Up to four removable SATA-I hard disk drives can be installed in the system. A green LED is lit when
power is supplied to the rack, and a red LED flickers when the cooling fan in the rack is not operating.
You can replace removable hard disk drives while the system is operating without turning off the unit.
Refer to
Chapter 3 – Configuration, Storage Screen
for replacing hard disk drives. Lock or unlock the
hard disk drive rack using the supplied key.
NOTE: When replacing removable hard disk drives, recording, playback, archiving and any
processes that access hard disk drives are not supported.
Power LED
The power LED is lit when the unit is On.
Network LED
The network LED flickers when the Ethernet connector of the DVR is connected with a network cable.
Mirroring LED
The mirroring LED is lit when the DVR is in the disk mirroring mode.
HDD LED
Four individual green HDD LEDs flicker when the DVR is recording or searching video on each hard
disk drive. A red LED flickers when the hard disk drive is not operating normally or not installed on the
system, and a green LED flickers when the hard disk drive is operating normally. When the DVR is in the
disk mirroring mode, an orange LED flickers during disk resynchronization and turns to a green LED
when resynchronization is complete.
ODD Button
Pressing the ODD button will open or close an internal DVD RW drive’s drawer.
Status Display Panel
y
displays while the unit is initializing.
y
displays while the system is upgrading the software.
y
displays when the DVR is checking the system status during reboot after improper
system shutdown.
y
displays when upgrade fails due to HDD replacement during system upgrade.
y
displays when video is being played forward at regular speed, paused,
played backward at fast speed or played forward at fast speed.
y
displays the current time information.
y
displays the highest temperature reported from the installed hard disk drives.
y
displays while the DVR is recording.
y
displays when the DVR is in the Panic Record mode.
y
displays during alarm activation.
