Installation And Connections; Check Unpacked Dvr; Hdd Installation; Choose Hdds - Videovox Pro DVR User Manual

Atm series standalone dvr

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2 Installation and Connections

Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local

electric safety rules.

When you receive the DVR from the shipping agency, please check whether there is

any visible damage to the DVR appearance. The protective materials used for the

package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation. Then

you can open the box to check the accessories.

Please check the items in accordance with the list on the warranty card. Finally you

can remove the protective film of the DVR.

We recommend Seagate HDD of 7200rpm or higher.

This series have no limit to HDD capacity. You can use 120G-750G HDD to

guarantee higher stability.

The formula of total HDD size is:

Total Capacity (MB) = Camera Amount * Recording Hours * HDD Usage Per Hour

(M/h)

H.264 compression is ideal for standalone DVRs. It can save more than 30% HDD

capacity than MPEG4. When you calculate the total HD capacity, you should

estimate the average HDD capacity per hour for each channel.

For example, for a 4-ch DVR, the average capacity of HDD usage per hour per

channel is 200M/h. Now if you hope the DVR can record the video 12 hours each

day for 30 days, the total capacity of HDDs needed is: 4 channels * 30 days * 12

hours * 200 M/h = 288G. So you need to install one 300G HDD or 2 160G HDDs.

2.2.3 HDD Installation

Data ribbons, fastening screws and smart HDD shelf design are already provided in

the accessories.

Notes: please pay attention to HDD jumper:

If you just need to install one HDD, you can set the HDD to MASTER.

If you install two HDDs to one IDE port, you need to set the farther one as

MASTER and the other as SLAVE. Please don't set HDD as CS Enable or Cap

Limit.

Please follow the instructions below to install HDD.

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