Q-See QT5116 User Manual

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MANAGING THE DVR QT518 & QT5116 User Manual43 | P a g e5. MANAGING THE DVR5.1 Formatting the Hard DiskIn order to record to your DVR, you must first format the Hard Drive. If the drive is not formatted, the free spaceavailable on your system will show as 0M. To format your hard drive, refer to the following steps:Step 1: Enter the User Configuration menu as outlined in Section 4.2.9. Referring to the illustration shown in Fig4.2.10 Tools Configuration, click on the Disk Manager button and a pop up window will appear as illustrated below inFig 5.1 Disk Manager..Fig 5.1: Disk ManagerStep 2: If the disk has never been formatted, the status listed under the column labeled Status will show as New. Tobegin formatting the disk, Click on the Disk in the Disk Manager dialog and click on the Format button.Step 3: A security window will appear reminding the user that all data will be lost if they continue with the formattingprocess. Click OK to continue and a progress bar will display as shown below.5.2 Updating FirmwareThe DVR currently only supports updates through USB. Get the firmware from the Q-See website and ensure thatyou are running the latest firmware version. Refer to Fig 5.1 Disk Manager to check the USB information.To update the firmware on your DVR, follow these steps:Step 1: Plug a USB flash drive into the computer attached to this DVR. Copy the firmware file to the USB flash driveby locating the .tar file (file will have a .tar extension).Step 2: Plug the USB flash drive into the DVR in the appropriate port. Following the steps outlined in Section 4.2.9and referring to the illustration shown in Fig 4.2.10 Tools Configuration, click on the Upgrade button.