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To open the onscreen menus, follow these three steps:
When it’s open, the onscreen menu is displayed over the picture from the
camera. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select items from the main
menu. Use the Right arrow button to select a menu item and move into its
sub-menu.
To exit the onscreen menu, press the Left arrow button until the menu
disappears. Then press C1, C2, C3, or C4 as appropriate.
To discard all changes made in the onscreen menus and restore the default
settings to the camera, select the PRESET submenu, and change the
PRESET option to ON. See page 37 for more details.
If you leave the onscreen menu open for a while without pressing any
buttons on the remote, you will stop being able to control the menu. Follow
the steps 1 through 3 above to enter the menu mode again. You can then
close the menu by pressing the Left arrow button, or continue working with
menu options.
1. Press C1, C2,
C3, or C4 to
select the
camera you
want to control.
3. Press the Right
arrow button to
bring up the
onscreen menu.
2. Press and hold
Setup until the
camera button
light stays on.
Press and hold
setup again until
the camera button
stays on again.
The onscreen menus change the low-level, technical operation of the
Sentinel camera. In most cases you do not need to change any of these
settings.
ADVANCED ONSCREEN MENU OPTIONS
Advanced Setup Options
Recording with a VCR
Whether you have set up your camera to use the wireless receiver or the
secure video connection, you can configure your Sentinel Camera so that
you can record its video signal on your VCR. It’s easy:
1. Make sure your VCR is connected to play back on your TV.
2. Set up your camera according to the instructions on pages 4 thru 11 (for
wireless transmission) or pages 13 and 14 (for secure connection).
3. Connect the video cable from the camera or video receiver into the
Video In jack on your VCR.
With the camera connected to the VCR, you will be able record
surveillance video while watching on your TV. Check your VCR owner’s
manual if you aren’t sure how to select the
Sentinel Camera as the video
source.