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Digital Video Recorder User Manual
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13.1 Initializing HDDs
Purpose:
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR.
Steps:
1. Enter the HDD Information interface.
Menu > HDD > General
Figure 13. 1 HDD Information Interface
2. Select HDD to be initialized.
3. Click the Init button.
Figure 13. 2 Confirm Initialization
4. Select the OK button to start initialization.
Figure 13. 3 Start Initialization
5. After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal.
Figure 13. 4 HDD Status Changes to Normal
Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it.
The HDDs which are free of working for a long time can be enabled to sleep, thus to decrease the power
consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs.
Click Menu > HDD > Advanced.
Figure 13. 5 Enable HDD Sleeping
Check the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping (by default), and the HDDs which are free of working for a long
time will be set to sleep.
Uncheck the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping, and the HDDs will be set to work for all time.