2CONTENTSPreface .......................................................................4About the user manuals .........................................4Abbreviations .........................................................4About the settings and operation of therecorder .................................................................4Restrictions when using this product .....................5Before using this product ...........................................6Motion detection (VMD) function ...........................6Time display of recorded images ...........................6Response to the mouse operations .......................6Black screen displayed when playing recordedimages ....................................................................7Recording operation ...............................................7Event type ..............................................................7Configure the basic settings [Basic setup] .................8Display the basic setup pages ...............................8Set up date & time and language[Date/Language] .....................................................8Camera setup [Camera] .......................................11Set up recording/events [REC & event] ................34Configure the settings relating to monitors[Monitor] ...................................................................45Set up the main monitor [Main monitor] ...............45Configure the settings relating to sub monitors[Sub monitor] ........................................................47Configure other settings relating to monitors[Advanced setup] .................................................48Configure the settings relating to network[Network] ..................................................................49Configure the basic network settings [Basic] .......49Procedure to register information for the"Viewnetcam.com" service ..................................51Configure the settings relating to the mailnotification [e-Mail] ...............................................53Configure the Panasonic alarm protocol settings[Panasonic alarm protocol]...................................54Configure the settings relating to NTP/SNMPsynchronization [NTP/SNMP] ...............................55Configure the settings relating to the usermanagement [User management] ............................56Configure the basic settings relating to usermanagement [Basic].............................................56Register, edit or delete the user information[User registration] .................................................58Edit the administrator information[Administrator setup] ............................................60Register, edit or delete host [Host registration] ....61Configure the settings relating to maintenance[Maintenance] ...........................................................62Check the system information such as the version[System information] ............................................62Confirm the hard disk drive information[HDD information] .................................................62Configure the settings and operations relating tothe system [System management] .......................64Register the licenses for the recorder and theAdditional Camera Kit [Registration Key] .............66Manage the hard disk drives [HDD management] ...69How to display the "HDD management" page.....69Check the hard disk drive information[HDD information] .................................................70Format the hard disk drives [Format HDD] ..........70About the removal process and the link processof hard disk drives ................................................71About the change of the HDD operationalmode ....................................................................72Configure the settings relating to the extra functions[Extra function] .........................................................73Lists of the setting items (Setup menu) ....................74About the error logs and the network logs ...............88Error logs ..............................................................88About the network log ..............................................93Operation window ....................................................94Main monitor (A monitor to display the live image,the playback image and the setup menu) ............94Display in the camera extension mode ................98Sub monitor (monitor for display of live imagesonly) ......................................................................99Basic operations.....................................................100Logout ................................................................101Login operation at startup ......................................102Monitor live images ................................................103About the operation panel ..................................103Switch between control screen and wide viewscreen .................................................................1081-screen display .................................................109Display images from cameras on amultiscreen .........................................................110Use digital zoom.................................................111Correct the fisheye image ..................................112Operate the camera ...............................................113Camera control panel .........................................113Panning/Tilting ...................................................115Zooming .............................................................115Move to home position ......................................116Focus adjustment ...............................................116Iris (brightness) adjustment ................................116Auto mode ..........................................................117Register camera preset positions ......................118Move camera preset positions ...........................118AUX operation ....................................................119Wiper operation ..................................................119Register home position ......................................120Execute auto back focus....................................120Set up mask areas ..............................................121Zoom/Focus adjustment ....................................121Initial position setup ...........................................122