RCA LDK 200 manual Entering the Systems menu, Finding your way, Leaving the Systems Menu

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Systems Menu

The system functions of the camera are grouped into menus and sub-menus. The systems menu is viewed in the viewfinder and navigated by means of the Rotary control and the Select button which are both located at the front of the camera.

Entering the Systems menu

Press the Select button after the camera is switched on, the message Menu off appears in the viewfinder. Press the Select button again while this text is showing, the MAIN menu appears in the viewfinder.

Menu off

exec

VF

 

Lens

 

Video

 

Install

 

MENU: MAIN

 

Files

 

Security

 

Diagnostics

 

Service

 

The MAIN menu screen shows five items. The name of the menu is shown below these. Four more items are hidden but become visible when you scroll down using the rotary control.

(Some of these items may not appear if the user level is not set to 3.)

A cursor shows your position in the menu. The Rotary control moves the cursor up and down.

Finding your way

Use the Rotary control to move the cursor through the menu items. If a double arrow (>>) is visible, then pressing the Select button brings you one level lower in the menu system. Only five items are visible in each menu. Scroll up or down to see any additional items.

When you first enter a menu (other than the MAIN menu) the cursor is positioned next to the first item.

The TOP and PREVIOUS entries are not immediately visible but are located above the first item. Use the Rotary control to scroll up to them.

-Select TOP to bring you back to the MAIN menu.

-Select PREVIOUS to go back to the menu that you were in before the current one.

TOP

 

PREVIOUS

 

Lens type

Std

Auto Iris

On

Peak/Average

65

Auto iris setp.

35

Mom. iris setp.

50

MENU: LENS

 

Extended Iris

 

The LENS menu above shows the items displayed when you first enter the menu and the other items that are available by scrolling up or down with the Rotary control.

Leaving the Systems Menu

If you are deep within the menu structure, follow these steps to leave:

a. If necessary move the cursor to the leftmost column with the Select button.

b.Scroll upwards with the Rotary control until the cursor points to TOP (this is the MAIN menu).

c.Press the Select button. The cursor now points to the Menu off item of the MAIN menu.

d.Press the Select button to leave the System menu.

This is the recommended way of leaving the System menu.

If you do not use the menu it disappears after a few seconds. (This delay can be programmed in the VF menu.) However, when you press the Select button again you enter the System menu at the last position of the cursor and not at the top of MAIN menu.

To prevent confusion the next time you enter the System menu, it is advisable to leave the System menu by returning to the MAIN menu (TOP) and selecting Menu off.

Operating the Menu System

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Contents Operator’s Manual Declaration of Conformity LDK Multi-role Digital Camera Head Operators Manual Contents Purpose of this manual About this ManualIntended audience Structure of this manualSection Introduction Technology Film-like characteristicsFrame Transfer DPM sensor Digital ProcessingSmart Card Access controlScene files Operator filesOptions FeaturesImportant Precautions Page Section Assembling the Units Transport Case Lens Positioning the 1.5-inch viewfinder Inch ViewfinderMounting the 1.5-inch viewfinder and microphone holder Wide angle eyepiece Left eye adapter Inch Viewfinder AccessoriesMicrophone Tripod Adapter Plate Digi Rain and Off-use Cover Shoulder PadTop Light Zoom ControlsSection Configurations LDK Basic ConfigurationsSection Location of Controls and Functions Security and Access Power SupplyPower switch Smart card slotHeadset Production volume control Audio microphone connector frontVideo Functions Filter switches Extended Iris buttonColour Temperature selector White Bal Black Stretch switchColour Bars switch Bars Gain selection switchVTR Start button Exposure Time switchVertical Shift switch V-Shift Viewfinder Viewfinder Indicators System Menu Select switch Lens Video Install Files Security Diagnostics ServiceControl Functions System Menu Rotary controlLocation of Controls and Functions Section Shooting Using the Camera Smart-Touch Standard settingsGain selection Colour BarColour temperature selection Auto-White Balance Shooting Screens Clean ScanExposure Time CRT ExposureSection Using the Menu System Introduction Entering the Systems menu Systems MenuFinding your way Leaving the Systems MenuMenu Structure Making changesUndoing changes User Levels Security Menu for Owners AccessRun Hours PIN CodeInstall Menu Features Files Menu FeaturesAppendix Contents Abbreviation Meaning List of Abbreviations

LDK 200 specifications

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