Autocue On-Camera Unit User Manual
On-Camera Unit Quick Assembly Instructions
Locating pin
Pin hole
NOTE: Full assembly instructions for your specific On-Camera Unit can be found on the CD that accompanied the equipment or
from either of the web sites shown at the bottom of the page.
Introduction
All Autocue/QTV on-camera units (OCUs) comprise four components. An example is illustrated below:
1. Bracket (attaches to the
mounting plate to hold the
hood and monitor in front of
the camera)
3. Mounting Plate and
Telescopic Rods attach the
prompter to the tripod/
pedestal
All brackets attach to Autocue/QTV mounting plates using the same method.
All hoods and monitors are secured using common screw tube-clamps.
1. Hood and Glass Assembly
Autocue/QTV produces three sizes of hood and
glass: small, medium and large wide-angle.
3. Secure a side panel flap with four of the supplied M3
screws.
Repeat for the opposite flap.
NOTE: The medium hood requires fewer screws.
2. Hood and reflective glass
4. Monitor
NOTE: Small OCUs—which comprise a small wide-
angle hood, small bracket and 5-, 8- or 10-inch
monitor—are delivered pre-assembled.
Large and medium wide-angle hoods are delivered flatpacked and will require assembly.
1. Ensure that you have the required components:
- hood body
- glass panel
- glass retaining bar
- locking clamps
- screws
2. Open the side panels of the hood and fold the flaps over
the black metal frame.
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4. Push the threaded pins of the lower Glass Retaining Strip
through the holes in the wide-angle hood frame and
secure in position with the supplied Screw Posts.
Ensure the retaining strip is on the inside of the hood as
illustrated.
5. Remove the large screw from a tube clamp and position
the clamp so that the locating pin aligns with the small
hole adjacent to the tube clamp screw hole in the metal
frame.
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Repeat for the second tube clamp.
NOTE: The locating pins ensure the holes in the tube
clamps are orientated correctly.
Use the supplied screws to secure the tube clamp in
position using a suitable Allen key.
NOTE: The tube-clamps of the medium wide-angle hood
are fixed in place using two screws for each
clamp.
6. Remove the upper Glass Retaining Strip by unfastening
the two thumb screws securing it to the top edge of the
hood.
Carefully stretch the elasticated end of the fabric light
baffle around the four screw posts on the rear of the
frame.
CAUTION: The glass plate is fragile. Take
great care when handling it and
the completed hood.
WIDE-ANGLE HOOD FULLY ASSEMBLED
7. Insert the shorter edge of the semi-reflective glass panel
into the lower Glass Retaining Strip.
Ensure the blue dot is on the side of the glass facing you.
8. Position the upper Glass Retaining Strip over the edge of
the glass panel and re-attach with the thumb screws that
were removed in step 6.
9. Place the assembled hood, glass panel face down, on a
solid, stable surface.
2. Mounting Plate Preparation
Autocue/QTV produces three standard mounting
plates to cover all camera/tripod cmbinations.
Telescopic rods are also available for large studio
lenses and pedestal configurations.
Gold Plate Pro Plate
Roller Plate Telescopic Rods
All three mounting plates connect to the tripod
head in the same way:
1. Remove the tripod camera plate.
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