Easy installation use with any TV monitor & security cameras Safeguard your home monitor your children baby sitter parties & view whilst away on holiday Protect your business oversee customers staff store office car park showroom andreduce theft Integrated motion activated recording makes it absolutely ideal for covert observation systems Multi-feature 16-camera remote monitoring & recording Record video to a hard drive & download to USB (Universal Serial Bus) port Specifically designed for quality USB (Universal Serial Bus) thumb drives hard drive & memory stick sold separately Web ready & connects to your existing WAN LAN or network The Swann DVR16 Net is the next generation of DIY security monitoring & recording. It features sixteen standard composite video inputs & two video outputs. It is the ideal CCTV system for small retail stores homes or as a replacement for old fashioned time-lapse recorders. Control of the unit is via the front panel controls & on-screen display menu. Video recording is activated manually via alarm-inputs or automatically via built-in motion detection. Recording speed & quality can also be setup via the on-screen-display. To playback simply connect the unit to a monitor or TV select an event & press play. BNote B Web access requires installation of software included on viewing PC & functioning internet connection.BTechnical note BSince the DVR16 sends a lot of data when remotely viewing using the Netviewer software your PCs memory resources will eventually get used up & the system may lockup or hang. To combat this we recommend users do not have a constant open connection to the DVR & connect periodically. Otherwise the computer remotely accessing the DVR must be rebooted every two hours.