Essential User Information STACK Digital Video Recorder
4 Users Guide
Video Standard
The DVR is configured by default either for the NTSC or PAL
video standards depending on the intended country of use. If the
equipment you have uses the other video standard (eg, the DVR is
configured for NTSC but your equipment is PAL), you must
reconfigure the DVR as described on page 212.
Only NTSC and PAL are currently supported.
Deleting Files
Deleting files on the removable Flash Disk / PCMCIA Card does
not recover disk space. Only a reformat will recover space on the
Flash Disk. A Quick Format is sufficient, see page 14. Once a
recording has been made which you intend to keep, transfer the file
to your PC’s hard drive and then perform a reformat.
For the remainder of this guide the use of the term “Flash Disk”
shall be used to include a PCMCIA Card device too.
Using a New Removable Flash Disk
The DVR will only operate with a Flash Disk formatted with a
FAT32 (File Allocation Table) File System. Before using a new
disk, check its File System by inserting it into a PC running
Windows XP and display the disk properties by right clicking the
disk icon in “My Computer”. If supplied as FAT16, reformat to
FAT32, see page 14.
Playing a Recording
The files produced by the DVR are fully MPEG-2 compliant.
They may be played directly from the card by inserting it into a PC
with a suitable PCMCIA slot / adapter. However, better replay
results are usually obtained by transferring the file to the PC’s hard
drive, see page 12.
