Digital Video Recorder User Manual
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consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs.
Click Menu > HDD > Advanced.
Check the checkbox of
Enable HDD Sleeping
(by default), and the HDDs which are free of working for a long
time will be set to sleep.
Uncheck the checkbox of
Enable HDD Sleeping
, and the HDDs will be set to work for all time.
11.2 Managing HDD Group
11.2.1Setting HDD Groups
Purpose:
Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD
group through HDD settings.
Steps:
1.
Enter the Storage Mode interface.
Menu > HDD > Advanced
2.
Set the
Mode
to Group.
Figure 11. 4 Storage Mode Interface
3.
Click the
Apply
button and the following Attention box will pop up.
Figure 11. 5 Attention for Reboot
4.
Click the
Yes
button to reboot the device to activate the changes.
5.
After reboot of device, enter the HDD Information interface.
Menu > HDD > General
6.
Select HDD from the list and click the
icon to enter the Local HDD Settings interface.
Figure 11. 6 Local HDD Settings Interface
7.
Select the Group number for the current HDD.
The default group No. for each HDD is 1.
