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In the screen above, you can also enable UPnP™ (Universal Plug and Play) and DDNS, Dynamic DNS to easily access your DVR
from outside the local network (i.e., the Internet). If setting up DDNS, the parameters you must congure depend on the DDNS
server you use. Refer to “SECTION 7 Network Settings” on page 101 for more information about these features. Click Next to
continue.
9. In the HDD Management wizard, if a new DVR is shipped with a pre-congured HDD, nothing needs to be done with it in this
window. If you installed an HDD or replaced the HDD, that HDD needs to be initialized by the DVR before it can be used. Select
(check the box for) that HDD, then click Init to initialize the disk for the DVR. NOTE: Init will erase all data from the disk and
can take several minutes to complete. When the initialization is complete, click Next to continue.
10. In the next window, the DVR will display all Alibi IP cameras it can nd on the LAN. You can add any of these cameras to your
DVR if the number of cameras plugged into the BNC connectors on the backpanel plus the number of IP cameras you add here
does not exceed the channel capacity of your DVR (ALI-DVR3004H supports 4 camera channels, ALI-DVR3008H supports 8
camera channels, etc.).
SECTION 2: INSTALLING THE SYSTEM