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SETUP SCREEN
To Set Day/Night
1.
Select <
Day/Night
>.
2.
Select each item and set it properly.
•
Day/Night : Mode is used to adjust
the color of Color or Black and
White.
- Color : The video is always output in
color.
- B/W : The video is always output in
black and white.
- Auto : Normally, it is set to Color but to B&W under low luminance at night.
If AGC of the <
Exposure
> menu is set to <
Off
>, the day/night mode cannot be set to <
Auto
>.
- External : Connecting or disconnecting EXT D/N port to the grounding terminal will
allow automatic switching between Color and B&W.
- Schedule : Set the time during which the camera is operated in the color mode.
•
Dwell Time : It specifies the period for which the selected brightness condition
must be maintained to switch the lighting mode from Day to Night or vice versa.
•
Duration : It specifies the interval of lighting mode conversion.
•
Alarm in : The video is set to Color or B/W as the EXT D/N signal is open or
closed.
If the Day/Night mode is set to External Input, the alarm input function of the Event-Alarm Input
page is disabled.
•
Simple focus after D/N : The video is automatically focused after the lighting mode
changes from Day to Night or vice versa.
•
Activation time : It specifies the schedule for color mode operation.
If it is set, the Color mode is maintained from 00 second of the starting time to 59 second of the
ending time.
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When <
Simple focus after D/N
> is set, the focusing function may not work properly under a
certain condition.
For more details, refer to “
Focus setup
”. (Page 76)
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The Day/Night mode may not operate properly if the lens installed in the camera and the lens set
in <
Lens
> of the <
Exposure
> menu don’t match.
If you switch the day/night mode, the MD/VA event cannot be detected.