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Choosing Sensitivity & Quality Settings for Most Recording Time and/or Least Hard Drive Usage
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MENU AUX2 AUX6
Change the quality
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for camera 1 and
observe the quality
AUX2
of the camera video.
Sensitivity was set to Highest in a previous step.
Observe the video update with motion in the
field of view of any camera. Note that
Sensitivity is a global, not per camera, setting.
The following table illustrates the effect of each Quality and Sensitivity
setting on hard drive usage. The table provides a consumption rate in
GB/day based on assumptions of 8 hours of non-continuous scene
activity and a frame rate of 15 fps. The numbers listed in the table are
guidelines only and can vary greatly based on the amount of scene
activity.
Refer to Instruction Manual XX091 for a table illustrating the
estimated number of days that the AurorAcorD can be expected to
record before hard drives of various sizes are filled.
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Set Sensitivity to Highest. This
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will enable you to test the
Quality settings more
PAN/TILT
AUX1
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effectively, as the update will
not be dependent upon motion.
Change the quality setting and view the video at the
new setting. Repeat for all five settings: Lowest, Low,
Normal, High, Highest and choose a setting for this
camera. The Normal setting is the factory default.
Change the Sensitivity setting
and observe the video again.
Repeat for all settings and
choose the optimal setting.
Quick Guide
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AUX1
Select the next camera and
repeat the procedure.
Continue until Quality is set
for all cameras.
Note: Disable Loopback Mode after you have made
Quality and Sensitivity settings. It is important to realize
that if Sensitivity is set to Highest and Normal Rate is
not set to Off, recording will take place continuously.
Hard Drive Usage
Lowest
Lowest
(9 Kb) 2
Low
(12 Kb) 3
Normal
(18 Kb) 4
High
(25 Kb) 6
Highest
(30 Kb) 7
For complete instructions, see Instruction Manual XX091.
Programming
Set Loopback Mode to Enabled.
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Note: Recording and playback
stops. Recording is simulated
AUX1
during loopback mode so that
you can set record quality.
LIVE LIVE
(Estimated Gigabytes/Day)
Sensitivity
Low Normal High Highest
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4 5 10 20
6 7 15 30
9 10 21 42
10 12 25 50
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