User`s manual

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When you install a HDD, the system will automatically detect if
HDD is formatted or not; If HDD needs to be formatted, HDD status will
be shown as “Not format”, otherwise, the HDD status will be shown as
“OK” (refer to Picture 5-34)
TOTAL SPACE: Indicates total space available on Hard Drive.
FREE SPACE: Indicates unused space available on the Hard Drive.
USEABLE REC TIME: Based on current image detail/quality and
frame rate, system will show you how recording time you have left on
the Hard Drive.
After successfully setting the above, when you playback the current channel, you can open the channel’s
audio function at the same time as the video
5.2.6 Device Management
5.2.6.1 HDD Management
OVERWRITE: If you select “on” the system will automatically overwrite the oldest recordings once the
hard drive is full; if you select “off”, recording will stop once the hard drive is full.
DURATION DAYS: the option allows HDD auto-overwrite previous data after the duration days you set herein.
HDD FORMAT: You use this option to format the hard drive, you can not record files to the hard drive
until it has been formatted. Click [Format HDD] button to start formatting. When selecting [Format HDD]
option the system will prompt you – “Format HDD will loss all the data, do you confirm?” ; click “OK”, system
will prompt you – “Is formatting…” and “successful format”; and then system will restart automatically.
USB FORMAT: Use this option to format USB devices.
5.2.6.2 Alarm Set
Options in device management include Hard drive, External
Alarm, PTZ control, Mobile Phone Monitoring, and Motion
Detection.
Click [Main MenuDevice  HDD] to enter [HDD
Management] menu (shown as Picture 5-34)
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Click [Main MenuDevice  Alarm] to enter into [Alarm setup]
menu to setup Alarm warnings (shown as Picture 5-36).
I/O STATUS ： Options include NO (Normal-open), NC
(Normal-close) and OFF. Set to “Normal-open” if you use external
sensor alarms that are normally open, Set to “Normal-close” if you use
external sensor alarms that are normally closed, set to “off” if you are
not going to use external sensor alarms. You can use the DVRs
internal motion detection to record when motion is detected; you do
Picture 5-36