User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 
 
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10.1 Initializing HDDs 
Purpose: 
A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. 
Steps: 
1.  Enter the HDD Information interface. 
Menu > HDD>General. 
 
Figure 10. 1 HDD Information Interface 
 
2.  Select HDD to be initialized. 
3.  Click the Init button. 
 
Figure 10. 2 Confirm Initialization 
 
4.  Select the OK button to start initialization.   
 
Figure 10. 3 Start Initialization 
 
5.  After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal. 
 
Figure 10. 4 HDD Status Changes to Normal 
 
Note: Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it. 
 
 
The HDDs which are free of working for a long time can be enabled to sleep, thus to decrease the power 
consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs.   
Click Menu > HDD > Advanced.