G4-508HD4a User Manual & Install Guide
Configuring the G4-508HD4a
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This subsection enables you to configure the settings related to the video being recorded from the various
cameras.
General
System
This drop list enables you to select what system
format the video will be recorded in:
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PAL
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NTSC
DEFAULT SETTINGS:
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NTSC
Overwrite
The device records video cyclically. This drop list
enables you to specify the conditions whereby
older video will be overwritten:
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By Days
– video older than a specified
number of days will be overwritten by
newer video. Selecting this will enable a
numeric text field where you can specify
the number of days to keep video
retained before overwriting.
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By Capacity
– video will be retained as
long as storage capacity is available. As
device storage capacity runs out, older
video data will be overwritten by newer
video data in First In First Out (FIFO)
format.
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Never
– video will never be overwritten.
In order to ensure that the device still has
storage to record new video, you will
have to download and remove the older
video on a regular basis.
DEFAULT SETTINGS:
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By Capacity
Lock Duration
Numeric text field setting the lock duration for
video data. If the lock duration is set, then video
will always be retained for at least this duration
regardless of the Overwrite settings.
DEFAULT SETTINGS:
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7 days
Pre-Recording
Checkbox – if selected will enable the pre-
recording feature, so that when alarms/events
