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RECORDING
By default, the system is set to immediately record video from connected cameras in Continuous
Recording Mode.
•
Recording—Continuous
: Normal, continuous recording
You can set the system to stop recording once the hard drive is full, or to continually record by
overwriting previously recorded data. For more details, see “HDD” on page 18.
Event Recording
The system also includes two modes of event recording:
•
Recording—Motion
: The system records when motion is detected by the camera
•
Recording—Alarm
: The system records when an alarm or sensor is triggered
For details on Motion Detection see “MOTION DETECTION” on page 23. For details on Alarm
recording, see “ALARM” on page 21.
Recording Audio
The system can also record audio for each channel (
4 or 8 audio channels depending on your
respective model
).
To enable audio recording:
1. Connect the BNC video cable from the camera
to one of the BNC ports on the rear panel of the
system. For example, connect the camera to
BNC port 1.
2. Connect the RCA audio cable from the camera
to the corresponding audio channel. Following
the example in step 1, you would connect the
cable to audio port 1.
3. Open the Main Menu and click
RECORD
.
4. Under AUDIO, select
ENABLE
.
5. Click
APPLY
.
6. Click
EXIT
in all menus until all windows are
closed.
R.C
R.M
R.A
ATTENTION
: Audio capable cameras (not included) or self-powered microphones are
required in order to record audio on the system. The SG7550A (not included) is an
audio-capable BNC camera. Visit
www.lorexcctv.com
for more details.
Audio capable
camera
Video
(BNC)
Audio
(RCA)
Figure 6.0 Connecting an audio capable camera
*8-channel model shown