Go From 2hr to 4hrs recording
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James: It will only work if you have a Video Tape that has three settings. Most of the ones I've seen have only 2 hours and 6 hours or 2 hours and 8 hours for a long playing tape. I have never seen a video tape with a 4 hour recording time but maybe you have. Probably not much help, but that's all i can say to answer your question. charlie
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James, it is a combination of the VHS Tape Length (T60, T120,T160) and the speed set on the VCR Settings (SP, SLP, EP). See the back of most the VHS tape boxes for a chart. Gary, NC
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i was sent a very USED and paid for a NEW recorder with no compensation. COMOPLETELY DISAPPOINTED!!!!
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James: It will only work if you have a Video Tape that has three settings. Most of the ones I've seen have only 2 hours and 6 hours or 2 hours and 8 hours for a long playing tape. I have never seen a video tape with a 4 hour recording time but maybe you have. Probably not much help, but that's all i can say to answer your question.charlie
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is there a mic port and a way to plug it into the wall for 2+ hour recordings
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Depends on the SD card. I bought a 32 gig memory (Transcend brand off Amazon) for it and get around 5.5 hours of recording time.
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I donot know, With 500 gigs and 4 cameras set to highest definition I get about 2 weeks recording before it records on top of the older recording. You can set to motion detect which will greatly increase record days.
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if you recording on all 16 channels 10-14 days tops.. We install these for customer and anything over 8 we recommend 2 TB or 3 if applicable. Also you can increase this by setting you cameras to sensitivity recording and times like during business hours.. We try to get the most out of every system so we set schedules , camera sensitivity ( motion recording ) etc so every customer get different lengths. Also the quality of picture will also dictate the recording time ( good , better best ). if out of the box doing nothing I would say 3 weeks or less. By setting parameters same hard drive you can increase by atleast a week or more. if you recording on all 16 channels 10-14 days tops.. We install these for customer and anything over 8 we recommend 2 TB or 3 if applicable. Also you can increase this by setting you cameras to sensitivity recording and times like during business hours.. We try to get the most out of every system so we set schedules , camera sensitivity ( motion recording ) etc so every customer get different lengths. Also the quality of picture will also dictate the recording time ( good , better best ). if out of the box doing nothing I would say 3 weeks or less. By setting parameters same hard drive you... » Read More if you recording on all 16 channels 10-14 days tops.. We install these for customer and anything over 8 we recommend 2 TB or 3 if applicable. Also you can increase this by setting you cameras to sensitivity recording and times like during business hours.. We try to get the most out of every system so we set schedules , camera sensitivity ( motion recording ) etc so every customer get different lengths. Also the quality of picture will also dictate the recording time ( good , better best ). if out of the box doing nothing I would say 3 weeks or less. By setting parameters same hard drive you can increase by atleast a week or more. « Show Less
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I had it last as long as 3.5 - 4 hours of continuous recording. And as long as 3+ days using off and on.
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Hi Andrew, the DVD recorder has the capability to record 2 hours or more depending on the recording mode used. -Vincent
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You could get 30 mins. It has a normal def and HD setting. Definitely can get 30 mins on standard def. I bought this for my daughter to record armature movies. Her episodes are about 30 mins per shoot on standard def.
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Hi Bob, you can enter the menu and adjust the recording time in different settings (1-2-3-4-5 minutes) does this help you?
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It depends on the size of the hard drive you are using on the PC you are recording with. You can use the included software or any off the shelf IP Camera software. This is just a camera and does not record to itself. Usually you can estimate about 1GB per hour of recording on just about any camera with average quality settings. I would suggest adding a secondary hard drive dedicated to storing your video.
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2 hours at highest quality - up to 4 hrs 10 minutes at lower quality according to manual
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Yes, however you may want to consider purchasing a longer life battery if you want to film something that lasts longer than an hour or two.
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depending on what your using the camera for you can get up to two hours but I would buy a couple extra batteries to be able to switch out and keep shooting video.
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I have been recording up to 2 hours per recording on my 500V with out changing the settings. I did not know there was a limit as on my old 550V, I would record all night for up the 9 hours in one file as well.
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There are settings that you can edit. I run mine for 5 minutes max. It's perfect though. I might actually change into a minute because it does loop recording with no gaps and it does not take as long to transfer a file over vs the 5 minute clips. I don't remember off the top of my head but you first must stop any recording. Then you push the little button on the bottom (normally turns the screen on or off while it is recording) and it will pull up the settings menu. Play around in that and you will see how different options and you can change your record options there. I also chose to have my display turn off my itself after 1 minute (its the fastest). I entered my licenses plant number as well. It's a great device with lots of options. Check it out and you get into the settings. :)
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The camera will limit video recording to 10 mins. However, if you immediately press record again you can resume recording right away, you can record an additional 10 mins and then fuse the 2 videos together using the editing software. You can repeat this process for as many times as you like.
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4 gigabytes generally = 1 hour of 720p recording which is the best setting on this camcorder. so depending on the size could vary. But if you get a 32 gb sim then you can get around a good 8 hours. But you can always save after 8 hours to your computer then start all over again. have fun!