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From there you can use your remote button to add more detection grids. Once you are in there, (this is where this unit loses 1 star) it's best to use both hands but you will get used to it. I gave it a 4 star for the following reasons:Motion Sensor Recording - There are 4 levels (0-3) of sensitivity from which to select and you can set the area. This has saved me many trips.Features - although the user interface (factored into the loss of 1 star in rating) is not very friendly, there are many features you can change.
- READ THIS: Once you are in the motion detector setup page, you need to use your remote to move it to the "AREA" section so you can set the area. I purchased this item -- with 4 Swann Mega Flood Security Camera -- back in July 2008 and it is working fine so far. To DELETE a grid, you have to set the sensitivity to 0 and move it over the grid and hit 'select'.Viewable on my laptop - every time my motion lights come on outside. it won't record. the "STOP" button on the DVR will change the sensitivity level.
I pop up the PC viewer to see if anything's up. To get into the setup menu, you have to hit the STOP button to stop the recording. I have tested this over and over and it works just fine with the cameras I am using with this unit. including the 'reset to defaul' feature, which resets everything back to default. Use the remote directional buttons to move the grid around.
Once you are at a location you want to detect motion, hit the middle button (between the directional buttons) on the remote to select the location. You can set the fps, the hours to record (either non-stop or by motion), video quality, etc,.But remember to hit the RECORD button once you have set everything up or else. Again, user interface not so great but it has been working for me just fine.
This product is fine for the money. If you don't need continous recording, the motion detection option will give you the most storage. The 250GB hard drive is only enough to store 2 days worth of continous, 24-hours-a-day recording on the "highest" quality setting at 30 frames per second - and that's with just one camera.
The playback quality just doesn't do my camera justice. Instead, I opted to reduce the FPS to 15. Just don't expect too much in terms of playback quality or storage.
You can reduce the quality setting to increase the storage, but the decrease in picture is noticeable. It's just fine, however, for most applications. The biggest problem is with storage.
Doing so gained me 3 additional days of storage. Whatever the use, I would recommend buying this machine with the 500GB hard drive upgrade.
I had a few issues with this product and had to send it back; I suppose I should have listened to all the negative reviews. As for my experience, the remote would randomly not work, the hard drive would not always be detected and while motion control alarm is active it often freezes to a constant *BEEEP* and the unit would become unresponsive. It appeared to happen whenever there was constant movement in frame.I'm afraid I cannot recommend this unit.
Worst ever, Q-See Chinese crap. The LAN access NetViewer work bat over internet time out. The motion detect did not work nor did external triggering. The schedule recording did not work. Searching recorded events are dummies.The all things is not worth even 1$. Do not waste your time and money with this crap.
I gave it 1 star for price & features, but unfortunately the motion detect did not work nor did external triggering. Customer service did not respond to email after a week & got no response to date with the online RMA process on the Q-See site. I sent the DVR back to Amazon for a refund and am looking for a different brand. Hopefully the 4 Q-See cameras I also bought continue to work since dealing with Q-See would be useless.
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