Recording
Manual recording
Start/stop recording manually.
z Press the [REC] button.
•Recording of images from all the camera channels except channels which supply no video input signal will start. The [REC] button and the camera channel selection buttons respective to the channels used for the current recording will light.
•When recording starts, the 
icon (recording icon) will be displayed in the area on which images from the camera channels used for the current recording are displayed.
•To configure the image quality and the recording rate for camera channels independently, configure them on the setup menu ("Recording Setup" – "Manual Rec. Setup") (☞ page 57).
xTo stop recording, hold down the [REC] button for 2 seconds or more.
•The lit camera selection button and the [REC] button will go off and recording will stop. When recording stops, the 
icon (recording icon) will also disappear.
Timer recording
It is possible to start and stop recording according to a recording schedule set in advance.
Recording schedule can be set on the setup menu ("Recording Setup" – "Timer Rec. Setup") (☞ page 57).
Important:
The timer recording cannot be stopped by holding down the [REC] button for 2 seconds or more. To stop the timer record- ing, select "Off" for each day of the week and for "DAILY" on the setup menu ("Recording Setup" – "Timer Rec. Setup") (☞ page 57).
Alarm recording
It is possible to start recording at an alarm occurrence (according to the settings configured in advance). Refer to page 27 for further information about the events.
The setting for the alarm recording can be configured on the setup menu ("Event Setup" – "Alarm Rec. Setup") (☞ page 59). The alarm recording will stop when the [ALARM RESET] button is pressed or when the set alarm recording duration has passed.
Important:
•The alarm recording cannot be stopped by holding down the [REC] button for 2 seconds or more.
•The order of recording priority is as follows: (1) Alarm recording, (2) Timer recording, (3) Manual recording
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