Sony 900 Camcorder User Manual


 
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Chapter 7 Location and Function of Parts and Controls 87HDC-900/950/930 Series Product Information Manual
A PGM (program) control and switch: Adjust the
program audio reception level. Select program
1 or 2 with the switch.
B Line select switch: Select the intercom line.
PROD: Producer line
ENG: Engineer line
C LEVEL/TALK switch:
R/ON: The intercom headset microphone is
turned on. The intercom audio reception level
is adjusted with the INCOM control.
R/OFF: The intercom headset microphone is
turned off. The intercom audio reception level
is adjusted with the INCOM control.
F/OFF: The intercom headset microphone is
turned off. The intercom audio reception level
is adjusted with the INCOM/EAR LEVEL
control on the front of the camera.
D INCOM (intercom) control: Adjusts the
intercom audio reception level.
f CALL button
When you press this button, the red tally lamp of the
RCP-700-series Remote Control Panel or the MSU-
700A/750 Master Setup Unit, will light. Use to call the
operator of the RCP or MSU.
7-3. HDCU-900, HD Camera Control Unit
7-3-1 Front Panel
a Red tally lamp
Lights when a red tally signal is received. When the
CALL button on the video camera, MSU-700A/750
Master Setup Unit, RCP-700 series Remote Control
Panel, etc. is pressed, this lamp will go out if previously
lit, and light up if previously off. A supplied number
plate may be mounted here.
b Green tally lamp
Lights when a green tally signal is received. A supplied
number plate may be mounted here.
c MIC (microphone selection) switch
Used to select the type of headphone microphone
being used, or to turn the microphone input off.
DYNAMIC: for a dynamic microphone
OFF: to turn the microphone input off
CARBON: for a carbon microphone
Note
The intercom line is selected via a switch on the
internal AT board.
d INTERCOM (intercom volume adjustment)
control
Adjusts the intercom input level.
Note
The program audio mix volume is adjusted using the
internal AT board.
e CABLE ALARM indicators
SHORT (red): This indicator lights when there is a
short circuit between a power supply line and the
sheath of the optical fiber cable, or when the two
power supply lines are shorted. When this indicator
lights, the power supply is shut off.
OPEN (red): Lights when there is not a camera
connected via an optical fiber cable to the CAMERA
connector on the rear panel. It flashes to warn about
insufficient optical reception status of the optical
fiber cable.
f MAIN POWER switch and indicator
Turns on or off the power to the entire system,
consisting of the HDCU-900, a video camera, an RCP-
700 series Remote Control Panel connected via the
REMOTE connector, etc. Setting the switch to the " "
1 Red tally lamp
2 Green tally lamp
3 MIC switch
4 INTERCOM control
5 CABLE ALARM indicators
6 MAIN POWER switch and indicator
7 CAMERA POWER switch and indicator
8 INTERCOM connector