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Digital Video Recorder User Manual
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13.1
Initializing HDDs
Purpose:
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR.
Steps:
1.
Enter the
HDD Information
interface.
Menu > HDD > General
Figure 13. 1
HDD Information Interface
2.
Select HDD to be initialized.
3.
Click the
Init
button.
Figure 13. 2
Confirm Initialization
4.
Select the
OK
button to start initialization.
Figure 13. 3
Start Initialization
5.
After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from
Uninitialized
to
Normal
.
Figure 13. 4
HDD Status Changes to Normal
Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it.
The HDDs which are free of working for a long time can be enabled to sleep, thus to decrease the power
consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs.
Click Menu > HDD > Advanced.
Figure 13. 5
Enable HDD Sleeping
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.
Summary of Contents for DVR-TVI-04
Page 1: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual ...
Page 13: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12 Chapter 1 Introduction ...
Page 21: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 20 Chapter 2 Getting Started ...
Page 32: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 31 Chapter 3 Live View ...
Page 40: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 39 Chapter 4 PTZ Controls ...
Page 49: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 48 Chapter 5 Recording Settings ...
Page 67: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 66 Chapter 6 Playback ...
Page 78: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 77 Chapter 7 Backup ...
Page 82: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 81 Chapter 8 Alarm Settings ...
Page 87: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 86 Figure 8 9 Copy Settings of Alarm Input ...
Page 96: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 95 Chapter 9 POS Configuration ...
Page 102: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 101 Chapter 10 VCAAlarm ...
Page 110: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 109 Chapter 11 VCA Search ...
Page 116: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 115 Chapter 12 Network Settings ...
Page 130: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 129 Chapter 13 HDD Management ...
Page 142: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 141 Chapter 14 Camera Settings ...
Page 146: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 145 Chapter 15 DVR Management and Maintenance ...
Page 153: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 152 Chapter 16 Others ...
Page 161: ...Digital Video Recorder User Manual 160 Chapter 17 Appendix ...