Panasonic Remote Camera Controller Aw Rp120 Operating Instructions

							REMOTE CAMERA CONTROLLER AW-RP120
Operating Instructions

Remote Camera Controller
	Model 	 No.
	AW‑RP120G
VQT4T93A(E)M1212HO0	-FJ
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How to turn on and off the power of the remote cameras  . .  .  .  .  .  .  . .3
How to turn on the power of the remote cameras  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .3
How to turn of
f the power of the remote cameras  
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Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera
 

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Setting the gain  .

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Setting the pedestal  .

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Setting the white balance 

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Setting the black balance 

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Selecting the color bars  .

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Setting the detail 

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Adjusting the shutter speed  .

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Setting the shooting mode (SCENE 1 to SCENE 4)  .

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Setting an ND filter 

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Operating the OSD menu of a remote camera
 

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Operating preset memory (PMEM)
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Registering preset memory (ST

ORE)
 
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Recalling preset memory (RECALL)  .

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Deleting preset memory (DELETE)  .

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Setting the operation items for when preset memory   is recalled (PRESET

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Setting the speed at which to move to the position   set in the preset memory (PRESET
 

SPEED)
 
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Operating preset memory groups (PMEM GROUP)

 
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Setting the operation mode (SEP

ARATE/ALL)
 
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Creating preset memory groups 

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Recalling preset memory groups  .

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Operating tracing memory (TMEM)
 

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Registering tracing memory (ST

ORE)  
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Recalling tracing memory (RECALL) 

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Deleting tracing memory (DELETE) 

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Restoring tracing memory (REST

ORE)
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Setting the items to recall when recalling tracing memory 

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Configuring the remote camera operation settings
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Adjusting the operation speed of the pan, tilt, zoom, and focus 

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Setting the P

AN/TILT lever inclination and speed
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Setting the pan, tilt, zoom, and focus operation directions 

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Setting the minimum lens zoom start speed  .

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Setting the speed of the pan and tilt operations   for telephoto shooting
 

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Setting the movement ranges (limiter function)   of a remote camera

 
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Returning a remote cameras to its home position  .

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Controlling the peripheral devices connected   to a remote camera

 
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Configuring the unit operation settings
 

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Enabling or disabling operation with the ENABLE buttons 

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Enabling or disabling operation of the ENABLE buttons   by menu operation
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Enabling or disabling menu operation  .

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Switching the focus operation and iris operation  .

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Setting the LCD panel backlight 

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Assigning functions to the USER buttons 

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Setting linking with a switcher
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Registering the camera numbers that will correspond to the image  inputs of the switcher

 
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Enabling or disabling the function for linking with the switcher  .

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Setting the functions for when the unit is linked  
with the switcher
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BUSCONT

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FOCUS 

ASSIST function  
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CAMERA

 SELECT view function
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T

ALLY IP function
 
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Operating the switcher with the P

AN/TILT lever  
and ZOOM button
 

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CAM INF function 

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Memory card operations

 
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Initializing a memory card (INIT)  .

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Saving data to a memory card (SA

VE)
 
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Loading data from a memory card (LOAD)  .

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Deleting the files saved to a memory card (DELETE)  .

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ally settings   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .39
Registering the camera numbers that will correspond   to the 
TALLY inputs  
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Setting the sending of tally information from the unit   to remote cameras
 

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Checking alarm information

 
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Displaying alarm information  .

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Returning the unit to the factory default state (INITIALIZE)
 

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Returning the unit to the factory default state 

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Control interface for external devices

 
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Setup Software
 

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Installing the software 

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Configuring the settings of the personal computer 

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Connecting the personal computer  .

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Registering the unit in Setup Software 

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Settings for connecting with the remote cameras and switcher 

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Setting user authentication 

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Operations of 

AW‑HE2
 
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T

able of setting items (dedicated dials and buttons)
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T

able of setting items (menus)
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Messages
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Index

 
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Contents 
						

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How to turn on and off the power of the remote cameras
How to turn on the power of the remote 
cameras
The power of the remote cameras in the standby state can be turned on 
from the unit .
There are the following methods of turning on the power .zzT

urning on the power one camera at a time
zz Turning on the power of the cameras simultaneously with the turning 
on of the unit’s power
zz Turning on the power of multiple cameras
Turning on the power of all the cameras
Turning on the power of the selected camera group
Each of these methods is described in turn below
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Turning on the power one camera at a time
1 . Select the remote camera .When the corresponding camera selection button 
[CAMERA  SELECT/GROUP  SELECT] is held down for 
approximately 3
  seconds, the name of the remote camera is 
displayed on the top line of the LCD panel and “POWER: OFF↓” is 
displayed on the bottom line
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2 . Turn the F2 dial to select “ON” while keeping the camera 
selection button held down and then press the F2 dial  .
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2
C A M 1 < A W - H E 1 2 0 >            P O W E R : O N
Turning on the power of the cameras simultaneously 
with the turning on of the unit’s power
1 . Set the MENU button to ON .
2 . Open CAMERA SETUP menu [24]  .
3 . Turn the F1 dial to display the “2 . AUT O   ON” item  .
2 . A U T O   O N            
                          O n
4 . Turn the F2 dial to select “On” and press the F2 dial .The power of the remote cameras set to “Serial” or “Network” in 
CTRL TYPE menu [36] will now turn on simultaneously with the 
turning on of the unit’
s power
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zzDepending on the number of cameras connected, it may take 
some time before you can operate the unit

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Note
Turning on the power of multiple cameras
1 . Set the MENU button to ON .Press the MENU button to turn on its indicator .
2 . Open CAMERA SETUP menu [24]  .
3 . Turn the F1 dial to display the “1 .  CAM   POWER” item  .
1 . C A M   P O W E R        
              G R O U P   O N
„„Turning on the power of all the cameras
4 . Turn the F2 dial to select “ALL ON” and press the F2 
dial
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1 . C A M   P O W E R        
                  A L L   O N
„„Turning on the power of the selected camera group
4 .  Turn the F2 dial to select “GROUP ON” and press the F2 
dial
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1 . C A M   P O W E R        
              G R O U P   O N 
						

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How to turn off the power of the remote 
cameras
The power of the remote cameras can be turned off from the unit .There are the following methods of turning off the power .zzT

urning off the power one camera at a time
zz Turning off the power of multiple cameras
Turning off the power of all the cameras
Turning off the power of the selected camera group
Each of these methods is described in turn below
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Turning off the power one camera at a time
1 . Select the remote camera .When the corresponding camera selection button 
[CAMERA  SELECT/GROUP  SELECT] is held down for 
approximately 3
  seconds, the name of the remote camera is 
displayed on the top line of the LCD panel and “POWER: ON↓” is 
displayed on the bottom line
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2 . Turn the F2 dial to select “OFF” while keeping the 
camera selection button held down and then press the 
F2 dial .
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2
C A M 1 < A W - H E 1 2 0 >          P O W E R : O F F
Turning off the power of multiple cameras
1 . Set the MENU button to ON .
2 . Open CAMERA  SETUP menu [24]  .
3 . Turn the F1 dial to display the “1 .  CAM   POWER” item  .
1 . C A M   P O W E R        
              G R O U P   O N
„„Turning off the power of all the cameras
4 . Turn the F2 dial to select “ALL OFF” and press the F2 
dial
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1 . C A M   P O W E R        
                A L L   O F F
„„Turning off the power of the selected camera group
4 .   Turn the F2 dial to select “GROUP OFF” and press the 
F2 dial  .
1 . C A M   P O W E R        
            G R O U P   O F F
How to turn on and off the power of the remote cameras (continued) 
						

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Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera
The following settings and adjustments can be made for the selected remote camera directly from this unit .
zzGain
zz Pedestal
zz R and B gain
zz R and B pedestal
zz White balance
zz Black balance
zz Color bar selection
zz Detail
Image adjustments can be made using the dedicated buttons and 
dials in the color adjustment section
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zzShutter speed Image adjustments can be made by menu operation

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zzShooting mode selection The shooting mode can be selected with SCENE1 to SCENE4

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PED dial
R GAIN dial B GAIN dial
R PED dial B PED dial BARS button
ABB button Color adjustment ENABLE button
ATW button
AWB button
WHITE BAL A button WHITE BAL B button
DETAIL button GAIN button
AUTO GAIN button
zz When the color adjustment ENABLE button indicator is off, operation of the color adjustment section is disabled
 .  Press the button to turn on its 
indicator and then perform operation
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zz The setting value ranges of the gain, pedestal, R and B gain, R and B pedestal, detail, and shutter speed dif fer depending on the remote camera 
connected

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For the setting value ranges of each remote camera, refer to “Table of setting items (menus)” (pages
  53 to 55)  .
zzOperation dif

fers as follows when controlling AW‑HE60 and AW‑HE50
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During auto iris (when the auto iris button indicator is on), the shutter speed is adjusted automatically .
  The shutter speed value set from the unit is 
not immediately reflected for the camera output images at that time but instead is reflected when manual iris (when the auto iris indicator turns of f) is 
set
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• While the shooting mode is set to “FullAuto”, the following occurs

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· 

Auto gain mode is fixed and the gain setting value cannot be changed from “AUT O”
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· 

ATW mode is fixed and the R and B gain setting values cannot be changed
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Auto iris is fixed and the shutter speed setting value cannot be changed
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zz With the 

AW‑HE2, some operations differ from those described in this section
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 Refer to “Operations of AW‑HE2” (page   51)  . 
						

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Setting the gain
In places which are too dark, increase the gain level, and in places 
which are too bright, reduce the gain level .
When the gain is increased, the noise level also increases

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1 . Press the GAIN button .The current gain setting appears .
G A I N         :       1 8 d B
2 . Turn the F1 dial to select a setting . zWhen the AUTO GAIN button is pressed, auto gain mode is 
enabled and the light quantity is adjusted automatically .
 z If approximately 3 seconds elapses without the F1 dial being 
operated after the GAIN button is pressed, the previous LCD 
panel display is redisplayed

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Setting the pedestal
When using multiple cameras, you need to set the same the black level 
(pedestal level) for images shot with each camera  .
1 . Turn the PED dial to select a setting .Adjustment in the minus (–) direction makes the parts closer to 
black, and adjustment in the plus (+) direction makes the parts 
closer to white
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z The setting value is displayed on the LCD panel during setting

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z When the PED dial is pressed, the setting value does not change 
and is only displayed

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P E D         :      
+ 1 5 0
Setting the white balance
Adjust the ratio between R, G, and B (the three primary colors) so that 
white will be reproduced accurately .When the white balance is of

f, not only will white be reproduced poorly 
but the color tone of the entire picture will also deteriorate
 .
The white balance needs to be set when the lighting conditions and 
brightness have changed

 .  The white balance must also be adjusted 
when using a remote camera for the first time or when a remote camera 
has not been used for a prolonged period of time
 .
The white balance can be adjusted automatically or manually (fine  
adjustment after automatic adjustment), and results can be stored in 
two memory areas (A

 and B) of the remote camera  .  The result in a 
memory area can be recalled by pressing the WHITE BAL A button or 
WHITE
  BAL
 
 B button on the unit  .
In addition, you can select the auto tracking white balance (A

TW) mode 
for automatically tracking the white balance in accordance with the 
lighting conditions
 .
Automatically adjusting the white balance
1 . With the selected remote camera, fill the screen with a 
white subject (white wall or paper)  .
 zMake sure a shining object or very bright object does not appear 
on the screen
 .
2 . Press the WHITE BAL A button to turn on its indicator .
3 . Press the AWB button .The AWB button indicator blinks and the white balance is adjusted 
automatically .When adjustment ends successfully

, the button indicator turns off 
and the adjustment results are registered to memory A
 .
When adjustment was not possible, the 

AWB button indicator turns 
on
 .
T

ry changing, for example, the lens iris, subject, and lighting 
conditions, and then perform adjustment again
 .
4 . Press the WHITE BAL B button to turn on its indicator .
5 . Press the AWB button .Similar to step 3, the adjustment results are saved to memory B .
 z When the white balance is adjusted automatically
, the R and 
B
  GAIN setting values become “±0”  .
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Manually adjusting the white balance (R and B gain 
settings)
1 . As with the automatic adjustment, fill the screen with a 
white subject .
2 . Connect the video output of the currently selected 
remote camera to a waveform monitor
 .
3 . Press the WHITE BAL A button to turn on its indicator .
4 . Turn the R GAIN dial to select the R channel (red) 
setting, and turn the B GAIN dial to select the B channel 
(blue) setting
 .
The adjustment results are registered to memory A .
 z The setting value is displayed during adjustment
 .
 
z When the R GAIN dial and B GAIN dial are pressed, the setting 
values do not change and are only displayed

 .
R   G A I N   :    y+ 1 5 0
B   G A I N   :    y+ 1 5 0
5 . Press the WHITE BAL B button to turn on its indicator .Perform step 4 in the same way as with the WHITE BAL A button to 
set memory B
 .
Auto tracking white adjustment (ATW)
You can select the auto tracking white balance (ATW) mode for 
automatically tracking the white balance in accordance with the lighting 
conditions
 .
1 . Press the ATW button to turn on its indicator .ATW mode is enabled .
 
z If there is no white on the screen, it may not be possible to 
compensate the white balance properly .

  
Also, it may not be possible to compensate the white balance 
properly depending on the lighting conditions
 .
Setting the black balance
The black balance needs to be adjusted when using a remote camera 
for the first time or when a remote camera has not been used for a 
prolonged period of time . 
It also needs to be adjusted when significant changes have occurred in 
the ambient temperature or at the change of the seasons

 .
When the camera will be used with the same settings and under the 
same conditions, the black balance does not need to be adjusted again

 .
When the black balance is adjusted again, the previous memory data 
will be erased and replaced with the new black balance settings

 .
Automatically adjusting the black balance
1 . Press the ABB button .The ABB button indicator blinks and the black balance is adjusted by 
automatically closing the lens iris .
When adjustment ends successfully

, the button indicator turns off 
and the adjustment results are registered
 .
When adjustment was not possible, the 

ABB button indicator turns 
on
 .
 
z When the black balance is adjusted automatically

, the R and 
B
  PED setting values return to “±0”  .
Manually adjusting the black balance
(R and B pedestal adjustment)
1 . Connect the video output of the currently selected 
remote camera to a waveform monitor
 .
2 . Press the auto iris button to turn its indicator off .
3 . Turn the IRIS dial to close the lens iris .
4 . Turn the R PED dial to select the R channel (red) setting, 
and turn the B PED dial to select the B channel (blue) 
setting .
 zThe setting value is displayed during adjustment  .
 z When the R PED dial and B PED dial are pressed, the setting 
values do not change and are only displayed
 .
R   P E D     :    y+ 1 5 0
B   P E D     :    y+ 1 5 0
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Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera (continued)
Selecting the color bars
Press the BARS button to output color bar signals from the remote 
camera .
Button indicator off : Outputs the signal for the images shot by the 
camera
Button indicator on : Outputs the color bar signal
Setting the detail
The image detail (image sharpness) can be adjusted .
1 . Press the DETAIL button .The current detail setting appears .
D E T A I L   :             O n
L E V E L     :           L O W
F1 dial
F2 dial
2 . Turn the F1 dial and F2 dial to select settings .
Adjusting the shutter speed
The shutter mode and shutter speed of a remote camera can be 
selected
 .
1 . Press the MENU button to turn on its indicator .
2 . Open SHUTTER menu [21] .
Setting the shutter mode
3 . Turn the F1 dial to display the “1  .  SHUTTER” item  .
1 . S H U T T E R
                        O f f
4 . Turn the F2 dial to select the shutter mode, and then 
press the F2 dial to confirm the selection
 .
Off :Turns off the electronic shutter .Step :Operates the shutter at the shutter speed set in the 
“2
 .  SPEED” item  .
Synchro :Operates the shutter at the shutter speed set for the 
remote camera

 .
Set the shutter speed value for synchro mode in the OSD 
menu of the remote camera

 .
For details, refer to the Operating Instructions for the 
remote camera

 .
ELC :Controls the electronic shutter and automatically adjusts 
the light quantity .
 
z The shutter mode settings dif

fer depending on the remote camera 
connected
 .  Check the Operating Instructions for the corresponding 
model
 .
Setting the shutter speed
When “Step” has been selected as the shutter mode, you can specify 
the shutter speed  .
5 . Turn the F1 dial to display the “2  .  SPEED” item  .
2 . S P E E D
                      1 / 1 0 0
6 . Turn the F2 dial to adjust the shutter speed . zThe shutter speed settings dif fer depending on the remote camera 
connected  .  Check the Operating Instructions for the corresponding 
model
 .
zzFor a remote camera connected via a serial connection, when 
you change the camera group once and then return to the original 
camera group, the shutter speed is set to “1/100”

 .
Note 
						

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Setting the shooting mode (SCENE 1 to SCENE 4)
Change the shooting mode (scene file) of the remote camera to match the shooting conditions .Use the SCENE 1 to SCENE 4 buttons to change the shooting mode .
SCENE

  1 button SCENE   2 buttonSCENE
  3 button
SCENE
  4 buttonSHIFT button
1 . Press the SHIFT button to turn on its indicator .
2 . Press one of the SCENE 1 to SCENE 4 buttons .The indicator of the pressed button turns on and the shooting mode changes .
 
z The names of shooting modes and operation of each mode dif

fer depending on the model of remote camera  .  For details, refer to the Operating 
Instructions for the remote camera
 .   
The following shows the relationship between the SCENE 1 to SCENE 4 buttons on the unit and the shooting modes of the remote camera
 .
Button on unitRemote camera shooting mode
AW‑HE120 AW‑HE60
AW‑HE50AK‑HC1500
AK‑HC1800
AW‑HE100AW‑HE870
AW‑E860
AW‑E750
AW‑E650
AW‑E350
SCENE 1 Scene1Manual1CURRENT HalogenHalogen
SCENE 2 Scene2Manual2 PRESETFluorescent Fluorescent
SCENE 3 Scene3Manual3 USER1Daylight Outdoor
SCENE 4 Scene4FullAuto USER2 UserUser
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Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera (continued)
Setting an ND filter
The ND filter setting can be configured when the selected remote 
camera has a built‑in ND filter .
1 . Press the MENU button to turn on its indicator .
2 . Open ND FILTER menu [22] .
1 . N D   F I L T E R
                        N D 1
3 . Turn the F2 dial to select a setting, and then press the 
F2 dial to confirm the selection
 .
The settings displayed when you turn the F2 dial differ depending on 
the model of remote camera connected
 .
The following shows the menu display on the unit and the setting 
values of the remote cameras

 .
Menu display on the unit Remote camera setting values
AW‑HE120 AK‑HC1500
AK‑HC1800 AW‑HE50
AW‑HE60
AW‑HE100
AW‑HE870 AW‑E860
AW‑E750
AW‑E650
AW‑E350 (* )
ND1 Through Clear ―
ND2 1/41/4 ―
ND3 1/16 1/16 ―
ND4 1/64 1/64 ―
( * )
   
“ND2↓”, “ND3↓”, and “ND4↓” can be displayed by turning the F2 
dial but a selection cannot be confirmed by pressing the dial

 .
Selecting an ND filter with the USER buttons (USER 1 
to USER 8)
The ND filter settings “ND1” to “ND4” can be assigned to the USER 
buttons (USER 1 to USER 8) to enable selection with the buttons  .
⇒

 
“Assigning functions to the USER buttons” (page
   30)
1 . Press one of the USER buttons (USER 1 to USER 8) .The indicator of the selected button turns on and the corresponding 
ND filter is applied .