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Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Video / Audio Menu
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Setting the Camera
Image and Audio
— Video / Audio Menu
When you click in the Administrator
menu, the Video / Audio menu appears.
Use this menu to set the functions of the camera.
The Video / Audio menu consists of the Picture, Video
codec, Audio, Superimpose, Day/Night, Privacy
masking and Streaming tabs.
Note
Day/Night can be set for SNC-CX600 only.
Picture Tab
You can set the color conditions, exposure, etc., of the
camera.
Preview screen
Preview the image and adjust the picture setting.
Picture mode
Select the combination of image quality mode to suit the
camera scene.
You can set the scene to Standard, Situation Priority,
Flickerless.
When the dialog appears, click OK to apply the selected
picture mode. You can change the settings of image
quality individually.
Standard
Set the image quality to suit variable scenes.
Situation Priority
You can set the priority to Moving object or Low noise.
Priority level can also be set.
Moving object: Stabilizes images.
Low noise: Reduces noise on images especially dark
scenes.
Flickerless
Select when you want to reduce the flicker on images.
Set according to power frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) of
the lighting you use.
Exposure
Adjust the settings of exposure.
Visibility Enhancer
Using the Visibility Enhancer function will make the
darker part of a camera image brighter as well as
automatically correct brightness and contrast to show
bright parts clearly without overexposure.
Backlight compensation
Select the checkbox to enable the backlight
compensation function.
Exposure compensation
Select the exposure correction value from the list box to
adjust the target brightness for the automatic exposure
setting. A larger value brightens the image, and a smaller
value darkens the image.
Auto gain Max. value
Limit the maximum value of gain-controlled automatic
exposure control.
Note
The value shown in the auto gain maximum rate is a
standard value, and may differ from the actual one.
Shutter speed
• Auto-controlled shutter speed automatically sets the
exposure.
• Select the minimum and maximum shutter speeds
from the list box.
White balance
Mode
Select the White balance mode.
ATW: Eliminating the influences caused by
environmental illumination or lights, adjust the white
balance automatically to reproduce original colors of
the objects (approximately 2000 K to
10000 K).
ATW-PRO: Automatically adjusts the color to be
closest to the image you are viewing (approximately
2500 K to 6000 K).
When ATW or ATW-PRO is selected, R gain offset
and B gain offset become effective.
Indoor: Sets a white balance suitable for indoor
photography.
Outdoor: Sets a white balance suitable for outdoor
photography.
Fluorescent lamp: Sets a white balance suitable for
photography under three-band fluorescent lighting
with a neutral white color.
Mercury lamp: Sets a white balance suitable for
photography under a mercury lamp.
Sodium vapour lamp: Sets a white balance suitable for
photography under a high-pressure sodium vapor
lamp.
Video / Audio