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Manual Record.
Just as with a video tape recorder where you set the start point to record by winding the tape forward
or back, then with the DVR you also need to set the start point of any video record session. The
difference however is that there is no tape winding involved, you merely enter the start point in terms of
hours:minutes:seconds:frames by pressing the ‘GoTo’ button (8). The top line of the display shows
GoTo HOURS and the current address is on the bottom line. Use the ‘SCAN FORWARD’ (7) and
‘SCAN BACK’ (6) buttons to select the hour. Press (8) again for minutes and adjust with (7) or (6).
Repeat for seconds and frames if necessary. Note if you press the ‘GoTo’ button (8) whilst the display
shows frames you will exit the ‘GoTo’ address routine and the record will be cancelled. If you need to
go back to hours, minutes etc. you can do this by pressing ‘PAUSE-’ (5) which steps through all 4
increments without cancelling ‘GoTo’.
When the address displayed is correct, press ‘RECORD’ (1) to begin recording. Note that the
‘RECORD’ button is ONLY enabled when GoTo is displayed.
During the recording, the ‘STOP’ (2) and ‘PAUSE+’ (4) buttons are enabled. ‘STOP’ ends the
recording, ‘PAUSE+’ (4) will cause the hard disc address to freeze at the (current a 1), if you
press (4) again, the address will move on 1 frame - this feature allows you to manually ‘grab’ individual
frames.
Manual Playback.
Playback is similar to record except that if you press ‘PLAY’ (3) whilst not in the GoTo mode the
playback begins from address 0:0:0:0. The ‘PAUSE+’ (4) button will pause playback at the current
address with a still image on screen and the audio muted, repeated pressing increments the address and
holding the button pressed will give a slow play. The ‘PAUSE-’ (5) button will operate when the
playback is paused, repeated pressing will then select the previous frames for display, holding the
button pressed gives a slow reverse play.
The ‘SCAN FORWARD/BACK’ buttons (6) and (7) operate in PLAY mode only.
You can use the GoTo address feature for both ‘PLAY’ and ‘PAUSE+’ buttons either from STOP or
during PLAY.
RS232 CONTROL PANEL.
This is part of the ‘SEQUENCE BUILDER’ Windows program and requires the RS232 cable
connection from the DVR to the COM1 connector of a PC running Windows95 or later.
The control panel is selected from the ‘DVR’ menu of the main screen.
Operation is similar to the hand controller except that the GoTo address is entered directly in the boxes
displaying H:M:S:F time. The ‘RECORD’ button is permanently enabled when in the ‘STOP’ mode,
you do not need to enter a new address, the recording will begin from the currently displayed address.
There is no ‘PAUSE-’ button, also the ‘SCAN FORWARD/BACK’ buttons when pressed are
latched so that scan play continues until either PLAY, PAUSE or STOP is pressed.
