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.

Backing Up Recorded Data

 

FILE

 

LIST

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:00:00

 

 

SEARCH

 

 

 

FIRST

 

STEP 1. Connect a blank USB flash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIZE

TYPE BAK

 

 

 

 

PRE

drive to the top USB port on the front

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4

.7M

Normal

 

 

 

 

NEXT

 

panel of the DVR.

 

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6

.7M

Alarm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 2. Open the Search menu and

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3

.7M

Alarm

 

 

LAST

 

 

 

 

 

search for recorded data on the

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3

.8M

Alarm

 

 

ALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

system.

 

 

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2

.2M

Normal

 

OTHER

 

 

 

STEP 3. Click FILE LIST.

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18

.3M

Alarm

 

 

BACKUP

 

STEP 4. Select the files

you want to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXIT

 

backup and click the BAK box next

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the file name (See Picture 4-19).

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE 4-19

 

 

Select multiple files if

desired. Click

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL to select all files;

click OTHER to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deselect all files.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

PICTURE 4-20

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.

PICTURE 4-21

STEP 3. Navigate to the file you wish to play back. It should have a .264 file extension.

PICTURE 4-22

STEP 4. Once you’ve loaded the file into the program, click the Play menu and select Play.

PICTURE 4-23

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