Instruction manual

Note: If the HDD has not been formatted yet, it will be formatted and partitioned with

default record size, 30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record. If it has been

formatted (and recorded) before, it will be partitioned according to the Alarm

Record Size (%) and Normal Record Size (%) displayed on the screen and the

previously recorded contents will all be cleared.

 CALL => Physical Format

Press this button to physically format the selected HDD. A confirmation dialog will be

shown on the screen, press

ENTER

to confirm or

ESC

to cancel.

Please note that the

recording will be always optimized for performance & lifetime no matter it’s for the

first time or for the one hundredth time. The formatting would take less than 1

minute. We strongly recommend that the user use this physical format function to

format the HDD for the first time.

Note: The HDD will be physically formatted and partitioned with default record size,

30% for Alarm record and 70% for Normal record. All the previously recorded

contents will be cleared.

 ESC

Press this button to escape from this screen and return to HDD Setup display. If the Save

dialog is shown, press ENTER to exit and save, ESC to exit without saving.

Following is a brief description for each item and its specific operations:

 Alarm Recording HDD – the current HDD for alarm recording. This item is just for

information.

 Normal Recording HDD – the current HDD for normal recording. This item is just for

information.

 Size (GB) – the total storage in GB (Giga-Byte) for this HDD if it has been formatted.

This item is just for information.

 Alarm Record(%) – Alarm Record Size (in percentage) for this HDD. Please follow the

Text Input method described in Section 4.1 to change the value.

 Normal Record(%) – Normal Record Size (in percentage) for this HDD. It equals to

(100% - Alarm Record Size). This item is just for information.

6.7 Password Setup

In Setup Menu display, press ▲▼ to change the highlighted option to

Password

and then

press ENTER to call up Password Setup as shown.