25F￿ HIGH￿ OFF￿ 9H11M
25F￿ HIGH￿ OFF￿ 9H11M

Setting the recording interval

Example: Setting the recording interval to “12.5F” (the default setting is “25F”).

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 “When to install the extra hard disk drive or change the ID number” on page 19.

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

3.Turn the JOG dial to move the cursor ( ) to RECORDING SET UP then turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.

The <RECORDING SET UP> menu appears.

<RECORDING SET UP>￿ @REC INTERVAL￿ REC P.GRADE￿ AUDIO RECORDING￿ <ESTD TIME>

4.Check that the cursor is next to the REC INTERVAL and turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.

The sub-item of REC INTERVAL will start flashing.

<RECORDING SET UP>￿ @REC INTERVAL￿ REC P.GRADE￿ AUDIO RECORDING￿ <ESTD TIME>

The setting you are making here is only for the normal recording, NOT for the timer recording and the alarm recording.You need to make the timer recording settings and the alarm recording settings on the <TIMER PROGRAM> menu. For details please refer to “Various recording settings” on page 33.

5.Display 12.5F by turning the JOG dial then turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.

The flashing will stop. Now the setting has been completed.

<RECORDING SET UP>￿

@REC

INTERVAL￿

12.5F￿

REC

P.GRADE￿

HIGH￿

AUDIO RECORDING￿

OFF￿

<ESTD TIME>

18H23M

By turning the JOG dial, the setting will be changed as below:

25F12.5F8.33F6.25F4.17F2.78FSHOT 0.13F0.25F0.5F1F 1.56F2.08F

Changing the recording picture grade

Example: Setting the recording picture grade to “STAND- ARD” (the default setting is “HIGH”).

1.After step 5 of REC INTERVAL setting procedures above, turn the JOG dial and move the cursor to “REC P. GRADE”.

<RECORDING SET UP>￿

REC

INTERVAL￿

12.5F￿

@REC

P.GRADE￿

HIGH￿

AUDIO RECORDING￿

OFF￿

<ESTD TIME>

18H23M

2. Turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right to flash the sub-item.

<RECORDING SET UP>￿

REC

INTERVAL￿

12.5F￿

@REC

P.GRADE￿

HIGH￿

AUDIO RECORDING￿

OFF￿

<ESTD TIME>

18H23M

3.Turn the JOG dial to display STANDARD then turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.

The “STANDARD” is now selected.

<RECORDING SET UP>￿

REC

INTERVAL￿

12.5F￿

@REC

P.GRADE￿ STANDARD￿

AUDIO RECORDING￿

OFF￿

<ESTD TIME>

27H16M

By turning the JOG dial, the recording picture grade setting will be changed as below:

HIGHSUPERIOR LOW

STANDARDBASIC

4.Check the estimated recording time.

After setting the recording interval, the <ESTD TIME> will be displayed. By changing recording settings, <ESTD TIME> will change its length of time (Alarm recording setting is not concerned with this).

<RECORDING SET UP>￿

 

REC

INTERVAL￿

12.5F￿

@REC

P.GRADE￿ STANDARD￿

AUDIO RECORDING￿

OFF￿

<ESTD TIME>

27H16M

 

The available recording time will be changed depending on the setting of the recording interval and

the recording picture grade. This estimated recording time display will include the additional HDD which has been built to the Unit. The estimated time may not show the exact time if the recording interval was set to long. For available recording time, please refer to “Recording time table” on pages 71 and 72.

5.Press the SET UP button to go back to the present time display.

Press the camera number button and confirm if there is a picture input to the CH you have selected to be recorded.

6.Press the REC button.

The REC button starts illuminating and the recording starts.

If you press the PAUSE button during recording, recording will be in pause mode. To release it, press the pause button again (this PAUSE button only works when built-in HDD is selected as a playback device).

Please refer to “Choosing among the devices” on page 51 for selecting a playback device.

7.Press the STOP button to stop recording.

The REC button will stop illuminating.

This recording time lists recording times for when the capacity of the built-in HDD is 30.0 GB. Please note that alterations to the built-in HDD may contribute to slightly longer recording times than those listed on this recording time.

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