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PICTURE 4-11
4.6 HARD DRIVE (HDD) MANAGEMENT
This window displays essential information about the system`s internal hard drive,
and lets you format the internal hard drive and external USB flash drive.
The HDD menu displays the following:
• HDD STATUS: The system will display
“OK” for normal operation. This DVR
supports a hard drive up to 2TB.
• SIZE: The size (in gigabytes) of the
internal hard drive. The size of your
system`s internal hard drive will vary
by model
• FREE SPACE: The space (in gigabytes)
remaining on the system`s internal
hard drive.
• AVAILABLE TIME: The recording time (in hours) remaining on the HDD based on your
current record settings
• OVERWRITE: Select ENABLE or DISABLE. If Overwrite is enabled prior to recording,
the system will record over the oldest video data once the hard drive is full. If Overwrite
is disabled, the system will stop recording once the hard drive is full and the “FULL”
LED on the front panel of the system will light up.
If there is no hard drive in DVR, or the DVR cannot read the hard drive, or the hard drive is not
formatted, it will display an “H” in the video preview interface.
FORMATTING THE INTERNAL HARD DRIVE
If you installed a new hard drive, you must format the hard drive in the DVR before it can be
used. Clicking on the HDD Format button will begin the formatting process. After formatting,
the system will restart.
CAUTION! Formatting the hard drive erases all video data! This step cannot
be undone!
To install a new hard drive, or to replace a defective one, please see Chapter 8.
Most currently available USB flash drives are compatible with this DVR, however if you need
to reformat your flash drive - say to erase old data - then clicking on the USB Format button
while the drive is connected to the upper USB port on the front of the DVR will allow you to
reformat it. This button is not for use with any external USB hard drive you may connect to
the DVR for backup. External hard drives will need to be formatted using the Fat32 format and
this can be done by connecting the drive to the USB port on a PC and reformatting it from
there.