Sony Vr-510u User manual

VR-510U DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED

Printed in Japan

LLT0010-001A

is a registered trademark owned by VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.

is a registered trademark in Japan, the U.S.A., the U.K. and many other countries.

LLT0010-001A

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

VR-510U INSTRUCTIONS

For Customer Use:

Enter below the Serial No. which is

located on the rear of cabinet. Retain this

information for future reference.

Model No. VR-510U

Serial No.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

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1. Read all of these instructions.

2. Save these instructions for later use.

3. All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions should be adhered to.

4. Unplug this appliance system from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp

cloth for cleaning.

5. Do not use attachments not recommended by the appliance manufacturer as they may cause hazards.

6. Do not use this appliance near water – for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement,

or near a swimming pool, etc.

7. Do not place this appliance on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The appliance may fall, causing serious

injury to a child or adult, and serious damage to the appliance.

Use only with a cart or stand recommended by the manufacturer, or sold with the appliance.

Wall or shelf mounting should follow the manufacturer’s instructions, and should use a mounting kit

approved by the manufacturer.

An appliance and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stops, excessive force, and un-

even surfaces may cause the appliance and cart combination to overturn.

8. Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for ventilation, and to insure

reliable operation of the appliance and to protect it from overheating, these openings must not be blocked

or covered.The openings should never be blocked by placing the appliance on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. This

appliance should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register. This appliance should not be placed in a built-in

installation such as a bookcase unless proper ventilation is provided.

9. This appliance should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the

type of power supplied to your home, consult your dealer or local power company. For appliance designed to operate from

battery power, refer to the operating instructions.

10. This appliance system is equipped with a 3-wire grounding type plug (a plug having a third (grounding) pin). This plug will only

fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact your

electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding plug.

11. For added protection for this product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time,

unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to

lightning and power-line surges.

12. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this appliance where the cord will be abused by persons walking

on it.

13. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the appliance.

14. Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in fire or electric shock.

15. Never push objects of any kind into this appliance through cabinet slots as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short

out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the appliance.

16. Do not attempt to service this appliance yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or

other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

17. Unplug this appliance from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions:

a. When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed.

b. If liquid has been spilled into the appliance.

c. If the appliance has been exposed to rain or water.

d. If the appliance does not operate normally by following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that are

covered by the operating instructions as improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require

extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the appliance to normal operation.

e. If the appliance has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged.

f. When the appliance exhibits a distinct change in performance – this indicates a need for service.

18. When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufac-

turer that have the same characteristics as the original part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or

other hazards.

19. Upon completion of any service or repairs to this appliance, ask the service technician to perform routine safety checks to

determine that the appliance is in safe operating condition.

CAUTION ATTENTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

RISQUE D’ELECTROCUTION

NE PAS OUVRIR

INFORMATION

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 installa-

tion. This equipment generates, 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 interfer-

ence will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to 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:

●Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

●Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

●Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different

from that to which the receiver is connected.

●Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for

help.

CAUTION

CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT APPROVED BY JVC

COULD VOID USER’S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE

EQUIPMENT.

NOTE:

The rating plate (serial number plate) is on the bottom of the unit.

ATTENTION: POUR EVITER TOUT RISQUE D’ELECTROCUTION

NE PAS OUVRIR LE BOITER.

AUCUNE PIECE INTERIEURE N’EST

A REGLER PAR L’UTILISATEUR.

SE REFERER A UN AGENT QUALIFIE EN CAS DE PROBLEME.

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

WARNING:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC

SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO

RAIN OR MOISTURE.

This unit should be used with 120 V AC only.

CAUTION:

To prevent electric shocks and fire hazards, DO NOT

use any other power source.

AVERTISSEMENT:

POUR EVITER LES RISQUES D’INCENDIE OU

D’ELECTROCUTION, NE PAS EXPOSER

L’APPAREIL A L’HUMIDITE OU A LA PLUIE.

Ce magnétoscope ne doit être utilisé que sur du

courant alternatif en 120 V.

ATTENTION:

Afin d’éviter tout resque d’incendie ou

d’électrocution, ne pas utiliser d’autres sources

d’alimentation électrique.

REMARQUE:

La plaque d’identification (numéro de série) se trouve sur le

panneau arrière de l’appareil.

INFORMATION (FOR CANADA)

RENSEIGNEMENT (POUR CANADA)

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-

003.

Cet appareil numérique de la Class B est conforme àla

norme NMB-003 du Canada.

WARNING ON LITHIUM BATTERY

The battery used in this device may present a fire or chemical

burn hazard if mistreated. Do not recharge, disassemble, heat

above 100˚C (212˚F) or incinerate.

Replace battery with Matsushita Electric CR2032, use of

another battery may present a risk of fire or explosion.

•Dispose of used battery promptly.

• Keep away from children.

•Do not disassemble and do not dispose of in fire.

Le symbole de l’éclair àl’intérieur d’un triangle

équilatéral est destiné à alerter l’utilisateur sur la

présence d’une “tension dangereuse” non isolée dans

le boîtier du produit. Cette tension est suffisante pour

provoquer l’électrocution de personnes.

Le point d’exclamation àl’intérieur d’un triangle

équilatéral est destiné à alerter l’utilisateur sur la

présence d’opérations d’entretien importantes au sujet

desquelles des renseignements se trouvent dans le

manuel d’instructions.

*Ces symboles ne sont utilisés qu’aux Etats-Unis.

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 appliance.

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC

RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING

TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE

HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST

ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING

INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERA-

TION.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

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Thank you for purchasing the JVC

VR-510U digital video recorder.

1. INTRODUCTIONS

1-1 Precautions ................................................................. 5

2. CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS AND DISPLAY

2-1 Front panel .................................................................. 6

2-2 Rear panel .................................................................. 7

2-3 Display ........................................................................8

3. CONNECTIONS

3-1 Recording video signals from a camera .....................9

3-2 Connecting more than one camera (using an external

switcher) .................................................................... 10

3-3 Connecting signal input/output terminals .................. 11

4. PREPARATION

4-1 Installing a battery ..................................................... 12

4-2 Power supply ............................................................ 12

4-3 Setting the date and time .......................................... 13

4-4 Daylight-saving time compensation .......................... 13

5. ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES

5-1 On-screen display ..................................................... 14

5-2 Menu switches .......................................................... 15

Menu flow................................................................. 15

Jog/shuttle dial operation .......................................... 16

Display ...................................................................... 17

Setting ....................................................................... 18

5-3 Menu switch details ..................................................19

6. RECORDING

6-1 Basic operation ......................................................... 22

Recording system

<Normal recording> <Repeat recording> ................. 22

6-2 Program timer recording ........................................... 23

Weekly timer ............................................................. 23

Timer-recording for 24 hours or more ....................... 24

Daily timer ................................................................. 25

Estimated recordable duration .................................. 26

6-3 Holiday timer recording ............................................. 27

6-4 Alarm recording ......................................................... 28

Repeat recording during alarm recording ................. 28

6-5 Sensor recording ...................................................... 29

Pre-sensor recording ................................................ 29

6-6 Recording with an external activation signal ............. 30

6-7 Automatic restart of recording after power failure ..... 30

7. PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK

7-1 Basic operation ......................................................... 31

Playback ................................................................... 31

Simultaneous Playback mode ..................................31

7-2 Jog/shuttle playback ................................................. 32

7-3 Skip search ............................................................... 33

Time search .............................................................. 33

Event search ............................................................. 34

Alarm search ............................................................. 34

7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search ................................. 35

8. HARD DISK CONTROL

8-1 Hard disk maintenance ............................................. 36

Scanning the disk .....................................................36

Formatting ................................................................. 37

9. TROUBLESHOOTING

9-1 Error indication ......................................................... 38

9-2 No error indication ....................................................39

10. RS-232C INTERFACE

10-1 Specifications .......................................................... 40

10-2 Protocols and commands........................................40

10-3 Commands .............................................................. 42

11. OTHERS

11-1 Recording time ....................................................... 47

11-2 Signal input/output terminals ................................... 48

11-3 Specifications .......................................................... 49

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

●Large-capacity hard disk (80 GB)

Large-capacity hard disk enables high-quality/high-capacity

recording/playback. (Can be increased up to 160 GB)

●Simultaneous recording/playback mode

You can play or back up programs even during recording.

●Instant picture search

You can access images at a specified date/time or alarm

point instantly.

●Restoring recording after power failure

When power is restored after power failure, recording

automatically re-starts in the same mode engaged before

the power failure.

●Timer recording function

Up to 8 timer recording settings can be programmed,

including daily and weekly.

●Alarm recording function

You can preset the VCR to automatically enter a specified

recording mode whenever an alarm signal is received.

●RS-232C control

JVC cannot accept liability for loss or damage to recording

that result from a malfunction of this unit or the hard drive.

Please note that it may be unlawful to use any material

recorded from television broadcast programs or pre-

recorded programs without the consent of the owner of

exclusively for personal use.

When the hard disk is replaced or the firmware is up-

graded, all recorded data on the hard disk is erased.

Characters and marks used in this text

Caution : Additional information about a specific

operation or procedure.

Memo : Information about a function or specification.

Reference : Other items or pages containing information

on the topic.

1-1 Precautions

Installation and storage

●To avoid malfunctions or damage to your recorder, do

not use or store it in places subject to the following

conditions.

•Extreme heat or cold – temperature outside the allowable

range (5˚C to 40˚C)

•High humidity – outside the allowable operating range

(30% to 80%)

•Strong magnetic fields (generated by transformers,

motors, etc.)

•Electrical waves generated by equipment such as a

transceiver or cellular phone

•Dust and soil

•Vibrations

•Condensation

Handling

To prevent unit from overheating, do not place it anything

on top of any other equipment or place other equipment on

top of it.

This unit should only be operated when it is in a horizontal

(flat) position.

Avoid violent shocks to the unit.

Do not move this unit when the power is ON. This could

cause it to malfunction.

To avoid a malfunction, do not place anything heavy such

as a TV monitor on this unit.

To clean this unit, wipe it gently with a soft cloth.

Do not use chemical solvents such as thinner or benzene

to clean this unit. Doing so could damage the surface. To

remove any excessive dirt, wipe the unit with a cloth dipped

in detergent and then wipe it with a dry cloth.

Transportation

Do not apply a shock to this unit during transportation. Do

not move this unit during recording or playback.

Energy saving

When the unit is not going to be used for a long time, turn

the power off to avoid unnecessary power consumption.

Hard disk

The hard disk is a consumable item. Replacement is

recommended after 30,000 hours of use (if used in a 25˚C

environment). For information on maintenance planning

and costs, consult your nearest JVC dealer.

Major features

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2 CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS AND DISPLAY

2-1 Front panel

1[LITHIUM BATTERY] battery box for memory backup

Install a memory backup battery. When replacing the battery with

a new one, be sure to set the date/time again.

Reference: “4-1 Installing a battery”on page 12.

2[POWER] indicator

When the [POWER] switch is turned ON, this indicator lights.

3[DISPLAY PANEL]

Shows the operation status or setting details.

Reference: “2-3 Display” on page 8.

4[TIMER] button

After programming the timer, press this button to engage the

Standby mode.

Reference: “6-2 Program timer recording”on page 23.

5[CANCEL] button

•When a line is selected on the [PROGRAM TIMER] or

[HOLIDAY SET] screen, press this button to clear it.

•When an alarm or warning occurs, press this button to stop the

buzzer.

Reference: “6-2 Program timer recording”on page 26 and “6-4

Alarm recording” on page 28

6[MENU] button

Press this button in the Stop mode to display the main menu

setting screen.

* The menu cannot be displayed when the 6[TIMER] indicator

(see page 8) is on or during recording/playback.

7[SEARCH] button

Press to display the search menu for alarm search or time/date

search. Pressing this button again restores the normal screen.

Reference: “7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search” on page 35.

8[DISPLAY] display panel switching button

Each time this button is pressed, the display changes in order from

CLOCK to DATE to REMAIN to REC QUALITY-REC SPEED.

•Press [DISPLAY] button in any mode except Record for about 2

seconds. The recording setting display is displayed, allowing

you to set recording quality/number of frames.

9Jog dial

In the Play or Still mode, use this dial for frame-by-frame

playback.

Reference: “7-2 Jog/shuttle playback”on page 32.

With the menu/search screen, use this dial to set the item or

value.

Reference: “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16.

0Shuttle search dial

Turn to vary the playback speed in the Play or Still mode.

Reference: “7-2 Jog/shuttle playback”on page 32.

With the menu/search screen, use this dial to set the item or

value.

Reference: “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16.

![REC] indicator

Lights when recording on the hard disk.

Blinks during alarm/sensor recording.

Goes out during recording if you set <REC TALLY> of <FRONT

DISPLAY> to “OFF”.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 19.

@[CLOCK RESET/CLEAR] button

In the Stop mode, press this button together with the [STOP]

button to reset the second value on the internal clock.

•With 29 seconds or less, the minute value stays the same and

the second value is reset to 00.

• With 30 seconds or more, the minute value is increased by 1

and the second value is reset to 00.

Pressing this button stops recording during alarm/sensor

recording.

When the alarm list screen or power-off list screen is displayed,

pressing this button clears the list.

Reference: “7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search”on page 35.

Use this button to cancel the [AUTO SCAN DISK] function.

Reference: “8-1 Hard disk maintenance”on page 36.

#[OPE.LOCK] operation lock key

Set to “ON” position with the provided key to lock switch

operation.

Security levels can be selected with menu switch <OPERATION

LOCK MODE>.

●ALL: Locks all switches.

●REC STOP: Prevents recording from being stopped when the

[STOP] button is pressed.

* Set to “ALL” for timer recording.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 19.

$[SKIP/ALARM SEARCH·EXECUTE] SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE

button

Skip search

In the Stop mode, press this button to go to the start or end of a

recording of the hard disk.

In the Play mode, press this button to start skip search.

There are three types of skip search:

●Time search: Goes to the point a specified time from the

current point.

●Event search: Goes to the start of an event recording.

●Alarm search: Goes to the start of an alarm recording.

Reference: “7-3 Skip search” on page 33

EXECUTE button

Use this button to execute alarm direct search, day/time direct

search or “disk scan”/ “quick format”.

Reference: “7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search”on page 35 and

“8-1 Hard disk maintenance”on page 36

%[STILL] button

In the Play mode, press this button to engage the Still mode.

^[PLAY] button

Press this button to start playback.

●In the Stop mode: Playback starts at the position where

playback was last stopped.

* Just after the power is turned ON, playback starts from a point

about 5 seconds before the end point of the last recording.

●In the Record mode: Simultaneous Playback mode is

engaged.

Reference: “Simultaneous Playback mode”on page 31.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

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2 CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS AND DISPLAY (contd.)

2-2 Rear panel

&[STOP] button

Press this button to stop operation. In the Simultaneous

Playback mode, press this button to stop playback and engage

the normal recording mode.

*[REC] button

Press in the Stop mode to start recording. The recording mode

can be set with the menu switch.

Reference: “6-1 Basic operation”on page 22.

([SLEEP] button

Before turning the power OFF, press this button to stop the

rotation of the hard disk.

)[SYSTEM RESET] button

This button is used for servicing. Normally, you do not need to

use this button.

q[POWER] switch

Turns power ON/OFF.

* Before turning the power OFF, press the ([SLEEP] button to

stop the rotation of the hard disk.

w[AC IN] socket

Connect to an AC 120 V outlet using the provided power cable.

eSignal input/output terminal

CAM SW OUT

Outputs camera switch timing control signals when this unit is

connected to a frame switcher.

Reference: "3-2 Connecting more than one camera (using an

external switcher)" on page 10.

ALARM IN 1

Accepts signals to start alarm or sensor recording.

ALARM RESET

Accepts signals to stop recording during alarm or sensor

recording.

CLOCK RESET IN

Connect to a master clock or the [CLOCK RESET

OUT] terminal of another device. When a clock reset

signal is input, this unit can be set to the master clock

or the other device’s clock.

When the clock reset signal is input, the clock second

value is reset: .

●With 29 seconds or less, the minute value stays the same

and the second value is reset to 00.

●With 30 seconds or more, the minute value is increased by 1

and the second value is reset to 00.

CLOCK RESET OUT

Outputs a clock reset signal when the internal clock is 00:00

or 12:00.

EXT REC IN

Recording is automatically activated by an external signal

when menu switch <REC MODE> of <EXT MODE> is set to

“TRIG” or “MANUAL”.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 20.

HDD FULL OUT

Outputs a signal during recording when the hard disk’s

available space is 0% except in the following cases.

●Menu switch <HDD FULL OUT> set to “OFF”

●Menu switch <REPEAT REC> set to “ALL”

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 20.

r[AUDIO OUT] audio output connector

Outputs recorded audio during playback.

In the Record or Stop mode, outputs the input audio signal.

Audio is not output in the following cases.

●When playing back signals recorded with menu switch <REC

SPEED> set to “1/5” or “1/10”

●In the Frame-by-Frame Playback, Still or Search mode

●When playing back signals recorded with menu switch <AUDIO

REC> set to “OFF”

●When the menu is displayed

t[MONITOR OUT] monitor output connector

Outputs video signals recorded on the hard disk in the Play

mode. In the Record mode, outputs video input signals from the

camera or frame switcher connected to the [CAMERA IN]

connector.

The picture signal from the [CAMERA IN] connector is output

through the [MONITOR OUT] connector even when the power is

turned OFF.

y[CAMERA IN] camera input connector

Connect to a camera.

u[AUDIO IN] audio input connector

Connect to the audio output connector of the audio source

device.

i[RS-232C] remote connector

Connect a personal computer or compatible control unit for

external remote operation.

Reference: “10. RS-232C INTERFACE” on page 40.

CAMERA IN

MONITOR OUT

AUDIO

OUT

RS-232C

POWER

SIGNAL GND

CAM SW

OUT

ALARM

IN1

SPARE SPARE

SPARE

HDD

FULL OUT

ALARM

RESET

CLOCK

RESET IN

CLOCK

RESET OUT

EXT

REC IN

COM COM

ON OFF

AC IN 120 V

50 Hz / 60 Hz

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2 CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS AND DISPLAY (contd.)

2-3 Display

WARNING indication

Blinks when there is a problem with input signals, fan

motor or hard disk, as well as when the battery is low.

Reference: “9-1 Error indication”on page 38.

Operation mode indication

SENSOR ON indication

Lights when menu switch <REC MODE> of <ALARM/

SENSOR MODE> is set to “SENSOR”.

Reference: “6-5 Sensor recording”on page 29.

[MENU, SEARCH SET] indication

Lights during menu operation or search setting.

[REPEAT REC] indication

Lights when repeat recording is set.

Reference: "5-3 Menu switch details" on page 20 and

“6-1 Basic operation” on page 22.

[TIMER] indication

Lights in the Timer Record Standby mode or during timer

recording.

Reference: “6-2 Program timer recording”on page 23.

[REMAIN] indication

Lights when the remaining time is displayed (refer to 8

[DISPLAY] button on page 6 for more details).

Counter and function display

The counter is displayed in the Play or Record mode.

Pressing the 8[DISPLAY] button on the front panel (see

page 6) switches the display consecutively through

CLOCK, DAY, REMAIN and REC QUALITY•REC SPEED.

CLOCK display

Displays the time.

During playback, the approximate time of the recording is

displayed. Accuracy of the display time varies depending

on the recording speed.

Reference: “4-3 Setting the date and time”on page 13.

DAY display

REMAIN TIME display

Displays the remaining recording time.

Memo:

•If REPEAT REC is set, 5[REPEAT REC] and “RE-

PEAT” are displayed. Remaining time is not displayed.

REC QUALITY·REC SPEED display

* The 1/2, 1/5 and 1/10 frame are shown as below.

1/2 frame:

1/5 frame:

1/10 frame:

Reference: DVR MODE in “5-3 Menu switch details”on

page 19.

REC SPEED

Remaining time

124568

Play Still

Simultaneous play

Simultaneous still

Blinks alternately

Record

Simultaneous search or

simultaneous Slow Motion play

Search or Slow Motion play

Switching with 1-second interval.

e.g.: Jan. 1, 2001 is displayed.

Lights

REC QUALITY

SLEEP display

When the [SLEEP] button is pressed, the hard disk

stops rotating and “SLEEP” is displayed.

* When the Record mode is engaged from the Sleep mode,

the hard disk has to warm up before recording can start. No

images will be recorded during this period.

* Dotted line mark blinks

3 CONNECTIONS

3-1 Recording video signals from a camera

This section describes how to connect a camera and record camera signals. When more than one camera is connected, the

cameras must be synchronized. Multi-camera connections are discussed in the next section.

To AC 120 V, 50 Hz/

60 Hz

Connecting a camera

1. Connect the [MONITOR OUT] and [AUDIO OUT] connectors to the monitor’s video and audio connectors.

2. Connect [CAMERA IN] connector to the video camera’s video output connector.

3. To record sound, connect a microphone amplifier to the [AUDIO IN] connector.

4. To record an alarm, connect the alarm sensor to the [ALARM IN 1] and [COM] signal input/output terminals.

5. After all connections are complete, connect the power cable to the [AC IN] socket and connect the plug to an AC 120 V outlet.

6. Turn ON all connected equipment, then turn the [POWER] switch on the rear panel to ON.

Menu switch setting

Example of settings when using an alarm sensor and recording audio.

DVR MODE

[REC QUALITY] set to “N”

[REC SPEED] set to “30”

[AUDIO REC] set to “ON”

ALARM/SENSOR MODE

[REC MODE] set to “ALARM”

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 19.

Caution:

●Before connecting or disconnecting any equipment,

turn the power of all connected equipment OFF.

CAMERA IN

MONITOR OUT

AUDIO

OUT

RS-232C

POWER

SIGNAL GND

CAM SW

OUT

ALARM

IN1

SPARE

SPARE HDD

FULL OUT

ALARM

RESET

CLOCK

RESET IN

CLOCK

RESET OUT

EXT

REC IN

COM COM

ON OFF

AC IN 120 V

50 Hz / 60 Hz

Video camera

Amplifier

Microphone

Provided

power cable

Monitor Alarm sensor

ALARM IN

COM

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3 CONNECTIONS (contd.)

3-2 Connecting more than one camera (using an external

switcher)

When an external switcher is connected to the [CAMERA IN] connector of this unit, images from multiple cameras can be

recorded. Select the camera image with the switcher.

●For a connectable multiplexer (switcher), consult your JVC dealer.

Connection procedures

1.Connect the video output connector of the frame switcher to the video input connector of the monitor.

2.Connect the camera to the [CAMERA IN] connector of the frame switcher.

* For camera connections, refer to the frame switcher’s instructions.

3.Connect the frame switcher’s [VTR OUT] connector to the [CAMERA IN] connector of this unit.

4.Connect the [MONITOR OUT] connector of this unit to the frame switcher’s [VTR IN] connector.

5.Connect the alarm sensor to the frame switcher.

6.Connect the frame switcher’s [VTR TRIGGER] and [ALARM OUT] signal input/output terminals to the [CAM SW OUT] and

[ALARM IN 1] terminals of this unit.

7.After all connections are complete, connect the power cable to the [AC IN] socket and connect the plug to an AC 120 V outlet.

8.Turn ON all connected equipment, then turn the [POWER] switch on the rear panel to ON.

Caution:

●Before connecting or disconnecting any equipment,

turn the power of all connected equipment OFF.

●When a field switcher is used, picture quality will be

degraded if [REC QUALITY] is set to "H". In some

cases, the specified camera may not be used or the

playback picture may move up and down.

●As the camera switching signal is recorded, the picture

on the lower section of the monitor screen may be

missing. To record the external switcher’s on-screen

display, set the display to the upper section of the screen.

Memo:

●Select the camera with the switcher.

●The monitor picture may not be switched during jog/

shuttle operation and skip search operation. This is

because the playback camera number is different from

the camera number selected with the switcher. To

display the picture from the selected camera on the

monitor, press the [PLAY] button.

CAMERA IN

MONITOR OUT

AUDIO

OUT

RS-232C

POWER

SIGNAL GND

CAM SW

OUT

ALARM

IN1

SPARE SPARE

SPARE

HDD

FULL OUT

ALARM

RESET

CLOCK

RESET IN

CLOCK

RESETOUT

EXT

REC IN

COM COM

ON OFF

AC IN 120 V

50 Hz / 60 Hz

Example of settings when alarm recording is performed

using an external switcher.

DVR MODE

[REC QUALITY] set to “N”

[EXT SWITCHER] set to “ON”

ALARM/SENSOR MODE

[REC MODE] set to “ALARM”

[REC DURATION] set to “MANUAL” when the alarm

time is set with the switcher

This unit continues recording for about 5 seconds

after the alarm duration set with the switcher has

passed.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 19.

Menu switch setting

Video camera

Switcher

To AC 120 V,

50 Hz/60 Hz

Provided

power cable

Monitor

Alarm sensor

ALARM IN

VTR TRIGGER IN

CAM SW OUT

ALARM OUT

COM

COM ALARM IN

VTR IN

VTR OUT

COM

CLOCK

RESET IN

COM COM

CLOCK

RESET OUT

CLOCK

RESET IN

COM

CLOCK

RESET IN

COM

EXT REC

3 CONNECTIONS (contd.)

3-3 Connecting signal input/output terminals

[CAM SW OUT] camera switching signal

output terminal

To control the camera switching timing from this unit.

[ALARM RESET] alarm signal reset input

terminal

To stop alarm recording when a signal is received during

alarm recording.

[CLOCK RESET IN] clock reset input terminal

To set the clock to the master clock or other device’s clock

using a signal from an external device.

[EXT REC IN] external recording control signal

input terminal

Recording can be started, stopped or controlled with an

external signal.

Switch

External

master

clock

External control

device

Starts alarm or sensor recording when a signal is received.

[HDD FULL OUT] HDD full-output terminal

Outputs a signal during recording when the hard disk is full.

* Signal output is possible only when menu switch <HDD

FULL OUT> is set to “ON” and <REPEAT REC> is not set

to “OFF”.

[CLOCK RESET OUT] clock reset terminal

Outputs a clock reset signal. It is possible to set the clock of

the digital video recorders following this unit to that of this

unit in second unit.

[ALARM IN] alarm signal input terminal

Last digital video

recorder

External interface specifications example

●Use each device rated for using situation.

Control signal

COM

CAM SW

OUT

Frame switcher’s

camera switching signal

input

COM

Vcc: 5 V-12 V

Vcc

ALARM

RESET

ALARM

IN COM

Frame switcher/alarm sensor’s

alarm output terminal

COM

HDD FULL

OUT

External

interface

This unit

Second digital

video recorder

GND

Power supply

(Lamp, etc.)

Relay

HDD full lamp

Reference: "3-2 Connecting more than one camera (using an

external switcher)" on page 10.

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4 PREPARATION

4-1 Installing a battery

1. Turn the [POWER] switch OFF.

2. Open the battery cover.

While pushing down the pawl in the upper section of the

battery cover, pull it towards you to open the cover.

3. Install a battery.

Install the provided battery (CR2032) with the + side

facing you.

4. Close the battery cover.

Close it until the pawl is locked firmly.

Caution:

●When the power is supplied, do not replace the battery.

Otherwise, a malfunction may occur.

●Replace the battery with a CR2032 type battery. Using

any other type of battery may present a risk of fire or

explosion.

Memo:

●When you replace the battery, be sure to set the date

and time again.

Reference: “4-3 Setting the date and time”on page 13.

●After replacing the battery, be sure to program the

program timer again because the programs are reset.

●When “LOW BATTERY” is displayed, check the battery

again.

4-2 Power supply

[AC IN] socket

1. Connect the power cable.

Connect the provided power cable to an AC 120 V outlet.

2. Press the [POWER] switch to ON.

The system check starts for this unit and “SYSTEM

LOADING ...” is displayed on the monitor.

“LoAd--” blinks on the display panel.

Caution:

●After all other equipment connections are complete,

turn the power of this unit ON.

Memo:

●All operation functions are disabled during system

check. Wait until “SYSTEM LOADING ...” goes out.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

CAMERA IN

MONITOR OUT

AUDIO

OUT

RS-232C

POWER

SIGNAL GND

CAMSW

OUT

ALARM

IN1

SPARE SPARE

SPARE

HDD

FULLOUT

ALARM

RESET

CLOCK

RESETIN

CLOCK

RESETOUT

EXT

RECIN

COM COM

ON OFF

AC IN 120 V

50 Hz / 60 Hz

[POWER] switch

OGJ

4-3 Setting the date and time

4 PREPARATION (contd.)

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and press the [POWER] switch

ON.

2. Display the main menu.

Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu

screen.

Refer to “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16 and set

the jog dial function with the shuttle dial operation.

3. Display the [CLOCK SET] screen.

Set the cursor on [CLOCK SET] with [JOG ]. Turn the

shuttle dial to display the [CLOCK SET] screen.

4. Set the month.

Set “month” with [JOG –+].

5. Set the day.

Set the blinking cursor on “D” with [JOG p[] and set

the day with [JOG – +].

6. Set the year, hour and minute.

Repeat the procedure for step 5 for setting.

7. Enter.

When all settings are complete, press the [MENU] button

twice to restore the normal screen.

Note:

●If the date is changed when there is recorded data on

the hard disk, make sure the recording date and time

do not overlap.

Otherwise, playback operation, skip search and direct

search may not function correctly.

Characters

selected with

the cursor are

highlighted.

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle dial

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

[CLOCK S ET]

DAYL GHT SAVING OFFI

MDY H M

1 1 2001 0:00

JOG

Blinking

[CLOCK S ET]

DAYL GHT SAVING OFFI

MDY H M

112001 0:00

JOG

Blinking

4-4 Daylight-saving compensation

Use the <DAYLIGHT SAVING> menu switch on the CLOCK

SET setting screen to turn the Daylight Saving mode ON or

OFF.

When <DAYLIGHT SAVING> is “ON”, the set time is

advanced one hour.

•When setting the time, make sure the <DAYLIGHT

SAVING> switch is “OFF”.

When the unit is shipped, this switch is set to “OFF”.

•Clock setting is not possible during timer recording.

During daylight-saving time Standard time

1. Set the time one hour behind the actual time.

2. After setting the time, set the <DAYLIGHT SAVING>

switch to “ON”.

•The time advances one hour.

3. At the end of the daylight-saving time season, set the

<DAYLIGHT SAVING> switch to “OFF”.

•The standard time is displayed.

1. Set the clock to the actual time.

2. When the daylight-saving season starts, set the <DAY-

LIGHT SAVING> menu switch to “ON”.

•The display time advances one hour.

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5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES

Date, time, number of alarms and remaining hard disk capacity can be displayed on-screen. Date and time data can be

recorded together with the video signals by setting the <TIME DATE REC> menu switch to “ON”.

5-1 On-screen display

Connect the monitor’s video signal input connector to the

VR-510U’s [MONITOR OUT] connector.

1. Turn ON this unit and the monitor.

●When a signal is input to the video input connector, on-

screen data is superimposed on the picture.

●If no signal is input, on-screen data is superimposed on

a black screen.

To change the position of the on-screen

display

Set with menu switch <ON SCREEN POSITION>.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 19.

To select the contents of the on-screen

display

Set on the [ON SCREEN MODE] screen.

Set the items you want to display to “ON”.

If you do not want to display an item, set it to “OFF”.

* For menu switch setting, refer to “Setting” in “5-2 Menu

switches” on page 18.

To record the on-screen display

Set menu switch <TIME DATE REC>, <DAY> and

<TIME> to “ON”.

* If <DAY> and <TIME> are set to “OFF”, the on-screen

display will not be recorded even if <TIME DATE REC> is

set to “ON”.

Preparation

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle dial

000100

113 10

000056 70

MON

<On-screen display>

Month/day/year/

day of week

Time (24-hour)

Number of alarms*

Hard disk remaining

capacity

* “SN-***” is displayed in the sensor recording mode.

13 10

000056 70

MON

000056 70

13 10MON

000100

Upper

right

Upper

left

SENS RO

INDI ACTION

[ONSCREEN

ONSCREEN POS I T I O

NLU

MODE ]

[FRONT DISPLAY]

REC TALLY

ALARM

ALARM C NT

DAY NO

TIME NO

REC R MEAIN

5. NO

AL SE SNDETMARK

6. NO

WAR NIGN

7. NO

JOG

Display items

[On-screen position]

AL/SENS DET

MARK

5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES (contd.)

5-2 Menu switches

Main menu screen

Menu flow

[ENU]M

CLOCK SET

CNSCR

ALARM

EEN

BUZZER

HOLI DAY S ET

PROGRAM T I MER

SYSTEM L I ST

DVRMODE

EXTMODE

SENSOR MODE

F.DI SP MODE

OGJ ¥

[CLOCK S E T]

DAYL GHT SAVING OFFI

MDY H M

1 1 2001 0:00

JOG

SENS RO

INDI ACTION

[ONSCREEN

ONSCREEN POS I T I O

NLU

MODE ]

[FRONT DISPLAY]

REC TALLY

ALARM

ALARM C NT

DAY NO

TIME NO

REC R MEAIN

5. NO

AL SE SNDETMARK

6. NO

WAR NIGN

7. NO

JOG

NORM

27H

REPEAT REC

1HOUR

O PERAT E LO CK MOD E

OFF

ALL

[DVR MODE]

1. REC QUALI TY

3. AUDIOREC

4. POW

ERON REC

METI

5. SEA

RCH BUTTO N

TIME D TAEREC ON

. EXT ISW TCHER10

SK I PRADU T I O N

2. REC SPEED

REC T I ME

JOG

[EXT MODE]

REC DUR

ATI ON 10SEC

1. REC MODE OFF

2. REC DURAT ONI

2. HDD FULL OUT OFF

[ALARM SENSOR MODE ]

180SEC

3. PRES ENSO

4. PRES ENSO

RECOFF

OGJ

[BUZZER]

1. HDD END ON

2. ALAR

3. WARN NGI

SENSOR

OGJ

[PRO

GRAM T I M E R ]

PRG

MODES T AR T E ND

SUN

: :

MON

: :

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SE T

JOG

[HO L ID

AY SET]

PRG

MODES T AR T E ND

: :

JOG

11 :

13 :

15 :

10 :

12 :

14 :

16 :

[SYSTEM ]

[LIST]

UTI L I T YBG08]

OGJ

[

HOUR M ETER

POWER LOSS LIST

[HOUR M TER]E

[POWER OSS L I ST]L

HDD RUN T I ME 00H0000

PL ::

[UT I L I T ]Y

1. AUTO SC NDI SKA

SC ND I SKA

OFF

STD

2. MANUAL

3. QU I CK ERAS E

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CURRENT FORMAT

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5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES (contd.)

5-2 Menu switches

(contd.)

Jog/shuttle dial operation

Use the jog/shuttle dial to set the menu or search menu items.

Turn the shuttle dial to the right or left so that it passes the

SELECT position.

Main menu or search menu screen

•Turning the shuttle dial displays the selected main menu

or search menu screen for menu switch setting.

Menu switch setting screen

•Each time the shuttle is turned, the jog operation function

is switched.

Shuttle dial operation

1. JOG function

Turn the jog dial to move the cursor or blinking mark up

and down.

2. JOG p[ function

Turn the jog dial to move the cursor or blinking mark to

the right and left.

3. JOG –+ function

Turn the jog dial to change the set value.

Memo:

●For setting procedure, refer to the page 17 and on.

REV FWD

Jog dial

Shuttle dial

JOG

1. Menu or search screen

Turn the shuttle dial.

2. Menu or search screen

Turn the shuttle dial.

3. Menu or search screen

Turn the shuttle dial.

JOG p[

JOG - +

Jog dial operation

OGJ

OGJJOG

[ENU]M

CLOCK SET

CNSCR

ALARM

EEN

BUZZER

DVRMODE

EXTMODE

SENSOR MODE

F.DI SP MODE

OGJ

HOLI DAY SET

PROGRAM T I MER

SYSTEM L I ST

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES (contd.)

5-2 Menu switches

(contd.)

Display

Connect the [MONITOR OUT] connector to the

monitor’s video input connector.

1. Turn this unit and the monitor ON.

2. Display the main menu screen.

Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu

screen on the monitor.

Switch the jog dial function with the shuttle dial as

described in “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16.

3. Select the item to be set.

Turn the Jog dial (in JOG mode) to move the cursor

over the desired item.

4. Display the menu switch setting screen.

Turn the shuttle dial to display the menu switch setting

screen for the selected item.

5. Return to the main menu screen.

To restore the main menu screen, press the [MENU]

button. Press it again to restore the normal screen.

Main menu item details

Clock setting

To display the date and clock setting screen. Before

using this unit for the first time, you must set the date

and time.

Reference: “4-3 Setting the date and time”on page 13.

On-screen display setting

To set items to be displayed on screen.

Front display setting

These menu switches are used to set indicator lighting

preferences.

DVR mode setting

These menu switches are used to set operation prefer-

ences including recording picture quality and repeat

recording/playback.

External recording setting

These menu switches are used to specify settings for the

externally activated automatic recording and switching

signal output ON/OFF when the hard disk is full.

Alarm/sensor recording setting

These menu switches are used to set alarm/sensor

recording preferences.

Buzzer setting

These menu switches switch the alarm/sensor buzzer

and the full hard disk warning buzzer ON/OFF.

Program timer setting

To display the program setting screen for timer recording.

Holiday setting

To display the timer recording program setting screen for

a specified date such as a holiday.

System setting

These menu switches are used to set maintenance

preferences such as disk scanning and formatting.

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

The characters

selected with the

cursor are

highlighted.

[DISPLAY] button

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5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES (contd.)

5-2 Menu switches

(contd.)

Setting

Connect the [MONITOR OUT] connector to the

monitor’s video input connector.

1. Turn this unit and the monitor ON.

Data is displayed on-screen.

2. Display the main menu screen.

Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu

screen.

Switch the jog dial function with the shuttle dial as

described in “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16.

3. Select the item to be set.

Turn the Jog dial [JOG ] to move the cursor over the

desired item.

4. Display the menu switch setting screen.

Turn the shuttle dial to display the menu switch setting

screen for the selected item.

5. Select the menu switch to be set.

Select the menu switch item to be set with [JOG ].

6. Change the set value.

Change the set value with [JOG –+].

* To change the other menu switches, press the [MENU]

button to return to the main menu screen.

7. Quit the menu switch setting.

When all settings are complete, press the [MENU] button

twice. The normal screen is restored.

[ENU]M

CLOCK SET

CNSCR

ALARM

EEN

BUZZER

DVRMODE

EXTMODE

SENSOR MODE

F.DI SP MODE

OGJ

HOLI DAY SET

PROGRAM T I MER

SYSTEM L I ST

NORM

27H

REPEAT REC

1HOUR

O PERAT E LO CK MODE

OFF

ALL

[DVR MODE]

1. REC QUALI TY

3. AUDIOREC

4. POW

ERON REC

METI

5. SEA

RCH BUTTO N

TIME D TAEREC ON

. EXT ISW TCHER10

SK I PRADU T I O N

2. REC SPEED

REC T IME

JOG

NORM

27H

REPEAT REC

1HOUR

O PERAT E LO CK MODE

OFF

ALL

[DVR MODE]

1. REC QUALI TY

3. AUDIOREC

4. POW

ERON REC

METI

5. SEA

RCH BUTTO N

TIME D TAEREC ON

. EXT ISW TCHER10

SK I PRADU T I O N

2. REC SPEED

REC T IME

JOG

The characters

selected with

the cursor are

highlighted.

Select with JOG .

Select with

JOG – +.

Set <REC QUALITY> and <REC SPEED> on the

display panel.

1. Set the recording set display.

Press the [DISPLAY] button for about 2 seconds (not

available during recording).

The <REC SPEED> setting section blinks slowly.

Switch the jog dial function with the shuttle dial as

described in “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16.

2. Set <REC SPEED>.

When the shuttle dial is turned, the <REC SPEED>

setting section blinks rapidly. Turn the jog dial to set the

required recording speed.

3. Set <REC QUALITY>.

Turn the shuttle dial so that the <REC SPEED> setting

section blinks slowly. Turn the jog dial so that the <REC

QUALITY> setting section blinks slowly. Repeat the

procedure in Step 2 to set the picture quality.

4. End setting.

Press the [DISPLAY] button to restore the normal display.

* If the Record mode is engaged during setting, the

normal display is automatically restored (ALARM/

SENSOR MODE, etc.).

REC QUALITY REC SPEED

Set when this indicator

blinks rapidly.

Set when this indicator

blinks rapidly.

5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES (contd.)

5-3 Menu switch details

The setting in [ ] is the factory setting.

Setting item Menu switch Setting value Description

ON SCREEN ON SCREEN [UP-L] Sets the on-screen display position.

MODE POSITION UP-R

LOW-L

LOW-R

DAY [ON] Sets the on-screen day/month/year display.

OFF ON : Displayed.

OFF: Not displayed.

TIME [ON] Sets on-screen clock display

OFF ON : Displayed.

OFF: Not displayed.

ALARM COUNT [ON] Sets the on-screen alarm/sensor number display.

OFF ON : Displayed.

OFF: Not displayed.

REC REMAIN [ON] Sets the on-screen remaining hard disk capacity display.

OFF ON : Displays the remaining capacity (does not display it

when the repeat recording is set to “ON”).

OFF: Does not display the remaining capacity.

AL/SENS DET [ON] Sets whether or not the “AL” mark is displayed on screen

MARK OFF during alarm/sensor recording.

ON : Displayed.

OFF: Not displayed.

WARNING [ON] Sets whether or not warnings are displayed on screen when

OFF an abnormality occurs.

ON : Displayed.

OFF: Not displayed.

FRONT DISPLAY REC TALLY [ON] Sets whether or not the recording indicator on the front panel

OFF lights during recording.

ON : Indicator lights.

OFF: Indicator does not light.

ALARM/SENSOR [ON1] Sets whether or not the recording indicator blinks when

INDICATION ON2 an alarm/sensor signal is input.

OFF ON1 : Indicator blinks during alarm/sensor recording.

ON2 : Indicator blinks when alarm/sensor recording is com

pleted (this mode can be released with the [CANCEL]

button).

* ON1 and ON2 are effective only when menu switch <REC

TALLY> is set to “ON”.

OFF: The indicator lights during alarm/sensor recording.

DVR MODE REC QUALITY HIGH Sets the recording picture quality.

[NORM] HIGH : High-quality recording.

BASIC NORM : Normal-quality recording.

LOW BASIC : Middle-quality recording.

LOW : Low-quality recording.

Reference: “11-1 Recording time”on page 47.

REC SPEED [30] Sets the number of frames to be recorded. The displayed

15 value shows the number of frames recorded in one second.

10 <REC TIME> shows the available recording time on the hard

5 disk. The amount of recording time available depends on the

3 settings of <REC SPEED> and <REC QUALITY>, as well on

2 the amount of free space remaining on the disk.

1Reference: “11-1 Recording time”on page 47.

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Setting item Menu switch Setting value Description

DVR MODE AUDIO REC [ON] Sets whether or not audio signals are recorded during

OFF recording.

ON : Records audio signals.

OFF: Does not record audio signals.

*When menu switch <REC SPEED> is set to "1/5" or"1/10",

this item will be automatically set to "OFF".

POWER ON REC ON Sets whether or not recording re-starts when the power is

[OFF] restored after a power failure.

To automatically re-start recording, set this switch to “ON”.

SEARCH BUTTON [TIME] Selects the [SEARCH] button function.

ALARM TIME : Executes time search when the [SEARCH] button is

EVENT pressed.

ALARM: Executes alarm search when the [SEARCH] button is

pressed.

EVENT : Executes event search when the [SEARCH] button is

pressed.

Reference: “7-3 Skip search” on page 33.

SKIP DURATION 1 MINUTE Selects the duration to skip when time search is performed.

5 MINUTE

10 MINUTE

30 MINUTE

[1 HOUR]

4 HOUR

1 DAY

1 WEEK

REPEAT REC [OFF] Sets whether or not repeat recording is executed.

AL•STOP OFF : Repeat recording is not executed.

AL•LOCK AL·STOP : Repeat recording is not possible if an alarm

ALL recording is executed even once.

AL·LOCK : The alarm recording is protected from overwriting

during repeat recording.

ALL : When no space is available for recording, previous

recording are overwritten, starting with the oldest

recording.

Reference: “Repeat recording during alarm recording”on

page 28.

TIME DATE REC [ON] Sets whether or not time/date is recorded during recording.

OFF ON : Records the time/date.

OFF: Does not record the time/date.

*If menu switches <DAY>, <TIME> and <AL/SENS DET

MARK> are set to “OFF”, the on-screen display is not

recorded regardless of this setting.

OPERATE LOCK [ALL] Sets the lock operation when the operation lock is set to “ON”.

MODE REC ALL : Locks all buttons on the front panel.

REC : Locks the [STOP] button on the front panel so hard disk

recording cannot be stopped.

* Set to “ALL” for timer recording.

EXT SWITCHER [ON] Sets whether or not to use an external switcher.

OFF OFF: External switcher not used (no signal output from the

[CAM SW OUT] terminal).

ON : Uses an external switcher (signals output from the [CAM

SW OUT] terminal).

EXT MODE REC MODE [OFF] Sets whether or not automatic recording is executed with an

TRIG external trigger signal.

MANUAL OFF : Does not execute automatic recording.

TRIG : Starts recording with an external signal.

MANUAL : Executes recording while external signals are input.

HDD FULL OUT [OFF] Sets whether or not the “HDD FULL” signal is output.

ON OFF: Does not output an HDD FULL signal.

ON : Outputs a signal when the remaining capacity of the

hard disk is 0%. When <REPEAT REC> is set to “ALL”,

signals are not output.

5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES (contd.)

5-3 Menu switch details

(contd.)

Setting item Menu switch Setting value Description

ALARM/ REC MODE [OFF] Sets the alarm or sensor recording.

SENSOR MODE ALARM OFF : Does not execute alarm/sensor recording.

SENSOR ALARM : Executes alarm recording.

SENSOR : Executes sensor recording.

Reference: “6-4 Alarm recording” on page 28 and “6-5 Sensor

recording” on page 29.

REC DURATION 10 SEC Selects the recording duration when an alarm or sensor signal

15 SEC is input.

30 SEC 10 SEC : Executes alarm/sensor recording for 10 sec.

60 SEC 15 SEC : Executes alarm/sensor recording for 15 sec.

120 SEC 30 SEC : Executes alarm/sensor recording for 30 sec.

[180 SEC] 60 SEC : Executes alarm/sensor recording for 60 sec.

MANUAL 120 SEC : Executes alarm/sensor recording for 120 sec.

180 SEC : Executes alarm/sensor recording for 180 sec.

MANUAL: Executes alarm recording for as long as an alarm

signal is input.

*Recording continues about 5 seconds after the set duration

has passed.

(<AL/SENS DET MARK> is also shown.)

PRESENSOR REC [OFF] Sets whether or not pre-sensor recording is executed.

ON To execute pre-sensor recording, set this switch to “ON”.

Reference: “Pre-sensor recording”on page 29.

PRESENSOR REC [10 SEC] Selects the recording duration when menu switch

DURATION 30 SEC <PRESENSOR REC> is set to “ON”.

60 SEC Reference: “Pre-sensor recording”on page 29.

BUZZER HDD END [OFF] Sets whether or not the buzzer sounds when the hard disk is

ON full (during recording).

OFF: The HDD end buzzer does not sound.

ON : The buzzer sounds.

ALARM/SENSOR [OFF] Sets whether or not the buzzer sounds during alarm/sensor

ON recording.

OFF: The buzzer does not sound.

ON : The buzzer sounds.

WARNING [OFF] Sets whether or not the buzzer sounds when a warning occurs.

ON OFF: The buzzer does not sound.

ON : The buzzer sounds.

UTILITY AUTO SCANDISK [OFF] Sets whether or not the disk is scanned when the power is

ON turned ON.

OFF: Disk is not scanned.

*The disk is not scanned unless the Record mode is engaged

before the power is turned OFF.

ON : Scans the disk when the power is turned ON.

Reference: “8-1 Hard disk maintenance”on page 36.

MANUAL SCAN [OFF] When this switch is set to “ON” and the [SKIP

DISK ON SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed, the disk is scanned.

Reference: “8-1 Hard disk maintenance”on page 36.

QUICK ERASE [OFF] Selects whether the hard disk is formatted with standard or

STD extended mode.

EXTN When the disk is formatted, all existing data on the hard disk

will be erased.

OFF : Does not format.

STD : Normally, use this position. Up to 13,000 alarm/

sensor events can be recorded.

EXTN : Set to this position if you want to be able to record

more than 13,000 alarm/sensor events (up to about

100,000 events).

* Extended formatting takes about 5 minutes to complete.

Recording time is shorter than with the standard format.

Reference: “8-1 Hard disk maintenance”on page 37.

5 ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES (contd.)

5-3 Menu switch details

(contd.)

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Operation

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set the menu switches.

Set the menu switches as required. For details, refer to

“Setting”on page 17. For major menu switches, refer to

the description shown on the right.

3. Start recording.

Press the [REC] button to start recording.

4. Stop recording.

Press the [STOP] button to stop recording.

6 RECORDING

6-1 Basic operation

Memo:

●Recording duration can be set with a menu switch.

For more details.

Reference: “11-1 Recording time”on page 47.

Major menu switches

[DVR MODE] menu switches

[REC QUALITY] : Sets the recording picture quality.

[REC SPEED] : Sets the number of fields to be

recorded per second.

[AUDIO REC] : Sets whether or not audio signals are

recorded when menu switch <REC

SPEED> is set to a position other than

1/5 or 1/10.

[REPEAT REC] : Sets whether or not repeat recording

is executed.

When set to “AL·STOP”, “AL·LOCK”

or “ALL”, the [REPEAT REC]

indication lights on the display panel.

[TIME DATE REC] : Sets whether or not time/date is

recorded during recording.

Recording system

●As shown in the figure on the

right, recording is performed

consecutively until the hard disk

is full.

●Each recorded section (Rec Start

To Rec End) is called an event.

●Recording stops when the hard

disk is full. Additional recording is

not possible.

* When the hard disk is full (remain-

ing capacity is 0%), a signal is

output from the [HDD FULL]

terminal.

(When menu switch <HDD FULL

OUT> is set to “ON” and menu

switch <REPEAT REC> is not set

to “OFF”)

●Allows recording to continue

when the hard disk is full by

overwriting the oldest previous

recordings.

●Recording continues until the

[STOP] button is pressed.

●In the Repeat Record mode,

the on-screen hard disk

remaining capacity indication is

not displayed.

●When overwriting starts from

the beginning of an event, the

entire event will be erased.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[REC] button

[STOP] button

[STILL] button

Beginning of the hard disk

Event 1

Start of

recording

Stop

Event 2

Event 3

Event 4

End of the hard disk

Start of

recording

Stop

Start of

recording

Stop

Start of

recording

END

Beginning of the hard disk

Event 4

Event 2

Event 3

Event 4

End of the hard disk

Stop

Start of

recording

Stop

Start of

recording

Overwriting

Event 2 is

erased.

Lights

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

6-2 Program timer recording

6 RECORDING (contd.)

Two types of program timer recording are available: weekly and daily.

Weekly timer

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set [AUDIO REC] to ON/OFF with the <AUDIO REC>

menu switch under <DVR MODE>.

3. Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen.

Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen. For details,

refer to “Setting” on page 18.

4. Set the day of the week.

Select the day of the week with [JOG –+].

5. Set the start time (hours).

Move the blinking cursor to the start time “hour” with [JOG

p[]. Set the hours with [JOG –+].

6. Set the start time (minutes).

Move the blinking cursor on the start time “minute” with

[JOG p[]. Set the minutes with [JOG –+].

7. Set the stop time hours and minutes.

Set the stop time hours and minutes as described in

steps 5 and 6.

*If the stop time is earlier than or the same as the start

time, the stop time is automatically set to the next day.

“T” will be displayed in front of the stop time.

8. Set the picture quality.

Move the blinking cursor to [MODE] with [JOG p[].

Then select the picture quality with [JOG –+].

H: High-quality recording

N: Normal-quality recording

B: Medium-quality recording

L: Low-quality recording

9. Set frame recording mode (REC SPEED).

Move the blinking cursor with [JOG p[] and select

<REC SPEED> with [JOG –+].

10.Set the timer frequency.

Move the blinking cursor to [PRG] with [JOG p[].

Then, select the frequency mode with [JOG –+].

ON : Timer recording is executed once at the specified

time.

WLY: Timer recording is executed every week at the

specified time on the specified day of the week.

OFF : Timer recording is not executed regardless of

program settings.

11. End program timer setting.

When all settings are complete, press the [MENU] button

twice. The normal screen is restored.

12. Engage the Timer Recording Standby mode.

Press the [TIMER] button to engage the Timer Recording

Standby mode.

The [TIMER] indication ( ) lights on the display panel.

* To cancel or change the setting, refer to page 26.

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[TIMER] button

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

MODES T AR T E ND

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SET

JOG

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

MODES T AR T E ND

SAT

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SET

JOG

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

WL Y

ODE

START

08 00 17 00

END

SAT

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SET

JOG

Select with JOG –+.

Set the start time.

10.

[CANCEL] button

( ) TIMER indication

Memo:

●When audio is not recorded, the [MODE] indication is

reversed.

N 10 [N 10

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6-2 Program timer recording

(contd.)

6 RECORDING (contd.)

Timer-recording for 24 hours or more

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set [AUDIO REC] to ON/OFF with the <AUDIO REC>

menu switch under <DVR MODE>.

3. Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen.

Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen. For details,

refer to “Setting” on page 18.

4. Move the cursor to the 7th line.

Move the cursor to [SAT] on the 7th line with [JOG ].

5. Set the day of the week.

Set the blinking cursor on [SAT] with [JOG – +].

6. Set the start time (hours).

Move the blinking cursor to the start time “hour” with [JOG

p[]. Set “21” with [JOG –+].

7. Set the start time (minutes).

Move the blinking cursor to the start time “minute” with

[JOG p[]. Set “00” with [JOG –+].

8. Set the stop time (hours).

Move the blinking cursor on the “hour” for the stop time

with [JOG p[]. Set “**” with [JOG – +].

As you turn the jog dial, the values change as shown

below.

...... “22” [“23” [“**” p“0” p“1” p“2” ...

The stop time indications show “**:** *** **”. The start

time indications on the 8th line show “**:**”.

9. Set the stop time.

Move the cursor to the day of the week with [JOG p[]

and move it to the 8th line with [JOG ]. Set the day of

the week (MON) and time (08:00) as described in steps 4

to 6.

10.Set the picture quality.

Move the blinking cursor to [MODE] with [JOG p[].

Select “H” with [JOG –+].

11. Set the number of frames for recording.

Move the blinking cursor with [JOG p[] and select “1/

5” with [JOG – +].

12. Set timer frequency.

Move the blinking cursor to [PRG] with [JOG p[].

Select “WLY” with [JOG – +].

13. End timer programming.

When all settings are complete, press the [MENU] button

twice. The normal screen is restored.

14. Engage the Timer Recording Standby mode.

Press the [TIMER] button to engage the Timer Recording

Standby mode.

The [TIMER] indication ( ) lights on the display panel.

* To cancel or change the setting, refer to page 26.

Example: High-quality recording at 1/5 frame per

second programmed from 9:00 p.m. Saturday to 8:00

a.m. Monday

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

MODEST

AR T

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SET

JOG

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

MODEST

AR T

08 00

** **

** **** ***

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

MON

DAI LY SET

JOG

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

WLY

AR T

800

** **

** **** ***

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

MON

DAI LY SET

JOG

Set to **

Set the stop time

10.

7th line

8th line

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[TIMER] button

[CANCEL] button

( ) TIMER indication

6-2 Program timer recording

(contd.)

6 RECORDING (contd.)

Daily timer

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set [AUDIO REC] to ON/OFF with the <AUDIO REC>

menu switch under <DVR MODE>.

3. Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen.

Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen. For details,

refer to “Setting” on page 18.

4. Set the day of the week.

Set the blinking day-of-the-week to “DAILY”with [JOG –+].

5. Set the start time (hours).

Move the blinking cursor to the start time “hour” with [JOG

p[]. Set the required time with [JOG – +].

6. Set the start time (minutes).

Move the blinking cursor to the start time “minute” with

[JOG p[]. Set the required time with [JOG – +].

7. Set the stop time hours and minutes.

Set the stop time hours and minutes as described in

steps 5 and 6.

8. Set the picture quality.

Move the blinking cursor to [MODE] with [JOG p[].

Then select the picture quality with [JOG – +].

H: High-quality recording

N: Normal-quality recording

B: Medium-quality recording

L: Low-quality recording

9. Set the recording frame mode (REC SPEED).

Move the blinking cursor with [JOG p[] and select

<REC SPEED> with [JOG – +].

[PRG] is automatically set to “ON”.

10.Set the timer frequency.

Move the cursor to the day-of-the-week position with

[JOG p[] and move it to [DAILY SET] with [JOG ].

11. Select the day of the week for timer recording to be

executed.

Move the blinking cursor with [JOG p[] and select the

day of the week for timer recording with [JOG – +].

When “– –” is selected, timer recording is not executed.

12. End timer programming.

When all settings are complete, press the [MENU] button

twice. The normal screen is restored.

13. Engage the Timer Recording Standby mode.

Press the [TIMER] button to engage the Timer Recording

Standby mode.

The [TIMER] indication ( ) lights on the display panel.

* To cancel or change the setting, refer to page 26.

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

MODES T AR T E ND

DAY

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SET

JOG

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

MODE

N30

START

10 00 17 00

END

DAY

SUN

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SET

JOG

[PRO

GRAM T I M ER ]

PRG

MODE

N30

START

10 00 17 00

END

DAY

MON

TUE

WE D

THU

FR I

SAT

WE D

DAY

DAI LY SET

JOG

Select [DAY].

Move the cursor.

Day of the week for timer

recording to be executed

10.

11.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[TIMER] button

[CANCEL] button

( ) TIMER indication

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6-2 Program timer recording

(contd.)

6 RECORDING (contd.)

Canceling a timer recording program

1. Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen.

Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen. For details,

refer to “Setting” on page 18.

2. Select the program to be canceled.

Set the cursor on the program to be canceled with [JOG ].

3. Cancel the program.

Press the [CANCEL] button.

The specified program is canceled.

4. End timer program setting.

Press the [MENU] button twice. The normal screen is

restored.

Changing timer program settings

1. Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen.

Display the [PROGRAM TIMER] screen. For details,

refer to “Setting” on page 18.

2. Select the program to be changed.

Set the cursor on the program to be changed with

[JOG ].

3. Select the item to change.

Set the blinking cursor on the item you want to change

with [JOG p[].

4. Change the contents of the program.

Change the setting with [JOG –+].

5. End program editing.

Press the [MENU] button twice to restore the normal

screen.

Operation in the Timer Recording

Standby mode

Press the [TIMER] button to turn off the [TIMER] indicator.

You can now operate the unit normally.

Press the [TIMER] button again to turn on the [TIMER]

indicator. The Timer Recording Standby mode is engaged.

When all timer recording programs have been executed,

the [TIMER] indicator goes out.

Estimated recording duration

During normal timer recording (menu switch <REPEAT REC> set to “OFF”), recording capacity may be limited depending on

the recording picture quality and recording speed. If there is not enough space available on the hard disk, the programmed

recording may not be performed in its entirety. When the hard disk is full, the programmed timer recording is canceled.

In the Repeat mode, previous recordings are overwritten. Be careful when using this mode.

When setting timer recordings, be sure to check how much recording capacity is required for each program. For details,

refer to the table below.

<Hard disk space required for one-hour recording> (STANDARD Format) (80 GB)

AUDIO REC REC QUALITY 30 FPS 15 FPS 10 FPS 5 FPS 3 FPS 2 FPS 1 FPS 1/2 FPS 1/5 FPS 1/10 FPS

ON HIGH 7.14% 3.57% 2.44% 1.25% 0.78% 0.54% 0.31% 0.19%

NORMAL 3.70% 1.85% 1.25% 0.66% 0.43% 0.31% 0.19% 0.13%

BASIC 2.78% 1.41% 0.96% 0.52% 0.34% 0.25% 0.16% 0.12%

LOW 1.85% 0.96% 0.66% 0.37% 0.25% 0.19% 0.13% 0.10%

OFF HIGH 7.14% 3.57% 2.33% 1.16% 0.70% 0.47% 0.23% 0.12% 0.046% 0.023%

NORMAL 3.57% 1.79% 1.18% 0.59% 0.35% 0.23% 0.12% 0.06% 0.023% 0.012%

BASIC 2.70% 1.33% 0.88% 0.44% 0.26% 0.18% 0.09% 0.04% 0.018% 0.009%

LOW 1.79% 0.88% 0.59% 0.29% 0.18% 0.12% 0.06% 0.03% 0.012% 0.006%

* Actual space used may vary depending on disk conditions and the presence of alarm recordings. This table is meant as a guide only.

For 160 GB, the values in the above table should be halved.

•When a 3-hour recording is executed with <REC QUALITY> set to “HIGH”, <REC SPEED> set to “30” and <AUDIO REC> set to “OFF”.

7.14 (%) x 3 (hour) = 21.4 (%)

Before programming the timer recording, confirm that the remaining capacity of the hard disk is 22% or more.

<Hard disk space required for one-hour recording> (EXTENSION Format) (80 GB)

AUDIO REC REC QUALITY 30 FPS 15 FPS 10 FPS 5 FPS 3 FPS 2 FPS 1 FPS 1/2 FPS 1/5 FPS 1/10 FPS

ON HIGH 8.33% 4.17% 2.70% 1.41% 0.87% 0.61% 0.35% 0.22%

NORMAL 4.17% 2.08% 1.41% 0.75% 0.48% 0.35% 0.22% 0.15%

BASIC 3.13% 1.59% 1.08% 0.58% 0.38% 0.28% 0.18% 0.13%

LOW 2.08% 1.08% 0.75% 0.41% 0.28% 0.22% 0.15% 0.12%

OFF HIGH 8.33% 4.00% 2.63% 1.32% 0.79% 0.52% 0.26% 0.13% 0.052% 0.026%

NORMAL 4.00% 2.00% 1.33% 0.66% 0.40% 0.26% 0.13% 0.07% 0.026% 0.013%

BASIC 3.03% 1.49% 0.99% 0.50% 0.30% 0.20% 0.10% 0.05% 0.020% 0.010%

LOW 2.00% 1.00% 0.66% 0.33% 0.20% 0.13% 0.07% 0.03% 0.013% 0.007%

6-3 Holiday timer recording

6 RECORDING (contd.)

Timer recording can be performed on specified days during the year such as holidays. When holiday timer recording and

programmed timer recording overlap, holiday timer recording has a priority.

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set [AUDIO REC] to ON/OFF with the <AUDIO REC>

menu switch under <DVR MODE>.

3. Display the [HOLIDAY SET] screen.

Display the [HOLIDAY SET] screen. For details, refer to

“Setting” on page 18.

4. Set the desired day.

The cursor blinks at the setting point. Set the day with

[JOG – +] and [JOG p[].

5. Set the start time (hours).

Move the blinking cursor to the “hour” for START with

[JOG ]. Set the required time with [JOG – +].

6. Set the start time (minutes).

Move the blinking cursor to the “minute” for START with

[JOG p[]. Set the required time with [JOG – +].

7. Set the stop time hours and minutes.

Set the hours and minutes for END as described in steps

4 and 5.

8. Set the picture quality.

Move the blinking cursor to [MODE] with [JOG p[].

Select the picture quality with [JOG – +].

H: High-quality recording

N: Normal-quality recording

B: Medium-quality recording

L: Low-quality recording

9. Set the frame mode (REC SPEED).

Move the blinking cursor with [JOG p[] and select

<REC SPEED> with [JOG – +].

[PRG] is automatically set to “ON”.

10.End HOLIDAY SET.

When all settings are complete, press the [MENU] button

twice. The normal screen is restored.

11.Engage the Holiday Recording Standby mode.

Press the [TIMER] button to engage the Holiday Record-

ing Standby mode.

The [TIMER] indication ( ) lights on the display panel.

* To cancel or change the setting, refer to page 26.

Memo:

●Holiday recordings take priority over normal timer

recordings. (Only [TIMER] indicator lights on the

display panel.)

●Maximum recording for HOLIDAY SET is 24 hours.

[HO L IDAYSET ]

PRG

MODES T AR T E ND

JOG

11 :

13 :

15 :

10 :

12 :

14 :

16 :

[HO L IDAYSET ]

PRG

MODEST

AR T

115 9 15

923

212

END

JOG

11 :

13 :

15 :

10 :

12 :

14 :

16 :

[HO L IDAYSET ]

PRG

MODE

N1/

AR T

115 9 15

923

212

JOG

11 :

13 :

15 :

10 :

12 :

14 :

16 :

Set with JOG - +.

10.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[TIMER] button

[CANCEL] button

( ) TIMER indication

Set with JOG - +.

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6-4 Alarm recording

6 RECORDING (contd.)

When an alarm signal is received (via the rear panel [ALARM IN] terminal) during recording, the alarm recording mode set with

the menu switch is automatically engaged.

1. Connect an alarm sensor.

Connect the alarm sensor to the rear panel [ALARM IN]

terminal.

2. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

3. Set the menu switches.

Set the required menu switches. For details, refer to

“Setting” on page 18.

[ALARM/SENSOR MODE]

[REC MODE] : Set to “ALARM”.

[REC DURATION] : Select how long you want alarm

recording to continue after an alarm signal is input.

[BUZZER]

[ALARM/SENSOR]: Set to “ON” to sound the buzzer

during alarm recording.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 21.

4. Start recording.

Refer to “Basic operation” on page 22.

When an alarm signal is received, alarm recording starts

(see step 3 above).

* To stop the buzzer during alarm recording, press the

[CANCEL] button.

Memo:

●Recording continues for about 5 seconds after the set

duration has passed.

●Alarm recording speed <REC SPEED> is fixed at “30”.

<AUDIO REC> is fixed to “ON”.

●<REC QUALITY> setting for alarm recording is the same as the

normal recording setting (used before an alarm is detected).

Repeat recording during alarm recording

Repeat recording is canceled if even one alarm

recording is performed when menu switch

<REPEAT REC> is set to “AL·STOP”.

When menu switch <REPEAT REC> is set to

“AL·LOCK”, alarm recorded sections are protected

when repeat recording is executed.

When menu switch <REPEAT REC> is set to

“ALL”, all alarm recordings are overwritten except

Alarm 1.

To erase Alarm 1, erase all alarms with the

[CLEAR] button.

If the <REC DURATION> switch in <ALARM/

SENSOR MODE> is set to “MANUAL” and alarm

recording continues, recording will stop when the

disk is full even if menu switch <REPEAT REC> is

set to “ALL”.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[CANCEL] button

[REC] button

When set to “ALL”

Beginning of the hard disk

Overwriting

Alarm 1

Alarm 2

Alarm 3

Alarm 4

Alarm 5

Repeat recording

End of the hard disk

[EXT MODE]

REC DUR

ATI ON 10SEC

1. REC MODE OFF

1. REC MODE ARM

2. REC DURAT ONI

2. HDD FULL OUT OFF

[ALARM SENSOR MODE]

180

SEC

3. PRES ENSO

4. PRES ENSO

RECOFF

OGJ

[ALARM/SENSOR] screen

Set to “ALARM”.

When set to “AL•LOCK”

Beginning of the hard disk

Alarm 1

Normal

recording 1

Alarm 2

Alarm 3

Normal

recording 2

Normal

recording 3

Normal

recording 1

Normal

recording 2

Normal

recording 3

End of the hard disk

Protected

Over-

writing

PROGRAM TIMER REC ALARM REC

<REC QUALITY>BASIC Recording with <REC

QUALITY> set to "BASIC"

Alarm detection

Before alarm detection

Repeat

recording

6-5 Sensor recording

6 RECORDING (contd.)

When an alarm signal is input to the rear panel [ALARM IN] terminal in the Stop mode, sensor recording starts in the mode set

with the menu switch.

1. Connect an alarm sensor.

Connect the alarm sensor to the rear panel [ALARM IN]

terminal.

2. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

3. Set the menu switches.

Set the required menu switches. For details, refer to

“Setting” on page 18.

[ALARM/SENSOR MODE]

[REC MODE] : Set to “SENSOR”. (S) lights on the

display panel for the [SENSOR] indication.

[REC DURATION] : Select how long you want sensor

recording to continue after an alarm signal is

received.

[PRESENSOR REC] : Set to “ON” to execute pre-

sensor recording.

[PRESENSOR REC DURATION] : Set the time for

pre-sensor recording.

[BUZZER]

[ALARM/SENSOR]: Set to “ON” to sound the buzzer

during sensor recording.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 21.

4. Engage the Sensor Recording Standby mode.

Engage the Stop mode. When an alarm signal is

received, sensor recording starts (see step 3 above).

* To stop the buzzer during sensor recording, press the

[CANCEL] button.

Memo:

●Sensor recording speed <REC SPEED> is fixed at

“30”. <AUDIO REC> is fixed to “ON”.

●<REC QUALITY> for sensor recording is set with

<DVR MODE>.

Pre-sensor recording

In the Pre-sensor Recording mode, recording starts from

the point before an alarm signal is input during sensor

recording.

•When <SENSOR REC> and <PRESENSOR REC> are

set to “ON” and <PRESENSOR REC DURATION> is set

to “30” sec.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[MENU] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[CANCEL] button

[REC] button

Alarm signal

Time

<30 sec.>

Sensor Recording

Standby (Stop)

mode

Sensor recording

Pre-sensor

recording:

Normally recording

is performed with

camera switching.

[EXT MODE]

REC DUR

ATI ON 10SEC

1. REC MODE OFF

1. REC MODE OR

2. REC DURAT ONI

2. HDD FULL OUT OFF

[ALARM SENSOR MODE]

3. PRES ENSO

4. PRES ENSO

RECOFF

OGJ

[ALARM/SENSOR MODE] screen

Set to “SENSOR”.

(S) SENSOR ON indication

Caution:

●Do not use the Sleep mode in the Sensor Recording

Standby mode. If the Sleep mode is engaged, there

will be a delay between the time an alarm signal is

received and sensor recording starts. No images will

be recorded during this period.

Memo:

●Even though <PRESENSOR REC> is set to “OFF”,

pre-sensor recording may be performed for about 1

second.

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CAMERAIN

MONITOR OUT

AUDIO

OUT

RS-232C

POWER

SIGNAL GND

CAMSW

OUT

ALARM

IN1

SPARE SPARE

SPARE

HDD

FULLOUT

ALARM

RESET

CLOCK

RESETIN

CLOCK

RESETOUT

EXT

RECIN

COM COM

ON OFF

AC IN 120V

50 Hz / 60 Hz

COM EXT REC

LV:OV

HV:5V

Connection

1. Connect an external control device.

Connect the external control device to the rear panel

[EXT REC IN] and [COM] terminals.

2. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

3. Set the menu switches.

Set the required menu switches. For details, refer to

“Setting” on page 18.

[DVR MODE]

[REC QUALITY] : Set the recording picture quality.

[REC SPEED] : Set the recording speed.

[AUDIO REC] : Sets whether or not audio signals

are recorded when menu switch

<REC SPEED> is set to a position

other than 1/5 or 1/10.

[EXT MODE]

[REC MODE] : Set the recording mode to use when

an activation signal is input.

• When “TRIG” is selected, recording starts when a

signal is input.

To stop recording, press the [STOP] button.

• When “MANUAL” is selected, recording is per-

formed as long as a signal is input.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 19.

4. Engage the Stop mode.

When an activation signal is input to the [EXT REC IN]

terminal, recording starts automatically.

6-6 Recording with an external activation signal

6 RECORDING (contd.)

Recording can be started and stopped externally when an activation signal is input to the rear panel [EXT REC IN] terminal.

Operation

Memo:

●This function is disabled in the Timer Recording

Standby mode.

6-7 Automatic restart of recording after power failure

If a power failure occurs, recording re-starts automatically as soon as the power supply is restored.

To activate this function, set menu switch <POWER ON REC> to “ON”. When power is restored after a power outage, recording

starts again in the same mode in use when power was lost.

Caution:

●Because this device automatically performs a system

check when power is restored after a power failure,

there will be a delay before recording re-starts.

Signal input/output

terminals

External control device

Control signal of this unit (ground signal)

Start of recording Stop

[EXT MODE]

REC DUR

ATI ON 10SEC

1. REC MODE RI G

1. REC MODE OFF

2. REC DURAT ONI

2. HDD FULL OUT OFF

[ALARM SENSOR MODE]

180

SEC

3. PRES ENSO

4. PRES ENSO

RECOFF

OGJ

Select the automatic recording operation.

NORM

27H

REPEAT REC

1HOUR

O PERAT E LO CK MODE

OFF

ALL

[DVR MODE]

1. REC QUALI TY

3. AUDIOREC

4. POW

ERON REC

METI

5. SEA

RCH BUTTO N

TIME D TAEREC ON

. EXT ISW TCHER10

SK I PRADU T I O N

2. REC SPEED

REC T IME

JOG

[EXT MODE] screen

Set to “ON”.

7 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK

7-1 Basic operation

Operation

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Start playback.

Press the [PLAY] button. The [PLAY] indicator on the

display panel lights and playback starts.

3. Stop the playback temporarily.

Press the [STILL] button. The [STILL] indicator on the

display panel lights and the Still mode is engaged.

4. Re-start playback.

Press the [PLAY] button to start playback again.

5. Stop playback.

Press the [STOP] button to stop playback.

Memo:

●When the <REC MODE> switch in <ALARM/SENSOR

MODE> is set to “SENSOR” (“SN-***” is shown on

screen), the following phenomena may occur.

•The playback picture appears to stop for a moment or

sound is interrupted.

●If no signal is input from the selected camera during

recording, the picture may freeze or a black screen

may be displayed.

●Press the [PLAY] button to start playback from the point

where playback was last stopped.

Playback

●Lets you check a recording while recording is taking place.

●Jog/shuttle playback and skip search are available in

addition to normal playback.

●When the [PLAY] button is pressed, playback starts from

the point where playback was last stopped.

Simultaneous Playback mode

Memo:

●The screen may go black or sound may be interrupted

during transitions between events.

Memo:

●When an alarm signal is received, the playback picture

may appear to stop or sound may be interrupted.

However, this does not affect the recording.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[STOP] button [STILL] button

[PLAY] button

Beginning of the hard disk (full)

Event 1

Event 2

Event 3

Event 4

End of the hard disk (0%)

Previous playback

Playback starts

from the position

where the playback

was last stopped.

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7-2 Jog/shuttle playback

7 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK (contd.)

Jog playback allows you to view a recording one frame at a time while shuttle playback lets you vary playback speed. These

functions are useful when you want to find a specific scene or examine recorded images in more detail. The shuttle dial is the

outer ring and the jog dial is the inner dial.

Shuttle playback operation

1. Start playback.

Press the [PLAY] button to start playback.

2. Turn the shuttle dial.

To advance the recorded picture, turn the shuttle dial

clockwise (in the [FWD] direction). Search speed

increases when you turn the dial further.

To reverse the picture, turn the shuttle dial counterclock-

wise (in the [REV] direction).

3. Stop shuttle playback.

Press the [STOP], [STILL] or [PLAY] button to stop shuttle

playback. The operation starts according to the button

pressed.

Jog playback operation

1. Start playback.

Press the [PLAY] button to start playback.

2. Turn the jog dial.

To advance the recorded picture, turn the jog dial

clockwise (in the [FWD] direction). To reverse the picture,

turn the dial counterclockwise (in the [REV] direction).

While the jog dial is turned, frame-by-frame playback is

performed. When the dial is released, a still picture

playback is displayed.

3. Stop jog playback.

Press the [STOP] or [PLAY] button to stop jog playback.

The Stop or Play mode will be engaged.

Forward

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[STOP] button [STILL] button

[PLAY] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

Rewind Center

Reverse search Forward search

Still playback

7-3 Skip search

7 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK (contd.)

When the search distance is specified in the menu, the skip search is possible. This function lets you skip quickly through a

series of events and check each one briefly for alarm points.

Time search

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set the menu switches.

Display the [DVR MODE] screen and set the menu

switches. For details, refer to “Setting” on page 18.

[SEARCH BUTTON]: Set to “TIME”.

[SKIP DURATION]: Set the skip distance (time).

3. Start playback.

Press the [PLAY] button to start playback.

4. Execute time search.

Press the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button to perform

time search. The Still mode is engaged.

To check the event, press the [PLAY] button.

About the time search

•Menu switch <SKIP DURATION> is set to “1H”.

●If the current position is 10:30 and the [SKIP

SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed, the position jumps

to 11:30.

●If the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed again,

the position jumps to 12:30 for event 2.

●If the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed once

more, the position jumps to the start of event 3 (15:00).

●If the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed and

held, it jumps to the end of recording.

Note:

●If date and time are not set, time search cannot be

executed. Set the date and time beforehand.

Reference: “4-3 Setting the date and time”on page 13.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[STOP] button [STILL] button

[PLAY] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button

10 : 00 12 : 15 15 : 00

12 : 00 13 : 00

10 : 30 11 : 30 12 : 30

Start of recording Start of recording Start of recording

Stop Stop

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3

Current playback position

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE]

button

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE]

button

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE]

button

NORM

27H

REPEAT REC

1HOUR

O PERAT E LO CK MODE

OFF

ALL

[DVR MODE]

1. REC QUALI TY

3. AUDIOREC

4. POW

ERON REC

METI

5. SEA

RCH BUTTO N

TIME D TAEREC ON

. EXT ISW TCHER10

SK I PRADU T I O N

2. REC SPEED

REC T IME

JOG

Set to “TIME”.

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7-3 Skip search

(contd.)

7 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK (contd.)

Event search

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set the menu switch.

Display the [DVR MODE] screen and set menu switch

<SEARCH BUTTON> to “EVENT”. For details, refer to

“Setting” on page 18.

3. Start playback.

Press the [PLAY] button to start playback.

4. Execute event search.

Press the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button to perform

event search. The Still mode is engaged at the start of

the next event.

To check the event, press the [PLAY] button.

Alarm search

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Set the menu switch.

Display the [DVR MODE] screen and set menu switch

<SEARCH BUTTON> to “ALARM”. For details, refer to

“Setting” on page 18.

3. Start playback.

Press the [PLAY] button to start playback.

4. Execute the alarm search.

Press the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button to perform

alarm search. The Still mode is engaged at the start of

the next alarm recording.

To check the event, press the [PLAY] button.

About event/alarm search

●Each time the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed in the Event Search mode, the head jumps to the start position of

the next recording regardless of whether it is a normal recording or alarm/sensor recording.

●Each time the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed in the Alarm Search mode, the head jumps to the start position of

the alarm/sensor recording.

●If the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button is pressed continuously, the head stops at the end of the recording.

●In the Event Search or Alarm Search mode, the head cannot jump to the beginning of the pre-sensor recording.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[STOP] button [STILL] button

[PLAY] button

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button

Event 1 Event 2

(alarm recording 1)

Event 3 Event 6

Event 4

(sensor

recording 1)

Event 5

(alarm

recording 2)

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button

[SKIP

SEARCH·EXECUTE]

button

Current position

In the Event

Search mode

In the Alarm

Search mode

Pre-

sensor

recording

7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search

7 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK (contd.)

You can access a recording by specifying the alarm number or date/time.

Alarm direct search

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Display the [SEARCH MENU] button.

Press the [SEARCH] button to display the [SEARCH

MENU] screen on the monitor.

Switch the jog dial function with the shuttle dial as

described in “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16.

3. Display the [ALARM SEARCH] screen.

Set the cursor to [ALARM SEARCH] with [JOG ]. Tu r n

the shuttle dial to display the [ALARM SEARCH] screen.

4. Search by “month”, “day”, “year”, “hour” and

“minute”.

Operate the shuttle dial so that the month area for the

search date blinks. Set “month”, “day”, “year”, “hour” and

“minute” with [JOG p[] and [JOG – +].

5. To search by Alarm No.

Select the alarm No. to be searched with [JOG ].

6. Start the search.

Press the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button to start the

search.

When the search ends, the Still mode is engaged. To

check the alarm recording section, press the [PLAY]

button.

 Clearing the alarm list

In the Stop mode, open the <ALARM SEARCH> screen and

press the [CLEAR] button to clear the alarm list. "ALARM

LIST CLEAR**%" is shown on the monitor.

* If recording is executed or <REC MODE> in <ALARM/

SENSOR MODE> is set to “SENSOR”, the list cannot be

cleared. To clear the list, first set <REC MODE> to

“ALARM”, then call the [ALARM SENSOR] screen and

press the [CLEAR] button.

Day/time direct search

1. Turn the power ON.

Check the connections and set the [POWER] switch on

the rear panel to ON.

2. Display the [SEARCH MENU] button.

Press the [SEARCH] button to display the [SEARCH

MENU] screen on the monitor.

Switch the jog dial function with the shuttle dial as

described in “Jog/shuttle dial operation”on page 16.

3. Display the [TIME/DATE SEARCH] screen.

Set the cursor to [TIME/DATE SEARCH] with [JOG ].

Turn the shuttle dial to display the [TIME/DATE SEARCH]

screen.

4. Search by “month”, “day”, “year”, “hour” and

“minute”.

Set “M”, “D”, “Y”, “H” and “M” with [JOG p[] and [JOG –+].

5. Start the search.

Press the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button to start the

search.

When the search ends, the Still mode is engaged. To check

the alarm recording section, press the [PLAY] button.

* If no recording matching the specified date can be

found, the head jumps to the position closest to the

specified date and time.

[SEARCH ENU ]M

ALAR S EAR CH

EDTEA

TIM

OGJ

[AL AR M

[AL AR M LIST]

SEARC ]H

MDYHM

12:12

2010

21 5

OGJ

EXECUTE : PRESS BUTTON

00009 21521

029

NMDYHMo

00009 011 1

028 :

00009 8 1 1

027:

00009 7 4 1

090

026:

00009 5 6 1

025:

00009 5 4 1

024:

00009 5 1 1

023 :

00009 4 5 1

090

022:

00009 3 011

080

021:

00009 2 6 1

050

020:

[SEARCH ENU ]M

ALAR S EAR CH

EDTEA

TIM

OGJ

[TIME ADESEARC ]HT

MDYHM

12:12

2010

21 5

OGJ

EXECUTE : PRESS BUTTON

The cursor blinks.

Caution:

●Be sure to clear the alarm list in the Stop mode. If you try to

clear the list in any other mode, "ALARM LIST CLEAR**%" is

not shown and you will be unable to check progress of the

deletion procedure.

●While the alarm list is being cleared, all buttons are disabled.

Clearing the alarm list can take up to 30 minutes or more. For

example, if the alarm list includes 10,000 events, it takes

about 5 minutes to clear the list.

Memo:

●In the Alarm/Sensor mode, jog/shuttle dial response may be

slow.

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When power is interrupted (disconnection, power failure, etc.) in the Record mode or Sensor Record Standby mode, the

recording information on the hard disk may be damaged. This may cause problems in recording and playback.

To repair the hard disk, two disk scan functions (<AUTO SCANDISK> and <MANUAL SCAN DISK>) are available.

●<AUTO SCANDISK>

If <AUTO SCANDISK> is set to “ON”, the disk is scanned automatically whenever the power is turned on or restored. To cancel

disk scanning, press the [CLOCK RESET/CLEAR] button.

●<MANUAL SCAN DISK>

Execute <MANUAL SCAN DISK> from the menu. This cannot be canceled once it has been started. Do not turn the power

OFF while this operation is in progress. When <AUTO SCANDISK> is set to “OFF” and the power is kept turned on for long-

time recording, be sure to execute <MANUAL SCAN DISK> regularly.

It is recommended to perform <MANUAL SCAN DISK> once a month if recording is executed continuously.

8 HARD DISK CONTROL

8-1 Hard disk maintenance

Scan the disk when the power is ON.

1. Display the [UTILITY] screen.

Display the [UTILITY] screen in the main menu

[SYSTEM/LIST]. For details, refer to “Setting”on page 18.

2. Set the menu switches.

Set the cursor to [AUTO SCAN DISK] with [JOG ] and

set to “ON” with [JOG –+].

When the setting is complete, press the [MENU] button

twice to restore the normal screen.

When the power is turned ON, the disk is scanned and

the "SYSTEM LOADING

%" message is displayed.

Scanning progress is indicated in percentage. When disk

scanning is complete, the % indication goes out.

“LoAd --” blinks on the display panel.

Scan the disk manually.

1. Display the [UTILITY] screen.

Display the [UTILITY] screen in the main menu

[SYSTEM/LIST]. For details, refer to “Setting”on page 18.

2. Set the menu switches.

Set the cursor to [MANUAL SCAN DISK] with [JOG ]

and set to “ON” with [JOG – +].

“EXECUTE: PRESS

BUTTON” is displayed on the

monitor.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 21.

3. Scan the disk.

Press the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button to start

scanning the disk.

“SCAN DISK

%” is shown on the monitor.

Scanning the disk

Caution:

●Disk scanning can take up to 3 hours if the hard disk

contains a lot of data.

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button

[MENU] button

[SYSTEM ]

[LIST]

UTI L I T YBG08]

OGJ

[

HOUR METER

POWER LOSS LIST

[UT I LI T ]Y

1. AUTO SC NDI SKA

SC ND I SKA

OFF

STD

2. MANU

3. QU I CK ER AS E

OGJ

CURRENT FORMAT

EXECUTE : PRESS BUTTON

PLAY STILL

CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

[CLOCK

RESET/CLEAR]

button

Memo:

●Even if <AUTO SCANDISK> is set to "OFF", "SYSTEM

%" may be displayed when the power is

turned ON.

8-1 Hard disk maintenance

(contd.)

8 HARD DISK CONTROL (contd.)

Erasing & formatting

1. Display the [UTILITY] screen.

Display the [UTILITY] screen in the main menu

[SYSTEM/LIST]. For details, refer to “Setting”on page 18.

2. Set the menu switches.

Set the cursor to [QUICK FORMAT] with [JOG ] and set

to “STANDARD” or “EXTENSION” with [JOG – +].

“EXECUTE: PRESS

BUTTON” is displayed on the

monitor.

STD : Normally, use this position. Up to 13,000 alarm/

sensor events can be recorded.

EXTEN : Set to this position if you want to be able to

record more than 13,000 alarm/sensor events.

* Extended formatting takes about 5 minutes to complete.

Recording time is shorter than with the standard format.

Reference: “5-3 Menu switch details”on page 21.

3. Erase & format the disk.

Press the [SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button to start

formatting the disk.

“FORMAT

%” is shown on the monitor.

Erasing & formatting

Memo:

●When the disk is formatted, all existing data on the

hard disk will be erased.

POWER

WARNING

SLEEP REC STOP PLAY STILL

TIMER CANCEL

DISPLAY

REV FWD

EXECUTE

SKIP/ALARM

REC

CLOCK RESET/ CLEAR

OPE. LOCK

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VR-510U

Jog dial

Shuttle search dial

[SKIP SEARCH·EXECUTE] button

[MENU] button

[SYSTEM ]

[LIST]

UTI L I T YBG08]

OGJ

[

HOUR METER

POWER LOSS LIST

[UT I LI T ]Y

1. AUTO SC NDI SKA

SC ND I SKA

OFF

STD

2. MANU

3. QU I CK ER AS E

OGJ

CURRENT FORMAT

EXECUTE : PRESS BUTTON

When the hard disk is full, re-format it in the standard or extended mode.

[ENU]M

CLOCK SET

CNSCR

ALARM

EEN

BUZZER

DVRMODE

EX TMODE

SENSOR MODE

F . DI SP MODE

OGJ

HOLI DAY SET

PROGRAM T I MER

SYSTEM L I ST

Caution:

●Start-up time will be longer when the extended format

is used and a large number of events have been

recorded. (Start-up takes about 2 minutes with 20,000

events and about 25 minutes with 100,000 events

max.)

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Error indications are displayed on-screen whenever there is an abnormality with signal reception, the hard disk, or the menu

settings (such as timer recording setting errors).

9 TROUBLESHOOTING

9-1 Error indication

On-screen indication/

[WARNING] indication

“HDD ERROR”

The [WARNING]

indication lights.

“HDD FULL”

The [WARNING]

indication lights.

“LOW BATTERY”

The [WARNING]

indication lights.

“FAN MOTOR ERROR”

The [WARNING]

indication lights.

“INPUT SIG ERROR”

The [WARNING]

indication lights.

“PLEASE SET TIMER

PROGRAM”

Cause

The hard disk is not functioning properly.

There is no space on the hard disk for

recording. Even if the required recording

time is short, the number of allowable

recordable events may have been

exceeded (13,000 for standard format or

about 100,000 for extended format).

The backup battery is not installed or

need to be replaced.

The fan motor is not functioning properly.

No video signal is input.

No events are programmed for timer

recording.

Possible solution

Consult your nearest JVC dealer.

Format the disk to clear all data and

optimize available disk space. Or, set

<REPEAT REC> to “AL•STOP”,

“AL•LOCK” or “ALL”.

* When the disk is formatted, the re-

corded data is erased.

Replace the battery with a new one.

Consult your nearest JVC dealer.

●Engage the Stop mode and check the

connections.

* When “Camera abnormal” is displayed

and recording continues, recording may

not be performed normally. First,

remove the cause of the abnormality.

Check the timer program.

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reference

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Problem

No power is supplied.

Operation buttons such

as [REC] and [PLAY] do

not respond when

pressed.

No picture is shown

during playback.

Timer recording is not

possible.

The menu screen can’t

be displayed.

The date/time is not

shown on screen.

The date/time is not

recorded.

The timer indication

blinks.

Recording/playback is

not possible.

No sound in playback.

Skip search or direct

search is not possible.

Cause

●The power cord may be disconnected.

●The Operation Lock mode may be

engaged.

●The monitor may not be properly

connected.

●The selected camera may not be

transmitting a signal.

●The clock may not be set.

●The Timer Standby Mode may have

been turned off. Is the [TIMER]

indication lit?

●The timer program may not be set

correctly.

●The Timer Standby Mode may be

engaged. Is the [TIMER] indication lit?

●The Record, Play or Simultaneous Play

mode may be engaged.

●<ON SCREEN MODE> may be set to

“OFF”.

●The clock may not be set.

●Menu switch <TIME DATE REC> may

be set to “OFF”.

●The timer is not programmed or a set

program cannot be executed.

●There may not be enough space

available on the hard disk.

●Cameras may not be connected in

sync.

●<AUDIO REC> may not be “ON”.

●The clock may not be set correctly.

Possible solution

●Connect the provided power cord to a

120 V AC outlet.

●Release the Operation Lock mode.

●Connect the monitor correctly.

●Select the camera for recording.

●Check the clock setting.

●Press the [TIMER] button to engage the

Timer Recording Standby mode.

●Check the timer program settings. The

[TIMER] indication blinks if a program

cannot be executed.

●Press the [TIMER] button to release the

timer program.

●Stop the operation, then press the

[MENU] button.

●Set <ON SCREEN MODE> to “ON”.

●Set the clock.

●Set menu switch <TIME DATE REC> to

“ON”.

●Re-set the program timer.

●Re-format the hard disk to clear existing

data.

●Input the signals in sync.

●Set <AUDIO REC> to “ON”.

If <REC SPEED> is set to “1/5” or “1/

10”, audio signals cannot be recorded.

●Set the clock.

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reference

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9-2 No error indication

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