User Manual of DS-7200-ST Series DVR
Configuring Record Settings
There are multiple ways to setup your DVR for recording. They include setting up a recording schedule, triggering
a recording by motion detection and/or a sensor alarm, and manually starting the recording.
Note:
DS-7200HVI-ST/SE, DS-7200HFI-ST/SE, DS-7200HVI-ST/SN and DS-7200HFI-ST/SN models provide
no alarm, motion | alarm and motion & alarm recording types.
Before Record Settings
Before configuration, please make sure your DVR has been installed with HDD and has completed its initialization,
otherwise, access Menu > HDD Management to install the HDD and perform initialization first.
Note:
Please refer to Initializing HDD for specific instructions for initializing HDD.
Initializing Record Settings
1.
Click Menu > Settings > Record to access the Record Settings dialog box, shown in Figure 1.
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Figure 1. General Record Settings
2.
Select the camera you want to configure.
3.
Configure the following settings:
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Encoding Parameters: Set the encoding parameters to be Normal or Event.
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Stream Type: Set the stream type to be Video or Video & Audio.
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Resolution: Set recording at resolution of 4CIF, 2CIF, CIF or QCIF selectable.
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Bit Rate Type: Set the bit rate type to be Variable or Constant.
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Video Quality: Set the video quality of recording, with 6 levels configurable.
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Frame Rate: Set the frame rate of recording.
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Max Bit Rate: Select or customize the maximum bit rate for recording.
4.
Click the Set button under More Settings to configure more recording settings, as shown in
Figure 2.
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