12 EnglishOPERATION1 PREPARING FOR USEWhenever the power is turned on, the operation displayarea will be shown at the top of the monitor screen. Thisarea indicates the date, time, picture quality, and otherinformation needed for operation.(1) Date display (JP.14)“01-01-04” (month-day-year) is displayed when youturn the power on for the first time. Be sure to specifythe correct date using menu settings.(2) Time display (JP.14)“00:00:00” is displayed when you turn the power on forthe first time. The digital video recorder uses the dateand time to manage recording and playback points.Accordingly, if the time has not been set correctly, youwill 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 beenmade.(3) Operating symbol displayDisplays the current operation (such as recording orplayback).z During simultaneous recording and playback, thedisplay indicates playback ( ).(4) Remaining memory in recording area (JP.59)Displays the remaining area memory as a percentagewhen overwriting in the normal recording area or thealarm recording area is forbidden. If overwriting hasbeen permitted, “REPEAT” is displayed.(5) Picture quality display (JP.62,68)Displays the quality of the video that can be recordedon the hard disk. Set to “EN” (Enhanced) by default.(6) Audio recording display“A” is displayed when audio is being recorded orplayed back.(7) Alarm display and alarm count display (JP.68)When you set an alarm using the “ALARM RECMODE SET” menu item, the alarm display areapresents the following information.zWhen alarm recording is set;“ALARM” is displayed.“ALARM” is flashed during alarm recording.zWhen pre-alarm recording is set;“PRE” is displayed.When an alarm occurs, “PRE” disappears,“ALARM” is displayed, and the number of alarms isshown. The total number is indicated in the alarmdisplay.zWhen performing playback from the archivearea;“ARCHIV” is displayed.zWhen an external alarm signal is activated;“EA” is flashed to the left of the camera number.zWhen an motion sensor alarm signal isactivated;“SA” is flashed to the left of the camera number.(8) Camera title displayThe title of the playback or monitoring camera isdisplayed.z Although operations such as playback, copying, anddata transfer are possible while recording, this unitgives priority to recording, and other operations may bedelayed as a result.Operation display areaREC: Recording : Fast-forward playbackEXT: External timer recording : Fast-rewind playback: Playback : Slow playback: Reverse playback : Reverse slow playback: Still02001-01-04 00:00:00 REC REPEAT EN A ALARM 000001-01-04 00:00:00 REC REPERAT EN A ALARM 000002(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)(8)BA BasicNO NormalEN EnhancedFI FineSF Super Fine