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COLOR BAR
The Color Bar (
Figure 11) is a useful
feature to test video output from cam-
era to your viewing device.
GAMMA
TYPE A – 0.45 Gamma (Lighter)
TYPE B – 1.0 Gamma (Darker)
ZOOM
Digital zoom x2 – ON or OFF
The Digital zoom is a useful feature to
aid focusing.
ENHANCER
MID Sharpness or HIGH Sharpness
DAY/NIGHT
AUTO – Automatically switches to
COLOR for bright objects and BLACK
& WHITE for low light object.
DAY/EXT – COLOR mode always.
NIGHT – BLACK & WHITE mode
always.
PRIORITY
PRIORITY (AGC/SENSE) controls the
auto-darkening on bright objects.
RETURN
Select to return to main menu.
EXIT
SAVE – exit and save current settings.
PRESET – exit and default to factory defined settings.
Removal of Dome Bubble
In order to initially focus your view, the dome cover will first need to be removed.
Use the included allen key to unscrew the 4 vandal-proof screws on the top of
the SASC. Be careful not to hit the acrylic dome with the allen key, screws or
other hard objects. Also be careful not to lose the non standard Vandal-proof
allen key.
Sense-Up: An image processing tech-
nology which allows user selectable
digital slow shutter speeds in order to
allow extra light into a camera thereby
providing higher sensitivity in low light
conditions (
Figure 7).
The minimum frame integration (x2) is
1/32 of a second for NTSC (1/40 for
PAL).
The maximum frame integration
(x256) is 4 seconds for NTSC (5 sec-
onds for PAL).
Set SHUTTER SPEED (ALC) to OFF
for frame integration.
Low light objects such as stars and
the Milky Way require a high value
sense up setting such as x256 which
gives a total exposure time of up to 4
seconds NTSC (5 seconds PAL).
BACK LIGHT – Background
Light Compensation
Background Light Compensation is used when there is a very bright background
with very dim front image.
Note: BACK LIGHT is not normally used for astronomy.
MASK
A security camera feature for privacy masking. Not used in this application.
OPTION
The option menu contains features that will be modified less frequently than the
main menu features. (
Figure 8).
TITLE
Use UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT and CENTER buttons to select up to 20 characters
to be used as an on-screen title (
Figure 9 & 10).
H-REV
Horizontal Mirror Function – Image is flipped in the Horizontal axis.
V-REV
Vertical Mirror Function – Image is flipped in the Vertical axis.
Figure 7.
Sense Up menu.
Figure 8.
OPTION sub menu.
Figure 10.
TITLE being used with live
image.
Figure 11.
Color Bar Test.
Figure 9.
TITLE edit menu.
