Page 2 - PRECAUTION; Location; CAUTION
English 1 PRECAUTION Location For safe operation and satisfactory performance of yourunit, keep the following in mind when selecting a place for its installation:Shield it from direct sunlight and keep it away from sources of intense heat.Avoid dusty or humid places.Avoid places with insufficient ve...
Page 3 - INTRODUCTION; Main features; Expandability and PC connection; Accessories; Power cord; Power cord tie; Symbols used in this manual
2 English INTRODUCTION Main features This digital video recorder can be used to store images recorded by four monitoring cameras onto its built-in hard disk. Large-capacity (120 GB or 240 GB) hard disk. Eliminates laborious tape replacement, and offers a long continuous recording time of at least ...
Page 4 - CONTENTS; NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER
English 3 CONTENTS 1 BEFORE USE................................................. 5 Notes on handling internal hard disk drive components .................................................... 5Conditions to avoid ......................................... 5The hard disk and cooling fan are expendable i...
Page 5 - SETTINGS
CONTENTS 4 English INTRODUCTION OPE RATIO N SETTINGS OTHER MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS .............................................. 23 Displaying menu screens and setting screens ......................................................... 23To restore menu setting items to their initial values...
Page 6 - BEFORE USE; Do not subject the unit to shocks or vibration.; Conditions to avoid; Installation conditions
English 5 1 BEFORE USE Notes on handling internal hard disk drive components This unit has a built-in hard disk drive (HDD).Be sure to observe the following points carefully when operating, setting-up and servicing the unit. Do not subject the unit to shocks or vibration. If the unit is subjected ...
Page 7 - IN
BEFORE USE 1 IN TRODUCTIO N 6 English z To be prepared for malfunctions or accidents, back up important recordings periodically, or record using mirroring. Hard disk protection The hard disk is checked automatically at power ON. If a hard disk problem is found, the POWER indicator flashes. To initia...
Page 8 - NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS; Front panel
English 7 2 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS Front panel 1. POWER indicator ( J P. 10) Lights when the power is ON.Flashes when there is a problem with the hard disk or fan. 2. CHANNEL buttons and indicators Used when switching the image display from the quad screen to a single screen. Pressing a channe...
Page 9 - Rear panel
NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS 2 8 English INTRODUCTION Rear panel 1. FAN 2. AUDIO IN terminals (4 channels) 3. AUDIO OUT terminal 4. LAN terminal ( J P. 45) 5. VIDEO IN terminals (4 channels) 6. Power cord holder Secure the power cord to the holder using the cord tie (accessory) as shown in the illus...
Page 10 - INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS; Basic connections; Connecting a remote control circuit
English 9 3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS This section describes how to connect the digital video recorder to the CCTV camera and other devices. Be sure to read the instruction manuals for each connected device. Make connections carefully. Improper connections can cause smoke or malfunctions. The con...
Page 11 - Connecting to a network
INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 3 IN TRODUCTIO N 10 English (1) Push in the lock pin with a flat-blade screwdriver.(2) Insert the cable.(3) Pull out the lock pin with a flat-blade screwdriver. The cable is now fixed in place. The VA-SW804 application software (sold separately) or the VA-SW80LITE applic...
Page 12 - SCREEN DISPLAY AND POSITION; Example: Normal screen; Displayed symbols; Operation display area
English 11 1 SCREEN DISPLAY AND POSITION At power ON, the operation display area appears at the top of the monitor screen.The operation display area shows the date/time, image quality, remaining time, and other information needed for operations. Example: Normal screen (1) Operation symbol display Di...
Page 13 - OPE; To switch screens automatically, displaying; To return to the quad screen
SCREEN DISPLAY AND POSITION 1 OPE RATIO N 12 English Press the [EXIT/OSD] button repeatedly. Pressing the [EXIT/OSD] button repeatedly lets you move or erase the operation display area. Example: Normal screen z When the operation display is moved to the bottom of the screen, the camera titles are di...
Page 14 - SETTING THE LANGUAGE/CLOCK; ] button to select the desired; To change the language
English 13 2 SETTING THE LANGUAGE/CLOCK This section describes how to set the language displayed on the monitor and how to set the digital video recorder’s internal clock. [Settings] ( indicates default setting.) 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, and the < > (MAIN MENU) sc...
Page 15 - Setting the time
SETTING THE LANGUAGE/CLOCK 2 OPE RATIO N 14 English (Default setting: 01-01-2003 WED 00:00:00)Be sure to set the correct date and time. The digital video recorder stores the times of recordings for use in operations such as playback and search/playback. Example: Setting 20 May 2003, 8:30 1 Press the...
Page 16 - NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING; Normal recording; Ending normal recording; Timer recording; Stopping during timer recording
English 15 3 NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING Follow the steps below to record the monitored image onto the hard disk. z When using the recorder for the first time, check that the TV SYSTEM selector switch on the rear panel is set to “PAL” correctly. If this switch is set incorrectly, recording will...
Page 17 - ALARM RECORDING; When alarm input is detected.; Alarm recording
16 English OPE RATIO N 4 ALARM RECORDING Follow the steps below to have the digital video recorder record an alarm image only when alarm input is detected. z Check that the cable of the device required for alarms is connected to the ALARM terminal. ( J P. 8) z When the motion sensor is set, an alarm...
Page 18 - NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING PLAYBACK; Ending playback; To change the fast-forward speed
English 17 5 NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING PLAYBACK Follow the steps below to play back images recorded on the hard disk. 1 Press the [PLAY/STOP] button. The [PLAY/STOP] button lights, and appears in the operation display area. The images recorded on the hard disk are played back in the quad scre...
Page 19 - Viewing still images; To playback audio
NORMAL RECORDING/TIMER RECORDING PLAYBACK 5 OPE RATIO N 18 English 1 During playback, press the [STILL] button. The image becomes a still image (freezes). appears in the operation display area. 2 Press the [STILL] button. Press the [ ] button while a still image is displayed. The still image advance...
Page 20 - SEARCHING FOR RECORDED IMAGES; Alarm search
English 19 6 SEARCHING FOR RECORDED IMAGES Images recorded on the hard disk can be searched and played back. There are two search methods available. Image to search Search in <SEARCH> screen z You can use the button operations to freeze, fast-forward or perform other operations on retrieved im...
Page 21 - the image to play back.
SEARCHING FOR RECORDED IMAGES 6 OPE RATIO N 20 English 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the image to play back. The selected alarm image is displayed in the preview screen. You can display up to 8 alarm images. z To display the next (previous) image Press the [ ] or [ ] button. z To display t...
Page 23 - PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL OPERATION (KEY LOCK FUNCTION); button for about 3 seconds.; Setting the key lock function
22 English OPE RATIO N 7 PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL OPERATION (KEY LOCK FUNCTION) Follow the steps below to set the key lock function, preventing accidental pressing of the operation buttons. 1 With the digital video recorder recording or stopped, press the [ ] button for about 3 seconds. When the key lo...
Page 24 - MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS; Display the desired setting screen.; To exit a menu screen
English 23 MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS This section describes the menu configuration, and which menu item to select for each operation. 1 Press the [MENU] button. The <MAIN MENU> screen is displayed. 2 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the desired sub-menu or setting screen. (Example...
Page 25 - Overview of sub-menus
MENU CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONS 24 English SETTINGS The screens below are the sub-menu screens or setting screens displayed by selecting items from the <MAIN MENU> screen.Each time you press the [MENU] button, each of the screens shown on this page is displayed in the order shown. 1. LANGUAG...
Page 29 - SCREEN SET MENU; Screen settings; MONITOR SET; TITLE SET
28 English SETTINGS 2 SCREEN SET MENU z “SEQUENCE” is used to set the time interval used for switching screens when displaying the image from each channel sequentially. z “DISPLAY” setting is used when an alarm is generated. It sets whether to display the image from the channel that generated the al...
Page 31 - entering the camera title.; Setting the motion sensor
SCREEN SET MENU 2 30 English SETTINGS 2 Select “2. SCREEN SET MENU”, and press the [ ] button. The <SCREEN SET MENU> screen is displayed. 3 Select “2. TITLE SET”, and press the [ ] button. The <CAMERA NO.1> screen is displayed. The default values are shown below. 4 Press the desired [CHA...
Page 32 - button to set the sensitivity.
SCREEN SET MENU 2 English 31 2 Select “2. SCREEN SET MENU”, and press the [ ] button. The <SCREEN SET MENU> screen is displayed. 3 Select “3. MOTION SENSOR SET”, and press the [ ] button. The motion sensor setting screen for camera No. 1 appears. 4 Press the desired [CHANNEL] button to select ...
Page 33 - RECORDER MENU; Setting items
32 English SETTINGS 3 RECORDER MENU The <RECORDER MENU> screen lets you make the following recording-related settings: Connect the control terminals by cables as shown below. Terminal No.8: COMMON9: SERIES REC IN10: NON REC OUT/SERIES REC OUT 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights...
Page 34 - Resetting when the FULL indicator lights
RECORDER MENU 3 English 33 [Settings] ( indicates default setting.) * If the hard disk becomes full when item (4) OVER WRITE is set to “OFF”, the operation performed is determined by the setting of item (5) DISK FULL RESET. For how to set this item, see “Resetting when the FULL indicator lights” o...
Page 35 - ALARM REC MODE SET
RECORDER MENU 3 34 English SETTINGS 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, and the <MAIN MENU> screen is displayed. 2 Select “3. RECORDER MENU”, and press the [ ] button. The <RECORDER MENU> screen is displayed. 3 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select “2. ALARM REC MODE SET...
Page 36 - AUDIO REC LEVEL SET; Timer setting items
RECORDER MENU 3 English 35 4 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to select the desired item, then press the [ ] button. The setting flashes. 5 Press the [ ] or [ ] button to change the setting, then press the [ ] button. 6 Repeat procedures 4 to 5 to set other items as needed. 7 When you have finished makin...
Page 39 - Setting holidays; Initializing the hard disk
RECORDER MENU 3 38 English SETTINGS You can set specific dates as holidays, to have the timer recording operation for Sunday used on th\ose days.Dates such as national holidays and company off days should be set as holidays when you want those dates to have the same security as Sundays. [Setting con...
Page 41 - DISPLAY SET; Settings
40 English SETTINGS 4 DISPLAY SET The <DISPLAY SET> screen lets you turn off the display of the date, time or other information in the operation display area of the playback screen. Use this screen to make settings as needed. [Settings] ( indicates default setting.) 1 Press the [MENU] button...
Page 42 - BUZZER SET
English 41 5 BUZZER SET The <BUZZER SET> screen lets you set a warning buzzer to sound when events occur such as alarms being generated or the remaining hard disk space reaching zero. Use this screen to make settings as needed. [Settings] ( indicates default setting.) z Press any button to s...
Page 43 - SECURITY LOCK SET; Example: Setting “123456AB” as a password; Password setting example
42 English SETTINGS 6 SECURITY LOCK SET You can set passwords that restrict use of the digital video recorder to administrators and designated users, preventing unauthorized operation. When the security lock is set, a buzzer sounds when an unauthorized user presses any of the digital video recorder’...
Page 44 - the character to enter.; Setting the user password
SECURITY LOCK SET 6 English 43 3 Press the [ ] button. The first password entry bar “-” flashes. 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the character to enter. Example:Selecting “1” 5 Press the [ ] button. The second password entry bar flashes. 6 Repeat procedures 4 to 5 to enter the remaining di...
Page 45 - the cursor to “REC CONTROL”.; Setting the security lock
SECURITY LOCK SET 6 44 English SETTINGS Perform Steps 1 and 2 on P. 42 3 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to move the cursor to “REC CONTROL”. 4 Press the [ ] button. 5 Press thee [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “ADMIN” or “USER”. The setting is now finished. 6 Press the [EXIT/OSD] button. The display re...
Page 46 - Network connections and settings; Settings for connecting to a PC or network
English 45 7 RS-485/NETWORK SET This section describes how to make the RS-485 terminal connections/settings needed to connect to an external device, and how to make the network connections needed to connect to a PC. You can make digital video recorder menu settings and monitor images from a PC via a...
Page 47 - RS-485 connections and settings
RS-485/NETWORK SET 7 46 English SETTINGS 4 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “MANUAL,” then press the [ ] button twice. The last 3 digits of the address flash. 5 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to change the setting, then press the [ ] button. The cursor moves to “DATA SPEED”. 6 When you have fi...
Page 48 - POWER FAILURE/USED TIME
English 47 8 POWER FAILURE/USED TIME You can check the date/time of power failures and the amount of hard disk operation time. 1 Press the [MENU] button. The [MENU] button lights, and the <MAIN MENU> screen is displayed. 2 Select “8. POWER FAILURE/USED TIME”, and press the [ ] button. The <...
Page 50 - To download menu items
MENU UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD 9 English 49 1 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “SAVE MENUS TO CF”, then press the [ ] button. The <WARNING> screen is displayed.“NO” flashes. 2 Press the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select “YES”, then press the [ ] button. Downloading starts. When you have finished load...
Page 51 - OTHER; INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS; Data format; RS-485 specifications
50 English OTHER 1 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS Data format Communication protocol A proprietary Sanyo protocol (SSP: Security Serial Protocol) is used. Use of a special controller for operation is recommended. To obtain this controller, contact a Sanyo service centre. Termination settings When connecti...
Page 52 - DVR/VCR command table
INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS 1 English 51 The table below shows the commands supported by the digital video recorder. The command is only used during RS-485 control. DVR/VCR command table Left digit Right digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 TIMER ON/OFF 12 AUDIO 3 SHIFT I SHIFT J 4 SHIFT K SHIFT L MENU 5 SHIFT+ /RP...
Page 53 - SPECIFICATIONS
52 English OTHER 2 SPECIFICATIONS Note that product appearance and specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Hard disk capacity 120 GB Television system NTSC/PAL color signal standard (Switchable) Picture resolution NTSC: 720 x 480 (Super/High/Standard)PAL: 720 x 576 (Super/High/Sta...
Page 54 - Dimensions
SPECIFICATIONS 2 English 53 (mm) Dimensions Front Side 210 96 380 e00_l8hbc_hd_6.book Page 53 Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:34 PM
