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8.2 DIRECTCD
® FORMAT UTILITY
The Digital Watchdog DVR unit uses DirectCD® 5.0 to save the data to a CD-RW Drive. This allows the DVR to
use the CD-RW just as it would any other attached Hard Drive, both reading and writing to it. CD-R and CD-RW
discs must be formatted in the DirectCD 5.0 UDF standard for the DVR unit to recognize them. It is
recommended that CD-R discs, NOT CD-RW discs, be used in the DVR unit only because of the format time and
cost difference between the two. It can take 45 minutes to an hour to format a CD-RW disc but only 15 to 30
seconds to format a CD-R disc. In addition, CD-R discs are generally considerably less expensive than CD-RW
discs.
There are two ways to open the DirectCD format utility. The first is by exiting to windows. The second is by
opening the Backup Window and pressing the Format CD button.
CAUTION: Although many features are available within DirectCD, it is highly
recommended that you do NOT use any features other than those necessary for the
standard exportation of video as outlined in this section, otherwise loss of information or
software instability could result.
1 Windows Control
Buttons
Calls the Help screen.
Minimizes the window.
Closes the DirectCD application
2 CD Select
Use the dropdown box to choose the CD-
RW drive attached to the DVR.
Generally, this defaults to the correct CD-RW drive.
3 CD Utilities Used to perform repairs on CDs that have become unstable or failed
completely.
4 Format CD Used to format a CD or CD-RW so that it can be read by the DVR.
5 Eject CD Used to remove the CD from the drive after specifying how to end the
recording session.
6 Options Used to adjust options pertaining to the operation of DirectCD.