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SENTINELPRO
OUTDOOR PROFESSIONAL
PAN/TILT/ZOOM
CAMERA SYSTEM
MODEL VK84A
INCLUDES SENTINELPRO PAN/TILT/ZOOM CAMERA
(XC35A) AND DOME WITH REMOTE CONTROL (CR15A)
OWNER’S MANUAL
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INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Congratulations! You have purchased X10’s premier Introduction ......................................................................... 2 video surveillance solution. The SentinelPro Pan/Tilt/ Basic Camera Setup ............................................................ 4 Zoom Camera has superior image quality, a high powered Basic Camera Operation ................................................... 12 zoom, and pan and tilt motion. You can operate the camera Secure
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Basic Camera Setup BASIC CAMERA SETUP First you’ll set up and test the camera before you install the camera Your SentinelPro Camera is ready to go out of the box! Follow these into the dome. Make sure you read this entire manual fi rst in case you steps for a quick setup of your new camera. want to change a setting on the base of the camera before installing it in the dome. Unpack these items. Connect the camera to power. You should have: the camera and its power supply; the camera Plug the
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Basic Camera Setup Basic Camera Setup Insert batteries into the remote. Connect the wireless video receiver to power. Remove the battery cover and put four (4) AAA batteries into the Put your video receiver in a convenient place near or on your TV. camera remote. Make sure to match the batteries to the + and – marks Plug its power supply into a standard wall outlet and the other end inside the battery case. into the video receiver. 6 7
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Basic Camera Setup Basic Camera Setup Connect the video receiver to your TV. Turn on the video receiver. Connect the video cable into the video-out jack on the video receiver Make sure the power switch on the video receiver is set to “ON.” and into the video-in jack on your TV. 8 9
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Basic Camera Setup Basic Camera Setup Turn on your TV. Fine tune the antennas. Turn on your TV and select its video input. Use the Video or Select Once the camera and receiver are in place, adjust their antennas so buttons on your TV remote control, or try channel 0 and then that they face each other. The side of the camera’s antenna with the Channel Down. The camera’s picture should appear. Note, the picture dot on it should face the side of the receiver’s antenna marked with will be upside
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BASIC CAMERA OPERATION SECURE VIDEO CONNECTION SETUP Once you have the camera set up, you’re ready to start using it. It’s If you prefer a secure video connection, you can use a video cable to easy to get started. Here’s how you use the remote to control the connect the camera directly to your TV. This setup does not use the wireless camera: video receiver. 1. Turn off the camera’s wireless transmitter: Locate the transmission switch on the bottom of the camera (see picture below). Select T
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Secure Video Connection Setup REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 3. Connect the video cable: Plug one end of a video cable into the camera. Your SentinelPro Camera includes many versatile and powerful features. Run the rest of the cable to your TV. This section will show you how to get the most from your camera. 4. Connect the other end of the cable to the video-in jack on your TV. Stored Positions Your SentinelPro Camera can remember nine locations, including vertical/ horizontal positions, and zoom s
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Remote Control Features Mounting the Camera Clearing Stored Positions You can install the SentinelPro Camera into the supplied dome and mount it on a ceiling, or you can use the supplied mounting bracket to mount the You can delete all stored positions. Here’s how: complete assembly on a wall. In either case make sure the ABCD channel 1. Press and release C1. switch, and Transmit Enable/Disable switch on the base of the camera are set as you desire before installing the camera in the dome.
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Mounting the Camera, cont. Mounting the Camera, cont. Camera should be installed into the base of the dome after knocking out the 4. Attach the camera to the base of holes, knock out 3 holes for mounting on a ceiling or 1 hole for the wall the dome using the brass screw on mounting bracket: the outside of the dome’s base. Mounting the camera on a ceiling 1. Knock out the three holes on the base of the dome using a screwdriver and hammer. 5. Plug the power and video cables into the came
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Mounting the Camera, cont. Mounting the Camera, cont. Mounting the camera on a wall 5. Plug the power and video cables into using the bracket provided the camera. 1. Knock out the ONE hole shown here on the base of the dome using 6. Remove the lens cap a screwdriver and hammer. (Don’t touch the lens). 7. Pass the cables through the hole in 2. Put a black rubber washer on the the mounting bracket and attach the inside of base of the dome and bracket to a wall. then insert a brass scr
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Additional Setup Options MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEMS The SentinelPro Camera System is designed so that you can use up to four Picture Orientation cameras together. Follow the steps in this section to set up and use your additional cameras. Vertical Orientation: If you choose not to mount the camera upside down. Here’s how to fl ip the picture vertically in the camera so that the display on the TV is the right way up: Setting Up Multiple Cameras 1. Press and release C1. Each camera comes pre-programm
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Multi-Camera Systems ADVANCED SETUP OPTIONS Controlling Multiple Cameras Changing the House Code for the Remote Pressing any camera button (C1, C2, C3 or C4) turns on that camera and The Camera and Remote come set to House Code A by default. To change turns the other cameras off. When you press a camera button, all of the the House Code on the remote follow steps 1 through 4 below: camera controls on the remote– moving the camera, zooming, storing 1. Press and release 3. Use the number posi
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Advanced Setup Options ADVANCED ONSCREEN MENU OPTIONS The onscreen menus change the low-level, technical operation of the Recording with a VCR SentinelPro camera. In most cases you do not need to change any of these Whether you have set up your camera to use the wireless receiver or the settings. secure video connection, you can confi gure your SentinelPro Camera so 3. Press the Right that you can record its video signal on your VCR. It’s easy: 1. Press C1, C2, arrow button C3, or C4 1.
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Iris Settings Backlight Compensation Iris settings control the amount of light let into the SentinelPro camera. Backlight compensation settings affect how the camera adjusts for light Changing these settings affect how bright your picture will be, and how the sources behind the camera’s view or focus. You can use this to adjust for camera reacts to changes in lighting conditions. Your options are: the silhouette effect you might g
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Freeze, Automatic Gain Control & Sensitivity Color Settings The settings for Automatic Gain Control (AGC) affect the brightness and The options in the color settings menu control the appearance of the video picture levels of the video produced by the camera. AGC amplifi es existing picture you get from the camera. video to help the camera reproduce a video signal at low light levels. · ATW: Adjusts the settings for Auto Trace White
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Automatic Picture Control Lens Settings These settings control how the lens in the SentinelPro Camera behaves Automatic Picture Control (APC) changes the geometry of the picture during normal use. produced by the camera. These changes are slight and it can be hard to notice how the picture is different. · Digital ZOOM: The camera uses digital zoom (10X) after reaching the maximum optical zoom level (22X). Digital zoom produces a s
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Picture Reversal Alarm Position You can set the SentinelPro Camera to reverse, either horizontally, vertically the picture it produces. Or you can do both. The SentinelPro Camera does not use this feature. · H. REV: Reverses the picture horizontally, or from left to right. Set this to “ON” if you want to use the camera like a mirror for viewing objects behind you. · V. REV: When set to “ON” this settings mirrors the picture vertica
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Onscreen Camera Label (ID) Restore Presets (defaults) The SentinelPro Camera can display a title or label for the camera on The settings in the PRESET menu work to set the camera back to its default screen. This can be useful when you have more than one camera and want confi guration. This will discard any changes you made in any of the other to identify them easily. video settings menus. · PRESET: When you select this option and c
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options TROUBLESHOOTING If there’s no camera picture on your TV (wireless connection): · MARK: Selecting Mark ON puts a cross-hairs mark on the screen. 1. Make sure your Wireless Video Receiver is connected to power and turned On. 2. Select the appropriate video input on your TV. Usually you can select the input mode by pressing the VIDEO or INPUT button on the remote control. Or you might have to change the TV to Channel 0 or 2, and then use Channel Down to change
