Panasonic aj-ca901 Operation Manual

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Operating Instructions

Digital Triax Camera Adapter

Model No. AJ-

P
EN

F0903H0

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3

Printed in Japan
VQT0F80

EN

2

Safety precautions

Indicates safety information.

General

CAUTION:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK
HAZARD AND ANNOYING INTERFERENCE,
USE THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES
ONLY.

CAUTION:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK
HAZARD, REFER CHANGE OF SWITCH
SETTING INSIDE THE UNIT TO QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSONNEL.

Model AJ-CA901P

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER TO SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,
within an equilateral triangle, is intended to
alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s
enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude
to constitute a risk of electric shock to
persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and
maintenance (service) instructions in the
literature accompanying the appliance.

FCC Note:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
To assure continued compliance follow the attached
installation instructions and do not make any
unauthorized modifications.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply
with the limits for a class A digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. Operation of this equipment in
a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to
correct the interference at his own expense.

WARNING:

•

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR
SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS
EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

• TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK
HAZARD, KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT AWAY
FROM ALL LIQUIDS—USE AND STORE
ONLY IN LOCATIONS WHICH ARE NOT
EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF DRIPPING OR
SPLASHING LIQUIDS, AND DO NOT PLACE
ANY LIQUID CONTAINERS ON TOP OF THE
EQUIPMENT.

CAUTION:

Do not install or place this unit in a bookcase,
built-in cabinet or any other confined space in
order to maintain adequate ventilation. Ensure
that curtains and any other materials do not
obstruct the ventilation to prevent risk of
electric shock or fire hazard due to
overheating.

∫∫

DO NOT REMOVE PANEL COVER BY
UNSCREWING.

To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove
cover. No user serviceable parts inside.
Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

Model AJ-CA901EN

3

Safety precautions..................................................................... 2

Features .................................................................................... 3

Installation ................................................................................. 4

Parts and their functions............................................................ 5

Rear panel ..................................................................................................5

Left side ......................................................................................................6

Right side....................................................................................................6

Connectors and signals............................................................. 7

Selecting the intercom microphone ........................................... 8

Specifications ............................................................................ 9

Contents

The unit has the following features.

≥ It enables high picture quality transmission by means of non-compressed wide-band 360 Mbps serial component signals.
≥ It uses a tri-axial cable.
≥ It enables a DVCPRO camera recorder to be operated as a system camera.
≥ It enables the transmission of the signals of two audio channels.
≥ It enables RET 1CH and PROMPT 1CH transmission.
≥ Its TRIAX connector area can be rotated for easy operation.
≥ It comes with RET and PROMPT output connectors (BNC).
≥ It comes with a DC 12 V output jack.

Features

Thank you very much for purchasing this AJ-CA901 Camera Adapter (referred to throughout these instructions as “the unit”).
The unit is installed in a DVCPRO50 AJ-SDX900 camera recorder and used together with the AJ-BS901 base station to
configure a transmission system which uses a tri-axial cable to enable the camera recorder to be operated as a system
camera.
Use of non-compressed wide-band 360 Mbps serial component signals makes high picture quality transmission possible so
that the high picture quality of the images shot by the DVCPRO camera recorder are transmitted with their high picture quality
kept intact.
This serves to expand the range of the DVCPRO camera recorder’s operating formats.

Note:

≥≥

When the unit is connected, external input signals cannot be recorded on tape inside the camera
recorder.“CAM” must be selected as the REC SIGNAL setting on the SYSTEM SETTING menu of the
camera recorder.

≥≥

When using an external power supply (DC 12 V) for the unit, always turn the main power switch of
the base station (AJ-BS901) ON before turning the power switch of the camera recorder ON.