Ikegami VFL201A Operation Manual
Ikegami VFL201A Operation Manual

Ikegami VFL201A Operation Manual

Hdtv analog i/f lcd color viewfinder

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VFL201A
HDTV Analog I/F LCD Color Viewfinder
Operation Manual
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  • Page 1 MODEL VFL201A HDTV Analog I/F LCD Color Viewfinder Operation Manual English...
  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    Do not use any damaged (with the core wire exposed or broken) power cord! If you keep using the unit as is, a fire or an electric shock accident may occur. Contact our sales agent or the sales person in charge. Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd.
  • Page 4 • This unit contains some high voltage sections inside. Any inspection, maintenance or repair work of this unit must be carried out by a knowledgeable expert of this type of product, otherwise an electric shock accident may occur. Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd.
  • Page 5 Also, avoid using the unit in an environment daily adjustments, indicated by a phenomenon such as no image exposed to the strong salt winds. available, please contact our sales agent or TECHNO IKEGAMI 11. When storing the viewfinder for a long period Co., Ltd.
  • Page 6 Pay attention the direction of the eye-piece relative to the sun, when not looking into the eye-piece for a period of time. If the LCD panel gets burned Please contact your Ikegami service agency. You are liable for the cost of repair.
  • Page 7 (large antivibration ø19~21) (large ø19~26.5) ●How to Read the Operation Manual This page explains general notes on reading the VFL201A Operation Manual, and the symbols and notations used in the manual. Notes on the Manual - This manual is written for readers with a basic knowledge of handing broadcast cameras.
  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    6-3. Shadow function ............E-27 2-3. Escutcheon ..............E-3 6-4. User marker function ..........E-28 2-4. Mounting/Removing VFL201A to/from the Mount 6-5. Video MAG function ........... E-28 Attachment for UNICAM XE series cameras ... E-4 6-6. Peaking function ............E-28 2-5.
  • Page 11: 1.Outline

    1. Outline 1-1. Outline VFL201A is a 2-inch LCD viewfinder developed for HDTV. It has a high resolution QHD LCD with 960 (H) X 540 (V) pixels. It is possible for users to confirm high resolution video with the full color.
  • Page 12: Names And Functions

    2. Names and Functions 2-1. Front side ① ② ③ ⑩ ⑪ ⑦ ⑬ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑫ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ NAME FUNCTION ① PEAKING VR The edge amount of peaking for the image is adjusted. ② CONTRAST VR The contrast of the image is adjusted. ③...
  • Page 13: Back Side

    Rear tally with a cover can’t be prohibited. A cover can cut off the light of this tally, if needed. ③ This is the mounting hardware in order to install the VFL201A on the camera. Attachment for camera ④ This is an eyepiece to observe the VF image. Also, it has the dioptric lens feature.
  • Page 14: Installation Of Microphone Holder

    2-4. Mounting/Removing the VFL201A to/from the Mount Attachment for UNICAM HD series cameras ■Mounting the VFL201A to the Mount Attachment This section explains how to mount the VFL201A to the VF mounting attachment of the HDK-99. (The mounting method is the same for other cameras.) CAUTION: At first, please confirm whether the mounting hardware for VF is installed in the camera.
  • Page 15: Detaching And Installation Of Eyepiece

    2-6. Detaching and installation of eyepiece ■The eyepiece detaching The detaching lever in the root of the VF eyepiece is pushed, the eyepiece is turned anti-clockwise and it will be detached. CAUTION: Please take care that dust doesn't enter VF inside after detaching it. ■The eyepiece installation Please align the mountain sign displayed in the root of the VF eyepiece with the mountain sign displayed on the VF side and turn it clockwise while pressing it until you hear it clicks.
  • Page 16: Menu Operation

    3. Menu Operation 3-1. Menu List (VF MENU) MENU(1/7) VF MENU 1. FUNC DISABLE ON/OFF setting of the FUNCTION switch function (TOP MENU) TOUCH DISP. ON/OFF setting of the FUNCTION switch function displays by the touch sensor 2. ASSIGN F1 Function allocation setting of F1 FUNCTION switch 3.
  • Page 17 MENU(5/7) 1. MARKER ON/OFF ON/OFF setting of display of MARKER (MARKER) MARKER SELECT Setting of marker type ASPECT MARKER Setting of aspect marker type SAFETY MARKER Setting of safety marker in “80% to 100% (on 1% basis)” SHADOW MODE Setting of shadow display mode SHADOW LEVEL Setting of shadow level 2.
  • Page 18: How To Operate And Functional Descriptions Of

    3-2. How to operate and functional descriptions of menus (VF MENU) ◆ Basic operations of the menu switch The MENU operation by using MENU switch is explained below. ① Changing MENU pages    **** VF MENU(1/3) ****    **** VF MENU(1/7) ****    When the MENU switch is press                      SETTING...
  • Page 19 ② Setting the MENU When characters of (PAGE) are displayed in red after the MENU screen display has started, pressing the MENU switch will cause the color of (PAGE) to turn to magenta. This indicates that the setting mode within the page is enabled, permitting changes to be made.    **** VF MENU(1/3) ****...
  • Page 20: Vf Menu (1/7) Top Menu

    (1) VF MENU (1/7) TOP MENU    **** VF MENU(1/3) ****    **** VF MENU(1/7) ****                         SETTING                     TOP MENU  ←(PAGE)→  ←(PAGE)→ ①  1.VOLUME PRESET    OFF     1.FUNC DISABLE     OFF      ②    →PEAKING         0    →TOUCH DISP.     ON          →CONTRAST        0  2.ASSIGN F1        USRMRK ③    →BRIGHT          0  3.ASSIGN F2        TALLY  2.H POSITION       0  4.ASSIGN F3        MONO  3.V POSITION       0 ---------------------------- ④  4.REVERSE SCAN     OFF  5.VOLUME INDICATOR OFF ⑤  5.BACKLIGHT DIM    7  6.FRONT TALLY      LOW ⑥    7.SCREEN SAVER     OFF ⑦    →TIMER           30MIN  8.SCREEN OFF       EXECUTE ⑧  EXIT...
  • Page 21 ④ VOLUME INDICATOR ⑦ TIMER ⑥When the screen saver is set to ON, it sets the time required to Sets up ON/OFF of the manual volume indicator display and the zoom indicator display.. When adjusting the PEAKING, CON- start the screen saver function. TRAST, or BRIGHT volume at the right of the front on the When there is no VF operation and when the same still picture MANUAL side, the setting level is displayed by the VOLUME...
  • Page 22: Vf Menu (2/7) Vf Setting

    (2) MENU (2/7) VF SETTING    **** VF MENU(2/7) ****                     VF SETTING  ←(PAGE)→ ①  1.VOLUME PRESET    OFF ②    →CONTRAST        0 ③    →BRIGHT          0 ④  2.H POSITION       0 ⑤  3.V POSITION       0 ⑥  4.REVERSE SCAN     OFF  5.COLOR TEMP.      D65 ⑦  6.RGB/YPbPr        RGB ⑧    EXIT ⑥ REVERSE SCAN ① VOLUME PRESET Sets up the Image Reversing Display function (rotation by 180º). “CONTRAST”...
  • Page 23: Vf Menu (3/7) Video Setting

    (3) VF MENU (3/7) VIDEO SETTING    **** VF MENU(3/7) ****                   VIDEO SETTING  ←(PAGE)→ ①  1.COLOR/MONO       COLOR ②  2.CHROMA UP        OFF ③  3.GAMMA SELECT     GAMMA2.2 ④  4.ZEBRA            OFF ⑤  5.VIDEO MAG.       OFF  ⑥    →MAG. POSITION   CENTER  ⑦    →MAG. RATIO      X2  ⑧    →MAG. TIMMER     3sec.  ⑨  6.VIDEO CAPTURE    EXECUTE ⑩    →CAPTURE DISPLAY OFF ⑪    →DISP. INTERVAL  2FRAME  EXIT ① COLOR/MONO Sets up the COLOR/MONO display. γ=1.0 The default value is “COLOR”.
  • Page 24 “TOP” ④ ZEBRA 【MAG. RATIO x2】 It sets ON/OFF of ZEBRA. The default value is “OFF”. “TOP-L” “TOP-R” * When [ZEBRA] is set to a FUNCTION switch, the ZEBRA can be switched ON/OFF. “LEFT” “RIGHT” ⑤ VIDEO MAG “BOTTOM-R” “BOTTOM-L” It sets ON/OFF of the screen magnification. Video set to MAG.
  • Page 25 ⑪ DISP. INTERVAL INPUT SIGNAL Sets up the switchover interval between the captured image and the camera image in frame units. Return to menu The setting values that can be selected are “1 FRAME”, “2 display. FRAMES”, “3 FRAMES”, “5 FRAMES”, “10 FRAMES”, “30 CUR PIC:NORMAL FRAMES”, “60FRAMES”, and “HOLD”...
  • Page 26: Vf Menu (4/7) Peaking

    (4) VF MENU (4/7) PEAKING    **** VF MENU(4/7) ****                         PEAKING  ←(PAGE)→ ①  1.PEAKING ON/OFF   ON ②    →PEAKING MODE    H&V ③    →PEAKING WIDTH   1 ④    →PEAKING UP      X1(OFF)  ⑤    →NOISE SUP       0 ⑥    →COLOR PEAKING   ■  2.ZOOMUP PEAKING   OFF ⑦    →ZOOMUP PEAK-MAX 100 ⑧    →ZOOMUP PEAK-MIN 0 ⑨  EXIT ① PEAKING In this case, however, peaking will attach even to the noise ele- ments in the image.
  • Page 27 ⑧ ZOOM UP PEAK-MAX * Setting [NOISESUP] on a FUNCTION switch will enable switching of the Coring Level between “0” and “9”. When ZOOM UP PEAKING is “ON”, you can set the value of * When the peaking color is set to a color other than “White” in the peaking amount in the Tele-end side from the setting value ⑨, the NOISE SUP function does not work.
  • Page 28: Vf Menu (5/7) Marker

    (5) VF MENU (5/7) MARKER    **** VF MENU(5/7) ****                          MARKER  ←(PAGE)→ ①  1.MARKER ON/OFF    OFF    ②    →MARKER SELECT   SAFETY ③    →ASPECT MARKER   4:3 ④    →SAFETY MARKER   80% ⑤    →SHADOW MODE     MRK+SHD ⑥    →SHADOW LEVEL    60% ⑦  2.CENTER MARKER    OFF ⑧  3.MARKER COLOR     ■ ⑨  4.MARKER LEVEL     100%  EXIT ① MARKER ON/OFF Effective pixel area Sets up ON/OFF of the Maker Display. The default value is “OFF”.
  • Page 29 ⑥ SHADOW LEVEL ⑧ MARKER COLOR Switches the Shadow Level of the Aspect Marker. Sets up the Marker Color. The setting values that can be selected are “0%” (black), “20%”, The feature is in common with Aspect Marker, Safety Marker, “40%”, and “60%”.
  • Page 30: Vf Menu (6/7) User Marker

    (6) VF MENU (6/7) USER MARKER    **** VF MENU(6/7) ****                  USER MARKER  ←(PAGE)→ ①  1.USER MARKER      OFF ②  2.MARKER LEVEL     40% ③  3.SCENE SELECT     SCENE1   ④    →RESET SCENE1    EXECUTE  <SCENE1>   MRK1: ON   ■  DRAW-MARKER    MRK2: ON   ■  DRAW-MARKER    MRK3: ON   ■  DRAW-MARKER  ⑤   MRK4: ON   ■  DRAW-MARKER    MRK5: ON   ■  DRAW-MARKER    MRK6: ON   ■  DRAW-MARKER   EXIT ① USER MARKER ④ RESET SCENE* Sets up ON/OFF of the USER MARKER display. The drawn USER MARKERs are erased by each SCENE.
  • Page 31 ●Selection of drawing item and how to draw the USER ⑤ MARKER1~6 MARKER In a single scene, 6 types of User Marker can be set for making Before start drawing, the drawing item will be selected by turn- individual ON/OFF settings, display color settings (for white, ing the MENU switch and you can decide the drawing item by yellow, cyan, green, magenta, red, and blue), and the setting for pressing the MENU switch.
  • Page 32 ● Drawing for POSI:H ● Drawing for POSI:V A BOX or a LINE can be moved in the horizontal direction by A BOX or a LINE can be moved in the vertical direction by turn- turning the MENU switch. ing the MENU switch. And also, every time when you click the toggle switch F3, you And also, ever time when you click the toggle switch F3, you can change the position movement unit to 1 or 10 pixels cycli-...
  • Page 33: Vf Menu (7/7) Information

    (7) VF MENU (7/7) INFORMATION    **** VF MENU(7/7) ****                     INFORMATION  ←(PAGE)→  1.MPU VERSION      0*.**   ① ②  2.H/W VERSION      00  3.WORKING TIME     **H ③    4.LOAD FACTORY     EXECUTE ④  EXIT ① MPU VERSION ③ WORKING TIME Displays the MPU version. Displays the accumulated Working Time in which the Viewfinder has been operated in increments of hours. ②...
  • Page 34 4. Switching “Valid/Invalid” operation of the FUNCTION Switches ◆“Valid/Invalid” operation of the FUNCTION switches can be switched by holding the MENU switch for a couple MENU of seconds, as well as, by setting with the MENU. Long press (1) When the MENU is not displayed When the MENU switch is pressed, the MENU is displayed.
  • Page 35: Specifications

    . Specifications 5-1. General specifications (1) Power-supply voltage +12 V DC (10.5~18 V) (2) Power consumption 4.1 W (+12V DC, Color bar ON (1080i/59.94), Heater OFF, Tally OFF) (3) Operating ambient temperature/humidity: Storage ambient temperature/humidity In operation: -20ºC ~ +45ºC 20%~85% (non-condensing) For storage: -20ºC ~ +60ºC...
  • Page 36: Lcd Module Specifications

    5-3. LCD module specifications (1) Pixels number 960(H) x 540 (V) dot (2) Pixel pitch 0.0155mm (W) x 0.0465mm (H) (3) Screen size (display area) 44.64mm x 25.11mm (51.2mm diagonal) (4) Screen brightness (Only LCD specification) 220cd/m² (5) Drive method a - TF T a c t i v e m a t r i x , n o n - i n t e r l a c e , normally white (6) Pixel arrangement...
  • Page 37: Functions

    6. Functions 6-1. Front operations (1) Menu Switch Rotary encoder (Moving cursor and enter) (2) FUNCTION switch (F1 to F3) Functions can be allocated to the toggle switches from the MENU. In order to prevent erroneous operation, it is also possible to allocate “BLANK” which allows no operation or to disable the toggle switch operation itself.
  • Page 38: User Marker Function

    6-4. User marker function Function for the user to draw a box at any location with any size in increments of pixels. a) Number of scenes: 5 b) Number of types of markers per 1 scene: 6 c) Color: 7 colors (Individual settings allowed) d) Marker level: 5-step setting in 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% e) Size allowed for drawing: 960 ×...
  • Page 39: 7.Applicable Standards

    7. Applicable Standards 7-1. Radio noise ◆Precautions ・FCC Class-A * Please understand that the specifications and the ap- pearance of this product are subject to changes with- ・EN55032 Class-A out notice for improvements. ・EN55103-2 E4 * Missing or bright spots may occur on this product at a rate of 0.01% or lower.
  • Page 40: 8.Exterior Drawing

    8. 本体外観図/Exterior Drawing JE-30...
  • Page 41 8 月 第二版: 2nd Edition: Aug 2018 池 上 通 信 機 株 式 会 社 発 行: Published in Ikegami Factory of Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd. ○ 2018 年 7 月 池上通信機株式会社 ○ July 2018 Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd.

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