Introduction

Controls, Connectors and Indicators

Front panel

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REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RM-HP250

TALLY CALL FULL AUTO

F1

F3

MENU/SHUTTER

GAIN

PAINT

WHITE AUTO

MASTER BLACK

IRIS

POWER

 

SHUTTER

 

 

 

STEP

 

 

W.BAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIGH

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHUTTER

VARIABLE MID

 

 

A

AUTO

 

BARS

F2

F4

MENU

PUSH-ON

PUSH-ON

R

B

PRESET

MANU

 

 

LOW

 

 

GAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERCOM

 

 

 

DOWN UP

DOWN UP

 

 

 

CLOSE

OPEN

LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 Intercom connector

 

 

 

6 [BARS] button and indicator light *2

Connect the intercom headset to this connector.

 

 

 

When this button is pressed, the light in it lights up and the

 

 

 

 

 

REF. : “Intercom” on page 14.

2[INTERCOM LEVEL] control

Use this knob to adjust the intercom earphone volume.

3[TALLY] lamp

This lamp lights when a signal is input to the TALLY termi- nals 2on the rear panel.

It lights in red when a tally signal is input to the TALLY PGM terminal on the rear panel or in green when a tally signal is input to the TALLY PVW terminal.

NOTE

The button lamps will light up and blink as below.

During CALL ...... CALL button blinks in red

TALLY PGM ........ TALLY lamp lights up in red

TALLY PVW ........ TALLY lamp lights up in green

4[CALL] button and indicator light *1

The camera operator can also be called without using the intercom. When this button is pressed once, the light in it lights up and the tally lamp on the camera blinks to inform the camera operator of a call. Pressing this button again turns off both the button light and tally light on the camera. It blinks in red when there is a CALL signal from the camera.

NOTE

When the CALL button is pressed during VF-P400 op- eration, the picture on the viewfinder screen may vi- brate. However, this is not a malfunction.

5[FULL AUTO] button and indicator light *2

connected camera outputs the color bars signal.

REF. : “Adjustments for Genlock Operation” on page 13.

7[F1 to F4] function keys and indicator light *2

Each of these keys can turn the function assigned to it alternately ON and OFF.

REF. : “Function Keys” on page 15.

8LCD display

This panel shows the SHUTTER and GAIN settings as well as the functions assigned to the function buttons. This panel is also used to show menus and various opera- tion messages.

The following display appears when the remote control panel is connected and during operate on.

EXT. REMOTE

CONNECTED

9[MENU] button and indicator light

When this button is held depressed for about 1 second, the button light is lit and the menu becomes variable. (The SHUTTER and GAIN lights should be off.)

Pressing this button terminates a menu and turns the light in the button off.

REF. : “Menu Setup Method” on page 20.

0[SHUTTER] light

This light is turned on when the shutter speed variation

facility is ON.

Adjust the shutter speed using the SHUTTER control !.

When this button is pressed, the light in it lights up and the connected camera enters the FAS (Full-Auto Shooting) mode. Pressing the button again turns the light off.

In the FAS mode, the BARS mode is switched OFF, and the auto level control, auto iris control and full-auto white balance control functions are performed automatically in an integrated manner.

NOTE

Functions not available on the camera cannot be controlled from this unit.

REF. : “Operable Camera Features” on page 29.

![SHUTTER] control with ON/OFF button *2

When this knob is pressed, the shutter speed variation func- tion is turned alternately ON and OFF.

When the shutter speed variation is ON, the SHUTTER light 0 is turned on and turning the knob will vary the shutter speed.

REF. : “Shutter Speed Adjustment” on page 16.

In STEP mode the shutter speed is varied in stages, fine adjustments can be made in VARIABLE mode.

REF. : Item “5A: SHUTTER” on page 25.

When the MENU light 9is lit, turn the knob to switch be- tween menu items, press the knob (to the ON position) to select an item.

REF. : “Menu Setup Method” on page 20.

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