5400C Series DVR User Manual
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4 Record Settings
There are multiple ways to setup your DVR for recording. They include setting up a recording
schedule, triggering a recording by motion detection and/or a sensor alarm, and manually
starting the recording.
4.1. Initializing Record Settings
Before setting your DVR up for recording, certain settings should be configured first. The steps to
configuring these settings are:
1.
You should initialize the HDD through HDD management before proceeding.
2.
Navigate to Menu > Configuration > Record Settings. You will be taken to the Record
Settings menu.
3.
Select the camera you would to configure the settings for.
4.
Configure settings for:
Encoding Parameters:
Select main stream or sub stream.
Record Audio:
Select to record audio of the camera.
Resolution:
The resolution is fixed as 4CIF for main stream, CIF for sub stream.
BitRate Type:
Select either Variable or Invariable bit rate.
Video Quality:
Select the quality to record cameras when the Bitrates type is selected
as Variable. Otherwise, it can't be selected.
Frame Rate:
Select recordings frame rate.
