Sony HD 3CCD User Manual

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HD 3CCD Color Video Camera

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Operating Instructions

BRC-H700

Owner’s Record

The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product.

Model No. BRC-H700 Serial No.

WARNING

To reduce a risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this product to rain or moisture.

To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

WARNING

Use the Sony MPA-AC1 AC power adapter provided with this equipment as a power supply source. Any other power sources may result in hazards such as a fire. This product has no power switch. Disconnect device of this equipment is the mains plug of the AC adapter. The mains plug on this equipment must be used to disconnect mains power. Please ensure that the socket outlet is installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. In the event of abnormal operations, disconnect the mains plug.

WARNING (For Installers only) Instruction for installing the equipment on the ceiling: After the installation, ensure the connection is capable of supporting four times the weight of the equipment downwards.

IMPORTANT

Nameplate is located on the bottom.

ATTENTION

The electromagnetic fields at the specific frequencies may influence the picture of this unit.

For customers in the U.S.A.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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.

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the limits for a computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules.

For the customers in Canada

This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Pour les utilisateurs au Canada

Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

For the customers in Europe

Warning

This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. In the case that interference should occur, consult your nearest authorized Sony service facility.

INTERFACE CABLE

This device requires shielded interface cables to comply with FCC emission limits.

Notice for CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable

Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install this equipment with the cable.

WARNING :

The cable is rated flammability class VW-1 and may be for indoor use only in some countries. Use appropriate alternative cables in accordance with the regulations and laws for each country taking the application and environment into account.

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

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Precautions .............................................................5

Typical CCD Phenomena ...................................... 5

Overview

Features .................................................................. 6

System Components .............................................. 7

Supplied Components and Accessories .............. 7

Optional Products ............................................... 8

System Configuration ..........................................10

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera Using the

Supplied Remote Commander ....................... 10

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera Using the RM-

BR300 Remote Control Unit .......................... 10

Operating Multiple BRC-H700 Cameras Using

the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit ............11

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera from a Long

Distance .......................................................... 12

Operating Multiple BRC-H700 Cameras from a

Long Distance ................................................ 13

Using BRC-H700 Cameras and VISCA-

controllable Cameras in the Same System ..... 14

Transmitting Audio Signals Using the

BRU-H700 ..................................................... 15

Using the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board to

Input the Video and Audio Signals Mixed to the

HDV Video Equipment .................................. 16

Transmitting the Audio Signal Using the BRBK-

H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card and the HFBK-

TS1 HDV Interface Board ............................. 17

Location and Function of Parts .......................... 18

Camera ............................................................. 18

Remote Commander (supplied) ....................... 20

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

(not supplied) .................................................21

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit (not

supplied) ......................................................... 24

HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board (not supplied) 25 HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board

(not supplied) .................................................25

HFBK-XG1 XGA Interface Board

(not supplied) .................................................26

HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board

(not supplied) .................................................26

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card (not

supplied) ......................................................... 26

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

About On-Screen Menus .....................................27

Main Menu ........................................................27

Setting Menus ...................................................27

Operation Through Menus .................................28

Menu Operation Using the Supplied Remote

Commander .....................................................28

Menu Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote

Control Unit ....................................................29

EXPOSURE Menu ...............................................30

Using the ND Filter ...........................................31

COLOR Menu ......................................................31

PICTURE Menu ...................................................32

FOCUS Menu .......................................................33

PAN TILT ZOOM Menu .....................................34

SYSTEM Menu ....................................................35

STATUS Menu ......................................................36

DOWN CONVERTER Menu .............................36

HD-SDI Menu .......................................................37

PC-OUTPUT Menu .............................................37

HDV Menu ............................................................38

Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander

Turning on the Power ..........................................39

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation .............................39

Panning and Tilting ...........................................39

Zooming ............................................................40

Operating Multiple Cameras with the Remote

Commander .....................................................40

Adjusting the Camera ..........................................41

Focusing on a Subject .......................................41

Shooting with Back Lighting ............................41

Storing the Camera Settings in Memory

– Presetting Feature .............................................42

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Turning on the Power ..........................................43

Operating Multiple Cameras .............................43

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation .............................44

Panning and Tilting ...........................................44

Zooming ............................................................45

Adjusting the Camera ..........................................46

Focusing on a Subject .......................................46

Shooting with Back Lighting ............................46

Adjusting the White Balance ............................46

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Adjusting the Brightness .................................. 47

Storing the Camera Settings in Memory

– Presetting Feature ............................................ 48

Storing Camera Settings ................................... 48

Setting the Speed of the Camera Moving to a

Preset Position ................................................ 49

Installation and Connections

Installation ........................................................... 50

Removing/Attaching the Cable Cover ............. 50

Attaching an Interface Board ........................... 50

Installing the Camera ....................................... 51

Installing the Camera on the Ceiling ................ 52

Connections .......................................................... 54

Connecting to an AC Outlet ............................. 54

Connecting the RM-BR300 Remote Control

Unit ................................................................. 55

Connecting a Monitor, etc. Equipped with the

Analog Component (YPbPr) Input Connector 56

Connecting a Device Equipped with VISCA RS-

232C Connector ............................................. 56

Connecting a Device Equipped with VISCA RS-

422 Connector ................................................ 57

Connecting a Video Monitor Equipped with

Analog RGB/Component Connectors ............ 58

Connecting a Video Monitor, VTR, etc. Equipped

with Composite Video Input Connector ......... 58

Connecting a VTR Equipped with SDI Input

Connector ....................................................... 59

Connecting a VTR Equipped with HD-SDI Input

Connectors ..................................................... 59

Connecting a Computer ................................... 60

Connecting the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex

Unit ................................................................. 60

Connecting a Video Switcher ........................... 61

Connecting a Sync Signal Generator ............... 62

Appendix

List of Messages ................................................... 64

Troubleshooting ................................................... 65

Menu Configuration ............................................ 67

Presetting Items ................................................... 70

Specifications ....................................................... 72

Dimensions ....................................................... 73

Pin Assignments ............................................... 76

Wiring Diagram of VISCA RS-422

Connection ..................................................... 79

Using the VISCA RS-422 Connector Plug ...... 80

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Precautions

Operating or storage location

Operating or storing the camera in the following locations may cause damage to the camera:

• Extremely hot or cold places (Operating temperature: 0

°C to 40°C [32°F to 104°F])

• Exposed in direct sunlight for a long time, or close to heating equipment (e.g., near heaters)

• Close to sources of strong magnetism

• Close to sources of powerful electromagnetic radiation, such as radios or TV transmitters

• Locations subject to strong vibration or shock

Ventilation

To prevent heat buildup, do not block air circulation around the camera.

Transportation

When transporting the camera, repack it as originally packed at the factory or in materials equal in quality.

Cleaning

• Use a blower to remove dust from the lens or optical filter.

• Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the external surfaces of the camera. Stubborn stains can be removed using a soft cloth dampened with a small quantity of detergent solution, then wipe dry.

• Do not use volatile solvents such as alcohol, benzene or thinners as they may damage the surface finishes.

Maintenance

The camera mechanism may cause abnormal noise due to wear and lubrication loss after a long period of use. To maintain optimum performance, we recommend periodical maintenance. If abnormal noise occurs, consult with your Sony dealer.

Typical CCD Phenomena

The following phenomena may appear on the monitor screen while you are using the BRC-H700 color video camera. These phenomena stem from the high sensitivity of the CCD image sensors, and do not indicate a fault within the camera.

Vertical smear

A “smear” may appear to extend vertically from very bright subjects, as shown below.

Video monitor screen

This phenomenon is common to CCD imaging elements using an interline transfer system, and is caused when electric charge induced by infrared radiation deep within the photo sensor is transferred to the resistors.

Aliasing

When shooting fine stripes, straight lines or similar patterns, the lines may become slightly jagged.

Blemishes

A CCD image sensor consists of an array of individual picture elements (pixels). A malfunctioning sensor element will show up as a single pixel blemish in the image. This is generally not a problem.

White speckles

When you shoot a poorly illuminated object at a high temperature, small white dots may appear all over the entire screen image.

Pale vertical smear

Very bright subject (such as an electric lamp, fluorescent lamp, sunlight, or strong reflected light)

Getting Started

Note on laser beams

Laser beams may damage a CCD. You are cautioned that the surface of a CCD should not be exposed to laser beam radiation in an environment where a laser beam device is used.

Precautions / Typical CCD Phenomena

range enables remote shooting of high-definition

Overview

Features

Compact, HD 3CCD video camera with

Overview

built-in pan/tilt/zoom functions

• The camera integrates the HD 3CCD camera block, pan/tilt mechanism, and 12-magnification optical zoom with 4-magnification digital zoom in a compact body. The compactness and integration allow the camera versatile usage.

• The camera is provided with a wide-angle pan/tilt mechanism of ±170º horizontally, 90º upward and 30º downward, which enables wide-range remote shooting.

•The new pan/tilt mechanism enabling smooth camera movement even at low speed realizes a minimum pan/ tilt speed of 0.25º per second.

• The pan/tilt mechanism is remarkably quiet, even at the maximum pan/tilt speed of 60º per second.

images with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

• Adoption of a 12-magnification optical zoom lens that enables zooming without deterioration in picture quality allows realistic high-definition images. Even when you shoot a subject using maximum magnification, clear images with minimum aberration can be obtained by a lens system that consists of 16 lenses of 11 groups containing three aspherical lenses.

• The camera is equipped with an optical active lens system that provides a picture blur compensation function to prevent deterioration in the quality. The lens itself moves up, down, left and right to compensate immediately for the blur of an optical axis. Three compensation effects are selectable according to shooting conditions.

Built-in interface card slot

The camera is equipped with an interface card slot for the optional HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board, HFBKSD1 SD Interface Board, HFBK-XG1 XGA Interface Board, HFBK-ST1 HDV Interface Board and BRBKH700 HD Optical Multiplex Card. Use of these interface boards gives the camera the capability of having various image output formats.

HD CCD camera with high image quality and high-resolution remote shooting

• The HD 3CCD camera system uses three 1/3-type HD CCDs containing a total of 1,120,000 picture elements that can shoot high-definition images to offer superior picture quality with high sensitivity and lower smear level.

• Shooting an image using the 1080i (effective interlaced scanning: 1080 lines) high-definition format, which is equivalent to the HDTV broadcast, is enabled. The HD format can be switched (1080/59.94i or 1080/50i) with the switch on the camera.

• A volume of information of four times the capacity of a normal TV broadcast (effective scanning: 480 lines) and camera image shot in 16:9 aspect ratio provides a theater-like wide screen picture.

Excellent optical performance allowing superior quality shooting

• Adoption of Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar ® T* lens with an aperture of 72 mm reduces chromatic aberration and achieves high-resolution at all corners of an image.

• Use of the multi-reflection reduction coating minimizes unnecessary light reflection inside the lens and significantly reduces flare and ghost to provide a realistic image with high contrast and superior color reproduction.

• The lens has a focal length of 32.5 mm to 390 mm (equivalent to a 35-mm camera). The wider zooming

Long-distance image transmission and pan/tilt/zoom control

• Combined use of the BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card, CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable and BRU-H700 Optical Multiplex Unit, and Sony’s unique camera connection technology and optical digital multiplex transmission technology allows short to long distance (up to 1,000 m, or 3,281 feet) transmission of camera images and pan/tilt/zoom control signals. Use of the optical fiber cable enables an economical and easy system configuration for long distance.

• The supplied ceiling brackets allow installation of the camera on a ceiling.

VISCA camera protocol supported

• The camera is equipped with both RS-232C and RS422 communication interfaces. As the camera supports the industry-standard VISCA camera protocol, up to 7 cameras can be connected and remotely controlled at a high communication speed of 38,400 bps.

• The optional RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit allows easy camera operations.

• The VISCA protocol allows use of cameras and controllers of other manufacturers together with those of Sony.

Features

External video sync function

The camera is equipped with an external video sync function to synchronize the camera images on multiple cameras. The camera also has an analog component/ RGB output connector as standard equipment.

Tally lamp

The tally lamp of the camera allows you to make sure it is selected at a glance.

Mounted circuit board using lead-free solder

Lead-free solder is used for the circuit boards of the camera for environmental reasons.

System Components

In order to support multiple system configurations, a variety of optional products are available for the BRCH700 HD 3CCD Color Video Camera. This section introduces these optional products as well as the accessories supplied with the camera.

Supplied Components and Accessories

Before using the camera, make sure you have the following components and accessories supplied.

Camera (1)

Overview

AC power adaptor MPA-AC1 (Sony) (1)

AC power cord (1)

USA and Canadian model

System Components

European model

Screw 3M3

× 8 (7)/Stainless screw 3M4 × 8 (1)

RS-422 connector plug (1)

Overview

Remote commander (1)

Operating Instructions (1)

Two R6 (size AA) batteries are not supplied.

Optional Products

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Ceiling bracket (A) (1)

Ceiling bracket (B) (1)

Wire rope (1)

The joystick of the remote control unit allows you comfortable pan/tilt and zoom operations. The remote control unit also allows remote operation of up to seven cameras. Supplied accessories: AC power adaptor (1), AC power cord (1), RS-232C connecting cable (3 m) (1), RS-422 connector plug (2)

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

The HD Optical Multiplex Unit allows a connection up to of 1,000 m (3,281 feet) using the CCFC-M100HG 2core optical fiber cable. Supplied accessories: AC power cord (1), RS-232C connecting cable (3 m) (1), RS-422 connector plug (1)

System Components

CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable

HFBK-XG1 XGA Interface Board

This is a 2-core multi-mode optical fiber cable of 100 m (328 feet) long. Supplied accessories: extension plug

HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board

Insert the board into the camera or the HD Optical Multiplex Unit to allow output of an analog video signal such as the composite video, S video, component video and RGB signals, or a down-converted SD-SDI signal.

Insert the board into the camera or the HD Optical Multiplex Unit to allow output of a signal conforming to the VESA standards (VGA, XGA or WXGA).

HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board

Insert the board into the camera or the HD Optical Multiplex Unit to allow conversion of the video signal from the camera and the input audio signal into the signal conforming to the HDV standards.

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card

Overview

HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board

Insert the board into the camera or the HD Optical Multiplex Unit to allow output of a signal conforming to SMPTE292M serial digital interface standards, or output of an analog video signal (component/RGB).

Insert the card into the camera to allow high-bit multiplex transfer via optical fiber cable (video, audio, external video sync and control signals).

Video Switcher (commercially available)

It switches the video signal input of multiple cameras.

System Components

System Configuration

The BRC-H700 HD 3CCD Color Video Camera has various system configuration capabilities using optional products. This section describes nine typical system examples with the required components and the main usage of each system.

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera Using the Supplied Remote Commander

Overview

To operate the camera readily from a short distance

System configuration

This system allows you:

BRC-H700

HD video monitor, VTR, etc.

Remote Commander (supplied)

Video signal

Signal flow

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

This system allows you:

To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick of the Remote Control Unit

System configuration

BRC-H700

HD video monitor, VTR, etc.

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Video signal Remote Control (VISCA) signal

Signal flow

System Configuration

Operating Multiple BRC-H700 Cameras Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

This system allows you:

• To operate up to seven cameras remotely using a single Remote Control Unit

• To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick

System configuration

BRC-H700

Overview

HD video monitor, VTR, etc.

Video switcher

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Video signal

Remote control (VISCA) signal

Tally/contact signal

Signal flow

System Configuration

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera from a Long Distance

This system allows you:

• To operate the camera remotely from a distance up to 1,000 m (3,281 feet)

• To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick

• To transmit the video signal and control signal of the camera to a distant place using the Optical Fiber Cable

System configuration

Overview

BRC-H700

CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card

Video signal Remote control (VISCA) signal

Signal flow

HD video monitor, VTR, etc.

BRU-H700 Optical Multiplex Unit

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Notes

• Be sure to turn on the power of the BRC-H700 camera before you turn on the power of the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit.

• The BRC-H700 camera does not operate if nothing is connected to the BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card inserted into the camera. To operate the camera, connect the BRU-H700 Optical Multiplex Unit to the BRBK-H700 using the CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable and turn on the power of the BRU-H700.

• When the BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card is inserted into the BRC-H700 camera, the EXT SYNC IN connector, VISCA RS-232C IN/OUT connectors and VISCA RS-422 connector on the rear of the camera and the BOTTOM switches on the bottom of the camera are disabled. Use the connectors and switches on the rear of the BRU-H700 Optical Multiplex Unit instead.

• The optional CCFC-M100 Optical Fiber Cable cannot be used with this system.

System Configuration

Operating Multiple BRC-H700 Cameras from a Long Distance

This system allows you:

• To operate up to seven cameras remotely from a distance up to 1,000 m (3,281 feet)

• To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick

• To transmit the video signal and control signal of the cameras to a distant place using the Optical Fiber Cable

System configuration

BRC-H700

CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card

CCFC-M100HG

BRBK-H700

CCFC-M100HG

BRU-H700 Optical Multiplex Unit

BRU-H700

Overview

HD video monitor, VTR, etc.

Video switcher

BRBK-H700

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Video signal

Remote control (VISCA) signal

Tally/contact signal

Signal flow

System Configuration

Using BRC-H700 Cameras and VISCA-controllable Cameras in the Same System

This system allows you:

• To operate up to seven cameras supporting the VISCA protocol such as EVI-D30/D30P, EVI-D70/D70P, EVI-D100/ D100P and BRC-300/300P remotely using a single RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

• To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick

• To control the BRC-H700 cameras remotely from a distance up to 1,000 m (3,281 feet) by transmitting the video signal and control signal using the Optical Fiber Cable

Overview

System configuration

VISCA-controllable camera

HD video monitor, VTR, etc.

VISCA-controllable camera

BRC-H700

CCFC-M100HG

BRBK-H700

CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card

BRU-H700

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

Video switcher

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Video signal

Remote control (VISCA) signal

Tally/contact signal

Signal flow

System Configuration

Transmitting Audio Signals Using the BRU-H700

This system allows you:

• To operate the camera remotely from a distance up to 1,000m (3,281 feet)

• To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick

• To transmit the video signal and control signal of the camera, and the audio signal input to the BRBK-H700 Optical Multiplex Card to a distant place using the Optical Fiber Cable

System configuration

Overview

BRC-H700

Microphone

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card

Video signal

Audio line signal

Remote control (VISCA) signal

Signal flow

Microphone amplifier

CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable

HD video monitor

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Speakers

Audio amplifier

System Configuration

Using the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board to Input the Video and Audio Signals Mixed to the HDV Video Equipment

This system allows you:

• To input the video signal of the camera to the HDV video equipment

• To input the video signal of the camera and the audio signal via the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board simultaneously to the HDV video equipment

• To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick

Overview

System configuration

BRC-H700

Video signal

Audio line signal

Remote control (VISCA) signal

Microphone

HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board

HD video monitor

Microphone amplifier

i.Link cable

HDV VTR, etc. equipped with the i.Link connector

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Signal flow

Notes

• You cannot operate pan/tilt and zoom with HDV video equipment connected to the i.LINK (HDV) OUT connector on the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board. Use the VISCA RS-232C or VISCA RS-422 connectors instead.

• Use AUDIO DELAY in the HDV menu of the camera to compensate for the delay between the video signal of the camera and the audio signal input to the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board (see page 26). The delay is adjustable by STEP (approx. 24 mS).

System Configuration

Transmitting the Audio Signal Using the BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card and the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board

This system allows you:

• To operate the camera remotely from a distance up to 1,000m (3,281 feet)

• To perform pan/tilt and zoom operations comfortably using the joystick

• To transmit the video signal and control signal of the camera, and the audio signal input to the BRBK-H700 Optical Multiplex Card to a distant place using the Optical Fiber Cable

• To output the audio signal transmitted via the Optical Fiber Cable as an audio signal conforming to HDV standards from the HFBK-TS1 through the AUDIO OUT jacks on the BRU-H700 if you insert the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board into the BRU-H700

System configuration

Overview

BRC-H700

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card

Video signal

Audio line signal

Remote control (VISCA) signal

Signal flow

Microphone

Microphone amplifier

CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable

HD video monitor

HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

HDV VTR equipped with the i.Link connector

i.Link cable

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i.Link (HDV

AUDIO IN

HFBK-TS1

RGB/COMPONENT

IN EXT SYNC OUT

CAMERA

VISCA RS-232C

OUT

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit (rear)

VISCA RS-422

AUDIO OUT

FUNCTION

AC IN

Note

The video signal delay in this system is caused by signal processing in the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board. If you are uncomfortable with the delay, output the video signal via the RGB/COMPONENT connector on the BRU-H700.

System Configuration

Location and Function

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G ND filter select switch (bottom of the camera

block)

Switches the setting of the built-in ND filter according to the brightness of the subject to be shot. For details, see “Using the ND Filter” on page 31.

Camera

Rear

Front

Overview

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

OFF ON

EXT SYNC IN

DC IN 12V

IR SELECT

OFF ON

DATA MIX

RGB/COMPONENT

VISCA RS-422

IN VISCA RS-232C OUT

1 2 3

H VISCA RS-422 connector

Used for VISCA control.

For connection to the VSCA RS-422 connector, see “Using the VISCA RS-422 Connector Plug” on back cover.

I 75-ohm termination switch

A Lens

This switch is used when an external sync signal is used. Set it to OFF when this camera is in the

B Tally lamp

Lights in red when a VISCA tally command is received or the camera is selected by the RM-

middle of a daisy chain connection of multiple cameras. Set it to ON when the camera is at the end of a daisy chain connection.

BR300 Remote Control Unit (not supplied). Flashes at intervals of about 0.5 seconds if the rotating speed of the cooling fan motor is lowered or the motor has stopped regardless of on/off of the

J Remote sensor

This is the sensor for the supplied Remote Commander.

tally lamp.

K DC IN 12V connector

C Remote sensor

Connect the supplied AC power adaptor.

This is the sensor for the supplied Remote Commander.

L IR SELECT switch

Select the camera number when you operate

D SONY and HD nameplates

Pull them out to turn them over and attach upside

multiple cameras with the same Remote Commander.

down if necessary.

M VISCA RS-232C IN connector

E POWER lamp

Lights when the camera is connected to an AC outlet using the supplied AC power adaptor and AC power cord. Flashes in green when the camera receives an

Connect to the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit (not supplied). When you connect multiple cameras, connect it to the VISCA RS-232C OUT connector of the previous camera in the daisy chain connection.

operation command from the supplied Remote Commander.

N VISCA RS-232C OUT connector

When you connect multiple cameras, connect it to

F STANDBY lamp

Lights when the camera is turned off using the

the VISCA RS-232C IN connector of the next camera in the daisy chain connection.

Remote Commander.

With the cable cover attached

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

VISCA RS-422

IN VISCA RS-232C OUT

OFF ON

EXT SYNC IN

1 2 3

DC IN 12V

IR SELECT

OFF ON

DATA MIX

RGB/COMPONENT

Location and Function of Parts

O EXT SYNC IN connector

Accepts external video sync signals.

P Card slot

Insert an optional interface board, HFBK-HD1, HFBK-SD1, HFBK-XG1, HFBK-TS1 or BRBKH700. The slot cover is attached to the camera at the factory.

Q RGB/COMPONENT connector

Supplies the images as analog component (YPbPr or RGB) signal.

R DATA MIX switch

Set the switch to ON to overlap the menu with the video signal output from the installed interface board. Set it to OFF not to overlap the menu.

S Cable cover

The cable cover is attached to the camera at the factory. To remove the cable cover, see page 50.

Note

Do not carry the camera by holding the cable cover. Otherwise, the cable cover may come off and the camera may fall.

Bottom

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V BOTTOM switches

Used for the output signal format selection, RS232C/RS-422 selection, baud rate selection, remote control signal output on/off and camera address setting.

For details, see “Setting of the BOTTOM switches” on page 19.

Setting of the BOTTOM switches

2 3 4

1 Switch 1 (59.94i/50i signal format selector)

Set to ON for output of 50i signal format, or OFF for output of 59.94i signal format.

2 Switch 2 (RS-232C/RS-422 selector)

Set to ON for RS-422, or OFF for RS-232C.

3 Switch 3 (Communication baud rate selector)

Set to ON for 38400bps, or OFF for 9600bps.

4 Switch 4 (Infrared signal output switch)

Set to ON to enable an infrared signal output, or OFF to disable the output.

2 3 4

Overview

T Ceiling bracket mounting screw holes

When you install the camera to the ceiling, secure the supplied ceiling bracket to these holes using the supplied four screws. The four feet are attached to the holes at the factory.

For installation, see “Installing the Camera on the Ceiling” on page 52.

U Tripod screw holes (1/4-20UNC)

When you install the camera to a tripod, secure the tripod to these holes.

5 Camera address selectors

Set the address of the camera. Normally set to “0”. With this setting, addresses are assigned to the cameras automatically in the connected order by pressing the POWER button while holding down the RESET button on the RMBR300 Remote Control Unit. You can assign the camera address “1” to “7” manually by setting these selectors as follows:

Camera address

Switch 1 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON

Switch 2 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON

Switch 3 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON

01234567

Switch 4 is not used.

Note

Set the switches before you turn on the power of the camera.

Location and Function of Parts

Remote Commander (supplied)

C DATA SCREEN button

Press this button to display the main menu. Press it again to turn off the menu. If you press the button when a lower-level menu is selected, the display

POWER

CAMERA SELECT

Overview

AUTO

FAR

DATA SCREEN

STD REV

123

456

PRESET

SLOW FAST

L/R

DIRECTION SET

FOCUS

POSITION

PAN-TILT

HOME

ZOOM

NEAR

BACK LIGHT

RESET

RM-EV100

MANUAL

PAN-TILT RESET

goes back to a higher-level menu.

Note

Pan/tilt and zoom operations are disabled when the menu is displayed.

D PAN-TILT buttons

Press the arrow buttons to perform panning and tilting. Press the HOME button to face the camera back to the front. When the menu is displayed, use V or v to select the menu items and B or b to change the set values.

E L/R DIRECTION SET button

Hold down this button and press the REV button to change the direction of the camera movement opposite to that indicated by the arrow of the B/b buttons. To reset the direction of the camera movement, press the STD button while holding down this button.

A CAMERA SELECT buttons

Press the button corresponding to the camera you want to operate with the Remote Commander. The camera number can be set using the IR SELECT switch on the rear of the camera.

Note

If two or more cameras are adjacent and have the same camera number, they are operated simultaneously with the same Remote Commander. When you install the cameras close to each other, set different camera numbers.

For the camera number setting, see “Operating Multiple Cameras with the Remote Commander” on page 40.

B FOCUS buttons

Used for focus adjustment. Press the AUTO button to adjust the focus automatically. To adjust the focus manually, press the MANUAL button, and adjust it with the FAR and NEAR buttons.

F POWER switch

Press this button to turn on/off the camera when the camera is connected to an AC outlet.

G BACK LIGHT button

Press this button to enable the backlight compensation. Press it again to disable the backlight compensation.

H POSITION buttons

Hold down the PRESET button and press button 1 to 6 to store the current camera direction, zooming, focus adjustment and backlight compensation in the memory of the pressed number button. To erase the memory contents, hold down the RESET button and press button 1 to 6.

I PAN-TILT RESET button

Press this button to reset the pan/tilt position.

J ZOOM buttons

Use the SLOW button to zoom slowly, and the FAST button to zoom quickly. Press the T (telephoto) side of the button to zoom in, and the W (wide angle) side to zoom out.

Location and Function of Parts

Installing batteries

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Two R6 (size AA) batteries (not supplied)

Caution

To avoid risk of explosion, use R6 (size AA) manganese or alkaline batteries.

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit (not supplied)

This manual explains the operations of the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit when it is used with BRC-H700 cameras. For operations with other cameras, refer to the Operating Instructions supplied with the RM-BR300.

B VALUE/R control

When the brightness adjustment mode is selected with the MODE button (with the VALUE indicator lit):

Adjusts the value of the item (SHUTTER, IRIS or GAIN) selected with the menu of the camera. When the VALUE indicator is lit, the function of the control varies according to the MODE setting in the EXPOSURE menu of the camera. For details, see “Functions of the VALUE and BRIGHT controls” on page 47.

When the white balance adjustment mode is selected with the MODE button (with the R indicator lit):

The function of the control with the R indicator lit varies according to the white balance mode selected on the camera. For details, see “Functions of the R and B controls” on page 47.

C BRIGHT/B control

When the brightness adjustment mode is selected with the MODE button (with the BRIGHT indicator lit):

Adjusts the value of the brightness of the camera, etc. When the BRIGHT indicator is lit, the function of the control varies according to the MODE setting in the EXPOSURE menu of the camera. For details, see “Functions of the VALUE and BRIGHT controls” on page 47.

Overview

Front

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VALUE

2 3

4 5

– +

BRIGHT

– +

FOCUS

NEAR FAR

LOCK

MODE

AUTO

MANUAL

ONE PUSH

RESET

PRESET

SHIFT

DIRECTION

POWER

STD REV

L/R

PANEL

BLACK

PAN-TILT

ONE PUSH

LIGHT

RESET

AWB

POSITION

3114

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CAMERA

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6 7

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A LOCK button and indicator

Press the LOCK button for more than one second, and the LOCK indicator lights and the values set by the VALUE/R, BRIGHT/B and FOCUS controls are locked. (The indicators of the locked controls are turned off.) The AUTO/MANUAL button is also disabled. Press the LOCK button for more than one second again to unlock the controls and buttons.

When the white balance adjustment mode is selected with the MODE button (with the B indicator lit):

The function of the control with the B indicator lit varies according to the white balance mode selected on the camera. For details, see “Functions of the R and B controls” on page 47.

D MODE button

Press this button to select the function of the VALUE/R control and BRIGHT/B control. When the brightness adjustment mode is selected, the VALUE and BRIGHT indicators are lit. When the white balance adjustment mode is selected, the R and B indicators are lit.

E FOCUS control

Turn this control counterclockwise (toward NEAR) to focus on a near subject, and clockwise (toward FAR) to focus on a far subject.

F AUTO/MANUAL button a nd AUTO in dicator

Press this button to select focus mode, AUTO or MANUAL.

Location and Function of Parts

When AUTO is selected, the AUTO indicator lights and the FOCUS control and the ONE PUSH AF button are disabled.

Press this button for about one second to display or turn off the menu of the camera, or return to the

main menu. When MANUAL is selected, the FOCUS control and the ONE PUSH AF button are enabled (with

O Joystick

the FOCUS indicator lit).

When the menu of the camera is not

G ONE PUSH AF button

Press this button to perform the one-push auto focus function.

Overview

H RESET button

Hold down this button and press one of the POSITION buttons, and the memory of the camera corresponding to the pressed POSITION button is cleared to the factory-preset conditions. When multiple cameras are connected, hold down this button and press the POWER button to set the camera addresses automatically.

I PRESET button

Hold down this button and press one of the POSITION buttons, and the current camera settings are stored in the memory of the camera corresponding to the pressed POSITION button.

displayed

The joystick is used for pan/tilt and zoom

operations.

When you incline the joystick right and left, the

camera pans. When you incline it forward or

backward, the camera tilts. The pan/tilt speed

changes according to the angle of the inclination.

When you release the joystick, the camera

movement stops.

When you turn the dial on the upper part of the

joystick clockwise, the subject becomes larger

(zoom in). When you turn it counterclockwise, the

subject becomes smaller (zoom out).

When you press the button on the top of the joystick

for one or two seconds regardless of the PAN TILT

ZOOM menu setting, the pan/tilt/zoom are reset

and the camera returns to the front.

When the menu of the camera is displayed

The joystick is used for menu operations.

J PANEL LIGHT button

Press this button to illuminate all the POSITION buttons and CAMERA buttons. Press the button again to turn off the illumination.

Inclining the joystick right, left, forward and

backward has the same function as pressing the

arrow buttons of the supplied Remote Commander.

Pressing the button on the top of the joystick has the

same function as pressing the HOME button on the

K BACK LIGHT button

Remote Commander. When FULL AUTO, SHUTTER Pri, IRIS Pri or

GAIN Pri is selected with MODE of the EXPOSURE menu, press this button to enable the backlight compensation function of the camera. Press it again to disable the function. Hold down the SHIFT button and press this button to enable the spotlight compensation function of the camera. This function adjusts the exposure to a

P SHIFT button and indicators

Hold down this button and press one of the

POSITION buttons. The lower indicator lights and

you can use the POSITION buttons for positions 9

to 16. If you release the SHIFT button, the upper

indicator lights and the POSITION buttons can be

used for positions 1 to 8. darker level if a portion of the shooting object is

illuminated. To disable the spotlight compensation, hold down the SHIFT button and press this button again.

Q L/R DIRECTION button

Hold down this button and press POSITION button

2 (REV) to reverse the pan direction to the direction

in which you incline the joystick. To reset the

L PAN-TILT RESET button

Press this button to reset the pan/tilt position of the

direction, hold down this button and press

POSITION button 1 (STD). camera to the initial conditions.

R POWER button

M ONE PUSH AWB button

When ONE PUSH is selected with the WHITE BALANCE menu of the camera, press this button to perform the one-push white balance adjustment.

Press this button to light the CAMERA button(s)

corresponding to the status of the connected

camera(s).

Blue: The power of the camera is on.

Yellow green: The camera is in standby mode.

N MENU button

Off: No camera is connected.

Location and Function of Parts

Hold down this button and press CAMERA button

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1 to 7 to turn on/off the power of the camera corresponding to the pressed button.

S CAMERA buttons

Press one of the buttons to select the camera from among those connected. The selected CAMERA button lights in blue.

T POSITION buttons

You can store the various camera settings such as the pan, tilt and zoom positions to the memory of the camera corresponding to each POSITION button, and load the settings in the memory.

Rear/Bottom

MODE

RS-422 ON/OFF

RS-232C

VISCA

1919

TALLY/CONTACT

CONTACT(TALLY)

TALLY

CONTACT DC IN 12V

An RS-422 connector plug is attached at the factory.

X TALLY/CONTACT connector

This connector is used for the tally lamp input or the contact output. Select the function of the connector using the TALLY/CONTACT selector. An RS-422 connector plug is attached at the factory.

Overview

Y TALLY/CONTACT selector

Select the function of the TALLY/CONTACT connector. TAL LY: The tally lamp of the camera selected with the connected switcher lights. CONTACT: The contact output corresponding to the camera address selected with the Remote Control Unit is short-circuited against the connected switcher. CONTACT (TALLY): The contact output corresponding to the camera address selected with the Remote Control Unit is short-circuited against the connected switcher and the tally lamp of the camera selected with the connected switcher lights.

U MODE selector

Select the position corresponding to the VISCAcontrollable camera to be connected.

Switch position Camera mode

0 Automatically selected (default)

1 BRC-300/300P

2 EVI-D70/D70P

3 EVI-D100/D100P

4 EVI-D30/D30P

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6 BRC-H700

Note

Set the selector to position 6 when all the connected cameras are BRC-H700s. For other connections, set the selector to position 0.

V VISCA RS-232C connector

Connect to the VISCA RS-232C IN connector of the camera or the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit.

Note

Change the setting of the selector before you turn on the power of the Remote Control Unit. Otherwise, the setting is not effective.

wh DC IN 12V connector

Connect the supplied AC power adaptor.

wj DIP switches (bottom)

Switch 1 (RS-232C/RS-422 selector)

Set to ON for RS-422, or OFF for RS-232C.

Switch 2 (Communication baud rate selector)

Set to ON for 38400bps, or OFF for 9600bps.

Note

Set the DIP switches before you turn on the power of the Remote Control Unit. Otherwise, the setting is not effective.

wk ON/OFF switch

Press this switch to turn on/off the Remote Control Unit.

W VISCA RS-422 connector

Connect to the VISCA RS-422 connector of the camera or the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit.

Location and Function of Parts

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex

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Rear

Unit (not supplied)

465

Front

AUDIO OUT

231

IN EXT SYNC OUT

Overview

CAMERA

RGB/COMPONENT

VISCA RS-232C

D Card slot

Insert an optional interface board, HFBK-SD1,

HFBK-HD1, HFBK-XG1 or HFBK-TS1.

A Power switch

The slot cover is attached to the unit at the factory.

Turns on/off the power of the HD Optical Multiplex Unit. Turn on the power of the BRC-H700 camera before you turn on the HD Optical Multiplex Unit.

E AUDIO OUT L/R jacks

Loop through output of the audio line signal input

from the AUDIO IN jacks on the BRBK-H700 HD

Optical Multiplex Card inserted into the camera via

B Power indicator

the Optical Fiber Cable.

Lit in green: The HD Optical Multiplex Unit is in normal operation. Lit in red: The power of the camera is turned off.

F ~AC IN connector

Connect the supplied AC power cord.

Turn it on. Flashing in red: Abnormal operation of the HD Optical Multiplex Unit. Display the component video signal on the monitor and check the error message. Check also the connection.

G CAMERA connector

Connect to the optical connector of the BRBK-

H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card installed in the

BRC-H700 camera using the CCFC-M100HG

Optical Fiber Cable.

For the error message, see “List of Messages” on

A dustproof cap is attached at the factory.

page 64.

H EXT SYNC IN connector

C DATA MIX switch

Accepts external video sync signals.

Set the switch to ON to overlap the menu with the video signal output from the installed interface board. Set it to OFF not to overlap the menu.

I EXT SYNC OUT connector

Supplies external video sync signals input from the

EXT SYNC IN connector.

FUNCTION

~AC IN

VISCA RS-422

OUT

Location and Function of Parts

J RGB/COMPONENT connector

Supplies the images from the camera as YPbPr or

RGB signal.

K VISCA RS-232C IN connector

Connect to the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

(not supplied). When you connect multiple

cameras, connect it to the VISCA RS-232C OUT

connector of the previous camera in the daisy chain

connection.

L VISCA RS-232C OUT connector

When you connect multiple cameras, connect it to

the VISCA RS-232C IN connector of the next

camera in the daisy chain connection.

M VISCA RS-422 connector

Connect to the VISCA RS-422 connector of the camera or another BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit.

HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board (not supplied)

For the connection to the VISCA RS-422 connector, see “Using the VISCA RS-422 Connector Plug” on back cover.

N VISCA FUNCTION switches

These switches are used for the VISCA communication settings.

Switch 1 (RS-232C/RS-422 selector)

Set to ON for RS-422, or OFF for RS-232C.

Switch 2 (Communication baud rate selector)

Set to ON for 38400bps, or OFF for 9600bps.

Switches 3 to 5 (Camera address selectors)

Camera address

Switch 3 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON

Switch 4 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON

Switch 5 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON

01234567

1 2 3 4

MONITOR

HFBK-SD1

VIDEO SD-SDI

A MONITOR connector (D-sub 9-pin)

Supplies various analog signals such as composite video, S video, component video and RGB signals. The output signal can be selected in the DOWN CONVERTER menu of the camera.

B DIP switches (inside the cap)

When this interface board is inserted into the BRCH700 camera or the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit, the DIP switches cannot be used.

C VIDEO connector (BNC type)

Supplies analog composite signals. The aspect ratio can be selected in the DOWN CONVERTER menu of the camera.

D SD-SDI connector (BNC type)

Supplies down-converted SD-SDI signals that conform to SMPTE259M (for 59.94i signal format) or ITU-R BT.656 (for 50i signal format) serial digital interface standards. The aspect ratio can be selected with the DOWN CONVERTER menu of the camera.

Overview

Switch 6 (59.94i/50i signal format selector)

Set to ON for output of 50i signal format, or OFF for output of 59.94i signal format.

Note

Set the switches before you turn on the power of the unit.

HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board (not supplied)

1 2 3

MONITOR

HFBK-HD1

A MONITOR connector (D-sub 15-pin)

Supplies analog video signals (component or RGB). The output signal can be selected in the HDSDI menu of the camera.

B DIP switches (inside the cap)

When this interface board is inserted into the BRCH700 camera or the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit, the DIP switches cannot be used.

HD-SDI HD-SDI

Location and Function of Parts

C HD-SDI connector (BNC type)

Supplies HD-SDI signals that conform to the SMPTE292M serial digital interface standards. The two connectors output the same signal.

Note

The audio input on this board accepts audio line signals only. When you input audio signals from a microphone, etc., it should be connected with a microphone amplifier so that audio signals with an appropriate audio level can

HFBK-XG1 XGA Interface Board

be input.

(not supplied)

BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex

Overview

1 2

MONITOR

Card (not supplied)

HFBK-XG1

A MONITOR connector (D-sub 15-pin)

Supplies video signals after conversion to VGA, XGA or WXGA. The standards of output signal and aspect ratio can be specified in the PCOUTPUT menu.

B DIP switches (inside the cap)

When this interface board is inserted into the BRCH700 camera or the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit, the DIP switches cannot be used.

HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board (not supplied)

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HFBK-TS1

AUDI O

i.LINK (HDV) OUT

BRBK-H700

AUDIO IN BRU-H700

A AUDIO IN L/R jacks (phono type)

Input an audio signal (stereo) that is output from the

AUDIO OUT jacks on the BRBK-H700 HD

Optical Multiplex Unit via the Optical Fiber Cable.

Note

The audio input on this board accepts audio line

signals only. When you input audio signals from a

microphone, etc., it should be connected with a

microphone amplifier so that audio signals with an

appropriate audio level can be input.

B Optical connector

Performs the optical digital multiplex transmission

of video, audio, external sync and control signals.

A dustproof cap is attached at the factory.

A AUDIO L/R jacks (phono type)

Input audio signals (stereo). The input audio signals are converted into signals that comply with HDV standards.

B DIP switches (inside the cap)

When this interface board is inserted into the BRCH700 camera or the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit, the DIP switches cannot be used.

C i.LINK (HDV) OUT connector (i.Link 6-pin)

Supplies video and audio signals after they are converted to comply with HDV standards.

Location and Function of Parts

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

About On-Screen Menus

You can change various settings, such as shooting conditions and system setup of the camera, while observing menus displayed on a connected monitor. This section explains how to read the on-screen menus before starting menu operations.

For the overall menu configurations, see page 67.

Setting Menus

The setting menu selected on the main menu is displayed.

<SYSTEM> >IR-RECEIVE IMG-FLIP PAN REVERSE TILT REVERSE DISPLAY INFO ANALOG OUT SYNC TYPE SYNC MASTER

OFF OFF OFF OFF

BPR

SYNC

STD

Note

You cannot perform pan/tilt and zoom operations while the menu is displayed.

Main Menu

To display the main menu, press the DATA SCREEN button on the supplied Remote Commander or the MENU button on the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit.

<MENU> DOWN CON >EXPOSURE COLOR PICTURE FOCUS PAN TILT ZOOM SYSTEM STATUS DOWN CON

1 Cursor

Selects a setting menu. Move the cursor up or down by pressing the V or v button on the Remote Commander or by inclining the joystick of the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit forward or backward.

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

1 Setting menu

The name of the setting menu currently selected is displayed here.

2 Cursor

Selects a setting item. Move the cursor up or down by pressing the V or v button on the Remote Commander or inclining the joystick of the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit forward or backward.

3 Setting items

The setting items for this setting menu are displayed. To change a set value, select the setting item using the V or v button on the Remote Commander or the joystick of the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit, and press the B or b button on the Remote Commander or incline the joystick on the RMBR300 right or left.

4 Set value

The currently set values are displayed. To change a set value, use the B or b button on the Remote Commander or the joystick of the RMBR300 Remote Control Unit.

2 Menu items

To display a setting menu, select one using the V or v button on the Remote Commander or the joystick

of the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit, and press the HOME button on the Remote Commander or the top button of the joystick on the RM-BR300.

3 Option borad indicator

Displays the name of the interface board inserted into the card slot of the camera. (The illustration above shows an example when the HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board is inserted.)

For the default value of each setting item, see “Menu Configuration” on page 67.

About On-Screen Menus

Operation Through

Press the HOME button.

The selected menu appears.

Menus

This section explains how to operate the menu using the supplied Remote Commander, or using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit (not supplied).

For details on each menu, see pages 30 through 38.

<SYSTEM> >IR-RECEIVE IMG-FLIP PAN REVERSE TILT REVERSE DISPLAY INFO ANALOG OUT SYNC TYPE SYNC MASTER

OFF OFF OFF OFF

B P R

SYNC

STD

Menu Operation Using the Supplied

Remote Commander

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

POWER

MANUAL

CAMERA SELECT

NEAR

FOCUS

BACK LIGHT

FAR

AUTO

DATA SCREEN

2,4

STD

REV

456

POSITION

PRESET

RESET

PAN-TILT

RESET

HOME

FAST

ZOOM

EV100

RM-

ON SET

CTI

Move the cursor to the setting item to be changed by

pressing the V or v button.

Change the value by pressing the B or b button.

<SYSTEM> IR-RECEIVE IMG-FLIP PAN REVERSE TILT REVERSE >DISPLAY INFO ANALOG OUT SYNC TYPE SYNC MASTER

OFF OFF OFF

B P R

SYNC

STD

Press the DATA SCREEN button. The main menu appears.

<MENU> DOWN CON >EXPOSURE COLOR PICTURE FOCUS PAN TILT ZOOM SYSTEM STATUS DOWN CON

Move the cursor to the menu item to be set by pressing the V or v button.

Note

When you are operating the menu using the supplied Remote Commander, you cannot set IR-RECEIVE in the SYSTEM menu to OFF. To set IR-RECEIVE to OFF, use the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit or the VISCA command.

To return to the main menu

Press the DATA SCREEN button.

To return to the normal display

Press the DATA SCREEN button when the main menu is displayed.

Operation Through Menus

Menu Operation Using the RMBR300 Remote Control Unit

Change the value by inclining the joystick right or left.

VALUE

LOCK

RESET

– +

PRESET

MODE

BRIGHT

SHIFT

– +

L/R

DIRECTION

AUTO

FOCUS

AUTO

POWER

MANUAL

ONE PUSH

NEAR FAR

Press the MAIN button. The main menu appears.

<MENU> DOWN CON >EXPOSURE COLOR PICTURE FOCUS PAN TILT ZOOM SYSTEM STATUS DOWN CON

PANEL

BLACK

PAN-TILT

LIGHT

RESET

POSITION

3114

STD REV

CAMERA

234567

ONE PUSH

AWB

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1 2,4,5

<SYSTEM> IR-RECEIVE IMG-FLIP PAN REVERSE TILT REVERSE >DISPLAY INFO ANALOG OUT SYNC TYPE SYNC MASTER

To return to the main menu

Press the MENU button.

OFF OFF OFF

B P R

SYNC

STD

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

To return to the normal display

Press the MENU button when the main menu is displayed.

Move the cursor to the menu item to be set by inclining the joystick forward or backward.

Press the button on the top of the joystick. The selected menu appears.

<SYSTEM> >IR-RECEIVE IMG-FLIP PAN REVERSE TILT REVERSE DISPLAY INFO ANALOG OUT SYNC TYPE SYNC MASTER

Move the cursor to the setting item to be changed by

OFF OFF OFF OFF

B P R

SYNC

STD

inclining the joystick forward or backward.

Operation Through Menus

IRIS LIMIT: Select the maximum iris to be adjusted in

EXPOSURE Menu

The EXPOSURE menu is used to set the items regarding the exposure.

automatic exposure mode. Select a value from

among F3.4, F4.0, F6.8 and F11.

GAIN: Select the gain from among the following: 0, 3,

6, 9, 12, 15, 18dB, HYPER

SPEED: Select the electric shutter speed from among

the following:

<EXPOSURE> >MODE AE SPEED AGC LIMIT IRIS LIMIT EX-COMP

BACK LIGHT SPOT LIGHT

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

ND:OFF

FULL AUTO

MID

OFF

For the 59.94i signal format

1/60, 1/90, 1/100, 1/125, 1/180, 1/250, 1/350,

1/500, 1/725, 1/1000, 1/1500, 1/2000, 1/3000,

1/4000, 1/6000, 1/10000

For the 50i signal format

1/50, 1/75, 1/100, 1/120, 1/150, 1/215, 1/300,

1/425, 1/600, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1750, 1/2500,

1/3500, 1/6000, 1/10000

ND (ND filter)

Indicates the setting of the built-in ND filter in the camera. OFF, 1 or 2 will be displayed. The ND setting is selectable with the ND select switch on the camera, and cannot be selected in the menu. For details on the ND filter setting, see “Using the ND Filter” on page 31.

IRIS: Select the iris from among the following:

CLOSE, F11, F10, F9.6, F8.7, F8.0, F7.3, F6.8,

F6.2, F5.6, F5.2, F4.8, F4.4, F4.0, F3.7, F3.4, F3.1,

F2.8, F2.6, F2.4, F2.2, F2.0, F1.8, F1.7, F1.6

EX-COMP (exposure compensation)

MODE (exposure mode)

FULL AUTO: The exposure is adjusted automatically

using the sensitivity, electronic shutter speed and iris.

MANUAL: The sensitivity (GAIN), electronic shutter

speed (SPEED) and iris (IRIS) are adjusted manually.

SHUTTER Pri: Shutter Priority mode. The exposure

is adjusted automatically using the sensitivity and iris. Adjust the electronic shutter speed (SPEED) manually.

IRIS Pri: Iris Priority mode. The exposure is adjusted

automatically using the sensitivity and electronic shutter speed. Adjust the iris (IRIS) manually.

GAIN Pri: Sensitivity Priority mode. The exposure is

adjusted automatically using the iris and electronic shutter speed. Adjust the sensitivity (GAIN) manually.

When you select MODE, some of the following setting items that are required for the selected mode appear.

AE SPEED: Select the exposure adjustment speed at

which an optimum exposure value is obtained automatically. You can select LOW (slow speed), MID (normal speed) or HIGH (fast speed). Select when the brightness of the object is changed momentarily.

AGC LIMIT: Select the maximum gain level to be

adjusted in automatic exposure mode. Select a value from among 0, 6, 12 dB and 18 dB. If you set the item to OFF, the gain is adjusted without limitation.

When MODE is set this item to FULL AUTO, SHUTTER Pri, IRIS Pri or GAIN Pri, set this item to ON to enable exposure compensation. When you set EX-COMP to ON, LEVEL appears and you can select the exposure compensation level from among the following: –7, –6, –5, –4, –3, –2, –1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7 If you set the level to 0, exposure compensation will be disabled. Level +7 is the brightest and –7 is the darkest compensation values. When EX-COMP is set to OFF, exposure compensation does not function.

BACK LIGHT

Setting the item to ON enables the BACK LIGHT function. Setting it to OFF disables the function.

SPOT LIGHT

The SPOT LIGHT function allows exposure adjustment at darker levels if a portion of the object to be shot is illuminated. Setting the item to ON enables the SPOT LIGHT function. Setting it to OFF disables the function.

Note

You cannot use both the BACK LIGHT and SPOT LIGHT functions at the same time.

EXPOSURE Menu

Using the ND Filter

You can use the built-in ND filter of the camera according to the brightness of the object to be shot. Select the ND filter setting on the ND filter select switch at the bottom of the camera block.

COLOR Menu

The COLOR menu is used to adjust the white balance and the color.

Switch position

OFF Disables the ND filter

ND1 Uses the ND filter to reduce the output

ND2 Uses the ND filter to reduce the output

Note

Function

luminance level to approximately one sixth

luminance level to approximately 1/32

ND filter select switch

You can check the current setting of the ND filter select switch in the EXPOSURE menu, but you cannot change the setting in the menu.

<COLOR> >WHITE BALANCE WB SENS WB SHIFT COLOR GAIN HUE

AUTO

MID

0 0

WHITE BALANCE (white balance mode)

Select the white balance mode from among the following: AUTO, INDOOR, OUTDOOR, ONE PUSH, MANUAL

When you select WHITE BALANCE, some of the following setting items that are required for the selected mode appear.

WB SENS: When an object is shot under a reddish light

source such as an incandescent lamp, candle, or under a bluish light source such as in the shade, you can adjust the red or blue tint. Set WB SENS to HIGH to reduce the red or blue tint, and set it to LOW to increase a red or blue tint. This function is not effective in the sun.

WB SHIFT: You can shift the white balance focusing

point to your favorite red or blue tint in automatic white balance mode. The adjustable range is from – 7 to +7. It shifts toward a red tint in the + direction, and a blue tint in the – direction.

R. GAIN, B. GAIN: When you select MANUAL, R.

GAIN (red gain) and B. GAIN (blue gain) appear. Adjustable range of each item is from –128 to +127

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

When ONE PUSH is selected

Zoom in on a white subject in the center of the screen and press the HOME button of the supplied Remote Commander. The one-push white balance adjustment is activated. When you are using the RM-BR300 remote control unit (not supplied), pressing the button on the top of the joystick or the ONE PUSH AWB button activates the one-push white balance adjustment.

COLOR

GAIN: Adjusts the color intensity of the picture. The

adjustable range is from –7 to +7. The color

COLOR Menu

intensity increases in the + direction, and decreases in the – direction.

HUE: Adjusts the color tint of an image. The adjustable

range is from –7 to +7. The red tint increases in the + direction, and the green tint increases in the – direction.

PICTURE Menu

The PICTURE menu is used to adjust the picture quality.

<PICTURE> >DETAIL SKINTONE DETAIL GAMMA FLICKER CANCEL STEADY SHOT B&W COLOR BAR

STANDARD

OFF

NORMAL

OFF

OFF OFF

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

DETAIL

Select the image enhancer level. The adjustable level is in the range of 0 to 15. The larger the setting level, the sharper the image outline. You can obtain the softest image outline by selecting level 0.

SKINTONE DETAIL

Makes wrinkles inconspicuous by suppressing the image enhancer in the skin-colored area of an object. Type 1: The range of color recognized as skin color is

narrow.

Type 2: The range of color recognized as skin color is

between those of Type 1 and 3.

Type 3: The range of color recognized as skin color is

extensive.

OFF: The SKINTONE DETAIL function is disabled.

GAMMA

Select the gamma curb of the camera. NORMAL: The object is shot using normal gamma

curb.

CINEMA: The object is shot using a gamma curb to

reproduce a film-like picture with a natural tone.

FLICKER CANCEL

When this item is set to ON, picture blurs (flicker) can be reduced even when shooting under a 50Hz fluorescent light. Set it to OFF to disable this feature.

Note

The FLICKER CANCEL feature may have no effect depending on the type of light source.

STEADY SHOT

You can select the effects of picture blur compensation. OFF: Disables the picture blur compensation depending

on shooting conditions.

SOFT: Sets picture blur compensation with the

exception of natural blur.

PICTURE Menu

STANDARD: Sets normal picture blur compensation. HARD: Sets maximum picture blur compensation.

FOCUS Menu

Note

This feature does not function while the camera is panning or tilting.

B&W (black and white mode)

When this item is set to ON, an image is shot in black and white.

COLOR BAR

When this item is set to ON, the built-in color bar of the camera is displayed on the monitor screen.

The FOCUS menu is used to select the focus mode.

<FOCUS> >MODE

AUTO

MODE (focus mode)

Select the focus adjustment mode.

AUTO: The focus is adjusted automatically. MANUAL: Adjust the focus manually. Use the FAR/

NEAR buttons on the supplied Remote Commander to adjust the focus.

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

FOCUS Menu

Setting range of TILT DOWN/TILT UP

PAN TILT ZOOM Menu

The PAN TILT ZOOM menu is used to select the pan/

END (90°)

89°

tilt/zoom mode.

<PAN TILT ZOOM> PAN-TILT LIMIT > PAN LEFT RIGHT TILT DOWN UP RAMP CURVE D-ZOOM

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

OFF END END OFF END END

MODE1

x4.0

±0°

–29°

END (–30°)

PAN-TILT LIMIT

When you set PAN to ON, you can select the limit of pan operation with the LEFT and RIGHT setting items. When you set TILT to ON, you can select the limit of tilt operation with the UP and DOWN setting items. You can select the following values:

PAN LEF T: END, 169° to –169°, selectable with an

interval of 1°

PAN RIGHT: END, –169° to 169°, selectable with an

interval of 1°

TILT DOWN: END, –29° to 89°, selectable with an

interval of 1°

TILT UP: END, 89° to –29°, selectable with an interval

of 1°

Note

The PAN-TILT LIMIT setting is reset to the factory setting when you change IM-FLIP of the SYSTEM menu.

RAMP CURVE

Select the panning and tilting speed acceleration or reduction mode when the preset panning and tilting operation is recalled.

Setting range of PAN LEFT/PAN RIGHT

CENTER (±0°)

169°

END (170°)

–169°

END (–170°)

MODE1: Panning/tilting speed accelerates or reduces

most sharply.

MODE2: Panning/tilting speed accelerates or reduces

moderately.

MODE3: Panning/tilting speed accelerates or reduces

most gently.

D-ZOOM (digital zoom)

When you select digital zoom magnification (4×, 2× or

1.5×), the selected electronic zoom operates after the optical zoom (12×). You can zoom up to 48× at maximum. When this item is set to OFF, the digital zoom function is disabled.

Note

Regardless of the D-ZOOM setting, images shot by the camera are accumulated for the vertical synchronization period and output from the RGB/COMPONENT connector of the camera and the connector on the optional interface board inserted into the card slot.

PAN TILT ZOOM Menu

SYSTEM Menu

<SYSTEM> >IR-RECEIVE IMG-FLIP PAN REVERSE TILT REVERSE DISPLAY INFO ANALOG OUT SYNC TYPE SYNC MASTER

IR-RECEIVE (infrared signal reception)

When it is set to OFF, the camera does not receive the signal from the supplied Remote Commander. Be sure to keep it ON when you use the supplied Remote Commander.

OFF OFF OFF OFF

B P R

SYNC

STD

DISPLAY INFO (information display)

When the camera settings are stored in POSITION 1 to 16 using the supplied Remote Commander or the RMBR300 Remote Control Unit, the message “PRESET No. xx” automatically appears for 2 seconds on the monitor screen. If you want to display the message each time the camera is operated, set DISPLAY INFO to ON. Set it to OFF to cancel the display.

Note

The message will appear if the built-in cooling fan of the camera has accidentally stopped. When DISPLAY INFO is set to OFF, the display of this message is also canceled.

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

ANALOG OUT

Select the signal output from the RGB/COMPONENT connector on the camera. Select YPbPr for component signal output, or RGB for RGB signal output.

Note

You cannot set IR-RECEIVE to OFF when you operate the menu using the supplied Remote Commander. To set it to OFF, use the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit (not supplied) or the VISCA command.

IMG-FLIP (image flip)

Set IMG-FLIP to ON to rotate the camera image supplied from the RGB/COMPONENT connector upside down and to reverse the direction of the camera movement by pan/tilt operation. Set PAN REVERSE to ON to reverse the horizontal movement of the camera image. Set TILT REVERSE to ON to reverse the vertical movement of the camera image.

When you set IMG-FLIP to ON, “Please restart system!” appears. Turn off the power of the camera and turn it on again.

Note

• Regardless of the IMG-FLIP ON/OFF setting, images shot by the camera are accumulated for the vertical synchronization period and output from the RGB/ COMPONENT connector of the camera and the connector on the optional interface board inserted into the card slot.

• When you set IMG-FLIP to ON, then turn off the camera and turn it on again, PAN REVERSE and TILT REVERSE will be set to ON. When you set IMG-FLIP to OFF, then turn the power off and on again, PAN REVERSE and TILT REVERSE will be set to OFF.

When RGB is selected with ANALOG OUT, ADD SYNC appears. If you set ADD SYNC to RGB, a sync signal is added to each R, G and B signal. If you set it to OFF, no sync signal is added. SYNC TYPE appears when either YPbPr or RGB is selected with ANALOG OUT, and you can select the type of sync signal, SYNC for tri-level sync or VD for bi-level sync.

SYNC MASTER

When you connect a sync signal generator, you can select an output video signal that is synchronized with the external video sync signal input to the EXT SYNC IN connector on the camera from the generator. STD: The output video signal from the RGB/

COMPONENT connector on the camera is synchronized with the external video sync signal.

HD1: The output signal from the HFBK-HD1 HD

Interface Board inserted into the camera is synchronized with the external sync signal.

SD1: The output signal from the HFBK-SD1 SD

Interface Board inserted into the camera is synchronized with the external sync signal.

Note

This menu item is available when the HFBK-HD1 or HFBK-SD1 Interface Board is inserted into the BRUH700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit.

SYSTEM Menu

STATUS Menu

DOWN CONVERTER

The STATUS menu is used to display the settings

selected with the menus.

The DOWN CONVERTER menu is displayed only when the HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board is inserted

<STATUS> EXPOSURE AE SPEED AGC LIMIT IRIS LIMIT EX-COMP BACK LIGHT SPOT LIGHT FOCUS

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

PAGE1

FULL AUTO

MID

18 OFF

OFF 0

OFF OFF

AUTO

into the card slot of the camera.

<DOWN CONVERTER> >D-SUB OUT1

D-SUB OUT2 IMG SIZE

16:9[LETTER]

b P r

VBS

The STATUS menu consists of PAGE1 to PAGE5. This menu only displays the current menu settings, and you cannot change them with the menu.

PAGE1 : Shows the settings selected with the

EXPOSURE and FOCUS menus.

PAGE2 : Shows the settings selected with the COLOR

menu.

PAGE3 : Shows the settings selected with the PAN TILT

ZOOM menu.

D-SUB OUT1

Select the component signal output from the MONITOR connector (D-sub 9-pin) on the HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board.

YPbPr: Outputs analog component signals. RGB: Outputs RGB signals.

PAGE4 : Shows the STEADY SHOT, IR-RECEIVE,

IMG-FLIP, REVERSE PAN, DISPLAY INFO, COLOR BAR and FLICKER CANCEL settings selected with the SYSTEM menu.

PAGE5 : Shows the settings of the type of output

connector on the camera or on the optional interface board inserted into the camera.

ADD SYNC

Appears when RGB is selected with D-SUB OUT1 and specifies whether to add a sync signal. RGB: Outputs each R, G and B signal with a sync signal

added.

G: Outputs the G signal with a sync signal added. OFF: Outputs each signal with no sync signal added.

D-SUB OUT2

Select the output signal from the MONITOR connector on the HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board.

VBS: Outputs analog composite signals. Y/C: Outputs S-video signals.

IMG-SIZE (image size)

Select the aspect ratio of the output signal. 16:9[LETTER]: The image is displayed in 16:9

letterbox.

4:3[CROP]: The image is displayed in 4:3 edge crop. 4:3[SQUEEZE]: The image is displayed in 4:3

squeeze.

STATUS Menu / DOWN CONVERTER Menu

HD-SDI Menu

PC-OUTPUT Menu

The HD-SDI menu is displayed only when the HFBKHD1 HD Interface Board is inserted into the card slot of the camera.

<HD-SDI> >ANALOG OUT SYNC/VD

YPbPr

SYNC

ANALOG OUT

Select the component signal output from the MONITOR connector (D-sub 15-pin) on the HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board.

YPbPr: Outputs analog component signals. RGB: Outputs RGB signals.

SYNC VD

Select the signal output from the SYNC output on the MONITOR connector

SYNC: Outputs the tri-level sync.

VD: Outputs the bi-level sync.

ADD SYNC

Appears when RGB is selected with ANALOG OUT and specifies whether to add a sync signal. RGB: Outputs each R, G and B signal with a sync signal

added.

OFF: Outputs each signal with no sync signal added.

The PC-OUTPUT menu is displayed only when the HFBK-XG1 XGA Interface Board is inserted into the card slot of the camera.

<PC-OUTPUT> >IMG SIZE SYNC

VGA[LETTER]

IMG-SIZE (image size)

Select the signal format and aspect ratio of the output signal.

XGA [CROP]: Outputs XGA (4:3 edge crop). VGA [LETTER]: Outputs VGA (16:9 letterbox). XGA [LETTER]: Outputs XGA (16:9 letterbox). VGA [CROP]: Outputs VGA (4:3 edge crop). WXGA: Outputs WXGA.

SYNC

Specifies whether to add a sync signal to the G signal.

ON: Outputs the G signal with a sync signal added. OFF: Outputs the G signal with no sync signal added.

Select the VD polarity according to the monitor to be used.

POS: Positive NEG: Negative

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

HD-SDI Menu / PC-OUTPUT Menu

HDV Menu

The HDV menu is displayed only when the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board is inserted into the card slot of the camera.

<HDV> >AUDIO DELAY

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

OFF

AUDIO DELAY

Compensates for the delay between the video signal output from the camera and audio signal output via the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board. The compensation level can be selected from 1STEP to 10STEP in every STEP. When it is set to OFF, the compensation feature is disabled. 1STEP stands for one unit of audio frame, which is equal to approximately 24mS.

HDV Menu

Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander

Before operating, check that the camera and peripheral devices are properly installed and connected.

For details, see “Installation” (page 50) and “Connections” (page 54).

Turning on the Power

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

OFF ON

1 2 3

DC IN 12V

VISCA RS-422

IR SELECT

OFF ON

DATA MAX

RGB/COMPONENT

EXT SYNC IN

IN VISCA RS-232C OUT

to AC outlet

POWER lights.

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

Panning and Tilting

POWER

CAMERA SELECT

FOCUS

FAR

AUTO

DATA SCREEN

STD

HOME

L/R DIRECTION SET

Press the POWER switch. The camera will turn on and perform the pan/tilt reset action automatically.

CAMERA SELECT

MANUAL

NEAR

BACK LIGHT

REV

RESET

STD

456

POSITION

PRESET

PAN-TILT

REV

PAN-TILT

RESET

ZOOM

RESET

FAST

100

RM-

S /R

RECTION

HOME

SLOW

Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander

Connect the camera to an AC outlet using the supplied AC power adaptor and power cord. The power is turned on and the POWER lamp lights. The camera will automatically pan and tilt and be reset to the position stored in POSITION 1 (Pan/tilt reset action).

Turn on the peripheral devices.

To turn on/off the camera using the Remote Commander

As long as the camera is connected to an AC outlet, you can turn the camera on or off with the POWER switch on the Remote Commander. When you turn the power off using the Remote Commander, the POWER lamp turns off and the STANDBY lamp lights on the camera.

POWER

CAMERA SELECT

FOCUS

AUTO

DATA SCREEN

MANUAL

FAR

NEAR

BACK LIGHT

POWER STANDBY lights.

Press the arrow button to pan or tilt the camera. While checking the picture on the screen, press the desired arrow button. To move the camera little by little, press the button just for a moment. To move the camera in a wide range, press and hold the button. To move the camera diagonally, press the B or b button while holding down the V or v button.

To face the camera back to the front

Press the HOME button.

If you accidentally move the camera with your hand

Press the PAN-TILT RESET button to perform the pan/ tilt reset action.

If the camera moves in a different direction from that you intended

The camera is preset to face toward the right whenever the b button is pressed. You might wish to face the camera toward the opposite direction from that of the button you pressed, for example, when you change the direction of the camera while checking the picture on the screen. In such a case, press the 2 (REV) button while holding down the L/R DIRECTION SET button. To reset the setting, press the 1 (STD) button while holding down the L/R DIRECTION SET button.

Turning on the Power / Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

Arrow button Movement of the

camera

Setting

L/R

DIRECTION SET

While holding down

STD

Press.

L/R

DIRECTION SET

While holding down

Zooming

Press either of the ZOOM buttons.

PAN-TILT RESET

ZOOM

RM-EV100

Subject appears

farther away. (Wide angle)

Zooms in or out

slowly

(SLOW side)

SLOW FAST

L/R

DIRECTION SET

Subject appears closer. (Telephoto)

Zooms in or out fast (FAST side)

REV

Note

Press.

When you perform pan/tilt operation while the camera is in the telephoto mode, the moving speed of the image on the screen may be a little jerky.

Note

Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander

The setting above only changes the signal emitted from the Remote Commander, and does not change the setting of the camera itself. Therefore, repeat the setting for

Operating Multiple Cameras with the Remote Commander

each Remote Commander if you are using more than one Remote Commander.

Set the IR SELECT switch on the rear of the camera you want to operate to 1, 2 or 3.

If the STANDBY lamp of the camera flashes

When the camera is moved or turned by hand or by external shock, the microcomputer inside the camera may not be able to memorize the pan/tilt position properly and the camera may stop. To reset the pan/tilt position, press the PAN-TILT RESET button or turn the power of the camera off and turn it on again.

Press the CAMERA SELECT button on the Remote Commander that corresponds to the number set in step 1.

1 2 3

IR SELECT

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

STANDBY flashes.

POWER

CAMERA SELECT

AUTO

DATA SCREEN

FOCUS

FAR

NEAR

BACK LIGHT

MANUAL

CAMERA SELECT

Then, you can operate the camera(s) specified by number. Every time you operate the camera(s) using the Remote Commander, the CAMERA SELECT button pressed in step 2 lights.

Adjusting the Camera

POWER

CAMERA SELECT

AUTO

DATA SCREEN

AUTO

FAR

Focusing on a Subject

To focus the camera on a subject automatically

Press the AUTO button. The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the screen automatically.

NEAR

MANUAL

NEAR

FOCUS

BACK LIGHT

FAR

STD REV

123

RESET

456

POSITION

PRESET

PAN-TILT

MANUAL

BACK LIGHT

PAN-TILT

RESET

HOME

ZOOM

SLOW FAST

N SET

L/R

RECTI

RM-EV100

Shooting with Back Lighting

When you shoot a subject with a light source behind it, the subject becomes dark. In such a case, press the BACK LIGHT button. To cancel the function, press the BACK LIGHT button again.

FOCUS

AUTO

DATA SCREEN

STD REV

Note

The BACK LIGHT function is not effective if MODE is set to MANUAL in the EXPOSURE menu of the camera.

MANUAL

NEARFAR

BACK LIGHT

123

Subject appears brighter.

Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander

To focus the camera on a subject manually

After pressing the MANUAL button, press either the FAR or the NEAR button to have the camera focus on the subject.

CAMERA SELECT

123

Focusing on a far subject

Focusing on a near subject

FOCUS

AUTO

DATA SCREEN BACK LIGHT

MANUAL

NEARFAR

Adjusting the Camera

To recall the stored settings

Storing the Camera

Press any of the POSITION buttons, 1 to 6, in which you have stored the settings.

Settings in Memory

– Presetting Feature

Up to six combinations of settings (six positions) including camera position, zooming, focusing, and backlighting, can be preset.

Note

The camera can store up to sixteen combinations of settings (sixteen positions) in the memory, but the supplied Remote Commander supports preset of six positions only (POSITION 1 to 6). Use the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit (not supplied) to store the settings in POSITION 7 to 16.

For details of the camera settings to be preset, see

Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander

“Presetting Items” on page 70.

POWER

MANUAL

CAMERA SELECT

NEAR

FOCUS

BACK LIGHT

FAR

PRESET

AUTO

DATA SCREEN

STD REV

RESET

456

POSITION

PRESET

PAN-TILT

POSITION 1-6

TILT

PAN

RES

HOME

AST

ZOOM

SLOW

N SET

L/R

IRECTI

RESET

RM-EV100

To cancel the preset memory

While holding down the RESET button, press the POSITION button from which you want to cancel the settings.

DATA SCREEN

While holding down

Notes

• When the power is turned on, the camera starts with the settings stored in POSITION 1.

• If you want to retain the previous pan and tilt positions, etc. when the power is turned off and turned on again, store those positions in POSITION 1.

• Storing or canceling the settings in POSITION 1 takes about 2 seconds longer than those of other positions.

• When you are storing or canceling the settings in one POSITION, you cannot call up, store or cancel the settings in another POSITION.

BACK LIGHT

STD REV

123

456

RESETPRESET

POSITION

Press a POSITION button.

While holding down

Storing the Camera Settings in Memory – Presetting Feature

Press the PAN-TILT RESET button to reset the pan/ tilt position.

Adjust the position, zooming, focusing and backlighting of the camera (pages 39 to 41).

While holding down the PRESET button, press any of the POSITION buttons, 1 to 6, in which you want to store the settings.

DATA SCREEN

BACK LIGHT

STD REV

123

456

RESETPRESET

POSITION

Press a POSITION button.

The message “PRESET No.xx” (selected POSITION number) is output from the component or RGB output connector and is displayed for about 2 seconds.

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Before operating, check that the camera, the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit and peripheral devices are properly installed and connected.

For details, see “Installation” (page 50) and “Connections” (page 54).

Turning on the Power

PANEL LIGHT

PANEL

BLACK

PAN-TI LT

LIGHT

RESET

POSITION

3114

STD REV

CAMERA

234567

ONE PUSH

AWB

5136147158

–+

NEAR FAR

RESET

VALUE

LOCK

RESET

PRESET

MODE

BRIGHT

SHIFT

L/R

DIRECTION

AUTO

FOCUS

AUTO

POWER

MANUAL

ONE PUSH

1 2

POWER CAMERA

To turn on/off the camera using the RMBR300 Remote Control Unit

As long as the camera is connected to an AC outlet, you can turn the camera on or off with the POWER button on the Remote Control Unit. While holding down the POWER button, press the CAMERA button corresponding to the camera whose power you want to turn on/off. When you turn the power off using the Remote Control Unit, the POWER lamp turns off and the STANDBY lamp lights on the camera.

STANDBY lights.

To illuminate the panel of the Remote Control Unit

Press the PANEL LIGHT button. All the POSITION buttons and CAMERA buttons light. To turn off the illumination, press the PANEL LIGHT button again.

PANEL

LIGHT

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Press the ON/OFF switch on the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit to turn it on. The CAMERA button representing the camera whose power was turned off last lights. (The CAMERA 1 button lights by default.)

Turn on the peripheral devices.

Note

Be sure to turn on the power of the camera before the power of the Remote Control Unit. Otherwise, the Remote Control Unit cannot recognize the connected camera.

Operating Multiple Cameras

Before operating, you must assign the camera addresses to the connected cameras as follows. Then you can switch the camera to be controlled simply by pressing the corresponding CAMERA button.

To assign camera addresses automatically

Make sure that the camera address selector on the bottom of each camera is set to “0.”

For setting the camera address selector, see page 19.

Turn on the power of all the connected cameras and the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit.

Turning on the Power

Hold down the RESET button and press the POWER button on the Remote Control Unit. The Remote Control Unit recognizes the connected cameras and assigns them camera addresses 1 to 7 automatically in the connected order.

Press the POWER button on the Remote Control Unit and check that the CAMERA buttons light. The number of the lit CAMERA buttons indicates how many cameras have the addresses assigned. Now you can switch the camera you want to control with the Remote Control Unit by pressing the CAMERA button.

To assign camera addresses manually

Set one of the camera addresses, 1 to 7, using the camera address selectors on the bottom of each camera.

For setting the camera address selectors, see page 19.

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

Panning and Tilting

L/R DIRECTION

VALUE

LOCK

– +

MODE

BRIGHT

– +

AUTO

FOCUS

AUTO

MANUAL

ONE PUSH

NEAR FAR

POWER

Turn on the power of the camera and the RMBR300 Remote Control Unit. The camera will turn on, performing the pan/tilt reset action automatically.

STD

RESET

PRESET

SHIFT

STD REV

L/R

DIRECTION

POWER

REV

PANEL

BLACK

PAN-TILT

LIGHT

RESET

POSITION

3114

5136147158

CAMERA

234567

PAN-TILT RESET

ONE PUSH

AWB

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Press the CAMERA button corresponding to the camera you want to operate.

Operate the joystick to pan or tilt the camera. While checking the picture on the screen, incline the joystick in the desired direction. The panning/tilting speed changes according to the angle at which you incline the joystick. Release the joystick to stop panning/tilting.

To face the camera back to the front

Press the button on the top of the joystick for one or two seconds.

Press for 1 or 2 seconds.

If you accidentally move the camera with your hand

Press the PAN-TILT RESET button to perform the pan/ tilt reset action.

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

If the camera moves in a different direction from that you intended

The camera is preset to face toward the right whenever the joystick is inclined to the right. You might wish to face the camera toward the opposite direction from that in which you inclined the joystick, for example, when you change the direction of the camera while checking the picture on the screen. In such a case, press the POSITION 2 (REV) button while holding down the L/R DIRECTION button. To reset the setting, press the POSITION 1 (STD) button while holding down the L/R DIRECTION button.

Zooming

Turn the dial on the upper part of the joystick.

Subject appears farther

away. (Wide angle)

Note

Subject appears closer. (Telephoto)

Joystick Movement of the

Setting

camera

Incline to the right.

While holding down

L/R

DIRECTION

STD

Press.

While holding down

L/R

DIRECTION

REV

Press.

Note

The setting above only changes the signal emitted from the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit, and does not change the setting of the camera itself.

When you perform pan/tilt operation while the camera is in the telephoto mode, the moving speed of the image on the screen may be a little jerky.

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

If the STANDBY lamp of the camera flashes

When the camera is moved or turned by hand or by external shock, the microcomputer inside the camera may not be able to memorize the pan/tilt position properly. To reset the pan/tilt position, press the PAN-TILT RESET button.

STANDBY flashes.

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Adjusting the Camera

MODE

SHIFT

RESET

PRESET

SHIFT

STD REV

L/R

DIRECTION

POWER

BACK LIGHT

PANEL LIGHT

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VAL UE/R

VALUE

–+

BRIGHT

–+

FOCUS

NEAR FAR

LOCK

MODE

AUTO

MANUAL

ONE PUSH

FOCUS

BRIGHT/B

ONE PUSH AF

Focusing on a Subject

To focus the camera on a subject automatically

Press the AUTO/MANUAL button so that the AUTO indicator lights. The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the screen automatically.

ONE PUSH AWB

BLACK

PAN-TI LT

ONE PUSH

LIGHT

RESET

AWB

POSITION

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CAMERA

AUTO/M ANUAL

AUTO

MANUAL

Shooting with Back Lighting

When you shoot a subject with a light source behind it, the subject becomes dark. In such a case, press the BACK LIGHT button. To cancel the function, press the BACK LIGHT button again.

BACK LIGHT

Note

The BACK LIGHT function is not effective if MODE is set to MANUAL in the EXPOSURE menu of the camera.

Shooting with spotlight compensation

If a portion of the shooting object is illuminated, the spotlight compensation function adjusts the exposure to a darker level. Hold down the SHIFT button and press the BACK LIGHT button. To cancel the function, hold down the SHIFT button and press the BACK LIGHT button again.

Note

The backlighting and spotlight compensation functions cannot be used simultaneously.

Adjusting the White Balance

To focus the camera on a subject manually

Press the AUTO/MANUAL button so that the AUTO indicator turns off. Then turn the FOCUS control clockwise or counterclockwise to have the camera focus on the subject.

FOCUS

Focusing on a near

subject

NEAR

Focusing on a far subject

FAR

One-push auto focusing during manual focus adjustment

Press the ONE PUSH AF button. The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the screen automatically.

ONE PUSH

Before adjusting the white balance, shoot a white object under the same lighting conditions as the subject you want to shoot, and zoom it in on the screen. (You can use a white wall, etc., instead of the object.)

To adjust the white balance automatically

Set WHITE BALANCE to ONE PUSH in the COLOR menu of the camera.

For setting, see “COLOR Menu” on page 31.

Press the ONE PUSH AWB button. The white balance is adjusted automatically.

ONE PUSH

AWB

To adjust the white balance manually

Set WHITE BALANCE to MANUAL in the COLOR menu of the camera.

For setting, see “COLOR Menu” on page 31.

Adjusting the Camera

Press the MODE button so that the R and B indicators on the VALUE/R and BRIGHT/B controls light (White balance adjustment mode).

Adjust the red gain with the R control and the blue gain with the B control.

VALUE

Turn toward – for

weakening red.

Turn toward – for

weakening blue.

–+

BRIGHT

–

Turn toward + for emphasizing red.

MODE

Turn toward + for emphasizing blue.

Functions of the R and B controls

When the white balance adjustment mode is selected with the MODE button on the Remote Control Unit, the functions of the R control and B control change according to the WHITE BALANCE setting in the COLOR menu of the camera.

WHITE BALANCE setting

MANUAL Red gain

AUTO, ONE PUSH

R control B control

control

WB SHIFT control

Blue gain control

WB SHIFT control

For details on the WB SHIFT (white balance shift) control, see “WHITE BALANCE” on page 31.

Adjust the brightness with the VALUE or BRIGHT control.

Turn toward – for

darkening the

picture by changing

shutter speed, gain

level or F-number.

Turn toward – for

darkening the picture

by changing exposure

compensation level,

F-number or gain

level.

VALUE

–+

BRIGHT

–

Turn toward + for brightening the picture by changing shutter speed, gain level or Fnumber.

MODE

Turn toward + for brightening the picture by changing exposure compensation level, F-

number or gain level.

Functions of the VALUE and BRIGHT controls

The functions of the VALUE control and the BRIGHT control change according to the MODE setting in the EXPOSURE menu, as follows:

MODE setting Function of

VALUE control

FULL AUTO Not used Exposure

SHUTTER Pri Shutter speed

control

IRIS Pri F-number control Exposure

GAIN Pri Gain control Not used

MANUAL Shutter speed

control

* When EX-COMP is ON in the EXPOSURE menu

Function of BRIGHT control

compensation level control*

Exposure compensation level control*

compensation level control*

F-number and gain controls

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Adjusting the Brightness

Set MODE to SHUTTER Pri, IRIS Pri, GAIN Pri or MANUAL in the EXPOSURE menu of the camera.

For setting, see “EXPOSURE Menu” on page 30.

Press the MODE button so that the VALUE and BRIGHT indicators on the VALUE/R and BRIGHT/B controls light (Brightness adjustment mode).

Adjusting the Camera

Storing the Camera

POSITION buttons in which you want to store the settings.

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Settings in Memory

– Presetting Feature

Up to sixteen combinations of settings (sixteen positions), including camera position, zooming, focusing, and backlighting, can be stored in the memory of the camera using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit.

For details of the camera settings to be preset, see “Presetting Items” on page 70.

Storing Camera Settings

To select positions 9 to 16

While holding down the SHIFT button, press the PRESET button (to store the settings) or the RESET button (to cancel the settings). The lower indicator on the SHIFT button will light and the POSITION 1 to 8 buttons can be used for positions 9 to 16. When you release the SHIFT button, the upper indicator lights and the POSITION 1 to 8 buttons can be used for positions 1 to 8.

While holding down (for POSITION 1 to 8)

RESET

PRESET

SHIFT

Press a POSITION button.

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While holding down (for POSITION 9 to 16)

The settings are stored in the memory of the camera. The pressed button flashes during storing. Flashing stops when storing is completed.

To recall the stored settings

Press any of the POSITION buttons in which you have stored the settings. For POSITION 9 to 16, hold down the SHIFT button and press any of the POSITION buttons.

To cancel the preset memory

While holding down the RESET button (for POSITION 1 to 8) or the SHIFT and RESET buttons (for POSITION 9 to 16), press the POSITION button from which you want to cancel the settings.

SHIFT

Lights for positions 9 to 16.

Lights for positions 1 to 8.

VALUE

–+

BRIGHT

–+

FOCUS

NEAR FAR

RESET

LOCK

MODE

AUTO

MANUAL

ONE PUSH

RESET

PRESET

SHIFT

STD REV

L/R

DIRECTION

POWER

PANEL

BLACK

PAN-TI LT

ONE PUSH

LIGHT

RESET

AWB

POSITION

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CAMERA

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Press the PAN-TILT RESET button to reset the pan/ tilt position.

Press the CAMERA button to select the camera whose settings you want to preset.

Adjust the position, zooming, focusing and backlighting of the camera. (See page 44 to 47.)

While holding down (for POSITION 1 to 8)

RESET

PRESET

SHIFT

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Press a POSITION button.

While holding down (for POSITION 9 to 16)

The pressed button flashes during canceling of the settings. Flashing stops when the settings have been canceled.

Notes

• When the power is turned on, the camera starts with the settings stored in POSITION 1.

• If you want to retain the previous pan and tilt positions when the power is turned off and turned on again, store those positions in POSITION 1.

• When you are storing or canceling the settings in one POSITION, you cannot call up, store or cancel the settings in another POSITION.

While holding down the PRESET button (for POSITION 1 to 8) or the SHIFT and PRESET buttons (for POSITION 9 to 16), press any of the

Storing the Camera Settings in Memory – Presetting Feature

Setting the Speed of the Camera Moving to a Preset Position

You can select the panning/tilting speed when the camera moves to a preset position.

Press the CAMERA button to select the camera whose speed you want to set.

Press the POSITION button for which you want to set the speed for more than one second. All the CAMERA buttons, 1 to 7, flash.

Press one of the CAMERA buttons to select the speed.

CAMERA button Panning/tilting speed

1 1 degree/sec.

2 2.2 degrees/sec.

3 4.8 degrees/sec.

4 11 degrees/sec.

5 23.3 degrees/sec.

6 43 degrees/sec.

7 60 degrees/sec. (default)

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Now the camera will move to the position preset to the pressed POSITION button with the selected speed.

To set the speed of the camera moving to a preset position between 9 and 16

Hold down the SHIFT button and press the corresponding POSITION button for more than one second.

Storing the Camera Settings in Memory – Presetting Feature

Installation and Connections

Installation

Removing/Attaching the Cable Cover

To remove the cable cover

The cable cover is attached to the camera at the factory. You can remove it, if necessary.

Release the two screws on the cable cover.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

VISCA RS-422

IN VISCA RS-232C OUT

OFF ON

EXT SYNC IN

1 2 3

DC IN 12V

IR SELECT

OFF ON

DATA MIX

RGB/COMPONENT

Tighten the two screws on both ends of the cover.

Note

Never carry the camera by holding the cable cover.

Attaching an Interface Board

Attach an interface board (not supplied) to the card slot on the rear of the camera.

Loosen the two screws to remove the card slot cover.

Hold the lower ends of the cable cover and pull it toward you.

Installation and Connections

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

VISCA RS-422

IN VISCA RS-232C OUT

OFF ON

EXT SYNC IN

1 2 3

DC IN 12V

IR SELECT

OFF ON

DATA MIX

RGB/COMPONENT

To attach the cable cover

Insert the projections on the upper ends of the cover into the camera, then push in the cover at both ends.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

VISCA RS-422

IN VISCA RS-232C OUT

OFF ON

EXT SYNC IN

1 2 3

DC IN 12V

IR SELECT

OFF ON

DATA MIX

RGB/COMPONENT

Installation

Insert an optional interface board into the card slot. Align both ends of the interface board with the sliders inside the slot, then insert the board securely as far as it will go.

an appropriate countermeasure to prevent the camera from falling.

Notes

Interface board (not supplied)

Tighten the two screws on the interface board.

• Do not grasp the camera head when carrying the camera.

• Do not turn the camera head by hand. Doing so may result in the camera malfunctioning.

Installation and Connections

To remove the interface board

Loosen the two screws on the interface board and pull the board out straight and slowly.

Installing the Camera

To install the camera on a desk

Place the camera on a flat surface. If you have to place the camera on an inclined surface, make sure that the inclination is less than ±15 degrees, so that the pan/tilt performance is guaranteed, and take

To attach the camera to a tripod

Attach a tripod to the screw hole used for attaching a tripod on the bottom of the camera. The tripod must be set up on a flat surface and tightened firmly by hand. Use a tripod with screws of the following specifications.

/4 -20UNC

= 4.5 mm – 7 mm = 0.18 – 0.27 inches

Installation

Installing the Camera on the Ceiling

Installation example

Using the supplied ceiling brackets, wire rope, screws and the attachment materials (not supplied), you can attach the camera to the ceiling. When you install the camera, always install it on a level ceiling. If you have to install it on an inclined ceiling, make sure that the inclination is within ±15 degrees, so that the pan/tilt performance is guaranteed.

WARNING

• When you attach the camera to the ceiling, entrust the installation to an experienced contractor or installer.

• Attach the camera to the ceiling firmly, after making sure the ceiling and the attachment materials (not including the supplied accessories) are strong enough to bear a weight of 60 kg. If the ceiling is not strong enough, the camera may fall and cause serious injury.

• Be sure to attach the supplied wire rope to prevent the camera from falling.

• Check periodically, at least once a year, to ensure that the connection has not loosened. If conditions warrant, make this periodic check more frequently.

Remove the cable cover on the rear of the camera. For details on how to remove it, see “To remove the cable cover” on page 50.

Set IMG-FLIP to ON in the SYSTEM menu.

Remove the four screws on the bottom of the camera to remove the four feet.

Before installation

After deciding the shooting direction, make the required holes for the ceiling bracket (B) and connecting cables on the ceiling. For the dimensions of the ceiling bracket (B), see page 73.

Installation and Connections

Notes

• The connecting cables cannot be passed through the ceiling bracket (A). A hole for the wiring is required in the ceiling at the back of the camera where it is attached to the ceiling.

• The ceiling bracket cannot be attached to the junction box.

• Do not attach any object other than the camera to the ceiling brackets.

Attach the ceiling bracket (A) to the bottom of the camera using the supplied four screws (3M3 × 8). Position the f hole on the ceiling bracket (A) to the front of the camera, align the screw holes on the ceiling bracket with those on the bottom of the camera, then attach the bracket to the camera.

3M3 × 8 (supplied)

Ceiling bracket (A)

Front of camera

Installation

WARNING

For attaching the camera to the ceiling bracket, use only the supplied screws. Using other screws may damage the camera.

Attach the attachment materials (not supplied) to the ceiling bracket (B), and install the bracket on the ceiling. Align the f hole on the ceiling bracket (B) in the direction where the front of the camera will be positioned later.

Attachment materials

Insert the protrusions on the ceiling bracket (A) into the spaces prepared in the ceiling bracket (B) with the f hole on the ceiling bracket (A) aligned with the a hole on the ceiling bracket (B), and temporarily attach them by turning the ceiling bracket (A) with the camera clockwise.

Ceiling

Ceiling bracket (B)

Attach the wire rope to the ceiling. Use an appropriate screw larger than M8 (5/16 inches) (not supplied). Attach the wire rope to an area on the ceiling independent of the area where the ceiling bracket is attached.

Pass the wire rope through the fixing hole and attach its end to the attachment hole on the bracket using the supplied one screw (3M4 × 8).

Wire rope

3M4 × 8 (supplied)

f hole

Ceiling

Align.

Secure the ceiling brackets (A) and (B) using the

Ceiling bracket (B)

supplied three screws (3M3 × 8).

Ceiling bracket (A)

Installation and Connections

Ceiling bracket (A)

Note

For attaching the wire rope to the bracket, use only the supplied screw. Using another screw may disable the function of the wire rope.

3M3 × 8 (supplied)

Ceiling

Installation

Connect the cables to the connectors on the rear of the camera.

Connections

Ceiling

Note

Take the proper steps to ensure that the load of the cables connected does not cause problems.

Attach the cable cover. For attachment, see page 50. The SONY and/or HD nameplates can be turned upside down, if necessary,

Connecting to an AC Outlet

Use the supplied AC power adaptor and AC power cord to connect the camera to an AC outlet.

AC power adaptor MPA-AC1 (supplied)

to AC outlet

DC IN 12V

AC power cord (supplied)

Installation and Connections

To remove the camera

Remove the three screws used to attach the camera in step 9 of “Installation.”

Turn the camera with the bracket counterclockwise to remove.

Connections

Connecting the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Use the RS-232C connecting cable supplied with the Remote Control Unit.

to AC outlet

VISCA RS-232C IN

To connect the Remote Control Unit using the VISCA RS-422 connectors

You can use the VISCA RS-422 connectors to connect the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit to the camera instead of the VISCA RS-232C connectors. Use of the VISCA RS-422 connectors allows the connection up to 1,200 m (3,937 feet) away.

Prepare the connecting cable using the RS-422 connector plugs that come with the camera and the Remote Control Unit.

For making the cable, refer to the pin assignments of the VISCA RS-422 connector (pages 76 and 77) and the wiring diagram of VISCA RS-422 connection (page 79). For the use of the RS-422 connector plugs, see back cover.

RS-232C cable*

VISCA RS-232C

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

DC IN 12V

AC power cord*

to AC outlet

AC power adaptor*

* supplied with the RM-BR300

Note

When using the VISCA RS-232C connectors, check that the BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera (page 19) and the DIP switch on the bottom of the Remote Control Unit (page 23) are set to RS-232C.

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Notes

VISCA RS-422

VISCA RS-422 cable

VISCA RS-422

to AC outlet

Installation and Connections

• When using the VISCA RS-422 connectors, check that the BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera (page 19) and the DIP switch on the bottom of the Remote Control Unit (page 23) are set to RS-422.

• When the connections using the VISCA RS-422 connectors are made, the VISCA RS-232C connection is not available.

Connections

Connecting a Monitor, etc.

Connecting a Device Equipped with Equipped with the Analog Component (YPbPr) Input Connector

to AC outlet

RGB/COMPONENT

Connecting cable with D-sub 15-pin connectors (commercially available)

VISCA RS-232C Connector

Connections with the VISCA RS-232C cables (cross

type) enable control of multiple cameras with a single

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit.

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

VISCA RS-232C

to AC outlet

RS-232C cable

(supplied with the

RM-BR300)

VISCA

RS-232C IN

to AC outlet

Installation and Connections

HD video monitor, etc.

to component video input

First BRC-H700

VISCA RS-232C OUT

RS-232C cable

VISCA RS-232C IN

to AC outlet

Second BRC-H700

VISCA RS-232C OUT

RS-232C cable

VISCA RS-232C IN

to AC outlet

Third to Seventh BRC-H700

Connections

You can connect the camera to a computer equipped with the VISCA RS-232C connector instead of the connection to the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit.

Note

When using the VISCA RS-232C connectors, check that the BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera (page 19) and the DIP switch on the bottom of the Remote Control Unit (page 23) are set to RS-232C.

Connecting a Device Equipped with

VISCA RS-422

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

to AC outlet

VISCA RS-422 Connector

Connection via the VISCA RS-422 connectors enables control of multiple cameras. This allows the connection up to 1,200 m (3,937 feet) away.

Prepare the connecting cable using the RS-422 connector plugs that come with the camera and the Remote Control Unit.

cover.

Notes

• When using the VISCA RS-422 connectors, check that the BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera (page 19) and the DIP switch on the bottom of the Remote Control Unit (page 23) are set to RS-422.

• When the connections using the VISCA RS-422 connectors are made, the VISCA RS-232C connection is not available.

• Do not make the VISCA RS-422 connection and the VISCA RS-232C connection simultaneously. If both cables are connected simultaneously, the camera may malfunction.

VISCA RS-422

cable

VISCA RS-422

to AC outlet

First BRC-H700

VISCA RS-422

VISCA RS-422 cable

VISCA RS-422

Installation and Connections

to AC outlet

Second BRC-H700

VISCA RS-422

VISCA RS-422 cable

VISCA RS-422

Third to Seventh BRC-H700

to AC outlet

Connections

Connecting a Video Monitor

Connecting a Video Monitor, VTR, Equipped with Analog RGB/ Component Connectors

When you install an optional HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board into the camera, you can output the signal from the camera by converting it into component video, RGB, composite video or S-video signal.

to AC outlet

MONITOR

HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board

etc. Equipped with Composite

Video Input Connector

When you install an optional HFBK-SD1 SD Interface

Board into the camera, you can output the signal from

the camera by converting it into composite video signal.

to AC outlet

VIDEO

HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board

75-ohm coaxial

CCXC-9DD/9DBS, CCMC-9DS cable, etc. (not supplied)

Installation and Connections

to component

input

Video monitor, VTR, etc.

Video monitor, etc.

cable

to composite video input

For details on how to attach the HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board, see page 50.

To select the output signal, use the D-SUB OUT1 and DSUB OUT2 items in the DOWN CONVERTER menu (page 36).

Connections

Connecting a VTR Equipped with

SDI Input Connector

When you install an optical HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board in the camera, you can output the signal from the camera by converting it into an SDI signal that conforms to SMPTE259M (for 59.94i signal format) or ITU-R BT.656 (for 50i signal format) serial digital interface standards.

to AC outlet

HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board

SD-SDI

HD-SDI Input Connectors

When you install an optional HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board in the camera, you can output the signal from the camera by converting it into a signal compliant with HD-SDI standards (SMPTE292M serial digital interface).

to AC outlet

HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board

HD-SDI

Connecting cable with BNC connectors

to SDI input

DVCAM, etc. equipped with an SDI input comnnector

Notes

• When an optional HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board is installed in the camera, the DIP switches on the board cannot be used. Use the menus of the camera for various settings.

• Signal processing in the interface board causes all output signals from the HFBK-SD1 to be delayed by approximately 93H (horizontal sync time) compared with the YPbPr/RGB output signals from the camera. A similar delay occurs when using an external sync signal.

Connecting cable with BNC connectors

Installation and Connections

to HD-SDI input

HDCAM, etc. equipped with an HD-SDI input comnnectors

Notes

• When an optional HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board is installed in the camera, the DIP switches on the board cannot be used. Use the menus of the camera for various settings.

• Signal processing in the interface board causes all output signals from the HFBK-HD1 to be delayed by approximately 4H (horizontal sync time) compared with the YPbPr/RGB output signals from the camera. A similar delay occurs when using an external sync signal.

Connections

Connecting a Computer

When you install an optional HFBK-XG1 XGA Interface Board into the camera, you can output the signal from the camera by converting it into a signal compliant with the VESA (VGA, XGA or WXGA) standards.

to AC outlet

Optical connector

BRBK-H700 Optical Multiplex Card

CCFC-M100HG Optical

to AC outlet

Fiber Cable

CAMERA

MONITOR

HFBK-XG1 XGA Interface Board

RGB/COMPONENT

IN EXT SYNC OUT

CAMERA

Connecting cable with D-sub 15-pin connectors

Installation and Connections

COMPONENT

to RGB input

RGB/

connecting cable with D-sub 15-pin connectors

AC power cord (supplied with the BRU-H700

BRU-H700 HD

AUDIO

Optical Multiplex

Unit

FUNCTION

AC IN

VISCA RS-422

VISCA RS-232C

OUT

VISCA RS-232C IN

to AC outlet

to RGB/ component input

Computer

HD monitor, etc.

RS-232C cable (supplied with the RM-BR300)*

Connecting the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

When you install an optional BRBK-H700 Optical Multiplex Card in the camera, you can connect the camera to the BRU-H700 Optical Multiplex Unit using the CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable. This allows you to control the camera from up to 1,000 m (3,281 feet) away.

Connections

VISCA RS-232C

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

to AC outlet

* The VISCA RS-422 connection is also available if you use the

VISCA RS-422 connectors.

Notes

• When the connection using the Optical Fiber Cable is made, the VISCA RS-232C and VISCA RS-422 connectors on the camera cannot be used.

• When using the VISCA RS-232C connectors or VISCA RS-422 connectors, check the VISCA

FUNCTION switch on the rear of the Optical Multiplex Unit (page 25) and the DIP switch on the bottom of the Remote Control Unit (page 23) are set to RS-232C or RS-422 correctly.

Notes on use of the CCFC-M100HG HD Optical Fiber Cable

• In order to prevent cable transmission loss, fix the bend in the cable keeping more than 40 mm (1 5/8 inches) radius.

Connecting a Video Switcher

Use a commercially available video switcher to switch between the multiple camera signals to be output.

Third to Seventh BRC-H700

CCFCM100HG

BRC-H700

Keep more than 40 mm (1 5/8 inches) radius.

BRU-H700

CCFC-M100HG

• To connect two Optical Fiber Cables, use the extension plug supplied with the cable.

Extension plug

VISCA RS-

232C IN

RS-232C cable

VISCA RS-232C

OUT

VISCA RS-

232C IN

RS-232C cable

VISCA RS-232C

OUT

VISCA RS-

232C IN

to AC outlet

RGB/

COMPONENT

Second BRCH700

to RGB/ COMPONENT

First BRCH700

Installation and Connections

RS-232C

Connecting cable with D-sub 15-pin connectors (commercially available)

cable

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

VISCA RS-232C

MODE

RS-422 ON/OFF

RS-232C

VISCA

1919

TALLY/CONTACT

CONTACT(TALLY)

TALLY

CONTACT DC IN 12V

TA LLY / CONTACT

Connecting cable with D-sub 15-pin connectors (commercially available)

to CONTACT

to component video input

Video switcher (commercially available)

For connection with a video switcher, refer to the Operating Instructions of the switcher.

Connections

Connecting a Sync Signal Generator

To connect a single camera

To connect multiple cameras to the HD sync signal generator

You can connect up to seven cameras.

Third to Seventh (last) BRC-H700

75-ohm termination switch: ON

to AC outlet

EXT SYNC IN

75-ohm coaxial cable

EXT SYNC IN

Installation and Connections

Sync signal generator

to SYNC OUT

Commercially available

T-type signal separator

to AC outlet

Second BRC-H700

75-ohm termination switch: OFF

to AC outlet

First BRC-H700

75-ohm termination switch: OFF

to AC outlet

EXT SYNC IN

75-ohm coaxial cable

to SYNC OUT

HD sync signal generator

Connections

To connect multiple cameras to the SD sync signal generator

You can connect up to seven cameras.

Third to Seventh (last) BRC-H700

75-ohm termination switch: ON

to AC outlet

If you want to synchronize the phase between signals output from the HFBK-SD1 and those from an SD sync signal generator, set SYNC MASTER to SD1 in the SYSTEM menu (page 35).

Commercially available

T-type signal separator

EXT

SYNC IN

EXT SYNC IN

VIDEO

to video input

Video monitor, etc.

Second BRC-H700

75-ohm termination switch: OFF

to AC outlet

Installation and Connections

First BRC-H700

75-ohm termination switch: OFF

to AC outlet

75-ohm coaxial cable

to SYNC OUT

SD sync signal generator

Note

Signal processing in the interface board causes all output signals from the HFBK-SD1 to be delayed by approximately 93H (horizontal sync time) compared with the YPbPr/RGB output signals from the camera.

Connections

Appendix

List of Messages

The following messages may appear on the screen. Take the necessary measures shown below.

Indicators on the BRC-H700 camera

Indicator Meaning/remedies

STANDBY lamp flashes.

The tally lamp flashes.

Messages for the BRC-H700 camera

Message Meaning/remedies

Please restart system You are prompted to restart the power of

PRESET xx OK (xx = 1 to 16)

One Push WB...OK (NG)

STOP (The message will flash in FAN MOTOR on PAGE5 in the STATUS menu.)

CAUTION COOLING FAN 1 (2), (1, 2) STOPPED!

The camera stopped moving due to an error in the pan/tilt mechanism. Reset the pan/tilt position or turn off the power of the camera and turn it on again.

Turn off the power of the camera, and consult with your Sony dealer.

the camera after you changed the setting of “IMG-FLIP” in the SYSTEM menu. Use the POWER switch on the supplied Remote Commander or the POWER button on the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit to turn the power off, then on. The changed setting becomes effective.

When you store the camera settings into the memory (POSITION 1-16), the message will appear for 2 seconds.

While the white balance is automatically adjusted, the message will appear. Wait for a while. When the adjustment is complete, it will disappear.

Turn off the power of the camera, and consult with your Sony dealer.

Error messages for the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

Message Meaning/remedies

Communication error Please check connection

Option card error Please check option card

CAUTION COOLING FAN STOPPED!

The message will appear when the HD Optical Multiplex Unit is turned on, if a problem occurs in the connection of the Optical Fiber Cable between the camera and the HD Optical Multiplex Unit. Turn off the power of the camera and the HD Optical Multiplex Unit, check the connection of the Optical Fiber Cable and turn the powers on again. This message will also appear when the power of the camera is not turned on. Turn off the HD Optical Multiplex Unit, turn on the camera, then turn on the HD Optical Multiplex Unit again.

The message will appear when an interface board that cannot be used with the HD Optical Multiplex Unit is inserted into the card slot. Turn off the power of the HD Optical Multiplex Unit and remove the board.

Turn off the power of the camera, and consult with your Sony dealer.

List of Messages

Troubleshooting

Before bringing in your camera for service, check the following as a guide to troubleshoot the problem. If the problem cannot be corrected, consult with your Sony dealer.

Symptom Cause Remedy

The power of the camera is not turned on.

The camera cannot be turned on with the supplied Remote Commander.

The picture is not displayed on the video monitor connected to the camera.

Pan, tilt or zoom cannot be operated. Any menu is displayed on the monitor screen. Press the DATA SCREEN button on the

The Remote Commander does not work. The CAMERA SELECT button you pressed

The camera cannot be operated with the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit.

The AC power adaptor is not connected to the DC IN 12V jack firmly.

The AC power cord is not inserted firmly into the AC power adaptor or the AC outlet.

The BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card is inserted into the card slot.

When using the far distance remote control system with the BRBK-H700 Optical Multiplex Card, CCFC-M100HG Optical Fiber Cable and BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit, the Optical Fiber Cable is not properly connected or the HD Optical Multiplex Unit is not turned on.

IR-RECEIVE in the SYSTEM menu is set to OFF.

The video cable is not connected properly. Check the connection between the camera and

The exposure is not set correctly on the camera.

The panning or tilting range is limited. Change the PAN-TILT LIMIT setting in the

on the Remote Commander does not match the number set with the IR SELECT switch on the camera.

The connection using the VISCA RS-422 connectors is not correctly made.

The BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera is set to any other address than “0 (AUTO).”

VISCA control setting is not correct. Select the proper setting (RS-232C or RS-

The communication baud rate setting of the camera and the RM-BR300 differ.

The NC (No Connection) switch is set to ON. Set camera address selector switch 4 of the

Insert the power cord firmly as far as it will go.

Remove the card from the card slot.

Insert the Optical Fiber Cable firmly as far as it will go.

Turn on the HD Optical Multiplex Unit, or plug in the power cord of the unit to an AC outlet firmly.

Use the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit to open the menu and set IR-RECEIVE to ON. (page 35)

video monitor.

Set the exposure correctly in the EXPOSURE menu.

supplied Remote Commander or the MENU button on the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit to turn off the menu from the monitor screen.

PAN TILT ZOOM menu (page 34).

Press the CAMERA SELECT button corresponding to the IR SELECT switch setting on the camera (page 40).

Check that the connection to the VISCA RS422 connectors is correctly made, and the RS422 cable is properly connected.

Identify the address of the camera (page 19), then set the MODE selector on the rear of the Remote Control Unit to the same address (page 23).

422) with the BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera (page 19) and the DIP switch on the Remote Control Unit (page 23).

Select the same communication baud rate (9600 bps or 38,400 bps) with the BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera (page 19) and the DIP switch on the Remote Control Unit (page 23).

BOTTOM switches on the bottom of the camera to OFF (page 19).

Appendix

Troubleshooting

Symptom Cause Remedy

The VISCA control is not available with a computer connected to the camera.

The picture quality obtained from the camera connected to a computer differs from that from the camera connected to a video monitor.

The camera cannot be operated at all.

The computer is not correctly connected to the camera.

Depending on your computer or video capture board, you may not be able to obtain the expected picture quality.

—

Make sure the connection between the computer and camera is made correctly.

Check that the VISCA control setting (RS232C or RS-422) and the baud rate setting (9600 bps or 38,400 bps) are properly made with the BOTTOM switch on the bottom of the camera (page 19) and the DIP switch on the Remote Control Unit (page 23).

Try to connect the camera to the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit to check that the camera works properly.

Consult with your computer manufacturer or dealer for details.

Pull out the plug of the power cord from the AC outlet, then reinsert it into the AC outlet after a while.

Appendix

Troubleshooting

Menu Configuration

The menus of the camera are configured as described below. The initial settings of each item are in bold.

EXPOSURE MODE FULL AUTO AE SPEED LOW, MID, HIGH AGC LIMIT 0dB, 6dB, 12dB, 18dB, OFF

(page 30)

IRIS LIMIT F3.4, F4.0, F6.8, F11 MANUAL GAIN 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB, 15dB, 18dB, HYPER SPEED 1/60, 1/90, 1/100, 1/125, 1/180, 1/250, 1/350, 1/500, 1/725, 1/1000, 1/1500, 1/2000, 1/3000, 1/4000, 1/6000, 1/10000 (59.94i) 1/50, 1/75, 1/100, 1/120, 1/150, 1/215, 1/300, 1/425, 1/600, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1750, 1/2500, 1/3500, 1/6000, 1/10000 (50i) IRIS F1.6, F1.7, F1.8, F2.0, F2.2, F2.4, F2.6, F2.8, F3.1, F3.4, F3.7, F4.0, F4.4, F4.8, F5.2, F5.6, F6.2, F6.8, F7.3, F8.0, F8.7, F9.6, F10, F11, CLOSE SHUTTER Pri SPEED 1/60, 1/90, 1/100, 1/125, 1/180, 1/250, 1/350, 1/500, 1/725, 1/1000, 1/1500, 1/2000, 1/3000, 1/4000, 1/6000,1/10000 (59.94i) 1/50, 1/75, 1/100, 1/120, 1/150, 1/215, 1/300, 1/425, 1/600, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1750, 1/2500, 1/3500, 1/6000, 1/10000(50i) IRIS Pri IRIS F1.6, F1.7, F1.8, F2.0, F2.2, F2.4, F2.6, F2.8, F3.1, F3.4, F3.7, F4.0, F4.4, F4.8, F5.2, F5.6, F6.2, F6.8, F7.3, F8.0, F8.7, F9.6, F10, F11, CLOSE GAIN Pri GAIN 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB, 15dB, 18dB

EX-COMP ON OFF LEVEL -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7 BACK LIGHT ON OFF SPOT LIGHT ON OFF

COLOR WHITE BALANCE AU TO WB SENS LOW, MID, HIGH WB SHIFT -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2,

(page 31)

+3, +4, +5, +6, +7 INDOOR OUTDOOR ONE PUSH WB SHIFT -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7 MANUAL R.GAIN -128 – +127 B.GAIN -128 – +127 COLOR GAIN -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7 COLOR HUE -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7

PICTURE DETAIL 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 SKINTONE DETAIL OFF, TYPE1, TYPE2, TYPE3

(page 32)

GAMMA NORMAL CINEMA FLICKER CANCEL ON OFF STEADY SHOT OFF, SOFT, STANDARD, HARD B&W ON OFF COLOR BAR ON OFF

(Initial setting: –90) (Initial setting: –60)

Appendix

Menu Configuration

FOCUS MODE AUTO

(page 33)

PAN TILT ZOOM PAN-TILT LIMIT

(page 34)

SYSTEM IR RECEIVE ON

(page 35)

MANUAL

PAN ON OFF LEFT END, 169˚ – -169˚ RIGHT END, 169˚ – -69˚ TILT ON OFF DOWN END, -29˚ – 90˚ UP END, -29˚ – 90˚ RAMP CURVE MODE1, MODE2, MODE3 D-ZOOM OFF, ×1.5, ×2.0, ×4.0

OFF IMG-FLIP ON OFF PAN-REVERSE ON OFF TILT REVERSE ON OFF DISPLAY INFO ON OFF ANALOG OUT RGB ADD SYNC RGB, OFF SYNC TYPE SYNC, VD YP SYNC MASTER STD HD1 SD1

bPr SYNC TYPE SYNC, VD

Appendix

Menu Configuration

STATUS PAGE 1 EXPOSURE AE SPEED

(page 36)

AGC LIMIT IRIS LIMIT EX COMP BACK LIGHT SPOT LIGHT FOCUS

PAGE 2 WHITE BALANCE WB SENSE WB SHIFT M. GAIN C. GAIN HVE DETAIL SKINTONE DETAIL GAMMA

PAGE 3 PAN-TILT LIMIT PAN LEFT RIGHT RAMP CURVE D-ZOOM

PAGE 4 STEADY SHOT IR-RECEIVE IMG FLIP REVERSE PAN/TILT DISPLAY INFO COLOR BAR FLICKER CANCEL

PAGE 5 ANALOG OUT SYNC/VD ADD SYNC [RGB] FAN MOTOR SYNC MASTER

DOWN CONVERTER D-SUB OUT 1 YPbPr RGB ADD SYNC RGB

(page 36)

OFF D-SUB OUT 2 VBS Y/C IMG-SIZE 16:9 [LETTER] 4:3 [CROP] 4:3 [SQUIZE]

HD-SDI ANALOG OUT YPbPr SYNC/VD SYNC, VD RGB SYNC/VD SYNC, VD

(page 37)

ADD SYNC RGB OFF

PC-OUTPUT IMG SIZE XGA [CROP], VGA [LETTER], XGA [LETTER]

VGA [CROP], WXGA

(page 37)

SYNC OFF ON VD POS NEG

Appendix

HDV AUDIO DELAY OFF, 1STEP, 2STEP, 3STEP, 4STEP, 5STEP,

6STEP, 7STEP, 8STEP, 9STEP, 10STEP

(page 38)

Menu Configuration

Appendix

Presetting Items

The following setting items can be stored in the memory of the camera.

Presetting item Presetting position number

12345678910111213141516

Pan/tilt position aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Zoom position aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Digital zoom on/off aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Auto/manual focus mode aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Focus position aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

White balance mode aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Red/blue gain setting aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Exposure mode aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Shutter speed value aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Iris value aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Gain value aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Exposure compensation on/off aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Exposure compensation level aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Back lighting on/off aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Aperture level aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Presetting menu items

Menu item Presetting position number

12345678910111213141516

EXPOSURE MODE

AE SPEED

AGC LIMIT

IRIS LIMIT

MANUAL GAIN

MANUAL SHUTTER

MANUAL IRIS

IRIS Pri VAL

SHUTTER Pri VAL

GAIN Pri VAL

EX-COMP MODE

EX-COMP VAL

BACK LIGHT

SPOT LIGHT

WHITE BALANCE MODE

WB SENS

WB SHIFT

MANUAL R.GAIN

MANUAL B.GAIN

COLOR GAIN

COLOR HUE

DETAIL

SKINTONE DETAIL

GAMMA

FLICKER CANCEL

zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Presetting Items

Menu item Presetting position number

12345678910111213141516

STEADY SHOT z

B&W

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

COLOR BAR ––––––––––––––––

FOCUS MODE

PAN LIMIT MODE

TILT LIMIT MODE

PAN LIMIT AREA

TILT LIMIT AREA

RAMP CURVE

D-ZOOM

IR-RECEIVE

IMG-FLIP

PAN REVERSE

TILT REVERSE

DISPLAY INFO

ANALOG OUT

ADD SYNC

SYNC TYPE

SYNC MASTER

zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

–––––––––––––––

Menu items displayed only when the HFBK-SD1 is installed

D-SUB OUT 1

ADD SYNC

D-SUB OUT 2

IMG SIZE

–––––––––––––––

Menu items displayed only when the HFBK-HD1 is installed

ANALOG OUT

SYNC MASTER

SYNC/VD

ADD SYNC

–––––––––––––––

Menu items displayed only when the HFBK-XG1 is installed

IMG SIZE

SYNC

–––––––––––––––

Menu items displayed only when the HFBK-TS1 is installed

AUDIO DELAY

–––––––––––––––

Appendix

z : Setting items retained in memory when the power is turned off and on again. The camera starts with these settings.

a : Setting items retained in memory when the power is turned off and on again.

f : Setting items retained in memory only when the power is turned on.

– : Setting items cleared from the memory when the power is turned off and on.

Presetting Items

Appendix

Specifications

System

Video signal 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i (switched with

the BOTTOM switch)

Synchronization

Internal/external synchronization,

automatically switched

Image device 1/3 type (6 mm), 3CCD Interline

transfer type

Total picture elements: Approx.

1,120,000 pixels

Effective picture elements: Approx.

1,020,000 pixels

Lens Carl Zeiss Vario-SonnarT

12× (optical), 4× (digital)

Filter diameter: 72 mm (Wide and tele conversion lenses cannot be attached.) f = 4.5 – 54 mm, F1.6 – F2.8 F = 32.5 mm – 390 mm (equivalent to the focal length of a 35-mm camera)

Minimum object distance

800 mm (11

Minimum illumination

6 lux (F1.6) with 50 IRE (WIDE end) Shutter speed 1/59.94 (1/50) to 1/10,000 sec. Video S/N 50 dB Pan/tilt action Horizontal: ±170 degrees

Maximum panning speed: 60 degrees/sec. Minimum panning speed: 0.25 degrees/sec.

Vertical: +90 degrees, -30 degrees

Maximum tilting speed: 60 degrees/ sec. Minimum tilting speed: 0.25 degrees/sec.

/8 inches) (TELE end)

Input/output connectors

Video output

D-sub 15-pin

RGB: 0.7Vp-p (no sync, at 75-ohm termination) 1Vp-p (±0.3V, tri-level sync, at 75-ohm termination) Component : Y: 1Vp-p (±0.3V, tri-level sync, at 75-ohm termination) Pb/Pr: ±350 mVp-p, 75-ohm terminated HD/VD Sync: 1Vp-p, 75-ohm terminated

Tri-level Sync: ±300 mVp-p, 75ohm terminated

External sync input

EXT SYNC IN: BNC type

Control input/output

VISCA RS-232C IN: Mini DIN 8-pin

type

VISCA RS-232C OUT: Mini DIN 8-

pin type

VISCA RS-422: 9-pin type

Control signal format

9600 bps/38400 bps Data: 8 bit Stop bit: 1

Power connector

JEITA type4 (DC IN 12V)

General

Input voltage 12 V DC (10.8 to 13.2 V DC) Current consumption

2.0 A max. (at 12 V DC), 24 W without optional interface board

Operating temperature

0ºC to 40ºC (32ºF to 104ºF)

Storage temperature

–20ºC to +60ºC (-4ºF to 140ºF)

Dimensions Video camera: ø207 × 315.8 mm

Mass Video camera: Approx. 4.5 kg (9 lb 15

Installation angle

(ø8

/4 × 12 1/2 inches) (diameter/h)

(excluding protruding parts)

Remote Commander: 56 × 26 × 210

Remote Commander: 110 g (3.9 oz)

Less than ±15 degrees to the horizontal

mm (2 h/d)

oz)

surface

/4 × 1 1/16 × 8 3/8 inches) (w/

Supplied accessories

AC power adaptor MPA-AC1 (Sony) (100 V AC, 50/60

Hz) (1)

AC power cord (1) Remote Commander (1) Ceiling bracket (A) (1) Ceiling bracket (B) (1) Wire rope (1) Screws (3M3 × 8) (7) Screw (3M4 × 8) (1) RS-422 connector plug (1) Operating Instructions (1)

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Specifications

Dimensions

BRC-H700 Video Camera

Top

Side

Front

Bottom

(12

310.8

)

(

ø207 (8 1/4)

Tripod screw hole

90 (3 5/8)

Ceiling Bracket (B)

Top

205 (8 1/8)

30˚

50(2)

(2)

ø195

50(2)

Appendix

)

Side

(

/16)

(1 3/16)

)

ø8.2

(

23.1

(

)

Unit: mm (inches)

Specifications

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Top

VALUE

)

137.2

– +

BRIGHT

– +

FOCUS

NEAR FAR

LOCK

MODE

AUTO

MANUAL

ONE PUSH

RESET

PRESET

SHIFT

L/R

DIRECTION

AUTO

POWER

PANEL

BLACK

LIGHT

STD REV

POSITION

3114

CAMERA

234567

391.3 (15 1/2)

Front

)

PAN-TILT

ONE PUSH

RESET

AWB

5136147158

)

145.9

Side

)

185

Appendix

45.9

Bottom

DIP switches

Unit: mm (inches)

Specifications

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

Top

Front

210 (8 3/8)

)

240

Side

86 (3 1/2)

)

Unit: mm (inches)

Appendix

Specifications

Pin Assignments

BRC-H700 Video Camera

VISCA RS-422 connector (connector plug 9-pin)

VISCA RS-422

12345

Pin No. Function

1 RXD OUT –

2 RXD OUT+

3 TXD OUT –

4 TXD OUT+

5 GND

6 RXD IN –

7 RXD IN+

8 TXD IN –

9 TXD IN+

6789

VISCA RS-232C OUT connector (mini DIN 8-pin, female)

VISCA RS-232C OUT

Pin No. Function

1DTR OUT

2 DSR OUT

3 TXD OUT

4 GND

5 RXD OUT

6 GND

7 No Connection

8 No Connection

Analog RGB/COMPONENT (D-sub 15-pin)

Appendix

VISCA RS-232C IN connector (mini-DIN 8-pin, female)

IN VISCA RS-232C

Pin No. Function

1DTR IN

2DSR IN

3 TXD IN

4 GND

5 RXD IN

6 GND

7 SIRCS OUT *

8 No Connection

* The SIRCS OUT function is selectable with the BOTTOM

switch on the bottom of the camera.

RGB/COMPONENT

Function

No.

At YPbPr COMPONENT setting

1 Pr-OUT Pr-OUT R-OUT R-OUT

2 Y-OUT Y-OUT G-OUT G-OUT

3 Pb-OUT Pb-OUT B-OUT B-OUT

4 GND GND GND GND

5 GND GND GND GND

6 GND GND GND GND

7 GND GND GND GND

8 GND GND GND GND

9NC NC NC NC

10 GND GND GND GND

11 GND GND GND GND

12 NC NC NC NC

13 HD-OUT HD-OUT HD-OUT HD-OUT

14 Tri-level

VD-OUT

15 NC NC NC NC

At YPbPr COMPONENT setting (at VD)

Bi-level VDOUT

At RGB setting (at

SYNC)

Tri-level VD-OUT

At RGB setting (at VD)

Bi-level VD-OUT

Specifications

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit (optional)

TALLY/CONTACT connector (connector plug, 9-pin)

VISCA RS-232C output connector (mini DIN 8pin, female)

RS-232C

Pin No. Function

1 No Connection

2 No Connection

3TXD IN

4 GND

5 RXD IN

6 GND

7 No Connection

8 No Connection

VISCA RS-422 connector (connector plug, 9-pin)

VISCA

RS-422

TALLY/CONTACT

Pin No. Function

1 CAMERA1

2 CAMERA2

3 CAMERA3

4 CAMERA4

5 CAMERA5

6 CAMERA6

7 CAMERA7

8 GND

9 GND

BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit (optional)

VISCA RS-232C IN connector (mini DIN 8-pin, female)

Pin No. Function

1 No Connection

2 No Connection

3 No Connection

4 No Connection

5 GND

6 RXD IN –

7 RXD IN+

8TXD IN –

9TXD IN+

VISCA RS-232C

Pin No. Function

1DTR IN

2DSR IN

3 TXD IN

4 GND

5 RXD IN

6 GND

7 No Connection

8 No Connection

Appendix

Specifications

VISCA RS-232C OUT connector (mini DIN 8-pin, female)

Analog RGB/COMPONENT (D-sub 15-pin)

Appendix

VISCA RS-232C

Pin No. Function

1 DTR OUT

2 DSR OUT

3 TXD OUT

4 GND

5 RXD OUT

6 GND

7 No Connection

8 No Connection

OUT

VISCA RS-422 connector (connector plug, 9-pin)

VISCA RS-422

123456789

Pin No. Function

1 RXD OUT –

2 RXD OUT+

3 TXD OUT –

4 TXD OUT+

5 GND

6 RXD IN –

7 RXD IN+

8 TXD IN –

9 TXD IN+

RGB/COMPONENT

Function

No.

At YPbPr COMPONENT setting

1 Pr-OUT Pr-OUT R-OUT R-OUT

2 Y-OUT Y-OUT G-OUT G-OUT

3 Pb-OUT Pb-OUT B-OUT B-OUT

4 GND GND GND GND

5 GND GND GND GND

6 GND GND GND GND

7 GND GND GND GND

8 GND GND GND GND

9NC NC NC NC

10 GND GND GND GND

11 GND GND GND GND

12 NC NC NC NC

13 HD-OUT HD-OUT HD-OUT HD-OUT

14 Tri-level

VD-OUT

15 NC NC NC NC

At YPbPr COMPONENT setting (at VD)

Bi-level VDOUT

At RGB setting (at

SYNC)

Tri-level VD-OUT

At RGB setting (at VD)

Bi-level VD-OUT

Specifications

Wiring Diagram of VISCA RS-422 Connection

Third to Seventh BRC-H700 or BRU-H700

VISCA RS-422 connector

1 RXD OUT – 2 RXD OUT + 3 TXD OUT – 4 TXD OUT + 5 GND 6 RXD IN – 7 RXD IN + 8 TXD IN – 9 TXD IN +

Second BRC-H700 or BRU-H700

VISCA RS-422 connector

1 RXD OUT – 2 RXD OUT + 3 TXD OUT – 4 TXD OUT + 5 GND 6 RXD IN – 7 RXD IN + 8 TXD IN – 9 TXD IN +

Appendix

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

VISCA RS-422 connector

1NC 2NC 3NC 4NC 5GND 6 RXD IN – 7 RXD IN + 8 TXD IN –

TXD IN +

= No Connection

First BRC-H700 camera or BRUH700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

VISCA RS-422 connector

1 RXD OUT – 2 RXD OUT + 3 TXD OUT – 4 TXD OUT + 5 GND 6 RXD IN – 7 RXD IN + 8 TXD IN – 9 TXD IN +

Specifications

Using the VISCA RS-422 Connector Plug

Insert a wire (AWG Nos. 28 to 18) into the desired wire opening on the VISCA RS-422 connector plug, and tighten the screw for that wire using a flathead screwdriver.

Flat-head screwdriver

Wire

Insert the VISCA RS-422 connector plug into the VISCA RS-422 connector.

To remove the connector plug

Grasp both ends of the VISCA RS-422 connector plug and pull it out as shown in the illustration.

Notes

• In order to stabilize the voltage level of the signal, connect both ends to GND.

• When the connections using the VISCA RS-422 connectors are made, the VISCA RS-232C connection is not available.

• The maximum connection distance with the VISCA RS-422 connection is approximately 1,200 m (3,937 feet).

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Sony HD 3CCD User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Getting Started

Precautions

Typical CCD Phenomena

Overview

Features

System Components

Supplied Components and Accessories

Optional Products

System Configuration

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera Using the Supplied Remote Commander

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Operating Multiple BRC-H700 Cameras Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Operating a BRC-H700 Camera from a Long Distance

Operating Multiple BRC-H700 Cameras from a Long Distance

Using BRC-H700 Cameras and VISCA-controllable Cameras in the Same System

Transmitting Audio Signals Using the BRU-H700

Using the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board to Input the Video and Audio Signals Mixed to the HDV Video Equipment

Transmitting the Audio Signal Using the BRBK-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Card and the HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board

Camera

Location and Function of Parts

Remote Commander (supplied)

RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit (not supplied)

HFBK-SD1 SD Interface Board (not supplied)

HFBK-HD1 HD Interface Board (not supplied)

HFBK-TS1 HDV Interface Board (not supplied)

Adjusting and Setting With Menus

About On-Screen Menus

Setting Menus

Main Menu

Operation Through Menus

EXPOSURE Menu

Using the ND Filter

COLOR Menu

PICTURE Menu

FOCUS Menu

PAN TILT ZOOM Menu

SYSTEM Menu

STATUS Menu

HD-SDI Menu

PC-OUTPUT Menu

HDV Menu

Operation Using the Supplied Remote Commander

Turning on the Power

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

Panning and Tilting

Zooming

Operating Multiple Cameras with the Remote Commander

Adjusting the Camera

Focusing on a Subject

Shooting with Back Lighting

Operation Using the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Turning on the Power

Operating Multiple Cameras

Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation

Panning and Tilting

Zooming

Adjusting the Camera

Focusing on a Subject

Shooting with Back Lighting

Adjusting the White Balance

Adjusting the Brightness

Storing Camera Settings

Setting the Speed of the Camera Moving to a Preset Position

Installation and Connections

Installation

Removing/Attaching the Cable Cover

Attaching an Interface Board

Installing the Camera

Installing the Camera on the Ceiling

Connections

Connecting to an AC Outlet

Connecting the RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit

Connecting a Computer

Connecting the BRU-H700 HD Optical Multiplex Unit

Connecting a Video Switcher

Connecting a Sync Signal Generator