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Thank you for purchasing the JVC
VR-510U digital video recorder.
1. INTRODUCTIONS
1-1 Precautions ................................................................. 5
2. CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS AND DISPLAY
2-1 Front panel .................................................................. 6
2-2 Rear panel .................................................................. 7
2-3 Display ........................................................................ 8
3. CONNECTIONS
3-1 Recording video signals from a camera ..................... 9
3-2 Connecting more than one camera (using an external
switcher) .................................................................... 10
3-3 Connecting signal input/output terminals .................. 11
4. PREPARATION
4-1 Installing a battery ..................................................... 12
4-2 Power supply ............................................................ 12
4-3 Setting the date and time .......................................... 13
4-4 Daylight-saving time compensation .......................... 13
5. ON-SCREEN DISPLAY/MENU SWITCHES
5-1 On-screen display ..................................................... 14
5-2 Menu switches .......................................................... 15
Menu flow ................................................................. 15
Jog/shuttle dial operation .......................................... 16
Display ...................................................................... 17
Setting ....................................................................... 18
5-3 Menu switch details .................................................. 19
6. RECORDING
6-1 Basic operation ......................................................... 22
Recording system
<Normal recording> <Repeat recording> ................. 22
6-2 Program timer recording ........................................... 23
Weekly timer ............................................................. 23
Timer-recording for 24 hours or more ....................... 24
Daily timer ................................................................. 25
Estimated recordable duration .................................. 26
6-3 Holiday timer recording ............................................. 27
6-4 Alarm recording ......................................................... 28
Repeat recording during alarm recording ................. 28
6-5 Sensor recording ...................................................... 29
Pre-sensor recording ................................................ 29
6-6 Recording with an external activation signal ............. 30
6-7 Automatic restart of recording after power failure ..... 30
7. PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK
7-1 Basic operation ......................................................... 31
Playback ................................................................... 31
Simultaneous Playback mode .................................. 31
7-2 Jog/shuttle playback ................................................. 32
7-3 Skip search ............................................................... 33
Time search .............................................................. 33
Event search ............................................................. 34
Alarm search ............................................................. 34
7-4 Alarm or day/time direct search ................................. 35
8. HARD DISK CONTROL
8-1 Hard disk maintenance ............................................. 36
Scanning the disk ..................................................... 36
Formatting ................................................................. 37
9. TROUBLESHOOTING
9-1 Error indication ......................................................... 38
9-2 No error indication .................................................... 39
10. RS-232C INTERFACE
10-1 Specifications .......................................................... 40
10-2 Protocols and commands ........................................ 40
10-3 Commands .............................................................. 42
11. OTHERS
11-1 Recording time ....................................................... 47
11-2 Signal input/output terminals ................................... 48
11-3 Specifications .......................................................... 49
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