Hard Drive Management; Hdd Management - Security Labs 960H Series User Manual

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【Remote Control – Device Name】If only using 1 or no remote controls leave the Remote

Control setting at "0", and the Device Name blank.

【Date Mode】Select the date format you prefer to use.

【Time Mode】Choose from 12 hour (AM-PM), or 24 hour time format

【System Date / Time】Click on these items to manually enter the date and time. Click <Set

Time> when finished.

【Daylight-saving mode】Check the DST box if observed in your area.

【NTP Setup】The time setting can be synchronized with a Network Time Protocol (NTP)

server on the internet. This feature will automatically update your clock on a regular basis to

insure an accurate time display on your recordings. After clicking on <NTP Setup>, continue

to use the default time server or add your own. Be sure to enter your local time zone using

the drop list. The GMT zones in the United States are: Eastern -5:00, Central -6:00,

Mountain -7:00, and Pacific -8:00. Click <Save> when you are finished.

【Disk Full】Once the hard disk drive is full, you need to decide if you want the DVR to stop

and wait for your review or go ahead and keep recording in a loop fashion. Choose the Recycle

(overwrite) feature to keep your DVR in a constant record or ready-to-record mode.

【File Time】Divides constant recordings into segments that can be more easily transferred to

a backup file. 60 minutes is a typical entry.

【Recording Bit-rate】 Unit must be in record mode. Clicking on "Formatting" shows the

current bit rate of all active channels being recorded. You can select any (or all) channels with

the manual recording feature to monitor the current bit rate (bits of data per second) being

recorded.

【Recording Time】Unit must be in record mode. Clicking on "Formatting" shows the

maximum hours that can be recorded with all active channels. You can select any (or all)

channels with the manual recording feature to see how many hours can be recorded using the

hard disk drive that you have installed in the DVR. Fluctuations in the total recording time are

caused by changes in the view of any camera (motion). Actively changing scenes require more

hard drive space than static scenes with little or no changes. If you find that more total

recording time is required than you have allotted for you can lower the frame rate, resolution, or

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