Mitsubishi DX-TL5000E, DX-TL5000EZ user manual

DIGITAL RECORDER

USER’S MANUAL

MODEL

DX-TL5000E

ENGLISHDEUTSCHFRANÇAISESPAÑOLITALIANONEDERLANDS

THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. PLEASE READ IT BEFORE USING YOUR DIGITAL RECORDER.

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Caution and care

HEAVY OBJECTS SHOULD NEVER BE PLACED ON THE UNIT (E.G., MONITOR)

NEVER TOUCH OR INSERT ANY OBJECT INSIDE THE UNIT

Touching the inside of the cabinet or inserting foreign objects of any kind through the disc loading slot or ventilation holes not
only creates a safety hazard but can also cause extensive damage.

PROTECT THE POWER CORD

Damage to the power cord may cause fire or shock hazard. If the mains cord is damaged, turn OFF the MAIN switch and
carefully unplug the cord by holding the mains plug.
If this unit is moved with the power on status, the built-in HDD may be damaged. Confirm that more than one minute have
passed since the power cord and the connecting cords were disconnected, then move this unit. Make sure to take the disc out
and close the disc loading slot.

UNPLUG THE POWER CORD DURING A LONG ABSENCE

Turn off the power and unplug the power cord during a long absence.

MAINTAIN GOOD VENTILATION

Do not obstruct the many ventilation holes on the unit. For maximum ventilation, leave some space around the unit and place
the unit on a hard level surface only, and ensure it is not covered during use. Heavy objects should never be placed on the unit.

WHEN NOT IN USE

When not in use, always eject the disc and turn OFF the MAIN switch.

CABINET CARE

Never use petroleum-based cleaners. Clean with a soft cloth moistened with soap and water and wipe dry.
PVC cables or leads should not be left in contact with the cabinet surface for long periods.

INSTALLATION LOCATION

For excellent performance and lasting reliability install in a location that is:-

1. Well ventilated, out of direct sunlight and away from direct heat.

2. A solid vibration-free surface.

3. Free from high humidity, excessive dust and away from magnetic fields.

4. Please ensure that the ventilation fan located on the unit’s back panel is not blocked.

UNSUITABLE LOCATIONS

Placing the unit in the following places might shorten the product life:

• Extremely cold places, such as refrigerated warehouses and ice houses

• Places where excessive hydrogen sulfide is likely to be generated, such as hot-springs areas

• Places or locations with salt air environment.

NO OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS VASES, SHALL BE PLACED ON THE APPARATUS.
DO NOT PLACE HEAVY OBJECT ON THIS UNIT.
DO NOT STEP ONTO THIS UNIT.
DO NOT PLACE ANY OBJECTS IN FRONT OF THE DISC LOADING SLOT.

The unit may drop or fall by losing its balance. It may cause injury or failure of the unit.

WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

THIS APPARATUS MUST BE GROUNDED.

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MAINS LEAD CONNECTION

The mains lead on this unit is fitted with a non-rewireable mains plug, incorporating a 5A fuse. If you need to replace the
fuse, use a 5A fuse approved by BSI or ASTA to BS 1362, ensuring you refit the fuse cover. If the mains plug is not suitable
for the sockets in your home, and you require to remove the plug, remove the fuse, cut off the plug then dispose of the plug
immediately, to avoid a possible electric shock hazard. To refit a new plug, follow these instructions; Green-and-yellow:
Earth, Blue: Neutral and Brown: Live. As the colours in the mains lead of this unit may not correspond with the coloured
markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows.

• The wire which is coloured green-and-yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the letter
E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured green or green-and-yellow.

• The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black.

• The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red.

Notice about construction of the surveillance system using this unit

• This unit can be controlled by the external devices via RS-232C terminal or LAN terminal. This unit can also be used to
control the external devices via external terminal, RS-422/485, or RS-232C terminal. Owning to these functions, this unit
flexibly applies to the high grade security system, but the whole surveillance system may be affected by the malfunction
of this unit or the external devices depending on the setting contents of this unit or the connection or combination
between the external devices.

• When configuring a surveillance system using this unit, it is recommended to confirm first that this unit operates normally
with the other devices connected or combined.

• It is recommended to copy or back up the important recorded contents to the other devices periodically.

• Damages arising out of any operational error of the surveillance system or loss of the recorded data or any other

damages because of any malfunction of this unit are not covered.

There may be cases when the unit’s built-in MOTION DETECTION function does not operate properly due to external
condition or video input signal or other factors.

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The user will not be indemnified for problems (e.g., recording failure or playback failure) that occur with either the unit or a
connected device during operation. It is recommended that backups of important recordings are made regularly as a
precaution against possible breakdowns and accidents.

Recordable time and product warranty

Continuous recordable time and the estimated time displayed on the menu screen is the continuous recordable time when
operating this unit and is not the product warranty period. Furthermore, it is not the period that guarantees life time at the
unit.

• This unit uses a built-in hard disk, which is a precision device. Please handle this unit with sufficient care.

• Do not subject this unit to vibrations or shocks. This may cause trouble specially when the power of the unit is turned on

or when the hard disk is being accessed, and sufficient care is required.

• Do not disconnect the power plug while the power of the unit is turned on or while recording or playing.

• For early detection of faults, we recommend that you request inspection once a year.

The hard disk and cooling fan are not permanent items and will need replacement with time. When operated in an ambient
temperature of 25 °C, it is recommended that both of the hard disk and fan are replaced every 30,000 hours.
(This figure is only a guide, and should not be taken as a guaranteed lifespan of the products. Use the <Elapsed Operating
Time> (System Menu Service Info) as a guide to perform checkups.)

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Caution and care (continued)

INSTALLATION LOCATION AND HANDLING

• Place this unit on the horizontal and stable place. If this unit is used on the unstable place, the unit may be damaged such
as removal of the DVD/CD disc.

• Do not place this unit close to other equipment. The equipment and this unit have a bad influence each other and the
pictures or audio of this unit may be distorted.

• When a monitor and this unit are placed vertically, the pictures may be distorted or DVD/CD disc may not be ejected.

• Do not let stick your hands into the disc loading slot. You may get your hand caught in the slot and may got injured. If you get

your hand caught, do not get out of the slot by force. Contact your dealer after turning off the power and disconnecting the
plug.

DVD/CD DISC

• Do not use the disc cracked, deformed or repaired with adhesive. The disc may fly into pieces and cause injury.

• Do not touch the playback surface when holding the disc.

• When dew condensation occurs on the disk, wipe the surface off before use.

• Dirt such as fingerprints or dust causes the deterioration of the picture quality and audio quality. Gently wipe the DVD/CD

disc from the centre to the outside with a soft cloth.

• When the disc is very dirty, soak a soft cloth with water and screw water of it, wipe off the dirt lightly, then wipe with a dry
cloth.

• Do not use solvent such as benzine and thinner, a record cleaner, and static-stopper. They may damage the disc.

• Do not use the disc described below. They may damage the disk itself or this unit.

Discs on which a piece of paper or sticker is put, or a disk damaged.
Discs which the label is peeled or a disk with oozing
Discs cracked, deformed, or repaired with adhesive

• Store the disc in the specified casing, avoiding the following places.
Places where it will be subjected to direct sunlight.
Places with excessive dust.
Places where it will be subjected to high temperatures or high humidity.

• The movie software on the market or privately recorded picture cannot be played back on this unit. Only the picture recorded
on this unit can be played back.

MAINTENANCE OF THE LENS FOR RECORDING/PLAYBACK (LASER PICKUP)

• When any dust adheres on the lens for recording/playback, the image may be distorted or the audio may skip. The normal
recording or playback may become impossible. Ask your dealer for cleaning.
The commercial lens cleaning disk may damage the lens. Do not use it.

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Contents

Caution and care ............................................................ 2-4

Contents............................................................................. 5

How to set the menus .................................................... 6-9

Setting the menus ................................................. 6-8

How to set a menu with a mouse ....................... 6

How to set a menu with buttons on the unit ....... 6

Displaying a menu screen .................................. 7

Closing a menu screen ...................................... 7

Selecting an item................................................ 7

Inputting numbers .............................................. 8

Setting parameters ............................................. 8

Symbols in the menus ............................................. 9

Setting the time and date ............................................... 10

Time/Date Setting (Setup Menu

Setting) .................................................................. 10

Using the basic multiplexer functions ........................... 11

Basic multiplexer functions ..................................... 11

Multiplexer buttons ............................................11

Using the cascade function ........................................... 12

Cascade ................................................................. 12

Controlling the camera ................................................... 13

PTZ control ............................................................ 13

Recording the picture manually .................................... 14

Basic manual recording ......................................... 14

Setting the recording rate and picture grade for

normal recording .............................................. 14

Playing back the recorded data ..................................... 15

Basic playback ....................................................... 15

Searching the desired picture................................... 16,17

Basic search ..................................................... 16,17

Search by Time and Date ................................ 16

Search by Alarm List ........................................ 17

Copying the recorded data........................................ 18,19

Copy (User Menu

Copy Data to Copy A Drive/Set Copy A Drive .. 18
Copy Data to Copy B Drive/Set Copy B Drive

................................................................... 18, 19

Playback software .................................................. 19

Copying the data of this unit to a video cassette ... 19

Communications by Web Browser ........................... 20-27

Communications by Web Browser ......................... 20

The personal computer product requirements . 20

Connections ..................................................... 20

Login ................................................................. 20,21

Main Menu ........................................................ 21-27

Live Monitoring ................................................. 22

Playback........................................................... 23

Configuration Menu ..................................... 24-26

User Registration ................................... 24,25

Memo & Camera Titles................................ 25

E-mail Setup........................................... 25,26

NAS Setup .................................................. 26

Clock Setup ................................................. 26

Logout .............................................................. 27

Change Login User .......................................... 27

Troubleshooting ......................................................... 28,29

Warnings and CALL OUT output .............................. 30,31

Warnings and their appropriate countermeasures

.......................................................................... 30,31

Copy) ................................. 18,19

System Time/Date

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How to read this manual

• Viewing displays

(Refer to this information when operating):

Reference information concerning operation

(Caution required):

Cautionary items concerning operation

• Finding desired information
There is a “Contents” at the beginning of this manual.

• Troubleshooting
Read Troubleshooting (pages 28, 29) for possible
remedies to the problem.

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of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
other countries.

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How to set the menus

Setting the menus

The operational conditions of this unit can be set in the menu screens. You can select and set the operational conditions
by using the buttons on the front panel or the mouse connected to this unit. In the menu screen, the numbers 1 to 16
(camera number buttons) and alphabets A to E (SPLIT screen buttons) show the button names on the front panel.

• When OUTPUT B is selected, the cursor of the mouse is displayed, however, the menu screen is not displayed and
cannot be set. The menus can be set only when the OUTPUT A is selected.

How to set a menu with a mouse

• Setting a mouse

step1. Attach the supplied ferrite core to the cable of the

mouse as illustrated to the left.

• Setting a menu with a mouse

Wheel

Right buttonLeft button

Mouse

How to set a menu with buttons on the unit

M-DET

DOT ON/OFF

step1. Use the left and right buttons to set the menu.

• Click the left button to open the menu or select
a desired item, etc.

• Click the right button to select the active area
for motion detection.

• With this unit, the wheel on a mouse is not
available.

step1. Use the SET UP button, camera number buttons,

and the SPLIT screen buttons (A to E) to set the
menu.

• Press the SET UP button to open the menu
screen.

• Press the camera number buttons (1 to 16) and
the SPLIT screen buttons (A to E) to open each
menu or select the desired item.

M-DET

AREA SET UP

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Displaying a menu screen

E

Exit

step1. Press the SET UP button or click the left button on

the mouse to display a menu.

• The <User Menu> appears.

• To open other menu, press the D button or left-

click on “Next

.”

• When you use a mouse, click the following area to
operate.

Click this area

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User Menu

Search

1

Audio

4

2

Protect Data

5

Copy

Closing a menu screen

Setup Menu

1

4

Recording

System

2

5

Timer

Menu Data

Selecting an item

Information

3

Motion Det

3

100 000 000

Next

D

E

Exit

200 000 000

Next

D

E

step1. Press the E button or left-click on the “Exit” to close

the menu.

• You cannot close the menu by pressing the SET UP
button on the unit.

Exit

step1. Press the button of the desired item or left-click on

the desired item.

• The desired item menu opens.

• Select an item and press the number or click

on the menu to open the item.

M-DET

DOT ON/OFF

Exit

E

Reset to Factory Setting

8

Audio Setting

7

On Screen Display Setting

6

Multiplexer Setting

5

Password Setting

4

Rear Terminal Setting

3

Setup Menu

Menu Language Selection

2

Recording

1

Time/Date Setting

1

System

4

2

5

Timer

Menu Data

3

Motion Det

200 000

Next

D

Exit

E

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How to set the menus (continued)

Inputting numbers

Time Date Setting

Time Date Setting

01 - 0 1 0420 00

Day Light Saving Setting

Setting parameters

Time Date Setting

Time Date Setting

01 - 0 1 0420 00

Day Light Saving Setting

Number input area

0000::-

14 16

Auto

A

E

0000::-

14 16

Auto

A

241 000 000

Set >

D

Return

241 000 000

Set >

D

When you use the buttons on the unit,

step1. The number displayed in red can be input. Press

the camera number buttons (0 to 9) you desire to

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input.

step2. To move to the next input area, press the 16 button.

To go back to the previous area, press the 14 button.

When you use a mouse,

step1. Left-click on the number in red until the desired

number appears.

To move the area, left-click on the input area you
desire to set or left-click

step1. Press the A button or left-click on the parameter box

or .

until the item to be set appears.

step2. For some item, more detailed setting is required. In

this case, an item such as “D(Set >)” is displayed. If
necessary, press the D button or left-click on the
“Set >” to set more details.

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• When you close the menu, press the E button or left
click on “Return” or “Exit.”

• You cannot close the menu by pressing the SET UP
button on the unit.

Return

E

Setting or selecting area

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Symbols in the menus

Motion Search (Main - Normal)

Camera Select

Search Start Position

01 - 0 1 0420 00

Setup date search starts from.

A

CH 1

0000::-

11 15

Oldest

13

14 16

116 000 000

Up button

Menu address

?

Help button

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Down button
Left button

Right button

Motion Detection Settings

Same as Recording Setting

D

B

C

Search

Next >

Motion A

same

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Return

E

Some symbols appear in the menu screens. The meanings are follows.

(Help) When you press the HELP button or click this symbol, the detailed information on the menu appears.

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(Left) When you press the 14 button or click this symbol, the item to be set shifts to left.

(Right) When you press the 16 button or click this symbol, the item to be set shifts to right.

(Up) When you press the 11 button or click this symbol, the value of selected item increases.

(Down) When you press the 15 button or click this symbol, the value of selected item decreases.

Menu address The menu address is put on each menu. You can open the menu by inputting the menu address with the

buttons on the unit.

For example, when opening the <Motion Search> menu, press the SET UP button and then press the
camera number button in the order of 1, 6.

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Setting the time and date

Time/Date Setting (Setup Menu System Time/
Date Setting)

This item is used to set the present date, time, and auto
daylight saving setting. Auto daylight saving function is used
to automatically gain the clock of the unit an hour for the
specified time period.

In <Day Light Saving Setting>, start/end time of the auto
daylight saving function can be checked and changed.

• Before you start recording, accurately set the present
date and time.

• The recording and playback are not performed
correctly when the clock of this unit does not run.
Check that the clock of this unit running before
operation.

Setup Menu

4

System

steps

1, 2

1

Time/Date Setting

step

3

Day Light Saving Setting

D

step1. Set the present date, month, year, hour, minute, and

second.

step2. Select the desired setting for daylight saving.

Auto: Automatically gains the clock of the unit for

the time period set in the <Day Light Saving
Setting>.
Off: Does not activate the auto daylight saving
function.

step3. When setting “Auto” for “Day Light Saving Setting,”

set the day of the week, month, hour and minute of
start/end time for the auto daylight saving function.

• The time is indicated using the 24-hour system.

• This unit uses 4 digits to display the year. The

available display range is 37 years between 1/1/2001
to 31/12/2037. The unit is also equipped with a
function to automatically calculate leap years. The
year returns to 2001 after 31/12/2037.

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