Instruction Manual

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Using the Main Menu
4. Click Apply. Click OK to confirm. Wait for
the hard drive to format. Hard drives
become Read/Write hard drives by default
when formatted.
Selecting Hard Drive Types
The system supports the following hard drive
types:
• Read/Write: N
ormal recording hard drive.
• Read only: Do not record on the hard drive.
• Mirroring: Record in parallel to Read/Write
hard drive for cameras enabled for
mirroring. This allows you to create
automatic backups of recordings.
NOTE: Mirr
oring must be enabled in the
schedule (for details, see “Schedule” on
page 24).
NOTE: Mir
roring begins backing up data
starting when the hard drive is configured
for mirroring.
To select hard drive types:
1. Under HD
D No., select the hard drive you
would like to format.
2. Under S
et to, select the hard drive type.
3. Click Ex
ecute.
4. Right-click to exit the HDD Management
menu. The sys
tem will restart.
Configuring Hard Drive Group Settings
Hard drive group settings allows you to
balance recordings for your IP cameras across
multiple hard drives.
To configure hard driv
e group settings:
1. Click HDD Setting.
2. Under HDD
Group select the group
number you would like to assign to each
hard drive.
3. Click OK. The
system will restart.
4. Return to the HDD Manage menu
(right-clic
k>Main
Menu>Advanced>HDD Manage). Click
HDD Channel.
5. For each channel, select the hard drive
gr
oup you would like it to record to.
6. Click OK.
Warning
The Warning sub-menu allows you to
Select HDD
Select Format
Click Execute
Select group
number
Select hard
drive group for
each channel