click the configuration button on the control panel and a 3-tabbed dialog box as shown below will appear on the screen.
configuration dialog box: device tab
click on the tab as indicated in the figure below to start configure for devices and their related settings.

configuration dialog box: device tab (cont'd)
compression format
clicking the compression format button under the device tab of the configuration dialog box (see page 53) will bring up a dialog box for setting up the format as shown in the figure below.

configuration dialog box: quality tab
click on the tab as indicated in the figure below to start configure for quality.

configuration dialog box: schedule tab
click on the tab indicated in the figure below to schedule or reschedule pre-set recordings.