User guide

Setting the White Balance

<CAMERA SETUP> → WB

Provides three modes of white balance:

ATW: White balance range from 2000°K to 10000°K.

AUTO: White balance range from 3000°K to 7500°K.

ONE PUSH WB: Use the hotkey combination (number “73”+ [PRESET] key)

to activate ONE PUSH white balance (ONE PUSH WB mode has to be

enabled).

► To set the white balance:

1. Press “95” + hold the [PRESET] key for 2 seconds to enter the main menu

screen.

2. Move the cursor to <CAMERA SETUP>, and then press the [OPEN] key to

enter <CAMERA SETUP> menu.

3. Move the cursor to WB, and then press the [OPEN] key to enter WB mode

selection.

4. Move the joystick up/down to make the selection.

5. Press the [OPEN] key to confirm the selection or press the [CLOSE] key to

cancel selection and exit from the menu screen.

Setting the Auto Exposure (AE)

The aperture can be directly controlled by the [OPEN] or [CLOSE] keys.

AE mode: FULL AUTO / SHUTTER PRIORITY.

Under FULL AUTO mode, the shutter speed is set at 1/60 sec (NTSC) or

1/50 sec (PAL) and the camera will automatically adjust the aperture

according to the amount of outside light.

Under FULL AUTO mode, the aperture can be manually controlled; but

once the zoom or horizontal pan/vertical tilt command is received, the

camera will return to FULL AUTO mode.

Under SHUTTER PRIORITY mode, the shutter speed ranges between 1/1

~1/10,000 seconds, with 22 steps.

AUTO SLOW SHUTTER can be either ON or OFF.

AE COMPENSATION can range between -7 to +7.

BACK LIGHT COMP can be either ON or OFF, or directly controlled by the

keypad (number “71”+ [PRESET] key = ON; number “72”+ [PRESET] key =

OFF)

Chapter 4: Configuring the Nextiva S5500 PTZ Series Properties