Q-See QS4474 user manual Hard Drive HDD Management, Playback, Video Search

4.6 HARD DRIVE (HDD) MANAGEMENT

This window displays essential information about the system’s internal hard drive,

4.7 PLAYBACK

View recorded video on the system through the Search menu.

and lets you format the internal hard drive and external USB flash drive.

The HDD menu displays the following:
• HDD STATUS: The system will display
“OK” for normal operation. This DVR
supports up to a 1TB or 2TB hard
drive depending on the model.
• SIZE: The size (in gigabytes) of the
internal hard drive. The size of your
system`s internal hard drive will vary
by model
• FREE SPACE: The space (in gigabytes)	PICTURE 4-12
remaining on the system`s internal
hard drive.

•AVAILABLE TIME: The recording time (in hours) remaining on the HDD based on your current record settings

•OVERWRITE: Select ENABLE or DISABLE. If Overwrite is enabled prior to recording, the system will record over the oldest video data once the hard drive is full. If Overwrite is disabled, the system will stop recording once the hard drive is full and the “FULL” LED on the front panel of the system will light up.

VIDEO SEARCH

Select VIDEO SEARCH in the Shortcut Menu (Picture 4-13) or select it in the Main Menu (Picture 4-14).

M A I N M E N U

K E Y L O C K

C H N S W I T C H

D I G I T A L Z O O M V I D E O S E A R C H P T Z

M U T E

M A N U A L R E C S T O P R E C

R O T A T I O N

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CHAPTER 4 BASIC OPERATION

If there is no hard drive in DVR, or the DVR cannot read the hard drive, or the hard drive is not formatted, it will display an “H” in the video preview interface.

FORMATTING THE INTERNAL HARD DRIVE

If you installed a new hard drive, you must format the hard drive in the DVR before it can be used. Clicking on the HDD Format button will begin the formatting process. After formatting,

SEARCH

SEARCH RECORD HDD BASIC ADVANCE EXIT

PICTURE 4-13

When you first open the Search menu it will display the current date.

the system will restart.

CAUTION! Formatting the hard drive erases all video data! This step cannot be undone!

To install a new hard drive, or to replace a defective one, please see Chapter 7.

Click PLAY to play back the last minute of recorded video (Quick Search).

To search for a particular event:

STEP 1. Select a specific channel to view or select All.

1	2	SEARCH	3
	RECORD

CHN	ALL	DATE		07/14/2011		SEARCH		09:07	PLAY
RECORD STATE			04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15416
JUL.	01 02 03
	17 18 19		20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
14TH	00	01		02	035	04	05	06	07
	08	09		10	11	12	13	14	15
	16	17		18	19	20	21	22	23

Most currently available USB flash drives are compatible with this DVR, however if you need to reformat your flash drive - say to erase old data - then clicking on the USB Format button while the drive is connected to the upper USB port on the front of the DVR will allow you to reformat it. This button is not for use with any external USB hard drive you may connect to the DVR for backup. External hard drives will need to be formatted using the Fat32 format and this can be done by connecting the drive to the USB port on a PC and reformatting it from there.

STEP 2. Enter a date using the Virtual	6
		FILE LIST	EXIT
Keyboard	PICTURE 4-15

STEP 3. Click Search

Recorded events (Alarm and Motion Detection-triggered recordings) appear in red while scheduled recordings will be shown in green.

STEP 4. Click a date in the Month Grid to select the date of the video.

STEP 5. Click on an hour block to begin playback of the video file(s) recorded during that period.

or

STEP 6. Select File List to see a list of recorded files. (Shown in Picture 4-16)

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