Panasonic Color Cctv Cameras Wv Cl920a Operating Instructions

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• Editing the CAM SET UP Menu
To edit the CAM SET UP menu (change settings), press
Jand Kor Land Mto move the cursor to SET
UP DISABLE in the bottom line.
Press I. SET UP DISABLE changes to SET UP
ENABLE. Move the cursor to END, then to the item(s)
you want to change.Notes:
•When SET UP DISABLE appears in the bottom line
of the CAM SET UP menu, you cannot change the
currently active settings. This is to prevent acciden-
tal changing of the settings.
•When the setup menu is closed after changing the...

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1. Camera Identification (CAMERA ID)
Setting
You can use the camera identification (CAMERA ID)
menu to assign a name to the camera. The camera ID
consists of up to 16 alphanumeric characters. The cam-
era ID display can be switched on or off on the monitor
screen.
Camera ID ON/OFF
Move the cursor to CAMERA ID, and select ON or OFF.
ON:Displays the camera ID in the specified position on
the monitor.
OFF:Does not display.
To edit the CAMERA ID
1. Press I. The CAMERA ID menu appears. The
cursor on the...

-24- 2. Move the pointer to the character to be replaced by
pressing Lor M. Then move the cursor to the
character area and select a new character.
3. Press Ito determine the CAMERA ID.
To erase all characters in the editing area
Move the cursor to RESET and press I. All charac-
ters in the editing area disappear.
To determine the display position of the CAMERA ID
1. Move the cursor to POSI, and press I. The dis-
play shown below appears and the CAMERA ID is
highlighted.
2. Move the CAMERA ID to the...

-25- 1. Move the cursor to the ALC/ELC parameter.
2. Select ALC or ELC.
Cautions: 
1. Under bright lighting conditions such as outdoors,
use an ALC type lens because the ELC control
range is not wide enough under these conditions.
2. Use an ALC type lens if the following phenomena
occur:
•Strong smear and/or blooming on highlight
objects such as spotlight or sunlight from win-
dows.
•Noticeable flicker in the picture and/or color
rendition variations.
3. If ELC is selected, SHUTTER is not available.
Back...

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    ** ALC CONT **
    BACK LIGHT COMP
PRESET        OFF
PEAK MODE     OFF
MASK SET   
LEVEL         ...I.....
              -       +
RET  END
↵
    ** ALC CONT **
    BACK LIGHT COMP
PRESET        ON
PEAK MODE     OFF
LEVEL         ...I.....
              -       +
RET  END
2. Move the cursor to the PRESET parameter and
select ON.
The backlight compensation is automatically set.
3. If you want to change the video output level (picture
contrast), move the “I” cursor for LEVEL and adjust
the level....

-27- 2. Move the cursor to MASK SET and press I.
The 48 mask areas appear on the monitor screen.
The cursor is blinking in the top left corner of the
screen.
3. Move the cursor to the area where backlight is
bright, and press Ito mask that area. The mask
turns white. (When the cursor is moved on an area
that has already been masked, the mask and cur-
sor start blinking.)4. Repeat step 3 to mask the desired area. To cancel
masking, move the cursor to that area and press
I.
5. After masking is completed,...

The preset values for SHUTTER (electronic shutter
speed) change by pressing Lor Mas follows:
4. Gain Control Setting (AGC ON/OFF)
You can select an automatic gain control (AGC) mode
with dynamic noise reduction (DNR) options.
1. Move the cursor to AGC and select a mode.
OFF:Applies neither AGC nor DNR.
ON (DNR-H):Applies AGC with high-level DNR.
ON (DNR-M):Applies AGC with middle-level DNR.
ON (DNR-L):Applies AGC with low-level DNR.
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Compensating Flare Phenomenon (PEAK MODE)
There may be cases...

5. Electronic Sensitivity Enhancement
(SENS UP)
There are two modes for SENS UP.
AUTO:If you select x32 AUTO, for example, the
sensitivity is raised automatically to x32 max.
When AUTO is selected, AGC is automatically
set to ON.
FIX: If you select x64 FIX, for example, the sensitivi-
ty is raised to just x64.
Move the cursor to the SENS UP parameter and select
the parameter for electronic sensitivity enhancement.
The preset values for SENS UP (electronic sensitivity
enhancement) change by pressing Lor...

-30-•Whenever the multiplexed vertical drive pulse (VD2)
is supplied to the camera from an external equip-
ment such as a Matrix Switcher, the camera sync
mode is automatically switched to the VD2 mode.
•When the VBS or VS gen-lock mode is to be used
select INT from this menu and supply the gen-lock
input signal to the Gen-lock Input Connector on the
rear panel.
•The VBS gen-lock mode has a submenu for hori-
zontal and subcarrier phase adjustments. When the
cable length of the video output or the...

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1. Move the cursor to SYNC and select INT.
2. Press I.
Note:Never supply VD2, VBS, or VS to the camera
when you intend to operate the camera in the
internal mode. Otherwise your selection will be
ignored because INT has the lowest priority.
6-2. VBS Gen-lock Mode (EXT(VBS))1. Move the cursor to the SYNC parameter and select
INT.
2. Connect the coaxial cable for the blackburst or
composite color video signal to the gen-lock input
connector.
3. Confirm that the INT...