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Kachinko System

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Kachinko System

right (as you look from the front):

Operation

Locate the unit where the front light is clearly 

visible by the camera.

•  Make any necessary connections from the 

TONE OUT 

to the camera, if you are not us-

ing the camera’s microphone.

•  If you are recording the signal with the 

camera microphone, set the 

POWER 

switch 

to 

ON (BUZZ)

, otherwise set it to 

ON

.

•  Set the camera iris setting to manual. An 

automatic setting can overcompensate for 

the KS-1018’s lighting, and make it impos-

sible to see the “clapperboard” effect on 

the target monitor.

•  Make the image of the front light as large 

as possible by putting the camera close in 

front of the KS-1018. The focus of the cam-

era is not important  in this case.

Set the 

MODE 

switch to 

AUTO

. The main light 

lights,  and  the  beep  sounds  (or  the  signal  is 

output through the jacks). The three red LEDs 

Summary of Contents for KS-1018

Page 1: ...KS 1018 Kachinko System clapperboard Operating Manual...

Page 2: ...t via landline The difference in transmis sion time can lead to serious synchronization problems and difficulties in providing a prop erly synchronized program With the Kachinko system it is easy to p...

Page 3: ...corded using a mi crophone or output at microphone or line level into a mixer The beep may be manually triggered or trig gered automatically with a visual countdown Batteries Slide the catch to open t...

Page 4: ...inserting or replacing batteries into the KS 1018 Take care that the batteries are inserted correctly as shown in the battery compart ment with the polarity correct Never mix batteries of different t...

Page 5: ...any standard tripod and shoe system if desired Otherwise standard rubber feet keep the unit steady Open the four shutters at the front of the unit before using it to expose the clapperboard front ligh...

Page 6: ...e ON positions POWER switch three settings ON is on with no buzzer OFF turns the unit off and ON BUZZ ON uses the built in buzzer MODE switch two settings AUTO enables the top ONE SHOT button MANU use...

Page 7: ...witch to ON BUZZ otherwise set it to ON Set the camera iris setting to manual An automatic setting can overcompensate for the KS 1018 s lighting and make it impos sible to see the clapperboard effect...

Page 8: ...ed to light the front light and sound the beeper together Read the KS 1017 manual for further details of how to measure the delay between the video and audio signals when they are received Physical sp...

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