Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CCU-TX50 Sony
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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.
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 .
3 T ab le of Contents Overv iew ................................. .................. .............. 4 Function and Location of Part s and Contr ols .... 5 Front panel ........ .................. .................. .............. 5 Rear panel .........
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.
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).
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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: .
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)) .
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.
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