3 CONNECTIONS

3-1 Recording video signals from a camera

This section describes how to connect a camera and record camera signals. When more than one camera is connected, the cameras must be synchronized. Multi-camera connections are discussed in the next section.

Video camera

CAMERA IN

1

1 2

MONITOR OUT

 

 

 

Amplifier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microphone

 

 

 

 

POWER

 

AUDIO

 

 

ON

I O

OFF

 

RS-232C

 

 

Provided

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

power cable

CAM SW ALARM

ALARM CLOCK EXT

 

 

 

OUT

IN1

SPARE RESET RESET IN REC IN

 

 

 

2

 

CLOCK

HDD

 

 

COM SPARE SPARE COM RESET OUT FULL OUT

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNAL GND

AC IN 120 V

 

 

 

 

50 Hz / 60 Hz

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALARM IN

To AC 120 V, 50 Hz/

 

 

 

 

60 Hz

 

COM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor

Alarm sensor

Connecting a camera

1.Connect the [MONITOR OUT] and [AUDIO OUT] connectors to the monitor’s video and audio connectors.

2.Connect [CAMERA IN] connector to the video camera’s video output connector.

3.To record sound, connect a microphone amplifier to the [AUDIO IN] connector.

4.To record an alarm, connect the alarm sensor to the [ALARM IN 1] and [COM] signal input/output terminals.

5.After all connections are complete, connect the power cable to the [AC IN] socket and connect the plug to an AC 120 V outlet.

6.Turn ON all connected equipment, then turn the [POWER] switch on the rear panel to ON.

Menu switch setting

Example of settings when using an alarm sensor and recording audio.

DVR MODE

[REC QUALITY] set to “N” [REC SPEED] set to “30” [AUDIO REC] set to “ON”

ALARM/SENSOR MODE

[REC MODE] set to “ALARM”

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

Caution:

Before connecting or disconnecting any equipment, turn the power of all connected equipment OFF.

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