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4. FRONT PANEL
There are 16 push buttons on the QM8, and 12 push buttons in QM4 as shown in Figure 1.
They are described as follows:
MENU:
Press this button to bring out the menu-driven setup feature. Press it again while in
the programming mode will exit the menu immediately.
ZOOM/SET:
In record or play mode, press this button to zoom in the picture. It is a 2x zoom with 9
centering positions. In programming mode, use to set or change the value or enter
into a sub menu.
FULL/<:
In record mode, press to get into multiplex recording; In the play mode, press to switch
to full screen display; in ZOOM mode, press to move the zoomed picture to the left
position; in programming mode, press to move cursor left whenever necessary.
QUAD/>:
In the record mode, press the switch to view the real time quad output; for the QM8
press again to view the alternate quad; In the playback mode, press to switch the
display to Quad; In the QM8 press to switch to the alternate quad;in ZOOM mode,
press to move the zoomed picture to the right position; in programming mode, press
to move the cursor right whenever necessary.
SEQ/UP:
In the record mode, press to switch the cameras sequentially. If the MON LED is ON,
the Call Monitor output will be switched sequentially. If MON LED is off then the record
output to the VCR will be a sequencing image rather than the multiplexed record sig-
nal. In ZOOM mode, press to move the zoomed picture up; in programming mode,
press to move cursor up or change the value if the cursor is flashing..
MON/DOWN:
In the record or play mode, press to switch the front panel push buttons to control the
call monitor output. When selected the MON LED will be ON, SEQ, CAM1-8 are
used to switch the call monitor output; in ZOOM mode, press to move the zoomed
picture down; in programming mode, press to move cursor down or change the
value if the cursor is flashing.
PLAY:
Puts the QM in in Quad play mode, also switches the call MON OUT to playback
mode.
RECORD:
Puts the QM in the record mode, also switches the call MON OUT to sequence
through all cameras live.
CAM1-CAM8:
If the MON LED is OFF, switches the VCR OUT to selected camera input. If the
MON LED is ON, switches the call MON output to selected camera input.
Warning: The QM series has the ability to change the multiplex recording output to
either a single camera or sequencing through all cameras with a digitized image.
When the MON LED is off you are programming this record output.
