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SECTION 8
BACKING UP TO A CD-R DRIVE
8.1 BACKUP OVERVIEW
The DVR unit can easily backup important video to an internal or external media
location. The most commonly used are CD-RW drives and Hard Drives. Since the DVR
unit comes standard equipped with a CD-RW drive, this section covers backing up
using the CD-RW drive as well as by using a Hard Drive.
The DVR unit backs up using a proprietary compression format that can only be read
by the DVR Backup program. This ensures the integrity of the data. In addition the CD-
RW also uses a proprietary format in which it stores the information. This format, called
UDF, can only be read by a Computer which has the UDF reader software installed. A
copy of Roxio® UDF Reader is on the Software Installation CD shipped with the DVR
unit. A copy is also available for download from Roxio® direct (http://www.roxio.com).
During the backup process the DVR unit will never stop recording. The DVR unit is a
multiplexing unit that can perform virtually all functions without having to stop the
recording process.
In addition, you can now backup to multiple CDs when the file sizes exceed the size of
one CD. Also, you can specify multiple locations to save to. For example you can save
1/3 the data to a CD, 1/3 the data to the local Drive and 1/3 the data to a network drive.
8.2 DirectCD FORMAT UTILITY
The Fusion DVR unit uses DirectCD® 5.0 to save the data to a CD-RW Drive.
This allows the DVR to use the CD-RW just as it would any other attached Hard Drive,
both reading and writing to it. CDR and CD-RW discs must be formatted in the
DirectCD 5.0 UDF standard for the DVR unit to recognize them. It is recommended that
CDR discs, NOT CD-RW discs, be used in the DVR unit only because of the format
time and cost difference between the two. It can take 45 minutes to an hour to format a
CD-RW disc but only 15 to 30 seconds to format a CDR disc. In addition, CDR discs
are generally considerably less expensive than CD-RW discs.
There are two ways to open the DirectCD format utility. The first is by exiting to
windows. The second is by opening the Backup Window and pressing the Format CD
button.
CAUTION: Although many features are available within DirectCD, it is
highly recommended that you do NOT use any features other than those
necessary for the standard exportation of video as outlined in this
section, otherwise loss of information or software instability could result.