User's Manual

11Advanced FunctionsReference page
1. Press the MENU button.
• <MAIN MENU> appears.
2. Turn the JOG dial to select RECORDING SET UP and turn
the SHUTTLE ring to the right.
• <RECORDING SET UP> menu appears.
3. When the cursor (
) is next to ALARM REC MODE, turn
the SHUTTLE ring to the right.
4. Turn the JOG dial to set the alarm recording mode you want
and turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.
5. Turn the JOG dial to select ALARM REC DURATION and
turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.
6. Turn the JOG dial to set the alarm recording duration you
want and turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.
• When set to MAN 1, alarm recording continues until RST
IN terminal is grounded.
• When set to MAN 2, alarm recording continues while
ALM IN terminal is grounded.
7. Press the MENU button.
• The day and present time display appears on screen.
Emergency Recording
The VCR automatically starts an alarm recording when an alarm signal is input even if
the VCR is in stop mode, turned off, or in stand-by mode for timer recording.
1. After step 6 above, turn the JOG dial to select EMERGENCY
REC and turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.
2. Turn the JOG dial to select ON and turn the SHUTTLE ring
to the right.
• The Emergency Recording indicator (
) illuminates
on the fluorescent display.
Display during alarm recording
• During the alarm recording, the alarm recording counter will
automatically be displayed on-screen if DISPLAY MODE (
page 28) is set to 1, 2, or 3.
• The Alarm Recording indicator (
) on the fluorescent
display flashes during alarm recording and stays on when the
alarm recording is finished.
• The alarm recording counter shows up to 9999 alarm
recordings, then it is reset to 0000 and continues counting.
• When initializing the alarm recording list, the alarm recording
counter will also be reset.
Alarm Recording
If an alarm occurs, the VCR switches to alarm recording.
• For alarm recording connection, go to
page 25.
Info.
• The index signal is automatically
recorded when an alarm recording
begins. (The Index indicator (
)
flashes on the fluorescent display.)
• Even if an alarm recording is
proceeding, the new alarm recording
starts when the next alarm signal is
input. (While an index signal is being
recorded and then the next alarm
signal is input, the second signal may
not be detected during skip or index
search.)
• An alarm recording continues until its
end during timer recording, even if the
timer recording end-time is reached.
• An alarm recording will be cancelled if
the tape reaches its end.
• If the interval between two alarm
recording start-times is too short, the
skip or index search may not function
correctly. (
For the minimum
interval between two alarm recording
start-times, go to page 18.)
Note
• After an emergency recording, the
VCR automatically returns to its
original state.
Example)
When ALARM REC MODE is set to L24H and
ALARM REC DURATION is 10 min.
Alarm signal input
L24H
Recording
10 min
Recording Alarm Recording
<MAIN MENU>
DISPLAY
TIMER PROGRAM
RECORDING SET UP
REAR TERMINAL
MAINTENANCE
CLOCK/FIRST TIME SET UP
<RECORDING SET UP>
ALARM REC MODE 8H
ALARM REC DURATION 1M
EMERGENCY REC OFF
<RECORDING SET UP>
ALARM REC MODE 8H
ALARM REC DURATION 1M
EMERGENCY REC OFF
<RECORDING SET UP>
ALARM REC MODE L24H
ALARM REC DURATION 1M
EMERGENCY REC OFF
<RECORDING SET UP>
ALARM REC MODE L24H
ALARM REC DURATION 1M
EMERGENCY REC OFF
<RECORDING SET UP>
ALARM REC MODE L24H
ALARM REC DURATION 10M
EMERGENCY REC OFF
Alarm recording counter
01-01-’02 09:30:00 A0001
<RECORDING SET UP>
ALARM REC MODE L24H
ALARM REC DURATION 10M
EMERGENCY REC ON