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14.
HDD Management
14.1 Initializing HDDs
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR.
Steps:
1.
Go to
Menu > HDD > General
.
HDD Information Interface
You can view the total <Capacity>, <Free Space> and <Remaining Recording Time> of the HDD.
The algorithm of the <Remaining Recording Time> is to use average the bit rate for the
channel, enabling smart encoding to raise accuracy.
2.
Select the HDD that is to be initialized.
3.
Click the <Init> button.
Confirm Initialization
4.
Select the <OK> button to start the initialization.
5.
After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from
Uninitialized
to
Normal
.
