User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Key Features
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Getting Started
- Chapter 3 Live View
- Chapter 4 PTZ Controls
- Chapter 5 Recording Settings- 5.1 Configuring Recording Parameters
- 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule
- 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record
- 5.4 Configuring Alarm Triggered Record
- 5.5 Configuring VCA Record
- 5.6 Configuring Manual Record
- 5.7 Configuring Holiday Record
- 5.8 Configuring Redundant Recording
- 5.9 Configuring HDD Group for Recording
- 5.10 Files Protection
 
- Chapter 6 Playback
- Chapter 7 Backup
- Chapter 8 Alarm Settings
- Chapter 9 Network Settings
- Chapter 10 HDD Management
- Chapter 11 Camera Settings
- Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance
- Chapter 13 Others
- Appendix
User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 
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To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 10.4 Managing 
HDD Group. 
Steps: 
1.  Enter HDD setting interface. 
Menu> HDD 
Figure 5. 31 HDD General 
2.  Click    to edit the HDD you want to protect. 
Figure 5. 32 HDD General- Editing 
3.  Set the HDD to Read-only. 
4.  Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu. 
  You  cannot  save  any  files  in  a  Read-only  HDD.  If  you  want  to  save  files in  the  HDD,  change  the 
property to R/W. 
  If there is only one HDD and is set to Read-only, the DVR cannot record any files. Only live view mode 
is available. 
  If you set the HDD to Read-only when the DVR is saving files in it, then the file will be saved in next 
R/W HDD. If there is only one HDD, the recording will be stopped. 










