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6.2 TURNING OFF THE DVR
You normally only turn off the machine when you want to shut the system down. Do not turn
off the machine while playing or setting the system up. Especially do not to turn off the DVR
while recording.
Press the recording button to stop recording or press the play button to stop playing, or exit
from system setup menu, then turn off the power by unplugging the DVR.
If you do not plan to use the video recorder for a long period of time you should pull out the
power plug from the electrical outlet.
6.3 MANUAL RECORDING
Connect the power to all related equipment; ensure that there is video input.
Press the display button to check amount of space on the hard drive. If there is not much
available space, consider changing the hard drive first or select overwrite mode.
Check recording parameters before recording; select video quality and frame rate (refer to 5.4
Record Setup). You cannot change record settings while you are recording,
Under manual recording mode (non-schedule status), pressing the record button will start
recording on all channels.
While in manual recording mode, pressing the record button, and entering the right password will
stop recording.
During the process of recording if the hard drive is full, and the system is set to automatic
overwrite, then the recording will not be interrupted and will begin to overwrite the earliest
recorded area; if overwrite is disabled it will stop recording.
6.4 ALARM RECORDING
Alarm recording is not started by manually pressing record button. Alarm recording can be
activated by alarm input signal or motion, so the connection of alarm input equipment must be
correct, stable and reliable, and the alarm setup must be right, please refer to 5.6 Sensor Setup.
Before the alarm recording can be activated by exterior input signal or the built in motion sensors,
in the menu of alarm setup for exterior input alarm, alarm enable of that channel must set to “ON”.
For motion alarm, motion enable of that channel must set to “ON”, and motion detect area must
be setup, refer to 5.6.1 Motion Area Set.
Alarm and motion video recording cannot be stopped by pressing the record button. You need to
stop it setting the alarm or motion enable to off.
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