Swann 8 Channel DVR H.264 - Manual (Page 54)

52 Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.
Setting the Date and Time
It is very important if you’re planning on using the video search function that the
date and time are correctly set. This is also the case if you want to be able to use the
footage from your DVR in a court of law or similar legal proceeding.
Date:
The date, in the format as chosen in the Date Format drop-down
menu.
Date Format: The format of the date (eg. DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY and so
on).
Time: This can be edited in the same way as the Date, or set to update
automatically.
Time Format: How the time will be displayed, either as 12-hour (AM or PM) or 24-
hour time.
NTP SETTING: Network Time Protocol. If you’ve got the DVR connected to the
Internet, you can have it automatically sync time with an online
server.
Time Zone: Particularly important if you’ve enabled NTP - set this to the time
zone where you happen to be. For example, people in eastern
Australia (Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00,
whilst the Eastern Time zone in the USA and Canada is GMT-05:00.
(GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time - it’s the baseline that keeps
all the different time zones in sync.)
IMPORTANT: If you change your Time Zone setting, click APPLY before you
click UPDATE.
Date and Time Menu