Hi, new to this site. Any help most appreaciated.

We have a DVMR-4CS. For the most part it we never pay attention to it. Knock on wood have not had a problem in 5 years. Last weekend we had a theft so of course now it is important.

2 exterior cameras, and sometime between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM on of them was moved so as to miss the area of interest. Recording jumps from 9 to the next image at 5.

Looking at the disk map shows the 2 cameras as "absent". What is absent versus video loss?

Thanks!!!

My best guess is absent means no recording for that time on that camera. Perhaps the cameras are set to not record at that time. Or, they may be set to record motion only, but didn't see anything that broke the sensitivity threshold to begin recording? Is that the only night there's no recording during that time period? How is the DVR set?