[. . . ] Read carefully through this manual to familiarize yourself with this high-quality Time Lapse VCR. â· Make sure the rating of your household electricity supply matches that shown on the back of the Time Lapse VCR. â· During the power off, the unit is always connected to the mains. Unplug the unit from the wall outlet if it is not to be used for several days or more. [. . . ] (NTSC) Press the SET - (or +) button to set the day (ex : 12), then press the SHIFT button. (PAL) 10 Press the SET - (or +) button to set the day (ex : 12), then press the SHIFT button. (NTSC) Press the SET - (or +) button to set the day month (ex : 04), then press the SHIFT button. You can select the language -English, French, Spanish or Germanwhich is more convenient for you. The items for which "NO" is set at step 6 above are not recorded. If you don't want to record the recording speed, counter, title, time, date etc, press the DISPLAY button, then start recording. A tape recorded on this VCR cannot be played back on another make of time lapse VCR. During recording, the Menu button will not function (the menu cannot be accessed). If you playback the recorded part where recording check was performed, noise may appear. â· If you change the recording speed during recording, noise or missing signal may result. â· If a recording pause continues for 5 minutes or more, the VCR will go into stop mode to avoid damage to the tape. There are two program timer recording methods, daily recording or recording on certain days of multiple weeks (weekly recording). Example 1 : To record on every Thursday from 10 : 00 to 18 : 00 , in 18-hour mode (recording speed) 1 Make sure that the set date and time are correct. 3 Press the MENU, SHIFT button twice to move the arrow mark ( ) located on the "REC Mode Set", SHIFT button to select "Timer Program Set", SHIFT button to display the "TIMER PROGRAM SET(1)" menu. If the set stop time is earlier than or the same time as the set start time, the VCR will consider the stop time to be the following day. Repeat steps 4 to 11 to program timer recordings for other days of the week. END : Records until the tape end is reached when there is alarm trigger input. The maximum display number of alarm triggers is "35", at the next alarm recording the counter will indicate "00". When there is a panic input at the PANIC IN Terminal, panic recording starts and continues to the end of tape in 2-hour recording mode. Using 2 VCRs or more, the series recording function lets you switch recording from one unit to the next (only with VCRs of the same model as this one). During series recording, autorepeat recording or timer recording are not possible. If during autorepeat recording there is an alarm trigger, " ALARM " is displayed on the display panel and alarm recording will take place. [. . . ] PANIC INPUT Terminal 1) "N/C" (Normally Closed Switch Circuit) If the input becomes DC 5V for 500 msec or more, the VCR starts panic recording. 2) "N/O" (Normally OPEN Switch Circuit) If the input becomes 0V for 500 msec or more, the VCR starts panic recording. This terminal is usually connected to the switch input of devices like a camera switching unit, or a quad compressor. SERIES INPUT Terminal If the input becomes DC 5V for 200 msec or more, the VCR starts series recording. [. . . ]