Specifications

Universal RCP – Operation Manual
V3.1
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It also provides a quick way to get the camera back to particular settings if it has been switched off over
night.
White Balance
The white balance button does just what you would expect, it starts a white balance operation. With quite
a few of the small minicams this is only possible when the AWC mode is set to a mode where the manual
controls do not work. This is clearly a bit of a disadvantage as manual operation is nearly always required
in outdoor situations.
If you try to do a white balance in a mode where it is not allowed you will get a warning message on the
screen and a ‘beep’ if these are enabled.
Black Balance
This function is available for most of the minicams but in cases where a small DC lens is used which does
not have an iris controlled directly by the camera, you must manually close the lens iris before performing
this function.
With some camera types this operation will also hide any pixel defects in the camera.
Cue Test
The Cue test button generates a cue/tally light which is sent over the data system. This can be very useful
when setting up multiple cameras for identifying that data is working properly and ID nos. are set correctly.
Where a PTZF Joystick panel is being used to control a remote head then the cue/tally light will display on
that panel to show that data is reaching that point and then be passed on to the interface box(es) to show
that they are receiving data on the correct ID number.
OSD
OSD stands for On Screen Display. Some cameras provide this function to allow access to many less
frequently used settings. These might include complex detail settings, masking values, etc. and many
other features. Always check the camera handbook to see what extra features might be adjustable
through the OSD menus.
When the OSD button is pressed, a new LCD menu screen will appear allowing the function adjust
buttons (and sometimes the right hand menu select button) to move through the camera menu screens
now visible on the picture.
Note that with some cameras this button has a ‘toggle’ action rather than an on/off action. In this case the
button will not stay lit when the OSD is displayed on the camera picture. In these cases to turn off the
OSD simply press the button again to remove the display from the picture. Then press the left hand menu
select button to remove the special LCD menu and return to the normal menu screen.
Bars
The Bars button is used to switch the camera from picture to bars output. As with the OSD button some
cameras have a ‘toggle’ action here and the button does not remain lit when bars are displayed.
In the case of the Toshiba cameras both the bars and OSD buttons have the same function as in this case
the camera steps through a sequence of Picture > Bars > OSD.
Gain/Black
The gain/black button is used to change the function of the colour control knobs from adjusting the colour
gains to adjusting the colour blacks. With modern cameras colour black adjustment is rarely required (and
frequently not available anyway). If the button is pressed to enable black control then after about 10
seconds of no control movement, it will switch back automatically to colour gain control.