Recording; Start Recording; Figure 18: Cloning A Comrad - Gatekeeper Systems Digital Smart Recorder NiTRO 900 Manual

CLONE
PURPOSE: PURPO PURPO PURPO SE: SE: Cloning a hard drive completely formats that drive and copies system files from the recorder. All files that were SE:
on the cloned drive will be lost and a fresh system is copied onto it.
PROCEDURE: PROCEDURE:
PROCEDURE: PROCEDURE:
Connect the corrupt comrad™ to the front USB port of the recorder via a Dual Head USB 2.0 cable. Apply power
to the comrad™ either from the front DC Output with a DC to DC Cable or from the comrad™ power supply (12V,
3A).
When the drive is connected, one to three beeps will be heard to indicate the connection. The hard drive that will
be formatted is the one connected to the USB port.
The message "Clone HD to USB" will be shown. Press OK to begin the cloning process. The cloning process will
take several minutes and "Cloning..." will be displayed on the LCD while it is being cloned.
ENTRY: Press 'Go' to enter Clone menu. Press ENTRY
ENTRY ENTRY
OK to begin cloning the hard drive.
OTHER: OTHER: The Cloning feature is used to repair
OTHER: OTHER:
corrupt hard drives or to upgrade other units.
Remember, cloning will format the drive first, so
do not use clone if you want to keep the video
stored on the drive.
Working Working Working Working
System System
System System
Figure 18 Figure Figure Figure 18: Cloning a 18 18 : Cloning a comrad : Cloning a : Cloning a comrad™ ™ ™ ™ . . . . comrad comrad
The NiTRO™ System is incompatible with GSX System. Do not clone from a GSX System to a NiTRO™ System
or from a NiTRO™ System to a GSX System. Do not plug the GSX comrad™ into the front of the NiTRO™
System or plug the NiTRO™ comrad™ into the front of the GSX System.

Recording

Recording. . . .
Recording Recording
By default, the system will begin recording upon startup of the Bus. If you need to leave the record menu to playback video
or configure the system, follow the directions below to begin recording again.

Start Recording

Start Recording Start Recording Start Recording. . . .
Go to Record Menu, press Go. The system will start to record. While the system is in record mode, the Record menu is
displayed on the LCD screen.
EXIT EXIT: When the cloning process is complete the menu ends up on the
EXIT EXIT
Clone HD to USB menu. Press cancel or the blue menu button to exit
the Clone menu.
When using the Dual Head USB Cable, ensure that the main head (the
one with two wires coming out of it) is plugged into the system.
Dual head Dual head
Dual Dual head head
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USB Cable USB Cable USB Cable USB Cable
comrad™ comrad™ comrad™ comrad™
DC – – – – DC Cable DC DC Cable
DC DC DC Cable DC Cable
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