Swann H.264 manual USB Backup Instructions

USB Backup Instructions

•First, insert a USB flash drive into the USB port on the rear of the DVR. Inserting a flash drive into the mouse port will not work correctly.

•Make sure there are no files on the USB flash drive that you wish to keep, as data already on the drive may be lost (whether or not you use the FORMAT option).

•If you need to format the USB flash drive, see the USB Format option in the HDD Drive Menu, covered on “HDD Management” on page 44.

•Open the Detail Files screen - see “Detail Files and Log List” on page 34.

•Locate the file(s) you wish to copy.

•Highlight the Select check-boxes which correspond to the recordings that you wish to backup, and left click or press select.

•You can backup multiple recordings at once, as long as their cumulative size will

fit on the USB flash drive you have inserted into the DVR.

•Choose Backup.

Notes:

Backing up footage is not an instant process. Copying the footage to the USB device may be a time consuming process, though it’s usually much quicker than the amount of footage you’re backing up (typically about 150MB/minute, which equates to approximately 6 minutes per GB).

There are many factors which will affect the amount of time the DVR requires to copy all the footage you’ve selected to the USB drive, and these include:

•The quality/resolution/framerate settings of the channel(s) being backed up.

•The speed of the USB flash drive used.

•The size and amount of free space remaining on the USB flash drive you use.

The backed up footage is stored on the flash drive in the same format as it is stored on the DVR. This means that the backed up footage will not play in a computer as a standard video file - you’ll need to use the dedicated playback software which comes on the mini-CD included with the DVR. Instructions on how to install and use this software can be found later in this manual.

36Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.