Axis P3905-RE User Manual page 47

AXIS P3905-RE Network Camera
About system options
To avoid filling the card, it is recommended to remove recordings continuously. Under General Settings, select Remove recordings
older than and select the number of days or weeks.
To stop writing to the card and protect recordings from being removed, select Lock under General Settings.
How to mount and unmount the SD card
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To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should always be unmounted before it is ejected.
The SD card is automatically mounted when the card is inserted into the Axis product or when the product is started. A manual
mount is only required if the card has been unmounted and not ejected and re-inserted.
To unmount the SD card:
1. Open the Axis product's webpages and go to Setup > System Options > Storage.
2. Click SD Card.
3. Click Unmount.
4. The card can now be removed.
How to format the SD card
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Formatting the SD card will remove all data and recordings stored on the card.
The Axis product can be configured to automatically format SD cards that are inserted into the product. If autoformat is enabled and
an SD card is inserted, the product will check if the SD card has the ext4 file system. If the card has a different file system, the
card will automatically be formatted to ext4.
Important
If autoformat is enabled, only use new or empty SD cards. Any data stored on the card will be lost when the card is inserted
into the Axis product.
To enable automatic formatting, follow these steps:
1. Open the Axis product's webpages and go to Setup > System Options > Storage.
2. Click SD Card.
3. Under General Settings, select Autoformat to.
4. Click OK to save settings.
An SD card inserted into the product can be manually formatted to one of the supported file systems. To manually format the
SD card, follow these steps:
1. Insert the SD card in the SD card slot.
2. Open the Axis product's webpages and go to Setup > System Options > Storage.
3. Click SD Card.
4. Click Format and select the desired file system.
5. Click OK to start formatting the card.
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