JVC VR-510U manual Basic operation, Recording system, Operation, Major menu switches

6 RECORDING

6-1 Basic operation

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP

[MENU] button			Jog dial
			Shuttle search dial
			DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U
TIMER	CANCEL	MENU	L
			SE ECT
		REV	FWD	REC
	DISPLAY	SEARCH		CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR
			EXECUTE	OPE. LOCK
REC STOP	PLAY	STILL
				ON
			SKIP/ALARM
			SEARCH

[REC] button

[STILL] button

[STOP] button

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.

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.
		Lights

[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”)

Beginning of the hard disk

Event 1	Start of
	recording
	Stop
Event 2	Start of
	recording
	Stop
Event 3	Start of
	recording
	Stop
Event 4	Start of
	recording
	END
End of the hard disk

<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.

Event 2 is erased.

Beginning of the hard disk

Event 4
Overwriting
Event 2	Stop
Event 3	Start of
	recording
	Stop
Event 4	Start of
	recording

End of the hard disk

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