User Guide

Administrating the Camera
Configuring the System — System Menu
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hour:minutes:seconds), and dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss
(day-month-year hour:minutes:seconds).
Adjust
Select how to set the day and time.
Keep current setting: Select if you do not need to set
the date and time.
Synchronize with PC: Select if you want to
synchronize the camera’s date and time with the
computer.
Manual setting: Select if you want to set the camera’s
date and time manually.
Select the year, month, date, hour, minutes and
seconds from each drop-down list.
Synchronize with NTP: Select if you want to
synchronize the camera’s date and time with those of
the time server called NTP server (Network Time
Protocol).
Set the NTP server when Synchronize with NTP is
selected.
NTS server: Synchronize with the selected NTP server
address.
Time zone
Set the time difference from Greenwich Mean Time in
the area where the camera is installed.
Select the time zone in the area where the camera is
installed from the drop-down list.
Automatically adjust the clock for daylight
saving time changes
When selected, the clock is automatically adjusted
according to the daylight saving time of the selected
time zone.
Note
If the time zone selected in Time zone is different from
that set on the computer, the time is adjusted using the
time zone difference and set on the camera.
OK/Cancel
See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 14.
Installation Tab
You can perform settings related to installation. After
performing settings, the camera will be restarted.
High frame rate mode (SNC-VB600/
VB630/VM600/VM601/VM630/VM631 only)
Set the maximum frame rate to 60 fps (NTSC) or 50 fps
(PAL).
When the setting is set to Off, the maximum frame rate
is 30 fps (NTSC) or 25 fps (PAL).
For details about how to switch NTSC/PAL, refer to the
supplied Installation Manual.
Notes
• When the setting is set to On, Image 2 may not be
available, and Image 3 is not available.
• When the Wide Dynamic Range (View-DR) level is
set to High, you cannot select On. (SNC-VB600/
VM600/VM601)
• When the Wide Dynamic Range (View-DR) level is
set to Middle, you cannot select On. (SNC-VB630/
VM630/VM631)
Wide dynamic range (View-DR) level
Using the Wide dynamic range (View-DR) function will
improve visibility of bright and dark parts of an image.
The level of this function is adjustable.
Note
To improve visibility of bright and dark parts, the
camera superimposes images taken by slow shutter
speed.
When you select High, the camera takes the image by
superimposing 4 images.
When you select Middle, the camera takes the image by
superimposing 2 images.
When you select Low, the camera takes 1 image.
When you select High or Middle, the effect of the
Shutter speed function in the Video / Audio menu -
Picture tab is limited, depending on the scene.
When you select Low, the Wide dynamic range (View-
DR) function in the Video / Audio menu - Picture tab is
not available.
High is available only for SNC-VB600/VB600B/
VM600/VM600B/VM601/VM601B.
Stabilizer
Set the stabilizer function. Select the checkbox to
display steadier images when the camera is installed in
a place subject to vibration.
Note
When the stabilizer function is set, the angle of image
taken will be smaller than usual.
The stabilizer may not respond, depending on the
amount of vibration.
Be sure to set this function during the installation. If the
stabilizer setting is changed at a later time, other settings
will have to be reset.
Eflip
You can display flip vertical images on the computer.
Select Off when you hang the camera from a ceiling.