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.
Perform the settings for sensor recording in the same way as for "Alarm Recording" on page 33.
The mechanism of the
1Preparation
Connect an alarm sensor to the rear panel’s alarm input terminal.
Press the [OPERATE] button to turn the operating mode on.
Setting the function menu switches for the Sensor
2Record mode
Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu
3screen.
Press the [SHIFT
[ The function menu switch setting screen is 4 displayed.
Press the [SHIFT
5recording mode setting screen.
Select the item to be set with the [SHIFT
•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. |
Sensor recording function | A LARM / SENSOR | REC MODE |
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Sensor recording duration | (ALARM REC) | OFF |
(SENSOR REC) | ON | |
Buzzer | (DURATION) | 180SEC |
(BUZZER) | OFF | |
Tape end mode | (TAPE END MODE) | STOP |
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| PRESS (SHIFT, SET) |
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| PRESS (MENU) TO | END |
Alarm/sensor recording mode setting screen
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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