Playback Image on a Designated Disk

Images from a camera will be recorded on the built-in hard disk or external recording devices (DVD-RAM drive, DVD-R drive or CD-R drive) connected to this unit.

Available disk areas are as follows.

Note: External recording devices can be used as a copy area for images recorded on the hard disk. It is impos- sible to record images on the external recording devices directly.

HDD Normal Recording Area/Event Recording Area:

Recording area in the built-in hard disk of this unit. Recorded images by manual recording (page 20) or event recording will be stored in this area. There are 3 ways to search for a recorded image and play it when "HDD normal area" or "event recording area" is selected as the recording area.

•Search for a recording event and play it (Recording event search) (page 28)

•Search for a motion detected time and date from the recorded images and play it (VMD search) (page 36)

•Search for a marked point and play it (Marking search) (page 41)

HDD Copy Area: Recording area in the built-in hard disk of this unit. Recorded images will be copied in this area. There are 2 ways to search for a recorded image and play it when "HDD copy area" is selected as the record- ing area.

•Search for a recording event and play it (Recording event search) (page 28)

•Search for a motion detected time and date from the recorded images and play it (VMD search) (page 36)

COPY 1/COPY 2: Recording area in the external recording device (DVD-RAM disk, DVD-R disk, CD-R disk) con- nected to the COPY 1 port or the COPY 2 port of the unit. Recorded images will be copied in this area.

To search for a recorded image and play it when "COPY 1" or "COPY 2" is selected as the recording area.

•Search for copy data and play it back (Copy Data Search) (page 32)

Built-in hard disk
	Recording area for
	manual recording
Normal recording area	and schedule
Normal recording area	recording

Recording area for event recording

Event recording area and emergency recording

Recording area for copying

Copy area

Notes:

•Playback images will be displayed only on monitor 2 and the VGA monitor.

•Playback can be performed during recording.

•When a pre-recording area is created in an optional extension unit, it is possible to play the images record- ed on the pre-recording area.

•Disk space size of each recording area differs depend- ing on the settings.

Refer to a system administrator for further information.

[WJ-HD316A]

	MONITOR1					STOP	PLAY PAUSE REC - REC STOP
	MONITOR2						REV	FWD
R	1	2	3	4			REV	FWD
R
					PAN/	GOTO
R					PAN/	GOTO
R	SHIFT		SEQ	OSD	TILT	LAST	SEARCH
					TILT	LAST	SEARCH
						PAN/TILT	SETUP
	5	6	7	8		PAN/TILT	SETUP
	5	6	7	8	ZOOM/	A-B SLOW	/ESC	+
					FOCUS	REPEAT	–	+
	DISK SELECT	COPY	TEXT	MARK
	9	10/0	11	12	IRIS	LISTED
	EL-ZOOM			LOGOUT	PRESET
2	13	14	15	16	/AUTO		SET
2	13	14	15	16			SET

BUSY

[WJ-HD309A]

MONITOR1					STOP	PLAY PAUSE	REC - REC STOP
MONITOR2							REV	FWD
R	1	2	3
	1	2	3	PAN/	GOTO
R				PAN/	GOTO
R				TILT	LAST	SEARCH
SHIFT	SEQ	TEXT	OSD	TILT	LAST	SEARCH
SHIFT	SEQ	TEXT	OSD		PAN/TILT		SETUP
	4	5	6		PAN/TILT		SETUP
	4	5	6	ZOOM/	A-B SLOW		/ESC	+
				FOCUS	REPEAT		–	+
	DISK SELECT	COPY	MARK
	7	8	9	IRIS	LISTED
	EL-ZOOM		LOGOUT	PRESET
2		0		/AUTO			SET
2		0					SET

BUSY

zPress the SHIFT button.

The SHIFT indicator will light.

xPress the camera selection button 9 (7 for the WJ-HD309A) (DISK SELECT).

The DISK SELECT window will be displayed on monitor 2 and the VGA monitor.

DISK SELECT

HDD NORMAL/EVENT AREA

HDD COPY AREA

COPY 1

COPY 2

CANCEL

WJ-HD316A, WJ-HD309A specifications

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Panasonic WJ-HD316A, WJ-HD309A Playback Image on a Designated Disk, Press the Shift button

Models: WJ-HD316A WJ-HD309A