{"id":23889,"date":"2021-03-23T10:03:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/?p=23889"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:03:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:03:40","slug":"amcrest-how-to-manually-record-to-sd-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/amcrest-how-to-manually-record-to-sd-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Amcrest Camera: How to manually record to a SD card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This article shows how to configure an Amcrest camera to record to an SD card manually. The process is straightforward and takes less than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3sfy1yl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amcrest How To Manually Record on SD Card\" data-id=\"23893\" width=\"719\" data-init-width=\"720\" height=\"200\" data-init-height=\"200\" title=\"Amcrest How To Manually Record on SD Card\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amcrest-How-To-Manually-Record-on-SD-Card.jpg\" data-width=\"719\" data-height=\"200\" data-link-wrap=\"true\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Make sure you use a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3sfy1yl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\">micro SD <\/a>card that is compatible with your camera.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Configure the SD card manual recording<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Here are the steps to configure the Amcrest SD card manual recording.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Use a web browser to login to the camera;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Go to &#8220;Settings &gt;&gt; storage &gt;&gt; record control&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Change the recording from Auto to Manual;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Click the &#8220;Save&#8221; button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">And it&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Now you can use the Amcrest App to record your videos manually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The pictures below show the configuration details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><strong>Open the Storage &gt; Record Control menu and enable the manual recording.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amcrest Manual Recording Configuration\" data-id=\"23901\" width=\"719\" data-init-width=\"720\" height=\"219\" data-init-height=\"219\" title=\"Amcrest Manual Recording Configuration\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amcrest-Manual-Recording-Configuration.jpg\" data-width=\"719\" data-height=\"219\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><strong>Use the Amcrest App and click the recording button.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amcrest camera manual recording\" data-id=\"23903\" width=\"292\" data-init-width=\"450\" height=\"602\" data-init-height=\"927\" title=\"Amcrest camera manual recording\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amcrest-camera-manual-recording.jpg\" data-width=\"292\" data-height=\"602\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">As you can see, there is an indication about the manual recording.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">You can check the manual recording via App or web browser.<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amcrest Manual Recording\" data-id=\"23905\" width=\"719\" data-init-width=\"720\" height=\"505\" data-init-height=\"505\" title=\"Amcrest Manual Recording\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amcrest-Manual-Recording.jpg\" data-width=\"719\" data-height=\"505\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Open the &#8220;Playback&#8221; menu and choose &#8220;Manual&#8221; as the record type.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">On the right side of the screen, you can see the available recorded footage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">And that&#8217;s it. Enjoy your camera recording.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">==&gt; I also recommend recordingthe video from your camera to the cloud. Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/videoloft-cloud-video-surveillance-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Videoloft Cloud Video Surveillance Review<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Related articles<\/h2>\n<p style=\"cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-connect-amcrest-camera-to-alexa\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to connect Amcrest camera to Alexa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-configure-hikvision-ip-camera\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-reset-an-amcrest-camera\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to reset an Amcrest camera<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/change-amcrest-camera-default-ip\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to change Amcrest camera default IP and password<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/amcrest-r-4mp-poe-camera-review\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Amcrest Night Color 4MP Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/amcrest-ip-turret-camera-review\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"cursor: text;\">Amcrest ProHD Outdoor IP camera review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-reset-an-amcrest-nvr\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"cursor: text;\">ow to factory reset an Amcrest NVR<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/amcrest-account-has-been-locked\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"cursor: text;\">Amcrest account has been locked (quick fix)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope this article can help you; please share it with your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article shows how to configure an Amcrest camera to record to an SD card manually. 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