VHR 35 overview Camera Controls pages 3 & 4 Direct access control panel Video Gain page 5 Color temperature page 6 Auto White Balance page 7 Main menu page 8 Video menu pages 9 & 10 Frame pages 11 & 12...
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Camera controls 11 10 9 4 5 6 1 • LED indicator : Power “ON” indicator 2 • Run key : press to turn the power on. 3 • Off key : press both 2 and 3 to turn the power off. 4 •...
Camera controls From the rear From the front 13 • “BNCs” : video assist analog video outputs 14 • “Fisher 4” : power and composite video signal for MiniMonitors. 15 • Manual Iris Lever : controls the video assist iris operation.
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Direct access control panel Gain Down Press the “Up” and “Down” key to set the video gain to the desired value. Adjustment range from +9db to -9db in 1db increments.
Direct access control panel Color Temperature Down Shift While pressing the “Shift” key, use the “Up” and “Down” keys to scroll through and set the video color temperature to the desired value. Three choices: User, 56k and 32k...
Direct access control panel Auto White Balance Shift Exit While pressing the “Shift” key, use the “Exit” key to activate the Auto white balance function. The camera switches automatically to the User Color Temperature mode. The stored RGB values can be modified in the video setup menu.
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Main menu Store Menu Right Left Shift Exit Down • The main menu is displayed on the monitor when pressing the “Menu” key. A warning message is displayed on the VHR main screen (see p 26). Use the “Up” and “Down” keys to select the sub-menus and “Left” and/or “Right” to access them.
Video Menu • Use the Up or Down keys to select the desired parameters . Once selected, use the “Up” and “Down” keys to modify them, then “Exit” to return to the previous sub-menu . • The video menu allows you to set up the following video image parameters : Gain level, Output (color or Black and White), Color temperature, Color satu- ration, Color Bar outputing and User color temperature (note that this mode is only accessible if “user”...
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• Gain : “Up” and “Down” keys to modify the gain value, this parameter can also be modified using the direct access function. • Output : Color or Black & White. • Color temp : USER, 3200 or 5600. Both 3200 and 5600 are factory presets, USER can be set using the Auto White Balance function.
Frame Menu • The VHR can insert four different frames in the video image. Each frame can be elec- tronically set in size and position to perfectly match the camera viewing screen markings. The color and transparency of each frame can be individually set. The area outside the frame can also be filled with a chosen color and darkened or brightened as desired.
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From the main menu, use the” Down” key to select the frame sub menu and press the “Menu” key to enter. You can deactivate the inserted frame by selecting OFF in the line frame . If you select ON, you have the choice of four different frames labeled frame 1, 2 3 and 4.
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“Menu” key to enter. Once the Logo has been generated, you can modify the transparency (Opacity) and its position on the screen. • To upload a new Logo, connect your computer to the “Lemo 5” - “Serial” port cable. Note : please contact Aaton for additional information.
Technical Menu • Technical menu allows you to modify the following” parameters” : Timecode (displayed on screen or not), Font , Auto Power Off (allows you to choose between an automatic (On) or manual (Off) power off, of the VHR), delay to Power Off, VITC (video time code) position and Parity.
Time Code • Time Code Off/On allows you to choose to insert (On) or not (Off) AatonCode informa- tion, which consists of Time, Date and Camera equipment number ID.
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Font • “Font” allows you to choose the font of the displayed information. Two fonts available “0” and “1”. Use “Left” and “Right” keys to proceed.
Auto Power Off • Auto Power Off allows you to choose between an automatic (On) or manual (Off) power off, of the camera. • “Power off” (modifiable only if the Auto Power Off mode has been chosen) allows you to choose an automatic power off, of the video assist, from 10 to 60 minutes.
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• “Vitc Position” allows you to choose the position of the Vitc lines. Choice from 10 to 23 in PAL (Aaton recommends line 19), from 13 and 19 in NTSC. • “Parity” allows you to select the parity of the Vitc lines “Odd” and “Even”.
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Time & Cam Position • The camera inserts the camera speed and magazine footage, as well as Timecode information in the video image. These sub-menus allow you to position the information anywhere on the monitor screen. Use the “Up”, “Down”, “Left” and “Right” keys to move, press “Exit” to return to the Main menu...
Frame Store Store Menu Right Left Shift Exit Down • The “Store” menu allows you to store one video image and compare it against the currently incoming images. • Press the “Store” key. Select “View/Store” and press “Right” key. The mes- sage “Shift+store to store”...
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Stored image. Once the image has been memorized, you can compare it to the incoming images. The memorized image is superimposed and can be seen with two different types of “view” : “Blend” or “Checker”. Press “Menu” key to scroll both views. “Blend”...