EZ-EYE Set-up & User Guide
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1. simply press the Menu button on the back of the unit You can navigate the menu by using the Up Record and down Play buttons on the back of the unit and use the Fast Forward button to enter an option Pressing the Menu button will exit the menu or If you are in one of the sub menus return to the previous menu While you are in the camera menu the red light above the Menu button on the back of the unit will stay lit up SEARCH AND PLAY This option is used to play back previously recorded clips For information on this menu option see the Playback section below SET DATE TIME This option is used to configure the date and time It consists of three options Date format will affect how the camera shows the date Year Month Day is default but Month Day Year and Day Month Year is also available Set Date and Set Time are options which allow you to set the current date and time which is displayed on live video and on recorded images www ezwatchstore com EZWATE PRO Digital Surveillance System SET MOTION DETECT This option allows you to configure the sensitivity of the Motion Detection of the unit On the screen you will see a white bar with a red line through it this bar shows you how much energy is on the screen MD Energy represents how much motion is being seen on the screen More energy means more motion occurring over a larger part of the screen As energy is seen the white bar will fill up wi2. If you do not see an image from the camera then you may need to change the input on your Television Most commonly done using a Input Source or TV VCR button on your remote control until you do See your TV s user manual for more information on changing your TV s input Live View Display The image that appears on the screen when the camera is connected to your TV is the Live View On this screen you can see exactly what the camera sees Across the top and bottom of the display are translucent bars which display information about the system Across the top the current date and time will be shown The format that this date and time appears in can be configured within the camera s menu At the bottom of the screen you will see the recording bar This will have the following items displayed www ezwatchstore com EZWATCHPRO Digital Surveillance System Recording Indicator When the camera is recording you will see a white circle on the bottom left with a rotating red section This indicates that the camera is currently recording If the camera is not recording then this icon will not appear Record Type Icon This is an icon which can show you what type of recording the unit is set to If you see a finger pointing down then the unit is currently recording using the Manual Record button If you see a figure of a man then the unit is currently in its Motion Detection schedule If you see an image of a
3. clock then the unit is currently running a Continuous recording schedule If none of those icons appear then the system is not currently in any of its schedules and not currently recording Resolution and Quality This indicator will show you the resolution and quality that the unit is set to record in The resolution displayed will be either 640x480 or 320x240 Higher resolution indicates better picture quality No matter what the recording resolution is the camera always displays live video at 640x480 resolution To the immediate right of the resolution is the quality indicator which indicates the quality of the video is LQ Low MQ Medium or HQ High quality Recording Mode The last icon that appears at the bottom is the recording mode icon A small rectangular icon indicates that the unit has memory built in This icon normally will not disappear from the screen To the right you will see either a series of arrows in a circle or a percentage When you see the series of arrows in a circle then the unit is in overwrite mode When you see a percentage the unit is in Full Stop mode The percentage displayed will slowly count down the amount of free space until it reaches 0 Once the unit is at 0 it will stop recording and cannot be started again until the recordings are deleted Camera Menu The EZ EYE camera menu is used to configure the recording features and control the capabilities of the camera To access the menu
4. of the camera for troubleshooting purposes Factory Default This option will reset all settings within the camera back to their default values Recording There are three ways to record an image The first way is to record manually where the recording is started and stopped by pressing the Rec button on the back of the unit Manual recording will record everything in front of the camera constantly whether or not there s any motion occurring in front of the unit The quality of the recording of manual recordings is configured within the Manual Record section of the Menu The second way is to record using a Motion Detection Schedule When the schedule is turned on the camera will sense motion energy A measurement of how much motion is occurring on the screen and record whenever the energy reaches a specific Threshold The sensitivity is set within the Set Motion Detect section of the camera menu while the quality settings Resolution Framerate Quality and scheduled time for recording is controlled within the Schedule Record gt Motion Record section of the menu The last way is to record using a constant continuous schedule Whenever the schedule is turned on the camera will record everything in front of it during the scheduled time The quality www ezwatchstore com EZ WATCHPRO Digital Surveillance System settings and scheduled time is controlled within the Schedule Record gt Co
5. EZWATCHIPRO Digital Surveillance System EZ EYE User Guide Setup Configuration Usage External Configuration The EZ EYE unit has two external dip switches which control the video mode and recording mode of the unit These switches should be configured to the desired settings prior to connecting and powering on the unit NTSC PAL This switch controls the video format the unit is displaying in For North American television sets the NTSC mode is used PAL mode is used primarily in European and African sets If the wrong video mode is used then you may experience poor video quality loss of color off center images or other similar video issues Full Stop Overwrite This switch controls the recording mode of the camera When set to Full Stop the unit will record until the memory is full then stop recording until it is cleared The unit will not record until the memory has been erased using the camera menu When set to Overwrite the camera will record constantly and when the memory is full it will overwrite the oldest images with new ones Once the EZ EYE unit has been configured using the dip switches configuration must be done within the camera menu To access the menu you must first connect the camera to a television set using the provided RCA video cable Simply run the cable from the Video Out port on the back of the camera to the yellow Video In port on your Television After that switch your camera on
6. ecorded image will be displayed at the top of the screen If you do not wish to play from the beginning you can search for a recording by going into the Menu and selecting the Search and Play option This will bring up a new screen with a lot of information on it Date allows you to select which day to begin playing back video from Files shows you how many recordings were taken on that day You can adjust which day you play back using the up down buttons Below the date you will see a multi colored bar Each section of that bar corresponds to one of the video recordings The color of the section indicates what type of recording was taken blue sections are recordings that were taken using Manual Recording red sections are recordings that were taken by Motion Detection and white sections are recordings that were taken by Continuous Recording To play a recording use the buttons to select the section you wish to play then hit Menu Use the buttions to select Play and hit Menu once more The selected image will begin to play www ezwatchstore com EZWATCHPRO To exit playback and return to the search screen press the Stop up button To exit the search screen and return to the menu press the Menu button select Exit and hit Menu once more External Copy Recording To make a copy of video that was taken by the camera you must connect the camera to an external recorder This is most co
7. edule for the camera to record constantly and not based on motion The settings are the same for entering in the date time and quality as on the previous menu Because the camera records constantly there is no Duration SD Card Options This menu allows you to see how much of the camera s internal memory is being used as well as the total amount of memory Total Space is a listing of the maximum amount of space on the camera Typically this number is slightly lower than the actual maximum because the camera s software must use a small amount of space for its program The number below that one Remain Space indicates how much space is available If you are recording on Overwrite mode then this number is normally going to stay extremely low If you are recording on Full Stop mode then you must delete the recorded images before it reaches 0 If you do not the camera will not record anymore until the recordings are deleted To delete all recorded images press It will ask you if you are sure press to confirm and delete everything or press Menu to cancel Once you press please give the unit up to 60 seconds to complete erasing Once it is finished it will display Format OK on the screen System Status This menu will allow you to view the current recording settings Resolution Framerate Quality Schedule Start Stop times and whether the schedule is enabled or not It also displays the internal version
8. mmonly going to be a VCR or Digital Video Recorder DVR Plug the camera into the VCR and switch your VCR and TV input until you can see the camera image on the screen See your VCR manual for instructions on how to do this Insert a blank tape and press Record on your VCR Then play back the recording you wish to make a copy of using the EZ EYE unit As the camera plays the recording the VCR will copy it onto tape Once you are done stop the VCR Power Operation The camera is designed to operate using two power modes Direct power and Battery Power To operate the unit in Direct Power connect the 12V DC power supply included to a wall outlet Then plug the other end into the camera The Camera can be on and recording indefinitely so long as power is connected The other method is using 4x AA batteries Using standard Alkaline batteries the system can run for a full 8 hours on battery power Using Heavy Duty or lower quality batteries can severely decrease battery life with these units Alkaline or Lithium batteries are HIGHLY recommended NOTE The unit cannot operate in both modes at once If you connect power while the batteries are present the unit WILL continue to drain the batteries over time Quality Comparison Image taken from 5 feet from target 640x 480 resolution High recording quality 320 x 240 resolution Low recording quality www ezwatchstore com EZWATCE PRO Digital Surveilla
9. nce System Recording Times All times based on constant recording Recording times on Motion Detection may vary depending on conditions 1 Gig Unit 2 Gig Unit 4 Gig Unit 8 Gig Unit High Resolution 7 Hours 14 Hours 28 Hours 56 Hours 640x480 HQ Low Resolution 28 Hours 56 Hours 112 Hours 224 Hours 320x240 HQ www ezwatchstore com
10. ntinue Record section of the camera menu Whenever the camera is recording whether by motion manual or continuous the Rec light on the back of the unit will stay lit When the camera is not recording Either the schedules are off and manual recording is off or if it is on Motion Detection and not currently seeing any motion then the REC light will be off Recording is always turned off when the camera is in the Menu mode Recording precedence always follows this sequence Continuous Motion Detection Manual What this means is that if the camera is in Continuous Schedule mode and Motion Detection schedule mode whenever the camera sees motion it will use the Motion Detection settings until the duration ends When the camera is in EITHER mode and the Manual Record button is pressed it will use the Manual Record settings until the manual recording is turned off Playback There are two ways to initiate playback Manually and through the Search feature To manually begin playing back recordings simply press the Play button on the back of the unit The unit will immediately begin playing the oldest clip that it has recorded You can then use the fast forward and rewind buttons to You can use the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons to control speeds in either direction The unit will display the recording type Motion Continuous or Manual video resolution and quality at the bottom of the image The date and time of the r
11. sing less storage Manual recording is always continuous and cannot detect motion Schedule Record This option allows you to record using a daily schedule The schedule can be set to either record constantly Continuous or record when motion is seen Motion Detection Each can be scheduled separately but if they overlap then Motion Detection recording settings Quality Resolution Framerate will take precedence over continuous settings whenever the camera sees motion Schedule Record gt Motion Record The first option on this menu allows you to turn the schedule on or off Record On Off Below that you can enter the time to start recording and the time to end If the time to start recording is after the time it ends then it will record overnight The recording schedule is set using 24 hour time 1 00pm corresponds to 13 00 and 10 00 PM corresponds to 22 00 Below the scheduled time is the duration once the camera sees motion it will record for the entire duration specified This can be set from 5 to 30 seconds In increments of 5 seconds The unit will record the full duration even if motion does not last the entire time Below the duration is the quality settings of the recording these settings are identical to the ones present in the Manual Record section listed above www ezwatchstore com EZ WATCHPRO Digital Surveillance System Schedule Record gt Continue Record This option allows you to enter a sch
12. th black to indicate how much motion the camera sees When the energy is higher than the threshold The red bar the camera will begin recording Using the or up down buttons you can adjust the threshold so that the camera requires more motion or less motion to trigger If the Threshold is too low the camera may trigger based on extremely small changes and may trigger when motion is not seen If the Threshold is too high the camera may not trigger even though motion is occurring in front of the camera 10 is the default Threshold Manual Record This option controls how the camera acts when it is manually told to record Video size can be set to either 640x480 or 320x240 Higher size improves quality but decreases your total recording time Smaller size decreases quality but allows you to record longer amounts of time Frame rate affects how many images are recorded every second larger frame rates are more smooth more fluid while smaller frame rates are more jerky and have gaps in the motion Larger frame rates will use up the camera s memory much faster meaning less recording time The minimum frame rate is 1 frame recorded every second The Maximum frame rate is 12 frames per second when set to 640x480 and 30 frames per second when set to 320x240 Lastly set the desired image quality Once again High quality uses up the camera s storage faster which means less time recorded Lower quality provides longer recording times by u
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