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Model No.

WV-CL920A
WV-CL924A

Color CCTV Cameras

Operating Instructions

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Page 1: ...WV CL924 CL924 Before attempting to connect or operate this product please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use Model No WV CL920A WV CL924A Color CCTV Cameras Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...permanent record of your purchase to aid identification in the event of theft Model No WV CL920A CL924A Serial No Warning This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly i e in strict accor dance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A comp...

Page 3: ...hat produce heat 9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electri cian for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 P...

Page 4: ... 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects fallen into the appa ratus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or ...

Page 5: ...RATING CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS 9 CONNECTIONS 12 FOCUS OR FLANGE BACK ADJUSTMENT 16 INSTALLATION OF CAMERA 17 SETUP 18 1 CAMERA SETUP MENU 18 2 SETUP OPERATION 21 SETTING PROCEDURES 23 PREVENTION OF BLOOMING AND SMEAR 42 SPECIFICATIONS 42 STANDARD ACCESSORIES 44 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 45 ...

Page 6: ...a new level of high picture quality and high resolution through the use of a 1 2 inch frame interline transfer CCD image sensor having 768 horizontal pixels picture elements and digital signal processing LSI s This model offers cutting edge tech nology for advanced video surveillance ...

Page 7: ...rizontal resolution Black and White mode 480 lines of horizontal resolution Color mode FEATURES 6 High quality picture a 2H type vertical enhancer for greater picture sharpness b Chroma averaging circuit for better color signal to noise ratio c Minimum of aliasing on fine objects d Expanded dynamic range by use of knee cir cuit e Highlight aperture correction for greater picture detail of bright o...

Page 8: ... part of the detergent in it with a dry cloth 5 Clean the CCD faceplate with care Do not clean the CCD with strong or abrasive deter gents Use lens tissue or a cotton tipped applicator and ethanol 6 Never face the camera towards the sun Do not aim the camera at bright objects Whether the camera is in use or not never aim it at the sun or other extremely bright objects Otherwise blooming or smear m...

Page 9: ...20A VIDEO OUT GEN LOCK AC 24V IN DC 12V IN GND 2 1 r e 3 3 2 2 1 q w 0 i y t u o 6 4 5 7 VIDEO OUT GEN LOCK GND 120V AC 60Hz OUT ALARM DAY NIGHT GND IN GND OUT ALARM DAY NIGHT GND IN MAJOR OPERATING CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS Slide the panel to the left until it locks ...

Page 10: ...M This button is used to move the cursor to the right It is also used to select the mode and can be used to adjust some levels i Left Button L This button is used to move the cursor to the left It is also used to select the mode and can be used to adjust some levels o Up Button J This button is used to move the cursor upward It is also used to select items in the CAM SET UP menu 0 Set Button I Thi...

Page 11: ... for connecting the camera to an external day night detecting sensor 6 AC Inlet Socket Plug the power cord supplied as a standard accessory into this socket and connect it to an AC outlet 7 AC DC Compatible Input Terminal DC 12V IN AC 24V IN GND This terminal is for connecting the 12 V DC or 24 V AC power supply cord Caution Connect to 12 V DC 10 8 V 16 V or 24 V AC 19 5 V 28 V class 2 power suppl...

Page 12: ...supplied from a 24 V AC power source 2 To prevent fire or electric shock hazard use a UL listed cable VW 1 style 1007 for the Input Terminal 3 The connections should comply with National Electrical Code NEC The WV CL924A has an AC DC compatible input termi nal The 12 V DC or 24 V AC power supply cord can be connected to this terminal The camera detects the power source automatically 1 12 V DC Powe...

Page 13: ...nnections 1 Connect an optical sensor to the DAY NIGHT IN ter minal Color black and white input terminal with a capacity of 5 V DC pull up input 0 2 mA or more OFF Open contact Color ON Closed contact Black and white Note To activate the Day Night function set BW mode to EXT on the special menu 2 Connect an external device such as a buzzer or lamp to the ALARM terminal The alarm output terminal is...

Page 14: ...ed 1 Cut the existing lens connector at the end of the iris control cable 2 Process the cable end as shown in the figure Cover Lens 8 mm 5 8 2 mm 1 16 3 Solder each wire to a pin as follows Pin 1 Red Power Pin 2 Not used Pin 3 White Video Pin 4 Black GND Shield 4 Attach the cover to the connector Pin 3 Pin 1 Rib Pin 4 Pin 2 ...

Page 15: ...lens should be as shown below CS mount Less than 4 mm 5 32 Screw Flange back Adjusting Ring w q Mounting the Lens Caution Before you mount the lens loosen the fixing screw on the side of the camera and rotate the flange back adjusting ring counterclockwise until it stops If the ring is not at the end the inner glass or CCD image sensor may be damaged 1 Mount the lens by turning it clockwise on the...

Page 16: ... flange back adjusting ring to the desired position Note Adjusting a focus in the visible rays may be soft focused with the near infrared light 16 Screw Flange back Adjusting Ring 3 Tighten the screws on the side of the camera Caution Tightening the screw by force will cause damage to the screw or deviation of focus FOCUS OR FLANGE BACK ADJUSTMENT ...

Page 17: ...wo fixing screws Attach the mount adapter to the top as shown in the dia gram then mount the camera on the mounting bracket Use the two original screws to attach the mount adapter to the camera Using shorter ones may cause the camera to fall down and using longer ones may damage the inside of the camera INSTALLATION OF CAMERA ...

Page 18: ... structure SETUP Camera ID ON OFF Light Control ALC ELC Shutter Speed CAM SETUP AGC ON DNR H ON DNR M ON DNR L OFF SYNC INT LL Camera ID Editing Camera ID Display Position PRESET OFF PRESET OFF PRESET ON Back Light Compensation PRESET ON Back Light Compensation VBS Automatic Selection VS Automatic Selection LL Manual Selection Manual Mask Area Selection Manual Level Selection Peak Mode Selection P...

Page 19: ...ve the cursor to END in the bottom line and press I to close the menu and return to the camera picture 20 CAM SET UP CAMERA ID OFF ALC ELC ALC SHUTTER OFF AGC ON DNR H SENS UP OFF SYNC INT WHITE BAL ATW1 MOTION DET OFF LENS DRIVE DC END SET UP DISABLE Blinking Note The menu displayed on the monitor will close and change to the camera picture if no button is pressed for 5 minutes ...

Page 20: ...eft Button L Moves the cursor to the left Use this button to select or adjust the parameters of the selected item The parameter changes each time this button is pressed Set Button I Executes selection and displays a submenu for an item with N mark To reset the parameter of an item to the factory default setting move the cursor to that row and press L and M simultaneously To return to the previous ...

Page 21: ...is to prevent acciden tal changing of the settings When the setup menu is closed after changing the parameters in the menu the new values are saved in the EEPROM Electric Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory These values remain valid until new values are saved even if the power of the camera is off CAM SET UP CAMERA ID OFF ALC ELC ALC SHUTTER OFF AGC ON DNR H SENS UP OFF SYNC INT WHITE BAL A...

Page 22: ...er you want to edit by pressing L M J K 3 After selecting the character press I The selected character appears in the editing area The pointer in the editing area moves to the right automatically at this moment 4 Repeat the steps above until all characters are edit ed To enter a blank space in the CAMERA ID Move the cursor to SPACE and press I To replace a specific character in the CAMERA ID 1 Mov...

Page 23: ...ion by pressing L M J K 3 Press I to fix the position of the CAMERA ID The mode returns to the previous CAMERA ID menu Notes The CAMERA ID stops at the edges of the mon itor screen The CAMERA ID moves faster if any of L M J K is kept pressed for a second or more 2 Light Control Setting ALC ELC You can select the mode for adjusting the lens iris The modes are as follows ALC Select this mode when an...

Page 24: ... makes the camera picture dark such as a spotlight You can select one of two modes PRESET ON or PRESET OFF of back light compensation 2 1 ALC Mode with PRESET ON In normal use the important object in a scene is placed in the center of the monitor s screen In the factory setup mode more photometric weight is given to the center of the screen where the important object is located than to the edge of...

Page 25: ...ess I to return to the CAM SET UP menu 2 2 ALC Mode with PRESET OFF These modes are effective when the main object in the scene is not located in the center of the screen and a source of bright light is located near the center of the screen In these modes the picture is divided into 48 areas that mask the light to keep the clarity of the pic ture Note If ELC is selected set MASK SET and LEVEL acco...

Page 26: ...ep 3 to mask the desired area To cancel masking move the cursor to that area and press I 5 After masking is completed press I for 2 sec onds or more The ALC CONT menu appears 6 If you want to change the video output level picture contrast move the I cursor LEVEL and adjust the level 7 Move the cursor to RET and press I to return to the CAM SET UP menu To return to the camera picture move the curso...

Page 27: ... for this unde sired effect Move the cursor to PEAK MODE and select ON or OFF ON Compensates flaring of the picture OFF Does not compensate 3 Shutter Speed Setting SHUTTER Note When ELC is selected for ALC ELC on the CAM SET UP menu this item is not available You can select an electronic shutter speed of 1 60 OFF 1 100 1 250 1 500 1 1 000 1 2 000 1 4 000 or 1 10 000 seconds Move the cursor to the ...

Page 28: ...becomes the more after images and the less noise you will see Selecting DNR L is recommended when the picture contains moving objects When using a system controller the parameters DNR H M L will not appear on its setup menu 2 Press I set to open the AGC MAX maximum level menu 3 Move the I cursor with L or M to adjust the AGC level 4 Move the cursor to RET and press I to return to the CAMERA SETUP ...

Page 29: ...phase adjustment If the camera installation is relocated check the vertical phase adjustment again since the AC line phase may be different Notes While the SENS UP function is active the increased sensitivity may cause noise spots or a whitish phe nomenon to appear in the picture This is a normal phenomenon x64 FIX does not appear for the SENS UP parame ter on the system controller setup menu In c...

Page 30: ...t contain jitter such as a VCR playback signal as it could dis turb synchronization 4 After confirming that the cursor is on EXT VBS press I The phase adjustment menu appears on the monitor 5 Supply the video output signal of the camera to be adjusted and the reference gen lock input signal to a dual trace oscilloscope CAM SET UP CAMERA ID OFF ALC ELC ALC SHUTTER OFF AGC ON DNR H SENS UP OFF SYNC ...

Page 31: ...rsor to SC FINE 12 Press L or M to match the color hue of the camera s video signal when observed at the output of the Special Effect Generator SEG or Switcher as closely as possible to the color of the original scene The SC FINE adjustment has a range of 90 degrees of color shift Notes When the I cursor reaches the end it jumps back to At the same time SC COARSE is incremented by one step to enab...

Page 32: ...ed and the reference gen lock input signal to a dual trace oscilloscope 6 Set the oscilloscope to the horizontal rate and expand the horizontal sync portion on the oscillo scope 7 Move the cursor to H PHASE 8 Adjust the horizontal phase by pressing L or M The adjustable range is 0 2 0 µs 6 4 Line lock Sync Mode LL Note The line lock mode is not applicable when DC power and or VD2 synchronization i...

Page 33: ...ustment can be incremented in 16 steps by 22 5 degrees by pressing L or M Note After the sixteenth step the adjustment returns to the first step 7 Move the cursor to FINE 8 Press L or M to match the vertical phase for both video output signals as closely as possible FINE adjustment can be made up to 22 5 degrees by pressing L or M Notes When the I cursor reaches the end it jumps back to At the sam...

Page 34: ...ance is approximately 2 600 6 000K Proper white balance may not be obtained under the following conditions 1 The color temperature is out of the 2 600 6 000K range 2 When the scene contains mostly high color temperature objects such as a blue sky or sun set 3 When the scene is dim In these cases select the AWC mode Move the cursor to the WHITE BAL parameter and select ATW1 The white balance of the...

Page 35: ...on the monitor When ATW is selected pressing I displays the ATW menu Manual Fine Adjustment for AWC ATW You can set the white balance items manually 1 To set MASK SET proceed as described in steps 2 to 4 of ALC mode with PRESET OFF See page 26 and 27 2 Move the cursor to R 3 Press L or M to obtain the optimum amount of red gain 4 Move the cursor to B CAM SET UP CAMERA ID OFF ALC ELC ALC SHUTTER OF...

Page 36: ...de with PRESET OFF See page 26 and 27 4 Move the cursor to the ALARM parameter and select ON or OFF to set the alarm for DISPLAY MODE Note When the system controller WV RM70 WV CU550 series WV CU161 or WV CU360 is used with this model select OFF for ALARM 5 Move the cursor to DISPLAY MODE and press I to see the current setting The masks that detect the brightness changes start blinking 6 To raise ...

Page 37: ...to OFF when the camera is installed in a system other than a Panasonic CCTV Otherwise the multiplexed alarm signal may be mis understood as a time code There may be a delay of about 0 2 seconds from the time of motion detection until the ALARM OUT terminal becomes active 9 Lens Drive Signal Selection LENS DRIVE This item is used to select the type of auto iris lens drive signal to be supplied to t...

Page 38: ...CHROMA GAIN I AP GAIN I PEDESTAL I HUE I BW OFF BURST BW ON CAMERA RESET PUSH SW RET END 10 2 Chroma Level Setting CHROMA GAIN 1 Move the cursor to the CHROMA GAIN parameter 2 While observing the vectorscope or color video monitor move the I cursor to adjust the chroma level 10 3 Aperture Gain Setting AP GAIN 1 Move the cursor to the AP GAIN parameter 2 While observing the waveform monitor or colo...

Page 39: ...tion of illuminance AUTO2 Applying AUTO1 may cause malfunction when using a source of near infrared light at night because the illuminance changes signifi cantly when switching between the color pic ture and the black and white picture But AUTO2 allows the unit to prevent malfunction because it simply recognizes a source of light Note Because a source of light is simply rec ognized based on the in...

Page 40: ... lx with F1 4 lens The factory default setting is HIGH 6 Move the cursor to DURATION TIME to set the switching time using L or M The following switching times are available 10s 30s 60s 300s S L 10 7 BURST BW 1 Move the cursor to the BURST BW parameter 2 Select ON or OFF using L or M Default ON ON The burst signal is supplied along with the black and white composite video signal OFF The burst signa...

Page 41: ...C L 570 lines B W Signal to Noise Ratio 50 dB AGC OFF weight ON Minimum Illumination 0 14 lx 0 014 footcandle at F1 4 C L 0 01 lx 0 001 footcandle at F1 4 B W Gain Control AGC ON or OFF SET UP MENU selectable White Balance ATW1 ATW2 or AWC SET UP MENU selectable Aperture Variable SET UP MENU 42 SPECIFICATIONS When the camera is aimed at a bright light such as a spotlight or a surface that reflects...

Page 42: ...perating Temperature 10 C 50 C 14 F 122 F Ambient Operating Humidity Less than 90 Power Source and WV CL920A 120 V AC 60 Hz 4 8 W Power Consumption WV CL924A 24 V AC 60 Hz 4 9 W 12 V DC 460 mA Alarm Out Collector output OFF Open or 4 V DC 5 V DC ON 1 V 50 mA Day Night In Pulled up to 5 V DC OFF Open ON 0 V 0 2 mA Dimensions without lens 74 mm W x 55 mm H x 120 mm D 2 15 16 W x 2 3 16 H x 4 13 16 D...

Page 43: ... 44 STANDARD ACCESSORIES Body Cap 1 pc ALC Lens Connector YFE4191J100 1 pc AC Power Cord only for WV CL920A 1 pc C mount Adapter 1 pc ...

Page 44: ... 45 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Lenses WV LA4R5A WV LA6A WV LA12A WV LZ80 2 WV LZ81 10 WV LZ81 6 ...

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