6.1 Connecting with a cameraBy connecting with a camera (additional accessories,® page 4), you can monitor outside images with thecamera, and the main monitor and sub monitor canreceive notifications with sounds and images whencamera sensors are triggered.– See the camera’s manuals for detailed informationabout using the camera.– An SD card is required to record camera images.Note:R The image quality of camera images may be lowerthan the image quality of doorphone images.6.1.1 Registering a camera to the mainmonitorRegister the camera after connecting it to a powersupply.– Register 1 camera at a time. Multiple cameras cannotbe registered at the same time.– These operations are for VL-WD812BX modelcameras. See the camera’s manuals as required.1 : From the top menu, touch ®® [Register/Cancel] ® [Register] ®[Camera] ® the number of the camera to beregistered.R After this, use the camera and complete thefollowing steps within about 5 minutes.2 : With the power connected to the camera,press the register button on the rear side of thecamera.R The register button islocated behind the registerbutton cover (A).Peel open the registerbutton cover and use the thinend of the sensor range capremovement tool (suppliedaccessory) to press and holdthe register button (B) forabout 3 seconds. After thismake sure to firmly close theregister button cover.AABR The camera’s indicator lamp(C) flashes in green duringregistration. Whenregistration is complete, abeep sounds and theindicator lamp lights ingreen.C3 : To end the operation, press .6.1.2 Images sent from the cameraCamera image recording intervalsThe camera records images (series of images) andsends them to the main monitor. The main monitor andsub monitor display the images by continuously updatingstill images one image at a time. (Video data is not sentfrom the camera.)Images recorded due to sensor detectionsThe timing that the 1st image is recorded changesdepending on whether [Recording before detection] (®page 27) is set to [1 second before] or [2 secondsbefore].Recording from 1second beforedetectionRecording from 2seconds beforedetection¯1stimage1 second beforedetection2 seconds beforedetection¯2ndimageJust after detection¯3rdimage1 second after detection¯4thimage2 seconds after detection¯5thimageApprox. 4 to 5 seconds after detectionR Images from the 6th image onwards are recorded inapprox. 1 second intervals.R The following issues may occur when it is dark.– The first image is dark. (The LED lights are not litbecause no detections have been made yet.)– Objects in images may appear blurred.Images recorded when monitoringImages are recorded in approx. 1 second intervals fromwhen monitoring is started.6.2 Monitoring the outside withthe cameraYou can monitor the sounds and images from thecamera.– The sound from your end will not be heard at thecamera.236. . Using a camera6. Using a camera