Panasonic AW-RP120G v2 Operating Instructions

REMOTE CAMERA CONTROLLER AW-RP120

Operating Instructions

Remote Camera Controller

Model No. AW-RP120G

VQT4T93A (E)M0113HO0 -FJ

ENGLISH

How the Operating Instructions are configured : The describes the procedure for connection with the required equipment and for installation.

Before installing this unit, be sure to take the time to read through to ensure that the unit will be installed correctly.

(this manual): This describes how to operate the unit and how to establish its settings.

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Copyrights

It is prohibited to transfer, copy, disassemble, decompile, and reverse engineer the software included with the unit, as well as export it in violation of the export laws.

Illustrations and screen images in this manual

Illustrations of the unit and screens may appear different from the actual unit and screens.

Protection of personal information

Image information of identifiable individuals that is recorded with a system using this unit is subject to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.* Be sure to handle image information in accordance with the law. * Please refer to Cases corresponding to personal information in Guidelines Targeting Economic and Industrial Sectors Pertaining to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manual. z Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 32/64-bit is referred to as Windows 7. z Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 and Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 are referred to as Windows XP. z SD memory cards and SDHC memory cards are both referred to as memory cards. They are referred to individually in descriptions in which each of them is discussed separately. z In these instructions, the phrases HD integrated camera and pan-tilt head and camera combination are referred to collectively as remote camera except in places where specific equipment is mentioned.

Furthermore, the product numbers of equipment are referred to as follows.

Equipment part number

Notation in this manual

Equipment part number

Notation in this manual

AW-HS50N AWHS50 AK-HC1500G AKHC1500 AW-RP50N AWRP50 AK-HC1800G AKHC1800 AW-HE50HN

AWHE50 AW-E860N AWE860

AW-HE50SN AW-HE870N AWHE870 AW-HE60HN

AWHE60 AW-PH360N AWPH360

AW-HE60SN AW-PH405N AWPH405 AW-HE120W

AWHE120 AW-PH650N AWPH650

AW-HE120K AW-IF400G AWIF400 AW-HE100N AWHE100

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Contents

How to turn on and off the power of the remote cameras . . . . . . . . . 4 How to turn on the power of the remote cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How to turn off the power of the remote cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera . . . . . . 6 Setting the gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setting the pedestal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setting the white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setting the black balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Selecting the color bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting the detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Adjusting the shutter speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting the shooting mode (SCENE 1 to SCENE 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting an ND filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Operating the osd menu of a remote camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Operating preset memory (PMEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Registering preset memory (STORE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Recalling preset memory (RECALL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Deleting preset memory (DELETE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setting the operation items for when preset memory is recalled

(PRESET SCOPE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Registering the speed at which to move to the position set in the

preset memory (PRESET SPEED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Operating preset memory groups (PMEM GROUP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Setting the operation mode (SEPARATE/ALL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Creating preset memory groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Recalling preset memory groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Operating tracing memory (TMEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Registering tracing memory (STORE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Recalling tracing memory (RECALL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Deleting tracing memory (DELETE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Restoring tracing memory (RESTORE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting the items to recall when recalling tracing memory . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring the remote camera operation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Adjusting the operation speed of the pan, tilt, zoom, and focus . . . . 22 Setting the PAN/TILT lever inclination and speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting the pan, tilt, zoom, and focus operation directions . . . . . . . . 23 Setting the minimum lens zoom start speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Setting the speed of the pan and tilt operations for telephoto

shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Setting the movement ranges (limiter function) of a remote

camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Returning a remote cameras to its home position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Controlling the peripheral devices connected to a remote camera . . 26

Configuring the unit operation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Enabling or disabling operation with the ENABLE buttons . . . . . . . . 27 Enabling or disabling operation of the ENABLE buttons by menu

operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Enabling or disabling menu operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Switching the focus operation and iris operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Setting the LCD panel backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Assigning functions to the USER buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Setting linking with a switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Registering the camera numbers that will correspond to the image

inputs of the switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Enabling or disabling the function for linking with the switcher . . . . . 31

Setting the functions for when the unit is linked with the switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

BUSCONT function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 FOCUS ASSIST function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 CAMERA SELECT view function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 TALLY IP function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Operating the switcher with the PAN/TILT lever and ZOOM

button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 CAM INF function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Memory card operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Initializing a memory card (INIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Saving data to a memory card (SAVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Loading data from a memory card (LOAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Deleting the files saved to a memory card (DELETE) . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Tally settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Registering the camera numbers that will correspond to the tally

inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Setting the sending of tally information from the unit to remote

cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Checking alarm information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Displaying alarm information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Returning the unit to the factory default state (INITIALIZE) . . . . . . 41 Returning the unit to the factory default state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Control interface for external devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Setup Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Registering the unit in Setup Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Settings for connecting with the remote cameras and switcher . . . . 47 Setting user authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Operations of AWHE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table of setting items (dedicated dials and buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Table of setting items (menus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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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 be turned on from the unit. There are the following methods of turning on the power. z Turning on the power one camera at a time z Turning on the power of the cameras simultaneously with the turning on of the units power z Turning on 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.

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.

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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CAM100 POWER:ON

Turning on the power of the cameras simultaneously with the turning on of the units power

1 . Set the MENU button to ON .

2 . Open CAMERA SETUP menu [24] .

3 . Turn the F1 dial to display the 2 . AUTO ON item .

2.AUTO ON On

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.

z Depending on the number of cameras connected, it may take some time before you can operate the unit.

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.CAM POWER GROUP ON

Turning on the power of all the cameras

4 . Turn the F2 dial to select ALL ON and press the F2 dial .

1.CAM POWER ALL ON

Turning on the power of the selected camera group

4 . Turn the F2 dial to select GROUP ON and press the F2 dial .

1.CAM POWER GROUP ON

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How to turn off the power of the remote cameras

The power of the remote cameras can be be turned off from the unit. There are the following methods of turning off the power. z Turning off the power one camera at a time z 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.

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.

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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CAM100 POWER:ON

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.CAM POWER GROUP ON

Turning off the power of all the cameras

4 . Turn the F2 dial to select ALL OFF and press the F2 dial .

1.CAM POWER ALL OFF

Turning off the power of the selected camera group

4 . Turn the F2 dial to select GROUP OFF and press the F2 dial .

1.CAM POWER GROUP OFF

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.

z Gain z Pedestal z R and B gain z R and B pedestal

z White balance z Black balance z Color bar selection

z Detail z Shutter speed z Shooting mode selection

The dedicated buttons and dials in the color adjustment section can be used for the gain, pedestal, R and B gain, R and B pedestal, white balance, black balance, color bar selection, and detail operations.

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

z 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. z The setting values of the gain, pedestal, R and B gain, R and B pedestal, detail, and shutter speed differ depending on the remote camera connected. For the setting value ranges of each remote camera, refer to Table of setting items (menus) (pages 53 to 54). z Operation differs as follows when controlling AW-HE60 and AW-HE50.

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 off) is set.

While the shooting mode is set to FullAuto, the following occurs. Auto gain mode is fixed and the gain setting value cannot be changed from AUTO. ATW mode is fixed and the R and B gain setting values cannot be changed. Auto iris is fixed and the shutter speed setting value cannot be changed.

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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.

1 . Press the GAIN button . The current gain setting appears.

GAIN : 18dB

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.

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.

z The setting value is displayed on the LCD panel during setting. zWhen the PED dial is pressed, the setting value does not change and is only displayed.

PED : +150

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 off, 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 (ATW) 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 blinks continuously. Try 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.

zWhen the white balance is adjusted automatically, the R and B GAIN setting values become 0.

Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera (continued)

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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. zWhen the R GAIN dial and B GAIN dial are pressed, the setting values do not change and are only displayed.

R GAIN : +150 B GAIN : +150

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 blinks continuously.

zWhen 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 .

z The setting value is displayed during adjustment. zWhen the R PED dial and B PED dial are pressed, the setting values do not change and are only displayed.

R PED : +150 B PED : +150

Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera (continued)

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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 on : Outputs the color bar signal Button indicator off : Outputs the signal for the images shot by

the camera

Setting the detail

The image detail (image sharpness) can be adjusted.

1 . Press the DETAIL button . The current detail setting appears.

DETAIL : On LEVEL : LOW

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.SHUTTER Off

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 differ 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.SPEED 1/100

6 . Turn the F2 dial to adjust the shutter speed . z The shutter speed settings differ depending on the remote camera connected. Check the operating instructions for the corresponding model.

z For 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 button

SCENE 3 button

SCENE 4 button

SHIFT 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 selected button turns on and the shooting mode changes.

z The names of shooting modes and operation of each mode differ 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 unit

Remote camera shooting mode

AWHE120 AWHE60 AWHE50

AKHC1500 AKHC1800 AWHE100

AWHE870 AWE860 AWE750 AWE650 AWE350

SCENE 1 Scene1 FullAuto CURRENT Halogen Halogen

SCENE 2 Scene2 Manual1 PRESET Fluorescent Fluorescent

SCENE 3 Scene3 Manual2 USER1 Daylight Outdoor

SCENE 4 Scene4 Manual3 USER2 User User

Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera (continued)

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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 uses a lens with an ND filter function.

1 . Press the MENU button to turn on its indicator .

2 . Open ND FILTER menu [22] .

1.ND FILTER ND1

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

AWHE120 AKHC1500 AKHC1800

AWHE50 AWHE60

AWHE100 (*1)

ND1 Through Clear

ND2 1/4 1/4

ND3 1/16 1/16

ND4 1/64 1/64

(*1) ND2, ND3, and ND4 can be displayed by turning the F2 dial but a selection cannot be confirmed by pressing the dial.

Menu display on the unit

Remote camera setting values AWHE870 AWE860 AWE750 AWE650 AWE350

Off Off

On On

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.

zWhen AW-HE870, AW-E860, AW-E750, AW-E650, or AW-E350 is connected: The ND filter of the remote camera can be turned Off and On with the USER button on the unit that has ND1 assigned.

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Operating the osd menu of a remote camera

To set the advanced settings of a remote camera, operate the menu superimposed on the image output of the remote camera (this menu is referred to as the OSD menu in this manual). The OSD menu of a connected remote camera can be operated from the unit.

CAMERA OSD buttonF1 dial

F2 dial EXIT button

1 . Hold down the CAMERA OSD button to turn on its indicator . The OSD menu appears on the selected remote camera and becomes able to be operated from the unit.

2 . Operate the OSD menu . Use the F1 dial, F2 dial, and EXIT button to operate the OSD menu. Operation differs depending on the model connected.

Remote camera Dial/button operation OSD menu operation

AW-HE50 AW-HE60 AW-HE120

Turn the F1 dial. z Moves the items (*1). z Selects a setting (*2).

Press the F1 dial. Confirms the change to the selected setting.

Press the EXIT button. Cancels the selected setting.

AK-HC1500 AK-HC1800 AW-HE870

Turn the F1 dial. z Moves the items (*1). z Selects a setting (*3).

Press the F1 dial. Confirms the change to the selected setting.

Press the EXIT button. Cancels the selected setting.

AW-E350 AW-E650 AW-E750 AW-E860 AW-HE100

Turn the F1 dial. Moves the items (*1). Press the F1 dial. Confirms the sub-menu selection.

Turn the F2 dial. z Changes the setting directly (*4)

z Confirms the sub-menu selection.

(*1) Turn clockwise : Moves the items up. Turn counterclockwise : Moves the items down.

(*2) Turn clockwise : Changes the setting in the plus (+) direction. Turn counterclockwise : Changes the setting in the minus () direction.

(*3) Turn clockwise : Changes the setting in the minus () direction. Turn counterclockwise : Changes the setting in the plus (+) direction.

(*4) Turning the dial changes the setting and instantaneously reflects the new value on the remote camera. Turn clockwise : Changes the setting in the plus (+) direction and confirms the value. Turn counterclockwise : Changes the setting in the minus () direction and confirms the value.

3 . Hold down the CAMERA OSD button to turn off its indicator . The menus of the unit become able to be operated.

z When the unit is operating the OSD menu of a remote camera, the CAMERA OSD button lighting state and OSD menu display state may no longer match and OSD menu operation may not be able to be performed properly if the OSD menu OFF operation is performed for the same remote camera from, for example, another remote camera controller or a wireless remote controller. In such a case, hold down the CAMERA OSD button on the unit, and after the CAMERA OSD button lighting state (off) and OSD menu display state (OSD menu hidden) match, hold down the CAMERA OSD button again and then perform the operation. z If a camera selection button [CAMERA SELECT/GROUP SELECT] is pressed to switch to another remote camera to control from the unit during the display of the OSD menu of a remote camera, the OSD menu of the remote camera that was selected disappears. z For details on the menu items that are displayed, check the operating instructions for the corresponding model.

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