Panasonic WJ-FS309 User Manual

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This item lets you adjust parameters for playing back 
tapes that are recorded on a Panasonic system or a non-
Panasonic system.

1. Move the cursor to the ENCODE parameter.
2. Select PANA or OTHERS by pressing the 

or 

button.

The initial factory setting is PANA.

Select this, if the tape was recorded on a

Panasonic Multiplexer system.

Select this for non-Panasonic system.

This item lets you notify the Multiplexer of the field interval in
which camera channels are switched on the recorded tape.

1. Move the cursor to the SW INTERVAL parameter.
2. Select 1, 2, or 4 by pressing the 

or 

button.

The initial factory setting is 1.

Select this, if the tape is recorded with field rate 1.

Select this, if the tape is recorded with field rate 2.

Select this, if the tape is recorded with field rate 4.

This item lets you notify the Multiplexer of the highest chan-
nel number recorded on a tape.

1. Move the cursor to the NO. OF CAMS parameter.
2. Select a camera channel between 1-16 (1-9 for WJ-

FS309/FS409) by pressing the 

or 

button. The initial

factory setting is 16 (9 for WJ-FS309/FS409).

• If PANA is selected, it is not necessary to set SW

INTERVAL and NO. OF CAMS.

• If OTHERS is selected, set the VCR's time mode to 2 H

or 6 H, not to T/L (Time Lapse).

• If OTHERS is selected, tapes recorded with a random

order of camera channels (e.g., recorded in ALM - PRI,
ALM-ONLY or GROUP mode) will not be reproduced
properly.

1. Set ENCODE to OTHERS.
2. For SW INTERVAL, set the same value as for the VCR

time mode.

3. For NO. OF CAMS, set the number of cameras record-

ed on the tape.

• Set SW INTERVAL to 1 for tapes recorded in 24H mode

or longer.

• Set SW INTERVAL as follows for tapes recorded in 2H

or 6H mode:

1: Tapes recorded with field rate 1
2: Tapes recorded with field rate 2
3: Not available
4: Tapes recorded with field rate 4

• The display pattern of camera channels on the multi-

screen may differ from the normal pattern as shown
below.  Camera 1 may be placed anywhere on the mul-
tiscreen, followed by the other cameras in descending
numerical order.

The following settings are necessary to play back video
tapes recorded with multiplexer systems of other manufac-
turers.

1

3

4

5

2

6

7

8

9

4

2

1

9

3

8

7

6

5

• To display a channel in SPOT mode, press the CAM-

ERA SELECT button corresponding to the channel num-
ber that is originally displayed in that screen segment.
For example, press CAMERA SELECT button #1 to dis-
play the channel 4 picture.

• When playing back a tape recorded in an alarm priority

mode, camera channels are not displayed on the multi-
screen in the recorded order.

Example of display pattern for

WJ-FS309/FS316/FS409/FS416

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