NOTICE Shielded cables and I/O must be used for this equipment to comply with the relevant FCC regulations. Changes or modifications not expressly approved in writing by Darim Vision Co. Ltd. May void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
FRONT PANEL AND REAR PANEL _______________________________________ 5 PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION _____________________________________ 7 What is in Package _________________________________________________ 7 Installation _______________________________________________________ 10 B-DVR FUNCTION ____________________________________________________ 17 Front Panel Button ________________________________________________ 17 VFD Display _____________________________________________________ 19 Basic Function ____________________________________________________ 20 JOG-SHUTTLE Function __________________________________________ 26...
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B-DVR Desktop Software ___________________________________________ 70 Clip-List Menu ___________________________________________________ 71 Play-List Menu ___________________________________________________ 73 B-DVR Hard Disk Optimization _____________________________________ 74 Settings __________________________________________________________ 75 HARD DISK MANAGEMENT AND HOW TO USE __________________________ 79 B-DVR Hard Disk Jumper Setting ___________________________________ 79 B-DVR User’s Guide...
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CONTENTS How to use B-DVR HDD on general PC _______________________________ 79 TROUBLESHOOTING __________________________________________________ 81 How to solve the trouble of B-DVR ___________________________________ 81 Messages occurred B-DVR activation _________________________________ 83 Upgrade Information and Technical Support __________________________ 86 B-DVR User’s Guide...
B-DVR can be used as general, home-user AV device, but it has high capacity of storage Hard disk and provides high quality MPEG-2 video data for next generation multi-use AV device.
Title Edit Play List List Edit Making a clip by Mark In/Out Playback Mode Repeat, Once Front Panel Time Code/List Information Display Shuttle 2x,4x,8x,16x Slow Motion 1/2x,1/4x,1/8x Front Display Device OSD Menu Serial Interface RS232/RS422 (SONY Protocol) B-DVR User’s Guide...
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SPECIFICATION Power 115/230 V AC, 50/60Hz Power Consumption Approx. 50W Size (WxHxD) 420x88x380 Weight Approx. 7Kg [Table 2.1] Specification B-DVR User’s Guide...
STOP button Shuttle ring PASUE/STILL button DISPLAY button VFD window ▶(Right-hand direction) button RECORD button LIST button MARK OUT button ▲(Upward) button ▼(Downward) button MENU button SELECT button ◀(Left-hand direction) button MARK IN button button BOOKMARK button B-DVR User’s Guide...
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[Picture 3.2] Rear Panel and Names S-Video input Cooling Fan S-Video output Composite Video input Composite Video output Audio Left input Audio Left output Audio Right input Audio Right output Power cord B/R-Y output G/B-Y output R/Y output B-DVR User’s Guide...
4 PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION What is in Package [Picture 4.1] B-DVR Power cord 1 unit [Picture 4.2] Composite cable 2 units [Picture 4.3] S-Video cable 2 units B-DVR User’s Guide...
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PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION [Picture 4.4] 80GB Hard Disk (installed in the B-DVR originally but optional in some cases) [Picture 4.5] Hard Disk Rack 1 unit(installed in the B-DVR) [Picture 4.6] B-DVR Desktop(Hard Disk Utility) Software for PC B-DVR User’s Guide...
Plug in the other end of power cord into the grounded 3-hole receptacle or the multi-hole outlet. Note) B-DVR is ground safe and has 3-line grounded plug. Consult to the engineer if you can't plug the power cord grounded AC receptacle.
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Please refer the manufacture's guide if you are going to connect other devices. The B-DVR can be connected with various I/O devices or its own use. Refer to the following table according to the type of input or output. There are Composite Cable, S-Video Cable and RGB Cable in the B-DVR.
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PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION Follow the instruction to connect each cable at the following. Sample.1) Connect S-Video into input connector and use the monitor to play from B-DVR Composite, S-Video and RGB. [Picture 4.10] In the situation for S-Video input and S-Video output...
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PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION [Picture 4.11] For S-Video input and Composite output [Picture 4.12] For S-Video input and RGB output B-DVR User’s Guide...
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PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION Sample.2) Connect Composite to input connector port and use monitor to play from B-DVR Composite, S-Video and RGB. [Picture 4.13] For Composite input and S-Video output B-DVR User’s Guide...
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PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION [Picture 4.14] For Composite input and Composite output [Picture 4.15] For Composite input and RGB output B-DVR User’s Guide...
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5 B-DVR FUNCTION Front Panel Button [Picture 5.1] B-DVR Front Panel Button POWER button PLAY button Press to switch on/off B-DVR. Start to play STOP button Shuttle ring Shuttle clockwise direction(FF) Stop playback/recording. counterclockwise direction(FB) and AV data is 2x/4x/8x/16x.
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List. Moves back to the clip in playback in source in play mode. the Play-list. Search backward by 5% in pause mode. button BOOKMARK button Push 1- 5 for bookmark. Bookmark to make it easy to select in clip play mode. B-DVR User’s Guide...
Indicates the video source is being recorded. 3) FB, PAUSE, PLAY, FF display Indicates B-DVR is occupied in Fast backward, Pause, Play and Fast forward. 4) Counter display Indicates the system time display, list information, recording time and playback time.
5.3.1.1 Time Display The RTC(Real Time Clock) is installed in the B-DVR which is used in the whole system and user can setup the time and date in the DVR setup from the Main Menu. The setup time and date run when the power is off and it is used when necessary like schedule function.
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PLAY Button [Picture 5.5] PLAY button With B-DVR, you can play the saved MPEG-2 file from the installed Hard Disk in real time to a monitor by connecting to the output port. When you start B-DVR after switching on Power button, it remembers the information of the item lately used after searching it from the installed Hard Disk.
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Pressing STOP button to stop all the command processing, MENU button and LIST button are ready to activate. Therefore, to setup Main Menu and to command or to edit List Information are only possible in the stop mode. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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5.3.4 RECORD Button [Picture 5.8] RECORD button The B-DVR can record the video connected from the input port in real time in MPEG-2 file to the installed Hard Disk. After switching on the power, B-DVR is ready to activate by initializing the installed Hard Disk or preparing to record.
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It means to pause for processing for “12 hour 05 minutes 25 seconds” “ █ █ ” indicates pause. from the beginning point. Press STOP button or PLAY button to stop pause command processing. 5.3.5.2 RECORD Pause You can pause record command processing pressing PAUSE button in record mode. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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It means to pause for processing for “12 hour 05 minutes 25 seconds” “ █ █ ” indicates pause. from the beginning point. Press STOP button or RECORD button to stop pause command processing. B-DVR User’s Guide...
B-DVR FUNCTION JOG-SHUTTLE Function Shuttle [Picture 5.13] Jog-Shuttle The B-DVR has Jog-Shuttle function in order to search conveniently. The function of Jog activates in pause mode, pressing PAUSE button during the play mode. The function of Shuttle activates either in play mode or in pause mode.
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B-DVR FUNCTION [Picture 5.14] Fast Forward on screen [Picture 5.15] Fast Forward on VFD [Picture 5.16] Fast Rewind on screen B-DVR User’s Guide...
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B-DVR FUNCTION [Picture 5.17] Fast Rewind on VFD B-DVR User’s Guide...
③ Press the PLAY button and play till new clip is to start or use the Jog & Shuttle to the starting part for new clip and then press PAUSE button. ④ Press MARK IN button in the state of pause. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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[Picture 5.20] MARK OUT ⑧ OSD appears as shown at the [Picture 5.20] in the normal operation and performs Mark ⑨ After Mark In and Mark Out are done, new clip named MARK## is added on the Clip-List. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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B-DVR FUNCTION [Picture 5.21] New Clip B-DVR User’s Guide...
④ Press BOOKMARK button in the state of pause. ⑤ After pressing BOOKMARK button, press number among ⑥ In the state of stop or pause from the selected number , video clips can always be moved to the saved specific clip. B-DVR User’s Guide...
③ Using ◀ button and ▶ button, search goes forward or backward by 5% and with ▲ button and ▼ button, it goes forward or backward by 1%. [Picture 5.23] 50% JUMP example [Picture 5.24] 75% JUMP example B-DVR User’s Guide...
: Input and output, and video compression rate can be set. · Schedule Setup : Schedules to play or record can be set. · System Info : Displays settings and system version information. Also Main Menu shows the current B-DVR version. The [Picture 6.2] shows version 2.0. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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② Using ▲ , ▼ button to move to each item, and select the item and press the SELECT button. [Picture 6.3] SELECT button ③ To move item, use ▲ , ▼ button. ④ To change the value, use ◀ , ▶ button. ⑤ To end the Main Menu, press the MENU button again. B-DVR User’s Guide...
③ On pressing SELECT button, DVR Setup is done as shown on [Picture 6.4]. ④ To change the item, use ▲ , ▼ button, to move to “Language”, “Date”, “Time” , “Play Mode”, “Buzzer”. ⑤ To change the value, use ◀ , ▶ button. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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1(Stop) : Plays once then goes back to live mode. Buzzer On, Off ⑥ After setting all values, press the MENU button to return to Main Menu. ⑦ To end the Main Menu, press the MENU button again. B-DVR User’s Guide...
Using ◀ , ▶ button, value can be set. The following shows the value of each item. Value Contents 1. Command appears on the upper left. Detail 2. OSD shows the information on Command on the upper right. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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1. Only the contents of error are listed on the upper None side of the screen. ⑤ After setting all values, press the MENU button to return to Main Menu. ⑥ To finish the Main Menu, press the MENU button again. B-DVR User’s Guide...
The quality is determined by amount of data in MPEG-2 stream per second measured in Mbps. Higher numbers represent better quality but consume more Hard Disk space. In B-DVR the quality level can chosen between 4.5Mbps(Normal) and 6.0Mbps(Super). [Picture 6.6] Video Setup There are three items in Video Setup. ·...
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S-Video(Composite) Output Component Normal Bit-Rate : 4.5Mbps Quality Super Bit-Rate : 6.0Mbps ⑥ After setting all values, press the MENU button to return to Main Menu. ⑦ To finish the Main Menu, press the MENU button again. B-DVR User’s Guide...
To go to “Schedule Setup”, use ③ Press SELECT button, then move to “Schedule Setup” screen. It displays as shown in [Picture 6.7]. ④ Use ▲ , ▼ buttons to move to the category the user needs to change the value. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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When the starting and ending time for schedule are set as “00:00”, the system does not operate either “Recording” or “Playback”. ⑭ Press MENU button to return to the Main Menu. ⑮ Press MENU button again to finish the Main Menu. If record/play schedule is setup B-DVR User’s Guide...
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B-DVR MENU on the specified time, then the alarm “ ” in red will be displayed on VFD window as shown in [Picture 6.9]. [Picture 6.9] Example of Schedule Setup B-DVR User’s Guide...
② To go to “System Info” screen, use ▲ , ▼ buttons. ③ Press SELECT button, then move to “System Info” screen. It displays as shown [Picture 6.10]. ④ Explanation pertaining to each category is as shown on the following chart. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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⑦ Setting is completed when Select button is pressed. ⑧ Press MENU button to return the Main Menu. ⑨ Press MENU button again to finish the Main Menu. ⑩ The following table shows the default values of menu. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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DVR Setup Play Mode 1 (Pause) Buzzer Screen Setup Online Info Detail Video Setup Input Composite Output Composite/S-Video Quality Normal Schedule Setup Record on Schedule Off Start Time 00 : 00 End Time 00 : 00 Mode Record B-DVR User’s Guide...
B-DVR MENU Play-List Press LIST button on the B-DVR front panel, then the Play-List Menu(refer to [Picture 6.13]) which you can setup the whole MPEG-2 file saved in the B-DVR displays. [Picture 6.12] LIST button There are 5 commands of the Play-List Menu as followings : ·...
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Move to the specified item of Play-List using ▲ , ▼ button.. ③ After moving to each command using ◀ , ▶ button, press SELECT button to process the selected command on the item of Play-List. ④ Press LIST button again to finish Play-List Menu display. B-DVR User’s Guide...
ALL CLIPS at No.00 in the Play-List. The item ALL CLIPS means that it includes all the clips saved in the Hard Disk. You can see all the saved video source of B-DVR in saved order, if selecting the ALL CLIPS item.
② Use ▲ , ▼ button to move up and down to choose to play any Play- Lists from 00 ~ 30 Play-List as shown in [ Picture 6.15], it chose “DARIM” for your example. ③ You can use ◀ , ▶ buttons for play to select the location where to play, as it is shown in [Picture 6.15].
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B-DVR MENU ⑥ Press PLAY button to play the video. B-DVR User’s Guide...
⑤ When PLAY command is being activated, Play-list Menu will disappear automatically and at the same time the screen will show the video in Pause mode to be ready to play from the paused video screen. ⑥ Press PLAY button to play the video. B-DVR User’s Guide...
PLAYLISTS) and move to any of the Play-List to EDIT. Example in [Picture 6.17] it selected “DARIM”. ③ In order to EDIT Use ◀ , ▶ button to select EDIT as shown in [Picture 6.17]. ④ Press SELECT button to EDIT in selected Play-List. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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DELETE : Delete the related Clip from the Clip-List ⑥ Select EDIT from the commands above and use ▲ , ▼ button to located the new Clip in the Clip-List or you can choose to change the Clip if desired. Refer to [Picture 6.19]. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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⑨ After finishing editing, if you want to check the Clips from the Play-List, go to Play-List Menu and use ◀ , ▶ button to select PLAY and press SELECT button. ⑩ The edited Play-List is ready to play. Press PLAY button to check to view. B-DVR User’s Guide...
③ In order to command NAME, use ◀ , ▶ button as it is shown in the [Picture 6.20], move to NAME location ④ If NAME command is selected, “ DARIM” there will be a square location where you can edit. Use ▲ , ▼ button to move each characters to change of the NAME.
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⑥ If NAME command is executed, Play-List Menu will appear with selection of characters, as shown in [Picture 6.21]. Use ▲, ▼ buttons and ◀, ▶ buttons to select characters or numbers. ⑦ To finish press SELECT button. ⑧ The new characters or numbers will appear in the Play-List Menu. B-DVR User’s Guide...
Any saved Clips in the Play-List can be deleted easily. It is not about deleting the content of Clip of the B-DVR but deleting the content information of Clip of the Play-List. [Picture 6.22] Deleting Play-List Display 6.13.1 CLEAR Command ①...
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Menu as it is shown in [Picture 6.23] . Use ▲ , ▼ button to select to cancel CLEAR by selecting “NO”, to continue CLEAR, select “YES”. ⑥ Press SELECT button after confirmation. ⑦ If CLEAR command is executed, the Clip will be cleared from the Play-List and “PLAYLIST #” clip names will appear. B-DVR User’s Guide...
Clips which are included in the Clip-List can be inserted by using RECORD button to make MPEG-2 file or copy MPEG-2 file into B-DVR Hard Disk through B-DVR Desktop program. You can view Clip-List, from Play-List Menu by selecting CLIP.
⑥ Press SELECT button to PLAY the selected Clip. ⑦ When PLAY executed, Clip-List Menu automatically disappear and selected Clip is ready to play from start from the beginning of the clip from the pause mode. ⑧ Press PLAY button to play the video B-DVR User’s Guide...
[Picture 6.26], “0217_155602”. different characters. Move to the character you wish to change. For example, in [Picture 6.26] “0” is selected. ⑦ Press SELECT button to place the name that had created in the Play-List. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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(Refer to [Picture 6.27]). Use ▲ , ▼ button and ◀ , ▶ button to characters or numbers which you wish to change. ⑨ After finishing press SELECT button. ⑩ The newly changed characters or numbers will be appeared in the Clip-List Menu. B-DVR User’s Guide...
It is easy to delete the saved clips from the Clip-List. There are two commands for deleting Clip-List Items, “DEL” command is to delete only selected items from the Clip-List, and “DELALL” is to delete all clips in Clip-List in B-DVR. These two commands delete the clips from the hard disk, so any important or necessary clips are always suggested to back up to PC hard disk using B-DVR Desktop program.
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DEL or DELALL by selecting “NO”, to continue DEL or DELALL, select “YES” Warning : All deleted clips CANNOT be restored. ⑦ Press SELECT button to finish. ⑧ DEL or DELALL command is executed Clips from the Clip-List are deleted. B-DVR User’s Guide...
MPEG 2 file saved into PC can be copied into B-DVR hard Disk. When B-DVR Desktop software is used, MPEG-2 file from B-DVR Hard Disk can be played in PC and you can edit and manage the Play-List and Clip-List in your PC.
DVR Desktop.exe then it starts to install. [Picture 7.1] B-DVR Desktop S/W Installation It is possible to access to the B-DVR Hard Disk on PC via B-DVR Desktop when you finish the installation B-DVR Desktop software. After switching off power, make sure that the Hard Disk’s jumper setting in order not to collide with other IDE device as the B-DVR Hard Disk is in set up in MASTER.
B-DVR DESKTOP SOFTWARE Clip-List Menu These are the Clip-List menu which have functions like PLAY, NAME, DEL in B-DVR ( Refer 6.14 ). [Picture 7.2] Clip-List Menu Save Clip to Local HDD Save the selected Clip of B-DVR Hard Disk to PC Hard Disk as *.mpg(MPEG-2) file.
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B-DVR DESKTOP SOFTWARE 7.2.1 Marking and Play a Clip on B-DVR HDD with MPEG-2 Viewer [Picture 7.3] MPEG2 Viewer Mark In Indicate the starting part. Indicate the ending part. Mark Out Crop Operate Marking. Snap Shot Save the selected picture of B-DVR Hard Disk to PC Hard Disk as *.bmp(BMP) or *.jpg(JPEG) file.
These are Play-List menu which have functions like EDIT, NAME, CLEAR. [Picture 7.4] Play-List Menu Change the name of Play-List. Rename Delete Play-List Delete Play-List. Save Clips to Local HDD Save Clips in the selected Play-List of B-DVR Hard Disk to PC Hard Disk as *.mpg(MPEG-2) file. B-DVR User’s Guide...
B-DVR DESKTOP SOFTWARE B-DVR Hard Disk Optimization The optimization is in Item. Press icon, then you can move to the window for optimization of Hard Disk. Press icon to go back to Play-List. [Picture 7.5] Optimization The space of deleted clips may be remained as occupied in the Hard Disk.
[Picture 7.6] Settings 7.5.1 B-DVR Settings If the user selects the “B-DVR Settings” icon on the left side, the following dialogue will be shown. In the dialogue, the user can set up for the values of DVR, screen and video setup.
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B-DVR DESKTOP SOFTWARE [Picture 7.7] B-DVR Settings 7.5.2 Scheduler When “Scheduler” icon is selected, the following dialogue will be shown. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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B-DVR DESKTOP SOFTWARE [Picture 7.8] Scheduler [Picture 7.9] Schedule Setting The user can setup the menus including the Mode, Starting Time, Ending Time, Play list/Bitrate B-DVR User’s Guide...
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B-DVR DESKTOP SOFTWARE by double-click of desired item as shown in the [Picture 7.9] [Picture 7.10] Scheduler Menu Deletes the selected schedule Clear Selected Schedule Clear Schedule From Selected Deletes the schedule list from the selected one to the last one.
8 HARD DISK MANAGEMENT AND HOW TO USE B-DVR Hard Disk Jumper Setting The Hard Disk can be used in B-DVR is one of most general IDE type hard disk. The general IDE Type hard disk doesn’t need any special format or changing to file system to use easily by inserting to Hard Disk rack.
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9 TROUBLESHOOTING B-DVR, a MPEG-2 capture device is run by separate S/W with no related with Windows and it is designed not to collide with other device if possible. Most troubles can be occurred when unskilled operation or unbalanced situation of system is run.
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You can PLAY, NAME, DEL and ALLDEL all Clips in Clip-List. If you record at the latest or add MPEG-2 file using B-DVR Desktop software, it is located in the closest to Clip-List No.00. The Clip of the last no is the recorded Clip at the first time.
HDD in Low Level Format. Needs A/S of HDD when still having problem. “Please, backup clips” HDD is not compatible with older B- Clips were made in older B-DVR, HDD DVR’s HDD. is not compatible with used before. Please save clips by using B-DVR desktop software then make all clips in B-DVR HDD to use properly.
"File Writing Error!!!" Error in HDD. Make sure HDD jumper is in MASTER "Writing error" mode and reboot B-DVR again. The "File System error" same symptom is occurred again, set up HDD in Low Level Format. Needs A/S of HDD when still having problem "Recording error"...
Phone +82-42-601-1311 +82-42-861-2484 Note) The technical support staff of Darim Vision will be able to help you faster with great efficiency if you include the following information in the description of your question or problem. 1) Date of purchasing B-DVR 2) The version of B-DVR 3) Serial No.
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TROUBLESHOOTING Note) The improvement of design and specification can be changed as upgraded without prior notification. B-DVR User’s Guide...
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