13960-Hour Time Lapse Video Cassette Recorder12 960-Hour Time Lapse Video Cassette RecorderNormal RecordingNormal Recording1 Turn the power on to all devices used.2 Load a cassette tape with erasure prevention tab inplace.3 Press the REC/PLAY SPEED (or ) button to setthe recording speed.• The recording speed is displayed on-screen and on thedisplay panel.• If you don’t want to record the recording speed,counter, title, time, date etc, press the DISPLAY button,then start recording.4 Press the REC button.• The “REC” indicator is displayed on the display paneland recording starts.5 To stop recording, press the STOP button.4• If the Repeat Rec Set is setto “NO” in the RECMODE SET menu ,recording will continue tothe end of the tape, thenstop and the tape will beejected.4• A tape recorded on thisVCR cannot be playedback on another make oftime lapse VCR.• If you press on the RECbutton and the loadedcassette has no erasure-prevention tab, the VCRwill eject the cassette.• During recording, theMenu button will notfunction (the menu cannotbe accessed).Recording Speeds&Duration T120RecordingdurationT-160Rec.fields/Sec RecordingintervalAudioRecording Tape MotionRecord PauseRecording can be interrupted temporarily.1 Press the PAUSE/STILL button during recording.• The “REC” and “ ” indicators are displayed on thedisplay panel.2 To resume recording, press the REC button, or pressthe PAUSE/STILL button again.4• During pause, the imageappears on screen but it isnot recorded.• If a recording pausecontinues for 5 minutes ormore, the VCR will go intostop mode to avoiddamage to the tape.4• If you playback therecorded part whererecording check wasperformed, noise mayappear.• If you change therecording speed duringrecording, noise ormissing signal may result.2 (SP) 2.67 1/60 Sec. 606 (EP) 8 1/60 Sec. 6018 (EP) 24 3/60 Sec. 2024 (SP) 32 0.22 536 (SP) 48 0.32 3.3348 (SP) 64 0.42 2.5072 (SP) 96 0.62 1.6796 (SP) 128 0.82 1.25120 (SP) 160 1.02 1168 (SP) 224 1.42 0.71240 (SP) 320 2.02 0.5360 (SP) 480 3.02 0.33480 (SP) 640 4.02 0.25720 (SP) 960 6.02 0.17960 (SP) 1280 8.02 0.13YESNOContinuousIntermittent• Audio recording in the 18 , 24 hour setting or abovemay result in distortion of the audio/or video and istherefore not recommended.6 Press the SET - (or +) button to set “YES” for thefunctions described below.Time................The time is displayed.Date ................The Month-Day-Year is displayed.Frame Cnt .......The number of frames is displayed.Alarm Cnt........The number of alarms is displayed.Counter ...........The counter is displayed.Title.................The title is displayed.• A maximum of 20 characters can be used. (letters,number or spaces)7 Press the SHIFT button to set the display position.8 Press the SET - (or +) button to set the position ofthe time, date, frame cnt. alarm cnt. to “L-Bottom(or R-Bottom).• If any of 4 items is set, the position of 4 items ischanged identically.9 Press the SET - (or +) button to set the position ofthe counter and title to “C-Top” (or “R-Top” or “L-Top”)If one of 2 items is set, the position of 2 items ischanged identically.L-Top / C-Top / R-Top: Left Top / Center Top / Right TopL-Bottom / R-Bottom: Left Bottom / Right Bottom10 Press the MENU button three times, the normalscreen is displayed.The setting procedure is now complete.4• The items for which “YES”is set are recorded. Theitems for which “NO” isset at step 6 above arenot recorded.
