi v ely desi gned f or use with S ony SNC- M1/M 1W/M 3/M 3W Netw or k Ca me ras . Ne two rk Came ra Re cor der a ll o ws you to monitor images of the cameras, reco rd them and play back the rec orded data. Monit oring of up to f our[...]

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    Introduc tion System Requirements / Install ing Netwo rk Camera Recorde r 5 Syste m Requir ements OS W indo ws 2 000 Service P ack 4, W indo ws XP Home E dition Service P ack 2, W indo ws XP Professional Service P ack 2 Pr ocesso r Intel Pentium III, 1 GHz or higher Memory 256 MB or mor e Network 10 BaseT or mo re Disk sp ace requ ired f or install[...]

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    Introduc tion Installing Netw ork C amer a Recorder 6 3 Click Next . The L icense Agr eement dialog appears. Read the Lice nse Agreement carefully , and if you accept the agreement , select I accept the terms of the license ag re ement . Y o u cannot c ontinu e the install ation if you d o not accept the agreement . 4 Click Next . The C hoose Desti[...]

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    Introduc tion Let’ s Use Network Camera Recorde r 7 The Instal lShield W izard Comp lete dialog appears. Click Finish t o complete installation . If the message requir ing rest arting app ears, restart the computer . T o uninstall Network Camera Recor der T o uni nstall Network C amera Reco rder , follo w the normal unin stall pr ocedure f or W i[...]

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    Introduc tion Let’ s Use Network Camera Recor der 8 Network Camera Reco rder starts and the main windo w appears. T o exit the program Click in the up per right corner o f the main wi ndo w . 2. Register t he Camera T o monit or the image of the camera, f irst you need t o register t he camera on Netw ork Camera Recorder . 1 Click (Camera Manager[...]

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    Introduc tion Let’ s Use Network Camera Recorde r 9 4 Click OK , The camera is no w re gistered. 5 Click in the uppe r righ t corner t o close the Camera Manager windo w . Tip For registration of two or more cameras and the setting of camera prope rties, see “Setting a Camera” in t he “Setups” chapt er (page 24). 3. Assign a Camera to the[...]

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    Introduc tion Let’ s Use Network Camera Recor der 10 4 Click OK. The image of the ca mera appears in t he monitor windo w . Tip Y ou can simultaneo usly display t he images of t wo or more cameras in the moni tor windo w . F or details, see “ Assigning a Camera to the Monito r W indo w” in the “Setups” chap ter (page 2 8). 4. Contr ol the[...]

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    Introduc tion Let’ s Use Network Camera Recorde r 11 2 Click on the camera n ame on the camera tree. The prop erties o f the rec ordings are displa yed in the list vie w . Tip If the proper ties of the r ecording yo u want to play back do not appear in the list, search for it using the and b uttons. Y ou can also use the and bu ttons for searchin[...]

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    Oper ations Main Window of Netw ork Camera Recorder 12 Operations Main Windo w of Netw ork Camera Recor der When you l aunch Netw ork Came ra Recorder f or the first time, the fol lo wing mai n window is display ed. This secti on exp lains the conf igurat ion of the main window . 1 Help menu Pro vides vers ion inf ormati on on the a pplic ation of [...]

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    Oper ations Monitoring 13 Monitoring This se ction expla ins the proce dure of monitor ing from the selected c amera. Before monito ring, you n eed to regi ster the camer a(s) in the Network Camera Recorde r applicat ion and assign the camer a(s) to the monit or window . For r egist ration of cameras and assi gnment to the monitor win do w , see th[...]

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    Oper ations Monito ring 14 T o turn off the image of the camera from the monitor window Select Rem ove Ca me ra(s ) from th e pop-up menu. The image of the selecte d camera disappears from the monitor wi ndow and the messa ge “NO CONNECTIO N” appears. T o return to monitoring the c amera ima ge T o chan ge the display in the monitor windo w fro[...]

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    Oper ations Controlling t he Camera 15 Contr olling the Camera Y ou ca n contro l pan, tilt and digi tal zoom o f the ca mera during moni toring , or mo ve the camera to t he preset position. P anning, Tilting and Digital Zooming (SN C-M3/M3W only ) Use the Pan & Til t toolbar to control the camera. T o di splay or hide th e Pan & Tilt to o[...]

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    Oper ations Controlling the Came ra 16 T o store ne w pr eset positions Y ou can store up to 8 preset posi tions. 1 Click the (C ustomize Preset s) butto n on the Pan & Ti lt Pr esets toolbar . The Pan & Tilt Presets dialog a ppears. 2 Select the camera from the drop-d own l ist of the Select Camera box. 3 Observing the p re vie w image, mo[...]

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    Oper ations Recording the Camer a Image (Manual Record ing) / Play ing Bac k Recorded Imag es 17 Recor ding the Camera Ima ge (Man ual Recor ding) Y ou can record the c urrent images during monito ring or take a snapsho t. This secti on explai ns ho w to record manual ly usin g the but tons on th e Recorder toolbar . For a scheduled re cording, see[...]

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    Oper ations Pla ying Bac k Record ed Images 18 V iew Record ing List Pre vious Dat e Date Picker bo x Next Date Zoom In Date & T ime Zoom Out Date & T ime Refresh Recordings Pre vie w Selected Recording Mark In f or Exporti ng Mark Out for E xporting Export R ecording Delete Reco rding Cleanup Recordings Open Recording F ile 2 Camera tr ee [...]

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    Oper ations Playin g Back Rec orded Im ages 19 T o select th e pre vio us or ne xt ti meli ne T o mo v e forward t he date an d time displayed in the date picker b ox, click t he (Next Da te) b utton . T o move backward t he date and ti me, click the (Previo us Date) button. The displ ay mov es for ward or bac kwar d in unit s of the selected ti me[...]

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    Oper ations Pla ying Bac k Record ed Images 20 Displa ying a Pre vie w Ima ge Y ou can display a p re vie w image of the selected recording in the pre vie w windo w of the Sear ch Recording win dow . Y ou can also vie w the play back in the pre vie w wind o w . 1 Search for th e recording you want to pre vie w . For d etails on searching, see “Se[...]

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    Oper ations Playin g Back Rec orded Im ages 21 Norma l pla ybac k, re ve rs e pl a ybac k , p ause and cue Use the follo wing butt ons. x Cue to Be gin: Play f rom the be ginn ing X Pause : Pause of play n Rev e rse: Re ve rse play at no rmal speed N Play : Normal play at normal spe ed Tip Y ou can start play back from the beg inning of the record [...]

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    Oper ations Pla ying Bac k Record ed Images 22 Cleanup all r ecordi ng older than/until : Set the storage durati on of recordings (days). The recordi ngs older than the set d ays will be delet ed auto matica lly . 3 Click OK . T o close the di alog with out delet ing, cli ck Cancel. Expor ting to an A V I File Y ou can export a recorded fil e to th[...]

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    Oper ations Playin g Back Rec orded Im ages 23 Expor t Set the parameters relating to export ex ecution. V ideo Codec : Enter the video codec used f or export . If necessary , click t he Setting s… button to modify the proper ties of vi deo codec. Show all a vai lable co decs: By select ing this checkbox, a wide choice of vi deo codecs among from[...]

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    Setu ps Setting a Camera 24 Setups Setting a Camera T o set up a camera, display the Camera Manager windo w b y clicki ng the (Camera Manager) b u tton. Camera Mana g er Wind ow 1 Camera Mana ger toolbar Add Camera Delete Camera (s) Edit Camera(s) 2 Camera tr ee Displays the cameras re gistered in Network Camera Recorder in a tree co nf iguration. [...]

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    Setu ps Set ting a C amer a 25 Setting the Camera Properties After registration o f the camera in the Camera Manage r window , set the properties of the camera. T o star t the setting, selec t the camera from the c amera tree or the camera list. The n set the param eters on the Camera Pr operties dialog. T he Camera P roper ties dialog has f our ta[...]

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    Setu ps Setting a Camera 26 Camera tab Perform the settings relating to commun ication, e tc. Mount Angle Select the an gle at which t he camera i s mounted. 0 , 90 , 180 and 270 de grees are a v ai lable. Administr ator Enter the user name and the passw ord of the Administrator of the re gistered camera. Note Be sure to enter the Administrator&apo[...]

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    Setu ps Set ting a C amer a 27 A udio tab Perform the settings re lating t o the microp hone connected to t he camera. Micr opho ne Select ON t o transmit the audio si gnal in put from t he microphone connect ed to the camera. Bit Rate Selec t the bit rate to transmit the audio signal input from the microphone co nnected to the camera. G.726 (16k b[...]

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    Setu ps Assign ing a Camera to th e Monitor Windo w 28 Assigning a Came ra to the Monitor Windo w Network Camera Recorder pro v ides eight typ es of monitor win dow layouts. Sel ect one of the layout s according to t he number of c ameras you w ant to moni tor and assign the cam era(s) to th e monitor wind ow . Selecting a La y out Click on the Sel[...]

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    Setu ps Assigning a S torage Location 29 Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Window Assign a camera to ea ch monitor windo w of the selected layou t as foll o ws. 1 Right-clic k on th e monitor win do w to which you want to assign a ca mera. The pop-u p menu appears. 2 Select Select Camera… . The Sel ect Camera di alog appears. 3 Select the camer a[...]

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    Setu ps Schedulin g Recordings 30 Old file overw rit ing : This fun ction aut omatica lly ov erwrites an d deletes old f iles to secure a recording c apacity . By selec ting this check box, a n old f ile is au toma tical ly ov erwritt en by a new file when the rema ining capacity be comes lower than the set value. If the check box is clear ed, reco[...]

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    Setu ps Schedulin g Recordings 31 2 Camera tree Displays the cameras re gistered in Network Camera Recorder in a tree c onf iguration. 3 W eek view or list view Displays the created sch edules on a week ly calen dar along th e timel ine or in the list of informa tion. 4 Schedule P r operties d ialog Set the properties o f a schedule. Creating Recor[...]

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    Setu ps Schedulin g Recordings 32 T o create a da te/time e vent using th e list view 1 Select the camera for which you want to creat e a schedule from the camera tree. 2 Click the (V iew as L ist) but ton in the Schedule Editor toolbar . The list vi ew app ears in the right win dow . 3 Click the (Insert Date/Time Item) on the Sched ule Edit or too[...]

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    Other s T roubles hooting 33 Others T r oubleshoot ing If Netw ork Camera Recorder do es not fun ction correctly , check the follo wing: Symp tom Cau se and solu tion The image of the Network Came ra cannot be di spla yed. Conf irm that the imag e of the camera i s displa yed using the W eb bro wser . Then, set up Netw ork Camera Recorder us ing th[...]

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    Other s Glos sary 34 Gloss ary A VI (Audio Vide o Interl eave) The format de v eloped b y Mic rosoft Cor poration to stor e a movi ng image a nd audio in a f ile. The data i n the A VI f i le can easi ly be managed using Microsoft W indow s. V arious CODECs can be ap plied to the A VI data. Bit rate The rate at which da ta bits are transmitted. COD[...]

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    Other s Inde x 35 Inde x A Add Camera dialog .......................... 8 Add Ne w Camera dialog ............. ... 24 Administrator ....... ........... ............ ... 26 Assigning a Ca mera ........ ...... 9 , 28 , 29 Assigning a Storage Lo cation ........ 29 Audio Mute ................ ........... ......... 14 Audio tab.................... .....[...]

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    Other s Inde x 36 Start A vailable ...... ................. ......... 19 Start the Program................... ........... 7 Status bar ........ ................. ........... .... 12 Storage Location ................... ......... 29 System Conf iguration....................... 4 System Requirements ....................... 5 T TCP/IP tab ............[...]

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