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Hard disk recording areas
When the digital video recorder is turned on, recording
areas are automatically setup within the internal hard disk
(with the default settings being normal recording area:
80%, alarm recording area: 19%, and archive area: 1%).
When the [REC/STOP] button is pressed, this digital video
recorder starts recording video data in the normal recording
area. When an alarm occurs, the corresponding video data
is recorded in the alarm recording area.
[A] Normal recording area
[B] Alarm recording area
[C] Archive area
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If the memory allocations for the various hard disk
recording areas are changed during a recording
process, all stored recordings will be deleted and the
hard disk will be initialized; accordingly, special care
should be taken. For more details, refer to P.58.
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In the case of certain hard disks, error may be present
in the total hard disk capacity as displayed on menu
screens.
The internal hard disk
Recording
mode
Recording method
Normal
recording
Manual
When monitoring, recording is performed in
response to pressing of the [REC/STOP]
button.
Timer
recording
Automatic
Recording is carried out in accordance with
timer settings.
Recording
mode
Recording method
Alarm
recording
Automatic
Recording is carried out when alarm
recording is set to “ENABLED”. Specifically,
alarm images are recorded in the alarm
recording area in response either to
operation of a switch that has been
connected to an alarm input terminal or to
detection of an intruder or the like using
motion sensors.
Pre-Alarm
recording
Automatic
When pre-alarm recording is set to “ON”, it
will be possible to record video from before
the occurrence of an alarm based on the
corresponding settings.
Recording
mode
Recording method
Copy
Manual
This area is used to store important video
data copied from the normal recording area
and/or alarm recording area. By making
changes to the normal recording area and the
alarm recording area, this area can be
extended to up to 10 GB in size (i.e., 6%
when using a 160 GB hard disk).
C
A
B
1%
1%
80%
80%
1%
80%
19%
Alarm
recording
area
Archive area
Hard Disk Recording Areas
Normal recording
area
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