Time Lapse Video Cassette Recorder INSTRUCTION MANUAL TLS-9960

FEATURES
œ Tape management function
œ JOG/SHUTTLE operation
œ Can also be controlled through an RS-232C or RS-485
connection
œ Clog detection
œ High-speed Fast Forward/Rewind
œ Field recording/playback
œ 2, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 168, 240, 360, 480, 720 and
960-hour mode recording
œ In 2, 12, 24-hour modes audio recording is available
œ Autorepeat recording
œ Series recording function
œ Alarm recording function
œ Single image recording function
œ On-screen mode setting
œ Integrated time date generator
œ Day/Time search function
œ Alarm scan/search function
œ Forward/Reverse frame advance function
œ 30-day memory backup
œ Security lock
œ Recording check function
œ Automatic head cleaning function
œ Head switching function
ACCESSORY
Power cord
CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FEATURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ACCESSORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
LOCATIONS OF CONTROLS AND
INDICATORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TYPES OF ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS AND
DISPLAY SEQUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SETTING THE LANGUAGE AND CLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CHANGING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . 10
VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TAPE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
NORMAL RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
AUTOREPEAT RECORDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ALARM RECORDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PROGRAM TIMER RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
RECORDING USING AN
EXTERNAL TIMER INPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SERIES RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SINGLE IMAGE RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
NORMAL PLAYBACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SPECIAL PLAYBACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
TAPE COUNTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SETTING THE SECURITY LOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SETTING THE BUZZER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CLOCK ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SETTING THE RS-232C OR RS-485
DATA TRANSFER SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CHECKING POWER FAILURE,
FAILURE DUE TO CONDENSATION AND
USAGE DURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
OUTPUT TERMINALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
HEADS SWITCHING FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
RC4Q/U (TLS-9960 GB) Mon. Aug., 23/1999
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