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CONTENTS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY .............................................. 3
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY ................................... 3
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .......................... 4
PRECAUTIONS ................................................................ 5
TRADEMARKS AND REGISTERED TRADEMARKS ...... 6
ABOUT THESE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS .............. 6
PREFACE ......................................................................... 8
FEATURES ....................................................................... 8
MAJOR OPERATING CONTROLS AND
THEIR FUNCTIONS ......................................................... 9
■Front View ................................................................... 9
■Rear View ................................................................... 11
■On Monitor 1 (To display only live image) .................. 12
■On Monitor 2 (To display live or recorded images) ..... 13
STARTUP ......................................................................... 17
CLOCK ADJUSTMENT .................................................... 18
SHUTDOWN ..................................................................... 19
RECORDING (Manual Recording) ................................... 20
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 Copied Recorded Images and Play it back
(Copy Data Search) .................................................... 32
■Search for a motion detected time and date from
the recorded images and play it (VMD search) .......... 36
■Search for a marked point and play from that point
(Marking search) ......................................................... 41
MONITOR LIVE IMAGES ................................................. 42
■Displaying Live Images on a Single Screen ............... 42
■Displaying on a Multi-screen ....................................... 43
■Sequential Display ...................................................... 44
CONTROL CAMERAS ..................................................... 45
■Panning/Tilting ............................................................ 45
■Zoom ........................................................................... 45
■Focus .......................................................................... 45
■Iris ............................................................................... 46
■Preset Action .............................................................. 46
■Auto Function (Auto Pan, etc) ..................................... 48
ABOUT THE EVENT FUNCTION ..................................... 49
■Action at an event occurrence .................................... 49
■Cancel the Alarm Action ............................................. 51
■Suspend the Alarm Actions ........................................ 51
COPYING (Duplicate) ....................................................... 52
DELETE DATA ON THE DISK ......................................... 54
■Deletion of recorded images saved on the
hard disk manually ...................................................... 54
FORMAT (INITIALIZE) A DVD-RAM DISK ....................... 56
DISPLAY/EDIT TEXT INFORMATION ............................. 58
ERROR/WARNINGS ........................................................ 60
OPERATION USING A PC ............................................... 63
■Features ...................................................................... 63
■System Requirements of a PC ................................... 63
OPERATION OF THE UNIT IN THE CASCADE
CONNECTION .................................................................. 64
■Operation using the buttons on the front panel ........... 64
■Setup .......................................................................... 64
■Operation using the system controllers ...................... 65
MANAGEMENT OF USERS/HOSTS ............................... 66
OPERATING THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME ............. 68
Preparation for maintenance (HDD replacement,
installation, etc.) .............................................................. 69
INSTALLATIONS .............................................................. 71
Places to avoid ............................................................... 71
Rack mounting ................................................................ 71
CONNECTIONS ............................................................... 72
■Connections when the unit is used independently ...... 73
■Connections with an extension unit ............................ 74
■Connections with DVD-RAM, CD-R, and
DVD-R drives .............................................................. 75
■Connections with the VCR .......................................... 76
■Connections with PS·Data systems ............................ 77
■Cascade connection of multiple units ......................... 79
■Connection with the RS485 camera ........................... 83
■Mode Switch ............................................................... 85
■RS485 Port ................................................................. 85
■How to Use the Terminals of the ALARM/
CONTROL Connector ................................................. 86
■How to Use the Terminals of the ALARM
Connector ................................................................... 90
■How to Use the SERIAL Connector ............................ 92
SETUP .............................................................................. 93
■About the SETUP MENU (Quick) ............................... 93
■Item list of the SETUP MENU (Quick) ........................ 93
■[Display] ...................................................................... 94
■[REC & Event] ............................................................. 97
■[Network] ................................................................... 100
■About the SETUP MENU (Advanced) ...................... 101
■Item list of the SETUP MENU ................................... 101
■Basic Operation with the SETUP MENU
(Advanced) ............................................................... 104
■[System] Settings on System .................................... 105
■[Recording] ............................................................... 111
■[Event] Function for Events ........................................114
■[Schedule] Settings for the recording/
event action schedule ............................................... 119
■[Switcher] Settings for the switcher function ............. 124
■[Display] .....................................................................127
■[Comm] Settings for communication with other
devices ...................................................................... 130
■[Maintenance] Functions for Maintaining .................. 135
DISPLAY SETUP MENU OF CAMERA .......................... 139
DISK MANAGEMENT ..................................................... 140
■Notes on the hard disk ...............................................140
■How to replace the built-in hard disk ..........................140
■About the HDD DISK MENU ......................................143
■Display of the HDD DISK MENU ...............................143
■RAID 5 Function of the Extension Unit ......................144
■Formatting (Initialization) the Hard Disk .....................145
■Setting for Mirroring ...................................................149
SERIAL (RS232C) CONNECTOR COMMAND
REFERENCE .................................................................. 153
■SERIAL (RS232C) Communication Protocol ............ 153
■Command Format ..................................................... 153
FLOWCHART OF THE SETUP MENU ........................... 163
PARAMETERS AND THE DEFAULT SETTINGS
OF THE SETUP MENU .................................................. 164
TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................... 172
SPECIFICATION ............................................................ 176
STANDARD ACCESSORIES ......................................... 177