Sanyo DSR-M814 manual

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1 PRECAUTION CAUTION: Changes or modifications no t expressly approved by the manufacturer may void th e user’s authority to operate this equipment. This equipment h as been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection agai[...]

2 BEFORE USE This unit uses an internal hard disk drive (HDD) . Be sure to observe the following points carefully whe n operating, setting-up and servicing the unit. The hard disk is sensitive to dust, vibrations and shocks, and should also not be used near magnetic objects. To prevent loss of recorded data, observe the following precautio ns: z Do[...]

3 z To clean the digital video recorder, unp lug the power plug from the wall outlet and wipe the unit lightly with a soft cloth. z To remove heavy grime, wipe the digital video recorde r with a well-wrung cloth soaked in a solution of water and neutral detergent, and then wipe it with a dry cloth. z Do not clean the unit with benzene or paint thin[...]

4 INTRODUCTION OPERATION SETTINGS APPENDIX CONTENTS BEFORE USE INTRODUCTION 1. MAIN FEATURES ................ ................ ..........6 2. ACCESSORIES ... ................ ................ ..........6 3. NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS ........7 Front panel .............. ............ .............. ........... ...... 7 Rear panel .............. ..[...]

5 OPERATION INTRODUCTION SETTINGS APPENDIX 4. RECORDER MENU ... .................... .............. 43 Recording settings ...................... .............. ....... 43 Basic recording settings ... ................... ............ . 43 Alarm recording settings ................ .............. .... 46 Setting the audio level ...... ................[...]

6 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 1. MAIN FEATURES  Control for 4 monitoring cameras This digital video recorder can record images from four monitoring cameras onto an internal hard disk.  Upgrade to large-cap acity hard disk upgrade available Up to two, 300 GB hard disks can be installed. Offers a long, continuou s recording time of 336 hours or m[...]

7 INTRODUCTION 3. NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS 1. POWER indicator (  P.11) Lights when the power i s ON. Flashes when the re is a pr oblem with the hard disk or fan. 2. CHANNEL buttons and indicators Used when switching t he image display fr om the quad screen to a single screen. Pressing a channel button lights its indicator and di splays the c[...]

8 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS INTRODUCTION 19. USB port (  P.27, P.63) Used to connect a Compact Flash card reader or CD-R/RW drive. You can copy settings (CompactFlash card only) and recorded videos. 20. [REC/STOP] button and indicator Starts normal recording. Indicator lights during reco rding. During recording , pressing the butt on for at l[...]

9 INTRODUCTION 4. INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS The digital video recorder has ven tilation holes. Make sure these holes are not blocked after insta llation. Do not use the unit in areas with poor ventilation, such as a bookshelf or box. When installing the unit i n a rack, ensure a gap of at least 5 cm at the top and bottom. Make sure the TV SYSTEM[...]

10 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS INTRODUCTION The digital video recorder can be connected to a 100BASE-TX network using th e LAN terminal on the rear panel. Up to 4000 digital video recorders (DVR) can be conn ected to a network, and the remote operation software, VA-SW81LITE Ver.2 (supplied) or VA-SW814 Ver.2 (sold separately) allows you to control[...]

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 11 INTRODUCTION When you have finished making all the other connections, insert the power plug into the wall outlet. There is no power switch. The display indicators flash, and after a few moments, the mo nitor screen displays the camera image. z When turning the power ON for the first time “PLEASE SET THE CLOCK” is[...]

12 OPERATION OPERATION 1. ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY At power ON, the opera tion di splay area appears at the top of the monitor screen.The operati on display area shows the date/time, image quality, remaining ti me, and other information nee ded for operations. Example: Normal screen (1) Operation symbol display Displays symbols for recording, p laybac[...]

ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY 13 OPERATION Displayed symbo ls The meanings of the symbols shown in the operation display area during reco rding or playback are listed below . Press the [EXIT/OSD] button rep eatedly. Pressing the [EXIT/OSD] butto n repeatedly lets you move or hide the operation displ ay area. Example: Normal screen Images are normally displ[...]

14 ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY OPERATION To return to the quad screen Follow the steps below to display the image from a specified channel i n a single screen. To return to the quad screen While the quad screen is displayed, press the [QUAD/ SEQUENCE] button to toggle through single screens in sequence. 1 Press the [QUAD/SEQUENCE] button. The image from [...]

15 OPERATION 2. RECORDING Follow the steps below to record the monitored image onto the hard disk. When using the recorder for the first ti me, check that the TV SYSTEM selector switch on the re ar panel is set to “NTSC” correctly. If this switch is se t incorrectly, recording will not be performed correctly. (  P.8) To end recording 123 4 [[...]

16 RECORDING OPERATION Follow the steps below to record the monitored image onto the hard disk at the set time. To stop during timer recording Recording with the timer (timer recording) 1 Press the [TIMER] button. The TIMER indicator lights, a nd the digital video recorder enters timer recording standby mode. z A warning tone sounds if timer record[...]

RECORDING 17 OPERATION The digital video recorder can make an alarm recording when the motion senso r on the screen or a n alarm sensor connected to an ALARM IN terminal detects an alarm condition. Check that the cable of the device required fo r alarms is connected to the ALARM terminal. (  P.8) When the motion sensor i s set, an alarm image is[...]

18 RECORDING OPERATION When the alarm duration time (default setting: 20 seco nds) ends, “AL” disappe ars from the operation display, the ALARM indicator stops flashing , and recording stops. z When the hard disk’s remaining space for re cording reaches zero, the FULL in dicator lights and recording stops. You can start recording from the beg[...]

19 OPERATION 3. PLAYING BACK VIDEOS Follow the steps below to play back vi deos recorded on the hard disk. To end playback Press the [ ] (CUE) or [ ] (REVIEW) button during playback or when a still image is displayed. When you press the [ ] (CUE) button, appears in the operati on display, and the playback fast- forwards at 2 times the normal playba[...]

20 PLAYING BACK VIDEOS OPERATION To change the fast-rewind speed Press the [ ] button while rewinding. Press the button once to increase the speed to 7.5 times the playback speed, twice to increase the speed to 15 times the playback speed, 3 times to in crease the speed to 30 times the playback speed, and 4 times to increase the speed to 180 times [...]

PLAYING BACK VIDEOS 21 OPERATION Follow the steps below to turn the audio ON or OFF, or switch the audio channels. Press the [AUDIO] button. The [AUDIO] button flashes during audio settings mode. Each time you press the butt on, the audi o channels switch as shown below. The channel indicator li ghts when that channel is playing back. During record[...]

22 OPERATION 4. SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEOS Videos recorded on the hard disk can be searched for and played back. There are two search methods available. Video to search Search in <SEARCH> screen You can use the button operation s to pause, fast-forward or perform other operations on retrieved images being played back. (1) ALARM SEARCH Lets[...]

SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEOS 23 OPERATION To display an alarm recording by entering the alarm number d irectly 2 Select “ALARM SEARCH”, and press the [ ] button. The <ALARM SEARCH> screen is displayed. (1) NO: Displays the alarm number. (2) CH: Displays the channels of the images that contain alarms. (3) DATE/TIM E: Displays the date a n[...]

24 SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEOS OPERATION Follow the steps below to play back a vide o recorded on the hard disk by specifying its date and time. 4 Enter the alarm number of the desire d video. “AVAILABLE NO” indicates th e numbers that can be searched. Enter the approximate number of the desired image. Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to change [...]

SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEOS 25 OPERATION 4 Press the [ ] button, and set the date and time to search. Example: To search for the video from October 26 2004 20:0 0 (1) Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select “10” (the month). (2) Press the [ ] button, and then the [ ] or [ ] button to sel ect “26” (the day). (3) Press the [ ] button, then th[...]

26 OPERATION 5. PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL OPERATION (KEY LOCK FUNCTION) Follow the steps below to set the key lock function, preventing acciden tal pressing of the operation buttons. 123 4 [ ] button LOCK/REMOTE indicator Setting the key lock function With the digital video recorder recording or stopped, hold down the [ ] button for about 3 seconds. Wh[...]

27 OPERATION 6. COPYING RECORDED VIDEOS TO EXTERNAL MEDIA Use the following procedure to copy recorded videos to a CompactFlash card or CD-R/RW. Co mpactFlash cards and CD-RWs can also be formatted as described belo w. z Do not turn off the power while a video is being copied. z Data is written to CD-R/RWs using single-session recording. Once data [...]

28 COPYING RECORDED VIDEOS TO EXTERNAL MEDIA OPERATION 2 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “COPY SET” and press the [ ] button. The <COPY SET> screen appears. (1) RECORDING TOP: Displays the date an d time of th e video recorded first. (2) RECORDING END: Displays the date an d time of th e video recorded last. (3) COPY SIZE: Display[...]

COPYING RECORDED VIDEOS TO EXTERNAL MEDIA 29 OPERATION Formatting a CompactFlash card or CD-RW 1 Press the [SEARCH] button while the digital video recorder is recording o r stopped. The <SEARCH/COPY> screen appea rs. 2 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “FORMAT MEDIA” and press the [ ] button. The <WARNING> screen appears. “N[...]

30 SETTINGS SETTINGS 1. MENU CONFIGURATION This section describes the me nu config uration, and which menu item to select for each opera tion. To change the settings Use the [ ], [ ], [ ] and [ ] buttons to change th e settings in each setting screen. (1) To move the cursor up or down Press the [ ] or [ ] button. (2) To move the cursor right or to [...]

MENU CONFIGURATION 31 SETTINGS Follow the steps below to restore the settings in the displayed setting scre en to the default settings. Only the displayed settings are resto red. The following screens are settin g screens displayed by selecting items from the <MAIN MENU> screen. Each time you press the [M ENU] button, each of the screens show[...]

32 MENU CONFIGURATION SETTINGS 8. POWER LOSS/USE D TIME (  P.62) Lets you ch eck the date and time of power failures and the elapsed amount of hard disk ope ration time. 9. MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD (  P.63) Lets you save menu setting values onto a CompactFlash card. Also lets you re ad menu setting values saved on CompactFlash cards. Formats Comp[...]

33 SETTINGS 2. SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND TIME You can perform the foll owing functions: z Change the l anguage used to display on screen informat ion. z Set the date and time displayed on the normal screen. z Set the clock to adjust auto matically for Daylight Saving time. z Set all the devices to the same time automatically when multiple devices ar[...]

34 SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND TIME SETTINGS (Default setting: 01-01-200 4 THU 00:00:00) Be sure to set the correct date and time. The digital video recorder stores the times of recordings for use in operations such a s playback and search/playback. Example: Setting May 10, 2004, 8:30 Setting the time 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button light[...]

SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND TIME 35 SETTINGS Settings (  indicates default setting.) When “USE” is selected for “MODE” under <DAYLIGHT SAVING> You can set the date and time at which the time is switched from standard time to Daylight Saving time, and the date and time at which the time is switched back again. The example below is the [...]

36 SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND TIME SETTINGS This section describes how to have the time synchronize d automatically whe n two or more digital video recorders are connected. If you set the <EXT.CLOCK SET> ti me to 5:00, all the conne cted devices ar e synchronized to the same time (to the nearest second) every day at 5:00. (Default setting: 01:0[...]

SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND TIME 37 SETTINGS 4 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to sele ct the desired time, then press the [ ] button. 5 After you are finished c haging the settings, press the [EXIT/OSD] button. The display returns to the normal screen. 6 Repeat steps 2 to 5 to set the time on the second digital video recorder. When you have finished maki[...]

38 SETTINGS 3. SCREEN SET MENU MONITOR SET z “SEQUENCE” is used to set the time int e rval used for switching screens when displ aying the image from each channel seque ntially. z “DISPLAY” setting is used when an alarm is gene rated. It sets whether to display the image from the channel that generated the alarm on a sin gle screen, or whet[...]

SCREEN SET MENU 39 SETTINGS MOTION SENSOR SET z If the motion sensor is set on the monitor, alarm recording is enabled when a moving su bject is detected. Settings (  indicates de fault setting.) “ALARM PRIORITY” settings are active only when the “DISPLAY” setting is “FULL.” MONITOR SET 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button li[...]

40 SCREEN SET MENU SETTINGS Camera titles can be up to 10 ch aracters long. You can enter the following charac ters and symbols: 0 to 9, A to Z, - (hyphen), : (colon), . (period) , / (slash), * (asterisk), _ (underbar), (space) The default values are shown below. Naming the cameras 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, an d the <M[...]

SCREEN SET MENU 41 SETTINGS By setting the motion sensor o n the screen, any movement by the subject will automatical ly activate alarm recording. You can set the following items: z Motion detection position on screen z Number of camera for wh ich to set motion sensor z Motion sensor sensitivity (Defa ult setting is OFF.) 9 When you have finished m[...]

42 SCREEN SET MENU SETTINGS 6 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select a sensor operation position, then press the [ ] or [ ] button to set the selection (you can set up to 20 positions). You can set sensor operation position s at any screen position. z Moving the cursor Each time you press the [ ] button, the cursor moves from left to right in the to[...]

43 SETTINGS 4. RECORDER MENU The <RECORDER MENU> screen lets you make the following recording-relate d settings: To record in series when multiple digital video recorders are connected When multiple digital video recorders are conn ected, you can automatically continue recording to th e second and subsequent digital video recorders when the f[...]

44 RECORDER MENU SETTINGS Settings (  indicates default setting.) * If the hard disk be comes full when item (4) OVER WRITE is set to “OFF”, the operation performed is determined by the setting of item (5) DI SK FULL RESET. For how to set this item, see “Resetting when the FULL indicator lights” on the right. * (6) SERIES REC can be set [...]

RECORDER MENU 45 SETTINGS DISK FULL RESET is only available when “OVER WRITE” is set to “OFF”, and the hard disk is full. 3 Press the [ ] button. THE <REC MODE SET> screen is displayed. 4 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to sele ct “DISK FULL RESET”, then press the [ ] button. The <WARNING> screen is displayed, with “NO” flas[...]

46 RECORDER MENU SETTINGS Settings (  indicates default setting.) * CC: Operates while alarm is active. (Operates fo r more than 5 seconds per alarm.) Alarm recording settings 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, an d the <MAIN MENU> screen is displayed. 2 Select “3. RECORDER MENU”, and press the [ ] button. The <REC[...]

RECORDER MENU 47 SETTINGS Timer setting items You can use the timer functions to set recording start/stop times. You can set times at which to start and stop recording on each specifi ed day of the week. (1) WEEK: Used to select the days of the week for timer recording. The day in the “WEEK” column can be changed to other days. Use line 7 (SAT)[...]

48 RECORDER MENU SETTINGS (3) STOP: Enter the time at which to stop timer recording. (4) SET: Setting “ON” enables the entered time r recording setting. Setting “OFF” disables the entered timer recording setting. (5) SAT, DLY: Use these lines for timer re cording spanning more than 24 hours. Recording every day, at the same tim e, with the [...]

RECORDER MENU 49 SETTINGS To cancel all timer recording settings To set timer recordings spanning more than 24 hours Follow the steps below to set timer recordings spanning more than 24 hours. T hese settings are made using lines 7 (initially “SAT”) and 8 (initial ly “DLY”) of the <TIMER REC SET> screen. Example: Setting a timer recor[...]

50 RECORDER MENU SETTINGS You can set specific dates as holidays, to have the timer recording operation for Sunday used on those da ys. Dates such as national holidays and company off days should be set as holidays when you want those dates to have the same security as Sundays. After completing timer settings for Sunday (SUN), make sure to switch ?[...]

RECORDER MENU 51 SETTINGS To initialize the hard disk 4 Set the month and day for item No. 1. (1) Press the [ ] button to make “--” (the month) flash. (2) Press the [ ] or [ ] button to set “--” to “11”. (3) Press the [ ] button to make “--” (the day) flash. (4) Press the [ ] or [ ] button to set “--” to “17”. 5 After enteri[...]

52 RECORDER MENU SETTINGS To add a hard disk To add a hard disk, contact a Sanyo service center. When adding a hard disk, use an add-o n type hard disk unit (sold separately). [Setting conditio ns] After adding a hard disk, a message appears at the next startup, confirming whether you want to initialize the newly installed hard disk. Select “Yes?[...]

53 SETTINGS 5. DISPLAY SET The <DISPLAY SET> screen lets you turn off the display of the date, time or other information in the operation display area of the playback screen. Use this screen to make settings as needed. Settings (  indicates default setting.) Settings Item Setting Desc ription (1) DATE/TIME  ON Turns on display of date a[...]

54 SETTINGS 6. BUZZER SET The <BUZZER SET> screen lets you set a warning buzzer to sound when events occur such as alarms being generated or the remaining hard disk space reaching zero. Use this screen to make settings as needed. Settings (  indicates default setting.) Press any button to stop the BUZZER sounding. Settings Item Setting Des[...]

55 SETTINGS 7. SECURITY LOCK SET You can set passwords tha t restrict use of the digital video recorder to administrators a nd designated u sers, preventing unauthorized operati on. When the security lock is set, a buzzer sounds when an unauthorized user presses any of the digital video recorder’s operation buttons. Be sure to make a note of the [...]

56 SECURITY LOCK SET SETTINGS 2 Select “6. SECURITY LOCK SET”, and press the [ ] button. The <SECURITY LOCK SET> screen is displ ayed. “LEVEL PASSWORD (4-8) USE” at the top of the screen is the screen title. You cannot move the cursor to this item. 3 Press the [ ] button. The first password entry bar “-” flashes. 4 Press the [ ] a[...]

SECURITY LOCK SET 57 SETTINGS Example: Setting “AB123456” Perform st eps 1 and 2 on P. 55 and 56. Perform steps 1 and 2 on P.55 and 56. Setting the user password 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to move the cursor to “USER”. 4 Press the [ ] button. The first password entry bar “-” flashes. Example: A Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select ?[...]

58 SECURITY LOCK SET SETTINGS Making the following setti ngs prevents the copying of videos to a CD-R/RW or CompactFlash card fo r anyone except the administrator. z Set the administrator password. z Set COPY TO CD-R/CF to “NO USE”. z Set the security lock. Preventing copying to CD-R/RWs and CompactFlash cards Setting the security lock 1 With t[...]

59 SETTINGS 8. RS-485/NETWORK SET This section describes how to make the RS -485 terminal connections/settings needed to connect to an external device, and how to make the network connections needed to connect to a PC. You can make d igital video record er menu settings and monitor images from a PC via a network (LAN). To do so, connect an Ethernet[...]

60 RS-485/NETWORK SET SETTINGS Settings Settings (  indicates default setting.) 2 Select “7. RS-485/NETWORK SET”, and press the [ ] button. The <NETWORK SET> screen is displaye d. Item Description (1) IP ADDRESS Displays the IP address that has been set. (2) ADVANCED SETTING Set whether to set IP address on digital video recorder or on[...]

RS-485/NETWORK SET 61 SETTINGS Connect the digita l video recorder’s RS-485 (A, B) control terminals to the system controll er, hard disk digital recorder or similar device. Settings (  indicates default setting.) RS-485 connections and settings 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, an d the <MAIN MENU> screen is displayed[...]

62 SETTINGS 9. POWER LOSS/USED TIME You can check the date/time of power failures and the amount of used hard disk operation time. <MAIN MENU> [ ] button [MENU] button [ ] button [ ] button [EXIT/OSD] butto n 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, an d the <MAIN MENU> screen is displayed. 2 Select “8. POWER LOSS/USED TIM[...]

63 SETTINGS 10. MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD You can save the sett ings onto a Comp actFlash card. Also, you can load settings saved on CompactFlash cards to the DVR. z Do not turn the pow er OFF when saving/loading men u items to/from a CompactFlash card. z Confirm that the light on the CompactFlash card reader is lit before using the card reader with the[...]

64 MENU UPLO AD/DOWNLOAD SETTINGS To save settings to a CompactFlash card To load settings from a CompactFlas h card To format CompactFlash cards 1 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to sele ct “SAVE MENUS TO CF”, then press the [ ] button. The <WARNING> screen is displayed. “NO” flashes. 2 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to sele ct “YES”, t[...]

MENU UPLOAD/D OWNLOAD 65 SETTINGS To exit 2 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to sele ct “YES”, then press the [ ] button. CompactFlash card formatting starts . When formatting has finished, the display returns to the <MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD> screen. Formatting a CompactFlash card erases all the dat a stored on it. To cancel formatting, select ?[...]

66 APPENDIX APPENDIX 1. CONTROL TERMINAL SPECIFICATIONS *1 Used for twisted-pair cab le connection. *2 Outputs SERIES REC OUT when O VER WRITE in REC MODE SET is “OFF”, and SERIES REC is “-1M”, “-2M”, or “-3M”. Output s NON REC OUT when SERIES REC is “OFF”. *3 The following warnings are output: z Hard disk drive error z Fan erro[...]

CONTROL TERMINAL SPECIFICATIONS 67 APPENDIX The connections for a remote control circu it are shown below. Connect the remote cont rol to the REMOTE terminal and C (ground) terminal. Use a resistance o f 1/10 ohms or more and with a D ranking (precision 0.5% or finer). SW16 operates the same as the [REC/STOP] button on the digital video recorder. W[...]

68 APPENDIX 2. RS-485 SPECIFICATIONS Data format Communication protoco l A proprietary Sany o protocol (SSP: Security Serial Protocol) is used. Use of a spec ial controller for operatio n is recommended. To obtain this controller, con tact your local dealer or a Sany o service center. Termination settings When connecting mul tiple devices, you must[...]

69 APPENDIX 3. INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS The table belo w shows the commands suppo rted by the digital video re corder. DVR/VCR command table Left digit Right digit 01234567 0 TIMER ON/OFF 1 2A U D I O 3 SHIFT  SHIFT  4 SHIFT  SHIFT  MENU 5 SHIFT+ /RP UP 6 SHIFT - /RP DOWN 7 8 9 SECURITY LOCK ON AP L A Y REV PLA Y /SEARCH (DVR) SECURITY [...]

70 APPENDIX 4. SPECIFICATIONS Note that product appearance and sp ecifications are subject to change without prior notice. Hard disk capacity Upgradeable to two (2), maximum 300 GB hard disks Television system NTSC/PAL color signal standard ( Switchable) Picture resolution NTSC: 7 20 x 480 pixels (Super+/Super/High/Standard) PAL: 720 x 576 pixels ([...]

SPECIFICATIONS 71 APPENDIX (mm) The fan is located below the space for the add itional hard di sk. When add ing a hard disk, perform the following procedu res to ensure that the harnesses are not entangled in the fan. Before installation Unplug the fan connector and remove the fa n harness from the clamp. During installa tion After connecting the w[...]

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