User manual X10 VK79A

[. . . ] SENTINELTM OUTDOOR PROFESSIONAL PAN/TILT/ZOOM CAMERA SYSTEM MODEL VK79A INCLUDES SENTINEL PAN/TILT/ZOOM CAMERA (XC24A) AND DOME WITH REMOTE CONTROL (CR15A) OWNER'S MANUAL (Please keep for future reference) INTRODUCTION Congratulations!The Sentinel Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera has superior image quality, a high powered zoom, and pan and tilt motion. You can operate the camera through walls using the supplied remote control. It comes with a weather resistant dome for outdoor mounting under an eve, on your patio, or deck, for example. [. . . ] Set up your camera according to the instructions on pages 4 thru 11 (for wireless transmission) or pages 13 and 14 (for secure connection). Connect the video cable from the camera or video receiver into the Video In jack on your VCR. With the camera connected to the VCR, you will be able record surveillance video while watching on your TV. Check your VCR owner's manual if you aren't sure how to select the Sentinel Camera as the video source. ADVANCED ONSCREEN MENU OPTIONS The onscreen menus change the low-level, technical operation of the Sentinel camera. To open the onscreen menus, follow these three steps: When it's open, the onscreen menu is displayed over the picture from the camera. Use the Right arrow button to select a menu item and move into its sub-menu. To exit the onscreen menu, press the Left arrow button until the menu disappears. To discard all changes made in the onscreen menus and restore the default settings to the camera, select the PRESET submenu, and change the PRESET option to ON. If you leave the onscreen menu open for a while without pressing any buttons on the remote, you will stop being able to control the menu. You can then close the menu by pressing the Left arrow button, or continue working with menu options. 26 27 Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Iris Settings Iris settings control the amount of light let into the Sentinel camera. Changing these settings affect how bright your picture will be, and how the camera reacts to changes in lighting conditions. Your options are: · PEAK: This setting controls the reaction of the automatic iris adjustment in relation to the average light level in the picture. A higher level of peak sets the camera so that the automatic light controls adjust to a higher average light level. ALC: Automatic Light Control determines whether the camera should adjust for light differences automatically or manually. If you set this to manual, you can set the level of lighting control that will be used. AES: (Automatic Exposure Setting) selects whether to use automatic or manual exposure settings, how long the exposure should be. This affects how fast the camera "sees" an image ­ a long exposure time lets more light in and could give you a clearer picture, but it will mean that motion is harder to see. Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Backlight Compensation Backlight compensation settings affect how the camera adjusts for light sources behind the camera's view or focus. You can use this to adjust for the silhouette effect you might get when looking at things with light behind them. Turning BLC On will brighten the part of the picture that is being silhouetted, but will also brighten the background. AREA: If BLC is on, the AREA setting allows you to set the sensitivity separately for different parts of the camera's field of view. The default setting only turns on BLC in the center of the camera's viewing field. Low means that the camera responds less to backlit conditions, higher settings means that compensation turns on more quickly. · · · · Use the Up and Down arrows to select IRIS (use the Left Arrow (Dim) to back out of the menu). [. . . ] If Autofocus doesn't work correctly: The Sentinel Camera's auto focus can't work correctly if the protective lens cap is on. If the camera label (like "Camera A1") is displayed on your TV: Set the ABCD channel switch Bottom of camera 40 Bottom of receiver You can turn off the onscreen label easily. Press and hold Setup on the Sentinel remote control until the green light stays on. For more help with setup please visit: http://www. x10. com/support 41 HOME CONTROL The X10 button on the Sentinel Camera's remote control is your gateway to a world of useful control and automation solutions built by X10. [. . . ]