Manual: Record; Manual: Continuous Capture; Manual: Alarm - Swann NVR16-7200 User Manual

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The Manual: Record menu allows you to override any default
recording schedules in place. The recording schedule for each
camera connected, can be changed. Pressing the button next
to IP Camera will stop recording on all cameras. You can also
control each camera by pressing the button next to each of the
camera names. You can select normal recording (Recording by
manual operation) or motion detection recording (Recording
by schedule).
Normal: The NVR will constantly record for any period where
Normal is selected. You won't miss anything, but constant
The Manual: Continuous Capture option is used to save a
series of still pictures instead of recording video.
The Manual: Alarm menu allows you to send a trigger to the
alarm output(s) to see that it is working correctly.

Manual: Record

Manual: Continuous Capture

Manual: Alarm

recording will fill your hard drive very quickly. (The NVR does
record the equivalent of a DVD film every two hours on every
channel, so that's rather a lot of data!) Typically, we suggest
Motion Detection as a better recording mode for most users.
Motion Detection: The recommended recording setting for
most applications. The NVR will only record when it detects
something moving in front of a camera, and will then only
record footage from the camera(s) that do detect motion
unless you alter your Action settings "Camera Management:
Motion" on page 28 to include other channels.
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