Use and Care Manual

Digital Video Recorder

Highlight the Settings box beside Check Alarm-In and press the

button. You can select the interval that you

want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on Alarm Inputs. You can select from 1 hr. to 30 days or Never.

Highlight the Settings box beside Disk Almost Full, and press the

button. Select the percentage level of disk

usage at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range from 80% to 99%.

Highlight the Settings box beside Disk Bad, and press the

button. Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at

which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range from 10% to 90%.

Highlight the Settings box beside Disk Temperature, and press the

button. Select the temperature of hard disk

drive at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert if the temperature exceeds the defined threshold. Refer to the

hard disk drive manufacturer’s documentation for the correct temperature setting.

The DVR can be set to react to system events. Highlight the Actions box beside the desired event and press the

button. System events can be associated with an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or

notify a number of different devices.

NOTE: Alarm-Out action cannot be set to System, Boot Up, Restart, Shutdown and Panic Record events.

Mail notify is the only option available for the System event.

Alert Window notify cannot be set to System, Boot Up, Restart and Shutdown events.

For the Notify action to work, the DVR should be registered in the REVO Remote Pro (Remote

Administration System).

Recording Setup

General

Figure 13: Record – General setup screen.

Highlighting Recycle and pressing the

button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR

records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the

DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used.

Highlight the Event Record Dwell box and set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event.

You can set the dwell from 5 seconds to 30 minutes. Refer to Event Actions screen in this chapter for information

regarding event recording.

The DVR can record up to 12 audio inputs. Highlighting Record Audio and pressing the button toggles between

On and Off.