Speco Technologies DVR-16/IP user manual Event, Rec Priority Mode, Circular Record, HDD Full Alarm

6.5.6 Rec Priority Mode

This item allows you to set up the record priority, use RIGHT/LEFT keys to select Setup or Auto. Setup means priority mode will follow the setup value in configuration table, Auto means the camera with most motion will get higher priority automatically.

6.5.7 Circular Record

The DVR-16/IP can store the recorded video information in circular or not. If the setting is “ON” (default), the earliest recorded video will be over-written automatically (none-stop recording).

If Circular Record setting is “OFF”, the recording will be stopped when the HDD is full; under this situation, a flash highlighted message (HDD Full) will be shown on the screen when the rest recording time is about 45 minutes; and the beeper will start beeping when the rest recording time is about 15 minutes.

6.5.8 HDD Full Alarm

If you select “ON” for this item, the beeper will start beeping when the rest recording time is about 15 minutes; and the beeper will stop beeping after you insert a new HDD.

The other way to stop the beeper is to select “OFF” for this item.

6.6 Event

This menu allows you to configure how the EVENT condition is handled and how the DVR-16/IP responses.

When an alarm is triggered, you can press the ESC button and the alarm channel button to switch the call monitor to the alarm channel; after then, you can press these two buttons to start switching again.

6.6.1 Day/ Night Switch

This sub-menu allows you to enable or disable the “Day/ Night Switch” signal from the external I/O connector. Move to 1 Day/ Night Switch and press ENTER button, the sub-menu will appear.

6.6.1.1 Day/ Night SW Enable

	Event
1	Day / Night Switch
2	Event Response
3	Motion Detect
4 Alarm In
5	Video Loss Detect	Dis
6 Alarm Set / Reset SW		En
7	Release Time
8	Clear Event List
9	Exit
	Day/ Night Switch
1 Day / Night SW Enable		No
2 Switch <OFF>		Day
3 Delay For Active		60
4 Exit

Use right/ left buttons to select YES (enable) or NO (disable). If you select “NO”, the Day/ Night Switch signal will be ignored; the event processor will follow the time schedule that defined in Record Section. If you select “YES”, the event processor will follow the On/ Off position of the external Day/ Night switch.

6.6.1.2 Switch <OFF>

This item allows you to configure which setting (Day/ Night) will be activated when the switch is OFF. You may select Day or Night by using the right/ left buttons.

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