Why Is There No Option for Continuous Recording?
Continuous recording is a feature where it will record non-stop what the camera captures regardless if there are movements, persons, or sounds detected. It is only possible for recorders with:
- Powered add-on camera (not battery-powered)
- Internal HDD
Why can't the recorder have continuous or normal recording when using a battery-powered camera?
Battery-powered add-on cameras like the NVW-600CMB, NVW-AS4KCAM, and NVW-MR4KCAM need to conserve their battery when nothing is moving or triggering it to record. They will go on idle or sleep which is essential for these types of cameras to save you time in recharging them more often than you like.
Adding a solar panel is designed to charge the battery; not to make it have continuous power. The unit is classified as a 'battery-powered' unit however it is getting its power.
What type of system do you have?
Please select below the system or combination of recorder and camera that you have:
By default, 24-hour 7 days a week, motion detection is enabled for each camera
connected. For example:
Normal (continuous) recording (green boxes) can be enabled at the same time as motion detection (yellow boxes).
- To set up the camera for continuous recording, login to Menu > Setup.
- Go to Record > Record Schedule.
- Select the camera you want to enable continuous recording by channel number.
- Select the desired recording mode via the radio button (which is Normal).
- Then click on a particular black square on the grid to change the color from black to green. To select all, click and drag the mouse over the squares corresponding to your desired period.
- Click “Apply” to save settings.
- Use the “Copy” function to apply all settings to the other cameras you want to record continuously.
NOTE: Setting one or more cameras to continuous recording will decrease the days of storage for recordings in your hard drive. To know how many days of recordings, your DVR/NVR can currently store, go to Menu> Search > General (tab). Click on the Date calendar. The number of days in red is the number of days the oldest recordings are stored. Here's an example:
Recorders that use a microSD card to store recordings will not be enough for the requirement needed for Normal or Continuous recording to work.
The recorder must have an internal hard drive with more than 1TB storage capacity.
Stand-alone Cameras are designed to start recording when triggered (e.g. detect motion, person, sound) regardless of whether it is battery-powered or not, then stop recording when there are no more events.
Once the camera is triggered, the camera can record for up to 60 seconds. If it needs to continue its recording, it will be saved as another file.