User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Product introduction
- Chapter 2 Installation
- Chapter 3 Getting started
- Chapter 4 Operating instructions
- Chapter 5 Live view
- Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera
- Chapter 7 Playing back a recording
- Overview of the playback window
- Playback pop-up menu
- Instant playback
- All-day playback
- Searching recorded video
- Playing back recordings by time and video type
- Playing back recordings by event
- Creating and playing back bookmarked recordings
- Slideshow of snapshots
- Playing back recordings from the system log
- Playing back frame-by-frame
- Digital zoom in playback
- Chapter 8 Archiving recorded files
- Chapter 9 Using the web browser
- Windows Vista and 7 users
- Accessing the web browser
- Web browser overview
- Using the web browser to configure the device
- Searching and playing back recorded video
- Searching for event logs
- Dual streaming
- Controlling a PTZ dome camera in the web browser
- Capturing text insertions
- Text overlay
- Using a network storage system
- Chapter 10 Recording
- Chapter 11 Alarm settings
- Chapter 12 Network settings
- Configuring general network settings
- Configuring an NTP server
- Configuring e-mail
- Configuring SNMP
- Configuring the FTP server
- Configuring a remote alarm host
- Configuring multicast
- Configuring the server and HTTP ports
- Configuring the RTSP service port
- Checking network status
- Exporting network packet data
- Port forwarding
- Chapter 13 HDD management
- Chapter 14 Camera settings
- Chapter 15 NVR management
- Chapter 16 User management
- Appendix A Specifications
- Appendix B PTZ protocols
- Appendix C Port forwarding information
- Appendix D KTD-405 keypad
- Appendix E Maximum pre-recording times
- Appendix F Supported PTZ commands
- Appendix G Default menu settings
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 13
HDD management
Initializing HDDs
The in-built HDD must be initialized before it can be used. You can also re-
initialize the HDD. However, all data on the HDD will be destroyed.
To initialize a HDD:
1. Click the System Settings icon in the menu toolbar and then click Hard Disk
to display its screen.
2. Select the HDD to be initialized.
3. Click the Initialize button to begin initialization.
After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD changes from
Abnormal to Normal.