If you only connect some cameras(not all cameras) to your recorder and see the same image showing on 2 or more channels like below, please disable the unused channels to have a try.

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Here is how to disable the unused channels:

1 Right-click on the monitor screen, go to Main Menu, click on System.

2 On the system page, please go to Digital.

 

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3 On the Digital Channel page, choose the unused channel number and uncheck the Enable box.

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