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Model

AK-HC900P

720P Multi-purpose

Digital Camera

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Page 1: ...Before attempting to connect operate or adjust this product please read these instructions completely and save this manual for future use Model AK HC900P 720P Multi purpose Digital Camera ...

Page 2: ...N TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER TO SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnit...

Page 3: ...ustment 16 _Color temperature and white balance adjustment reference 16 _Black balance adjustment 17 _Gen lock adjustment 17 Setting of Menu Items 18 29 _Configuration of menu display screen 18 _USER menu Initial screen 19 Maintenance menu 20 25 1Black shading correction menu 20 2Pedestal gamma flare adjustment menu 21 3Knee white clip adjustment menu 22 4Gain adjustment menu 23 5Detail adjustment...

Page 4: ...nce DTL and skin DTL Two HD SDI output lines Capable of coping with various variable frames including 24P option Right and left top and bottom picture re versing function This camera employs new 2 3q 1 million pixel IT CCD 1280 H k720 V realizing a com pact light weight system including the optical system Also the newly developed CCD having an IT configuration suited for higher picture quality and...

Page 5: ...rovided a cooling fan Since the cooling fan is a consumable part replace it after about 50 000 hours of op eration Be sure to ask the dealer for the replace ment Do not attempt to disassemble the cam era or other units In order to prevent elec tric shock do not remove screws or cov ers There are no user serviceable parts inside Do not abuse the camera Avoid striking shaking etc The camera contains...

Page 6: ...35eC replace the fan earlier Be sure to ask the dealer for the replacement 3 4 1 2 LENS 5 6 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Signal Return control VTR S S UNREG GND Iris manual selection Iris control UNREG 12V Pin No 7 8 9 10 11 12 Signal Iris follow Iris auto selection NC 1 Lens Mount 2 3q standard bayonet type B4 mount lens is installed 2 Lens Fixing Ring Knob Lens is fixed by t...

Page 7: ... 1 2 SDI signal output is given by two lines Interface Connector I F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 BREAKER ZOOM FOCUS SDI OUT 1 2 1 F 8 9 TXD Data from Camera to remote controller RXD Data from remote controller to camera 1 7 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Signal Y signal output Pb signal output Pr signal output Sync signal input DC 12V Frame GND TXD H Pin No 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ...

Page 8: ...r on the rear panel Note that there are some lenses uncontrollable with respect to zoom focus function Be sure to ask the dealer for the installation adjustment and connection of this equipment _ How to install on the camera housing pan tilt head tripod etc 1 Precisely set the camera on the camera housing pan tilt head tripod etc by using the camera set screw hole 1 4 20UNC 3 8 16UNC 2 When mounti...

Page 9: ...er Switch of AC Adaptor and HD Controller to OFF 2 Connect the multi cable to the interface connector of the camera and the opposite side to HD Controller 3 Set the AC Adaptor Power Switch to ON and the HD Controller Power Switch to ON then the camera can be controlled 4 After shooting set the HD Controller Power Switch to OFF and the AC Adaptor Power Switch to OFF Note that the monitor output is ...

Page 10: ...ial Cable 5C FB AC Adaptor AW PS505 HD Controller AK HRP900 1 HD Monitor Multi purpose Digital Camera Control System Configuration 1 Remote controllable lens Multi purpose Digital Camera AK HC900P 1 To be sold in September 2002 External sync signal 3 value sync Remote zoom focus control cable DC Power Cable ...

Page 11: ...AC Adaptor AW PS505 DC Power Cable HD Controller AK HRP900 1 HD Monitor Remote controllable lens Multi purpose Digital Camera AK HC900P 1 To be sold in September 2002 External sync signal 3 value sync Remote zoom focus control cable Multi purpose Digital Camera Pan Tilt Head Compatible System Configuration 1 Pan Tilt Head AW PH300A AC Adaptor AW PS300 DC Power Cable AC Adaptor AW PS301 NOTE Pan Ti...

Page 12: ...AK HRP900 1 HD Monitor Remote controllable lens Multi purpose Digital Camera AK HC900P 1 To be sold in September 2002 AC Adaptor AW PS505 DC Power Cable Multi purpose Digital Camera Control System Con figuration 2 System for remotely monitoring picture control Multi cable 5m AK HDMLTCA05 Relay box AK HTF900 1 Remote zoom focus control cable Transfer ...

Page 13: ... controllable lens Multi purpose Digital Camera AK HC900P Remote zoom focus control cable Pan Tilt Head AW PH300A AC Adaptor AW PS300 DC Power Cable AC Adaptor AW PS301 NOTE Pan Tilt Head is also com patible with AW PH500 PH600 System for remotely monitoring picture control Transfer AC Adaptor AW PS505 Pan Tilt Head Controller AW RP301 1 To be sold in September 2002 Multi purpose Digital Camera Pa...

Page 14: ...long time The adjustment is necessary when the lightingconditionorbrightnessischanged After adjusting the white balance once re adjustment is not needed under the same condition 5 Adjust the black balance This adjustment is needed when the camera is used for the first time or af ter leaving unused for a long time The adjustment is necessary when the ambient temperature is greatly changed or at the...

Page 15: ...s ring and flange back adjust ring until the focus is adjusted within the zooming range After finishing the adjustment tighten the flange back fixing knob BREAKER ZOOM FOCUS SDI OUT 1 2 1 F How to Adjust Focus Ring Flange Back Fixing Knob _ Lens iris gain volume adjustment Iris gain adjust hole G or S is provided at front of the lens housing Adjust the iris according to the following procedure by ...

Page 16: ...he former may look a little yellowish while the latter ap pears somewhat bluish when they are shot by a camera However the human eye does not recognize color differences among these objects even under differ ent ambient lighting conditions because of their adaptability to light The video camera reproduces color differences with high fidelity and the color of an object somewhat different from what ...

Page 17: ...the phase for phase matching by external synchronization Horizontal phase adjustment Observe the waveforms of externally synchronizing signal input black burst signal and video signal output by a two phenomenon oscilloscope and make the horizontal phase according to the camera menu 1 Roughly adjust the synchronizing signal input and video signal output phases by H PHASE COARSE 2 Finely adjust the ...

Page 18: ...N 1 8 S GAIN 2 9 S GAIN 3 10 FRAME MODE 11 COLOR CORRECTION1 12 COLOR CORRECTION2 SETTING 1 MODE 2 SHUTTER 3 H PHASE CAM ID ID AKHC900 H H FILE MENU FILE USER1 DATA REF PRESET SAVE FILE USER1 SAVE File managing renewing menu USER MENU Maintenance menu Using condition setting menu Camera ID setting menu Setting of Menu Items _ Configuration of menu display screen ...

Page 19: ...s the data just before cutting off the power supply and the operation is started with the data 1 MAINTENANCE It sets various adjusting data 2 SETTING It sets various modes 3 CAM ID It sets the camera ID 4 FILE MENU It executes file loading and saving and makes the basic setting of data display Menu operation is executed by the HD Controller AK HRP900 ...

Page 20: ...there under Move the cursor to MAINTENANCE and press the MENU key then it returns to USER MENU 1 Black shading correction menu When MENU key is pressed at DE TECTION BLK SHD ACTIVE ap pears then the lens is automatically stopped down and ABB operation is executed When CORRECT DIG is turned ON horizontal and vertical shading correc tion is automatically executed When it is turned OFF the current va...

Page 21: ...ted R B PED R B pedestal adjustment Besides the master pedestal adjustment R B pedestal can be independently ad justed It is not related to DATA REF The numeral display after normal ending of ABB is 0 for both of R B M GAMMA Master gamma adjustment The R G B gamma can be totally ad justed R B GAMMA R B gamma adjustment Besides the master gamma adjustment R B gamma can be independently ad justed R ...

Page 22: ...nee point can be independ ently adjusted M KNEE SLOPE Master knee slope ad justment G B R knee slope can be totally ad justed R B KNEE SLOPE R B knee slope ad justment Besides the master knee slope adjust ment R B knee slope can be indepen dently adjusted A KNEE POINT Auto knee point setting Knee point in auto knee mode is set A KNEE LVL Auto knee level WHITE CLIP LVL White clip level ad justment ...

Page 23: ... detail func tion TOTAL DTL LVL Horizontal and verti cal detail level adjustment H DTL LVL Horizontal DTL component is adjusted independently of DTL ad justed by TOTAL DTL CRISP It functions to eliminate slight detail component and to reduce the noise level LVL DEPENDENT It suppresses the de tail of low brightness level The bright ness level to be suppressed is adjusted here PEAK FREQUENCY It lift...

Page 24: ... in negative direction DTL CLIP Setting of clip level of DTL edge DTL SOURCE Setting of video source G R 3G R 4 2G R B 4 G B 2 to create the detail 6 Master gain auto iris setting menu LOW GAIN LOW setting of master gain MID GAIN MID setting of master gain HIGH GAIN HIGH setting of master gain The above GAIN setting is able to set 6 to 18 dB in 3 dB step A IRIS LVL Setting of the intended con verg...

Page 25: ...Gain setting in memory ad dition Capable of setting 0 6 12 15 20 dB H DTL LVL DTL level setting of super gain CRISP Setting the function of reducing noise level of super gain It is invalid when DTL level is 0 LEVEL DEPENDENT Setting of DTL suppression at low lighting intensity of super gain PEAK FREQUENCY Setting of DTL boost frequency of super gain M GAMMA Gain setting in super gain Capable of se...

Page 26: ...of gain saturation and phase of each color COLOR CORRECTION1 SAT PHASE R 00 00 Mg 00 00 B 00 00 Cy 00 00 G 00 00 Y1 00 00 COLOR CORRECTION2 SAT PHASE R Mg 00 00 Mg B 00 00 B Cy 00 00 Cy G 00 00 G Y1 00 00 Y1 R 00 00 qZ Color correction 2 menu Adjustment of gain and phase of matrix ...

Page 27: ... to make color tempera ture correction of about 5600 degrees of electric color temperature correcting file It is set by ON OFF ANLG OUTPUT SEL Video output YPbPr RGB is changed over It is usu ally set to YPbPr CABLE COMPE Setting of video cable compensation It is able to set 0 25 50m SUP GAIN It sets OFF 1 2 3 of MAX GAIN CAM ID Setting of camera ID display It is set by OFF BAR ON In BAR setting C...

Page 28: ...horizontal phase in 15 step H PHASE FINE Setting of 1 step fine adjustment in the above phase adjust ment 2 Electronic shutter setting menu SHUTTER MODE It selects the shutter operation ON SYNCHRO OFF can be selected ON Setting of normal discrete shutter speed SYNCHRO Setting of synchro scan mode SHUTTER SPEED Setting of normal shutter speed SYNCHRO SCAN Setting of synchro scan mode Shutter speeds...

Page 29: ...USER1 SAVE Setting of Menu Items Camera ID setting menu File managing and renewing menu File operation menu blinking display 1 The file selected by FILE is loaded It can be selected from PRESET USER1 USER2 CURRENT When desired to return to the previ ous data after loading other file se lect CURRENT ...

Page 30: ...wing menu File operation menu continued 2 When saving the current data two files USER1 USER2 can be saved Select the file by SAVE FILE Select USER1 and move the cursor to SAVE and press the MENU key then the item menu is displayed 3 SAVE IN USER1 OK YES and NO are displayed Move the cursor from NO to YES and check that YES blinks 4 When the menu key is pressed SAVE COMPLETE appears then SAVE of th...

Page 31: ...31 BREAKER ZOOM FOCUS SDI OUT 1 2 1 F LENS 1 2q 12 4 3 8q 110 4 15 16q 125 7 16q 10 5 8q 15 6 5 16q 160 13 16q 20 Outside Dimension Diagram mm ...

Page 32: ...ht Approx 4 07 lbs 1 85 kg Dimensions 4 3 8q W k5 13 16q H k7 1 8q L 110k147k180 mm Input output signal Video output Y PB PR each 75 ohm output signal band 30 MHz SYNC input SYNC input GL input 3 value SYNC Camera connector D SUB 15 pin connector seat JAE DAU 15PF FO Control system Synchronous RS422 38 4Kbps HD SDI BNC 2 system Lens connector 1 Iris control HIROSE HR10A 10R 12SC Lens connector 2 Z...

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