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    English 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 reaso nable prot[...]

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    2 English INTRODUCTION Main features This digital video recorder can be used to store images recorded by a monitoring camera onto its built-in hard disk.  Complete range of recording/playback functions z You can play back and record images at the same time. z You can record and play back audio. z The timer record function lets you make recording[...]

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    English 3 CONTENTS 1 BEFORE USE ..... ................ ................ ............5 Notes on handling internal har d disk drive components .............. ................ ................ ......5 Do not use the digital vide o recorder in the following locations: .............. ................ ............5 The hard disk and cooling fan are consu[...]

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    CONTENTS 4 English INTRODUCTION OPERATION SETTIN GS OTHER MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS .............. ................ .......24 Displaying the menu screen and sub-menu screens ............... ................ ................ ..........24 To restore menu setting items to their initial values ........... ................ ................ .....[...]

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    English 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 H[...]

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    1 BEFORE USE 6 English INTRODUCTION For important recordings z Always make a test recording beforeha nd to check that the digital video recorder’s playb ack is normal. z Note that no comp ensation will be p rovided for losses due to recording or playback problems arising from problems with the dig ital video recorder or its connected devices duri[...]

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    English 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) If this butt on is pressed while recording i s stopped, the digital video recorder enters t imer recorder standby and the indicator ligh[...]

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    2 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS 8 English INTRODUCTION Rear panel 1. FAN 2. AUDIO IN terminal 3. AUDIO OUT terminal 4. LAN terminal ( J P.39) 5. MIC IN terminal 6. VIDEO IN terminal 7. VIDEO LOOP OUT te rminal 8. VIDEO OUT terminal 9. TV SYSTEM selector switch Used to select the video signa l between NTSC and PAL systems for the camera input and TV [...]

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    English 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 o[...]

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    3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 10 English INTRODUCTION 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 n with a flat-blade screw[...]

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    English 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 ([...]

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    12 English OPERATION 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 indicator ligh ts, and the <MAIN MENU> screen appears. 2 Select, “1. LANGU[...]

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    2 SETTING THE LANGUAGE/CLOCK English 13 (Initial setting: 01-01-2004 THU 00:00:00 ) Be sure to set the correct date and time. The digi tal video recorder stores the date and time of recordings for use in operations such as playback and search. Example: Set ting May 20, 2004 , 8:30 AM 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to move the cursor to the date and [...]

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    14 English OPERATION 3 NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING Follow the steps below to record the monitored image . 1 Set the TV SYSTEM selector switch on the rear panel to NTSC. If it is set to PAL, you will not be able to record the image correctly. 2 Press the [REC/STOP] button. The REC indicator lights.“ z ” (the recording symbol) appears on the[...]

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    English 15 4 ALARM RECORDING Use the following procedure to have vide o recorded when an alarm signal is received during reco rding. z Check that the device required for alarm re cording is connected to the ALARM terminal. ( J P.8) 1 Set alarm recording. The default settings are shown b elow. See P.29 for how to change these settings. z ALARM MODE:[...]

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    16 English OPERATION 5 NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING PLAYBACK Follow the steps below to play back recorded images. 1 Press the [ ] button. The PLAY/STOP indicator l ights, and “ ” appears in the operation displ ay area. The stored image s are played back. z Image playback starts from the point at which recordi ng started. z If “OVER WRITE?[...]

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    5 NORMAL RECORDING/TIME R RECORDING PLAYBACK English 17 1 During playback, press the [STILL] button. The image be comes a still image (freezes). appears in the operation display area. 2 Press the [STILL] button. Press the [ ] button while a still image is displaye d. The still image advan ces by one frame. Press the [ ] button while a still image i[...]

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    18 English OPERATION 6 SEARCHING FOR RECORDED IMAGES Recorded images can be searched. Th ere are two search methods availabl e. 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 retrieved images being played back. (1) ALARM SEARCH Lets you search and play b[...]

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    6 SEARCHING FOR RE CORDED IMAGES English 19 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the image to play back. The selected alarm image is displayed in the previe w screen. 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 are displayed chronologically[...]

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    6 SEARCHING FOR RE CORDED IMAGES 20 English OPERATION 4 Press the [ ] button, and set the date/time to search. Example: To search for th e image from October 26, 2004, 8:00 PM (1) Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select “10” (October). (2) Press the [ ] button, and then the [ ] or [ ] button to select “26” (the day). (3) Press the [ ] button,[...]

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    English 21 7 COPYING TO CF CARDS OR CD -R/RW DISCS AND FORMATTING Use the following procedure to copy image recordings to a CompactFlash card, a CD-R/RW . CompactFlash cards and CD-RWs can also be formatted as described below. z Do not turn off the power while image is being copied. z Data is written to CD-R/RWs using single-session recording. Once[...]

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    7 COPYING TO CF CARDS OR CD- R/RW DISCS AND FORMATTING 22 English OPERATION 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to specify “START TIME” and “END TIME”, and then press the [ ] button. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “COPY START”, and then press the [ ] button. Copying of image starts. When copying has been completed, “COPY FINISH[...]

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    English 23 8 PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL OPER ATION (KEY LOCK FUNCTION) Use the following procedure to set the key lock function so that operation as a result of accidenta l pressing of buttons can be prevented. 1 Press the [ ] button for about 3 seconds while the digital video record er is recording or stopped. When the key lock is set, a confirmation t[...]

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    24 English SETTINGS 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 menu. When you move the curso r, the selected item is displayed in reverse. 3 Pres[...]

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    MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS English 25 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.26) Enables the following settings: z Screen d isplay langu[...]

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    26 English SETTINGS 1 LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET You can perform the following functions: Change the language used to display on-screen information.* Set the date and time.* Set the clock to adjust automat ically for daylight savings time. Set all the devices to the same time automatically when multiple devices are connected. * See P.12. 1 Press the [MENU][...]

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    1 LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET English 27 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 rea ches April 4, 2004, 01:59, the n ext clock disp lay is 03: 00, putting the clo[...]

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    1 LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET 28 English SETTINGS 4 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the desired time, then press the [ ] button. z Only an hour value can be set using “ADJUST. TIME”, and minutes and seconds cannot be set. 5 Press the [EXIT/OSD] button. The display returns to the normal screen. 6 Use the same procedure to set the time on the second[...]

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    English 29 2 REC MODE SET [Settings] (  indicates initial setting.) z When item (4) “OVER W RITE” is set to “OFF” and the hard disk becomes full, the digital video recorder performs the operation set by item (5) “DISK FULL RESET”. For how to start recording again, see “Starting recordi ng again when the FULL indicator l ights” on[...]

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    2 REC MODE SET 30 English SETTINGS 1 Press the [MENU] button. The MENU indicator ligh ts, and the <MAIN MENU> screen 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 [ ] button. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons[...]

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    English 31 3 TIMER REC SET You can set recording start/stop times using the “TIMER REC SET”. You can set times at which to start an d stop cursor on each specified day of the week. (1) WEEK Used to select the days of the week for timer recording. When each day in the “WEEK” column is flashing, it can be set to other days. The 7th line (init[...]

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    3 TIMER REC SET 32 English SETTINGS 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: “WEEK” J “START” (hours, minutes) J “STOP” (hours, minutes) J “SET”.  To change a displayed setting item Press the [ ] or [ ] button to move the cursor to the[...]

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    3 TIMER REC SET English 33 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 are not able to be set are di splayed as asterisks (*). 4 Set th[...]

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    34 English SETTINGS 4 DISPLAY/BUZZER SET You can set the display i tem on the operation di splay area. This sub-menu also lets you set a warni ng buzzer to sound for alarms or when the hard disk space reaches zero. You can set items as needed. [Settings] (  indicates initial setting.) <MAIN MENU> <DISPLAY/BUZZER SET> setting ite ms ([...]

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    4 DISPLAY/BUZZER SET English 35 1 Press the [MENU] button. The MENU indicator ligh ts, and the <MAIN MENU> screen 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 item, then press the [ ] button. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ][...]

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    36 English SETTINGS 5 SECURITY LOCK SET You can set passwords that restrict the users. When the security lock is set, a buzzer sounds when a user presses any of the digital vid eo recorder’s operation b uttons. Be sure to make a note of the set passw ords. Two password types can be set, one for administrators and one for users. The table below gi[...]

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    5 SECURITY LOCK SET English 37 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[...]

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    5 SECURITY LOCK SET 38 English SETTINGS 1 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to move the cursor to “REC CONTROL”. 2 Press the [ ] button. 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “ADMIN” or “USER”. The settin g is now finishe d. 4 Press the [EXIT/OSD] button. The display returns to the normal screen. 1 Press the [ ] button for about 3 secon[...]

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    English 39 6 RS-485/NETWORK SET This section describes how to make the RS-485 terminal connections/settings need ed to connect to an external 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. To d o so, connect an LAN cable to th[...]

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    6 RS-485/NETWORK SET 40 English SETTINGS 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “ADVANCED SETTING” and press the [ ] button. The <NETWORK SET-ADVANC ED> screen appears. The cursor moves to “ADDRESS SET”. “DVR NAME” displays the name set for the digital video recorder when using re mote control software. When “ADDRESS SET” h[...]

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    6 RS-485/NETWORK SET English 41 [Settings] (  indicates default setting.) 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the desired item, then press the [ ] button. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to change the setting, then press the [ ] button. 5 Use the same procedure to set th e other items as needed. 6 Press the [EXIT/OSD] button. The display r[...]

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    42 English SETTINGS 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 indicator ligh ts, and the <MAIN MENU> screen appears. 2 Select “7. POWER FAILURE/USED TIME”, and press the [ ] button. The <POWER FAILURE/USED TI ME> screen appe[...]

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    English 43 8 MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD You can save menu settings onto a CompactF lash card. This sub-menu also lets you rea d menu settings saved on CompactFlash cards. This function proves useful wh en identical settings ar e to be used on a number of differ ent digital vide o recorders. It also lets you initialize Comp actFlash cards. z Do not turn t[...]

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    8 MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD 44 English SETTINGS 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 savin g, the display returns to the <MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD> screen.  If “MIRRORING” setting i[...]

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    8 MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD English 45 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “LOAD MENUS FROM CF” and press the [ ] button. The <WARNING> screen ap pears. “NO” flashes. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “YES” and press the [ ] button. Uploading of data starts. When you have finished loadi ng, the display returns to the <[...]

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    46 English SETTINGS 9 HDD SET This section describ es how to initialize the hard disk or add a hard disk. 1 Press the [MENU] button. The MENU indicator ligh ts, and the <MAIN MENU> screen appears. 2 Select “9. HDD SET”, and press the [ ] button. The <HDD SET> screen app ears. The cursor is positioned o n “DISK INITIAL IZE”. 3 Pr[...]

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    9 HDD SET English 47 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 setting s[...]

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    48 English 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 multi ple devices, you must make termination s[...]

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    1 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS English 49 The table below shows the commands supported by the digital video recorder. DVR/VCR command table Left digit Right digit 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 GR[...]

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    50 English OTHER 2 SPECIFICATIONS Note that product appe arance an d specifications a re subject to cha nge without prior notice. T elevision system NTSC/P AL co lor signal st andard (Switchable) Picture resolution NTSC: 720 x 480 (Super+/Super/High), 352 x 480 (S tandard) P AL: 720 x 576 (Super+/Su per/High), 352 x 576 (S tandard) Compression MPEG[...]

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    2 SPECIFICATIONS English 51 Unit: mm Dimensions Front Side 210 380 96 e00_l8hae_us_7.boo k Page 51 T hursday, April 8, 20 04 11:14 AM[...]

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    52 English INDEX A add a hard disk .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... 47 ADDRESS ............ ............ .............. .............. ........... ...... 41 ADJUST. TIME ........ .............. .............. .............. ............ 27 ADMIN ............. ........... .............. .............. ........... ..[...]

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    INDEX English 53 sub-menus ............... .............. ............ .............. .............. 25 T TIME DATE SEARCH .................... .............. ........... ...... 19 [TIMER] button ......................... ........... .............. ............ 14 TIMER indicator ................... .............. .............. ........... ... 14 [...]

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