Q-See QC444-403/411/426 manual Part 8 Backing UP Files, Start, Stop and Play

Files will be listed by their start time. In addition, when the DVR records a file, it also indicates the type of recording and it will indicate this one-letter code after the file name.

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StartTime Type

PART 8 - BACKING UP FILES

The DVR supports backing up to USB flash drives, hard drives, burners, and SD cards.

R = Regular recording

A = External alarm triggered recording M = Motion detection triggered recording

PLAYBACK

11:37:22 M 11:48:00 R 11:54:00 A 12:10:00 M 13:00:00 R 14:00:00 R 15:00:00 R

16:00:00 R

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Plug in a USB device and go to the Main Menu and then clicking on the Backup icon will open the Backup window.

The Backup window will display any connected devices along with available space and status. If you have a device connected to the USB port on the side of the DVR and it does not appear, press the Detect button. If it still does not appear, then use a different USB device.

Once an external USB device is detected, pressing the Backup button will open a new

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Once you’ve run your search, you may select which videos you wish to review.

window allowing you to select which files to back up. You can select by channel, start and

Start, Stop and Play

Double-click on the desired video file and playback will begin. The playback controls operate as with a normal DVD player or computer media player with pause, rewind, etc. In the case of multiple views, the channel with the green outline around its video is the one that is being controlled. You can switch between channels by clicking on the one you wish to control.

Fast Next

Play Frame Playback

Stop Slider

Play	Slow		Volume
	Play
Reverse Previous
		Frame

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end times, as well as which type of event; regular recording, alarm, motion detection or all of them.

Only files with a check mark in front of them will be backed up. You can deselect whichever files you choose or select them all by selecting the box at the top of the list.

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If you need to clear space on your external drive, you can use the Erase button. This will delete ALL files on that device.

IMPORTANT! USB hard drives must be formatted as FAT 32.

While all channels will display video from the same event, individual playbacks can be controlled separately. A single channel can be paused, rewound or sped up without affecting the playback of other channels.

Selecting the Stop button will end playback of that channel while the others (if any) continue to play back. To end playback on all channels, simply right-click the mouse or move to another file using the buttons to the right of the

08-19-2010 00: 00: 00 All CH 1 2 3 4 ALL

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StartTime Type

11:37:22 M

11:48:00 R

11:54:00 A

12:10:00 M

13:00:00 R

14:00:00 R

15:00:00 R

16:00:00 R 17:00:00 R

Start Time

08-19-10 13:20:00

End Time

08-19-10 13:26:00 Size(KB) 52736

Once you have selected the files, press Start to begin the download. A progress bar will be displayed showing estimated time remaining. During the download, the Start button will change to Stop. You can stop the process at any time by pressing the button again.

You can also right-click out of the menu once the file transfer has begun to go on to other activities without cancelling the download.

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The files will be saved with the following naming format:

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SN_CH(channel number)_TYPE_TIME(Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute, Second)

Therefore, a file shown on the DVR as being a regular record (R), being recorded on 01/04/11 starting at 2:00:00 would have a file name of: 1_01_R_010411020000.dav

The files can be played back using the software included on the CD accompanying this DVR.