Sanyo DSR-3506, DSR-3506P Quick Manual

See “INSTRUCTION MANUAL” for menu settings
or details of the operation.

Contents

1 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS ......... 1

Front panel ...................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION

1 PREPARING FOR USE .................................. 3

Operation display area .................................... 3

Changing the position of the operation

display area ..................................................... 4

Changing the language ................................... 4

Setting the time ............................................... 5

2 VIEWING VIDEO FROM A CAMERA ............ 6

Viewing on the full screen ............................... 6

Viewing on quad screens ................................ 6

Viewing on multi 6 screens ............................. 6

3 RECORDING .................................................. 7

Normal recording ............................................ 7

Timer recording ............................................... 7

Alarm recording ............................................... 8

4 PLAY BACK ................................................... 9

Playing video on a full screen ......................... 9

OPERATION

Fast-forward and fast-rewind playback ........... 9

Performing flame advance

(forward or reverse) ...................................... 10

5 SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEO ...... 11

Alarm search ................................................. 11

Alarm thumbnail search ................................ 12

Time/date search .......................................... 12

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SAVING (COPYING) RECORDED VIDEO

Copying video to a CompactFlash card or

Microdrive ..................................................... 14

Viewing images copied to a CompactFlash

card on a PC ................................................. 15

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1 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS

1 2 3 4 5

POWER FULL ALARM FULL LOCK ALARM

123456

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Front panel

1. POWER indicator

The POWER indicator will light up in red when the power is
on.
If the internal HDD or fan begins to malfunction, this
indicator will be flashed.

2. FULL indicator

The FULL indicator will begin to flash when the amount of
available memory in the hard disk’s normal recording area
drops to the percentage specified using menu settings.
In addition, recording will stop automatically when no more
memory is available, and the FULL indicator will switch to
a permanently lit condition.
This indicator can then be turned off by performing “AREA
FULL RESET” using menu settings.

3. ALARM FULL indicator

The ALARM FULL indicator will begin to flash when the
amount of available memory in the hard disk’s alarm
recording area drops to the percentage specified using
menu settings.
In addition, recording will stop automatically when no more
memory is available, and the ALARM FULL indicator will
switch to a permanently lit condition.
This indicator can then be turned off by performing “AREA
FULL RESET” using menu settings.

4. LOCK indicator

The LOCK indicator lights up when operation has been
locked using <SECURITY LOCK SET>.
An alarm will be sounded if a button is pressed in this
condition. In addition, a password entry screen will be
displayed on the monitor at this time.
If the correct password is entered, the lock condition will be
cancelled and the LOCK indicator will turn off.

5. ALARM indicator

The ALARM indicator flashes during alarm recording, and
it is lit up during pre-alarm recording.

6. [CAMERA SELECT] buttons and indicators

When one or more cameras have been connected to the
VIDEO IN terminals on the digital video recorder’s rear
panel and the appropriate [CAMERA SELECT] button is
pressed, the corresponding indicator lights up and the
video feed from that camera is displayed on-screen.

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SHUTTLE

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JOG

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MENU
RESET

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QUAD

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MULTI

OSDMON 2

MENU EXIT

ZOOM

SEQUENCE

REC/STOP

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PLAY/STOP

SEARCH

STILL

COPY

SHUTTLE HOLD

TIMER

ALARM

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z During quad or multi 6 screen display:

The indicators corresponding to the cameras being
displayed on the monitor are lit up.

z If video is lost:

The indicator starts to flash.

z If an alarm occurs:

The indicator for the corresponding camera starts to
flash.

7. [QUAD] button and indicator

The [QUAD] button is used to display video in quad
screens, and the indicator will light up when this type of
display is being presented.
The QUAD indicator will turn off when a different screen
display mode is adopted.

8. [MULTI] button and indicator

The [MULTI] button is used to display video in multi 6
screens, and the indicator will light up when this type of
display is being presented.
The MULTI indicator will turn off when a different screen
display mode is adopted.

9. [MON2] button and indicator

If the [MON2] button is pressed while a monitor is
connected to the MON2 output terminal on the rear panel,
it will be possible to change the monitor 2 output video.
The [CAMERA SELECT] and [SEQUENCE] buttons can
be used, and the indicator will be lit up during the setting
procedure.

10. [OSD] button and indicator

Each time the [OSD] button is pressed while the digital
video recorder is recording, playing, or stopped, the
operation display area changes position between the top
or bottom of the screen or will become hidden;
furthermore, the indicator will light up whenever this
information is being displayed.

11. [MENU] button and indicator

The [MENU] button is used to display the menu screens
(i.e., setting screens), and the indicator lights up while any
of these screens is being displayed.

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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS1

1 2 3 4 5

POWER FULL ALARM FULL LOCK ALARM

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12. [EXIT] button and indicator

The [EXIT] button is used to exit the main menu or a sub­menu. When a menu is displayed, the indicator will turn off;
when the menu is closed and the normal display is
restored, the indicator will light up.

13. [PLAY/STOP] button and indicator

When the [PLAY/STOP] button is pressed, a recording
from the normal recording area or alarm recording area is
played and the indicator lights up. When pressed during
playback, this button stops the digital video recorder.

14. [ZOOM] button and indicator

When the [ZOOM] button is pressed during playback on a
full screen, a portion of the playback video is magnified
and the indicator lights.

15. [SEARCH] button and indicator

When the [SEARCH] button is pressed while the digital
video recorder is recording or stopped, the search menu is
displayed and the indicator lights up. The search menu
can be closed by pressing this button once again.

16. [STILL] button and indicator

When the [STILL] button is pressed during playback, the
current frame is displayed as a still image and the indicator
lights up. Playback can be resumed by pressing this button
once again.

17. [SEQUENCE] button and indicator

The [SEQUENCE] button can be pressed during
monitoring to automatically switch between full screen or
quad screen display.
When pressed, the indicator begins flashing and the
display is changed automatically. The lighting condition of
CAMERA SELECT indicators also changes in response to
the screen display.

18. [COPY] button and indicator

The [COPY] button is used to copy recorded video to the
hard disk’s archive area, to a CompactFlash card, or to a
Microdrive.
The indicator lights up during the copy process.

19. [SHUTTLE HOLD] button and indicator

The [SHUTTLE HOLD] button is used to lock shuttle dial
operation for a constant speed of playback or slow playback.
The indicator lights up while the shuttle dial is locked.

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MENU EXIT

ZOOM

SEQUENCE

REC/STOP

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PLAY/STOP

SEARCH

STILL

COPY

SHUTTLE HOLD

TIMER

ALARM

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When a password has been set, furthermore, this button
can be pressed for at least three seconds to activate the
security lock.

20. [REC/STOP] button and indicator

The [REC/STOP] button is pressed to start normal
recording, and the indicator lights up during this process.
Furthermore, pressing this button for at least three
seconds stops recording and turns off the indicator.

21. [TIMER] button and indicator

If the [TIMER] button is pressed while the recording is
stopped, timer recording standby mode is adopted and
recording will then start automatically at the set time. The
indicator will be lit up while in timer recording standby
mode.
If the button is pressed during timer recording, this process
is stopped and the indicator turns off. Furthermore, if the
[TIMER] button is pressed when in timer recording standby
mode, timer recording will be cancelled.

22. [ALARM] buttons

When an [ALARM] button is pressed during playback or
still, the digital video recorder skips to the next earlier or
next later alarm.

23. Jog dial (inside) and shuttle dial (outside)

z During playback:

Use the jog dial to change the playback speed.
Use the shuttle dial to perform fast-forward or fast­reverse playback.

z During menu display:

Use the jog dial to move the cursor and to change
setting values. Use the shuttle dial to confirm settings.

24. CompactFlash card slot

This slot is used to house a CompactFlash card or
Microdrive.

25. [MENU RESET] button

The [MENU RESET] button is used to initialize menu
settings.
When setting motion sensors, furthermore, all sensors on
the same line as the cursor can be turned on
simultaneously by pressing this button.

INTRODUCTION

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1 PREPARING FOR USE

POWER indicator

Operation display area

Whenever the power is turned on, the operation display
area will be shown at the top of the monitor screen. This
area indicates the date, time, picture quality, and other
information needed for operation.

01-01-04 00:00:00 REC REPEAT EN A ALARM 0000

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)(6) (7)

01-01-04 00:00:00 REC REPERAT EN A ALARM 0000

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(8)

(1) Date display

“01-01-04” (month-day-year) is displayed.

(2) Time display

“00:00:00” is displayed when you turn the power on for
the first time. The digital video recorder uses the date
and time to manage recording and playback points.
Accordingly, if the time has not been set correctly, you
will not be able to effectively search for video data.
Make sure to specify the time using menu settings.
Recording will not be possible until a setting has been
made.

(3) Operating symbol display

Displays the current operation (such as recording or
playback).

REC: Recording : Fast-forward playback
EXT: External timer recording : Fast-rewind playback

: Playback : Slow playback
: Reverse playback : Reverse slow playback
: Still

z During simultaneous recording and playback, the

display indicates playback ( ).

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[OSD] button

(4) Remaining memory in recording area

Displays the remaining area memory as a percentage
when overwriting in the normal recording area or the
alarm recording area is forbidden. If overwriting has
been permitted, “REPEAT” is displayed.

(5) Picture quality display

Displays the quality of the video that can be recorded
on the hard disk. Set to “EN” (Enhanced) by default.

BA Basic

NO Normal

EN Enhanced

FI Fine

SF Super Fine

(6) Audio recording display

“A” is displayed when audio is being recorded or
played back.

(7) Alarm display and alarm count display

When you set an alarm using the “ALARM REC
MODE SET” menu item, the alarm display area
presents the following information.

z When alarm recording is set;

“ALARM” is displayed.
“ALARM” is flashed during alarm recording.

z When pre-alarm recording is set;

“PRE” is displayed.
When an alarm occurs, “PRE” disappears,
“ALARM” is displayed, and the number of alarms is
shown. The total number is indicated in the alarm
display.

z When performing playback from the archive

area;

“ARCHIV” is displayed.

z When an external alarm signal is activated;

“EA” is flashed to the left of the camera number.

z When an motion sensor alarm signal is

activated;

“SA” is flashed to the left of the camera number.

(8) Camera title display

The title of the playback or monitoring camera is
displayed.

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PREPARING FOR USE1

Changing the position of the
operation display area

1 Press the [OSD] button several times.

As the [OSD] button is pressed, the operation display area
moves to a different location or is hidden.

OSD

Top (default)

Bottom

Hidden

Operation
display area

Changing the language

[Settings] ( indicates default setting.)

01-01-04 00:00:00 REC REPEAT EN A ALARM 0000

01 02

01-01-04 00:00:00 REC REPEAT EN A ALARM 0000

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2 Turn the jog dial to select “1. INITIAL

SET”, and then turn the shuttle dial
clockwise.

The <INITIAL SET> screen is displayed.

OPERATION

3 Turn the jog dial to select “1.

LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET”, and then
turn the shuttle dial clockwise.

The <LANGUAGE/LANGUE/IDIOMA> screen is displayed
with the cursor positioned on “ENGLISH”.

Item Setting Description

ENGLISH Sets the language to English.

LANGUAGE

FRANCAIS Sets the language to French.

ESPAÑOL Sets the language to Spanish.

1 Press the [MENU] button.

The MENU indicator lights up and the <MAIN MENU> is
displayed.

MENU

4 Turn the shuttle dial clockwise, and

then turn the jog dial to select the
desired language.

The set item flashes.

5 When you have made a selection, turn

the shuttle dial clockwise.

The cursor moves to the date and time.
The language has now been set.
To return to the normal screen, press the [EXIT] button.

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PREPARING FOR USE1

Setting the time

(Default: 01-01-2004 THU 00:00:00)
Be sure to set the correct date and time as these settings
are used during recording and searching.

Example: Setting 8:30 on May 22, 2004

1 Press the [MENU] button.

The MENU indicator lights up and the <MAIN MENU> is
displayed.

MENU

2 Turn the jog dial to select “1. INITIAL

SET”, and then turn the shuttle dial
clockwise.

The <INITIAL SET> screen is displayed.

4 Turn the shuttle dial clockwise.

“01” flashes (indicating the month).

5 Turn the jog dial to select “05”, and then

turn the shuttle dial clockwise.

“01” flashes (indicating the day).

05-01-2004 SAT 00:00:00

6 Use the same procedure to set the day

(22), year (2004), hour (08), and minute
(30).

When you have set the minute, the cursor moves to
“MODE” under <DAYLIGHT SAVING>, and the clock
starts counting from 00 seconds.

z The week day is set automatically.
z The clock is stopped during date and time settings.

3 Turn the jog dial to select “1.

LANGUAGE/CLOCK SET”, and then
turn the shuttle dial clockwise.

The <LANGUAGE/LANGUE/IDIOMA> screen is
displayed.

7 Press the [EXIT] button.

The setting procedure is ended and the display returns to
the normal screen.

EXIT

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