Panasonic Digital Disk Recorder Wj Hd616 Wj Hd716 Operating Instructions

Before attempting to connect or operate this product,  
please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
No model number suffix is shown in this manual.
 
Operating Instructions
Digital Disk Recorder 
Model No.  WJ-HD616K
WJ-HD716K
WJ-HD616K/G
WJ-HD716K/G
ERROR ALARM
ALARM
SUSPEND
STSHDD1A/FTIMERHDD2HDD3OPERATEHDD4
ALARM RESET
GOTO LAST GOTO DATESEARCH
COPYREV FWD
SETUP SET HOLDSUB
MENUESC
STOP PAUSEPLAYRECREC STOP
MOUSEDigital Disk Recorder WJ-HD616
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CONTENTS
Preface ....................................................................... 4
About the user manuals  ......................................... 4
System requirements for a PC  ............................... 4
Trademarks and registered trademarks  ................. 5
Abbreviations  ......................................................... 5
Restrictions upon display of images  ...................... 6
Before using this product  ........................................... 7
Video Motion...

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Search and play ........................................................ 93
Search and play recording events (recording  
event search)  ........................................................ 93
Search for time and date when a motion was 
detected from recorded images and play (VMD 
search)  .................................................................. 96
Check a list of copied recorded images  ............... 98
Event function  ........................................................ 100
Event...

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The digital disk recorder WJ-HD616K, WJ-HD716K, WJ-HD616K/G and WJ-HD716K/G (hereinafter 
WJ-HD616K or WJ-HD716K), are designed for use within a surveillance system, and record images from up to 
16 cameras on the hard disk drives.
This product supports HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) standard which allows displaying playback/
live images with superior quality when connecting to a high-definition m\
onitor using an optional HDMI cable.
It is possible to operate cameras from this product to...

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Other: CD-ROM drive:  It is necessary to refer to the operating instructions on the provided 
CD-ROM.
  DirectX
® 9.0c or later
  Adobe® Reader®:  It is necessary to refer to the operating instructions on the provided 
CD-ROM.
* When using Microsoft
® Windows® Vista®
Important:
	 •	 If	using	a	PC	that	does	not	meet	the	above	system	requirements,	it	may	cause	problems	such	as	slow	imag- ing or the browser becomes inoperable.
	 •	 Audio	will	not	be	heard	if	a	sound	card	is	not	installed	on	a	PC.
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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	(*)	when	the	following	operations	are	performed	while displaying live images.
	 •	 When	live	images	are	displayed	(by	switching	camera	channel,	etc.)
	 •	 When	image	is	zoomed	in	or	out
	 •	 When...

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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 malfuncti\
oning.
	 •	 When	there	is	a	very	little	difference	in	luminance	(brightness)	between	a	background	and	a	subject
	 •	 When	brightness	of	images	is	low	such	as	at	night
	 •	 When	a	subject	moves	very	slow
	 •	 When	a	subject	is...

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Recording mode
It is possible to directly connect up to 16 cameras to the recorder and record images from them on the hard 
disk drives.
The following recording modes are available.
Emergency recording:   Recording that is performed manually using an external switch, etc. when an emergen-
cy occurs
Manual rec. operation:  Recording that is started and stopped manually
Schedule recording:    Recording that is automatically performed at the designated time range on the\
 desig-
nated day of the week...

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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  when the alarm output stops. The blinking or 
lighting indicator will go off when the alarm 
reset button is pressed.
ALARM SUSPEND: Lights when the alarm sus- pension mode is selected. (☞ Pages 58 and...

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  Shuttle ring: The following functions are provided.
	 •	 Fast	forward/reverse	playback	can	be	per -
formed during playback.
  y  Hold button [HOLD]
    Press this button during fast forward/reverse play-
back started by the shuttle ring to hold the current 
playback speed (hold playback speed function). 
(During hold playback: Blinks green)
    This button can also be used for the panning/tilt-
ing operation of the camera. (During low-speed 
panning/tilting control: Lights green)
  u  Maintenance...