JVC SR-L910EK appendix Sensor Recording

7	RECORDING
	7-4 Alarm Recording
1Preparation		Connect an alarm sensor to the rear panel’s alarm input terminal.

7 RECORDING

7-5 Sensor Recording

Sensor recording is executed only when the VCR is in the Stop mode (Stop or Timer Record Standby mode) and an alarm

signal is input to the rear panel’s ALARM IN terminal.

	Press the [OPERATE] button to turn the operating mode
	on.
	Setting the function menu switches for the Alarm
2	Record mode
	Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu
3screen on the monitor.
	Press the [SHIFT +/-] button to select <FUNCTION> and
	press the [SET +/-] button.
	[The function menu switch setting screen is
4	displayed.
	Press the [SHIFT +/-] button to display the alarm/sensor

Alarm

Alarm

7

recording function

recording duration Buzzer Tape end mode

A LARM / SENSOR	REC MODE
(ALARM REC)	ON
(SENSOR REC)	OFF
(TIMER ALARM)	ON
(DURATION)	180SEC
(BUZZER)	OFF
(TAPE END MODE)	STOP
PRESS (SHIFT, SET)
PRESS (MENU) TO	END
Alarm/sensor recording
mode setting screen

Perform the settings for sensor recording in the same way as for "Alarm Recording" on page 33.
The mechanism of the SR-L910E/EK cannot be guaranteed if the sensor recording function is used frequently (100 times/
day or more).	If alarm inputs are frequent, use the alarm recording function instead and carry out regular maintenance/
inspection and parts replacement.
Preparation	Connect an alarm sensor to the rear panel’s alarm input terminal.
1

Press the [OPERATE] button to turn the operating mode

on.

A LARM / SENSOR REC MODE

5recording mode setting screen.

Select the item to be set with the [SHIFT +/-] button. Set

the value with the [SET +/-] button.

• Set <ALARM REC> to ON to activate the alarm

recording function. The AL REC indication in the

display lights.

• Set the alarm recording duration.

Set duration to 5 sec., 15 sec., 30 sec., 60 sec.,

120 sec., 180 sec., TAPE END or MANUAL (for as

long as alarm signals are input).

	Select the timelapse recording mode (L12H or L24H)
	with the [TIME MODE] button on the front panel.
	[The selected recording mode is shown on the VCR's
8	display and the on-screen display.
	Follow the procedures for "Basic recording operations"
9on page 27.
	When an alarm signal is input to the rear panel's
	ALARM IN terminal, alarm recording is executed as
0specified.

Setting the function menu switches for the Sensor
2Record mode
	Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu
3screen.
	Press the [SHIFT +/-] button to select <FUNCTION>
	and press the [SET +/-] button.
	[ The function menu switch setting screen is
4	displayed.
	Press the [SHIFT +/-] button to display the alarm/sensor

Sensor recording function

Sensor recording duration Buzzer Tape end mode

(ALARM REC)	OFF
(SENSOR REC)	ON
(TIMER ALARM)	ON
(DURATION)	180SEC
(BUZZER)	OFF
(TAPE END MODE)	STOP
PRESS (SHIFT, SET)
PRESS (MENU) TO	END
Alarm/sensor recording
mode setting screen

	* When the alarm recording time is set to MANUAL,
	the alarm cue signal (index code) will not be
	recorded correctly if alarm input lasts for less than
	30 seconds.
	* When alarm recording duration is set with an
	external switcher, set the alarm recording duration
	to MANUAL.
	• To sound the buzzer during alarm recording, set
	<BUZZER> to ON.
	• Set the operation mode at tape end in the case when
	alarm recording is executed even once with the menu
	switch <TAPE END MODE> on the alarm/sensor
	recording mode setting screen.
	STOP	: The tape stops.
	REW	: The tape is rewound to the beginning and
		stops.
	REPEAT : Recording continues from the beginning of
		the tape.
6	EJECT	: The tape is ejected.
	After setting the function menu switches, press the
	[MENU] button twice.
	[The normal screen is restored.
	Check the time and data shown on the monitor's on-
	screen display.

If the time and date are not shown on the monitor or if

you want to change the display position, use the

<POSITION> function menu switch.

	To stop alarm recording and clear the alarm indication,
	press the [AL/PL RESET] button.
	• When the AL indication is lit on the display (during
	alarm recording), press the [AL/PL RESET] button to
	stop alarm recording. Timelapse recording is resumed
	and the AL indication goes out. If the alarm buzzer is
	on, it stops as well.
	• When the AL indication is blinking on the display,
	press the [AL/PL RESET] button. The AL indication
!	goes out.
	When the AL indication goes out, press the [AL/PL
	RESET] button again to reset the alarm input/power loss
	data.
	* There may be some picture distortion at the start or
	end of an alarm recording. This is not a malfunction.

5recording mode setting screen.

Select the item to be set with the [SHIFT +/-] button. Set

the value with the [SET +/-] button.

•Set the <SENSOR REC> to ON to activate the sensor recording function. The SENSOR REC indication in the display lights.

•Set the sensor recording duration.

Set <DURATION> to 5 sec., 15 sec., 30 sec., 60 sec., 120 sec., 180 sec., TAPE END or MANUAL (for as long as alarm signals are input).

*The sensor recording time will be shorter than the specified value.

*When the sensor recording time is set to MANUAL, the alarm cue signal (index code) will not be recorded correctly if alarm input lasts for less than

30 seconds.

*When sensor recording duration is set with an external switcher, set the sensor recording duration to MANUAL.

•To sound the buzzer during sensor recording, set <BUZZER> to ON.

•Set the operation mode at tape end in the case when sensor recording is executed even once with the menu switch <TAPE END MODE> on the alarm/sensor recording mode setting screen.

STOP	: The tape stops.
REW	: The tape is rewound to the beginning and
	stops.
REPEAT: Sensor recording continues from the
	beginning of the tape.
EJECT	: The tape is ejected.

6After completing function menu switch setting, press the
[MENU] button twice.
[	The normal screen is restored.
Check the time and data shown on the monitor's on-
screen display.

If the time and date are not shown on the monitor or if you need to change the display position, use the

7<POSITION> function menu switch.

•When an alarm signal is input to the rear panel's ALARM IN terminal, recording starts automatically in the specified record mode and the AL indication is lit.

•After the specified recording duration expires, recording stops and the Stop mode is engaged.

*Because sensor recording starts from the Stop mode, it takes several seconds from the time an alarm input is received to the time recording actually

8starts.

To stop sensor recording and clear the AL indication, 9press the [AL/PL RESET] button.

To disable sensor recording, set menu switch <SENSOR REC> to OFF.

During playback, there may be some noise or picture distortion at the point where one sensor recording stops and another starts. This is not a malfunction.

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