User Manual
DS-72xxHUI-Kx, DS-72xxHQI-Kx Digital Video Recorder (DVR) User Manual 
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Chapter 12  HDD Management 
12.1 Initializing HDDs 
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be init
ialized before it can be used with the DVR. 
 1.  Enter the HDD Information interface, Menu > System Configuration > HDD.   
Figure 197, HDD Information Interface 
You can view the Total Capacity, Free Space, and Remaining 
Recording Time of the HDD. The algorithm of the Remaining 
Recording Time uses average bit rate for the channel enabling 
smart encoding to raise accuracy. 
 2.  Select the HDD to be initialized. 
 3.  Click Init. 
Figure 198, Confirm Initialization 
 4.  Select OK to start initialization.   










