Before recording video, install a recording medium (SD memory card or external hard disk) on the camera and
perform the following procedures.
You can record the following videos or information on the media.
Normal recording
Alarm video recording
Backup video recording in event of a network failure
Manual video recording triggered by the emergency recording button
Access and system logs
In cases where both an SD memory card and an external hard disk drive are simultaneously
connected, the hard disk drive takes precedence.
The recorded video cannot be played back on the camera. To play back the recorded video, use the
supplied downloader software (HDC Downloader) and playback software (DLViewer) to play back the
video on the PC.
1
Click
SD/HDD
in the configuration menu.
On the SD/HDD screen, you can format the recording media.
Setting Item
Default Setting
Required Setting/Operation
1
SD MEMORY CARD/HDD
NO USE
USE (Use the media for recording)
2
AREA (Ratio of the
recording areas)
NORMAL: 80 (Normal recording
storage area)
ALARM: 20 (Alarm/backup
recording storage area)
Change the rate between the “NORMAL” and
“ALARM” areas as needed.
3
SIZE/FORMAT
Displays the recording capacity of
the media.
Check the storage capacity and click
FORMAT
.
When finished formatting the SD memory card, close the SD MEMORY CARD screen.
2
Click
RECORDING
in the configuration menu.
On the RECORDING screen, configure the recording settings as follows.
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