Sanyo TLS-4960 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL TLS-4960
TLS-4072
Time Lapse Video Cassette Recorder English
Magnétoscope time lapse à cassette Français
Videograbador en lapsos de tiempo Español
Please read this manual and accompanying “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” sheet carefully before connecting
your VCR and operating it for the first time.
Be sure to read carefully and follow all the PRECAUTIONS on page 1 and 2.
Keep the manual in a safe place for future reference.
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PRECAUTIONS
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an
equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the
presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the
product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude
to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert the user to the presence of important
operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in
the literature accompanying the product.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric
shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or
other moisture.
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the manufacturer may void the user’s
authority to operate this equipment.
For customers in Canada
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian
ICES-003.
This equipment has 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 against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generated, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:
œReorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
œIncrease the separation between the equipment
and receiver.
œConnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit
different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
œConsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV
technician for help.
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PRECAUTIONS
Location
For safe operation and satisfactory performance of your
VCR, keep the following in mind when selecting a place
for its installation:
œShield it from direct sunlight and keep it away from
sources of intense heat.
œAvoid dusty or humid places.
œAvoid places with insufficient ventilation for proper
heat dissipation. Do not block the ventilation holes of
the VCR. Do not place the unit on a carpet because
this will block the ventilation holes.
œInstall the VCR in a horizontal position only.
œAvoid locations subject to strong vibrations.
œAvoid moving the VCR between cold and hot
locations (see “Moisture Condensation Problems”, this
page).
œDo not place the VCR directly on top of the TV, as this
may cause playback or recording problems.
Avoiding Electrical Shock and Fire
œDo not handle the power cord with wet hands.
œDo not pull on the power cord when disconnecting it
from an AC wall outlet. Grasp it by the plug.
œIf any liquid is spilled on the VCR, unplug the power
cord immediately and have the unit inspected at a
factory-authorized service center.
œDo not place anything directly on top of this VCR.
Moisture Condensation Problems
Cause:
When the VCR is first installed, moved from a cold area
to a warm area or placed in a location with high humidity,
dew (moisture) may form in the unit. The Dew indicator
(À) blinks. If you operate the VCR with dew inside,
damage may result.
Prevention:
1Do not operate the VCR for approximately 2 hours.
When the VCR reaches room temperature, the Dew
indicator (À) will turn off and the VCR will be ready
for operation.
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CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FEATURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ACCESSORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
LOCATIONS OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS . . . . 4
CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ON-SCREEN MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND CLOCK. . . . . . . . . . 11
SUPERIMPOSE DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
TAPE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
NORMAL RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
AUTOREPEAT RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ALARM RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PROGRAM TIMER RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RECORDING USING AN EXTERNAL TIMER INPUT . 31
SERIES RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SINGLE IMAGE RECORDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
NORMAL PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SPECIAL PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
DAY/TIME SEARCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECURITY LOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CLOCK ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SELECTING INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINALS . . . . 37
SETTING THE CASSETTE EJECT MODE . . . . . . . . . 38
SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SETTING FOR RS-485 USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CHECKING POWER FAILURE, FAILURE DUE TO
CONDENSATION AND USAGE DURATION . . . . 42
OUTPUT TERMINALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
HEAD SWITCHING FUNCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
FEATURES
œTape management function
œClog detection
œHigh-speed Fast Forward/Rewind
œField recording/playback
œAudio recording is available in 2-, 12- and 24-hour
modes (T-120)
œAutorepeat recording
œSeries recording function
œAlarm recording function
œSingle image recording function
œOn-screen mode setting
œIntegrated time date generator
œDay/Time search function
œAlarm scan/search function
œForward/Reverse field advance function
œ30-day memory backup
œSecurity lock
œRecording check function
œAutomatic head cleaning function
œThread check function
œSynchronization control function
œHead switching function
TLS-4960 only
œ2, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 168, 240, 360, 480, 720 and
960-hour mode recording (T-120)
TLS-4072 only
œ2, 12, 24, 48 and 72-hour mode recording (T-120)
When using the RS-485 interface board (VZU-40485),
the VCR can be controlled from a system controller.
ACCESSORY
1Power cord
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LOCATIONS OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
Front Panel
1EJECT button
2Cassette loading slot
3STILL/PAUSE button
SEARCH button
MENU EXIT button
4REW (rewind) button
5PLAY button
REC CHECK button
6FF (fast forward) button
7STOP button
8REC (record) button
9POWER indicator
FREPEAT (autorepeat recording) indicator
GMENU RESET button
HALL RESET button
ITIMER button
jbutton
JREC/PLAY SPEED l(decrease recording/playback
speed mode) button
lbutton
KTRACKING + button
SHIFT «button
ENTER button
LTRACKING – button
SHIFT ]button
CLEAR button
MAUDIO ON button
MENU button
Press this button to display the menu.
Buttons I, J, Kand Lare used for menu control.
NON SCREEN switch
OFront door
PDigital display panel
REW FF STOP
STILL/PAUSE
SEARCH
AUDIO ON
TRACKING
(
c
)
SHIFT
(
b
)
ON SCREENMENU
E
X I T
OFF ON
MENU
RESET
ALL
RESET
POWER
REPEAT
REC
EJECT
21 3
GHIJKLMNOP
4 5 6 7 89F
PLAY
(REC CHECK)
TIMER
CLEARMENU ENTER
REC/PLAY
SPEED
l
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LOCATIONS OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
Digital Display
1Mode display
œWarning display
N flashes: Mode changed to non-recording
mode while recording was in progress.
M flashes: Problem with mechanism.
C flashes: Clog detection has occurred.
V flashes: Video loss has occurred.
A flashes: Alarm recording in progress.
When alarm recording finishes, AL
lights.
AL flashes during alarm recording.
NOTES:
œThe warning details appear according to the
(WARNING OUT/CONTROL SET) menu
setting.
œThe warning display has priority over other
types of display. (Refer to “WARNING OUT
Terminal”on page 45.)
œTo cancel the display press the STOP button.
œRecording/playback
speed mode
œAlarm search
setting display
œAlarm scan setting
display
œDay/Time search
setting display
œTime display (No tape)
œLinear time counter
display (Tape inserted)
œDew display
œTracking control
display
[With the RS-485 interface board]
œData transfer speed
setting display
œAddress setting display
2Power failure indicator
Lights after a power failure.
NOTE:
œTo cancel the “P” display, press the MENU
RESET button.
3External input indicator
Lights when recording using the EXT TIMER IN
input terminal.
4Timer Recording indicator
Lights when in timer recording stand-by mode, or
during a timer recording.
5Security lock indicator
Lights when the security lock is engaged.
M
EPT/D AL
OFF
2 3
68
51
7
4
AL
AL
AL
T/D
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LOCATIONS OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
6Operation Indicators
œThey display the actual operation mode.
Operation Mode Indicator
Record (REC)
Record pause (REC PAUSE)
Playback (PLAY)
Still image (STILL)
Fast forward (FF)
Rewind (REW)
Forward picture search
Reverse picture search
Forward field advance
Reverse field advance
œClog detection indicator
Flashes when the recording quality deteriorates
due to dirty VCR heads.
7OFF indicator
Lights when the tape end has been reached after
recording.
8Cassette indicator
Lights when a cassette is loaded.
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LOCATIONS OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
Back Panel
1Battery compartment
2ALARM IN (alarm trigger input) terminal
1 SHOT IN (single image recording trigger input)
terminal
3CONTROL IN terminal
4SERIES IN (series recording trigger input) terminal
5EXT TIMER IN (external timer trigger input) terminal
ALARM REST IN (alarm recording reset input)
terminal
6COM terminal
7WARNING OUT (warning output) terminal
œSignals are output when an alarm, clog detection,
video loss, non-recording or mechanism problem
occurs.
8CONTROL OUT terminal
9TAPE END OUT (tape end output) terminal
FTIMER OUT (timer recording output) terminal
GSW OUT (switch output) terminal
HVIDEO IN (video input) jack
IVIDEO OUT (video output) jack
JAUDIO OUT (audio output) jack
KAUDIO IN (audio input) jack
LREMOTE (remote control input) jack
MAC power input
1RS-485 interface board (sold separately)
ASHORT FOR TERMINATION terminal
BSHORT FOR TERMINATION terminal
CDo not use
DDo not use
ECOM terminal
FRS485 A terminal
GRS485 B terminal
HCOM terminal
IRS485 A terminal
JRS485 B terminal
NOTES:
œThe above illustration shows the unit when the
RS-485 interface board is installed. If no RS-485
interface board is installed, connectors and switches
Athrough to Jdo not appear.
œThe terminal may be damaged by a torque of 0.49
N.m (5kg.cm) or more and by using screwdriver with a
tip with a diameter of 6 mm or more.
œThe 3, 4, 8and Fterminals can be used to select
the input and output signals. (Refer to “SELECTING
INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINALS”on page 37.)
œIf using the 3and 8terminals, multiple VCRs can be
operated by operating a single VCR. (Refer to
“SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL”on page 39.)
AUDIO VIDEO
OUT
OUT
IN
IN
REMOTE
OPEN COLLECTOR
ALARM(1 SHOT)IN SERIES IN 3 COM CONTROL OUT 3
CONTROL IN 3 WARNING OUT 1
EXT TIMER
(ALARM RESET) IN
TAPE END OUT 2 SW OUT
TIMER OUT 3
1=500mA(Max.)
2= 50mA(Max.)
AC IN
PUSH
OPEN
ALARM(1 SHOT)IN SERIES IN 3
SHORT FOR
TERMINATION.
COM
COM COMRS485 A RS485 B RS485 B RS485 A
CONTROL OUT 3
CONTROL IN 3 WARNING OUT 1
EXT TIMER
(ALARM RESET) IN
TAPE END OUT 2 SW OUT
TIMER OUT 3
1
M L
3
B
G
J
F
I
8
G
6
E
4
C
2
A
1
9
H
7
F
5
D
IJK H
With the RS-485 interface board
3=SEE MANUAL
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CONNECTIONS
Connect the video camera and TV monitor as shown in the figure below.
NOTE: Before making the connections, make sure the devices are disconnected from the power outlet.
Video camera
(sold separately)
AUDIO VIDEO
OUT
OUT
IN
IN
REMOTE
OPEN COLLECTOR
ALARM(1 SHOT)IN SERIES IN 3 COM CONTROL OUT 3
CONTROL IN 3 WARNING OUT 1
EXT TIMER
(ALARM RESET) IN
TAPE END OUT 2 SW OUT
TIMER OUT 3
1=500mA(Max.)
2= 50mA(Max.)
3=SEE MANUAL
PUSH
OPEN
To remote control
(sold separately)
TV Monitor (sold separately)
Coaxial
cable
(sold
separately)
To
VIDEO
IN
jack
To
VIDEO
OUT
jack
From an external
audio source
AC IN
Power cord
To outlet
Power Cord Installation
1Plug the supplied power cord firmly into the AC
power input AC IN ~ socket.
2Insert the plug of this power cord into a outlet.
NOTES:
œFor more details, please refer to the manuals
accompanying all other devices. If the connections
are not made properly, it may cause a fire or damage
the equipment.
œYou can use a VA-RMN01 Remote Control Unit (sold
separately) to control the VCR remotely.
œIf there is no video signal when the power is turned
on, “NO VIDEO”will be displayed on-screen.
œThe grounded power cord (3-pin plug) must be
connected to a grounded power outlet.
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ON-SCREEN MENU
Main Menu
To access on-screen menu
1When no menu is displayed on-screen, press the
MENU button.
øThe MAIN MENU appears.
MAIN MENU
<MAIN@MENU>
1.LANGUAGE/CLOCK@SET
2.DISPLAY/SW@OUT@SET
3.GENERAL@SET
4.WARNING@OUT/CONTR.SET
5.ALARM/SERIES@REC@SET
6.TAPE@MANAGEMENT
7.TIMER@SET
8.HOLIDAY@SET
9.OTHERS
2Press the MENU EXIT (or MENU) button to return to
the monitor screen.
Using the l, j, ENTER and CLEAR buttons for
setting
l(or j) button
œWhen the display is highlighted in a MAIN MENU,
select a sub-menu.
œWhen the display is highlighted in a sub-menu, select
a setting item.
œWhile the display is flashing, the selected data setting
will change or the selected setting value will increase
or decrease.
ENTER button
œAfter making the setting, press this button to save the
setting and move to the next setting.
œWhen a MAIN MENU is being displayed, press this
button and the sub-menu for selection will appear.
œWhen a menu is being displayed, press this button to
change the selected setting item from highlighted to
flashing.
œIf there are several items on one line, press this
button to confirm the setting and move to the next
item (on the right).
CLEAR button
œWhen a sub-menu is being displayed, press this
button and the MAIN MENU will appear.
œIf there are several items on one line, press this
button to move to the previous item (on the left).
Sub-menus
To enter or modify settings within a sub-menu
1When a MAIN MENU is being displayed, press the l
(or j) button to select one of the sub-menus, then
press the ENTER button.
øThe selected sub-menu appears.
2Press the l(or j) button to move the selection to
the desired setting, then press the ENTER button.
øThe selected item flashes.
3Press the l(or j) button to enter or modify the
setting.
4Press the MENU EXIT button to save the settings
and return to the monitor screen.
LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET menu
<LANGUAGE/CLOCK@SET>
*LANGUAGE-LANGUE-IDIOMA
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENGLISH
*CLOCK@SET
@01-01-2002@TUE@00:00:00
*DAYLIGHT@SET@@@@@NO@USE
@@@@@@WEEK@@@MONTH@TIME
@ON@@@1ST-SUN@@04@@02:00
@OFF@@LST-SUN@@10@@02:00
DISPLAY/SW OUT SET menu
<DISPLAY@SET>@@@@SET@UP
DATE@@@@@@@@@@@@@Y
TIME@@@@@@@@@@@@@Y
SPEED@@@@@@@@@@@@Y
ALARM@COUNT@@@@@@Y
<SW@OUT@SET>
TIMING@@@@@@@@@@@FIELD
FIELD@@@@@@@@@@@@1
2H@MODE@@@@@@@@@@Y
GENERAL SET menu
<GENERAL@SET>
TAPE@IN@MODE@@@@@STOP
TAPE@END@MODE@@@@REW
CLOCK@ADJUST@@@@@01:00
THREAD@CHECK@@@@@N
VIDEO@LOSS@@@@@@@N
CLOG@DETECT.@@@@@N
REMOTE@@@@@@@@@@@MENU
VIDEO@@@@@@@@@@@@COLOR
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