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When HDD is connected, the system will automatically detect if HDD is formatted or not; If HDD needs
to be formatted, status will be shown as “Not formatted”. Select the HDD and format the HDD. If the
system detects that the HDD is already formatted, the HDD status will be shown as “Normal”. See
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No.:
Number of HDDs connected to system.
Status:
It shows the current status of HDD. It will be available only when HDD is “Normal”.
Free/Total Space:
Remaining or total space of HDD
Free Time:
Remaining time available for HDD recording according to currently set “Resolution”,
“Encoding Rate” and “Frame Rate” of image.
Auto-overwrite:
When set to ENABLE, the DVR will overwrite the oldest files on the hard drive when
hard drive space is full. When set to DISABLE, the DVR will stop recording if hard drive space is full.
Overwrite time: 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days, 30 days and 90 days. It means the longest storage
time for recorded video in HDD. When they are past that time, the recording will be deleted. For
example, if the time is set as 3 hours and the data in HDD include 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
and 20 o’clock, then data 18, 19 and 20 will be saved and data 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 will be
deleted.
Format HDD:
Select the HDD and click to format the HDD
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