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4.5 HDD
The Hard Drive Setup menu displays hard disk information and allows the user to enable the HDD
overwriting.
 STATUS: Automatically displays the hard drive status (NONE=no HDD detected, NOT
Formatted=detected but not formatted yet, ONLINE=HDD correctly detected and formatted).
 ALL/FREE: Automatically displays the hard drive size and the empty space.
 TIME LEFT: Based on current image detail/quality and frame rate, system will display the record time
that you have left on the Hard Drive.
 Format: Spuntare questo campo per effettuare la formattazione.
 OVERWRITE: There are 3 main options:
 Select AUTO the system will automatically overwrite the oldest recordings once the hard drive
is full.
 select DISABLE, recording will stop once the hard drive is full.
 Select By Day/Hours the system will automatically overwrite the oldest recordings (on the
HDD there are only videos recorded in the last 24/48Day/Hrs).
 Select 1/3/5 Hours the system will automatically overwrite the oldest recordings (on the HDD
there are only videos recorded in the last 1/3/5 Hrs).
 HDD Format: You cannot format the hard drive when the system is running in recording mode. When
you attempt to do so, the following warning message will appear on the screen. You use this option to
format the hard drive, you can not record files to the hard drive until it has been formatted. Click this
button, then OK, to start formatting.
 USB Format: Use this option to format USB devices (FAT 32).
When DVR is connected to a HDD, the system will detect H.D.D automatically, when the
new H.D.D was installed , system will ask for H.D.D formatting.
It is an important first step when configuring your DVR to make sure that the hard drive
(HDD) options are correctly set. So, it is strongly recommended that you do format the
HDD before start the first record