ADEMCO AVR24TLAX User manual

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AVR24TLAX (E) QR34283
TIME LAPSE
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
AVR24TLAX
Instruction manual
To obtain the best performance and ensure years of
trouble-free use, please read this instruction manual
completely.
Bedienungsanleitung
Bitte lesen Sie diese Bedienungsanleitung
aufmerksam durch, um durch richtige Bedienung
jahrelangen und störungsfreien Betrieb zu
gewährleisten.
Mode d’emploi
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présentes instructions après avoir entièrement lu ce
mode d’emploi.
Manuale di istruzioni
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durata leggere attentamente e al completo le
seguenti istruzioni.
Manual de instrucciones
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años de uso libre de problemas, lea
cuidadosamente este manual de instrucciones.
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het verkrijgen van de beste prestaties en jarenlang
probleemloos gebruik.

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WARNING PRECAUTIONS
• Main supply:
AC 230V, 50 Hz only
•Do not remove panel covers by unscrewing them.
There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Refer
all servicing to qualified service personnel.
• To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose
this unit to rain or moisture.
Safety
• Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabi-
net, turn off the unit and have it checked by quali-
fied personnel before operating it any further.
• To disconnect the mains lead, pull it out by the
plug. Never pull the lead itself.
Installation
• Choose a location in which air can pass through
the ventilation holes in the bottom, top and back
of the unit to prevent it from overheating.
• Do not install the unit near heat sources such as
radiators or air ducts or in a place subject to direct
sunlight, excessive dust, mechanical vibrations or
shock.
• Do not place heavy objects or heat-generating
objects on the VCR, or the cabinet could be
damaged or the temperature inside the VCR could
rise, which could cause a fault.
• Never bring a magnet or magnetized object near
the VCR because it will adversely affect the
performance of the VCR.
• Do not install the unit in an inclined position.
The unit is designed for operation in a horizontal
position.
• Do not place a container with water or any small
metal objects on the VCR: If spilled water or a
metal object, such as paper clip, enters the VCR, it
could cause a fire or electric shock.
Operation
• Condensation
If you pour a cold liquid into a glass, water vapor
in the air will condense on the surface of the
glass.
This is the condensation of moisture.
Condensation on the head drum, one of the most
crucial parts of the VCR, will cause damage to the
tape. The VCR should not be operated for at least
2 hours after being moved from a cold to a hot
environment to avoid condensation from occur-
ring on the head drum.
Cleaning
• Be careful; when the surface of the case is wiped
with a volatile agent such as benzine, alcohol,
thinner, etc., or a chemically processed cloth, the
surface finish may be degraded or its coating may
peel off.
Repacking
• It is wise to save the packing materials and box in
case you ever need to ship or store your unit.

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FEATURES CONTENTS
Recording
• Three Touch-Selectable Recording Speeds
(03, 12, 24)
• Recording Check
• Auto Recording Check
• On-Screen and On-Tape Time/Date Information
• 7-Day Programmable On/Off Timer
• “Alarm On” Output
• Usable Audio at 03, A12 and A24 hour Speeds
Playback
• Time-of-Alarm Memory and Alarm Index Search
• Shuttle Search
• Four Playback Speeds (03, A12, A24, 24)
• Still Field, Field-Advance, Field-Reverse and
Reverse Playback
Security
• About 720 hours Memory Protection
• Electronic Security Lockout
• Buzzer Function
Note: This recorder has a rechargeable battery
to maintain display functions and recording
mode within 720 hours in the event of power
loss. When the recorder is received, the unit
must be connected to power source for 48
hours to assure the battery has been ad-
equately charged.
CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS ..................................3
INSTALLATION ...........................................................7
EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS.......................................8
CASSETTE TAPES ....................................................10
SETUP........................................................................11
SETTING THE TIME AND DATE..........................12
SETTING [OPTIONS] ITEMS................................13
SUMMER TIME FUNCTION.................................13
SETTING THE TIMER............................................13
SETTING THE VCR FUNCTIONS.........................15
SETTING THE BUZZER.........................................16
SETTING THE ALARM..........................................17
ALARM MEMORY RECALL AND RESET ............18
OPERATION...............................................................19
TAPE RECORDING................................................19
REC CHECK............................................................19
AUTO REC CHECK................................................19
TIMER RECORDING..............................................19
TAPE RECYCLE .....................................................19
ALARM RECORDING............................................20
MASTER SYSTEM RESET....................................20
PLAYBACK.............................................................20
SHARPNESS CONTROL.......................................20
STILL PLAYBACK..................................................20
V.LOCK ADJUST...................................................20
PLAYBACK IN THE FIELD ADVANCE/
REVERSE MODES ............................................20
VISUAL SEARCH (High Speed Scan) .................21
ALARM INDEX SEARCH ......................................21
TO SECURE THE VCR ..........................................21
PROBLEM GUIDE......................................................22
SPECIFICATIONS ......................................................23
MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION SCHEDULES OF
MECHANICAL COMPONENTS ................................24
Touches the video head in the active position
Cylinder Cleaning roller in the stand-by position
(Special material)
Tape guide
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Auto Head Cleaning System
This system cleans the video heads automatically when a cassette is inserted and ejected or the tape is
rewound in the recycle recording mode, to prevent dirt from accumulating on the heads.
REC CHECK before starting
In order to prevent the misrecording, press the PLAY button during recording. See page 19.

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[FRONT]
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS
1. SLOW TRACKING CONTROL
Adjust to optimize the picture quality in the SLOW
PLAY mode, e.g. 24 hours speed.
2. TRACKING CONTROL
Adjust to optimize the picture quality during playback
at the 03, A12 and A24 hour speeds.
3. PROG./SHARPNESS CONTROL
Press to select one of the seven programmable
functions.
Press to select the picture quality with the UP/HARD
or DOWN/SOFT button to hard or soft during
playback. See page 20 for SHARPNESS CONTROL.
4. DOWN/SOFT BUTTON
Press to decrement, change or reverse to the
previous/lower value.
Press to adjust the picture quality to soft during
playback.
5. START/STOP BUTTON
Press to start or stop the programming of a
programmable function. (Press once to start the
programming sequence and a second time to stop
(end) it.)
6. UP/HARD BUTTON
Press to increase, change or advance to the next
higher value.
Press to adjust the picture quality to hard during
playback.
7. SET BUTTON
Press to select the specific value which is to be
changed with the UP/DOWN buttons.
8. CASSETTE COMPARTMENT
9. COUNTER RESET BUTTON
Press to clear the digital counter to “0000”.
10. RESET BUTTONS
Press these buttons at the same time to clear all
(microprocessor) functions.
Press the “S” button to reset the system. (This does
not erase the stored information.)
11. REC/PLAY HOURS BUTTONS
▲(UP): Press to increase hours to the next
higher value.
▼(DOWN): Press to decrease hours to the next
lower value. The tape speed will be
indicated as part of the monitor display.
12. TIMER BUTTON
Press after programming the TIMER for automatic
TIMER recording. See page 13 for TIMER
programming.
13. V-POS (VERTICAL POSITION) / V-LOCK
BUTTON
Press repeatedly to control the vertical position of the
programmable display on the monitor.
Press to reduce vertical jitter in the still play mode.
14. H-POS (HORIZONTAL POSITION) / V-LOCK
BUTTON
Press repeatedly to control the horizontal position of
the programmable display on the monitor.
Press to reduce vertical jitter in the still play mode.
15. ALARM RESET BUTTON
Press to clear POWER LOSS information. When this
button is pressed when the Alarm Memory screen is
being displayed, the alarm memory is cleared.
16. ALARM INDEX BUTTON
Press this button to cause the INDEX indicator to light,
and set the VCR to the visual search mode (turn and
hold the shuttle to forward or rewind during playback
mode) in this state; the start of the alarm recorded can
be located.

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17. EJECT BUTTON
Press to remove the cassette. The EJECT button will
not operate in the RECORD mode.
18. STOP BUTTON
Press to stop the tape. The STOP button must be
pressed to end the RECORD and PLAY mode.
19. PLAY/STILL BUTTON
Press to play recorded material in the forward
direction. Pressing this during recording makes it
possible to check recordings.
Press to momentarily stop tape motion in the play
mode. The STILL function allows close inspection of
individual scenes. See the description of STILL
playback on page 20.
20.TIMER LED
The LED lights up during timer recording or timer
stand by mode.
21. ALARM LED
The LED lights up during alarm recording.
22. REC LED
The LED lights up during recording.
23. RECORD BUTTON
Press to start recording.
24. JOG DIAL
Turn the jog dial to reverse or advance the tape one
field in the play or STILL playback mode.
25. SHUTTLE RING
Turn the shuttle to rewind or fast forward the tape
during STOP mode.
Turn the shuttle during playback and a forward or a
reverse playback picture at high speed can be seen.
Turn the shuttle to play recorded material at the 03
speed in the reverse direction during the PLAY mode.
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0
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5
7
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Reverse direction Forward direction
Forward search
Normal play
Still play
Reverse play
Reverse search
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REVERSE FORWARD
USING JOG/SHUTTLE RING
Use of the jog/shuttle ring allows many different kinds of
playback – normal play, forward search, reverse play
and reverse search.
Note: If the shuttle ring is operated in stop mode, the
VCR enters the fast forward or rewind mode.
■How to use the jog dial on the VCR
Turn the jog dial during play or still play for forward or
reverse frame advance.
• Every time the jog dial is brought to the point where a
slight click is felt, the picture will move by one frame.
• Releasing the jog dial returns to still play.
■How to use the shuttle ring
If the shuttle ring is operated during normal or still
playback, turning the ring to the positions indicated
gives the special effects shown.
• Release the shuttle ring for still play.
• If the shuttle ring is operated during still play
and is then released, the VCR re-enters the still
play mode. If the VCR is left for one minute after
still play is restored from reverse play, the VCR
will enter the stop mode automatically to
prevent damage to the tape.
• Numbers indicate tape speeds with normal play
as 0.
Notes:
• The picture may contain noise, streaking or other
distortion when it changes.
• If noise bars appear on the TV screen during still
mode, adjust the TRACKING control on the VCR to
adjust tracking.

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TAB
TAPE END A
SPEED
TIMER
REC ALARM
LOCK
INDEX
27 28 29 3230 31
[DISPLAY]
HARD
37
SOFT
38
CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS (Continued)
26. TAPE-IN INDICATOR
Lights when a cassette is in the compartment.
27. TAB INDICATOR
Lights when a cassette without its safety tab is loaded.
28. ALARM INDICATOR
ALARM appears during alarm recording.
ALARM flashes when alarm recording ends.
29. TAPE END INDICATOR
Lights when the tape reaches the end during
recording.
Note: “TAPE END” is not displayed when you have
selected REWIND, RE-REC in the “RECYCLE
FUNCTIONS” menu in the alarm display or you have
selected REWIND, STOP IF ALARM but an alarm
recording has not been made.
30. A INDICATOR
Lights when no video signal is input. Video signal
input will turn this indicator off automatically.
31. TIMER INDICATOR
This is lit during timer recording or TIMER stand-by
mode.
The indicator flashes in the following cases.
• A cassette is not loaded.
• A cassette without its safety tab is loaded.
• The timer has not been programmed.
32. LOCK INDICATOR
LOCK appears when the recorder is in the security
lock mode.
33. HARD INDICATOR
Lights when adjust the picture quality to hard during
playback mode and after setting.
34. SOFT INDICATOR
Lights when adjust the picture quality to soft during
playback mode and after setting.
35. VCR MODE INDICATORS
• appears during recording.
•tt appears during the rewind mode.
•ss appears during the fast forward mode.
•tt (or ss) flashes during visual search.
•sappears during the playback mode.
•tappears during the reverse play mode.
•
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appears when the PLAY/STILL button is
pressed during play mode and disappears
when the PLAY/STILL button is pressed
again.
•t
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(or
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s) appears while the JOG DIAL is turn
reverse (or advance) in the still playback
mode.
Note: Still playback is restored when the jog
dial is released.
36. INDEX INDICATOR
INDEX appears when the ALARM INDEX button is
pressed.
INDEX disappears when the ALARM INDEX button is
pressed again.
INDEX flashes during alarm indexing.
37. DIGITAL COUNTER
Shows the tape counter. The counter does not count
during non-recorded sections of a tape.
In low temperature, display speed may be slow. The
count of a counter is ensured.
38. TAPE SPEED INDICATOR
Shows the tape speed.
REC

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[REAR]
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39. AC INLET
40. VIDEO IN
Receives video signal from a video camera or another
VCR.
41. VIDEO OUT
For connection to monitor.
42. EXTERNAL INTERFACE (8 X 2-PIN) JACK
Connect an alarm switch, door sensor, etc.
43. AUDIO IN
Accepts an audio signal from a camera, external
sound equipment or another recorder (Line: –8 dBm,
50 kohm, unbalanced).
44. AUDIO OUT
Provides an audio output for a monitor or another
recorder (–9 dBm, 600 ohm, unbalanced).
qALARM IN
wALARM OUT
eNC
rTAPE END OUT
tTAPE END RESET
yWARNING OUT
uNC
iTIME ADJUST
oCAMERA SW OUT
!0 REC START IN
!1 NC
!2 NC
!3 REMOTE IN
!4 REC CHECK IN
!5 GND
!6 GND
6
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5
1
4
1
3
1
2 1
1
1
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1
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4
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1
ScrewdriverTab
Wire
10mm
CONNECTING WIRES
1. Strip off the wire cover by approx. 10mm.
2. Use a screwdriver, etc. to hold the tab, then
insert the wire.
• Push the tab firmly when inserting wire.
3. Release the screwdriver.
• The wire will be fixed.
Note: When disconnecting the wire, use the
screwdriver again to hold the tab, then pull the wire
out.

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MONITOR
CAMERA
SWITCHER
VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER
PREAMP
MICROPHONE
AVR24TLAX (E) QR34283
INSTALLATION
VIDEO CONNECTIONS
Use coaxial cables when connecting a camera and a
monitor to this VCR.
Note: Long cable runs to distant cameras may
cause signal deterioration and/or sync discrep-
ancies. If these problems occur, use video line
amplifiers and/or cameras having phase-adjustable
line-locked vertical sync.
Video Input
In single camera systems, connect the camera to the
Video IN BNC terminal on the VCR rear panel. Use
of a 2:1 interlace camera is highly recommended;
otherwise, the monitor will show vertical distortion
of the TIME/DATE characters.
In multiple camera systems, connect the switcher
output to the Video IN BNC terminal. Because
multiple camera systems require synchronization,
use of cameras having line-locked vertical sync or a
genlocked master drive/sync source is highly re-
commended. The use of vertical interval switchers
is also recommended.
Video Output
Connect the monitor to the Video OUT BNC terminal
on the rear panel.
AUDIO CONNECTIONS
Note: Audio recording can be performed at the 03,
12 and 24-hour recording speeds and audio
playback at the 03, A12, and A24 speeds.
Audio In: Accepts an audio signal from a camera,
external sound equipment, or another recorder
(Line: –8 dBm, 50 kohm).
Audio Out: Provides an audio output for a monitor
or another recorder (–9 dBm, 600 ohm, unbalanced).

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EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS
ALARM IN
You can connect an alarm switch with a resistance
of 1 kohm or less or a door sensor. Connect pin q
to !5 or !6 (ground) through the switches.
Note: Do not apply a voltage to pin q, !5 or !6.
ALARM OUT
Approx. 12V is applied to pin wduring an alarm
recording.
Notes:
• When you have selected “PULSE” in the “ALARM
OUT” menu in the ALARM display, approx. 12V
pulses will be applied to the output after the
alarm recording ends.
• When you have selected “DURATION” in the
“ALARM OUT” menu in the ALARM display, no
voltage is applied after the alarm recording ends.
• The output impedance is approx. 100 ohm.
TAPE END OUT
Approx. 12V is applied to pin rwhen the tape
reaches the end.
Notes:
• This does not operate when you have selected
“REW, RE-REC” in the “RECYCLE FUNCTIONS”
menu in the ALARM display or you have selected
“REWIND, STOP IF ALARM” and no alarm
recording has been made.
• The output impedance is approx. 100 ohm.
TAPE END RESET
The TAPE END OUT can be turned off when pin tis
shorted to pin !5 or !6.
Note: Do not apply a voltage to pin t, !5 or !6.
WARNING OUT
When an abnormality has occurred in this VCR,
approx. 5V is output to pin yto warn the user.
TIME ADJUST
When two or more of this VCR model are used,
connect via these terminals. With only one VCR,
specify TIME ADJUST: MASTER, in [OPTIONS]
items on the CLOCK SET display. Specify TIME
ADJUST: SLAVE (default setting at the factory) for
all other VCRs. Each time “2:00:05” is reached, the
VCR set to MASTER transmits pulses for adjustment
to the VCRs set to SLAVE. When the VCRs set to
SLAVE receive these pulses, their clocks will adjust
to the same time as the clock in the VCR set to
MASTER.
Notes:
• Do not connect any device to pin e, u, !1 , !2.
• Be sure to set only one VCR to MASTER. If no VCR
is set to MASTER, or two or more VCRs are set to
MASTER, the TIME ADJUST function will not
operate normally.
ALARM IN GND
5
1
1
6
1
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EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS (Continued)
CAMERA SW OUT
Pin ooutputs the following signal each time a one-
field image is recorded. You can combine this with
a video camera switcher which can be controlled
externally.
The output timing can be specified using the
SELECTION MENU screen.
REC START IN
Recording is started when 5 ~ 12V is applied to pin
!0.
REMOTE IN
This VCR can be remote controlled when the
following circuit is connected to pin !3.
The above resistance values have a tolerance of
±2%.
REC CHECK IN
Recording can be checked when pin !4 is shorted to
pin !5 or !6 during recording mode. The recorded
material is played back for several seconds so that
you can check whether recording is made normally
or not.
5±2 ms
0~0.4V
4.5~5.5V
STOP
or PLAY STILL REW F.ADV F.F RECMODE UP
5
1
6
1
3
1