continuous recording. Corresponding settings can be defined by entering 【Main Menu】>【Video Recording
Functions】>【Recording Conf.】
Note: For normal recording, at least one of the hard drives should be set up as read/write disk (refer to
Chapter 4.5.1 Hard Drive Management for more details).
Figure 4.1 Recording Settings
【Channel】Select proper channel for Channel Setup. Choose ALL if applying the settings to all
channels;
【Redundancy】Select redundancy function to have dual backups of the video files, i.e. record the
video to both hard drives simultaneously. The DVR needs have two hard drives installed with one set
as the read/write disk and the other as redundant disk (refer to Chapter 4.5.1 Hard Drive Management
for more details);
【Length】Set the time duration of each video file. Default is 60 minutes;
【Pre-Record】Capture the moments 1-30 seconds before an event（actual time could be different
depending on the bit stream）；
【Record Mode】Set recording status. There are three statuses: Configured, manual, and off；
: Record in accordance to the recording types (general, test and alarm) and time
period defined;
Manual: Regardless the current status of the channel, select “Manual” will start general
recording on all channels；
Stop: Regardless the current status of the channel, select “Stop” will stop the recording on the
corresponding channel
；
【Time Period】Set time period for general recording. Recording will only start in the time range
defined；
Recording Type
Set recording types. There are three types：general, test, and alarm.
Regular: Conduct general recording in the defined time period. The type of video file is
marked "R";
Detect: During specified time range, trigger “motion detection”, “video masking”, and “video
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