Parts and their functions (continued)

5F1 dial [F1]

F2 dial [F2]

Use these to operate the menus of the unit or the OSD menu of a remote camera.

Use the CAMERA OSD button (4) to select which operation to perform.

When the dials are used to operate the menus of the unit, the F1 dial operates the items displayed at the top of the LCD panel of the unit, and the F2 dial operates the items displayed at the bottom of the LCD panel.

Operation of the OSD menu of a remote camera differs depending on the camera type.

“Operating the OSD menu of a remote camera” in Operations and Settings (page 12)

6EXIT button [EXIT]

Use this to cancel the changes to the settings during operation of the OSD menu of a remote camera.

It cannot be used during operation of the menus of the unit.

“Operating the OSD menu of a remote camera” in Operations and Settings (page 12)

Camera selection section

7Mode selection button [SELECT]

Each press of this switches the button indicator between on and off in the order of on → off → on, and so on, and switches the operation mode of the camera selection buttons (8).

Button indicator on : Camera selection mode

Button indicator off : Camera group selection mode

8Camera selection buttons

[CAMERA SELECT/GROUP SELECT 1 to 10]

Use these to select the remote camera or camera group to control from the unit.

Pressing any of [1] to [10] in camera selection mode switches to the corresponding remote camera.

Pressing any of [1] to [10] in camera group selection mode switches to the corresponding camera group and turns on the corresponding camera group indicator (9).

Note

zzIf a camera selection button is pressed to switch the remote camera that the unit controls while the OSD menu of a remote camera is displayed, the CAMERA OSD button indicator (4) turns off and the OSD menu of the remote camera originally selected disappears.

9Camera group indicators [CAMERA GROUP 1 to 10]

The indicator for the selected camera group number is on.

:Camera status indicators [1] to [10]

These indicate the statuses of the remote cameras assigned to [1] to [10].

“Selecting a remote camera” (page 38)

Pan and tilt section

PAN/TILT lever

Use this to control the direction in which the currently selected remote camera points.

The movement speed differs depending on the angle to which the PAN/TILT lever is moved.

Moved left or right : The camera points to the left or right.

Moved toward you or away from you:

The camera points up or down.

zzWhen the function for linking with a switcher is enabled, you can use the PAN/TILT lever to control switcher parameters.

“Setting linking with a switcher” in Operations and Settings (page 31)

zzSetting [REVERSE] in PAN DIRECTION menu [26] and TILT DIRECTION menu [27] changes the direction the camera moves in relation to the direction that the lever is moved.

<PAN/TILT SPEED dial [SPEED]

Use this to adjust the operation speed variation amount for PAN/TILT lever operation.

Turned clockwise

:

Operation is at a higher speed (HI)

Turned counterclockwise

:

Operation is at a lower speed (LOW)

=PAN/TILT ENABLE button [ENABLE]

Use this to enable PAN/TILT lever operation.

Button indicator on or blinking: PAN/TILT lever operation is

enabled.

Button indicator off : PAN/TILT lever operation is disabled.

zzThe PAN/TILT ENABLE button indicator is on while the PAN/TILT lever is being used to control the direction in which the remote camera points.

zzThe PAN/TILT ENABLE button indicator is blinking while the PAN/ TILT lever is being used to control the switcher parameters.

zzWhen the [7. P/T/Z CONTROL] item in SW FUNCTION menu [42]

is set to [Button Select], pressing the PAN/TILT ENABLE button switches the control application of the PAN/TILT lever.

“Setting linking with a switcher” in Operations and Settings (page 31)

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Panasonic AW-RP120G operating instructions Camera selection section, Pan and tilt section

AW-RP120G specifications

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