Parts and their functions

￿￿Control panel

 

￿

￿

￿

 

￿

 

 

 

￿ ￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F2

 

 

 

 

POWER

ALARM

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

CAMERA

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OSD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

 

￿￿

MENU

PAGE

GAIN/PED

R/B GAIN

R/B PED

AWB/ABB

SHUTTER

F2

EXIT

 

 

6

7

8

9

10

 

 

 

 

STORE

DELETE

DETAIL

SCENE/MODE CAMERA

SETUP

SYSTEM

USER1

USER2

￿

 

 

 

PRESET MEMORY / MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

 

 

IRIS

AUTO

 

CAMERA STATUS / SELECTION

 

 

 

PT ACTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZOOM

 

 

 

 

LOW

HI

 

 

 

 

 

WIDE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOCUS/PUSH OAF

PTZ/FOCUS SPEED

PAN/TILT

 

 

 

 

￿ ￿

￿

 

￿

 

 

￿POWER indicator [POWER]

 

 

 

￿F1 dial, F2 dial

 

￿

￿

￿

￿

This indicator lights when the POWER switch (￿) on the rear panel is set to ON while power is supplied to the DC IN socket.

￿ALARM indicator [ALARM]

This indicator lights when there is a problem with the power supply (voltage drop).

It also lights when an alarm (a cooling fan alarm or pan/ tilt error) has been received from a remote camera. The alarm information can be output to an external device from the unit’s TALLY/GPI connector (￿).

￿For details, refer to “Checking the equipment alarm information” (<Operations and Settings> Instructions).

When the alarm indicator has lighted, stop using the unit immediately, and be absolutely sure to contact your dealer.

Continuing to use the unit even after an alarm has occurred may cause the unit to malfunction.

These dials are turned to change the menu values, and they are pressed to enter the changes that have been made.

The F1 dial is used to operate the items displayed at the top of the LCD panel, and the F2 dial is used to operate the items displayed underneath.

What appears on the on-screen displays of the remote cameras and how operations are performed differ depending on the camera type.

￿For details, refer to “Operating the menu items of the selected remote camera” (<Operations and Settings> Instructions).

￿LCD panel

The current setting statuses are displayed on this panel.

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Panasonic AW-RP50N Parts and their functions, Control panel, Power indicator Power F1 dial, F2 dial, Alarm indicator Alarm

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