Panasonic Digital Disk Recorder Wj Hd616 Wj Hd716 Operating Instructions

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Playback operation 
FunctionButton Operation
Pause	 •	 Playback	will	be	paused	when	this	button	is	clicked	during	play-
back. 
	 •	 Playback	will	resume	when	this	button	is	pressed	during	pause.
Fast playback/Fast 
reverse playback
 / 	 •	 Playback	speed	of	fast	playback	will	change	in	the	following	 order each time the fast playback button is clicked: Step2 
(Approx. 2x) → Step3 (Approx. 5x) → Step4 (Approx. 10x) → 
Step5 (Approx. 20x) → Step6 (Approx. 50x) → Step7 (Approx. 
100x)
	 •	 Playback	speed	of	fast	reverse	playback	will	change	in	the	fol- lowing order each time the fast reverse playback button is 
clicked: Step1 (1x) → Step2 (Approx. 2x) → Step3 (Approx. 5x) → 
Step4 (Approx. 10x) → Step5 (Approx. 20x) → Step6 (Approx. 
50x) → Step7 (Approx. 100x)
	 •	 When	the	[PLAY]	button	is	clicked	during	fast	playback/fast	 reverse playback, playback speed will return to the normal play-
back speed.
Frame by frame play-
back/Reverse frame 
by frame playback
 / 	 •	 When	the	frame	by	frame	playback	button	is	clicked,	the	next	 frame will be displayed and paused. 
	 •	 When	the	reverse	frame	by	frame	playback	button	is	clicked,	the	 previous frame will be displayed and paused.
Skip/Reverse skip
 / 	 •	 When	the	skip	button	is	clicked,	playback	point	will	skip	to	the	 start time of the next recorded images. 
	 •	 When	the	reverse	skip	button	is	clicked,	playback	point	will	skip	 to the start time of the previous recorded images. 
	 •	 When	there	is	no	next	or	previous	recorded	data,	the	current	 playback will continue. In this case, playback time of the current 
playback may sometimes be displayed as around for 1 minute 
ago.
Time slip/Reverse 
time slip
 / 	 •	 When	the	button	is	clicked	after	selecting	amount	of	time	to	jump	 (interval), the playback point will jump the selected amount of 
time (forward) and start playback.
	 •	 A	jumped	playback	point	may	sometimes	not	be	a	point	exactly	 calculated for the selected amount of time. 
Go to date
	 •	 The	"Go	to	date"	window	will	be	displayed	by	clicking	this	but- ton. It is possible to start playback by designating the desired 
time and date.
Skip to the latest 
recorded data
	 •	 Playback	of	the	latest	recorded	image	will	start	by	clicking	this	 button. (+ Page 40)
Multiscreen playback 	 •	 Playback	images	will	be	displayed	on	a	multi-screen	(4-screen/ 
9-screen/16-screen) by clicking this button.
	 •	 Each	time	the	4-screen	button	or	the	9-screen	button	is	clicked,	 images from different camera groups will be displayed on a 
4-screen or on a 9-screen respectively. 
	 •	 When	the	16-screen	button	is	clicked,	images	from	camera	chan- nels 1 - 16 will be displayed on a 16-screen. 
	 •	 To	display	images	on	a	1-screen	again,	click	any	of	the	camera	 channel buttons in the [Cam. select] box.
Electronic zoom 	 •	 Playback	images	will	be	zoomed	in	by	the	electronic	zoom.	Refer	
to page 86 for how to use the electronic zoom.
Enlargement of  
images
	 •	 Playback	images	will	be	enlarged.	Refer	to	page	86	for	how	to	 enlarge playback images. 
						

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Step 1
Display the top page of the operation window.  
(☞ Page 77)
Step 2
Click the [HDD] tab.
  →  The [HDD] tab will be displayed. 
Step 3
Click the [Go to date] button.
  →  The time and date search window will be dis-
played.
Step 4
Click the 
 button and determine the desired time 
and date.
 
 
 
Step 5
Click the [Play] button.
  →  Playback of images recorded at the designated 
time and date will start. The 
 indication will be 
displayed in the status display area.
Note:
	 •	 When	no	image	is	found	at	the	designated	time	 and date, the following action will be taken. 
	 •	 When	images	recorded	after	the	designated	 time and date are found, playback will start 
from the oldest recorded image among them. 
	 •	 When	no	image	was	recorded	after	the	desig- nated time and date, playback will start from 
the latest image recorded before the designat-
ed time and date. 
 
Step 6
To stop playback, press the [Stop] button. 
  →  The indication 
 on the status display area will 
disappear and live images will be displayed in the 
image display area. 
Play image recorded at a designated time and 
date
Start playback by designating the desired time and date of a recorded image.
Playback operation can be made while recording. 
     
						

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Search and play
Number of the listed data
Displays the total number of listed copied data. When 
more than 10 000 data matched, the ">10000" indi-
cation will be displayed.
    [All list] button
Cancels filtering and lists all recording events.
    
Search a desired recorded image and play it. There are the following 2 searching methods. 
	 •	 Search	for	recording	events	and	play	(recording	event	search)
	 •	 Search	for	time	and	date	when	a	motion	was	detected	from	recorded	images	and	play	(VMD	search)	
To play recorded images on a multiscreen, switch to a multiscreen after starting playback. 
Search and play recording events (recording event search)
Display a list of recording events, and then select a desired recording event to play from the list. 
It is also possible to filter recording events using the following search filters. 
Search filter
Search filter
Description
Time and date Search for images recorded in a time range designated by selecting the start time  and the end time
Event Search for images recorded by the selected recording mode only. 
	 •	 Recording	mode/Event
   Manual recording, schedule recording, emergency recording, video loss, terminal 
alarm, command alarm, video motion detection (VMD), camera site alarm,\
 i-VMD 
alarm
	 •	 Displayed	when	a	camera	alarm	occurred	
    Motion detection, object appearance/disappearance detection, terminal al\
arm, 
residence detection, direction detection, interruption detection
Camera Search for images recorded using the selected camera channels only. 
    
Recording event list 
						

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Step 1
Display the top page of the operation window.  
(☞ Page 77)
Step 2
Select "HDD" for "Disk/Media" in the [Search] box, 
and then click the [REC Event] button.
  →  The "REC event search" window will be displayed.
    Step 3
Specify the search conditions (filters).
Time & date: Designate the recording start time and  date and the end time and date of recorded imag-
es to be searched for. 
    Select a start time and an end time by clicking the 
[C] button. 
    
[Refresh] button
The displayed contents will be updated to the latest. 
[Prev page] button
Displays the previous page. 
[Next page] button
Displays the next page. 
Time & date
Displays the start time and date of the recording. 
Ch
Displays the camera channel used for recording. 
Playback of images recorded using the displayed 
camera channel will start on a 1-screen. 
Evt
Displays the event type. Refer to page 8 for further 
information about the event type. 
    HDD
Displays the hard disk drive number on which images 
were recorded. 
Audio
Displays the icon to indicate whether audio is 
attached to the data or not. 
Note:
	 •	 Recording	event	list	will	be	displayed	when	the	 [Refresh] button is clicked or when the VMD 
search (☞ page 96) or selection of the disk/medi-
um (☞ page 99) is performed. 
	 •	 The	[All	list]	button	will	become	unavailable	during	 playback. To use the [All list] button, stop play-
back and click it.
	 •	 When	many	cameras	are	connected,	the	record- ing start time of each camera channel may some-
times not be the same.
    
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REC event: Select an event type of recorded images to be searched for from the following. The check-
box respective to the selected event type will be 
checked. (When selecting "All", all the checkbox-
es will be checked.)
Camera: Select the desired camera channel used for  recording to be searched by clicking.
    Select the desired camera channel used for 
recording. The checkbox respective to the select-
ed camera channel will be checked. (When select-
ing "All", all the checkboxes will be checked.) To 
select all camera channels, click "All". 
Step 4
Click the [OK] button after completing the settings.
  →  Recording events matched the search conditions 
will be displayed in the recording event list. The 
[Filtering] indication will be displayed on the status 
display area. 
Note:
	 •	 To	cancel	the	filtering,	click	the	[All	List]	button.	All	 recording events will be displayed and the 
[Filtering] indication will disappear. 
Step 5
Click the time and date of the desired recording 
event.
  →  Playback of recorded images of the selected 
recording event will start. 
Note:
	 •	 When	starting	playback	after	filtering,	only	the	list- ed recorded images are subject to play.
	 •	 Recorded	images	will	be	played	on	a	1-screen.	To	 play on a multiscreen, click a multiscreen selec-
tion button in the [Multiscreen select] box after 
starting playback.
    Step 6
To stop playback, press the [STOP] button. 
  →  Playback will stop. Playback in the image display 
area will be switched to live image display. 
     
						

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Step 1
Display the top page of the operation window  
(☞ page 77), and then select the camera channel to 
be searched for in the [Cam. select] box. 
Step 2
Click the [VMD] button in the [Search] box.
  →  The VMD search filter window will be displayed.
Step 3
Specify the search conditions (filters). 
Set detection area and detection sensitivity 
Up to 4 detection areas (A - D) can be set. Set detec-
tion areas and detection sensitivities for each of them 
as follows. 
    
  1.  Create a detection area by dragging the mouse. 
    Up to 4 areas can be created and they will be area 
A, B, C and D in order or creation. 
Note:
	 •	 To	delete	the	created	detection	area,	check	the	 check box corresponding to the area to be delet-
ed on the area setup window and then click the 
[Area delete] button.
 
  2.  Set the detection sensitivity of each detection 
area. 
    Click the [C] button, and then set the detection 
sensitivity for each area (A - D) from the following. 
Off: Does not detect motion in the selected area. 
Low: Low sensitivity 
Mid: Standard sensitivity 
High: High sensitivity 
    
Search for time and date when a motion was detected from 
recorded images and play (VMD search)
Display a list of time and date when a motion was detected (by the VMD \
function) from images recorded by all 
the recording modes (☞ page 37), and then select a desired recorded image to play from the list. 
Camera channels, time and date, detection area and detection sensitivity can be used as the filters for the VMD 
search. 
     
						

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Specify the mask duration 
Click the [C] button, and then select the mask dura-
tion from the following. 
   1 s, 1 min, 1 h, 24h 
When the mask duration is set, any motion will not be 
detected for the set duration after a motion detection. 
Use the mask duration when it takes time to detect 
motion or when motion is detected frequently. 
Specify the time range 
Click the [C] button, and then specify the time range 
to be searched for. 
Step 4
Click the [OK] button after completing the settings.
  →  Data matched to the specified search conditions 
will be displayed in list form. 
Note:
	 •	 In	the	result	list	of	the	VMD	search,	the	audio	icon	 will not be displayed in the "Audio" column even if 
audio is attached to the recorded images. 
	 •	 The	VMD	search	of	the	pre-event	recording	data	 will not be performed.
 
    Step 5
Click the time and date of the desired data in the 
result list. 
  →  Playback of recorded images of the selected data 
will start.
Note:
	 •	 Recorded	images	will	be	played	on	a	1-screen.	To	 play on a multi-screen, click a multiscreen selec-
tion button in the [Multiscreen select] box after 
starting playback. 
	 •	 When	selected	time	and	date	is	too	close	to	the	 current time and date, playback may sometimes 
not start. In this case, wait for a while and try to 
playback again. 
 
Step 6
To stop playback, click the [STOP] button. 
  →  Playback will stop. Playback in the image display 
area will be switched to live image display.
     
						

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Number of the listed data
Displays the total number of listed copied data. When 
more than 10 000 data matched, the ">10000" indi-
cation will be displayed.
[All list] button
Cancels filtering and lists all copied data. 
[Refresh] button
The displayed contents will be updated to the latest. 
[Prev page] button
Displays the previous page. 
[Next page] button
Displays the next page. 
Time & date
Displays the start time and date of the copied data 
(time and date when copying started) will be dis-
played. 
    Ch
Displays the camera channel used for recording (of 
which copied recorded images). 
Evt
Displays the event type. Refer to page 8 for further 
information about the event type. 
Audio
Nothing will be displayed here.
    
Check a list of copied recorded images
Display a list of copied data (copied recorded images) on an SDHC/SD memory card or a DVD, and then select 
a desired recorded image to play from the list. 
It is possible to search for copied data using the filters. Available filters are "Time & date" and "Ch".
Copied data list window
     
						

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Step 1
Insert an SDHC/SD memory card on which recording 
data is copied into the SDHC/SD memory card slot. 
When recording data was copied on a DVD, insert it 
in the DVD drive. (☞ Installation Guide)
Step 2
Display the top page of the operation window.  
(☞ Page 77)
Step 3
Select "DVD" or "SD" for "Disk/Medium" in the 
[Search] box, and then click the [Copy data] button. 
  →  The copy data search window will be displayed. 
Step 4
Specify the search conditions (filters).
Refer to page 94 for further information about the 
copy data search window. 
    Step 5
Click the [OK] button after completing the settings.
  →  Copied data matched the search conditions (fil-
ters) will be displayed on the copied data list win-
dow. 
Important:
	 •	 Do	not	remove	the	SDHC/SD	memory	card	during	 playback of copied data on the SDHC/SD memory 
card. It may damage data on the SDHC/SD mem-
ory card.
Note:
	 •	 When	checking	a	list	after	inserting	the	other	 SDHC/SD memory card, select "Hard disk drive" 
for "Select Medium" in the "Search" box first and 
then select "SD memory card".
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Event function
The recorder will take an event action when any of the following events occur.
Terminal alarm: Regarded as an event when an alarm input signal is supplied from an external device such as a door sensor to the alarm input terminal on the rear of the recorder. 
Video Motion Detection (VMD): Regard as an event when a motion is detected in the set detection area by the  video motion detection function. (See below about the VMD function.)
Video loss: Regard as an event when the video input signal is lost, such as by the camera\
 cable disconnection,  malfunction of the camera, etc.
i-VMD alarm: Regarded as an event when an alarm (motion detection, object appearance/disa\
ppearance, etc.)  is detected by the SD5Link camera. 
Camera site alarm: Regarded as an event when an alarm (motion detection, etc.) is detected by \
the camera.
Command alarm: Regarded as an event when an alarm via a network such as from a PC is received.
Note:
	 •	 Video	Motion	Detection	(VMD)	function
    When a motion (luminance change) is detected in the specified area (detection area), a signal will be output. 
The recorder will record images from the camera, send e-mails, etc. according to the settings when a 
motion is detected. 
    Refer to the Installation Guide for the settings required to use the video motion detection function.
 
Event action
Refer to page 56. 
Alarm action
The following are descriptions about the alarm actions that can be configured and checked from a PC. 
Refer to page 56 for further information about the available alarm actio\
ns for the recorder. 
Display the alarm notification window 
Note:
	 •	 The	alarm	notification	window	will	not	be	displayed	in	the	following	cases.	
	 •	 When	the	alarm	is	suspended	(☞ page 102) 
	 •	 When	"ADM"	is	selected	for	"Operational	mode"	(of	each	event)	of	"Event"	of	the	setup	menu	
	 •	 When	"Off"	is	selected	for	"Alarm	message"	of	"Timetable"	(under	"Schedule"	of	the	setup	menu).