User guide
Table Of Contents
- In This Issue:
- Front Panel Indicators and Controls
- DVR Front Panel Numeric/Alpha Key Controls
- IR Remote Control
- IR Remote Control Setup and Configuration
- Start Up
- Menu Descriptions
- Main Menu
- Programming Users and Passwords
- Display Menu
- Image Menu
- Recording Menu
- Manual Recording
- Playback
- SmartSearch (Motion History)
- Event Playback
- Network Menu
- Alarm Menu
- Exception Menu
- PTZ Menu
- RS232 Menu
- Preview Menu
- Transact(ion) Menu
- Utilities Menu
- DVR Rear Panel Connections
- Index

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Hard Disk Management
Select HD:
Select a hard drive connected to the DVR to check its status.
Check HDD work status
Capacity, Free space, Idle (stand by) or not, Normal status or not.
Format HDD
Before formatting, stop all recording.
• Time required to format a 250GB Seagate SV35 drive is 7 minutes.
• Time required to format a 750GB Seagate SV35 drive is 37 minutes.
The default DVR hard drive connections are:
Hard Drive Connection Device
1 Back-up to an external device. E-Sata connector on the back of the DVR.
2 Panasonic SATA DVD Writer.
Compatible 8 cm DVD discs: Ritek DVD-R, Mitsubishi CD-R, Sony
DVD-R, Banana DVD-R, (Plasmon CD-R – ok when the file is 40M
maximum). (Haomuren CD-R – ok when the disk is written to once and
the size is 40M maximum).
Compatible 12 cm DVD discs: Hickwall DVD-R, Sony DVD-R,
Mitsubishi DVD-R, Plasmon CD-R, Hickwall DVD+R.
NOTES:
• DVD-RW media is not supported
• DVD+RW media is not supported
• Once started, writing to DVD/CD can not be cancelled.
All others Hard Disk Drives