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11. HDD Management
11.1 Initialising HDDs
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first formatted before it can be used
with your DVR. Formatting the HDD will erase all data on it.
To format a HDD:
1.
Enter the HDD Management menu, shown below by clicking Menu > HDD.
2.
Select HDD to format.
3.
Click the Init (Initialise) button.
4.
Select OK button to begin initialisation. After the HDD has been initialised, the status
of the HDD will change from
Abnormal
to
Normal
.
11.2 Setting HDD Groups
Your DVR can separate multiple HDDs into groups. Videos from specified channels can
be set to be recorded onto a particular HDD group.
To setup an HDD group:
1.
Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2.
Select HDDs to be added to group.
3.
Select Group button to enter Group Settings menu.
4.
Set the
HDD Group Number
, as shown below.
5.
Select OK to save and exit menu.
Note:
By default, all HDDs belong to group 1.
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