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Digital Video Recorder About this manual Before installing and using this unit, please read this manual carefully. Be sure to keep it handy for later reference. ALARM REC/STOP LOCK/REMOTE USB POWER SEARCH MENU RESET MENU REVIEW CUE EXIT/OSD PLAY/ STOP STILL TIMER FULL LAN (LINK/ACT.) Instruction manual English GB Manuel D'instructions F Manuel[...]
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1 PRECAUTION CAUTION: Changes or modifications no t expressly approved by the manufacturer ma y void the user’ s authority to operate this equipment. This equipment has b een tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to pa rt 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protectio n a[...]
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2 INTRODUCTION Main features This digital video recorder can be used to store images recorded by a monitoring camera onto its built-in hard disk. Comes with a large-capacity (120 GB or 240 GB) hard disk. For the 120 GB model, a hard disk upgrade is available (sold separately) that gives you a total of 240 GB of memory. Complete range of rec[...]
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3 CONTENTS 1 BEFORE USE .. ................ ............. ................. ..5 Notes on handling internal har d disk drive components ............... ................ ................ ......5 Do not use the digital vid eo recorder in the following locations: ............... ................ ............5 The hard disk and cooling fan are consumabl[...]
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4 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS ..... ................ ................ ..........22 Displaying the menu screen and sub-menu screens ................ ................ ............. .............22 To restore menu setting items to their initial values ............................[...]
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5 1 BEFORE USE Notes on handling internal hard disk drive components This unit has a b uilt-in hard disk drive (HDD). Be sure to observe the following poi nts carefully when operating, setting- up and servicing the unit. Do not subject the unit to shocks or vibration. If the unit is subjected to shoc ks or vibration, it may damage the HDD or ca[...]
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6 1 BEFORE USE INTRODUCTION SETTINGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER z To be prepared for malfunctio ns or accidents, back up important recordings periodically, or record using mirroring. Hard disk protection The hard disk is checked automa tically at power ON. If a hard disk problem is found, the POWER indicator flashes. If you need to initialize the disk[...]
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7 2 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS Front panel 1. POWER indicator Lights when the power is ON. Flashes when there is a problem with th e hard disk or fan. ( J P.10) 2. [TIMER] button and ind icator ( J P.14) When the button is pressed while reco rding or stopped, the digital vid eo recorder enters timer record standby, and the indicator light s. When[...]
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8 2 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS INTRODUCTION SETTINGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER Rear panel 1. FAN 2. AUDIO IN terminal 3. AUDIO OUT terminal 4. LAN terminal ( J P.37) 5. MIC IN terminal 6. VIDEO IN terminal 7. VIDEO OUT terminal 8. TV SYSTEM selector switch Used to select t he video signal between NTSC and PAL systems for the camera input and TV mon[...]
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9 3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS This section describes how to connect the digital video recorder to the CCTV camera and other de vices. Be sure to read the instruction manuals for each co nnected device. Make connec tions carefu lly. Improper connections can cause smoke or malfunctions. The connections for the camera, TV monitor, microph one and P[...]
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10 3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS INTRODUCTION SETTINGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER z Connect the cable of the wired remote control (VA- RMN01) (sold separately) to the remote control input terminals (among th e control terminals). Cut the plug off the cord, and connect the red wire to “REMOTE” and the bare wire to “C”. (1) Push in the lock pi [...]
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11 1 SCREEN DISPLAY AND POSITION At power ON, the operation di spl ay area appears at the top left of the monitor scree n.The operation display area shows the date/time, image qual ity, remaining time, and other information needed for operation s. Example: Normal scre en Playback screen (1) Operating s ymbol display Displays the operation (such as [...]
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12 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 2 SETTING THE LANGUAGE/CLOCK This section describes ho w to set the langu age displayed on the monitor and how to set the digital vi deo recorder’s internal clock. [Settings] ( indicates initial setting.) 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, a nd the <MAIN MENU>[...]
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2 13 SETTING THE LANGUAGE/CLOCK (Initial setting: 01-01-2003 W ED 00:00:00) Be sure to set the correct date and time. The digi tal video recorder stores the times of recordings for use in operations such as playback and search/playback. Example: Set ting May 20, 2003 , 8:30 AM 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to move the cursor to the date and time un[...]
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14 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 3 NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING Follow the steps below to record the monitored image onto the hard disk. 1 Press the [REC/STOP] button. The REC indicator lights.“ z ” (the recording symbol) appears on the screen, and recording sta rts. z When you record for the first time, the init[...]
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15 4 ALARM RECORDING Follow the steps below to have the digital video recorder record an alarm image only when alarm input is dete cted during recording. z Check that the cable of the device required for alarms is connected to the ALARM terminal. ( J P.8) 1 Set alarm recording. The default settings are shown b elow. See P.27 for how to change these[...]
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16 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 5 NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING PLAYBACK Follow the steps below to play back images record ed on the hard disk. 1 Press the [ ] button. The [ ] button lights, and “ ” appears in the op eration display area. The images stored in the normal recording area are played back. z Image pla[...]
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5 17 NORMAL RECORDING/TIME R RECORDING PLAYBACK 1 During playback, press the [ ] button. The image be comes a still ima ge (freezes). appears in the operation display area. 2 Press the [ ] button. With a still image displayed, press the [] button. The still image advan ces by one frame. Press the [ ] button while a still image is displaye d. The st[...]
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18 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 6 SEARCHING FOR RECORDED IMAGES Images recorded on the hard disk can be searched and played back. There are two search methods available. Image to sea rch Search in <Search> screen z You can use the button oper ations to freeze, fast- forward or perform o ther operations on retrieve[...]
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6 19 SEARCHING FOR RE CORDED IMAGES 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the image to play back. The selected alarm image is displayed in the previe w screen. You can display up to 8 alarm images. z To display the next (previous) image Press the [ ] or [ ] button. z To display the items on the nex t page Press the [MENU] button. The next 8 items[...]
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20 6 SEARCHING FOR RE CORDED IMAGES INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 4 Press the [ ] button, and set the date/time to search. Example: To search for th e image from October 26, 2003, 8:00 PM (1) Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select “10” (October). (2) Press the [ ] button, and then the [ ] or [ ] button to select “26[...]
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21 7 PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL OPER ATION (KEY LOCK FUNCTION) Follow the steps below to set the key lock function , preventing accidental pressing of the operation buttons. 1 With the digital video recorder recording or stopped, press the [ ] button for about 3 seconds. When the key lock is set, a confirmation tone sounds, and the LOCK/REMOTE indicator[...]
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22 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS This section describes the menu configuration, and which menu item to select for each operation. 1 Press the [MENU] button. The <MAIN MENU> screen appears. 2 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the desired sub-menu. (Example: Selecting “2. REC M[...]
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23 MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS The screens below are the sub-menu screens displ ayed by selecting items from the MAIN MENU. Pressing the [MENU] button while a sub-menu screen is displayed switches the display directly to the next sub- menu screen. 1. LA NGUAGE/CLOCK SET ( J P.24) Enables the following settings: z Screen display language z Dig[...]
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24 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 1 LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET You can perform the following functions: Change the language used to display on-screen information.* Set the date and time displaye d on the normal screen.* Set the clock to adjust automat ically for daylight savings time. Set all the devices to the same time automati[...]
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1 25 LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET You can set the date/time at wh ich the time is switched from standard time to daylight savings time, and the date/time at which the time is switched back again. The example below is the default valu e. Example: After the clock display reache s April 6, 2003, 01:59, the n ext clock disp lay is 03: 00, putting the clock an ho[...]
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26 1 LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 5 Press the [EXIT/OSD] button. The display returns to the normal screen. 6 Use the same procedure to set the <EXT.CLOCK SET> time on the second digital video recorder. When you have finished making the settings, the display returns to the normal screen. z When t[...]
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27 2 REC MODE SET [Settings] ( indicates initial setting.) * When item (3) “OVER WRITE” is set to “O FF” and the hard disk becomes full, the digital video recorder performs the operation set by item (4) “DISK FULL RESET”. For how to star t reco rding again, see “Starting recording agai n when the FULL indicator l ights” on page [...]
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28 2 REC MODE SET INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, a nd the <MAIN MENU> scree n appears. 2 Select “2. REC MODE SET”, and press the [ ] button. The <REC MODE SET> scree n appears. 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the desired item, then press the [ [...]
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29 3 TIMER REC SET You can set recording start/stop times using the timer function. You can set times at which to start and stop recording on each specified day of the week. (1) WEEK Used to select the days of the week for timer settings. When each day in the “WEEK” column is flashing, it can be set to other days. The 7th line (initially “SAT[...]
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30 3 TIMER REC SET INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 5 Press the [ ] button to move the cursor to the next item. Each time you press the [ ] button, the cursor moves to the following items: Day J “START” time (hours, minutes) J “S TOP” time (hours, minutes) J “ON”/”OFF”. To change a displayed setting item[...]
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3 31 TIMER REC SET 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to change the "STOP" time from “--:--” to “**:--”, then press the [ ] button. The “DLY” item on the 8th line automatically changes to “TUE” (the day after the day set on the 7th line), and flashes. Items that don’t need to be set are displayed as asterisks (*). 4 Set the t[...]
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32 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 4 DISPLAY/BUZZER SET You can erase the date, time or oth er information from the operation display area of the playback screen. This sub- menu also lets you set a warning buzzer to sound for alarms or when the hard disk space reaches zero. Yo u can set items to “OFF” as needed. [Setti[...]
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4 33 DISPLAY/BUZZER SET 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, a nd the <MAIN MENU> scree n appears. 2 Select “4. DISPLAY/BUZZER SET”, and press the [ ] button. The <DISPLAY/BUZZER SET> screen appears. 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the desired function, then press the [ ] button. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] but[...]
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34 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 5 SECURITY LOCK SET You can set passwords that rest rict use of the digital video recorder to administrator s and designated users, preventing unauthorized opera tion. When the security lock is set, a buzzer sounds when an una uthorized user presses any of the digital vid eo recorder’s [...]
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5 35 SECURITY LOCK SET 3 Press the [ ] button. The first password entry bar “-” flashes. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the character to enter. Example: Selecting “ 1” 5 Press the [ ] button. The second pa ssword entry bar flashes. 6 Use the same procedure to enter the remaining digits (“23456AB” in this example). z To set a [...]
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36 5 SECURITY LOCK SET INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 4 When you have finished making th e setting, press the [ ] button. The cursor moves to “O FF” (which flashes). 5 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “ON”, then press the [ ] button. The cursor moves to “REC CONTROL”. 1 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to [...]
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37 6 RS-485/NETWORK SET This section describes how to make the RS-485 terminal connections/settings need ed to connect to an extern al device, and how to make the network connections nee ded to connect to a PC. You can make digital video recorder menu setti ngs and monitor images from a PC via a network (LAN). To do so, connect an Ethernet cabl e t[...]
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38 6 RS-485/NETWORK SET INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER z When connecting the digital video recorder to a net work, check the IP address with the network administrator. z Up to 250 digital video recorders can be connected with manually-set IP addresses. To connect more digital video recorders, you must use automatic IP add[...]
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39 7 POWER FAILURE/USED TIME You can check the date/time of power failures and the amount of hard disk operation time. 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, a nd the <MAIN MENU> scree n appears. 2 Select “7. POWER FAILURE/USED TIME”, and press the [ ] button. The <POWER FAILURE> screen appears. Use this screen to chec[...]
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40 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 8 MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD You can save menu setting values onto a CompactFlash card. This sub-menu also lets you rea d menu setting values saved on CompactFla sh cards. z If “COPY MIRRORING SETTINGS” is se t to “YES”, the hard disk may be initial ized. If you don't want to initi[...]
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8 41 MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD 1 Press the [ ] button. The <WARNING> screen ap pears. “NO” flashes. 2 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “YES”, then press the [ ] button. Downloading starts. When you have finished loadi ng, the display returns to the <MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD> screen. 1 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “LOA[...]
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42 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 9 INITIALIZE/ADD HDD This section discribes how to initialize the hard disk or add a hard disk. 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, a nd the <MAIN MENU> scree n appears. 2 Select “9. HDD SET”, and press the [ ] button. The <HDD SET> screen app ears. The cu[...]
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9 43 INITIALIZE/ADD HDD To add a hard disk, contact a Sanyo service center. When adding a hard disk, use an add-on type hard disk uni t (sold separately). [Setting conditions] z After adding a hard disk, be sure to initialize it. Note that both hard disks will be initialized, an d any data on the original hard disk w ill be erased. Hard disk settin[...]
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44 INTRODUCTION O PERATION SETTI NGS OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 1 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS Data format Communicatio n protocol A proprietary Sanyo protocol (SSP: Security Serial Protocol) is used. Use of a special controller for operation is recommended. To obtain this controller, contact a Sanyo service center. Termination settings When connecting mu[...]
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1 45 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS The table below shows the commands supported by the digital video recorder. DVR/VCR command table Left digit Right di git 01234567 0 TIMER ON/OFF 1 2 3 SHIFT I SHIFT J 4 SHIFT K SHIFT L MENU 5 SHIFT+ /RP UP 6 SHIFT- /RP DOWN 7 8 9 SECURITY LOCK ON A ACK PLAY REV PLAY /SEARCH ( DVR ) SECURITY LOCK OFF BN A K C GROUP SET[...]
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46 OTHER OTHER OTHER OTHER 2 SPECIFICATIONS Note that product appe arance an d specifications a re subject to cha nge without pr ior notice. Hard disk capacity 120 GB or 240 GB T elevision system NTSC/P AL co lor signal st andard (Switchable) Picture resolution NTSC: 720 x 480 (Super/High), 352 x 480 (S tandard) P AL: 720 x 576 (Super/ High), 352 x[...]
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2 47 SPECIFICATIONS (mm) Dimensions ALARM REC/STOP LOCK/REMOTE USB POWER SEARCH MENU RESET MENU REVIEW CUE EXIT/OSD PLAY/ STOP STILL TIMER FULL LAN (LINK/ACT.) 210 96 391.5 Front Side e_dsr_m800.book Pag e 47 Friday, January 31, 2003 5:45 PM[...]
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OBLIGATIONS In order to obtain warranty service, the product must be deliver ed to and picked up fr om an Authorized Sanyo Service Center at the u ser’s expense, unless specifically stated otherwise in th is warranty. The names and addresses of Authorized Sanyo Service Centers may be obtai ned by calling the toll-free number listed below. THIS WA[...]
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Printed on recycled paper Imprimé sur du papier recyclé Impreso en papel reciclad o 1AC6P1P261 2--C L8HAC/US, US2 (0302TR- SY) SANYO Electric Co., Ltd . Printed in Japan 05sp_backcover_dsr_m800_6.fm Page 49 T hursday, February 6, 2003 11:46 AM[...]