Digital Watchdog Vmax960-16, User Manual

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4.1.3 Export/Import
Users can copy and paste the system configuration values in this menu. “Export” allows the user to copy the settings for this
system to USB memory devices. “Import” allows the user to recall the settings saved from other systems using USB memory
devices. During import process, make sure that the firmware version of source DVR is the same as the destination DVR.
4.1.4 HDD
HDD information sub-menu displays all relevant information regarding all HDDs connected to the DVR.
Press the ‘Check’ button next to the HDD’s name to view that HDD’s health status. When pressed, the system will display:
Model: Make and model name of the Hard Drive.
Size: Total size of the Hard Drive, in KB.
Temperature: Hard Drive’s current Temperature, displayed in Celsius. Normal operating temperatures should be between 30°
and 45° degrees.
Live Time: Remaining estimated hours of operation.
Bad Sector: any unusable areas in the HDD that may affect recording, displayed in percentage of the total HDD.
User can select “Overwrite” or “Rec Stop” when the HDD is full. If ‘Overwrite’ is selected, when the HDD is full, new video will
be recorded OVER older data. If ‘Rec Stop’ is selected, the HDD will stop recording any data once it’s full.
To formay a new HDD or an existing HDD, check the checkbox next to the HDD you would like to format, and click ˈ HDD
Clear ˉ
If system resources are occupied with task, such as making a network connection or performing video playback during the
format process, the format may fail. If the format fails, reboot the system resources and then try to format again
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OTE 1) Formatting may take around 40 sec for 320GB, 1 minutes for 500GB, or 7 minutes for 2TB.
2) The system always reserves a maximum of 20GB of space in each built-in HDD to utilize the memory for
archiving effectively.