User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Important Safeguards
- 2 Package Contents
- 3 Recorder Overview
- 4 Basic System Setup
- 5 Camera Installation
- 6 Using the Mouse
- 7 Setting the Date & Time
- 8 Using the On-Screen Display
- 9 Recording
- 10 Playback
- 11 Backup
- 12 Motion Detection
- 13 Active Deterrence
- 14 Smart Motion Detection
- 15 Face Detection
- 16 Managing Passwords and User Accounts
- 17 Using the Main Menu
- 17.1 Main Menu Overview
- 17.2 Setting the Monitor Resolution (Display)
- 17.3 Configuring Sequence Mode
- 17.4 Camera Menu
- 17.5 Information Menu
- 17.5.1 Version Information
- 17.5.2 Hard Drive Information
- 17.5.3 BPS
- 17.5.4 System Log
- 17.5.5 Alarm
- 17.5.6 Online Users
- 17.5.7 Network Load
- 17.5.8 Network Test
- 17.5.9 Saving Your System Configuration to a USB Thumb Drive
- 17.5.10 Restore Default Settings
- 17.5.11 Upgrading Firmware Manually
- 17.5.12 Automatic Firmware Upgrades
- 17.6 Network Settings
- 17.6.1 Selecting DHCP or Static IP Address (TCP/IP)
- 17.6.2 Configuring System Ports (Connection)
- 17.6.3 Configuring Email Alerts
- 17.6.4 Configuring Switch Settings (Advanced)
- 17.6.5 P2P Setting
- 17.6.6 Performing Smart Search for Safeguard
- 17.6.7 Configuring Smart Plan
- 17.6.8 Configuring Safeguard
- 17.6.9 Configuring Video Loss Settings
- 17.6.10 Configuring Hard Drive Warnings
- 17.6.11 Configuring Network Warnings
- 17.6.12 Searching Event Logs
- 17.6.13 Configuring Pre-Recording
- 17.6.14 Formatting the Hard Drive
- 17.6.15 Configuring Hard Drive Type
- 17.6.16 Configuring Record Estimate (Recording Calculator)
- 17.6.17 FTP (Advanced)
- 17.6.18 Configuring General System Settings
- 17.6.19 Configuring Holidays
- 17.6.20 Configuring IP Filter
- 17.7 Shutdown
- 18 Connecting Remotely using the Lorex Home Mobile App
- 19 Smart Home & Voice Assistance
- 20 Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) Cameras
- 21 Connecting Audio Devices
- 22 Replacing the Hard Drive
- 23 DDNS Setup (Advanced)
- 24 Troubleshooting
- 24.1 Top Reasons Your Lorex Camera May Lose Video or Go Black
- 24.1.1 Going over PoE budget will result in video loss
- 24.1.2 When to use a PoE Switch?
- 24.1.3 Not enough power or total loss of it
- 24.1.4 Power surge and interference
- 24.1.5 Not supported display output
- 24.1.6 Twisted, bent or damaged cables
- 24.1.7 Outdated firmware and hardware
- 24.1.8 Issue with compatibility
- 24.1.9 Low internet bandwidth
- 24.1 Top Reasons Your Lorex Camera May Lose Video or Go Black
- 25 Technical Specifications
- 26 Notices
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5. Select a format mode:
• FAT32: Recommended — offers the greatest compatibility with other devices.
• NTFS: Advanced users only — should only be used on drives larger than 32GB where
file sizes will be larger than 4GB.
6. Click OK.
11.2 Backing Up Video
You can save video recordings from your system to a USB flash drive. Ensure you format new
drives before backing up video (see 11.1 Formatting the USB Flash Drive, page 32 for details).
To back up video:
1. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Main Menu.
2. Click BACKUP.
3. Click Browse to select the USB backup device and the folder to save your backup files to.
4. Configure the following:
• Type: Select the recording type you would like to search for or select All to search all re-
cording types.
• Channel: Select the channel you would like to search or select All to search all channels.
• Start Time / End Time: Select the start and end time for your search.
• File Format: Select DAV to save files to save files to .dav format. You can playback .
dav files using the Lorex video player software.
5. Click Search. A list of files that match your search criteria appears.
6. Check files you would like to backup.
7. Click Backup.
NOTE
HD video files saved on the system may take up a large amount of disk space. The size of video files se-
lected and the amount of free space on your USB device is shown on screen.
11.3 Using Video Clip Backup
Video clip backup allows you to select a duration of video during playback mode and save it to a
USB device (not included). For full instructions on video clip backup, see 10.4 Video Clip Back-
up, page 29.
11.4 Viewing Backed Up Files
Use the free Lorex Player to play back .dav files.
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