Recording video to the hard disk

The internal hard disk is automatically formatted with recording area, normal recording, recording conditions, etc. Before starting recording, verify the recordable duration for normal recording. The formatting can be modified using "Recording settings". (P39)

Recording format verification

AThe total capacity of the hard disk and each area can be verified. (P43)

Normal recording (normal recording area)

Video from all cameras connected to the video input terminals of the DVR can be recorded with one touch of a button.

1Press the REC/STOP button during surveillance. "REC" appears on the operation display, and recording starts.

26-10-06 09:30:00 REC REPEAT EN A ARCHIV 0001

Alarm

 

recording

Archive area

area

 

 

1%

19%

80%

Normal recording area

<RECORDING AREA SET>

 

 

TOTAL CAPACITY

:

82GB

NORMAL RECORDING AREA

:

80

%

AREA FULL RESET

->

 

 

ALARM RECORDING AREA

:

19

%

AREA FULL RESET

->

 

 

ARCHIVE AREA

:

1

%

AREA FULL RESET

->

 

 

CAUTION : WHEN THE AREA SETTING IS CHANGED, THE WHOLE AREA WILL BE INITIALIZED !

REC/STOP

02

2 Press the REC/STOP button for approximately 3

seconds to stop recording.

The "REC" display disappears.

BThe settings for recording image quality (ENHANCED), audio recording, recording rate, and programmed recording can be verified. (P49)

<NORMAL REC MODE SET>

PICTURE QUALITY

: ENHANCED

 

AUDIO RECORDING

: OFF

REC RATE

: 12.5FPS ( 35H)

REC PROGRAM GROUP

: OFF

COverwrite setting for each recording area can be verified. If overwrite is set, and the recording area is full, the oldest video is overwritten by new in the order of recording. The default setting is ON, which enables overwrite, thus provides for continuous recording. (P47)

<RECORDING CONDITIONS SET> NORMAL RECORDING AREA

OVERWRITE

: ON

ALARM RECORDING AREA

 

OVERWRITE

: ON

REMAINING DISK WARNING

: **

SERIES RECORDING

: OFF

AUTO DELETE

: OFF

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Press the PLAY/STOP button to start

 

playback. (P18)

Playback is possible during recording. (P18)

bOther recordings

In addition to normal recording, the following types of recordings can be used. These methods require some settings and installation. Refer to the appropriate pages.

Timer-controlled recording (records to the normal recording area) P51

Automatically records the video within the preset timeframe.

Alarm recording (records to the alarm recording area) P55

Automatically records when an alarm is input from the external alarm switch or the motion sensor.

Pre-alarm recording (records to the alarm recording area) P57

Records video and audio directly before the alarm input. This information can be used for analyzing the circumstances of the alarm occurrence.

Motion sensor screen description P58

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