CONTENTS

PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FEATURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

LOCATIONS OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS . . . . 4 CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ON-SCREEN MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND CLOCK . . . . . . . . . . 11 SUPERIMPOSE DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 TAPE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 NORMAL RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 AUTOREPEAT RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ALARM RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PROGRAMME TIMER RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

RECORDING USING AN EXTERNAL TIMER INPUT . 31 SERIES RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SINGLE IMAGE RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 NORMAL PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 SPECIAL PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 DAY/TIME SEARCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 TAPE COUNTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 SECURITY LOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 CLOCK ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

SELECTING INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINALS . . . . 39 SETTING THE CASSETTE EJECT MODE . . . . . . . . . 40 SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SETTING FOR RS-485 OR RS-232C USE . . . . . . . . . 43

CHECKING POWER FAILURE, FAILURE DUE TO CONDENSATION AND USAGE DURATION . . . . 44

OUTPUT TERMINALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

FEATURES

œTape management function

œJOG/SHUTTLE operation

œClog detection

œHigh-speed Fast Forward/Rewind

œField recording/playback

œAudio recording is available in 6-, 18- and 30-hour modes (E-180)

œAudio recording is available in 8-, 24- and 40-hour modes (E-240)

œAutorepeat recording

œSeries recording function

œAlarm recording function

œSingle image recording function

œOn-screen mode setting

œIntegrated time date generator

œDay/Time search function

œAlarm scan/search function

œForward/Reverse field advance function

œ30-day memory backup

œSecurity lock

œRecording check function

œAutomatic head cleaning function

œThread check function

œSynchronization control function

SRT-8960P only

œ6, 18, 30, 48, 72, 96, 120, 168, 240, 360, 480, 720 and 960-hour mode recording (E-180)

œ8, 24, 40, 64, 96, 128, 160, 224, 320, 480, 640, 720 and 960-hour mode recording (E-240)

œAC or DC power operation.

SRT-8040P only

œ6, 18 and 30-hour mode recording (E-180)

œ8, 24 and 40-hour mode recording (E-240)

When using the RS-485/232C interface board (VZU-485/232C), the VCR can be controlled from a computer or a system controller.

ACCESSORIES

1 Power cord

2 Holder

English

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