Operation Manual

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Recording Video 4

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Manual Recording Settings, page 61

• Automatic Recording Settings, page 62

Manual Recording Settings

In live view mode, you can manually record a clip directly to a connected USB storage device.

Note To back up recorded video to a connected USB storage device, please see

Backing Up Video and Snapshots on page 70.

To record a video clip in live view mode

1. Connect a USB storage device (such as a USB flash drive) to one of the USB ports on the

NVR.

The Find USB device dialog box opens automatically.

2. Right-click to close the window.

3. In live view mode, move the mouse pointer to the top of the channel window to display the

camera toolbar (see Camera Toolbar on page 48).

4. On the camera toolbar, click the Realtime Backup button to start recording. The

button changes to green while the NVR is recording.

5. Click the Realtime Backup button again to stop recording.

The video clip is saved automatically to the connected USB storage device. The file name

uses the following format: [NVR name]_[channel]_[video stream]_[recording start

time]_[recording end time]).dav.