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Sony CCU-TX50 manual

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  • Page 1

    3-863-129 -11 (1) Camera Contr ol Unit © 2004 Sony Corporation CCU-TX50/50P Operating Instructions Before operating t he unit , please re ad this manual thoroughl y and retain i t for future reference.[...]

  • Page 2

    2 T o prevent fire or sh ock hazard, do not expose the un it to ra in o r moistu re . T o a v oid electr ical sh oc k, do not open the cabin et. Refer s ervic ing to quali fied personnel onl y . THIS APP ARA TUS MUST BE EARTHED . This sy mbol is intend ed to alert th e use r to the presence of impo rtant operatin g and maintenanc e (servici ng) ins[...]

  • Page 3

    3 T ab le of Contents Overv iew ................................. .................. .............. 4 Function and Location of Part s and Contr ols .... 5 Front panel ........ .................. .................. .............. 5 Rear panel .................................... .................. ..... 9 Connecting t he CCU-TX50/5 0P to the V ideo [...]

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    Ov erview 4 Overvie w The CCU-TX50/50P is a camera contro l unit that connects to DXC-D50 Seri es Color V ideo Cameras vi a the C A-TX50/50P C amera Adaptor . Features of this uni t are descri bed belo w . Full- f eatur ed sign al tr ansf er func tio ns • The CCU-T X50/50P is able to transf er wide band component v ideo signals. • The maxi mum [...]

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    Function an d Location of P arts and Controls 5 Function and Loc ation of P ar ts and Contr ols Fr ont panel a Camera number she et/tally indicator Lig hts r ed wh en th e red tall y si gnal i s in put (e .g. when the video signal from the video ca mera connect ed to the CCU-TX50/50P goes on air). When the CALL b utton on the un it or RCP-D50 r emo[...]

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    Function an d Location of P arts and Controls 6 OFF: T urns of f t he headset mi crophone. PGM: Outputs the pr ogram audio. When this position is selecte d, the IN COM le ve l cont rol adjust s input le v el of th e prog ram audio. INCOM selector Selects the p athway of inter com signals o utput/i nput through the IN COM conne ctor . PR OD : Produ [...]

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    Function an d Location of P arts and Controls 7 made with the GAI N control secti on and SHUTTE R setting sectio n are ignored. l CHARA CTER button Press this b utt on (which light s up when p ressed) to display the self-di agnostics scre en on the pi cture monitor . Each time you press thi s but ton, the scree n change s to the next p age. When th[...]

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    Function an d Location of P arts and Controls 8 q WHITE/BLA CK B ALANCE setting section A WHITE (white bal ance manual adjustment) con trols T urn these cont rols to manu ally ad just the wh ite balance. The left-hand control adjusts the R signal le vel and the ri ght- hand co ntrol ad justs the B si gnal level. B PRES ET b u tto n Press this b utt[...]

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    Function an d Location of P arts and Controls 9 Rear panel a CAMERA connector (triaxial connector) Connects to t he CA-TX50/50P Camera Adapt or attached to the DXC-D50 Color V ideo Camera using a triaxial cab le. Do NO T use a defecti ve triaxial cab le. The inner sheat h of a triaxial cable is used for po w er supply and the out er sheath for safe[...]

  • Page 10

    Function an d Location of P arts and Controls 10 A REFERENCE INP UT connectors (BNC type) Accept reference signals (black b urst signal) for e xternal synchroni zation. B RET -1/RET -2 (re turn vi deo signal 1/2) conn ectors (BN C type) Accept return video si gnals from tw o dif ferent systems. F or detail s on t he sel ection of RE T -1 and RET -2[...]

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    Function an d Location of P arts and Controls 11 i A C IN (A C power inp ut) connector Connects to a n A C po wer source using the su pplied A C po wer cord. Secure the power cord to the CCU-TX5 0/ 50P using the supplie d plug holder .[...]

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    Connecti ng the CCU-TX 50/50P to the Video Camer a 12 Connecting the CCU- TX50/50P to the Video Camer a When connect ing a CCU-TX50/ 50P to a DXC -D50 Color V ide o Camera , you mu st first attach th e CA- TX50/50P Camera Adapt or to the video camera. Notes on connections T r ia xial cabl e The triax ial cable should n ev er be connected to or disc[...]

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    Self-Diagnostics 13 Self-Di agnostics The unit allo ws yo u to displ ay the sta tus of t he unit an d the resul ts of a self-dia gnosis is of the in ternal bo ards of the unit on the screen of a pi cture monitor connect ed to the uni t. Y ou can di splay the foll owi ng status it ems: • Settings of t he camera • Statu s displa y of the unit •[...]

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    Self- Diagnostics 14 CCU-TX50: Model name and fo rmat of the camera control unit co nnected . Genlock: Exter nal reference si gnal a nd its stat us (lock/unl ock) Prom pter: T r ansmission di rection of the prompt er line Return 1 to 3: Retu rn video sig nal in put status Self-diagnostics of the Camera System Press the CHARA CTER b utton when the s[...]

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    Self-Diagnostics 15 Each time y ou press the CHARA C TER b utton, a nother page of resul ts is displayed i n turn. DM board CAM V ideo: Reception st atus of the vid eo signals from the camera. Skin Gat e: Reception st atus of th e Skin gate si gnal from the camera TRIAX Comp.: Cable compensat ion type sele cted for the triax ial cab le (autom atic/[...]

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    Self- Diagnostics 16 IV boar d Return: Setting st atus of the ret urn sig nal input connectors to t he return channels from 1 to 3 Retur n Signal: Statu s of th e retur n video inpu t signal Rear CN: Power supp ly status of the CN bo ard on the rear PLD Conf ig: Co nfiguration comple tion sta tus of th e PLD mounted on t he IV boar d Po wer: Po wer[...]

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    Notes on Use / Sp ecifi cations 17 Notes on Use Use and storage locations A voi d using or stori ng the uni t in the follo wing places: • Where it is subj ect to extreme s of tem peratur e (opera ting temperatu re: +5ºC to +40º C (41ºF to 104ºF)) . Note that in summer the temperature in a car with the windo ws closed can reach 50ºC (122ºF).[...]

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    Specifications 18 P AL: 700 mVp-p, 75 ohms Encoded ou tput: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ohms WF M ODE 4-pi n (1 ) A UDIO OUTPUT XLR, 3-pin 0 dBu/– 20 dBu, balanced, 2 c hannels SYNC BNC type 2) R/G/B/an d Y/R -Y/B -Y ar e swit chab le. Camera input/ output sign als CAMERA T riax (Kin gs type for the U.S.A. and Canada , Fischer type for Eur ope) CO AX BNC type ([...]

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