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ON-SCREEN MENUS
The DVR5100 on-screen menu hierarchy presents only those menus for which you have permission. Depending on your user role, you might see
all available menus or only a few. The default user roles are Administrator, Manager, Operator, and Guest. The menu descriptions in this section
are based on the Administrator role, which has access to all menus and functions. Figure 8 shows the DVR5100 Main menu hierarchy.
NOTE: Contact your system administrator if you need authorization to access additional menus.
Figure 8. DVR5100 Main Menu Hierarchy
MONITORING LIVE VIDEO
The DVR5100 starts in live video mode. The following information describes how to work in this mode.
NOTE: Video panes display the cameras and layouts selected from the last login.
SELECTING A VIDEO PANE
When you start the unit and display a layout with several video panes, the upper left video pane is selected by default. To select a different video
pane, click in another video pane with the mouse, or use the keyboard arrow keys [or the Joystick ] to move left, right, up, and down. The
border of the currently selected video pane changes color to reflect the current operating state of the DVR5100.
• Green: Indicates the camera is in live view mode (currently selected video screen).
• Yellow: Indicates the camera is in playback mode.
• Blue: Indicates that PTZ mode is enabled in the video pane.
• Red: Indicates that manual recording is in progress in the video pane.
CHANGING THE SCREEN LAYOUT
The screen layout can be changed by pressing the F5–F8 keys. [Or, each time the Change Layout function button is pressed, one of four
screen layouts is displayed.]
• Full-screen view (1 x 1): Press F5 [or “Change layout”] to display a single video pane. You can also double-click the left mouse
button in the live view mode pane for a full-screen configuration. [Press and hold “Change Layout” for a full-screen mode.]
• Four-camera view (2 x 2): Press F6 [or “Change layout”] to display 4 video panes in rows of two.
• Nine-camera view (3 x 3): Press F7 [or “Change layout”] to display 9 video panes in rows of three.
• Sixteen-camera view (4 x 4): Press F8 [or “Change layout”] to display 16 video panes in rows of four.
