Adjustment > Adjustment Procedure

6-4-6 Auto Iris Control

ADJUST MENU screen

Preparation:

Set zoom to wide-angle end, and point at light box without chart, filling the screen.

Procedure:

1)Choose AUTO IRIS CONTROL on the ADJUST MENU screen.

2)Click the EXECUTE button on ADJUST MENU screen to start adjustment.

The progress status can be confirmed using the PROGRESS STATUS dialog.

3)When adjustment is complete, the ADJUSTMENT FINISHED dialog will appear: Click the OK button in dialog to restore the ADJUST MENU screen.

If the IRIS ADJUSTMENT ERROR dialog appears, click the OK button in dialog, perform the appropriate corrective action, and then perform readjustment. If the IRIS ADJUSTMENT ERROR dialog still appears after the corrective action, the lens unit may be faulty:

a)Turn the light box off, and then make sure that no surrounding light reflects on glass surface of light box. If any surrounding light does reflect on it, perform adjustment in a place where no surrounding light will affect the adjustment.

b)Widen or shorten the distance between the light box and DVD video camera/recorder.

MANUAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM for SERVICE STATION

MODEL NAME: ××××

ADJUST MENU

DATA INITIALIZE

VIDEO LEVEL

BURST LEVEL

SAMPLING PULSE

AUTO FUCUS

AUTO IRIS CONTROL 1

MATRIX

CHROMA GAIN

SPOT NOISE

LCD

EVF

2

EXECUTE

RETURN

CONNECTION

PROGRESS STATUS dialog

AUTO IRIS CONTROL

PLEASE WAIT A MOMENT

ADJUSTMENT FINISHED dialog

FINISHED

ADJUSTMENT FINISHED.

 

OK

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IRIS ADJUSTMENT ERROR dialog

ERROR

Iris Adjustment Error

OK

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Hitachi service manual Auto Iris Control

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