Panasonic Network Disk Recorder Wj Nd300a Operating Instructions

							11
About the recording mode and the priority
There are 5 recording modes. Each recording mode and priority is as follows.
When two or more recordings with different recording modes started simultaneously, only recording with the highest
priority will start.
Recording Mode
Emergency 
recording
Post-event recording
Manual recording
Schedule recording
Pre-event recordingDescription
When an emergency event occurs, perform recording manually using an
external switch, etc.. 
Perform recording manually at any event occurrence.
Start/stop recording manually.
It is possible to perform recording automatically at a schedule time on a
designated day of a week.
Perform recording manually at any event occurrence.Priority
Highest
2
3
4
5 
						

							12
Playback
A recorded image can be played. Playback is also available during recording.
Screenshot 1
Display the [HDD] tab.
Step 1
Click the [PLAY] button.
→Playback of a recorded image will be performed.
will be displayed in the status display area.
Playback will start from the finish point (time and
date) of the last playback.
Notes:
•When played for the first time after login, the latest
recorded image will be played. Playback will start 30
seconds before the time of the latest recorded image
with the default setting. The following are available
for the playback start time.
5 s/10 s/30 s/1 min/5 min
Refer to a system administrator for further informa-
tion.
•Playback speed may become slow when load to be
processed is getting higher (such when many cam-
eras are connected or when live/recorded images
are displayed on multiple windows).
•When playing images on a 4-Screen, images will be
played with frame dropping.
•When playing images recorded at a different record-
ing rate (one at a higher rate and the other at a
lower rate) simultaneously on a 4-Screen, the differ-
ence between the displayed time for each channel
will be widen.
•To play SD memory data, filter data using the
recording event search and select data to be played
from the result list. (page 19)
Step 2
Click the [STOP] button to stop playback.
→displayed in the status display area will go off
and a live image will be displayed.
Notes:
•It is possible to change camera channels by clicking
the desired camera channel on the [Cam Select] tab
during playback.
•It is possible to switch the screen to a quad-screen
by clicking the desired [Multiscreen Select] button
during playback.
•Clicking the camera title during quad display will dis-
play the clicked picture on a single screen. 
						

							13
Other functions for playback
Pausing
Frame play/reverse
frame play
Fast playback/fast
reverse playback•Playback will be stopped when this button is clicked during
playback.
•Playback will be resumed when this button is clicked during
pausing.
•Frame play/reverse frame play is available only during paus-
ing.
•When the [NEXT IMAGE] button is clicked, the next frame is
played and paused.
•When the [PREV IMAGE] button is clicked, the previous frame
is played and paused.
Note:
When the image currently being played is in MPEG-4 format,
some frames of recorded images will not be displayed.
Reverse frame play will be performed with the set refresh
interval of the camera.
•Playback speed will be changed in the following order each
time the fast playback button is clicked: Step2 (Approx. 4x) →
Step3 (Approx. 8x) →Step4 (Approx. 16x) →
Step5 (Approx. 32x) →Step6 (Approx. 48x) →
Step7 (Approx. 96x)
•Reverse playback speed will be changed in the following
order each time the fast reverse playback button is clicked:
Step2 (Approx. 4x) →Step3 (Approx. 8x) →
Step4 (Approx. 16x) →Step5 (Approx. 32x) →
Step6 (Approx. 48x) →Step7 (Approx. 96x)
•When the [PLAY] button or the [REV PLAY] button is clicked
during fast playback/fast reverse playback, playback speed
will return to the normal playback speed.
Note:
When the image currently being played is in MPEG-4 format,
some frames of recorded images will not be displayed. Fast
playback/fast reverse playback will be performed with the set
refresh interval of the camera.
Skip/reverse skip•When the [NEXT RECORD] button is clicked, playback is
skipped to the latest recorded image.
•When the [PREV RECORD] button is clicked, playback is
skipped to the oldest recorded image.
•When there is no latest/oldest recorded image to be skipped
to, the current playback will continue, but the playback may
start from a point around a minute before the last playback
point. 
						

							Playback on a multi-
screen
Text
(page 34)
EL-Zoom•Displays playback images on a 4-Screen.
•Up to 4 camera images can be displayed simultaneously on a
4-Screen screen.
Images of the camera group (A-H) consisted from 4 camera
channels in advance will be switched and displayed sequen-
tially on a 4-Screen screen. 
Refer to the Setup Instructions (PDF) for descriptions of how
to perform the camera group settings.
•Click a camera title in the [Cam Select] tab or the camera title
displayed on the image to return to a single screen display.
Notes:
•When displaying images on a multi-screen, it may cause out-
of-sync between each channel. In this case, click the [PLAY]
button after clicking the [PAUSE] button to correct the syn-
chronization between each channel. 
•When frame play is performed while displaying images on a
multi-screen, displayed paused images of each channel may
not simultaneously go to the next/previous frame.
•The attached text information will be displayed when this but-
ton is clicked during pausing.
Click the [TEXT] button after pausing playback.
•The text information display/edit is available only when a
recorded image is played in a single screen.
•Displayed playback images or live images will be enlarged.
•Click the button in the [EL-Zoom] box to zoom in on the dis-
played image.
[x1] button:Returns to the original displayed size (x1
zoomed size).
[x2] button:Displays images with x2 zoomed size.
[x4] button:Displays images with x4 zoomed size.
Clicking a point in the zoomed image moves the zoomed
image by positioning the clicked point as the center point.
14
Skips to the latest
recorded image.•Skips to the latest time of the image currently playing and
plays it. Skips to the point 30 seconds before the time of the
latest recorded image with the default setting.
The following points are available to be skipped to.
5 s/10 s/30 s/1 min/5 min
Refer to a system administrator for further information.
•When the [GO TO LAST] button is clicked while displaying live
images, playback of the latest recorded images from the
selected camera channel will start.
Note:
When the [GO TO LAST] button is clicked while recording
images at a lower recording rate, playback of the latest
recorded images may be paused or images may not be dis-
played. 
						

							15
A-B Repeat Playback
Zoom InRecorded images between two designated points (point A: start
point, point B: end point) will be played repeatedly.
qDesignate a start point (A) by clicking the [Start] button during
playback.
→The time and date of point A will be displayed next to the
[Start] button.
wDesignate an end point (B) by clicking the [End] button during
playback.
→The time and date of point B will be displayed next to the
[End] button.
ePlayback between point A and B will start and keep playing
repeatedly when the [START] button is clicked.
rClick the [Cancel] button during A-B repeat playback to return
to normal playback.
Note:
Black screen may be displayed when the A-B repeat playback
is performed while playing MPEG-4 image.
Enlarges the live camera image and playback picture.
Note:
Image of a point several seconds later than the displayed
image may be enlarged when the [Zoom In] button is clicked
while playing MPEG-4 image. 
						

							16
Images from cameras will be recorded on the built-in hard disk drive of this unit.
Select a disk and play images as follows.
The following disks can be selected.
• HDD normal recording area/event recording area:Recording area in the built-in hard disk of this unit. Recorded
images by manual recording (page 10), event recording or SD memory data will be stored in this area.
• HDD copy area:Copy area in the built-in hard disk of this unit. Recorded images will be copied in this area. (page
31)
Notes:
•The built-in hard disk or the built-in hard disk in an extension unit is described as disk in these operating
instructions.
•Playback is also available during recording.
•The capacity of each recording area will be different depending on the settings. Refer to a system administrator
for further information.
Playback after Selecting a Disk
Copy area
Recording area for event recording
Recording area for copying Built-in hard disk (HDD) 
Normal recording area
Event recording areaRecording area for manual recording/schedule recording/ 
SD memory data
Screenshot 1
Click the [Disk Select] button in the [Search] box of the
[Control] tab. The disk select window is displayed.
Step 1
Check the radio button of the desired disk to be played.
Step 2
Click the [OK] button.
Note:
It is impossible to select the HDD copy area in the
following cases (the pop-up window will be dis-
played):
•When the selected area has been selected by
another user
•When copying is being performed manually
•When playing images 
						

							17
Screenshot 2
The selected disk will be displayed on the status display
area.
Step 3
Click the [HDD] tab.
Screenshot 3
The [HDD] page will be displayed.
Step 4
Click the [PLAY] button.
→Recorded images on the selected disk will be
played.  will be displayed in the status display
area.
Note:
Playback will start from the finishing point (time and
date) of the last playback by clicking the [PLAY] but-
ton after stopping playback.
Step 5
Click the [STOP] button to stop playback.
→displayed in the status display area will go off
and a live image will be displayed. 
						

							18
Playback from a Designated Time and Date
Start playback by designating the desired time and date of a recorded image to be played. Playback is also available
during recording.
Screenshot 1
Click the [GO TO DATE] button in the playback point
operation area after selecting the desired camera chan-
nel to display the GO TO DATE window.
Step 1
Click the [i] button and enter the desired time and
date of a recorded image to be played.
• Standard CH
Determine which camera channel is to be used as a
standard time zone when searching. 
(It is necessary to determine the primary time and date
by selecting a camera channel when cameras are
installed in two or more countries.)
Step 2
Click the [PLAY] button.
→Play recorded images of the entered time and date.
will be displayed in the status display area.
When there is no image for the entered time and
date, the following action will be taken.
When there are images recorded after the entered
time and date, the nearest recorded image after the
entered time and date will be played.
Notes:
•When playing MPEG-4 image by designating time
and date, playback may start from a point several
seconds after the designated time and date or from
the first frame of the next record.
•SD memory data saved on this unit cannot be
searched and played if filtered by time and date.
Filter data using the recording event search and
select data to be played from the result list. (page
19)
Screenshot 2
The recorded images will be played in this area.
Step 3
Click the [STOP] button on the [HDD] tab to stop play-
back.
→displayed in the status display area will go off
and a live image will be displayed. 
						

							19
Search and Play Recorded Event
Search for a recording event and play it (recording event search)
Recording events can be searched by filtering as follows.
Note:
Area of the hard disk drive subject to search for recording events is different depending on the disk area. To
search for recording events in the HDD normal recording area and event recording are, select NORMAL AREA
or EVENT AREA. To search for recorded images in the copy area, select COPY AREA. 
Refer to page 16 for further information about Disk Select.
About Filtering
Conditions for filtering How to search
Time and date Designate a time period and search images recorded in the designated period to
play.
Event Searches for images from the selected recording mode only. The following recording
modes can be selected.
• Manual: Manual recording (page 10)
• Schedule: Schedule recording (Setup Instructions (PDF))
• Emergency: Emergency recording (Setup Instructions (PDF))
• Site alarm: Recording at a site alarm occurrence (page 28)
• Terminal alarm: Recording at a terminal alarm occurrence (page 28)
• Command alarm: Recording at a command alarm occurrence (page 28)
• SD memory: SD memory data (Setup Instructions (PDF))
Text Searches only images recorded with/without text information.
About Displaying the Recording Event List Window
Number of the listed dataNumber of the listed data:The total number of the list-
ed data will be displayed. When the total number of
the listed data is more than 10 000, the >10000
indication will be displayed.
[All List] button:Cancels filtering and lists all recording
events.
[Refresh] button:Refreshes the displayed contents to
the newest one.
[Prev Page] button:Displays the previous page of the
list.
[Next Page] button:Displays the next page of the list.
DURATION:Start time of recording will be displayed.
CH:A camera channel currently used for recording will
be displayed. Recorded images of the displayed
camera channel will be played in a single screen.
REC:Recording mode will be displayed.
MAN:Manual Recording 
SCH:Schedule recording
EMR:Emergency recording 
						

							20
How to Operate
Screenshot 1
Click the [Search] button in the [Search] box of the
[Control] tab. The REC Event Search window is dis-
played.
Step 1
Select searching conditions
• Time & Date
Filter by time and date. Select a start time and an end
time by clicking the [i] button.
• REC Events
Filter by recording event. Click to select the desired
recording event to be displayed when filtering by record-
ing events.
• Standard CH
Determine which camera channel is to be used as a
standard time zone when searching. 
(It is necessary to determine the primary time and date
by selecting a camera channel when cameras are
installed in two or more countries. When both this unit
and the camera to be used as Standard CH are
installed in the same time zone, select --.)
• Camera
Filter by camera channel. Check the radio button of the
desired camera channel to be searched for.
• TEXT
Filter by with/without text information. Select Added or
None by clicking the [i] button.
When -- is selected, searching will be performed with-
out filtering by with/without text information.
Step 2
Click the [OK] button.
→will be displayed in the status display area.
The filtered result will be displayed.
Note:
Click the [All List] button to cancel the filtering.
will go off and all recording events will be
listed.
TRM:Recording at a terminal alarm occurrence
COM:Recording at a command alarm occurrence
CAM:Site alarm
PRE:Pre-event recording
SD:SD memory data
TEXT:When text information is attached to the record-
ed image, Added will be displayed. When text
information is not attached to the recorded image,
None will be displayed.