iDVR H.264 Surveillance DVR Video Backup & Playback
The iDVR-E series surveillance DVR supports backuping up video to an external USD DVD drive. The below instructions will assist a user in formatting a DVD-RW and backup a segment of surveillance video to the DVD. CCTV Camera Pros has tested this process using a DVD-RW format disc, therefore that is what we recommend to guarantee success.
Format DVD for Video Backup
The DVD must forst be formatted by the iDVR before you can start a backup process. Follow these instructions to forat the DVD you are using/
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Plug your external USB DVD writer into the front USB port on the iDVR.
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Insert a DVD-RW into the drive.
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Press the menu button on the iDVR or wireless remote.
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Enter your password.
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Select System from the main menu.
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Select Disk from the System menu.
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Select Format, then use the +/- buttons to select "USB - CD / DVD-RW"
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Select Start.
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Press Enter on the iDVR or wireless remote.
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The DVD should begin formatting. When the format is complete, the Action field will change to "Complete".
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Press Esc twice to exit to the DVR main menu.
Surveillance Video Backup to DVD
After you DVD is formatted follow these instructions to backup video.
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Press the backup button in the iDVR. This is the button that has a picture of three DVDs or discs on it. Note: there is no backup button on the wireless remote.
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Enter your password.
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On the backup screen, select the Range field and using the arrow buttons on the wireless remote or iDVR, select the date range that you wish to backup by selecting a start and end time.
NOTE: a DVD has a 4.7GB capacity. The iDVR has a minimum of a 500GB hard drive. This means that a DVD is capable of storing about 1% of the video on your iDVRs hard drive if you are using a 500GB drive and the drive is full.
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Select the Action field and press enter on the wireless remote or iDVR face.
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A % of completion will be displayed.
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When the backup is complete, 100% complete will be displayed followed by the Status changing to "Success". Important: it may take a few minuted for the status to change from 100% to Success. Do not proceed until Success is diplayed.
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The surveillance video backup is now complete. You can press Esc to exit to the main manu of the iDVR.
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Eject the DVD.
Surveillance Video Backup Playback
The process that just backup up video to the DVD also exported a video player that can run on any Windows PC. To playback video backed up from the iDVR, insert the DVD-RW into a Windows PC and typically the playback program will autorun. If it does not auto-run, browse to your DVD drive on the PC and double-click on the McdPlayer.exe program.
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