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OPERATION
Hard disk recording areas
When the digital video recorder is turned on, recording
areas are automatically setup within the internal hard disk
(with the default settings being normal recording area:
80%, alarm recording area: 19%, and archive area: 1%).
When the [REC/STOP] button is pressed, this digital video
recorder starts recording video data in the normal
recording area. When an alarm occurs, the corresponding
video data is recorded in the alarm recording area.
[A] Normal recording area
[B] Alarm recording area
[C] Archive area
z If the memory allocations for the various hard disk
recording areas are changed during a recording
process, all stored recordings will be deleted and the
hard disk will be initialized; accordingly, special care
should be taken. For more details, refer to P.65.
z In the case of certain hard disks, error may be present
in the total hard disk capacity as displayed on menu
screens.
The internal hard disk
Recording
mode
Recording method
Normal
recording
Manual
When monitoring, recording is per-
formed in response to pressing of the
[REC/STOP] button.
Timer
recording
Automatic
Recording is carried out in accordance
with timer settings.
Recording
mode
Recording method
Alarm
recording
Automatic
Recording is carried out when alarm
recording is set to “ENABLED”. Specifi-
cally, alarm images are recorded in the
alarm recording area in response
either to operation of a switch that has
been connected to an alarm input ter-
minal or to detection of an intruder or
the like using motion sensors.
Pre-alarm
recording
Automatic
When pre-alarm recording is set to
“ON”, it will be possible to record video
from before the occurrence of an alarm
based on the corresponding settings.
<RECORDING AREA SET>
TOTAL CAPACITY : 82GB
NORMAL RECORDING AREA : 80 %
AREA FULL RESET ->
ALARM RECORDING AREA : 19 %
AREA FULL RESET ->
ARCHIVE AREA : 1 %
AREA FULL RESET ->
CAUTION : WHEN THE AREA SETTING IS CHANGED,
THE WHOLE AREA WILL BE INITIALIZED !
[A]
[B]
[C]
C
A
B
1%
1%
80%
80%
1%
80%
19%
Alarm
recording
area
Archive area
Hard Disk Recording Areas
Normal recording
area
Recording
mode
Recording method
Copy Manual
This area is used to store important
video data copied from the normal
recording area and/or alarm recording
area. By making changes to the normal
recording area and the alarm recording
area, this area can be extended to up
to 10 GB in size (i.e., 12% when using
a 80 GB hard disk).
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