Panasonic WJ-HD309 DVD Recorder User Manual


 
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CONTENTS
PREFACE .................................................................... 4
FEATURES .................................................................. 4
PRECAUTIONS ........................................................... 5
TRADEMARKS AND REGISTERED
TRADEMARKS ............................................................ 6
ABOUT THESE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ......... 6
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ......................................... 6
MAJOR OPERATING CONTROLS AND
THEIR FUNCTIONS .................................................... 7
Front View ............................................................. 7
Rear View ............................................................. 9
On Monitor 1 (To display only live image) ............. 10
On Monitor 2
(To display live or recorded image) ....................... 11
STARTUP .................................................................... 16
CLOCK ADJUSTMENT ............................................... 17
SHUTDOWN ................................................................ 18
RECORDING (Manual Recording) .............................. 19
RECORDING (Emergency Recording) ........................ 21
PLAYBACK .................................................................. 22
PLAYBACK IMAGE ON A DESIGNATED DISK .......... 25
PLAYBACK FROM A DESIGNATED
TIME AND DATE ......................................................... 27
SEARCH AND PLAY ................................................... 28
Search for a Recording Event and Play it back
(Recording Event Search) ..................................... 28
Search for a motion detected time and date from
recorded images and play it (VMD search) ........... 32
To delete the motion detection area ..................... 36
Search for a marked point and play from that point
(Marking search) ................................................... 37
MONITOR LIVE IMAGES ............................................ 38
Displaying Live Images on a Single Screen .......... 38
Electronic Zoom .................................................... 38
Displaying on a Multi-screen ................................. 39
Sequential Display ................................................ 40
CONTROL CAMERAS ................................................ 41
Panning/Tilting ...................................................... 41
Zoom ..................................................................... 41
Focus .................................................................... 41
Iris ......................................................................... 42
Preset Action ......................................................... 42
Move a camera to the preset position ................... 43
Auto Function (Auto Pan, etc) ............................... 44
ABOUT THE EVENT FUNCTION ................................ 45
Action at an event occurrence .............................. 45
Alarm Function ...................................................... 46
Cancel the Alarm Action ....................................... 47
Suspend the Alarm Actions ................................... 47
COPYING (Duplicate) .................................................. 48
DELETE DATA ON THE DISK .................................... 50
Deletion of recorded images saved on the
hard disk manually ................................................ 50
FORMAT (INITIALIZE) A DVD-RAM DISK .................. 52
DISPLAY/EDIT TEXT INFORMATION ........................ 54
ERROR/WARNINGS ................................................... 56
OPERATION USING A SYSTEM CONTROLLER ...... 58
OPERATION USING A PC .......................................... 62
Features ................................................................ 62
System Requirements of a PC ...............................62
OPERATION OF THE UNIT IN THE CASCADE
CONNECTION ............................................................. 63
Features ................................................................ 63
Operation using the buttons on the front panel ..... 63
Operation using a system controller ..................... 63
INSTALLATION IN THE RACK ................................... 64
MANAGEMENT OF USERS/HOSTS .......................... 65
OPERATING THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME ........ 67
Preparation for maintenance (HDD replacement,
installation, etc.) ........................................................... 68
CONNECTIONS .......................................................... 70
Connections when the unit is used
independently ........................................................ 70
Connections with an extension unit ...................... 71
Connections with DVD-RAM, CD-R, and
DVD-R drives ........................................................ 72
Connections with the VTR .................................... 73
Connections with PS·Data systems ...................... 74
Cascade connection of multiple units ................... 76
Connection with the RS485 camera ..................... 80
Mode Switch ......................................................... 82
RS485 Port ........................................................... 82
How to Use the Terminals of the ALARM/
CONTROL Connector ........................................... 83
How to Use the Terminals of the ALARM
Connector ............................................................. 87
How to Use the SERIAL Connector ...................... 89
SETUP ......................................................................... 90
Item list of the SETUP MENU ............................... 90
About the SETUP MENU ...................................... 92
Basic Operation with the SETUP MENU .............. 93
[Maintenance] Functions for Maintaining .............. 94
[Recording] ............................................................ 98
[Event] Function for Events ................................. 100
[Schedule] Settings for the recording/
event action schedule ......................................... 105
[Switcher] Settings for the switcher function ....... 110
[Display] .............................................................. 113
[Comm] Settings for communication with other
devices ................................................................ 116
[System] Settings on System .............................. 121
DISPLAY SETUP MENU OF CAMERA ..................... 127
DISK MANAGEMENT ................................................ 128
Notes on hard disk .............................................. 128
How to replace the built-in hard disk ................... 128
About the HDD DISK MENU ............................... 131
Display of the HDD DISK MENU ........................ 131
RAID 5 Function of the Extension Unit ............... 132
Formatting (Initialization) the Hard Disk .............. 133
Setting for Mirroring ............................................ 137
SERIAL (RS232C) CONNECTOR COMMAND
REFERENCE ............................................................. 141
SERIAL (RS232C) Communication Protocol ...... 141
Command Format ............................................... 141
FLOWCHART OF THE SETUP MENU ...................... 151
PARAMETERS AND THE DEFAULT SETTINGS
OF THE SETUP MENU ............................................. 152
TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................... 158
SPECIFICATION ....................................................... 162
STANDARD ACCESSORIES .................................... 163