HIKVISION DS-7300HFI-ST Series User Manual page 34

User's Manual of DS-7300HFI-ST Series DVR
2. Select the camera to configure in the camera drop down menu on the upper left of the menu. If all
cameras are to be configured with the same settings, select All Cameras from the list.
3. Select the Recording Mode to configure. Either Continuous or On Event can be selected.
4. Select the camera resolution in the Resolution drop down menu. The options for the camera
resolution include 4CIF, 2CIF, CIF and QCIF.
5. Select the recording Frame Rate to use for the designated camera. A rate of 30 all the way down
to 1/16 of a frame can be selected.
6. Set the picture quality using the Picture Quality slider. A preview of the selected picture quality
will be shown on the right preview screen. Increasing the picture quality will also increase the bit
rate of the video feed. The resolution and frame rate of the feed will be adjusted automatically.
7. Select the Pre-record time. The pre-record time is the time in seconds to also record before a
recording is triggered. Setting the pre-record time to MAX will allow the DVR to use up to the
maximum available buffer space for recording.
8. Select the Post-record time. The post-record time is the time in seconds to also record after a
recording has ended.
9. Enter the Erase Video After. The Erase Video After time denotes the amount of days that files
will be deleted after its initial recording. Setting the time to 0 will allow the DVR to only delete
and overwrite files when the HDD is full.
10. Repeat steps 3-9 for other Encoding Parameters mode.
11. Select Record Audio to enable audio while recording.
12. Select the Save button to save the recording quality settings and select Exit to return to the
previous menu. Selecting the Exit button without clicking Save will quit out of the menu without
saving settings.
Figure 20 Recording Quality Settings Menu
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