Basic Operations (continued)

Storage space indicator function

This unit is capable of constantly displaying the amount of data recorded in the recording device designated on-screen (i.e., the main unit or an archive device Glossary ).

Also, when the designated remaining amount has been reached, the amount used (%) display will begin flashing. In the case of the HDD, the percent displayed is the percentage relative to the entire HDD storage capacity as recognized in the MAIN HDD setting. In the case of the backup device, the percentage is rela- tive to the storage capacity of the medium. The following set- tings are necessary to bring these functions into effect.

1)On the <REAR TERMINAL> menu, use CAPAC- ITY REMAIN to select the device and set the re- maining capacity (refer to page 27).

2)On the <TIME DATE DISPLAY> menu, set the DISPLAY MODE to “3” (refer to page 25).

3)Select one screen using the multiplexer buttons. When using the multiple screen display, set the CH. TITLE parameter on the <MPX DISPLAY> menu to NONE (refer to page 45).

Multiplexer functions

You can activated multiplexer functions by using the multi- plexer buttons found on front of the unit.

Multiplexer buttons

1.Camera number buttons (1 to 16)

2. SPLIT/SEQUENCE button

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

16

SPLIT/SEQUENCE

ZOOM

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6.MOVE buttons

5.ZOOM OUT button

4.ZOOM IN button

3.ZOOM button

You cannot operate the multiplexer buttons when the menu is displayed on screen. The multiplexer functions does not work when the unit is accessing the peripheral recording device or ARCHIVE but- ton, COPY button or PLAY button is flashing.

1. Camera number buttons

By pressing these buttons, the images from cameras connected to CAMERA IN terminals at the rear of the unit will be displayed on screen. If the images of the camera that is not set to be oper- ated is selected on the <DEFINE GROUP SETTING> menu, the Non-operation camera mark will be displayed on screen.

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Non-operation camera mark

By pressing the camera number buttons, you can view the video from the camera even it is not set to

be recorded.

2. SPLIT/SEQUENCE button

Display of the SPLIT 16, SPLIT 9 (a, b), and the four types of SPLIT 4 (a – d) set in SPLIT SCREEN of the MULTIPLEXER settings is switched in the following order: SINGLE SCREEN SEQUENTIAL, SPLIT 4 SEQUENTIAL, SPLIT 9 SEQUEN- TIAL. (Sequential displays are skipped during playback.) In addition, the unit can also be set to switch between SINGLE SCREEN SEQUENTIAL and SPLIT 4 SEQUENTIAL/SPLIT 9 SEQUENTIAL displays.

3. ZOOM button

When this button is pressed, the ZOOM POINTER (X) ap- pears on the screen. By pressing this button, Camera number buttons 1 to 6 change its function as follows:

4. ZOOM IN button (Camera number button 1)

Press this button after pressing ZOOM button, the displayed picture will be enlarged by 2 steps: twice as large and 4 times as large as the original picture size. The enlarging ratio will be displayed on the top left-hand corner of the screen.

5.ZOOM OUT button (Camera number button 2) Press this button anytime after operating ZOOM button and ZOOM IN button, the picture size will be reduced in 2 steps from the enlarged picture. The enlagement ratio will be dis- played on the top left-hand corner of the screen.

6.MOVE buttons (Camera number buttons 3 to 6) Using these MOVE buttons, the pointer (X) activated by the ZOOM button can be moved to a different area that you wish to have enlarged. After using camera number button 1 to enlarge the image, these buttons can be used to move the magnified area. For more details please refer to “Multiplexer buttons” on page 41.

Basic recording

For details of each setting, please refer to the following pages of this instruction manual:

After confirming all settings of recording, please proceed as written below.

Setting the image quality

Two modes of recording are supported by this unit. Nor- mal Recording enables none Alarm recording. For exam- ple to see activity at a cash register through out the day. Alarm recording is set to record activity only when an alarm sensor or if motion detection is set to monitor and trigger an alarm when a specific door is opened. Recording crite- ria such as Image quality (grade), Fields and for Alarm, Time needs to be set for the record process. For details of Normal recording refer to the steps given below.

Example: Setting the image quality to “STANDARD” (the default setting is “HIGH”).

1.Turn the unit on after turning the peripheral recording device on.

If the <DEVICE CHECK> menu appears at this stage, the setting of the peripheral recording device may have been changed. For details please refer to “How to in- stall an external hard disk drive ” on page 20.

2.Press the SET UP button to display the <MENU SETTING> menu.

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