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How to playback recordings (SwannView Link and AlwaysSafe)?

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Searching recordings

  1. Access the Menu then go to Search then Playback.
  2. Choose the channel(s) you want to search. Selected channels will have their box appear white.
  3. Leave Video Type set to All to search all types of recording.
  4. Set the Start and End date and time - the recorder will search for recordings inside this range.
  5. Click Detail.

You can see the calendar at the top, highlighted dates indicates there are recordings. Click one of the highlighted dates to select it.

The set of boxes below shows the timeline, hourly presentation from 00 (12 midnight) to 23 (11 PM). Each of the boxes are divided into 2, 30min segments.

You can double-click one, highlighted box to play the first footage it has in that segment.

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