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There are two options: FORMAT and CANCEL.
1. QUICK FORMAT
If you check this item, you can format the hard drive quickly.
2. FORMAT
STEP1 Select "FORMAT" button.
STEP2 Press "Enter" key, a warning will pop up: 'Format will erase all data
on this hdd! Format now? '
STEP3 Press "OK" button to format the HDD; Press "CANCEL" or "ESC"
button to cancel this operation.
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Notice: When a hard drive is used for the first time the system will remind you to format
the HDD when the DVR is started up. HDD cannot record until it is formatted.
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Before you can format the HHD you must stop recording and playing back.
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Time it takes to format the HDD depends on the HDD capacity. The higher the
capacity is, the longer it takes. Normally, a 40G HDD takes about eight seconds to format.
SYSTEM LOG
System log submenu is shown as Fig. 3.29.
The DVR will note all operations, status, and time automatically while working.
You can view them through searching using the Log Search.
1. LOCAL, NET, AND OTHER
Check the corresponding items of local operation, network client operation
and other operation first. (Note: VLOSS is video loss)
2. TIME
Select start time and end time of the log file you want to view.
Press "OK" button to view the event log; Press "CANCEL" or "ESC" button to
cancel this operation.
The information in log files contains start time, end time and log file types. For
example, 110707:092151 means 2007-7-11 9:21:51 and N-L means the
LOGIN of the NET.
If there are too many log lists, you can use "PREV" button to page up and
"NEXT" button to page down.
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Fig 3.29 Log Search
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