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TIME LAPSE VCR
OWNER'S MANUAL
MODEL: VVRL-960
Before connecting, operating, or adjusting this
product, please read this instruction booklet
carefully and completely.
ALARM
REV.
P/STILL
PLAY
POWER
REC
PLAY
/
REC CHECK
KEY
LOCK
STOP
EJECT

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  • Page 1 TIME LAPSE VCR OWNER’S MANUAL MODEL: VVRL-960 Before connecting, operating, or adjusting this product, please read this instruction booklet carefully and completely. REV. P/STILL PLAY POWER PLAY REC CHECK ALARM LOCK STOP EJECT...
  • Page 2 PERSONNEL. manent record of your purchase. Model No. VVRL-960 This lightning flash with arrowhead sym- Serial No. bol within an equilateral triangle is intend- ed to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be of suffi-...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    FEATURES CONTENTS • Time Lapse VCR Function INTRODUCTION Features/Contents ......3 PREPARATION • Trigger Function Control Names and Locations .

  • Page 4: Control Names And Locations

    CONTROL NAMES AND LOCATIONS FRONT 1 2 3 4 5 11 12 REV. V-POS H-POS FIELD ADVANCE P/STILL PLAY TIME/CNT TIMER REC/PLAY HOURS /REM POWER ALARM INDEX CURSOR MENU DOWN COUNTER ENTER TRACKING PLAY REC CHECK CLEAR SHARPNESS ALARM LOCK LOCK STOP EJECT...
  • Page 5 CONTROL NAMES AND LOCATIONS (Cont’d) REAR MONITOR OUT VIDEO IN RS-232C 1 ALARM IN 2 ALARM OUT AUDIO IN 3 ALARM RESET 4 GND 5 SERIES IN 6 SERIES OUT 7 WARNING OUT 8 TRIGGER OUT 9 GND 10 LOW TAPE OUT AUDIO OUT 11 1 SHOT REC IN 12 GND...
  • Page 6 CONTROL NAMES AND LOCATIONS (Cont’d) INDICATOR PANEL ALARM SERIES TIMER INDEX P.FAIL K.LOCK REPEAT 1. TIME LAPSE VCR TIME Indication 9. KEY LOCK indication 2. ALARM Indication (ALARM REC ON 10. REPEAT Indication indication) 11. FUNCTION Indication(CLOCK, TAPE 3. SERIES Indication COUNTER, ERROR) 4.

  • Page 7: Installation/Vcr To Monitor And Ccd Camera Connection

    INSTALLATION • Connect your VCR’s AUDIO/VIDEO output jacks on back of your MONITOR’s A/V input jacks. If your MONITOR has not A/V input jacks, please change the MONITOR of TV with A/V input jack. • Connect the CCD CAMERA to VCR’s VIDEO input jack. VCR TO MONITOR AND CCD CAMERA CONNECTION RS-232C communication is possible when the optional RS-232C interface...

  • Page 8: Mutiplexer Connections

    MULTIPLEXER CONNECTIONS If the switcher has two output terminals(MONITOR OUT, PB OUT), connect MONITOR to the PB OUT terminal when you want to see the playback picture. To use the switcher and trigger function properly, refer to their instruction booklet. HOW TO CONNECT SWITCHER WITH TRIGGER INPUT TERMINAL...

  • Page 9: Switcher Connections

    SWITCHER CONNECTIONS HOW TO CONNECT SWITCHER, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE TRIGGER INPUT TERMINAL...

  • Page 10: Alarm Record Connection

    ALARM RECORD CONNECTION Connect the alarm out of the switcher to the alarm input of the VCR, and then connect the alarm ground of the switcher to the ground of the VCR. To ALARM IN SWITCHER's Back Panel ALARM IN TRIG VCR's Back Panel To GROUND...

  • Page 11: Setting The On Screen Display

    SETTING THE ON SCREEN DISPLAY The following pages describe the On screen selections to be set. PREPARATION • Turn on the power of both the VCR and the MONITOR. • If you have a TV instead of MONITOR, turn on the power of TV and then set the TV’s source selector to VIDEO.

  • Page 12: Setting The Setup Menu

    SETTING THE SETUP MENU MAIN MENU PREPARATION • Turn on the power of both the VCR and the MONITOR. MENU • If you have a TV instead of MONITOR, turn on the power of VCR SET UP TV and then set the TV’s source selector to VIDEO. REC MODE SET UP TIMER REC SET UP ALARM SET UP...

  • Page 13: Setting The Set Time

    SETTING THE SET TIME Things to know before starting • The clock uses the 24-hour system. • The initial SET DAY Setting is JANUARY 1, 2001. MAIN MENU PREPARATION MENU • Turn on the power of both the VCR and the MONITOR. VCR SET UP REC MODE SET UP •...

  • Page 14: Video Cassette Tapes

    VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES SAFETY TAB WHEN HANDLING VIDEO CASSETTES • Do not expose video cassettes to extreme heat, high humidi- ty, or strong magnetic fields. • Do not tamper with the cassette mechanism. • Do not touch the tape with your fingers. •...

  • Page 15: Normal Playback

    NORMAL PLAYBACK PREPARATION • Turn on the power of both the VCR and the MONITOR. V-POS H-POS FIELD ADVANCE REV. P/STILL PLAY TIME/CNT /REM TIMER REC/PLAY HOURS POWER ALARM INDEX CURSOR MENU • If you have a TV instead of MONITOR, turn on the power of DOWN COUNTER TRACKING...

  • Page 16: Special Effects Playback

    SPECIAL EFFECTS PLAYBACK TO WATCH A REVERSE PLAYBACK PICTURE During PLAYBACK mode... REV. PLAY Press the REV. PLAY button. Reverse playback Picture will appear on the MONITOR. To continue normal playback, press the PLAY button. TO WATCH A STILL PICTURE During PLAYBACK mode...
  • Page 17 SPECIAL EFFECTS PLAYBACK (Cont’d) SLOW MOTION PICTURE P/STILL During STILL mode... Rotate and release the SHUTTLE ring to forward or reverse. The tape will be played back at a speed slower than the normal speed. • During slow playback, TRACKING( ) buttons can be used to minimize noise bands.

  • Page 18: Tape Counter Memory Feature

    TAPE COUNTER MEMORY FEATURE REAL TIME COUNTER During PLAYBACK or RECORDING mode... Press the TIME/CNT/REM button. Whenever you press the TIME/CNT/REM button, time and counter are displayed alternately in the VCR indicator panel. CLOCK When the COUNTER is displayed... • Counter changes to TIME when the cassette is ejected. •...

  • Page 19: Normal Recording

    NORMAL RECORDING PREPARATION • Turn on the power of both the VCR and the MONITOR. V-POS H-POS FIELD ADVANCE REV. P/STILL PLAY TIME/CNT /REM TIMER REC/PLAY HOURS POWER ALARM INDEX CURSOR MENU • If you have a TV instead of MONITOR, turn on the power of DOWN COUNTER TRACKING...

  • Page 20: Repeat Recording

    REPEAT RECORDING This function is used to select a various options before starting a recording. V-POS H-POS FIELD ADVANCE REV. P/STILL PLAY TIME/CNT /REM TIMER REC/PLAY HOURS POWER ALARM INDEX CURSOR MENU DOWN COUNTER TRACKING ENTER PLAY REC CHECK Things to know before starting CLEAR SHARPNESS ALARM...

  • Page 21: Timer Recording

    TIMER RECORDING This VCR can be programmed to record up to 8 programs. For V-POS H-POS FIELD ADVANCE REV. P/STILL PLAY absence recording, the timer needs to know the starting and TIME/CNT /REM TIMER REC/PLAY HOURS POWER ALARM INDEX CURSOR MENU DOWN ending times.

  • Page 22: Series Recording

    SERIES RECORDING Series record mode uses two or more VCRs to extend recording times. If you have two VCR in series recording mode, the V-POS H-POS FIELD ADVANCE REV. P/STILL PLAY TIME/CNT /REM TIMER REC/PLAY HOURS POWER ALARM INDEX CURSOR MENU second VCR will start to recording automatically at the end of the DOWN...

  • Page 23: Alarm Recording

    ALARM RECORDING Alarm recording will start, when the external alarm signal is input. V-POS H-POS FIELD ADVANCE REV. P/STILL PLAY TIME/CNT /REM TIMER REC/PLAY HOURS POWER ALARM INDEX CURSOR MENU This function can be done, when VCR is connected with DOWN COUNTER TRACKING...
  • Page 24 ALARM RECORDING (Cont’d) Press the DOWN to choose the BUZZER item. And press repeatedly ENTER to switch buzzer function during alarm recording. • While the alarm is in process, the buzzer will ring. If you want ALARM SET UP to stop buzzer, press any button. Press the DOWN to choose the ALARM READY item.

  • Page 25: Check The Alarm Record Information

    CHECK THE ALARM RECORD INFORMATION Use to check or cancel the ALARM HISTORY, if you reserved alarm record function. MAIN MENU Press MENU button and the main menu will appear MENU VCR SET UP REC MODE SET UP Press the DOWN or UP button to choose the ALARM SET TIMER REC SET UP G ALARM SET UP UP item then press ENTER.

  • Page 26: Check The Power Fail Recall

    CHECK THE POWER FAIL RECALL Use to check or cancel the POWER FAIL RECALL while you are recording. MAIN MENU Press MENU and the main menu will appear MENU Press the DOWN or UP button to choose the POWER FAIL VCR SET UP RECALL item.

  • Page 27: Self-Diagnosis

    SELF-DIAGNOSIS This function informs you of an error messages for solving the problems more easily. When the VCR malfunction, the error code is displayed in the VCR indicator panel. ERROR CODE TABLE DISPLAY DESCRIPTION INPUT SIGNAL CIRCUIT STATUS SERVICE POINTS Loading Motor Error •...

  • Page 28: Service Guide Table

    SERVICE GUIDE TABLE Unit is Hour. NO. DESCRIPTION 1500 3000 5000 6000 7500 9000 1000012000 ● ● ◆ ● ● ● ◆ ● DRUM ASSY ▲ ◆ ▲ ◆ ▲ ◆ ▲ ◆ ARM ASSY CLEANER ● ● ● ◆ ●...

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING SYMPTOM CHECK POINT & CORRECTION Cassette cannot be inserted. • Load cassette in direction indicated by arrow on cassette. • A cassette is already in the VCR. • Check if power indicator is lit on the VCR indicator panel. If not, make sure power cord is plugged in.

  • Page 30: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Head System Four head helical scan azimuth system Power Source AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz Power Consumption Approx. 15 Watts Back up time (clock) 30 days Dimensions (WxHxD) 360 x 94 x 273 mm (14.2” x 3.7” x 10.7”) Operating Temperature 5 °C~40 °C (41 °F~105 °F) Operating Humidity Less than 80% RH...

  • Page 31: Rc-232C Protocol

    RS-232C PROTOCOL...
  • Page 32 RS232C INTERFACE - 25pin connector layout [TABLE 1. VVRL-960 PIN DESCRIPTION] ‘ PIN number Name Description Direction ➔ Transmitted Data computer Transmitted Data computer VCR Request to Send Clear To Send Data Set Ready computer VCR Signal Ground ❈ The pin is named from a DTE’s point of view.
  • Page 33 - Communication Protocol ( KPON ) End of TX character (ASCII code 29H) Command (capital letters, ASCII codes ) Start of TX character (ASCII code 28H) Example) Power on command : (KPON) ➔ Transmit ASCII code sequence : 28H, 4BH, 50H, 4FH, 4EH, 29H - Error codes [ TABLE 3.
  • Page 34 4. All setting command( include clear command) do not function when VCR is now servicing Alarm record, timer record or OSD menu service. 5. VVRL-960 time lapse VCR can return an error code, see [ TABLE 3. Error Code ] for detailed information.
  • Page 35 ◆ Key(K) Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR STOP (KSTP) (KSTP) Do the same function as “STOP” button. (Stop the tape.) REWIND (KREW) (KREW) Do the same function as “REW” button. (Rewind the tape.) FORWARD (KFWD) (KFWD) Do the same function as “FF”...
  • Page 36 ◆ Query(Q) VCR Status Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR VCR STATUS (QVCR) (QVCR##) Query VCR’s current status. 1 byte data ‘##’ represents VCR STATUS VCR STATUS DATA TABLE ➔ ➔ BIT7 POWER ON/OFF(ON 1, OFF ➔...
  • Page 37 ◆ Query(Q) VCR Status Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR ➔ BIT3 INDEX indicator information, 1 ON / ➔ ➔ BIT2 TIMER indicator information, 1 ON / ➔ ➔ BIT1 SERIES indicator information,1 ON / ➔...
  • Page 38 ◆ Set (S) VCR Status Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR RESET COUNTER (SRCT) (SRCT) Resets time counter to 0. CURRENT TIME (SCTM------) (SCTM------) Set VCR’s current time. ➔ 23H 30M 45S (SCTM233045) CURRENT DATE (SCDT------) (SCDT------) Set VCR’s current date.
  • Page 39 ◆ Record Mode (R) Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR QUERY REC TIME (RQTM) Query Rec Time option ➔ ➔ (RQTM--H) If 02Hours (RQTM02H), If 12Hours ➔ (RQTM12H), If 24Hours (RQTM24H), ➔ ➔ If 480Hours (RQTM80H), If 960Hours (RQTM60H) ➔...
  • Page 40 ◆ Record Mode (R) Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR SET TRIGGER (RSTR--) (RSTR--) Set Triger Out ➔ ➔ If 1Field (RSTR01), If 02Field (RSTR02), ➔ If 5Field (RSTR05), ➔ If 10Field (RSTR10), ➔ If 30Field (RSTR30), ➔...
  • Page 41 ◆ Timer Rec(T) Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR QUERY TIMER (TQTR-) (TQTR--------- Query ‘-’th Timer Record Entry. REC ENTRY ----) (‘-’ is entry number) ‘-’ description BYTE NAME DESCRIPTION ENTRY Entry number to Query ( from 1 to 8 ) ➔...
  • Page 42 ◆ Timer Rec(T) Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR SET TIMER (TSTR-------------) (TSTR-) Set ‘-’th Timer Record Entry. REC ENTRY (‘-’ is entry number) ‘-’ description BYTE NAME DESCRIPTION ENTRY Entry number to Query ( from 1 to 8 ) ➔...
  • Page 43 ◆ Alarm Setup(A) Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR QUERY REC (AQRM) Query Rec Mode option ➔ MODE (AQRMOF) If OFF (AQRMOF) ➔ ➔ (AQRM--) If 02Hours (AQRM02), If 12Hours ➔ (AQRM12), If 24Hours (AQRM24) ❈...
  • Page 44 ◆ Alarm Setup(A) Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR QUERY ALARM (AQAR--) (AQAR----------- Query ‘--’th Alarm Recall. RECALL ---) (‘--’ is alarm recall entry number) ‘-’ description BYTE NAME DESCRIPTION ENTRY Entry number to Query ( from 1 to 16 ) Date MM:DD:YY 9~14...
  • Page 45 ◆ Power(P) Fall Recall Operation Function Tx COMMAND Rx COMMAND Description ➔ ➔ VCR) (VCR QUERY VCR’S OFF (PQOF-) (PQOF-----------) Query ‘-’th Power Fail Recall’s VCR OFF time TIME/DATE and date. (‘-’ is entry number , from 1 to 8) OF POWER FAIL ‘-’...
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