Instructions for A-Minima Color CCD Video Tap:
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Installation:
General Use instructions:
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DeFoe Technical Color Video Assist Camera On Screen Menu Navigation and adjustments
Pushing “MENU” scrolls through the main menu screens. Pushing UP / Down makes direct adjustment to that menu function or displays any available submenus. Once a submenu is displayed, pushing MENU selects it, then UP / DOWN will make adjustment. Going through to the end of the main menu displays gets to a blank screen again. Example: Push MENU until the AGC gain mode displays. Then push up or down to scroll to “MANUAL”. Then push Menu to select it and the adjustment screen displays. Now Pressing UP or DOWN adjusts the gain. Push menu again to go to next function.
White balance- Push Up or Down to select from: 3200K 4600K 5600K Auto Manual -then push “Menu” , a scale displays and UP / DOWN now adjusts. One Push – Push “MENU”, “Ready” flashes, Push “UP” the word “ON” flashes as the adjustment occurs. Then Ready flashes again and it can be repeated. This is to be done showing the camera white subject matter well exposed. Push “MENU” to exit to the next item which is shutter.
Shutter - Push Up or Down to select from: CCD Iris is best overall general purpose setting. Allows shutter function to be part of auto exposure regulation. Off (1/60 se (NTSC) , 1/50th sec (PAL) Selectable shutter speeds; 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000, 1/4000, 1/10,000. Note that 1/20,000 and 1/40,000 are options on some revisions. Flickerless 1/100th NTSC, 1/120 PAL (not related to flicker reduction in cinema application) *set at OFF or CCD Iris for “Sensitivity Mode” to work.
AGC Push Up or Down to select from: OFF (Gain is fixed at minimum 0 db) AGC +12db (Auto gain 0 to + 12 db) AGC +24db (Auto gain 0 to +24db) Manual – Push “Menu” to display scale, push Up or Down to adjust 0 to + 24db
Back Light compensation - Push Up or Down to select from: Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3
Iris Level - Push Up or Down to adjust. This adjusts video level in CCD Iris AGC.
Gamma - Push Up or Down to select from: .45 correction- produces brighter but perhaps grainier images in lower light. .6 correction 1.0 Linear. Perhaps the cleanest smoothest images.
Scan Reversal – On reverses the image on screen left to right. This is necessary on some camera Installations to achieve a correct image.
Sensitivity Mode - Push Up or Down to select from: Auto – The camera decides based on light level if it should use the sensitivity setting set in the “Sensitive” mode- the next menu. Manual – The camera will operate in the sensitive mode it is told to in the “Sensitive” mode the next menu.
Sensitive - Push Up or Down to select from OFF, 2F, 4F, 8F, 16F, 32F, 64F 2F is 2 times the exposure time 4F is 4 times the normal exposure… Note: Shutter should be Set to “CCD Iris”
Notes: Some software revisions do not have a “Sensitivity Mode” option and operate in an auto manner. Regulating physical iris and adjusting “IRIS” toward “max” and the use of backlight settings will allow the camera to remain in sensitive operation in bright situations that would otherwise cause the camera to automatically revert to normal function. |
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