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Recording: Schedule
Advanced Configuration
Important Guidelines
The schedule presented
Use the Copy To functions to quickly assign identical schedule layouts to multiple days/channels at once.
Be careful when programming your schedule. It’s one of the most important aspects of setting up your DVR, and if it’s wrong in any way, it could lead to disastrous complications later.
Copy To (Channel): Located at the base of the screen, with Default on one side and Apply on the other. This will allow you to copy the schedule from the channel you’re editing to another channel or channels.
Recording Modes:
There are two types of recording to choose from.
Normal: The DVR will constantly record for any period where Normal is selected. You won’t miss anything, but constant recording will fill your hard drive very quickly. (The DVR does record the equivalent of a DVD film every two hours on every channel, so that’s rather a lot of data!) Typically, we suggest Motion as a better recording mode for most users.
Motion: The recommended recording setting for most applications. The DVR will only record when it detects something moving in front of a camera, and will then only record footage from the camera(s) that do detect motion unless you alter your Action settings “Alarm: Motion Detection - Action” on page 36 to include other channels.
Before setting any of your schedule to Motion, ensure that Motion Detection is properly configured for the channel(s) you want to associate with it. See “Alarm: Motion” on page 34 for more information about setting up and configuring Motion Detection.
None: As the name suggests, the DVR will not record anything. This isn’t really a mode, but it’s listed here for completeness.
Note: You can record using Normal and Motion at the same time. The DVR will record constantly, but tag motion events and mark them as such in the Video Search interface.
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