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3.7 Configuring Recording Settings
NOTE: When the DVR is recording video, the REC LED on the front panel is lit and a red dot appears on the monitor.
Your DVR offers a variety of flexible recording modes. You can set it up to record all the time or to only record events. It can be set up to continue recording
once the hard disk drive is full by recording over the oldest video, or you can set it up to alert you when the hard disk is full and stop recording.
Record Mode Setup Screen
Record Mode Setup screen
Highlight the box beside
Resolution
and press the
button. This toggles between
Standard
and
High
. The Resolution is 336x224 NTSC (336x272 PAL)
for Standard, 672x224 NTSC (672x272 PAL) for High.
NOTE: The maximum recording speed is 30 images per second (25ips for PAL) when the resolution is set to
Standard
. However, when setting to
High, the recording speed will be decreased to 15 images per second (12.5ips for PAL).
Highlight the box beside
End Of Disk
and press the
button. This toggles between
Overwrite
and
Stop
. When in the Overwrite mode, the DVR continu-
es recording when the hard disk drive is full by overwriting the oldest video. When in the Stop mode, the DVR stops recording when the hard disk drive is full.
If the DVR is set to the Stop mode, you can set it to beep or activate the Alarm Out port when the hard disk drive is full. Highlight the box beside
On Disk Full
Beep
and press the
button to toggle between
On
and
Off
. Highlight the box beside
On Disk Full Alarm Out
and press the
button to toggle
between
On
and
Off
.
Pressing the
PANIC
button on the front panel enters the Panic Recording mode. You can program the recording speed, quality and duration when the DVR
is in the Panic Recording mode.
On Panic Recording Speed
can be set from 0.5 to 30 ips (25 ips PAL), and
On Panic Recording Quality
can be selectable
from
Very High, High, Standard
and
Low
.
On Panic Recording Duration
can be set from 5 to 60 minutes. The panic recording will be stopped automatically
according to the preset duration as long as the
PANIC
button is not pressed to stop the panic recording. Select
No Limit
if you want to stop panic recording
manually.
NOTE: When the DVR is in the Panic Recording mode, it ignores the time-lapse or event recording settings and follows the panic recording settings.
NOTE: The maximum panic recording speed is 30 images per second (25 ips for PAL) when the resolution is set to
Standard
. However, when set
to
High
, the recording speed will be decreased to
15
images per second (
12.5
ips for PAL).
NOTE: When the DVR is recording video, a red dot appears on the screen. When the DVR is in the Panic Recording mode, a white ! appears in the
red dot, and the REC LED on the front panel flickers.
Highlight the first box beside
Auto Deletion
. Pressing the
button toggles between
On
and
Off
. When set to
On
, the DVR will delete video recorded
earlier than user-defined period. Highlight the second box beside
Auto Deletion
, and press the
button to select the length of time recorded data will be
kept from 1 to 99 Days.
NOTE: When the
End Of Disk
is set to Stop, the DVR will NOT restart recording even after the video recorded earlier than user-defined period is
deleted.
You can save your changes by highlighting
OK
and pressing the
button. Selecting
Cancel
exits the screen without saving the changes.