Connection
Connect the [SERIES/CLOCK IN] terminal and [COM]
terminal on the SR-L910E/EK
’s rear panel to the external
control equipment.
VCR control signal (ground signal)
Operation
• This function has no effect in the Timer Record
Standby mode.
• If a VCR activation signal is input while the unit is
already recording (started with the [REC] button),
recording continues and stops when the activation
signal is no longer input.
7 RECORDING
VTR mode 2 setting screen
Set the function menu switch <TERMINAL SEL 1> to
“EXT” to use the external recording function.
Press the MENU button to switch the on-screen display
to the time/date display.
Load a cassette with a safety tab in place and engage
the Stop mode, the Pause mode or turn the operating
mode off.
• When a VCR activation signal (ground input) is input to
the rear panel’s [SERIES/CLOCK IN] terminal,
recording starts automatically and continues for as
long as the activation signal is input.
When the activation signal stops, the Stop or Pause
mode is engaged or the operating mode is turned off
(depending on the VCR status before the external
recording function is used).
• When the activation signal is input again, recording
starts.
7-9 How to Restore Recording After Power Failure
7 RECORDING
If a power failure occurs during recording, recording will
restart in the same mode as soon as power is restored.
To use this function, set the function menu switch <AUTO
REC> to ON.
* If this function menu switch is set to ON and power is
turned off and on again in the Stop mode, the VCR
enters the Record mode automatically. Be careful.
VTR mode 1 setting screen
7-10 External Timer Recording
External timer recording can be performed by connecting the SR-L910E/EK to an external timer.
Check that a cassette is loaded in the VCR.
* If the cassette’s safety tab has been removed,
recording will not take place.
* This function does not work when the Timer Record
mode is engaged.
Set the function menu switch <AUTO REC> to ON.
Power is supplied from the external timer at the
specified time and recording starts.
7-11 Tape End Buzzer
When set to ON, a buzzer sounds when the tape ends
during recording. To set the buzzer sound on, set the
function menu switch <TAPE END BUZZER> to ON.
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Select the tape end buzzer output timing with the <REC
REMAIN> function switch on the VTR mode 2 setting
screen.
OFF : Tape end
180S : Remaining time is about 3 minutes
360S : Remaining time is about 6 minutes
When the tape reaches the specified position, the
following signals are output in addition to the tape end
buzzer sound.
• Tape end signal from the rear panel's [TAPE END
OUT] terminal
• Series recording signal from the rear panel's [SERIES
OUT] terminal during series recording
• "End" indication in the counter display
5
To stop the buzzer sound, you can set the <TAPE END
BUZZER> function menu switch to OFF, turn off the
power, or press another operation button.
5
During repeat recording and AUTO REW, the buzzer
sounds for about 2 seconds.
Set to
ON
TAPE END
BUZZER
AUTO REC
Set to
ON
VTR mode 1 setting screen
