Operation Manual
User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 
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To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group. See Chapter 10.4 Managing 
HDD Group. 
Steps: 
1.  Enter HDD setting interface. 
Menu> HDD 
Figure 5. 31 HDD General 
2.  Click   to edit the HDD you want to protect. 
Figure 5. 32 HDD General- Editing 
3.  Set the HDD to Read-only. 
4.  Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu. 
  You  cannot  save  any  files  in  a  Read-only  HDD.  If  you  want  to  save  files  in  the  HDD,  change  the 
property to R/W. 
  If there is only one HDD and is set to Read-only, the DVR cannot record any files. Only live view mode 
is available. 
  If you set the HDD to Read-only when the DVR is saving files in it, then the file will be saved in next 
R/W HDD. If there is only one HDD, the recording will be stopped. 










