Alarm Recording; Connecting An Alarm Sensor; Setting The Alarm Speed And Duration - Sony SVT-L400 Operating Instructions Manual

Alarm Recording

You can use a door switch or alarm sensor to trigger
alarm recording. You can make alarm recording in
recording mode, stop mode and power off mode with
the selected recording speed.

Connecting an Alarm Sensor

to COM
to COM
Commercially available
switching box, etc.
to ALARM OUT
to ALARM IN
Setting the Alarm Speed and
Duration
Setting the Alarm Speed and Alarm
Duration on This Unit
TAPE 4
1
Press MENU until the SET UP 3 display appears
on the screen.
<SET UP 3>
ALARM MODE
ALARM SPEED
ALARM DURATION
EXT TIME ADJ.
TAPE IN MODE
TAPE END MODE
TAPE END OUT
CLOG DETECT.
SERIES REC
RS-232C
2
Press SHIFT $ to move the flashing to ALARM
SPEED.
3
When the TAPE switch is set to T-120:
Set ALARM SPEED to 6H, 18H or NC by
pressing REC/PLAY SPEED +/–.
6H: for recording in 6-hour mode
18H: for recording in 18-hour mode
NC: for recording at the same speed as before the
alarm was received.
When the TAPE switch is set to T-160:
Set ALARM SPEED to 8H, 24H or NC by
pressing REC/PLAY SPEED +/–.
8H: for recording in 8-hour mode
24H: for recording in 24-hour mode
NC: for recording at the same speed as before the
alarm was received.
4
Set ALARM DURATION to 20S, PROG
(program) or CC.
20S: for recording for 20 seconds
PROG: for recording for the duration set on the
monitor
CC: for recording as long as the alarm signal is
being input
1 2 3
Y1
6H
20S
01:00
STOP
REW
-3M
Y
N
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