Sony BRC-300/300p manuals
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1 Operating Instructions2 Owner’s RecordWARNINGTo prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture WARNING This product has no power switch Disconnect device of this equipment is the mains plug of the AC adapter The mains plug on this equipment must be used to disconnect mains power In the event of abnormal operations, disconnect the mains plug WARNING (For Installers only) IMPORTANT Nameplate is located on the bottom ATTENTION For customers in the U.S.A –Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna –Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver –Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help If you have any questions about this product, you may call: Sony's Business Information Center (BIC) at 1-800-686-Sony(7669) or Write to: Sony Customer Information Services Center 6900-29,Daniels Parkway, PMB 330 Fort Myers, Florida Declaration of Conformity Trade Name: SONY Model No: BRC-300 Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc Address: Diego, CA 92127 U.S.A Telephone Number:858-942-2230 (1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and INTERFACE CABLE 3 Getting StartedOverview Adjusting and Setting With Menus Operation Using the Supplied Remote CommanderStoring the Camera Settings in Memory Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit 4 Installation and ConnectionsAppendix 5 Getting Started6 Overview7 Supplied Components and AccessoriesCamera (1) AC power adaptor (1) AC power cord (1) Remote commander (1) Ceiling bracket (A) (1) Ceiling bracket (B) (1) Wire rope (1) Screw +M3 ⋅ 8 (7) RS-422connector plug (1) Operating Instructions (1) 8 Optional ProductsBRU-300/300POptical Multiplex Unit CCFC-M100Optical Fiber Cable This is a 2-core multi-modeoptical fiber cable of 100 m (328 feet) long Supplied accessories: extension plug BRBK-301Analog RGB Component Card 9 BRBK-302SDI CardBRBK-303Optical Multiplex Card Video Switcher (commercially available) 10 Operating a BRC-300/300PCamera Using the Supplied Remote CommanderThis system allows you: To operate the camera readily from a short distance System configuration Operating a BRC-300/300PCamera Using the RM-BR300Remote Control Unit 11 Operating Multiple BRC-300/300PCameras Using the RM-BR300Remote Control Unit12 Operating a BRC-300/300PCamera from a Long Distance13 Operating Multiple BRC-300/300PCameras from a Long Distance14 Using BRC-300/300PCameras and VISCA-controllableCameras in the Same System15 CameraFront ALens BTally lamp CRemote sensor DPOWER lamp ESTANDBY lamp Rear F75-ohmtermination switch GIR SELECT switch HRemote sensor RS-422 connector JEXT SYNC IN connector KT VIDEO connector LS VIDEO connector 16 MVISCA RS-232CIN connectorNVISCA RS-232COUT connector ODC IN 12V connector Connect the supplied AC power adaptor PCard slot Insert an optional interface card such as BRBK- 301, BRBK-302and BRBK-303 The slot cover is attached to the camera at the factory Bottom QCeiling bracket mounting screw holes For installation, see “Installing the Camera on the Ceiling” on page RTripod screw holes (1/4-20UNC) When you install the camera to a tripod, secure the tripod to these holes SBOTTOM switches For details, see “Setting of the BOTTOM switches” on page Setting of the BOTTOM switches 1Switch 1 (No Connection) Always keep it OFF 2Switch 2 (RS-232C/RS-422selector) Set to ON for RS-422,or OFF for RS-232C 4Switch 4 (Infrared signal output switch) Set to ON to enable an infrared signal output, or OFF to disable the output 5Camera address selectors Set the address of the camera Switch 4 is not used 17 Remote Commander (supplied)ACAMERA SELECT buttons BFOCUS buttons Used for focus adjustment CDATA SCREEN button Pan/tilt and zoom operations are disabled when the menu is displayed DPAN-TILTbuttons EL/R DIRECTION SET button FPOWER switch GBACK LIGHT button HPOSITION buttons To erase the memory contents, hold down the RESET button and press button 1 to IPAN-TILTRESET button Press this button to reset the pan/tilt position JZOOM buttons Use the SLOW button to zoom slowly, and the FAST button to zoom quickly Installing batteries 18 RM-BR300Remote Control Unit (not supplied)ALOCK button and indicator BVALUE/R control CBRIGHT/B control DMODE button EFOCUS control AUTO/MANUAL button and AUTO indicator MANUAL GONE PUSH AF button Press this button to perform the one-pushauto focus function 19 HRESET buttonIPRESET button JPANEL LIGHT button KBACK LIGHT button LPAN-TILTRESET button MONE PUSH AWB button NMENU button OJoystick When the menu of the camera is not displayed PSHIFT button and indicators QL/R DIRECTION button RPOWER button Blue: Yellow green: Off: SCAMERA buttons TPOSITION buttons 20 Rear/BottomUMODE selector Use position 1 to 4 when all the connected cameras are of the same model VVISCA RS-232Cconnector WVISCA RS-422connector An RS-422connector plug is attached at the factory XTALLY/CONTACT connector This connector is used for the tally lamp input or the contact output Select the function of the connector using the TALLY/CONTACT selector YTALLY/CONTACT selector Select the function of the TALLY/CONTACT connector TALLY: CONTACT: CONTACT (TALLY): wh DC IN 12V connector wj DIP switches (bottom) Switch 1 (RS-232C/RS-422selector) wk ON/OFF switch Press this switch to turn on/off the Remote Control Unit 21 BRU-300/300POptical Multiplex Unit (not supplied)APower switch BPower indicator Lit in green: Lit in red: Flashing in red: CCard slot DAC IN connector EEXT SYNC IN connector EXT SYNC OUT connector GComposite video output connector HS VIDEO connector IVISCA RS-422connector JVISCA FUNCTION switches Switch 1 (RS-232C/RS-422selector) Switch 2 (Communication baud rate selector) Switches 3 to 5 (Camera address selectors) KVISCA RS-232CIN connector LVISCA RS-232COUT connector MCAMERA connector 22 BRBK-301Analog RGB Component Card (not supplied)BRBK-302SDI Card (not supplied) BRBK-303Optical Multiplex Card (not supplied)AOptical connector Adjusting and Setting With Menus 23 Setting Menusdisplayed For the overall menu configurations, see page You cannot perform pan/tilt and zoom operations while the menu is displayed Main Menu1Cursor Selects a setting menu 2Menu items 3Option card indicator 1Setting menu The name of the setting menu currently selected is displayed here 2Cursor Selects a setting item 3Setting items The setting items for this setting menu are displayed 4Set value The currently set values are displayed For the default value of each setting item, see “Menu Configuration” on page 24 Menu Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander2,4 26 The EXPOSURE menu is used to set the items regarding the exposureMODE (exposure mode) FULL AUTO: MANUAL: SHUTTER Pri: IRIS Pri: BRIGHT: Adjust the brightness level (LEVEL) manually GAIN: Select the gain from among the following: -3,0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 dB SPEED: Select the electronic shutter speed from among the following: For the BRC-300: For the BRC-300P: IRIS: LEVEL: Select the brightness level from among 0 to EX-COMP(exposure compensation) -10.5, -9, -7.5, -6, -4.5, -3, -1.5,0, 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9, 10.5 dB SPOT AE (automatic exposure by spot) H-POS: LEFT END, LEFT7, LEFT6, LEFT5, LEFT4 LEFT3, LEFT2, LEFT1, CENTER, RIGHT1, RIGHT2, RIGHT3, RIGHT4, RIGHT5, RIGHT6 RIGHT END V-POS: 27 The FOCUS menu is used to select the focus modeAUTO FOCUS (automatic focus) NORMAL: The automatic focus adjustment is always activated INTERVAL: ZOOM Trig: ACT-TIME: INT-TIME: The WHITE BALANCE menu is used to select the white balance mode MODE (white balance mode) Select the white balance mode from among the following: AUTO, INDOOR, OUTDOOR, ONE PUSH, MANUAL When ONE PUSH is selected 28 PAN-TILTLIMITPAN LEFT: PAN RIGHT: TILT DOWN: TILT UP: Setting range of PAN LEFT/PAN RIGHT Setting range of TILT DOWN/TILT UP D-ZOOM(digital zoom) 29 EFFECT (picture effect)OFF: No picture effect NEG: The image of the camera is reversed to negative B&W: The image of the camera becomes monochrome WIDE (wide mode) ON: 16:9 aspect ratio of the image of the camera OFF: 4:3 aspect ratio of the image of the camera APERTURE (aperture compensation) Select the aperture compensation level from among MIN, 01 to 14 and MAX DATA MIX IR-RECEIVE(infrared signal reception) Be sure to keep it ON when you use the supplied Remote Commander IMG-FLIP(image flip) Set PAN REVERSE to ON to reverse the horizontal movement of the camera image Set TILT REVERSE to ON to reverse the vertical movement of the camera image DISPLAY INFO 31 Operation Using the Supplied Remote CommanderFor details, see “Installation” (page 42) and “Connections” (page 46) 2 Turn on the peripheral devices To turn on/off the camera using the Remote Commander 1 Press the POWER switch The camera will turn on and perform the pan/tilt reset action automatically To move the camera little by little, press the button just for a moment To move the camera in a wide range, press and hold the button To move the camera diagonally To face the camera back to the front Press the HOME button If you accidentally move the camera with your hand Press the PAN-TILTRESET button to perform the pan/ tilt reset action If the camera moves in a different direction from that you intended 32 Operating Multiple Cameras with the Remote Commander35 Operating Multiple CamerasTo assign camera addresses automatically 36 To assign camera addresses manually1 Turn on the power of the camera and the RM- BR300 Remote Control Unit The camera will turn on, performing the pan/tilt reset action automatically 2 Press the CAMERA button corresponding to the camera you want to operate Release the joystick to stop panning/tilting Press the button on the top of the joystick for one or two seconds 37 To reset the pan/tilt position, press the PAN-TILTRESET buttonTurn the dial on the upper part of the joystick 38 Adjusting the White BalanceTo adjust the white balance automatically To adjust the white balance manually 39 Adjusting the Brightness42 Installation and ConnectionsTo attach the camera to a tripod Use a tripod with screws meeting either of the following specifications To attach a wide conversion lens Acceptable wide conversion lenses Weight: less than 200 g (7 oz) Dimensions: less than the dimensions given in the illustration below Vignetting may occur when shooting with the conversion lens attached In order to prevent the wide conversion lens from falling, note the following: •Be sure that the lens is tightened securely, as far as it will go and it does not fall 43 Installing the Camera on the Ceiling•Be sure to attach the supplied wire rope to prevent the camera from falling Before installation 44 Installation46 Connecting to an AC Outlet47 Connecting the RM-BR300Remote Control UnitUse the RS-232Cconnecting cable supplied with the Remote Control Unit To connect the Remote Control Unit using the VISCA RS-422connectors For the use of the RS-422connector plugs, see page When the connections using the VISCA 48 Connecting a Video Monitor, VTR49 Connecting a Device Equipped with VISCA RS-232CConnectorConnecting a Device Equipped with VISCA RS-422Connector 51 Connecting the BRU-300/300POptical Multiplex UnitNotes on use of the CCFC-M100Optical Fiber Cable 52 Connecting a Video Switcher53 Connecting a Sync Signal GeneratorTo connect a single camera To connect multiple cameras You can connect up to seven cameras 54 Appendix61 Dimensions64 VISCA RS-232COUTIN VISCA RS-232C 65 OUT66 VISCA RS-42267 RXD OUT –RXD OUT + TXD OUT – TXD OUT + RXD IN – RXD IN + TXD IN – TXD IN + 1NC 2NC 3NC 4NC 5GND 6RXD IN – 7RXD IN + 8TXD IN – 9TXD IN + 1RXD OUT – 2RXD OUT + 3TXD OUT – 4TXD OUT + 68 Using the VISCA RS-422Connector Plug
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