3BChapter 4: Recording 
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Chapter 4  
Recording 
This chapter provides instructions on how to define the recording settings of your 
DVR. This chapter covers how you can configure your initial recording settings, 
schedule recordings, and protect your recorded files. 
Enter menu mode by pressing the Menu button on the front panel or use the 
mouse menu to select Menu (see “Controlling live view” on page 60 for further 
information). See Menu overview on page 55 for a list of the menu icons. 
Initializing the recording settings 
Before you can set up your DVR to begin recording, you must first configure 
general recording settings for the analog cameras. 
Ensure that the HDD has been installed and initialized before configuring the 
recording settings. See Chapter 7 “HDD management” on page 45 for more 
information. 
To configure recording settings: 
1.  In menu mode, click the Video Schedule icon in the menu toolbar. 
2.  Select Encoding > Record. 
 
3.  Select the camera you want to configure.