Aaton Cam VHR 16 Users Manual

							
VHR 16 User’s Manual
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Camera Controls :         page 3
LCD Screen          page 5 
Direct access control panel
Video Gain          page 6
Color temperature         page 7
Auto White Balance        page 8
VHR display contrast        page 9
VHR display back-light        page 10
Main menu          page 11
Video menu          page 12
Frame          page 14
Logo            page 16
Technical           page 17
Timecode           page 18
Font            page 19
Auto Power Off          page 20
VITC            page 21
Time & Cam Position        page 22
Frame Store          page 23
Other information displayed on VHR    page 25
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1 • LED indicator : Power “ON” indicator
2 • Run key : press to turn the power on.
3 • Off key : press both 2 and 3 to turn the power off.
4 • Shift key : access to Color Temperature and White Balance functions.
5 • Down key : scroll through the setup menu and direct access to Gain Control.
6 • Exit key : exit setup menu and access White Balance function (while pressing the shift key).
7 • Manual Iris : control the manual lens iris.
8 • Right key : position video inserted characters and setup inserted frame lines.
9 • “Fisher4” : power and composite video signal for MiniMonitors.
10 • Menu and select Key : access the video setup menu, select functions and to store still frames.
11 • Up key : scroll through the setup menu and direct access to Gain Control.
12 • Store key : access the frame store and image compare function.
13 • Left key : position video inserted characters and setup inserted frame lines.
14 • LCD screen : displays the camera speed and footage, batteries voltage and video parameters.
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1 • Upper Battery Locking Lever : fastens the upper on-board battery.
2 • XLR4 : camera and accessories 12 Volts power input. 
3 • Lower Battery Locking Lever : fastens the lower on-board battery.
4 • XLR4 : camera and accessories 12 Volts power input. 
5 • “Lemo 8” : connect accessories such as lens control system, film/video synchronizer.
6 • “Lemo 6” : accessory input, provides +/- and camera run functions.
7 • “BNC” : video assist analog video output.
8 • LED indicators : camera runs, camera test out of sync speeds and low battery.
9 • “Lemo 2” : provides camera run functions.
10 • Manual Iris Lever : controls the video assist iris operation.
11 • VHR Video Assist : color video assist.
12 • “Fisher 4” : power and composite video signal for MiniMonitors.
13 • Lens Rod Locking Lever : fastens the lateral lens motor rods (19mm, 15,8mm and 15mm).
14 • Body Run/Test Switch : provides camera run and half frame inching on assistant side.
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1 • Speed : camera current speed setting.
2 • Footage : magazine footage remaining .
3 • Gain : current gain setting.
4 • White Balance : video color temp setting.
5 • Remaining time : magazine remaining running time.
6 • Voltage : upper XLR4 battery voltage.
7 • Voltage : lower XLR4 battery voltage.
8 • Time & Date : camera TC and user bits setting.
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Direct access control panel
Gain
Press the “Up” and “Down” key to set the video gain to the 
desired value. Adjustment range from +9db to -9db in 1db 
increments.
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Color Temperature
While pressing the “Shift” key, use the “Up” and “Down” keys to 
scroll through and set the video color temperature to the 
desired value. Three choices: User, 56k and 32k
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Auto White Balance
While pressing the “Shift” key, use the “Exit” key to activate the 
Auto white balance function. The camera switches 
automatically to the User Color Temperature mode. The stored 
RGB values can be modified in the video setup menu.
Direct access control panel
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Display contrast
While pressing the “Off” key, use the “Up” and “Down” keys to 
adjust the display contrast.
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Off
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Display backlight
While pressing the “Off” key, use the “Left” and “Right” keys to 
adjust the display backlight.
Direct access control panel
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