Sanyo DTL-4800 instruction manual Series Recording, Continous Loop Recording Setup

SERIES RECORDING

Continous Loop Recording Setup

A minimum of 2 units are required for continuous loop recording.

Under loop recording when the recording finishes on the first unit, the new recording will start on the second unit. When the recording finishes on the second unit, recording will start on the first unit.

œThe SERIES OUT terminal of VCR No.2 and the SERIES IN terminal No.1 should be connected (See diagram).

1Press the REC/PLAY SPEED l (or j) button to set the recording speed mode.

2Set the following items as indicated.

Item	VCR No.1	VCR No.2
Cassette tape	Loaded	Loaded
Operation mode	Stop	Stop
“TAPE END MODE” (in	REW	REW
(RECORD SET) menu)
Counter memory	Canceled	Canceled
“SERIES REC IN” (in	Y (YES)	Y (YES)
VARIOUS SET 2) menu)
Timer recording	OFF (not set)	OFF (not set)
Security lock	Canceled	Set

3Press the REC button on VCR No.1.

øRecording will start in series recording mode.

4Set the security lock on VCR No.1.

NOTES:

œTo avoid recording problems, the “TAPE END MODE” in (RECORD SET) menu should be set to “REW” for both units.

œIn loop recording mode, the tape will be re-recorded over. If you need to keep the recorded infomation, please eject the tape after recording is complete and insert a new tape.

Loop recording connection (example with 2 VCRs)

Monitor TV

Video camera

	To	To VIDEO IN jack	To VIDEO OUT jack
VCR No.1	VIDEO IN	VCR No.2
	jack

IN OUT	IN OUT		IN OUT		MIC IN			IN OUT	IN OUT
VIDEO	S-VIDEO		AUDIO					VIDEO	S-VIDEO
	A RS485 B
	ADDRESS		TERMINATE	EXT TIMER WARNING TAPE SW			COM NON REC V.LOSS
	ON	485	ON
			PUSH	IN OUT	COM	IN OUT	COM IN	OUT
				CLOCK SET		SERIES		EJECT
	OFF	232 OFF OPEN
AC IN			REMOTE					AC IN
				ALARM	TRIGGER	IN	OUT
	RS232C			RESET	SHOT REC	ALARM
				IN	IN
	To			To			To COM
	VIDEO OUT		SERIES IN
							terminal
	jack			terminal

To

SERIES OUT terminal

		IN OUT		MIC IN
		AUDIO
A RS485 B
ADDRESS		TERMINATE	EXT TIMER WARNING TAPE SW			COM NON REC V.LOSS
ON	485	ON
		PUSH	IN OUT	COM	IN OUT	COM IN	OUT
			CLOCK SET		SERIES	EJECT
OFF	232 OFF OPEN
		REMOTE
			ALARM	TRIGGER	IN	OUT
RS232C			RESET	SHOT REC	ALARM
			IN	IN
			To				To COM
		SERIES IN
							terminal
			terminal

To

SERIES OUT terminal

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