Panasonic WJ-HD616K/G - Manuals

6 Restrictions upon display of images When displaying images using this product, some functions have restrictions as follows. Before using this prod-uct, keep the following in mind. When displaying live images from the camera on a web browser • Black screen may be displayed for the first few seconds...

7 Before using this product Video Motion Detection (VMD) function The VMD function of this product detects motions referring to changes of brightness in the areas set in advance.The VMD function will not effectively work in the following situations or may sometimes be malfunctioning. • When there is...

9 Major operating controls and their functions q Status indicators ERROR: Blinks when an error that can become a problem for the recorder to run the system occurs. Blinks red: System error Blinks orange: Thermal error, cooling fan mal- function, etc. ALARM: Blinks when an alarm occurs, and lights wh...

12 Insert an optional SDHC/SD memory card Step 1 Open the SDHC/SD memory card slot. Step 2 Insert an SDHC/SD memory card to the slot until it clicks. Step 3 Close the cover of the SDHC/SD memory card slot. Note: • When removing the SDHC/SD memory card from the slot, push the card until it clicks and...

14 About the operation window The default positions are indicated by the circled numbers. (Broken lined circles are not the default positions.) Important: • The setup menu will not be displayed on monitor 1. q Camera title The set camera title will be displayed. The camera title display position can...

15 The default positions are indicated by the circled numbers. (Broken lined circles are not the default positions.) q Camera title The set camera title will be displayed. The camera title display position can be selected from "Upper left", "Lower left", "Upper right" and ...

16 Camera control The camera control panel and the camera menu panel will be displayed. It is possible to control a camera, such as panning/tilting, preset position movement, on the camera control panel. On the cam-era menu panel, it is possible to operate the camera setup menu. El-zoom The electron...

20 Basic operation To directly operate the recorder, there are 2 ways of how to operate it: operations using the buttons on the front panel and operations using a mouse connected to the recorder.The following are descriptions of how to perform the basic operation in these 2 ways. Important: • The in...

21 Move the position of a panel It is possible to move a panel to the other corner of the screen by rotating the jog dial (inside). When rotating the jog dial (inside) clockwise, the panel will move to the next corner in order clockwise. When rotating the jog dial counterclockwise, it will move coun...

22 Operations of the software keyboard for character entry When it is necessary to enter characters such as when setting the camera titles on the setup menu, use the software keyboard for character entry that can be displayed by pressing the [SET] button after moving the cur-sor onto the entry field...

23 Operations using a mouse The recorder can be operated using a mouse connected to the mouse port ( ☞ page 11) on the front panel. Move the mouse cursor onto a button or a tab on the screen, and then click on it. Note: • When no operation is made for 10 seconds or more, the mouse cursor will be hid...

27 Login operation at startup When "Off" is selected for "Auto login", the login window will be displayed by pressing any button on the front panel after completing the system check. Enter a user name and password as follows when the login window is displayed. Step 1 Enter a user nam...

28 Monitor live images from cameras When the recorder started up, live images from cameras will be displayed according to the configured settings. Live images from cameras are displayed via the recorder. It is possible to display live images on a 1-screen or on a multiscreen. It is also possible to ...

30 Display images on a 1-screen To display live images on a 1-screen, take the following procedures. Operation using the buttons on the front panel Step 1 Select a monitor to display images. ( ☞ Page 29) Step 2 Select a camera channel from which images are to be displayed on the selected monitor by ...

31 Use the electronic zoom When displaying images on a 1-screen, it is possible to enlarge the displayed live images using the electronic zoom. It is also possible to move the area of the enlarged image to be displayed. Step 1 Press the [SUB MENU] button. → The submenu window will be displayed. Step...

32 Display images on a multiscreen To display live images on a multiscreen (4-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 12-, 16-screen), take the following procedures. Images will be displayed on a multiscreen with the screen pattern selected on the setup menu ("Camera setup" under "Multi screen setup" on the &...

34 Display images from multiple cameras sequentially (sequence display) The sequence display function is the function that can automatically switch and display images from multiple cameras sequentially.The sequence display will be performed according to the settings configured in advance. The settin...

35 Pre-event recording area Hard disk drive Normal recording area Event recording area Recording area used for manual recording/schedule recording Recording area used for pre-event recording Recording area used for event recording (recording to be performed at an event occurrence) Camera Hard disk d...

37 Step 1 Press the external switch to start recording. → The [REC] button will light and the emergency recording will start. Step 2 When the set recording duration has passed, the emergency recording will automatically stop. The recording duration for the emergency recording can be set on the setup...

38 Image data Monitor 2 Hard disk drive Recorder Play recorded images Images recorded on the recorder will be displayed on monitor 2.Playback images will be displayed on monitor 2. Playback operation can be made while recording. Operation using the buttons on the front panel Step 1 Press the [PLAY/P...

41 Functions during playback (when using the mouse) Function Operation Pause Frame by frame play- back/Reverse frame by frame playback Fast forward/Fast rewind Skip Select "REC & Playback" from the submenu, and then operate the displayed "REC & Playback" panel. Skip to the la...

43 Play images from a designated point It is possible to start playback from a designated time and date or the latest recorded image. Playback operation can be made while recording. Playback images will be displayed on monitor 2. Play image recorded at a designated time and date Start playback by de...

44 Operation using the buttons on the front panel Step 1 Press the [GOTO LAST] button when displaying live images. → The latest recorded image will be played. Step 2 To stop the playback, press the [STOP] button on the front panel. → Playback will stop. Playback on monitor 2 will be switched to live...

45 Search and play Search a desired recorded image and play it. There are the following 3 searching methods. • Search for recording events and play (recording event search) • Search for time and date when a motion was detected from recorded images and play (VMD search) • Search for copied recorded i...

46 Step 1 Press the [SEARCH] button on the front panel. → The recording event list window will be displayed. Note: • When using the mouse, click "Search" from the submenu to display the recording event list win-dow. Step 2 Select search filters. Move the cursor onto [Filtering] by pressing t...

51 Search for time and date when a motion was detected from recorded images and play (VMD search) Display a list of time and date when a motion was detected (by the VMD function) from images recorded by all the recording modes ( ☞ page 37), and then select a desired recorded image to play from the l...

56 Event function The recorder will take an event action when any of the following events occur. • Terminal alarm: Regarded as an event when an alarm input signal is supplied from an external device such as a door sensor to the alarm input terminal on the rear of the recorder. • Video Motion Detecti...

57 Event action Alarm mode Activity detection mode Off Start recording b b X Display event information on the screen b X X Blink the alarm indicator b X X Sound the buzzer b X X Switch to the camera channel in which an alarm occurred b X X Move a camera to the preset position b b X Send a mail that ...

58 Suspend the alarm action Configure the settings to not to perform the alarm action even when an event occurs.It is useful to suspend the alarm action for a certain period such as when configuring the settings of the record-er.However, recording filing of event logs, preset position function and a...

59 Copy recorded images Step 1 Set a destination media (DVD, SDHC/SD memory card). ( ☞ Installation Guide) Step 2 Press the [Copy] button on the front panel. → The data copy window will be displayed. Note: • When using a mouse, select "Data copy" from the submenu to display the data copy win...

62 Operation and configuration when connecting the recorders in cascading connection When connecting the recorders (up to 5 recorders) in cascading connection, all images managed by the con-nected recorders can be monitored on a single monitor. The following are descriptions of how to operate when t...

63 Example of video output (analog) connection Operation using the buttons on the front panel It is possible to operate using the buttons on the front panel. When selecting monitor 2, images will be dis-played on monitor 2 connected to the first WJ-HD616K. When selecting monitor 1, images will be di...

64 Operate the camera Step 1 Press the [SUB MENU] button on the front panel. → The submenu window will be displayed. Step 2 Move the cursor onto the [Camera control] button of the submenu, and then press the [SET] button. → The menu list will be displayed. Move the cursor onto "Camera operation&...

65 Step 1 Display the camera control panel. ( ☞ Page 64) Step 2 Adjust the horizontal/vertical position of images from the camera using the arrows button ( C , D , A , B ). The camera direction will move to the direction com-manded by the arrows button. Note: • It is possible to make the panning/til...

67 Step 1 Move the camera direction to a position to be regis-tered as a preset position. Step 2 Display the [Pan/Tilt] tab of the camera control panel ( ☞ page 65) Step 3 Press the [SET] button on the front panel. → The "Preset/Auto" window will be displayed. Step 4 Enter a preset position ...

68 Step 1 Display the "Preset/Auto" window. ( ☞ Page 67) Step 2 Enter the preset position number to move the camera direction. The preset position number can be entered in the same manner as of the preset number registration ( ☞ page 67). When entering number "000", the camera direct...

70 Step 1 Press the [SUB MENU] button. → The submenu window will be displayed. Step 2 Move the cursor onto the [Camera control] button of the submenu, and then press the [SET] button. → The menu list will be displayed. Move the cursor onto "Camera menu" on the displayed menu list, and then p...

71 Disk management Step 1 Press the [SUB MENU] button. → The submenu window will be displayed. Step 2 Move the cursor onto the [Setup Menu] button, and then press the [SET] button. → The setup menu will be displayed. Step 3 Move the cursor onto "Maintenance", and then press the [SET] button....

74 Configure the network settings Step 1 Click "Start" on the task bar, and then click "Control Panel". → The control panel will be displayed. Important: • Log in to the PC as an administrator. Step 2 Click the "Network and Internet Connections" icon. → The "Network and I...

76 Router Router PC Recorder IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 IP address: 192.168.1.100 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.1.1 * Stands for Wide Area Network WAN* IP address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 IP address: 192.168.0.250 Subnet mask: 255.255.255....

77 Display the operation window Step 1 Start the web browser. Step 2 Enter the IP address or URL assigned to the recorder into the [Address] box, and then press the [Enter] key. → The authentication window will be displayed. The authentication window will not be displayed when "Off" is selec...

78 About the operation window [Control] button ( ☞ page 79) It is possible to operate the switcher functions of the camera such as switching the camera channel to dis-play live images from a different camera or start the sequence display using the operation panel displayed by clicking this button. T...

81 q The status of image (live image/recorded image) display operation will be displayed. : Indicates that live images are being dis- played. : Indicates that playback images are being displayed. : Indicates that reverse playback images are being displayed. : Indicates that fast playback images are ...

82 [REW] button Plays recorded images in reverse at high speed. Playback speed of fast reverse playback will change in the following order each time this button is clicked: Step1 (1x) → Step2 (Approx. 2x) → Step3 (Approx. 5x) → Step4 (Approx. 10x) → Step5 (Approx. 20x) → Step6 (Approx. 50x) → Step7 ...

91 Playback operation Function Button Operation Pause • Playback will be paused when this button is clicked during play - back. • Playback will resume when this button is pressed during pause. Fast playback/Fast reverse playback / • Playback speed of fast playback will change in the following order ...

92 Step 1 Display the top page of the operation window. ( ☞ Page 77) Step 2 Click the [HDD] tab. → The [HDD] tab will be displayed. Step 3 Click the [Go to date] button. → The time and date search window will be dis- played. Step 4 Click the button and determine the desired time and date. Step 5 Cli...

98 Number of the listed data Displays the total number of listed copied data. When more than 10 000 data matched, the ">10000" indi-cation will be displayed. [All list] button Cancels filtering and lists all copied data. [Refresh] button The displayed contents will be updated to the lates...

100 Event function The recorder will take an event action when any of the following events occur. Terminal alarm: Regarded as an event when an alarm input signal is supplied from an external device such as a door sensor to the alarm input terminal on the rear of the recorder. Video Motion Detection ...

103 Cancel an error action When an error occurred, this recorder will take an error action. To manually cancel an error action, perform the following operation. Step 1 When an error occurs, the [ERR] button will be dis-played in the status display area. Step 2 Click the [ERR] button. → The error act...

106 Download recorded images currently being played Step 1 Display the top page of the operation window. ( ☞ Page 77) Step 2 Operation can be performed when recorded images are being played on a 1-screen. Click the [Start] button in the download operation area at the desired point to set as the star...

108 Play the copied/downloaded recorded images Step 1 Click the [Viewer] button in the download operation area. → The "File download" window will be displayed. Step 2 Click the [Save] button. → The "Save As" window will be displayed. When recorded images are copied/downloaded, record...

109 Step 3 Create a new folder in the desired directory and click the [Save] button. → The viewer software will be downloaded. Install the viewer software When the older version of the viewer software is installed on a PC, uninstall it before installing the newer ver-sion. Step 1 Double-click the do...

110 Step 5 Click the [Install] button. → When the installation is complete, the installation completion window will be displayed. Step 6 Click the [Complete] button. → Installation of the viewer software is complete. For Windows XP Step 1 Open "Add or Remove Programs" in "Control Panel&#...

111 Step 1 Select "HD_Viewer" from the start menu ("Start" – "All programs" – "Panasonic" – "HD_Viewer") or double-click the HD_Viewer icon on the desktop. Step 2 Click the [Open file] button. → The "Open" window will be displayed. Step 3 Select the do...

112 Step 1 Start operation when playing images using the viewer software. Step 2 Click the [PAUSE] button. Step 3 Click the [SAVE] button. → The "Save As" window will be displayed. Step 4 Enter the file name, and then select "JPEG (*.jpg)" for "Save as type". Step 5 Designate...

113 Step 1 Launch the viewer software and display the following window. Step 2 Click the [Open file] button. → The "Open file" window will be displayed. Step 3 Select the downloaded image data file (filename.n3r). Step 4 Click the [Open] button. → The first frame of the image data will be di...

116 Step 1 Display the [CAM] tab. ( ☞ Page 114) Step 2 Click the [ C ] button, and then select the preset posi- tion number from the following. Home, 1 - 256 Step 3 When the [Register] button is clicked, the confirma-tion window will be displayed. The camera direction will be registered and assigned...

122 Notification by e-mail Alarm mail A link address to the alarm image that is saved in the recorder contained in an alarm mail as follows. Contents of the alarm mail: In HD600 (192.168.0.250), alarm was occurred.Alarm date: xx-xxx-xxxx xx:xx:xx GMT xx:xx (Example: 01-JAN-2009 GMT +0:00) Cause of a...

123 Warning mail The following mail will be sent to notify of a trouble occurrence to a registered address when the trouble occurs. HD600 (192.168.0.250) STATUS REPORT DATE: 2009-1-1 12:00:00STATUS: The description of the trouble will be displayed. (Example: MAIN THERMAL ERROR) Indication Descriptio...

124 Troubleshooting Before asking for repairs, check the symptoms with the following table. Contact your dealer if a problem cannot be solved even after checking and trying the solution in the table or a problem is not described below. Symptom Cause/solution Reference pages Cannot access from the br...

127 Message displayed on the information bar Depending on the operation system in use, the following may occur. Follow the instructions below when the fol-lowing occurred. By performing the following solutions, other applications may not be affected. The "Information Bar" expressed in the fo...

129 Glossary ActiveX Control A software module developed by Microsoft. It is used to add functions, downloaded from a web server via the Internet or intranet, to Internet Explorer. The recorder uses it to display video. DDNS (Dynamic DNS) A technology for dynamically translating DNS server informati...