Various search

■Time date search

Please refer to page 14 for detailed operation.

■Index Search

During Alarm Recording, an index signal will automatically be written onto the hard disk. Index Search is a process of retrieving still frames using their associated index signal.

The index count can be set, as desired, up to 99.

Example: Enter 10 for the index count, then start a search.

1.Press the SEARCH button to display the <SEARCH SELECTION> menu.

2.Turn the JOG dial to move the cursor to INDEX SEARCH and turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.

•The <INDEX SEARCH> menu will appear.

<SEARCH SELECTION>￿

TIME DATE SEARCH￿ @INDEX SEARCH￿ SKIP SEARCH￿ ALARM LIST SEARCH￿ JUMP TO START POINT

3.Turn the JOG dial to display the desired index count, then turn the SHUTTLE ring to the desired search direction. (Turn right to move forward, turn left to move in reverse.)

When using DDS tape, index searches can be performed in the forward direction only.

•Index Search will begin, and images of the desired index count will appear on SPLIT 9 screen as still frames.

•The index count will begin blinking if the index signal has not been recorded, i.e., the Index Search will not be executed. Press the SEARCH button when the unit returns to normal playback mode.

<INDEX SEARCH>￿

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10￿

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I n p u t INDEX DATA.￿

T u r n t h e SHUTTLE RING￿

<<or >> t o SEARCH.

4.To change the search image from SPLIT 9 screen to the single screen, select the camera number by pressing the CAMERA NUMBER button on the front of this unit.

•First press the SEARCH button, then delete the <SEARCH SELECTION> menu.

•The selected image will be shown on the Single screen mode.

Cannot change the display, during the search selection menu will appear.

5.To play back search results.

•Press either the PLAY button or the PAUSE button.

Refer to page 49 for details on Various playback.

To exit the <INDEX SEARCH> menu without activating the search, press the SEARCH button on

the front of the unit.

6.Press the STOP button to stop playback and still frame mode.

•Press the SEARCH button, the display will revert to its original state.

♦How to count index signals

Present time in the diagram below represents the point of playing back or stopped playing back. To search index with “+”, turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right to search for- ward. To search index with “-”, turn the SHUTTLE ring to the left to search backward.

A•REC: Alarm Recording

Present position

 

-15

-2

-1

+1 +2

+15

A•REC

A•REC

A•REC

A•REC A•REC

A•REC

Beginning of playback device

End of playback device

■Skip Search

Skip Search is a process where the unit automatically searches for an index signal, then retrieves the visuals associated with that index and plays back the images for 5 seconds each.

To play back search results, press the PLAY button for the desired image.

1.Press the SEARCH button to display the <SEARCH SELECTION> menu.

2.Turn the JOG dial to move the cursor to SKIP SEARCH then turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.

•The <SKIP SEARCH> menu will appear.

<SKIP SEARCH>￿

￿

Turn the SHUTTLE RING￿

<<or >> to SEARCH.

3.Turn the SHUTTLE ring to desired direction (Forward search to the right and reverse to the left).

•The unit begins the Index Search, and plays back the images associated to the index for five seconds each on SPLIT 9 screen.

Depending on the recording condition of the index signal, there might be occasions when Skip

Search cannot be performed.

The unit cannot be selected to single screen display mode during Skip Search.

4. Press the STOP button to stop searching.

■Alarm List Search

When Alarm Recording is initiated (refer to page 45), the Alarm Recording start time will be added to the Alarm List. Alarm List Search is a process which uses the associated Alarm Recording start time to retrieve a desired image for still frame playback.

Alarm Recording start-times can be registered up to 500 times. After the 500th time, the first start-

time will be erased and the 501st start-time will be added to the list.

1.Press the SEARCH button to display the <SEARCH SELECTION> menu.

2.Turn the JOG dial to move the cursor to ALARM LIST SEARCH then turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right to display the <ALARM LIST SEARCH> menu.

<SEARCH SELECTION>￿

TIME DATE SEARCH￿ INDEX SEARCH￿ SKIP SEARCH￿ @ALARM LIST SEARCH￿ JUMP TO START POINT

3.Turn the JOG dial till the cursor goes to desired alarm list number, then turn the SHUTTLE ring to the right.

•The unit begins the ALARM LIST SEARCH, and retrieves the image associated with the selected time (or the time closest to the selected time) for still frame playback on SPLIT 9 screen.

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