11  Playback

Search mode is used to navigate and playback recorded video files on the system.

11.1  Playing Back Video from the Hard Drive

  1. From live view, right-click and then click Playback.
  2. Log in using the system user name (default: admin ) and your new, secure password.
  3. Configure the following:
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    1. Use the calendar on the right to select the day to playback.
    2. Use the drop-down menus to select the channels you would like to playback.
    3. Click inside the video bar to select the playback time. The system will begin playing back at the selected time.

11.2  Playback Controls

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  1. Select playback device.
  2. Calendar : Select the day to playback.
  3. Channel select: Select channels to playback.
  4. Video clip backup: Select video clip start and end times.
  5. Backup video clip: Click to save selected clip.
  6. Playback Bar: Click inside the bar to select a playback time.
  7. Zoom Playback Bar: Select scope of time bar.
  8. Recording types: Click to show/hide recording types.
  9. Speed up
  10. Slow
  11. Previous/next frame
  12. Play backward
  13. Stop
  14. Play

11.3  Playing Back from a USB Drive

If you have video files saved to a USB thumb drive (not included) or external hard drive (not included), you can play them back using the system.
To play back from a USB drive:
  1. Connect the USB thumb drive (not included) or USB external hard drive (not included) with video files on it into a USB port on the system.
  2. From live view, right-click and click Search.
  3. Log in using the system user name (default: admin ) and your new, secure password.
  4. Click From HDD and select From IO Device. Click Browse to open the USB drive and manually select the video file.
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  5. Double click the video file you would like to open.

11.4  Using Smart Search

Smart Search makes it easy to review motion events in specific zones of your video stream. Select the areas that interest you and Smart Search plays your recording from the time when your camera detects motion in those areas. To set up smart search:
  1. In the multiple-channel playback mode, click a channel and then click the Smart Search icon icon .
  2. To create a Smart Search zone, left-click and select the area that you want to detect motion.
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  3. Repeat these steps for each channel that you want to use Smart Search.
  4. Click icon to start the Smart Search playback. To stop the Smart Search playback, click icon again.