
HIKVISION DS-8100-S User‟s Manual
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Configuring Settings for Recording
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.
Initializing Record Settings
Before setting your DVR up for recording, certain settings should be configured first. The steps to configuring these
settings are:
1.
If you have not initialized a HDD either through the Setup Wizard or through HDD management, you
must do so before proceeding.
2.
Navigate to Menu > Setting > Record. You will be taken to the Record Settings menu, shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 1. General Record Settings
3.
Select the camera you would to configure the settings for.
4.
Configure settings for:
• Encoding Parameters:
Select the encoding parameters, either Normal or Event.
• Stream Type:
Type of stream to record, either video or video & audio.
• Resolution:
Select the resolution of the recording. The options could include 4CIF, DCIF, 2CIF,
CIF and QCIF.
• Bit Rate Type:
Select either Variable or Constant bit rate.
• Video Quality:
Select the quality to record cameras at.
• Frame Rate:
Select recordings frame rate.
• Max Bit Rate:
Select or define custom maximum bit rate for recordings.
5.
Click the Set button under
More Settings
. This will bring up another menu with more advance
recording options, as shown in Figure 2.
Note:
DCIF
resolution is available only for DS-8104HCI-S & DS-8104HDI-S.
Summary of Contents for DS-8100-S Series
Page 1: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 1 DS 8100 S Series DVR USER S MANUAL ...
Page 7: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 7 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction ...
Page 17: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 17 C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started ...
Page 24: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 24 C H A P T E R 3 Live Preview ...
Page 29: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 29 C H A P T E R 4 Record Settings ...
Page 38: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 38 C H A P T E R 5 Playback ...
Page 43: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 43 Figure 7 Digital Zoom Area Selection ...
Page 44: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 44 C H A P T E R 6 Backup ...
Page 49: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 49 C H A P T E R 7 Alarm Settings ...
Page 59: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 59 C H A P T E R 8 Network Settings ...
Page 67: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 67 C H A P T E R 9 PTZ Controls ...
Page 73: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 73 6 Click OK to save and exit from menu ...
Page 74: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 74 C H A P T E R 1 0 Camera Management ...
Page 78: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 78 C H A P T E R 1 1 HDD Management ...
Page 84: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 84 C H A P T E R 1 2 DVR Management ...
Page 96: ...HIKVISION DS 8100 S User s Manual 96 C H A P T E R 1 3 Appendix ...