Manual Recording Setup; Manual Recording Mode Setting - Panasonic WJ-HDB502 User Manual

Manual Recording Setup

The Disk Recorder can be recorded the images in Time
Lapse recording when the REC button is pressed manually.
Manual Recording is disabled when the TIMER in the setup
window is set to something other than OFF.
These settings are also valid for External Timer Recording
when the TIMER in the setup menu is set to EXT.
These items let you determine the image quality and active
mode for manual recording.
1. Select either parameter by clicking the MANUAL pull-
down list in the WJ-HD500 SETUP MENU window.
W/OUT AUDIO: Enables Manual Recording without
audio.
WITH AUDIO: Enables Manual Recording with audio.
The factory default setting is W/OUT AUDIO.
2. Clicking the MANUAL display will call up the MANUAL
REC SETUP window according to the specified audio
function, as shown in the figure.
3. To return to the previous WJ-HD500 SETUP MENU win-
dow, click that display in the window.

Manual Recording Mode Setting

The items let you determine the recording image quality
and recording mode on the Hard Disk.
1. Select a recording image quality to be set by clicking
the pulldown list.
SF: Selects the recording mode in enhanced fine qual-
ity.
FQ: Selects the recording mode in fine quality.
NQ: Selects the recording mode in normal quality.
EX: Selects the recording mode in extended quality.
SP: Selects freely
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2. Select the recording time mode to be set by clicking the
pulldown list.
The numeric 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.
When the parameter SF/FQ/NQ/EX is selected for
recording mode, the recording rate and quality are
automatically set according to the selected recording
time mode.
Note: The recording time mode may not be set accord-
ing to the remain space of the Hard Disk.
The factory default setting is SF-24H.
3. If the parameter "SP" is selected for recording time
mode, select the REC RATE parameter by clicking the
pulldown list.
1 - 30fps: Records the selected number of freeze
images every second.
0.5fps: Records a freeze image every 2 seconds.
0.4fps: Records a freeze image every 2.5 seconds.
0.3fps: Records a freeze image every 3.3 seconds.
0.2fps: Records a freeze image every 5 seconds.
0.1fps: Records a freeze image every 10 seconds.
Notes:
• 30fps is the active selection when the FIELD/
FRAME parameter in the COMMON SETUP window
is set to FIELD.
• 15fps is the active selection when the FIELD/
FRAME parameter in the COMMON SETUP window
is set to FIELD or FRAME 3DIM OFF.
4. If the parameter "SP" is selected for recording time
mode, select the REC QUALITY parameter for record-
ing image quality by clicking the pulldown list.
SUPER FINE: For enhanced sharpness (Compression
Rate 1/6)
FINE: For fine image quality (Compression Rate 1/10)
NORMAL: For normal image quality (Compression Rate
1/16)
EXTENDED: For extended time recording quality
(Compression Rate 1/25)
The factory default setting is SUPER FINE.