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A LARM / SENSOR REC MODE
(ALARM REC) ON
(SENSOR REC) OFF
(REC MODE) 2H
(DURATION) 180SEC
(BUZZER) OFF
(TAPE END MODE) STOP
PRESS (SHIFT, SET)
7-4 Alarm Recording

Connect an alarm sensor to the rear panel’s alarm input terminal.

Preparation
1Press the [OPERATE] button to turn the operating mode
on.
Setting the function menu switches for the Alarm
Record mode
2Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu
screen on the monitor.
3Press the [SHIFT +/-] button to select <FUNCTION> and
press the [SET +/-] button.
[The function menu switch setting screen is
displayed.
4Press the [SHIFT +/-] button to display the alarm/sensor
recording mode setting screen.
5Select 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.
• Select the Alarm Record mode.
Set the <REC MODE> to VHS Standard (2H) or
VHS Extended (6H).
• 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).
* 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
10 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.
EJECT :The tape is ejected.
6After 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.
nIf 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.
7 RECORDING
Alarm/sensor recording
mode setting screen
7Select 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
display and the on-screen display.
8Follow the procedures for "Basic recording operations"
on page 27.
9When an alarm signal is input to the rear panel's
ALARM IN terminal, alarm recording is executed as
specified.
0To 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.
Tape end mode
Buzzer
Alarm recording duration
Alarm recording function
Alarm recording mode