Using a USB Keyboard lets you change the overlays on your recordings
Custom Titles
- Add, change or reposition
Custom Text
Replaces the time/date stamp
- Add, change or reposition
![screen-overlays screen-overlays](https://mytana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-overlays.jpg)
You can also change the File Names of your videos and images
File Names
File names appear on your USB drive lists, or will display in Play Video menu screen
- Change – replaces the default file name (ex: 20171116-01.mp4) with your own text.
![file-name file-name](https://mytana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/file-name.jpg)
Finally, a keyboard can be used to change the Time Format on the time/stamp if you choose
In these instructions:
- screen menu items will be Bold,
- control panel button names will be ALL CAPS
Getting Started
Attach the keyboard to one of the USB ports on your camera or control box
Main Menu
Use the arrow ▼▲ buttons on the control panel to toggle to (select) any menu item on the main screen—indicated by the >
![main-menu main-menu](https://mytana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/main-menu.jpg)
Custom Titles
Add a Custom Title
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Secondary Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Title, then MENU/OK
- Enter your title using the keyboard.
If a 2nd line is needed, push MENU/OK to move cursor to the second line for typing
- Enter your title using the keyboard.
- Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
Reposition Title on the screen
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Title Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select movement you need, then press MENU/OK repeatedly until the title is in your desired location
Use the ▼▲ buttons to toggle between the movement choices - Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
Remove a Title
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Title Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Edit Text, then MENU/OK
- Use backspace or Delete/Back on the keyboard to delete the title, then MENU/OK
- Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
Custom Text
Adding Custom Text
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Set Up Primary Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Custom Text, then MENU/OK
- 5 custom text lines appear, select one then push MENU/OK
– Each selection allows 2 lines with 20 characters each
– You can enter all 5 custom names while you are here, or just one at a time - Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
Reposition Custom Text on the screen
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Set Up Primary Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select movement you need, then press MENU/OK repeatedly until the title is in your desired location.
Use the ▼▲ buttons to toggle between the movement choices - Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
Delete Custom Text on a job
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Set Up Primary Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Custom Text, then MENU/OK
- Select custom text to remove, then MENU/OK
- Use backspace or Delete/Back keys to delete the title, then MENU/OK
- Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
To Replace Custom Text with a time/date stamp
(No Keyboard Needed)
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
–Check that Primary Overlay at the top of the Overlays menu has 16 x 16 showing.
– 16 x 16 is the display size of the time stamp,
– 8 x 13 also shows the stamp but very small.
– None will display nothing and the following steps won’t work.
– Press the MENU/OK while the arrow is next to Primary Overlay to toggle between these... once it says 16x16, continue on. - Select Set Up Primary Overlay (2nd menu item) then MENU/OK
- Select Text , then MENU/OK
- Select ^d^t , then MENU/OK
Time/date stamp will display with CURRENT time/date - Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
To Find jobs with Custom Text
(No Keyboard Needed)
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Set Up Primary Overlay , then MENU/OK
- Select Custom Text, then MENU/OK
- Choose the job you want to record that you have already named, then MENU/OK
– To display text, push MENU/OK - Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen and continue with recording
File Names
To Change a File Name
- Push MENU/OK on control panel to access the Main Screen
- Select File Management, then MENU/OK
- Select Rename, then MENU/OK
- Select Internal, External or Both, then MENU/OK
- Rename files
**Important** Type in .mp4 at the end of the file name for videos, or .jpg at the end of the file name for snapshots– be sure to include the . (dot).
– Failure to add these extensions could result in losing your recording
Press MENU/OK - Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen
Time
To Change Time Format
(No Keyboard Needed)
- Select Overlays, then MENU/OK
- Select Primary Overlay, then MENU/OK
- Select Time Format, then MENU/OK
- There are 7 options to choose from,
Select HH:MM AM/PM, then MENU/OK - Push STOP/BACK repeatedly to return to the Main Screen