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H.264 4-CH SCW-7704 User Manual

Manual is about: Digital Video/Audio Recorders

Summary of 4-CH SCW-7704

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    - 1 - h.264 digital video/audio recorders user’s manual models: 4-ch before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. H.264-dvr scw-7704 user manual scw-7704 user manual.

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    - 2 - caution to reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover. No user serviceable parts inside. Please refer servicing to qualified service personnel. Note: this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class “a” digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc ru...

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    - 3 - limitation of liability this publication is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantibility, fitness for any particular purpose, or non-infringement of the third party’s right. This publication co...

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    - 4 - precautions please refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Do not operate the appliance beyond its specified temperature, humidity or power source ratings. Use the appliance at temperature within 0 o c ~ +50 o c (32 o f ~ ...

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    - 5 - table of contents 1. Product overview ………………….……………………….……... 1.1 features …………………..…….…………..…………………... 2. Panels and remote controller …………...………………….……. 2.1 front panel ………….……….…………………………….……. 2.2 back panel ………………….…………………………….…….. 2.3 remote controller …………..…….……………………….…… 3. Installatio...

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    - 6 - 6.10.2 advanced network setup ……………..………………… 7. Ptz control ……………………….……………………………… 8. Search/playback/archive (administrator/supervisor) ……….... 8.1 search by time ……………………………………….………… 8.2 search by event / log display ………………………….……… 8.3 search archived files ………………………….……….……… 8.4 playback/ar...

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    - 7 - 1. Product overview the h.264 digital video/audio recorders are designed for a surveillance system, and are a combination of a hard disk recorder, a video multiplexer, and a web server. To achieve the highest inter-connectivity and inter-operability, this series of digital video/audio recorder...

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    - 8 - 2. Panels and remote controller 2.1 front panel（please take actual machine model number as quasi-） 1. Leds indicators for power, hdd access, and lan access. 2. Remote ir port 3. Alarm reset button press this button to cancel alarm activation, and return the system to the condition before the a...

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    - 9 - 7. Search button press this button to display the search menu in main screen display. In some dialogs, this button is used as a miscellaneous function key. 8. Play/pause button ( ) press this button to play the recorded images, or pause the playback. 9. Mute/next button in ptz control, press t...

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    - 10 - 18. Enter button this button is used as “enter” key in most circumstances. In ptz control, this button is used to start/stop the selected ptz control mode. 19. (split windows) +/- buttons ( ) in split-window display, press these buttons for next/previous split-window display. In the others, p...

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    - 11 - 2.2 back panel（please take actual machine model number as quasi-） 1. Video input connectors (1-4) connect system cameras to these bnc connectors. 2. Call monitor output connector (call out) connect tv monitor to this bnc connector for call monitor display. 3. Main monitor output connectors (m...

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    - 12 - 7. Rs-232 connector connect this connector to ptz camera(s). 8. Rs-485 connector connect this connector to rs-485 compatible ptz camera(s). Please refer to the manuals come with the rs-485 compatible devices for the correct settings. 9. Alarm output connectors (alarm out 1-2) connect these co...

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    - 13 - 2.3 remote controller the remote controller is an optional accessory to ease the user’s operations. You can do all the operations by the remote controller instead of the buttons on the front panel. The effective distance is about 10 meters without any obstacle. 1. The buttons each of these bu...

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    - 14 - 10、copy 11、channel switch 12、ptz 13、x2 digital zoom 14、volume 15、record 16、alarm reset 17、mode the function is as follows in the ptz controls the appearance 18、goto preset 19、reduce 20、zoom 21、increase 22、auto focus 23、auto pan 24、dwell time 25、speed 26、set preset 3. Installations the install...

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    - 15 - connect the main monitor output connector (bnc or s-video) to a surveillance tv monitor, or connect the optional vga output connector to a vga monitor. The tv/vga monitor displays selected live or recorded cameras in any available split window format. Hard disk drive make sure to install one ...

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    - 16 - for ac-in model (half-size dvr), plug 115 or 230 vac power source into the power socket. For dc-in model, connect dc 12v power source to v+/v-. 3.2 optional connections audio inputs connect the audio input connectors to the audio line-outs from system cameras or other audio sources. Please ma...

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    - 17 - 4. Main screen and basic operations the split-window screen, as shown above, is the main screen after system startup. There are two types of split-window screens, including 1-window and 4-window. The system will remember the last one before normal shutdown (as described in section 5.6 ) of th...

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    - 18 - (6) backup state – backup icon shown for backup, (7) seq display on/off or playback state – seq icon shown for seq display on, other icons for different playback states. 4.1 text input ( please match with a remote control usage ) there are certain circumstances that the system requires the us...

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    - 19 - 4.2 login and logout there are three password levels in the system, including administrator (highest), supervisor, and operator (lowest). If the user does not login the system, he/she will be treated as “guest” and can only view live video display. The system allows up to 18 user accounts. Th...

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    - 20 - seq press this button to switch to or return from seq display mode. In seq display mode, each page in the sequence will be shown for the preset page dwelling time sequentially, and seq icon will be shown on the lower-right corner of the screen. Search (administrator/supervisor) in split-windo...

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    - 21 - 4.4 digital zoom the system supports x2/x4 digital zoom function. To use this function, press x2 button in full screen display to enter digital zoom mode. There will be a zoom window shown in the video window as shown. The zoom window (a) will always be shown at zoom factor x1, (b) can be sho...

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    - 22 - 5. Menu display in split-window display, press menu to call up menu display as shown. There are a variety of displays under menu display. In menu display and all the subsequent displays, the items enabled are shown in black-colored text, and those disabled in white-colored text. Please refer ...

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    - 23 - 5.2 video adjustment in menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to video adjustment, and then press enter to call up video adjustment display as shown. There are 4 items which can be adjusted, including brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. The operations are as below: ▲▼...

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    - 24 - 5.3 vga display in menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to vga display, and then press enter to call up vga display dialog as shown. There are 5 items which can be adjusted, including resolution (1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480), brightness, contrast, hue, and saturat...

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    - 25 - the system supports sd card(apply only 36284) and a variety of usb 2.0 storage devices, including storage disk drives and dvd disc (including dvd+rw, dvd+r, and dvd-r). (dvd-rw is not supported.) the operations are as below: ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the items. Esc press this button ...

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    - 26 - some usb 2.0 devices tested usb-storage enclosures 5.25” – macpower’s alumni prefect usb 2.0 - pf-u2ms usb-disk storage – transcend’s jetflash 150/v60 series apacer ’s handy steno ah220 pretec ’s i-disk wave 512m-black kingston ’s datatraveler usb flash driver(dti/512fe) sandisk ’s cruzer mic...

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    - 27 - 5.5 software upgrade (administrator) in menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to software upgrade, and then press enter to call up software upgrade display as shown. The operations are as below: ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the items. Esc press this button to escape fr...

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    - 28 - 5.6 system shutdown (administrator) in menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to shutdown, and then press enter to shutdown the system. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press enter to confirm the shutdown. The system will save all the files and all the state...

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    - 29 - 6.1 pre-camera setup in setup menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to pre-camera, and then press enter to call up pre-camera setup display as shown. There are up to 4 cameras which can be connected to the system. The pre-camera setup allows the administrator to define some ...

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    - 30 - 6.2 camera setup in setup menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to camera, and then press enter to call up camera setup display as shown. The camera setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each camera. There are up to 4 cameras which can be connected to t...

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    - 31 - video loss settings.. – used to setup the action settings when video loss is detected for this camera. Press enter in settings.. To call up video loss setup display for the camera. Please refer to section 6.2.1 for the details. Motion detection – whether the motion detection of this camera is...

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    - 32 - 6.2.1 video loss setup in camera setup, press enter to call up video loss setup of the selected camera as shown when the highlighted option is video loss settings.. Of the camera to setup. The video loss setup allows the administrator to define how the system responds to the detected video lo...

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    - 33 - screen message – to display the event message on the screen or not. Press enter or +/- to check/uncheck this item. The default setting is “ˇ” - checked. E-mail – to send the event e-mail to remote station or not. The e-mail will be sent to the predefined receivers at the moment when the event...

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    - 34 - following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the alarm out relay and the buzzer will keep being triggered after motion is detected for this camera. However, the alarm out relay and the buzzer w...

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    - 35 - following is a brief description for the operations: numeric press these buttons to select the camera. ▲▼◄► press these buttons to move the mask window. +/- press these buttons to resize the mask window. Enter press this button to set/reset the area under the mask window. Mode press this butt...

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    - 36 - 6.3 alarm setup in setup menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to alarm, and then press enter to call up alarm setup display as shown. The alarm setup allows the administrator to define the attributes for each alarm input, and the actions if it’s triggered. There are up to 4...

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    - 37 - duration – response duration to define at most how long (in seconds) the alarm out relay and the buzzer will keep being triggered after this alarm input is triggered. However, the alarm out relay and the buzzer will be reset immediately once this alarm input returns to normal. Press +/- butto...

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    - 38 - the seq display setup allows the administrator to define the display pages in seq display for main monitor and call monitor. There are 1 display type - 1-window for main monitor, and 1 display type for call monitor. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the i...

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    - 39 - +/- press these buttons to change the current page for this seq display type. Esc press this button to escape from display page setup, and return to seq display setup. 6.5 scheduled record setup in setup menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to scheduled record, and then pre...

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    - 40 - following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: start – the start time of this time segment, increment at 30 minutes. (the end time of this time segment is implicitly set as the start time of next time segment, or the start time of the first time segment of the sam...

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    - 41 - the general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the items. Mode => format/clear press this button to format/clear the hdds as described in section 6.6.1 . Esc press this button to escape from this screen, and return to setup menu display. If the save dialog is shown, p...

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    - 42 - 6.6.1 hdd format/clear in hdd setup display, press mode to call up hdd format/clear screen as shown. The hdd must be formatted before it can be used to record video/audio. The hdd format/clear screen allows the administrator to format and/or clear each hdd, and set the size for alarm record p...

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    - 43 - call => physical format press this button to physically format the selected hdd. A confirmation dialog will be shown on the screen, press enter to confirm, or esc to cancel. Please note that the recording will be always optimized for performance & lifetime no matter it’s for the first time or...

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    - 44 - there are three password levels in the system, including administrator (highest), supervisor, and operator (lowest). The operator can operate live video display, the supervisor live video display, image playback and archive, and the administrator everything. The system allows up to 18 user ac...

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    - 45 - the general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the items. Esc press this button to escape from this screen, and return to setup menu display. If the save dialog is shown, press enter to exit and save, esc to exit without saving. Please note that if the selected langua...

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    - 46 - language – press +/- buttons to select the language for the system. The languages supported include: english, russian, simplified chinese, italyportugal ,etc. 6.9 rs-232/422/485 setup in setup menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to rs-232/422/485, and then press enter to c...

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    - 47 - data bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Stop bit – press +/- buttons to change the value. Parity – (odd, even, or none). Press +/- buttons to change the value. Dvr/camera id – for ptz => the device id for this digital video/audio recorder, and it must not conflict with the other dev...

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    - 48 - following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations: net type – static ip, pppoe, or dhcp. Dhcp can only be used for intranet (lan) access, while static ip and pppoe can be used for both internet & intranet access. Press +/- buttons to change the net type. Ip address – ...

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    - 49 - 6.10.1 e-mail setup in network setup, press enter to call up e-mail setup as shown when the highlighted option is e-mail. The e-mail setup allows the administrator to set e-mail related parameters. When an event occurs and e-mail is enabled for the corresponding action, an e-mail will be sent...

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    - 50 - mail from – the e-mail address of this dvr unit, i.E. The sender of the e-mails originated from the triggered events. Please follow the text input method described in section 4.1 to modify this item. Mail to #1-5 – the receivers’ e-mail addresses. The system can send the e-mails originated fr...

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    - 51 - wap picture qulity (if this machine support cellular phone long range interview)please press+/- the key changes initial value . Note: if the control port or data port is not available or accessible during remote access, the system will reset the ports to their default values, i.E. 67/68. 7. P...

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    - 52 - next press this button for the next miscellaneous function. The miscellaneous functions include focus, iris, auto pan, seq, preset, and pan speed. And the active one will be shown on the lower right corner of the screen. The miscellaneous function specific operations are described in the foll...

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    - 53 - 8. Search/playback/archive (administrator, supervisor) there are three ways to search the recorded video/audio for playback: (a) search by time, (b) search by event, (c) search archived files. In split-window display, press search button to call up search menu display as shown. The user’s ope...

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    - 54 - search / mode press this button to start searching the recorded video/audio with the selected search time and video/audio type for playback. The search result will be shown on the bottom of this dialog if it failed. If there’s no camera in playback mode, all the cameras in the current split w...

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    - 55 - there are four different types of event logs, including alarm, motion, video loss, and system. And up to 1000 most recent event logs can be stored in the system. The general operations are as below: ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the items. Esc press this button to escape from this screen...

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    - 56 - 8.3 search archived files the screen for search archived files is shown below: the operations are as below: ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the items. Esc press this button to escape from this screen, and return to split-window display. Following is a brief description for each item and it...

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    - 57 - 8.4 playback/archive for search by time in split-window display, press mode button to change circularly the live/playback mode for the focus window and the other windows that form a rectangle on the screen. The video windows for the windows in playback mode are grayed, while those in live mod...

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    - 58 - ▲▼◄► press these buttons to select the items. Copy button ( ) press this button to start backup (copy) or apply the revised settings if it’s copying, and return to the previous display. There will be a copy icon on the lower-right corner indicating that the selected video/audio is being archi...

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    - 59 - 8.5 playback/archive for search by event in log display, press enter to enter event playback display of the selected event log, or press play button ( ) to playback it directly. This display is the same as full screen display of the main display, and the playback buttons are effective. The op...

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    - 60 - 2. Directx® end-user runtime 9.0 or above has been installed in your pc successfully. If not, please logon to http://www.Microsoft.Com to get the free download of it. 3. The domain name or ip address of the digital video/audio recorder has been set as trusted web site in your pc, and the (htt...

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    - 61 - the video images can be displayed in several types of split-window screens, including 1/4/9/16-window. And the focus window is surrounded by a frame border. In addition to the video windows, there are different icons on the lower corner and the right corner of the screen for status display an...

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    - 62 - click on this icon to toggle between live mode and playback mode for all the video windows. Click on this icon to freeze/unfreeze the video images for all the video windows. Click on this icon to enable/mute the audio input from the pc, button down for enable, button up for mute. If enabled, ...

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    - 63 - camera / status indicators for cameras 1-16 (green for normal, red for motion) for the dvr. Click on any of these icons to select the corresponding camera of the dvr to be displayed in the focus window. Alarm in / status indicators for alarm inputs 1-4 (green for normal, red for alarm) for th...

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    - 64 - click on this icon to call up setup dialog. Following is a brief description for each item: device name – any meaningful name for the (dvr) device. Address – ip address or url domain name for the (dvr) device. It should be the same as the ip address (for static ip) or url (for pppoe) in netwo...

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    - 65 - system requirements of remote pc it is recommended to access the digital video/audio recorder using a pc that meets the following system requirements. If you use a pc that does not meet the following system requirements, it may cause problems such as slow imaging or the browser unable to oper...

  • Page 66: Appendix A

    - 66 - appendix a -- ms-windows hem player there are several ms-windows utility programs in the bundled cd, hem player, keyboard control simulator, and m4v/h.264 to avi conversion utility. The hem player is meant to play archived/backed up files on local pc. The avi conversion utility converts h.264...

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    - 67 - the user may print the whole player screen (including the current video image) or the current video image by selecting file menu, and then select print or print video respectively. Keyboard control simulator to run the keyboard control simulator under ms-windows, please select start->programs...

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    - 68 - to select the dvr to control, please click on the button as circled in the above diagram to set the corresponding dvr id. Please note that the rs-232/422/485 setup (section 6.9) , including the dvr id, in the dvrs must be configured correctly (model must be set as control protocol). Please us...

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    - 69 - appendix c – specifications ( the following parameter provides a reference only, please with actual is quasi- ) o.S. Embedded linux 2.6 multiplex sixfold operation - simultaneous record, live, playback, backup, control, & remote access system certification fcc, ce, lvds, etc. Format ntsc/eia ...

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    - 70 - event log yes ethernet 1 rj-45 10/100baset ethernet connector web remote setup, monitoring, backup, alarm notification, & remote software upgrade e-mail alarm notification to stationary or mobile devices video 1/4 split-window & seq mode audio bidirectional protocol tcp/ip, http, pppoe, dhcp,...

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    - 71 - appendix d – time zone table time zone offset dst start end samoa gmt – 11:00 hawaii gmt – 10:00 alaska gmt – 09:00 ˇ mar, 2nd sun, 2:00 nov, 1st sun, 2:00 pacific time (us & canada) gmt – 08:00 ˇ mar, 2nd sun, 2:00 nov, 1st sun, 2:00 arizona, us mountain gmt – 07:00 chihuahua, la paz, mazatl...

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    - 72 - baku, tbilisi, yerevan gmt + 04:00 ˇ mar, last sun, 2:00 oct, last sun, 3:00 time zone offset dst start end kabul gmt + 04:30 ekaterinburg gmt + 05:00 ˇ mar, last sun, 2:00 oct, last sun, 3:00 islamabad, karachi, tashkent gmt + 05:00 chennai, mumbai, new delhi gmt + 05:30 kathmandu gmt + 05:4...

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    - 73 - appendix c – recording table ntsc recording time (in hour) - for reference only system storage (gb): 200 average recording rate (ips) resolution quality picture size (kb)* 120 60 30 15 10 5 720x480 9 32.2 58 115 173 345 (full d1) 8 27.7 67 134 201 401 7 21.0 88 176 265 529 6 18.4 101 201 302 ...

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    - 74 - pal recording time (in hour) - for reference only system storage (gb): 200 average recording rate (ips) resolution quality picture size (kb)* 100 50 25 12.5 8 4 720x576 9 42.0 53 106 165 331 (full d1) 8 36.0 62 123 193 386 7 27.3 81 163 254 509 6 21.3 104 209 326 652 5 18.3 121 243 379 759 4 ...