CONTROLS, Connections and Display, Front panel

2 CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS AND DISPLAY

2-1 Front panel

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP

	TIMER	CANCEL	MENU
		DISPLAY	SEARCH
REC	STOP	PLAY	STILL

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

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	SE ECT
REV	FWD	REC
REV	FWD
		CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR
	EXECUTE	OPE. LOCK
	EXECUTE
		ON
	SKIP/ALARM
	SEARCH

20 * Behind	19
the cover

1[LITHIUM BATTERY] battery box for memory backup

Install a memory backup battery. When replacing the battery with a new one, be sure to set the date/time again.

2Reference: “4-1 Installing a battery” on page 12.

[POWER] indicator

3When the [POWER] switch is turned ON, this indicator lights.

[DISPLAY PANEL]

Shows the operation status or setting details.

4Reference: “2-3 Display” on page 8.

[TIMER] button

After programming the timer, press this button to engage the Standby mode.

5Reference: “6-2 Program timer recording” on page 23.

[CANCEL] button

•When a line is selected on the [PROGRAM TIMER] or [HOLIDAY SET] screen, press this button to clear it.

•When an alarm or warning occurs, press this button to stop the buzzer.

Reference: “6-2 Program timer recording” on page 26 and “6-4

6Alarm recording” on page 28

[MENU] button

Press this button in the Stop mode to display the main menu setting screen.

*The menu cannot be displayed when the 6[TIMER] indicator

7(see page 8) is on or during recording/playback.

[SEARCH] button

Press to display the search menu for alarm search or time/date search. Pressing this button again restores the normal screen.

8Reference: “7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search” on page 35.

[DISPLAY] display panel switching button

Each time this button is pressed, the display changes in order from CLOCK to DATE to REMAIN to REC QUALITY-REC SPEED.

•Press [DISPLAY] button in any mode except Record for about 2 seconds. The recording setting display is displayed, allowing

9you to set recording quality/number of frames.

Jog dial

In the Play or Still mode, use this dial for frame-by-frame playback.

Reference: “7-2 Jog/shuttle playback” on page 32.

With the menu/search screen, use this dial to set the item or value.

0Reference: “Jog/shuttle dial operation” on page 16.

Shuttle search dial

Turn to vary the playback speed in the Play or Still mode. Reference: “7-2 Jog/shuttle playback” on page 32.

With the menu/search screen, use this dial to set the item or value.

!Reference: “Jog/shuttle dial operation” on page 16.

[REC] indicator

Lights when recording on the hard disk. Blinks during alarm/sensor recording.

Goes out during recording if you set <REC TALLY> of <FRONT DISPLAY> to “OFF”.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details” on page 19.

@[CLOCK RESET/CLEAR] button

In the Stop mode, press this button together with the [STOP] button to reset the second value on the internal clock.

•With 29 seconds or less, the minute value stays the same and the second value is reset to 00.

•With 30 seconds or more, the minute value is increased by 1 and the second value is reset to 00.

Pressing this button stops recording during alarm/sensor recording.

When the alarm list screen or power-off list screen is displayed, pressing this button clears the list.

Reference: “7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search” on page 35. Use this button to cancel the [AUTO SCAN DISK] function.

#Reference: “8-1 Hard disk maintenance” on page 36.

[OPE.LOCK] operation lock key

Set to “ON” position with the provided key to lock switch operation.

Security levels can be selected with menu switch <OPERATION LOCK MODE>.

●ALL: Locks all switches.

●&REC STOP: Prevents recording from being stopped when the [STOP] button is pressed.

* Set to “ALL” for timer recording.

$Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details” on page 19.

[SKIP/ALARM SEARCH·EXECUTE] SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE button

Skip search

In the Stop mode, press this button to go to the start or end of a recording of the hard disk.

In the Play mode, press this button to start skip search. There are three types of skip search:

●Time search: Goes to the point a specified time from the current point.

●Event search: Goes to the start of an event recording.

●Alarm search: Goes to the start of an alarm recording. Reference: “7-3 Skip search” on page 33

EXECUTE button

Use this button to execute alarm direct search, day/time direct search or “disk scan”/ “quick format”.

Reference: “7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search” on page 35 and

%“8-1 Hard disk maintenance” on page 36

[STILL] button

^In the Play mode, press this button to engage the Still mode.

[PLAY] button

Press this button to start playback.

●In the Stop mode: Playback starts at the position where playback was last stopped.

* Just after the power is turned ON, playback starts from a point about 5 seconds before the end point of the last recording.

●In the Record mode: Simultaneous Playback mode is engaged.

Reference: “Simultaneous Playback mode” on page 31.