Sony SNT-V704 User Guide - Page 6

Overview Overview Features Four cameras can be connected at the same time The SNT-V704 is equipped with four video input connectors so that up to four cameras can be connected to at the same time. And all pictures of the connected cameras can be displayed at the same time on the screen divided into 4. Monitoring over a network This unit allows monitoring of live images and sound from the connected camera using a Web browser on a computer. MPEG4 and MotionJPEG video compression formats Adoption of two video compression formats, MPEG4 and MotionJPEG, allows smooth streaming of motion pictures with 30 fps (FULL D1 size). Audio transmission This unit is equipped with a plug-in-power microphone input (rated voltage: 5 V DC, minijack, monaural) and line input (minijack, monaural × 2ch), which allow audio transmission by connecting a commercially available microphone and an audio amplifier. External speaker system connectable The unit is equipped with a line output (minijack, monaural × 2ch) which accepts a commercially available speaker system with built-in amplifier, allowing output of the sound transmitted via a network. Controllable Sony video cameras The unit enables connection of the following Sony video cameras and enables them to be controlled over a network: BRC-300, EVI-D100, EVI-D70, SSC-DC690/590 series Privacy Masking Feature You can mask two portions of an image to be transmitted for each of the connected cameras. As the masking portions can be enlarged, reduced or moved according to the camera's PTZ function, the same portions can always be hidden. This masking feature is available only for the Sony video cameras that can be controlled by this unit. Image recording on the built-in memory or USB flash memory (commercially available) You can record still images from the camera(s) onto this unit's built-in memory (about 32 MB) or recommended USB flash memory connected to the USB connector. You can record a still image at the moment when a trigger by the external sensor input(s), built-in activity detection function or manual trigger button occurs, or still images sequentially for a determined period before and after the trigger. Periodic recording of still images is also possible. Image transmission using an E-mail or FTP server You can send a still image from this unit as an attachment of an E-mail or to an FTP server, at the moment when a trigger by the external sensor input, built-in activity detection function or manual trigger button occurs. You can also send still images sequentially for a determined period before and after the trigger to an FTP server, or send them periodically. If you use the FTP client software of the computer, you can also search for and receive the still image recorded in the built-in memory or USB flash memory connected to the USB connector of this unit. Preset positions and Tour programs You can save up to 16 preset positions (pan, tilt and zoom positions) and activate up to 5 patterns of tour programs (programing the automatic actions for pan, tilt and zoom). You can activate the preset positions by synchronizing with the external sensor input or built-in activity detection function. Alarm output This unit is equipped with four sets of alarm outputs. You can use them to control peripheral devices by synchronizing with the external sensor input(s), built-in activity detection function, manual trigger button, Day/ Night function or timer. Transparency-type RS-232C, RS-422A/ RS-485 interface If you connect peripheral devices to this unit via the RS232C or RS-422A/RS-485 interface, you can control the devices from the computer via the network and receive data from these devices. 6 Features