ark>Howark> do ark>Iark> set my SBN 4/8/6 or SAN 4/8 to record on motark>iark>on?


These ark>iark>nstructark>iark>ons wark>iark>ll enable motark>iark>on recordark>iark>ng on all channels based on the settark>iark>ngs the DVR has out of the box.

WARNark>Iark>NG: When fark>iark>rst settark>iark>ng up your DVR be sure to format your hard drark>iark>ve before changark>iark>ng the record settark>iark>ngs.  Your DVR wark>iark>ll not be able to record untark>iark>l doark>iark>ng so. <a href="/index.php?action=artikel&cat=2&id=257&artlang=en">Clark>iark>ck Herea> for dark>iark>rectark>iark>ons on ark>howark> to format the hard drark>iark>ve.

Note: Navark>iark>gatark>iark>ng through the DVR ark>iark>s most easark>iark>ly accomplark>iark>shed wark>iark>th the mouse that came wark>iark>th ark>iark>t.

After the DVR has booted up rark>iark>ght-clark>iark>ck the mouse ark>iark>n order to log ark>iark>n. The default password ark>iark>s eark>iark>ther 111111 or 888888.
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an>After loggark>iark>ng ark>iark>n, rark>iark>ght-clark>iark>ck the mouse 2 tark>iark>mes to brark>iark>ng up the toolbar along the bottom. From thark>iark>s toolbar select the far left ark>iark>con that looks lark>iark>ke a gear and says "Settark>iark>ngs" when the mouse ark>iark>s over the ark>iark>con. an>
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After enterark>iark>ng the "Settark>iark>ngs" men,u you wark>iark>ll be on the System tab ark>iark>n the menu. You wark>iark>ll need to clark>iark>ck the "Record" tab at the top to enter the Recordark>iark>ng menu.


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From the "Record" tab clark>iark>ck the arrow on the fark>iark>rst lark>iark>ne labled "Vark>iark>deo Ch" untark>iark>l ark>iark>t reads "All." Should you ever desark>iark>re to adjust just an ark>iark>ndark>iark>vark>iark>dual channel's recordark>iark>ng schedule you may adjust thark>iark>s lark>iark>ne to the desark>iark>red channel.

After changark>iark>ng "Channel" to "All" you wark>iark>ll clark>iark>ck on the star located on the "Record Schedule" lark>iark>ne dark>iark>rectly below "Channel."
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You are now ark>iark>n the menu where you ark>canark> adjust the camera's recordark>iark>ng schedule. When enterark>iark>ng thark>iark>s screen the "Not record" optark>iark>on wark>iark>ll always be selected. Clark>iark>ck the "Motark>iark>on record" box. After the change has been made you may clark>iark>ck and drag or clark>iark>ck ark>iark>ndark>iark>vark>iark>dual squares ark>iark>n the grark>iark>d above. The grark>iark>de dark>iark>splays the days of the week on the left and hours of the day along the top. Adjustark>iark>ng the entark>iark>re grark>iark>d to green wark>iark>ll set motark>iark>on record for your cameras for 24 hours a day on all days of the week. When you are done clark>iark>ck "Ok"

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From thark>iark>s poark>iark>nt you wark>iark>ll go to the "Save" tab ark>iark>n the top rark>iark>ght and select the "Save and Exark>iark>t" optark>iark>on.
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You should now be able to record on motark>iark>on. When motark>iark>on occurs you wark>iark>ll see a small green man ark>iark>n the top of the camera wark>iark>ndow accompanark>iark>ed by a green dot. The dot ark>iark>tself ark>iark>s what ark>iark>ndark>iark>cated that the DVR ark>iark>s actually recordark>iark>ng. You are fark>iark>nark>iark>shed! (ark>Iark>f you do not ark>getark> a green dot, but ark>iark>nstead a grey dot keep readark>iark>ng below)
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ark>Iark>f you are ark>getark>tark>iark>ng a black dot ark>iark>n the top of the camera ark>iark>mage that wont go away ark>iark>t sark>iark>mply means you're on manual record. Your DVR ark>iark>s stark>iark>ll recordark>iark>ng but wark>iark>ll record non stop untark>iark>l manual record ark>iark>s dark>iark>sabled.

To dark>iark>sable thark>iark>s rark>iark>ght clark>iark>ck your mouse untark>iark>l you have your toolbar along the bottom. Thark>iark>s tark>iark>me we wark>iark>ll select the "Manual Record" optark>iark>on as sark>howark>n below.
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When you've selected Manual Record you wark>iark>ll be gark>iark>ven the wark>iark>ndow below. Hark>iark>t the "All" button untark>iark>l all the check marks are removed from the boxes and hark>iark>t ok. Manual record wark>iark>ll now be dark>iark>sabled and the DVR wark>iark>ll revert to the recordark>iark>ng schedule you set ark>iark>n the menu. You are now fark>iark>nark>iark>shed and recordark>iark>ng on motark>iark>on and should be able to verark>iark>fy wark>iark>th the marks sark>howark>n earlark>iark>er.
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Tags: detection, motion, record, setup
Last update:
2013-11-01 13:05
Author:
Alex Crewell
Revision:
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