Luma LUM-500-DVR-4CH, LUM-500-DVR-8CH, LUM-500-NVR-16CH, LUM-500-DVR-16CH, LUM-500-NVR-4CH Hard Drive Installation

Technical Bulletin

Installing Hard Drives

Your Luma recorder comes with a hard drive already installed, but you can add additional hard drives (and/or
replace the existing one) to expand your recording capability.

Since these drives run 24/7, we recommend using hard drives that are rated for surveillance, like Western Digital’s
Purple drives, which we sell on our website as a convenience to our valued installers.

Warning! Do not use a powered screwdriver when installing or removing a hard drive. Doing so may result in

damage to the equipment, which is not covered by your warranty.

Warning! Use a grounded anti-static mat and wrist band to ground yourself before servicing the recorder. Failure to

ground yourself may result in damage to the equipment, which is not covered by your warranty.

Recorder Capacity

Model HDD Included

LUM-500-DVR-4CH 1TB 0 Additional 4TB per bay 4TB

LUM-500-DVR-8CH 1TB 3 Additional 4TB per bay 16TB

LUM-500-DVR-16CH 2TB 3 Additional 4TB per bay 16TB

LUM-500-NVR-4CH 1TB 1 Additional 4TB per bay 8TB

LUM-500-NVR-8CH 1TB 3 Additional 4TB per bay 16TB

LUM-500-NVR-16CH 2TB 3 Additional 4TB per bay 16TB

8-channel and 16-channel recorders also have an eSATA port on the back that can attach an additional hard drive.

Additional Bays Size Limit

Max. Storage

Important Note

We recommend installing the drives before powering the recorder up for the first time. If a hard drive has been
initialized in the recorder, you should not change its SATA port. Once a hard drive has been initialized in a given
port (this includes the hard drive that comes with the unit), the recorder remembers that hard drive’s location. If
the hard drive cabling is swapped this will cause errors, even if you re-initialize the hard drive in its new location.

Prepare the Recorder

In the local interface, click on the Settings
icon , then choose Shutdown >
Shutdown. The unit powers down.

Turn the power switch (located on the back
of the unit) to the off position. Unplug the
power cord from the rear of the unit.

If necessary, disconnect all cabling and
remove the recorder from the rack.

Warning! Moving the recorder while it is

powered can damage the hard drive.

Remove the Cover

Remove the two small black screws located
along the top of the rear panel of the recorder.
(Do not remove the larger silver screws
around the fan.)

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Using the thumb notch on the top of the
unit, gently slide the cover about an inch to
the rear of the unit, then lift it up. Once it is
off, set the lid aside in a safe place where it
won’t get scratched.

Technical Bulletin

Toward the front of recorder is the mounting
bar, a ventilated strip of metal. One hard
drive is already installed. Disconnect the
SATA and power cables from that hard drive.

Remove the Mounting Bar

Remove the two black screws that hold the
mounting bar in place. They are on the
exterior of the unit, one at each side of the
recorder.

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