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SR-9080U
REC
REC
STOP
REC
CHECK
EJECT
OPERATE
REVERSE
FIELD REV
FIELD ADV
REW
PLAY
TRACKING
TIMER SEARCH
RESET/
CANCEL
DISPLAY LOCK
HDR
CNT RESET
MENU
TIME MODE
SHIFT
ON SCREEN
OPERATE
V. LOCK
PAUSE
FF
–
+
–
+
S E T
–
+
7-4 Alarm Search/Date and Time Search
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[REW] button
[FF] button
[SEARCH] button
[SHIFT
f
] button
There are three different ways you can search a tape position.
When the [SEARCH] button is pressed, the Search mode is engaged. Each time the [SEARCH] button is pressed, the Search
mode changes.
• (Once) alarm search: To search the start of an alarm recording.
(Twice) alarm scan: To play back around the start of each alarm recording for several seconds.
(Three times) date/time search: To search for a recording made at a specified date and time.
Press the [SEARCH] button four times to cancel the Search mode.
[SET +] button
[SET –] button
Note on date/time search
Recording duration is especially important with timelapse recordings. If the duration is too short, date/time search will not
function correctly. The recording duration must be equivalent to at least 5 seconds at Standard (2H) or EP (6H) speed : U
model, (3H) speed : E mdel.
(Example) In the 960-hour normal timelapse mode, the recording time should be 40 minutes or more.
Alarm search
A specified alarm recording is searched and the Stop mode
is engaged.
1
Press the [SEARCH] button once in the Stop mode.
[
The VCR enters the Alarm Search mode and the
alarm search setting screen is shown on the monitor.
The [AL01] indication blinks in the record/playback
speed mode indication section on the display.
* To cancel the Alarm Search mode, press the
[SEARCH] button three times.
2
Specify the alarm recording you want to search.
Press the [SET +] or [SET –] button to specify an alarm
number from 01 to 99.
The specified alarm number is shown on the monitor
and the VCR’s display. The alarm number is not
absolute; it depends on the current tape position.
3
Press the [FF] or [REW] button.
[
The VCR fast forwards or rewinds.
When the start of the alarm recording with the
specified alarm number is located, search stops and
the Stop mode is engaged.
The Alarm Search mode is automatically canceled.
[MENU]
ALARM SRH 01
00H00M01S
Alarm search setting screen
Alarm number
(01- 99)
To specify the alarm
recording to be
cued, enter the alarm
number with respect
to the current tape
position in the
forward or reverse
direction.
Alarm number
VCR’s display
Control or reel counter
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[MENU]
TD SRH 01D 00H
00H 00M 01S
– – – – – – – : – –
[MENU]
TD SRF 12D 19H
00H 00M 01S
1 0 – 1 0 1 5 : 3 0
[MENU]
ALARM SCAN
00H 00M 01S
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Alarm scan screen
Alarm scan
The section around the start of each alarm recording is played back for
about 5 seconds.
* Playback may start a few seconds after the actual start of the alarm
recording.
* If the interval between alarm recordings is short, the tape may play
back continuously for 5 seconds or more.
* Sound is not output.
1
Press the [SEARCH] button twice in the Stop mode.
[
The Alarm Scan mode is engaged and the [ALARM SCAN] indication
is shown on the monitor screen. The [ALSC] indication is shown in
the display’s record/playback speed mode indication section.
* To release the Alarm Scan mode, press the [SEARCH] button twice.
2
Press the [FF] or [REW] button.
[
The VCR fast-forwards or rewinds the tape from the current
position and the section around the start of each alarm recording
is played back for about 5 seconds.
3
Press the [PLAY] button when you want to start playback.
[
Normal playback starts and the Alarm Scan mode is canceled.
• To cancel alarm search or alarm scan, press the [STOP] button,
[PLAY] button, [REVERSE] button or the [REW]/[FF] button
(whichever is opposite to the current tape running direction).
• When the end or beginning of the tape is reached during
alarm search or alarm scan, the mode is canceled and the
Stop mode is engaged.
Control or
reel
counter
VCR’s display
“Day” setting
“Day” setting
“Hour” setting
Search data during tape
running (month, day,
hour, minute)
Search data
during tape
running
(15:30 on
Oct. 10)
Set value
19:00 on 12
Date/time search setting screen
“Time” setting
Date/time search
A section recorded at a specified date and time is searched and the
Stop mode is engaged.
1
Press the [SEARCH] button three times in the Stop mode.
[
The Date/Time Search mode is engaged and the date/time
search setting screen is shown on the monitor.
“td 0100” is shown on the VCR’s display.
* To cancel the Date/Time Search mode, press the [SEARCH]
button once.
2
Press the [SET +] or [SET –] button to set the “date” you want to
search (01 - 31).
3
Press the [SHIFT
f
] button so that “hour” blinks.
4
Press the [SET +/–] button to set the “hour” you want to search (00 - 23).
5
Press the [FF] button or [REW] button.
[
The VCR fast-forwards or rewinds the tape from the current
position to search the specified date and time. When the recording
is located, the Stop mode is engaged.
The Date/Time Search mode is canceled.
• During date/time search, the month, day, hour and minute which are
being searched are shown on-screen.
• If the specified date and time cannot be found and the tape ends, the
Date/Time Search mode is canceled and the Stop mode is engaged.
Notes:
• If the specified date and time is near the start of an alarm
recording, the date/time search may not be successful.
• If the specified date/time is the same as the timer-recording start
time, the VCR may not operate correctly.
• Date/time search cannot be executed if no date and time are
available in the search direction.
