18Recording and playing imagesRecording images and audioYou can set the recorder for manual recording of images and audio.Check with your system administrator about the manual recordingsettings.1 Click the [HDD] tab.2 Click the [Up] button in the [Rec] box.Click the [Up] button until the [Recording] and [Recordingstop] button are displayed.3 Click the [Recording] button.The [REC] indicator in the status display area lights (red),and recording starts.4 Click the [Recording stop] button.The [REC] indicator in the status display area turns off, andrecording stops.Note:• When recording in a recording mode that has a higher prioritythan Manual, Manual recording goes to standby until the otherrecording finishes. Refer to the "Recording mode and priority"(table) for information about access priority.• When recording in modes other than Manual recording(Emergency recording, Event recording, or Schedulerecording), recording continues even if you press the[Recording stop] button.• It is impossible to record images when images are not beingreceived from cameras.The recorder has 5 recording modes. The access priority of therecording modes is shown below. Images are recorded in thehighest priority mode when two or more recordings with differentrecording modes started simultaneously, only recording with thehighest priority will start.Audio can be recorded together with images. Audio recording can beset for each of the camera channels. Refer to the Setup Instructions(PDF file) for more information.Note:• Audio recording without images cannot be done. Only imagecan be recorded.• Audio recording and SD memory recording cannot be done atthe same time. When recording rate of the SD memoryrecording is set to other than [Off], audio recording for thatcamera channel is automatically turned [Off].Manual recording of images andaudioRecording mode and priorityPriority Recording mode1 Emergency recording2 Post-event recording3 Manual recording4 Schedule recording5 Pre-event recordingAudio recording