Digital Video Recorder Instructions

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Operation
1. Turn the power ON.
Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on
the rear panel to ON.
2. Set the menu switches.
Set the menu switches as required. For details, refer to
“Setting” on page 17. For major menu switches, refer to
the description shown on the right.
3. Start recording.
Press the [REC] button to start recording.
4. Stop recording.
Press the [STOP] button to stop recording.
6 RECORDING
6-1 Basic operation
Memo:
● Recording duration can be set with a menu switch.
For more details.
Reference: “11-1 Recording time” on page 47.
Major menu switches
 [DVR MODE] menu switches
 [REC QUALITY] : Sets the recording picture quality.
 [REC SPEED] : Sets the number of fields to be
recorded per second.
 [AUDIO REC] : Sets whether or not audio signals are
recorded when menu switch <REC
SPEED> is set to a position other than
1/5 or 1/10.
 [REPEAT REC] : Sets whether or not repeat recording
is executed.
When set to “AL·STOP”, “AL·LOCK”
or “ALL”, the [REPEAT REC]
indication lights on the display panel.
 [TIME DATE REC] : Sets whether or not time/date is
recorded during recording.
Recording system
<Normal recording>
● As shown in the figure on the
right, recording is performed
consecutively until the hard disk
is full.
● Each recorded section (Rec Start
To Rec End) is called an event.
● Recording stops when the hard
disk is full. Additional recording is
not possible.
* When the hard disk is full (remain-
ing capacity is 0%), a signal is
output from the [HDD FULL]
terminal.
(When menu switch <HDD FULL
OUT> is set to “ON” and menu
switch <REPEAT REC> is not set
to “OFF”)
<Repeat recording>
● Allows recording to continue
when the hard disk is full by
overwriting the oldest previous
recordings.
● Recording continues until the
[STOP] button is pressed.
● In the Repeat Record mode,
the on-screen hard disk
remaining capacity indication is
not displayed.
● When overwriting starts from
the beginning of an event, the
entire event will be erased.
POWER
WARNING
SLEEP
REC STOP PLAY STILL
TIMER CANCEL
DISPLAY
MENU
SEARCH
S
E
L
E
C
T
REV FWD
EXECUTE
SKIP/ALARM
SEARCH
REC
CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR
OPE. LOCK
ON
DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U
[MENU] button
Jog dial
Shuttle search dial
[REC] button
[STOP] button
[STILL] button
Beginning of the hard disk
Event 1
Start of
recording
Stop
Event 2
Event 3
Event 4
End of the hard disk
Start of
recording
Stop
Start of
recording
Stop
Start of
recording
END
Beginning of the hard disk
Event 4
Event 2
Event 3
Event 4
End of the hard disk
Stop
Start of
recording
Stop
Start of
recording
Overwriting
Event 2 is
erased.
Lights