Formatting the Recording Media

An SD card or external hard disk can be installed on the camera to record live video. Format the media before use.

Installing an SD Card or External Hard Disk in the Camera

&Please refer to your media’s Instruction manual.

<Media recording area setting>

When the media is formatted on the camera menu screen, the size of the normal recording area and that of the alarm recording area are automatically allocated in the ratio "80 : 20".

If you wish to specify a different size ratio, format the media in [RECORD] [SD MEMORY CARD/EX HDD SETTINGS] via the network.

1Select [SD/HDD SET] on the main menu with the jlbuttons and press the SET

button.

AB C

 

CAPACITY

FORMAT

SD

:

2GB

NEW

ON

EX-HDD :

500GB

FMT

OFF

FORMAT SET y

[MENU]_(MAIN MENU)

AMedia type

SD: SD card

EX-HDD: External hard disk

BMedia size

CFormat status

FMT : Formatted

NEW : New (unformatted) media, or media that needs formatting because files in it could not be read.

----: Camera could not recognize the media

2Select the media to format with the jl buttons and press the SET button.

appears next to the selection "OFF" indicating that initialization is possible.

SD

: 2GB NEW OFF

3Select "ON" with the jl buttons and press the SET button.

SD

: 2GB NEW ON

4Select "FORMAT" with the jlbuttons and press the SET button.

 

CAPACITY

FORMAT

SD

:

2GB

NEW

ON

EX-HDD : 500GB

FMT

OFF

 

FORMAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

SET

y

 

"CONTINUE?" appears. Select "YES" and press the SET button.

• Formatting begins.

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