User manual
Operation 
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Siemens Building Technologies   
Fire Safety & Security Products    12.2008
4.  Highlight the box beside Channels and press the   button. 
Î You can select the cameras that you would like to include in your video clip. 
5.  Highlight the box beside Dest. and press the 
 button. 
Î You can select the storage device on which you would like to record the video 
clip. You can choose from Internal DVD-RW, USB Storage and USB CD-RW. 
IMPORTANT  The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format. 
NOTE 
While copying video clips on the CD-RW or DVD RW, the recording speed might decrease. 
  NOTE 
While copying video clips on the CD-RW or DVD RW, the DVR will stop archiving video data until clip 
copy is finished. 
  NOTE 
When the error message “Firmware update of the optical drive is required” displays, update the 
firmware of the installed DVD RW drive. Please follow the instructions described in the chapter 
Configuration, System Information. 
The DVR automatically assigns a file name to the video clip. However, you 
can give the video clip file a different name. 
6.  Highlight the box beside File Name and press the 
 button. 
Î A virtual keyboard appears. 
7.  Enter a file name for the video you are backing up and select Close. 
Î The DVR will automatically add the camera number (for example “01”) and 
“.exe” to the file name. 
NOTE 
When naming a file, you cannot use the following characters: \, /, :, *, ?, “, <, >, |. 
8.  Highlight Include Text-In Data and press the   button. 
Î 
This will toggle between On and Off. When this
 feature is On, you can include 
text-in data when copying video if the video was recorded with text-in data. 
9.  Highlight Verify After Burning and press the 
 button. 
Î This will toggle between On and Off. When this feature is On, you can verify 
that the data is written on the CD-RW or DVD RW properly. 
10.  Once you have given the video clip a file name, highlight the Start button and 
press the 
 button. 
Î The confirmation screen displaying data size will appear. When the storage 
device does not have enough space, the DVR will ask if you want to copy as 
much of the video clip as possible in the available space. 
11.  Highlight the Continue button and press the 
 button to continue clip copy. 
Î Once the clip copy starts, you can cancel it by selecting Cancel or hide the 
screen by selecting Close. 
Î When selecting Close, Clip Copy continues and a confirmation screen will 
display when complete. 










