Instruction manual

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Using the Main Menu
4. Click Apply. Click OK to confirm. Wait for
the hard drive to format. Hard drives
become Read/Write hard drives by default
when formatted.
Select HDD
Select Format
Click Execute
Selecting Hard Drive Types
The system supports the following hard drive
types:
• Read/Write: N
o
rmal recording hard drive.
• Read only: Do not record on the hard drive.
• Mirroring: Record in parallel to Read/Write
hard drive for cameras enabled for
mirroring. This allows you to create
automatic backups of recordings.
NOTE: Mirroring must be enabled in the
sc
hedule (for details, see “Schedule” on
page 24).
NOTE: Mirroring begins backing up data
s
tarting when the hard drive is configured
for mirroring.
To select hard drive types:
1. Under HD
D No
., select the hard drive you
would like to format.
2. Under Se
t to, select the hard drive type.
3. Click Exe
cute.
4. Right-click to exit the HDD Management
menu. The syst
em will restart.
Configuring Hard Drive Group Settings
Hard drive group settings allows you to
balance recordings for your IP cameras across
multiple hard drives.
To configure hard drive gro
up settings:
1. Click HDD Setting.
2. Under HDD G
roup select the group
number you would like to assign to each
hard drive.
Select group
number
3. Click OK. The system will restart.
4. Return to the HDD Manage menu
(right-click
>Main
Menu>Advanced>HDD Manage). Click
HDD Channel.
Select hard
drive group for
each channel
5. For each channel, select the hard drive
group you would like it to record to.
6. Click OK.
Warning
The Warning sub-menu allows you to