Instruction manual
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Basic operations (continued)
  Basic playback
This  function  is  used  to playback  recorded  data. This  unit 
allows recorded data to be  played  back using various 
methods. The basic playback  described  below  is  the  most 
common method for playback.
step
1.  Press the PLAY button inside of the front door.
•  Playback starts.
•  After turning the power on, the oldest recording 
data  is played  back  first.  Otherwise,  playback 
resumes at the stopped position of the previous 
playback spot.
STOP
PAUSE
REV. PLAY
PLAY
JUMP TO END SPEED
 When  the  “Playback Device  Repeat Setting”    (  page 
78) is set to “Repeat Off,” playback stops when reaching 
the physical end of the HDD or end point of the recording 
section.  When  the  “Playback Device Repeat Setting” 
is  set  to  “Repeat  On,”  recorded  data  is  played  back 
repeatedly.
[To change the playback device:]
step
2
-1
. Select the playback device and playback area in the 
<Select Source Device> (
 page 39
).
  Main: Plays back the contents from the main HDD 
device.
Normal: Normal recording area
Alarm: Alarm recording area
LP
A: Long pre-alarm recording area
Copy 1: Plays back the recorded contents of the 
copy 1 device.
  “SerialBus,” “DVD/CD,” “USBmemory”
Copy 2: Plays back the recorded contents of the 
copy 2 device.
  “Internal,” “SerialBus,” “DVD/CD” 
 “Alarm” appears when “Alarm Recording Area” (  page 
77 “Change Partition Setting”) is set to other than “0 %.”
 “LPA” appears when “Long Pre-Alarm Area” (  page 77 
“Change Partition Setting”) is set to other than “0 %.”
step
2
-2
. Press the PLAY button.
•  Playback of the selected device starts.
 When you press the PAUSE/JUMP TO END button during 
the  playback  is stopped, the  still  frame  playback  picture 
around the end point of the latest recording is displayed.
step
3.  To pause playback, press the PAUSE button.
•  To  resume  playback, press the PAUSE  button 
again or press the PLAY button.
step
4.  To stop playback, press the STOP button.
•  When  executing  playback  again,  the playback 
starts from the stopped position of the previous 
playback.
 Pressing  the  OUTPUT A/B  button  on  the  front  panel 
switches the multiplexer video output. When OUTPUT A is 
selected, the button light indicator is off. When OUTPUT 
B  is selected, the  button  light indicator is  on, and  the 
buttons related to playback function are operated for the 
monitor  screen  connected to the OUTPUT B  connector. 
Pressing  the  OUTPUT A/B  button again  switches  the 
multiplexer output to OUTPUT A.
 The playback of each camera may not be executed at a 
constant speed depending on the recorded condition.
 During the  split screen display,  the  playback  speed may 
be slower than the speed used for recording.
 When  playing  back on  both  OUTPUT A and  B, the 
playback speed may be affected and become slower.










