Q-See QSTD2408 - Manual (Page 19)

QSTD2400 Series DVR User’s Manual
3.3 Recording
3.3.1 Record Setup
Users need to install and format a HDD, unless the unit came with a hard
drive already installed, and set all the recording parameters before recording.
There are four recording modes. Users can enable them simultaneously.
They have different priorities as below.
Motion detection recording > Sensor recording > Manual recording >
Scheduled recording
Press right mouse to show the control bar, refer to Fig 4.1 Control Bar.
Enter Menu---->System.
STEP1
Enter RECORD configuration, refer to Fig 3.7 Record Setup.
Select cameras.
Fig 3.7 Record Setup
STEP2
Set Video quality, Frame rate, and Resolution.
STEP3
Have Audio checked if you input audio and want to record it.
Check Time stamp if you want it on the recording.
STEP4
Enable recording function for cameras in Record option.
Notice: If camera is unchecked here, it will not record in any recording mode.
STEP5
Set Alarm record hold time. It is for record time after alarm ends.
STEP6
Enable Recycle. It overwrites older files once HDD is full. If you
have it unchecked, it will stop recording once HDD full until you reformat the
drive
STEP7
Click OK to finish
Notice: The higher the Video quality setting, frame rate, and resolution, the more hard
drive space is used per hour.
Notice: This Unit supports pre-alarm recording, however, there is no option to set the
pre-alarm recording time, the default is 10 seconds
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