Panasonic Digital Disk Recorders Wj Hd500a Operating Instructions

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Buzzer Setting
This item lets you enable or disable the buzzer sound
accompanying operation of the Disk Recorder’s buttons.
1. Move the cursor to the BUZZER parameter in the SYS-
TEM SETUP menu by pressing the Dor Cbutton.
2. Select either ON or OFF by pressing the +or -but-
ton.
ON:Enables the buzzer.
OFF:Disables the buzzer.
The factory default setting is ON.
User Defined Setting
This item lets you select either save or load the user
defined setting previously made in the setup menu.
1. Move the cursor to the USER DEFINED SETUP parame-
ter in the SYSTEM SETUP menu by pressing the Dor
Cbutton.
2. Select either mode by pressing the +or -button.
SAVE:Saves the settings currently made as the user
defined settings.
LOAD:Restores the settings to the user defined set-
tings previously saved.
The factory default setting is LOAD.
3. Press the SETbutton to display the selected mode
setup menu as shown below.
Password Lock Setting
The system setup and operations can be password protect-
ed to prevent a malfunction of the system due to accidental
erasure of data, alteration of settings or erroneous opera-
tions by unauthorized persons.
There are two passwords, defining the operational restric-
tions, as shown below.
ALL:Both normal operations and setup operations are
allowed.
OPERATION:Only normal operations are allowed.
Auto Button Locked Setting
This item lets you enable or disable the button lock function
automatically.
1. Move the cursor to the AUTO KEY LOCK parameter in
the SYSTEM SETUP menu by pressing the Cor Dbut-
ton.
2. Select either ON or OFF by pressing the +or -but-
ton.
OFF:No protection is applied until the LOCK button is
pressed.
ON:Enables the button lock function automatically if no
operation takes place within about 5 minutes.
The factory default setting is OFF.
Password Setting
The items below let you determine the password for the
button lock function.
1. Move the cursor to PASSWORD ALL in the SYSTEM
SETUP menu by pressing the Cor Dbutton, then
press the SETbutton.
The cursor moves to the right editing area.
2. Select a 5-digit password in the editing area.
Select the first digit by pressing the +or -button.
3. Move the cursor to the right by pressing the Bbutton,
then select a digit by pressing the +or -button.
4. Repeat the above steps 2 and 3 until the password is
completed.
5. When the password is completed, press the SETUP/
ESCbutton to return the cursor to ALL.
6. Similarly repeat the above steps 1 to 5 to set the pass-
word for OPERATION.
Note:It is recommended to take a note of both pass-
words for password verification.
9-1 USER DEFINED SETUP
LOAD USER DEFINED SETUP
  YES  NO
[SET]:EXECUTE
9-2 USER DEFINED SETUP
SAVE USER DEFINED SETUP
  YES  NO
[SET]:EXECUTE 
						

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2. Select an item or item parameter in the menu by press-
ing the Dor Cbutton.
3. To return to the previous setup menu, press the
SETUP/ESCbutton.
Disk Information
1. Move the cursor to DISK INFORMATION in the DISK
MANAGEMENT menu by pressing the Cor Dbutton,
then press the SETbutton.
The DISK INFORMATION table appears on the monitor,
as shown below.
2. To return to the previous setup menu, press the
SETUP/ESCbutton.
Disk Space Indicator
This item lets you determine the indication mode for the
FULL indicator when the remaining storage capacity is run-
ning low on the Hard Disk.
1. Move the cursor to the HDD FULL parameter in the
DISK MANAGEMENT menu by pressing the Cor D
button.
2. Select the desired indicator mode by pressing the +or
-button.
OFF:No warning for remaining space
1 - 10%:The selected warning is issued if the remain-
ing storage capacity is between 1 and 10%.
The factory default setting is 1%.
Note:This setting is applied to the display on the moni-
tor screen and signal output from the CONTROL
port. 4. Select either YES or NO by pressing the +or -but-
ton.
Select YES, then press the SETbutton to execute the
selection (save or load).
The display shown below appears on the monitor
5. To return to the previous setup menu, press the
SETUP/ESCbutton.
Disk Management
The Hard Disk status can be displayed on the monitor
screen.
1. Move the cursor to DISK MANAGEMENT in the SYSTEM
SETUP menu by pressing the Cor Dbutton, then
press the SETbutton.
The DISK MANAGEMENT menu shown below appears
on the monitor.
9-3-1 DISK INFO   HDD TOTAL:¢¢¢GB
        HOURS   HOURS   HOURS   HOURS
MAIN  1:30000 2:30000 
EXT5  1:30000 2:30000 3:30000 4:30000
EXT4  1:
*     2:
*     3:
*     4:
*     
EXT3  1:-     2:-     3:-     4:-
EXT2  1:-     2:-     3:-     4:-
EXT1  1:-     2:-     3:-     4:-
EXT0  1:-     2:-     3:-     4:-
EXT DVD:OK
FORMAT:HD500  LEFT10%    
¢¢GB
DATE  :SEP12.00 12:25   SEP12.00 16:25
STATUS:OK
9-1 USER DEFINED SETUP
LOAD USER DEFINED SETUP
          LOADING COMPLETE!
       
9-2 USER DEFINED SETUP
SAVE USER DEFINED SETUP
          SAVING COMPLETE!
9-3 DISK MANAGEMENT
DISK INFORMATION
HDD FULL         1%
ERASE 
						

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System Information
The table indicates the version of the hardware and soft-
ware.
1. Move the cursor to SYSTEM INFORMATION in the SYS-
TEM SETUP menu by pressing the Cor Dbutton, then
press the SETbutton.
The SYSTEM INFORMATION table appears on the mon-
itor screen.
Note:“VMD” will be displayed when the optional
motion detector board is installed in the disk
recorder.
2. To return to the previous SYSTEM SETUP menu, press
the SETUP/ESCbutton.
Error Report
There are 100 error records stored in chronological order in
10 pages of tables.
1. Move the cursor to ERROR REPORT in the SYSTEM
SETUP menu by pressing the Cor Dbutton, then
press the SETbutton.
The ERROR REPORT table appears on the monitor
screen as shown below.
2. Pressing the Cor Dbutton will move the cursor to up
or down and select the next or previous page of the
tables.
3. To clear the all records, press the +and -buttons
simultaneously for two seconds or more.
4. To return to the previous SYSTEM SETUP menu, press
the SETUP/ESCbutton.
9-4 ERROR REPORT
NO      DATE      TIME      CAUSE
100   SEP12.99  23:59:59 THERMAL 6
099   SEP12.99  22:15:40 POWER RECOVER
098   SEP12.99  21:00:07 POWER LOSS
097   SEP12.99  17:33:05 ALTERED
096   SEP12.99   7:23:11 ERROR
095   SEP12.99   6:59:44 WARNING 1-5
094   SEP12.99   3:15:28 HDD EMPTY
093   SEP12.99   0:01:28 WARNING 1-5
092   SEP12.99   3:15:28 HDD EMPTY
091   SEP12.99   0:01:28 POWER LOSS
                          (TOTAL 100)9-5 SYSTEM INFORMATION
HARDWARE VERSION   MAIN   1.00
                   VMD    1.00                 
                   
SOFTWARE VERSION   MAIN   1.00
                   N/W    1.00 
						

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DVD DRIVE SETUP
The procedures described below let you select the DVD
Drive function when the specified DVD drive is installed in
the system.
1. Move the cursor to DVD on the WJ-HD500 SETUP menu
by pressing the Cor Dbutton, then press the SETbut-
ton.
The DVD menu shown below appears on the monitor
screen.
2. Select an item or item parameter on the menu by press-
ing the Dor Cbutton.
3. To return to the previous setup menu, press the
SETUP/ESCbutton.
DVD Format
Refer to PREPARATIONS for details.
Alarm Recording Backup
The alarm images recorded by the disk recorder can be
automatically stored (back up) on the DVD-RAM disk by
copying the records programmed in advance.
The procedures described below let you enable or disable
this function (alarm backup) on the DVD-RAM disk.
1. Move the cursor to AUTO COPY(EVENT) on the DVD
menu by pressing the Cor Dbutton
2. Select either OFF or ON by pressing the +or -but-
ton, then press the SETbutton.
OFF:Disables alarm data backup.
ON:Enables alarm data backup.
The factory default setting is OFF.The AUTO COPY(EVENT) menu shown below appears
on the monitor.
3. Move the cursor to the appropriate COPY column by
pressing the D, C, Aor Bbutton, then select either
mode for a camera by pressing the +or -button.
OFF:Disables camera alarm backup.
ON:Enables camera alarm backup.
4. Repeat the above step 3 to program the settings for
other cameras.
5. After completing the settings, press the SETUP/ESC
button to return to the previous DVD menu.
Notes:
• Selecting ON for AUTO COPY(EVENT) will enable
manual or automatic alarm data backup for the
specified cameras.
However, Timer Recording is required to program
additional timer settings.
Refer to AUTO COPY on the Program Timer menu
for details on the selected recording method.
• The following operations will be disabled by AUTO
COPY(EVENT) ON.
Formatting the DVD-RAM disk
Displaying DVD-RAM disk recording list
Playing back DVD-RAM disk recording
list
To enable the above functions, set the parameter to
OFF.
10 DVD
DVD FORMAT
*AUTO COPY(EVENT)        OFF
AUTO COPY(EMERGENCY)     OFF
DVD DISKEND              STOP
DVD FULL                 1%
10-2 AUTO COPY(EVENT)
 CAM COPY      CAM COPY
   1  OFF        9  OFF
   2  OFF       10  OFF
   3  OFF       11  OFF
   4  OFF       12  OFF
   5  OFF       13  OFF
   6  OFF       14  OFF
   7  OFF       15  OFF
   8  OFF       16  OFF 
						

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Emergency Recording Backup
This item lets you enable or disable automatic backup of
Emergency Recording data.
1. Move the cursor to the AUTO COPY(EMERGENCY)
parameter on the DVD menu by pressing the Cor D
button
2. Select either ON or OFF by pressing the +or -but-
ton.
OFF:Disables emergency data backup.
ON:Enables emergency data backup.
The factory default setting is OFF.
Note:The following operations will be disabled by
AUTO COPY(EMERGENCY) ON.
Formatting the DVD-RAM disk
Displaying DVD-RAM disk recording list
Playing back DVD-RAM disk recording
list
To enable the above functions, set the parameter to
OFF.
DVD Disk End Setup
This item lets you enable or disable uninterrupted storage
when the DVD-RAM disk runs out of space.
1. Move the cursor to the DVD DISKEND parameter on the
DVD menu by pressing the Dor Cbutton.
2. Select the desired mode by pressing the +or -but-
ton.
STOP:Stops storage when the disk is full.
CONTINUE:Continues storage by overwriting the old-
est data when the disk is full.
The factory default setting is STOP.
Disk Space Display
This item lets you select status display mode on the multi-
screen monitor when the remaining storage capacity is run-
ning low on the DVD-RAM disk.
1. Move the cursor to the DVD FULL parameter on the
DVD menu by pressing the Cor Dbutton.
2. Select the desired display mode by pressing the +or
-button.OFF:No warning for remaining space
1 - 10%:The selected warning is issued if the remain-
ing storage capacity is between 1 and 10%.
The factory default setting is 1%.
Note:This setting is valid when the DVD DISKEND is
set to STOP on the menu. 
						

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OPERATING PROCEDURES 
						

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Single Sequence (Live)
A series of camera images can be displayed in succession
on the monitor screen for the specified duration.
Refer to the 5 - 1 - 3 SPOT LIVE SEQUENCE SETUP for fur-
ther details.
1. Press the SEQUENCEbutton to run the assigned
sequence forward on the monitor screen.
The indicator in the button lights to indicate that the
sequence mode is selected.
The indicator in the numeric button lights up and the
camera image corresponding to the button appears on
the monitor screen.
2. During the sequence, press the SEQUENCEbutton to
pause the sequence that is being run on the monitor
screen.
The indicator in the button blinks to indicate the
sequence is paused.
3. Press the SEQUENCEbutton to restart the sequence
forward from the step that was previously paused by
pressing the SEQUENCE button.
The indicator in the button changes to a steady light.
4. To return to Spot monitoring, select an image to be dis-
played on the monitor by pressing a numeric button (1 -
16).
Note:You can also enable the Auto Skip function to
skip any steps where no video signal is present.
Refer to the AUTO SKIP in the 5 - 1 SEQUENCE
SETUP for further details.
CONTROLLING THE VIDEO INPUT AND MONITORS
Controlling the Spot Monitor
The operations descried below are available on the Spot
Monitor.
Selecting the Spot Monitor
1. Select the Spot Monitor by pressing the SPOT/MULTI-
SCREENbutton repeatedly.
The indicator in the button is on to indicate the Spot
monitor is selected.
2. In this condition, select the images to be displayed on
the monitor screen followed the procedure shown
below.
Single Spot (Live)
1. Select an image to be displayed on the monitor by
pressing a numeric button (1 - 16).
The indicator in the selected button lights up and the
camera image corresponding to the button appears on
the monitor screen.
2. To select another image, press a numeric button (1 -
16)corresponding to the image.
The selected image appears on the monitor screen.
The indicator in the button previously selected turns off
and the indicator in the button currently selected lights
up.
SPOTMULTISCREEN
2
SEQUENCE12
16
3
SEQUENCE 
						

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3. To select another image, press a numeric button (1 -
16)corresponding to the image.
The selected image appears on the monitor screen.
The indicator on the button previously selected turns off
and the indicator on the button currently selected lights
up.
Zooming Single Spot (Live)
While the image on the monitor screen is displayed in
Single Spot mode, the image can be zoomed followed the
procedure below.
1. Select an image to be zoomed on the monitor by press-
ing a numeric button (1 - 16).
The indicator in the selected button lights up and the
camera image corresponding to the button appears on
the monitor screen.
2. Press the EL-ZOOMbutton to display the zoomed
image on the monitor.
3. In the zoom mode, pressing the C, D, A, or Bbutton
will move the image in the direction of the button.
4. Pressing the +or -button will zoom the image as
shown below.
+:Increases zoom in steps (x2 →x4 →x8)
-:Decreases zoom in steps (x8 →x4 →x2)
5. To cancel this mode, press the EL-ZOOMbutton to
return to the image previously shown.
Controlling the Multiscreen Monitor
The operations descried below are available on the
Multiscreen Monitor.
Selecting the Multiscreen Monitor
1. Select the Multiscreen Monitor by pressing the
SPOT/MULTISCREENbutton repeatedly.
The indicator in the button is off to indicate the
Multiscreen monitor is selected.
2. In this condition, select the images to be displayed on
the monitor screen by following the procedures below.
Single Spot (Live)
1. Select the input for all groups by pressing the GROUP
SELECTbutton (indicator off).
Pressing this button toggles the group display on the
monitor as shown below.
(The indicator in the button lights while any of the
groups is selected.)
G1:Group 1
G2:Group 2
G3:Group 3
G4:Group 4
none:All Inputs
2. Select an image to be displayed on the monitor by
pressing a numeric button (1 - 16).
The indicator on the selected button lights and the cam-
era image corresponding to the button appears in the
spot mode on the monitor screen.
SPOTMULTISCREEN
GROUP
SELECT
2
2
EL-ZOOM 
						

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6. To return to Spot monitoring, select an image to be dis-
played on the monitor by pressing a numeric button (1 -
16).
Notes:
• You can also enable the Auto Skip function to skip
any steps when no video signal is present.
Refer to AUTO SKIP in the 5 - 1 SEQUENCE SETUP
for further details.
• The setting can be adjusted in such a way that the
sequence step for displaying an image on the Spot
Monitor screen in the single spot mode can be
skipped automatically.
Refer to the SECRET VIEW in the 5 MULTIPLEXER
SETUP for further details.
Group Single Sequence (Live)
An assigned group camera image can be displayed in suc-
cession on the monitor screen for the specified duration.
Refer to GROUP SEQ in the 5 - 1 SEQUENCE SETUP for
further details.
1. Select the group to be displayed by pressing the
GROUP SELECTbutton (indicator on).
Pressing this button toggles the group display and seg-
ment images on the monitor as shown below.
G1:Group 1
G2:Group 2
G3:Group 3
G4:Group 4
none:All Inputs
2. Select one of the images by pressing the correspond-
ing numeric button; the indicator in the button lights up.
The indicator in the selected button lights and the cam-
era image corresponding to the button appears in the
spot mode on the monitor screen.
3. Press the SEQUENCEbutton to run the sequence for-
ward on the monitor screen.
The indicator in the button lights to indicate that the
sequence mode is selected.
GROUP
SELECT12
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Single Sequence (Live)
A series of camera images can be displayed in succession
on the monitor screen for the specified duration.
Refer to the 5 - 1 - 3 SPOT LIVE SEQUENCE SETUP for fur-
ther details.
1. Select the input mode for all groups by pressing the
GROUP SELECTbutton (indicator off).
Pressing this button toggles the group display on the
monitor as shown below.
(The indicator in the button lights while any of the
groups is selected.)
G1:Group 1
G2:Group 2
G3:Group 3
G4:Group 4
none:All Inputs
2. Select one of the images by pressing the numeric but-
ton (1 - 16).
The indicator in the selected button lights and the cam-
era image corresponding to the button appears in the
spot mode on the monitor screen.
3. Press the SEQUENCEbutton to run the assigned
sequence forward on the monitor screen.
The indicator in the button lights to indicate that the
sequence mode is selected.
The indicator in the numeric button lights up and the
camera image corresponding to the button appears on
the monitor screen.
4. During the sequence, press the SEQUENCEbutton to
pause the sequence that is being run on the monitor
screen.
The indicator in the button blinks to indicate the
sequence is paused.
5. Press the SEQUENCEbutton to restart the sequence
forward from the step that was previously paused by
pressing the SEQUENCE button.
The indicator in the button changes to a steady light.
GROUP
SELECT
SEQUENCE12
16
3
SEQUENCE
SEQUENCE12
53
4 
						

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Multiscreen Spot (Live)
The monitor can display the camera images on a 4, 7, 9,
10, 13 and 16 multiscreen shown below.
1. Select the input for all groups (or one group) by press-
ing the GROUP SELECTbutton.
Pressing this button toggles the group display on the
monitor as shown below.
G1:Group 1
G2:Group 2
G3:Group 3
G4:Group 4
none:All Inputs
Note:Select All Inputs for displaying all camera
images, otherwise only camera images assigned to
a group are displayed on the monitor.
2. Select the screen segments to be displayed on the
monitor by pressing the MULTISCREEN SELECTbut-
ton repeatedly.
Each time the MULTISCREEN SELECT button is
pressed, the next group of 6 multiscreens available is
displayed as follows.
The display pattern varies according to the selected
input and setting; shown below is an example of a mon-
itor display.

GROUP
SELECT
MULTISCREEN
SELECT
12 34
56 78
9101112
13 14 15 16
123
45
67 89
10 11 12 1312
34 56
78 910
12
345
67
123
456
789
1
32
4
The indicator in the numeric button lights up and the
camera image corresponding to the button appears on
the monitor screen.
4. During the sequence, press the SEQUENCEbutton to
pause the sequence that is being run on the monitor
screen.
The indicator in the button blinks to indicate that the
sequence is paused.
5. Press the SEQUENCEbutton to restart the sequence
forward from the step that was previously paused by
pressing the SEQUENCE button.
The indicator in the button changes to a steady light.
6. To return to Spot monitoring, select an assigned cam-
era image to be displayed on the monitor by pressing a
numeric button.
If you attempt to press any button other than the one
assigned to the group, it will be ignored.
Notes:
• You can also enable the Auto Skip function to skip
any steps when no video signal is present.
Refer to the AUTO SKIP in the 5 - 1 SEQUENCE
SETUP for further details.
• The setting can be adjusted in such a way that the
sequence step for displaying an image on the Spot
Monitor screen in the single spot mode can be
skipped automatically.
Refer to the SECRET VIEW in the 5 MULTIPLEXER
SETUP for further details.
SEQUENCE