4.8 BACKUP
Once you have located a recorded video event on your system’s hard drive, you can copy it to a USB flash drive. Most USB flash drives are compatible with this DVR.
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NOTE! The size of each file is shown in the File List menu. Use this to help you find a USB flash drive large enough to hold all the files you wish to backup.
STEP 5. Click BACKUP from the side- panel to immediately begin copying the files to the USB flash drive.
The download progress will be displayed in the status window.
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CAUTION! DO NOT remove the USB flash drive during backup.
USING THE PLAYBACK SOFTWARE
The Playback software included on the accompanying software disk will play back the video files created by your DVR. These files have a .264 file extension and will not play on standard media player software unless you convert them to .avi format using the Playback program.
Install the Playback software to your computer as normal before attempting to view video you have backed up.
To view a video file on your computer
STEP 1. Copy one or more backup files to your PC.
STEP 2. Launch the Playback software and select “Open Local File” from the File Menu.
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STEP 3. Navigate to the file you wish to play back. It should have a .264 file extension.
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STEP 4. Once you’ve loaded the file into the program, click the Play menu and select Play.
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