Panasonic Digital Disk Recorders Wj Hd500a Operating Instructions

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Programming Menu Setup
As shown below, the WJ-HD500 SETUP menu has eight main submenus. Seven of these are further divided into additional
submenus.
The  mark indicates that the item has a submenu for more detailed setups.
TIMER SETTING
RECORDING SETUP
Common Recording
Setup
Group Setup
Program Timer
Sequence Setup
Alarm Port Setting
Video Motion Detector Setting
PS
 • Data Setup
RS-232C Setup
Clock Setup
Time Adjustment Setting
Disk Management
Error Report
System Information Password Lock Setting...

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TIMER SETTING
The timer recording mode is triggered by the internal or an
external timer.
This item lets you enable or disable the timer for recording.
1. Move the cursor to the TIMER parameter in the WJ-
HD500 SETUP menu by pressing the Dor Cbutton.
2. Select a parameter to be activated by pressing the +
or -button.
INT:Selects the internal timer for recording as sched-
uled in the programmed menu.
EXT:Selects the external timer for power on recording
when detecting power on and off.
OFF:Timer...

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Common Recording Setup
These items let you determine the common recording set-
tings, camera assignment for the groups and playback set-
tings.
1. Move the cursor to COMMON SETUP in the WJ-HD500
SETUP menu by pressing the Dor Cbutton, then
press the SETbutton.
The COMMON SETUP menu as shown below appears
on the Multiscreen Monitor.
2. To select an item or an item parameter from the COM-
MON SETUP menu, move the cursor to the item or item
parameter by pressing the Dor Cbutton.
3. To return to the...

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Group Title Setup
This item lets you edit the group title to be displayed on the
monitor screen.
Each title is composed of 8 alphanumeric characters.
1. Move the cursor to TITLE in the COMMON SETUP menu
by pressing the Dor Cbutton, then press the SETbut-
ton.
The GROUP SETUP (TITLE) menu as shown below
appears on the monitor screen.
2. Move the cursor to the group editing area to be edited
by pressing the Dor Cbutton.
3. Select a character by pressing the +or -button.
The characters shown below can...

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Playback Mode Setup
This item lets you select the playback mode according to
the recorded number when the PLAYBACK button is
pressed.
1. Move the cursor to the PLAYBACK MODE parameter in
the COMMON SETUP menu by pressing the Dor C
button.
2. Select the desired mode to be played back by pressing
the +or -button.
ALL:All the records are played back with automatic
switching.
LOOP:Repeats playing back the selected number of
the recording.
ONE:Switches to standby mode for the next operation,
after the...

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Hard Disk End Setup
This item lets you enable or disable uninterrupted recording
when the hard disk space is used up.
1. Move the cursor to the HDD DISKEND parameter in the
COMMON SETUP menu by pressing the Dor Cbut-
ton.
2. Select the desired mode by pressing the +or -but-
ton.
STOP:Stops recording when the disk is full.
CONTINUE:Continues recording by overwriting the
oldest data when the disk is full.
ALM CONTINUE:Continues only recording the data
while an alarm is activated by overwriting the...

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✽✽indicates the hours for recording time mode:
2, 12, 18, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 180, 240, 360, 480,
720, 960, 1200, 1440, 2160, 2880, 3600, 4320,
6480, 8640 
(parameter A* indicates recording with audio)
When the parameter SF/FQ/NQ/EX is selected for
recording time, the recording rate and quality are auto-
matically set according to the selected recording time.
Note:It may not be possible to set the recording time,
depending on the remaining storage capacity of the
hard disk.
The factory default...

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Alarm Active Mode (Manual
Recording)
This item lets you select the active mode when an alarm is
received during manual recording.
1. Move the cursor to TRIGGER ACTION SETUP in the
MANUAL REC SETUP menu by pressing the Dor C
button, then press the SETbutton.
The TRIGGER ACTION SETUP menu as shown below
appears on the monitor screen.
2. Move the cursor to the active mode editing area for the
camera by pressing the A, B,Cor Dbutton.
3. Select the desired active mode by pressing the +or
-button....

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8. Move the cursor to the editing area (NO. 2 to NO. 4) by
pressing the Dor Cbutton, then repeat the steps 6
and 7 to edit the schedule.
9. When all settings are completed, press the
SETUP/ESCbutton to return to the previous TIMER
REC SETUP menu.
Special Day Timer
Before programming this table, confirm that the Program
Timer is programmed completely.
This table allows for up to 30 days to be defined as special
days.
In this table, 30 specific user defined days are assigned to
one day of the week.
1....

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External Program Timer
The internal timer can be changed to the specified timer
previously programmed by the input from the external
timer. This function is enabled, when a contact is connect-
ed with pin 22 of the ALARM port.
This item lets you enable or disable the external timer for
recording.
1. Move the cursor to the EXT REC MODE parameter in
the TIMER REC SETUP menu by pressing the Dor C
button.
2. Select the desired program to be changed by pressing
the +or -button.
PROG1 - 4:Selects a timer...