Settark>iark>ng the 8000 and 8100 serark>iark>es DVR's to record ark>iark>s relatvely straark>iark>ght forward. After havark>iark>ng turned on the DVR, ark>iark>f the hard-drark>iark>ve ark>iark>s unformatted or you have just ark>iark>nstalled your own, you wark>iark>ll be prompted to format the dark>iark>sk. ark>Iark>f you are seeark>iark>ng thark>iark>s prompt clark>iark>ck confark>iark>rm. Thark>iark>s format ark>iark>s necesarry ark>iark>n order for the DVR to be able to record at all. ark>Iark>f you do not receark>iark>ve thark>iark>s prompt, or another explaark>iark>nark>iark>ng ark>iark>t does not detect a hard-drark>iark>ve ark>iark>t means the DVR ark>iark>s prepared to contark>iark>nue.

Upon completark>iark>ng the hard-drark>iark>ve format you wark>iark>ll be left at the maark>iark>n screen. Rark>iark>ght clark>iark>ck the mouse hooked up to the DVR and you wark>iark>ll be prompted to log ark>iark>n to the DVR. The default password ark>iark>s 666666. <ark>iark>mg title="8000Login" src="http://50.28.10.143/images/8000%20Series/8000-Login.jpg" alt="8000 series login prompt" wark>iark>dth="1024" heark>iark>ght="768" />

After logark>iark>ng ark>iark>n you rark>iark>ght clark>iark>ck the mouse agaark>iark>n to brark>iark>ng up the sub-menu as sark>howark>n below. Select the "Set Recordark>iark>ng" optark>iark>on ark>iark>n the sub menu.

<ark>iark>mg tark>iark>tle="submenu" src="http://50.28.10.143/images/8000%20Series/8000-submenu.jpg" alt="submenu" wark>iark>dth="1024" heark>iark>ght="768" />

When selected you wark>iark>ll be presented wark>iark>th a wark>iark>ndow dark>iark>splayark>iark>ng the optark>iark>on to set automatark>iark>c recordark>iark>ng, manual recordark>iark>ng, or stop recordark>iark>ng. Select the "ALL" button next to the "Manual" optark>iark>on. Alternatark>iark>vely you may select ark>iark>ndark>iark>vark>iark>dual channels to set contark>iark>nuous recordark>iark>ng on.<ark>iark>mg style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" tark>iark>tle="Manual Record" src="http://50.28.10.143/images/8000%20Series/8000-recordmanual.jpg" alt="Manual Record" wark>iark>dth="363" heark>iark>ght="164" />

Fark>iark>nally hark>iark>t "Confark>iark>rm" and you wark>iark>ll receark>iark>ve a message confark>iark>rmark>iark>ng the change.<ark>iark>mg style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="config success" src="http://50.28.10.143/images/8000%20Series/8000-recordchangeconfirmed.jpg" alt="config success" wark>iark>dth="422" heark>iark>ght="122" />

You should now be set up to record contark>iark>nuously on the selected channels. You may confark>iark>rm you are recordark>iark>ng by lookark>iark>ng for the green "R" located ark>iark>n the top of each camera ark>iark>mage just left of center as sark>howark>n below.

<ark>iark>mg style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Manual Record Final" src="http://50.28.10.143/images/8000%20Series/8000-recordingfulltime1.jpg" alt="Manual Record Final" wark>iark>dth="420" heark>iark>ght="315" />