Hard Drive Management - IQ CCTV IQR4D User Manual

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3.5 Hard drive management

Enter the Hard drive Management screen from 'Main Menu' > 'HDD', as shown below:
A. STATUS: After the hard drive is connected, the system will detect if the hard drive is
correct automatically. If the hard drive needs formatting 'Unformatted' will be
displayed in the hard drive state, when you can click 'HDD Format'to format the
hard drive. If the system detects any available hard drive, the hard drive state will be
'ONLINE'.
B. ALL/FREE: referring to the total storage capacity and current remaining storage
capacity of the hard drive.
C. TIME LEFT: referring to the time remaining for recording based on the currently set
picture 'resolution' and 'quality'.
D. FORMAT: Click the check box, a '√' will appear in this box, indicating that this HDD
has been selected.
E. OVERWRITE: ENABLE: The hard drive will overwrite the earliest record when its
memory is full; DISABLE: Recording will stop when the memory of the hard drive is
full.
F. HDD FORMAT: If the hard drive is used for the first time, it is often necessary to
format the hard drive. Click the 'Format HDD' button, and then click 'Enter' for
formatting in the pop-up prompt message dialog box, otherwise click 'Cancel'. After
clicking 'Format HDD', the system will prompt 'You will lose all data by formatting
the hard drive. Will you continue?' Then press 'Enter', and the system will prompt
'Formatting...' and then 'Formatting Successfully'. The system will restart
automatically;
G. USB FORMAT: formatting the USB drive.
H. DEFAULT: The 'Default' button is used to restore the factory default values.
Please Note: In order to connect the hard drive data on the DVR securely, we recommend that
the hard drive must be formatted before the first time of recording.
IQR4D – 4 Camera DVR