The Hdd (Hard Drive) Management Screen - Swann DVR4-2500 Operating Instructions Manual

Motion Detection Configuration
Say, for example, you are trying to monitor your front yard, whilst in the background
there is a busy street, and the cars driving past continually set off the motion
detection. What can you do about it? Setting only part of the camera's view to be
motion sensitive might be the answer. This is useful in a number of circumstances,
such as monitoring one particular door at the end of busy hallway, or a backyard
with a tree that keeps blowing in the wind.
To set the MOTION DETECTION AREA
• In the MOTION DETECTION menu, use the mouse or the arrow buttons to
highlight the SETUP button for the channel you wish to setup the MOTION
DETECTION AREA for, and confi rm by pressing select or left clicking.
• You will see a grid (13 x 10) of red boxes.
is sensitive to motion.
• Use the arrow buttons or the mouse to move the cursor around the screen.
• By pressing select or left clicking an area in the grid, you can toggle motion
detection ON or OFF in that location.
• Areas marked by red boxes will be sensitive to motion, those not marked will
not be.
In this example, the entire motion
area activated. Movement anywhere
in the screen will trigger the motion
detection.
Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.
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The red boxes mark the area that
This example shows the same image, but
the top left side of the motion area is not
activated. Movement in this area will not
trigger the motion detection.

The HDD (Hard Drive) Management Screen

This is the HARD DRIVE (HDD)
MANAGEMENT screen. All aspects of the
hard drive can be managed from this screen.
Additionally, this is the place to go if you
want to know exactly how much space
is left on the hard drive, and how much
footage you can record to it.
Pictured with HDD FORMAT highlighted.
HDD STATUS: If the hard drive is not installed properly you will see a message
saying NO DISK FOUND. The live view screen will display the
of Channel 1's display if the hard drive is not being detected.
TOTAL SPACE: Total size of the hard drive currently installed.
FREE SPACE: Total amount of freespace available on the hard drive currently installed.
USEABLE REC. TIME: Free space currently available in hours, calculated based on
your current record quality settings.
OVERWRITE: When set to ENABLE the DVR will record over the oldest fi les on the
hard drive. This is the default setting, and probably the most preferable, as the DVR
will always be able to record events as they happen. However, it does mean that
you'll need to get important events off the HDD before they're overwritten.
If overwrite is set to DISABLE the DVR will stop recording once the DVR is full.
Whilst you won't lose old footage, you run the risk of missing new events as they
happen. Be sure you want to do this before selecting it.
HDD FORMAT: Formatting the HDD will erase all data (i.e. footage) which is stored
on it, and re-create the FAT (fi le allocation table). There are some times when us-
ing the format option is very useful. For example, if the value displayed in TOTAL
SPACE is not correct for the HDD you've installed, or the DVR is displaying errors
when trying to write to the hard drive, then a format might fi x the problem.
USB FORMAT: If you have a USB fl ash drive connected to the DVR, this will format
it, allowing you to use it in the DVR for backup. This will also erase all the data on
the drive, but make the fl ash drive compatible with the DVR for backing up foot-
age. To do this, click the USB FORMAT button and click OK.
Remember: After making changes to the settings press/click the APPLY button.
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