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3-856-663-02 (1)
Color Video Camera
Operating Instructions
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EVI-D30
EVI-D31 (For European model only)
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Owner’s Record The model number and the serial number are located on the bottom exterior. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon the dealer regarding this product. Model No. Serial No. WARNING This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not “dangerous voltage” within the expose the unit to rain or moisture. product’s enclosure that may be of WARNING sufficient magnitude t
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3 Verwijder het plaatje met de lithiumbatterij. For the customers in Netherlands Voor de klanten in Nederland Bij dit produkt zijn batterijen geleverd. Wanneer deze leeg zijn, moet u ze niet weggooien maar inleveren als KCA. Als de kleuren-videocamera niet meer werkt Voor u de kleuren-videocamera wegdoet, dient u de Zorg dat de lithiumbatterij niet in het afval lithiumbatterij eruit te verwijderen om deze in te terechtkomt, maar lever deze in als KCA. leveren als KCA. 1 Draai de schroef aan de a
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Features • The CCD features effective picture elements of 380,000 (EVI-D30)/440,000 (EVI-D31), which enables you high-resolution shooting. • In addition to high-speed pan/tilt action, AT (Automatic target tracking) and MD (Motion detector) features are integrated, which lets you use Color Video Camera for a variety of purposes. • VISCA lets you operate Color Video Camera with a personal computer. • Up to six combinations of the camera's position and status can be memorized. • Multi-function remo
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Table of Contents Preparations Connections ........................................... 6 If you have a personal computer or audio/video equipment with the S-video input ............................................. 7 Turning on the Power ............................ 8 Setting the Clock .................................... 8 Basic Operations Pan/Tilt Operation ................................ 10 Adjusting the Camera .......................... 11 Having the Camera Memorize the Setting ............
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Preparations Connections Connect your Color Video Camera to a personal computer, TV or VCR equipped with an audio/ video input. Some connections may require extra cables. Refer to the instructions manual of the equipment to be connected. Microphone (not supplied) to MIC Audio/Video to Audio to AUDIO cable (supplied) input (black) OUT (black) to VIDEO S-Video cable to Video input OUT (yellow) (not supplied) (yellow) to S-Video input to S VIDEO OUT VISCA cable (not supplied)* to RS-232C to VISC
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Installation If you have a personal Be sure to place the main unit on a flat surface. computer or audio/video equipment with the S-Video input You can connect it to your Color Video Camera with a commercially available S-video cable. Notes • You cannot connect your Color Video Camera to a personal computer that is not equipped with either audio/ Secure the camera in place with the supplied Velcro video input or S-Video input jack. And you might not be tape. able to use your existing personal co
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Turning on the Power Setting the Clock Use the buttons on the main unit to set the clock. 1 Turn on the POWER switch at the rear of the main unit. DATE TIME The POWER lamp lights up. As long as the POWER switch on the main unit is set to ON, you can turn on or off the camera with the POWER switch on the DATE TIME remote commander. When the power is turned on, the camera will automatically face toward the lower right- hand side and then the front, which is the home position of the camera. (Pan/t
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4 Repeat the steps 2 and 3 to set the other time elements in the order of month, date, hour, and minute. The clock starts operating as you press the TIME button to set the minute. EVI-D30 JUL 4 1996 3:15:01 PM EVI-D31 4 7 1996 15:15:01 Having the clock displayed You can select the clock display from either time or date. To have the time displayed, press the TIME button. To have the date displayed, press the DATE button. To turn off the clock display, press the corresponding button again. Note W
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Basic Operations If you wish to face the camera toward the opposite direction in which the Pan/Tilt Operation arrow on a pressed button points The camera is preset to face toward the right whenever the arrow ( ) button is pressed. You 1 might wish to face the camera toward the opposite CAMERA SELECT direction in which the arrow on a pressed button points, in such a case when you change the REV direction of the camera while checking the picture on the screen. In this case, press the REV button
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Operating range of the remote commander Adjusting the Camera Use the remote commander within the range described below, facing it toward the receptor for BACK LIGHT the remote commander. Receptor for remote commander AUTO FAR ZOOM NEAR MANUAL 7m 30° 60° 60° 30° Focusing on a subject To focus the camera on a subject automatically Operating more than one camera with Press the AUTO button. The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the remote commander the screen automatically. Notice the C
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1 Press the PAN-TILT RESET button to Having the Camera reset the pan/tilt position. Memorize the Setting —Presetting feature 2 Adjust the position, zooming, focusing, and back lighting of the camera. (See on Up to six combinations of the setting (position, page 11.) zooming, focusing and back lighting) can be preset. 3 While holding down the PRESET button, press either of the POSITION 3 POSITION buttons 1 – 6. (1 – 6) 2 Press the STD REV POSITION 123 RESET button on 456 which the While PRESET RE
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Recalling the memorized setting Press either of the POSITION buttons 1 – 6. Canceling the preset memory While holding down the RESET button, press the POSITION button on which the settings are to be canceled. Press the STD REV POSITION 123 button on 456 which the PRESET RESET POSITION settings are MENU PAN-TILT/CURSOR While to be canceled. holding down Notes • Before presetting, be sure to reset the pan/tilt position. Otherwise the correct position will not be memorized. • The memorized informat
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Advanced Operations Example of the case when a subject is hardly recognized The camera Tracking a Subject might not AT MODE P-T DRIVE recognize a Automatically SETTING ENTRY1 subject if the 17 portion different —AT (Auto target tracking) function from the subject in brightness and You can have the camera memorize certain color color, such as and brightness so that it automatically tracks a the backdrop, is subject having the memorized color and brightness. placed together in the frame. 1 AT ON/O
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To keep the brightness of the subject MODE Tracking method Intended use as is (Auto back lighting function) CHASE 1 The pan/tilt action is Used to check After the step 2, press the AE button. not performed. if the subject is (Camera does not recognized. move.) The frame AT MODE P-T DRIVE SETTING ENTRY1 tracks a subject only in 51 the range of the screen. CHASE 2 The frame tracks a Used to subject while the pan/ perform AT AE tilt action is performed. normal CHASE 1 In this mode, the tracking
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Tracking a Subject Automatically (continued) 3 Press the arrow button to move the frame to a desired position. Fine-tuning the setting AT MODE FRAME DRIVE SETTING ENTRY1 Changing the frame position 30 Although the frame normally appears on the middle of the screen, you can change its position to a different place. (In the CHASE 1 mode, the frame tracks a subject within the range of the screen.) CHASE 1 4 Press the OFF SET button to fix the frame position. 2,4 1 AT MODE P-T DRIVE SETTING ENTRY1
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If a subject cannot be 1 Press the AT ON/OFF button to enter recognized or captured into the AT setting mode. Depending on the characteristic or condition of a The frame and setting value appear. If the subject, the camera might hardly recognize the setting value does not appear, press the DATA subject. If the AT function still does not work after SCREEN button to have the value displayed. the procedures mentioned in pages 14 and 15 are repeated, select an ENTRY mode that is matched to AT MODE
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Tracking a Subject Automatically (continued) Detecting the Change Taking Place 4 Press the START/STOP button to activate the AT function. in the Picture Try moving the subject to see if the frame — MD (Motion Detector) function tracks it automatically. If the position of the camera is fixed, you can set the If you have selected the ENTRY 3, the frame camera to detect a change taking place in a picture. flashes for about 5 seconds after the START/STOP When the camera detects a change taking place
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2 Press the FRAME button to enter into the 5 Repeat pressing the DETECT button to detection frame setting mode. select a frame to be used. Each time that button is pressed, the frame to MD MODE FRAME DRIVE be used is cyclically changed as follows: SET FRAME FRAME 1 FRAME 2 F1 & F2* MD MODE FRAME DRIVE SET FRAME FRAME 1 3 Decide the position and size of the F1&F2 FRAME 1. q Press the arrow button to set the position * If a change is detected even in either of FRAME 1 of the FRAME 1. Then press t
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Detecting the Change Taking Place in the Picture (continued) 2 START/STOP Fine-tuning the settings The MD function works in the following manner: 1 the camera memorizes a picture of a certain 5 moment as the “reference picture,” and compares 4,5 the current picture with the reference picture to 3,6 MENU detect whether or not a change takes place. Although the camera is factory-set to refresh a reference picture after a certain period of time, you 4,5 can change the timing when a reference pictur
