User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 
 
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10.6 Checking S.M.A.R.T Information 
Purpose: 
The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect 
and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures. 
Steps: 
1.  Enter the HDD Detect interface. 
Menu > HDD > HDD Detect 
2.  Click the S.M.A.R.T. Settings tab to enter the interface. 
3.  Select the HDD to view its S.M.A.R.T. information list, as shown in Figure 10. 22. 
Note:If you want to use the HDD even when the S.M.A.R.T. checking is failed, you can check the checkbox 
before the Continue to use this disk when self-evaluation is failed item. 
 
Figure 10. 20 S.M.A.R.T Settings Interface