WHITE (white balance automatic adjustment) button and the indicator

Use to adjust the white balance automatically.

Press this button while the W/B BALANCE switch is set to AUTO. When the adjustment is completed, the indicator lights up for about five seconds and turns off.

PED (pedestal level) controls

Use to adjust the pedestal level.

Rotate these controls while the W/B BALANCE switch is set to MANUAL. The R control adjusts the red component and the B control adjusts the blue component.

GAIN (video gain) controls

Use to adjust the video output level.

Rotate these controls while the W/B BALANCE switch is set to MANUAL. The R control adjusts the red component and the B control adjusts the blue component.

q; CABLE COMP adjustment section

CABLE COMP

 

FINE

Y

75 100 150200

C

50

250

25

300m

 

CABLE COMP selector CABLE COMP FINE controls

CABLE COMP (cable compensation) selector

Set this selector to the position according to the length of the camera cable to be used. The internal cable compensator performs compensation according to the position of this selector to eliminate signal degradation. Set the selector to “25” when the camera cable length is 10 meters (about 33 feet) or less.

CABLE COMP FINE (cable compensation fine adjustment) controls

These controls are for fine adjustment of the cable compensation level of the video signal output from thew VBS OUT connectors.

If fine adjustment is required after setting the CABLE COMP selector, rotate these controls using a screwdriver. The Y control adjusts the Y (luminance) signal level and the C control adjusts the C (chrominance) signal level.

qa IRIS (iris adjustment mode) switch

Use this switch to select the iris adjustment mode. Be sure that the IRIS switch on the video camera is set to AUTO.

MAN: Iris is adjusted manually with the iris adjustment control.

AUTO: Iris is automatically adjusted.

qs IRIS (iris adjustment) control

When the IRIS switch is set to MAN, rotate this control to manually adjust the iris.

When the IRIS switch is set to AUTO, rotate this control to manually fine-tune the automatic iris adjustment.

qd MASTER PEDESTAL (master pedestal level adjustment) control

Use to adjust the master pedestal (master black) level setting. The master pedestal level is normally not stored in the camera. However, when the DXC-M7/ M7P Color Video Camera is connected, the master pedestal level can be stored by setting an internal switch in the camera.

For details, refer to the operation manual of the video camera.

qf AUX (auxiliary) operation section

FUNCTION buttons

DATA buttons

AUX FUNCTION

DATA

MENU

RESET

MENU button and

RESET button

the indicator

 

MENU button and the indicator

When this button is pressed, the indicator lights up and the menu items that are adjusted by the FUNCTION, DATA, and RESET buttons appear on the monitor connected to the MONITOR OUT connector. Pressing this button again turns the indicator off and causes the current settings made on the unit to appear on the monitor. Press this button again to make this information to disappear.

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