User manual JVC GY-DV500

[. . . ] INTRODUCTION CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS BASIC SYSTEM CONNECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS POWER SUPPLY PREPARATIONS SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING DV CAMCORDER SHOOTING OPERATION GY-DV500 INSTRUCTIONS PLAYBACK MODE TIME CODE OPERATION S. S. F. (Super Scene Finder) yyy , , , yyy , , , * The illustration shows the GY-DV500 DV Camcorder with the optional lens viewfinder attached. Thank you for purchasing this JVC product. Before operating this unit, please read the instructions carefully to ensure the best possible performance. For Customer Use : Enter below the Serial No. GY-DV500 Serial No. USING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS SETUP MENU FEATURES OF THE CAMERA SECTION OTHERS This instruction manual is made from 100% recycled paper. SC96874-003 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 1. [. . . ] The "HOLD" indicator on the display turns off and the date/ time display stops blinking. Memo: To display and set the time code or user's bit, set the VCR Setup Menu item No. POWER ON 3. OPERATE/WARNING LIGHT RESET MONITOR SELECT ALARM ON OFF FILTER 1 3200k 2 5600k 3 5600k+ND SHUTTER STATUS COUNTER CTL TC UB 1 First place a charged battery pack in the battery case on the rear section of the unit. If battery pack is not used, connect DC power to the DC INPUT connector on the rear section of the unit using the AC power adapter (AAP250) to supply DC 12 V current. 2 Set the POWER switch on the unit to ON. MONITOR MENU CH-1 AUTO IRIS BACK L NORMAL SPOT L FULL AUTO BLACK STRETCH NORMAL COMPRESS LOLUX AUDIO CH-2 LEVEL 2. BAL (Auto White Balance) switch; set to A or B. OFF ON AUTO KNEE SAVE STBY VTR GAIN AL OUTPUT WHT. B NG ON BARS CAM HML POWER OFF 2. AUTO IRIS BACK L NORMAL SPOT L FULL AUTO BLACK STRETCH NORMAL COMPRESS LOLUX PRST A B 1. NG ON POWER OFF 3. Set the lens' iris mode switch to "A" (AUTO IRIS side) 4. Choose the proper color temperature conversion filter. FILTER 1 3200K 2 5600K 3 5600K+ND Suitable Location Indoors, dark outdoors Outdoors Outdoors under clear sky OFF ON AUTO KNEE SAVE STBY BARS CAM HML VTR GAIN OUTPUT WHT. BAL BA C D E PRST A B 5. 5. AUTO WHITE ACCU FOCUS OFF ON ZEBRA SKIN AREA VTR AUDIO LEVEL CH-1 TAKE 42 6. SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING 6-2 Viewfinder Adjustment 1. Eyepiece 1. Diopter adjustment 1. Rotate the eyepiece focusing ring until the viewfinder screen image is clearly visible. 3. Brightness and contrast adjustment When the ambient brightness changes, etc. , the brightness and contrast of the viewfinder screen can be adjusted with the BRIGHT and CONT controls. 2. 3. CONT 3. BRIGHT 6-3 External Monitor Adjustment PUSH Display the camera built-in color bar signal on the video monitor and adjust the colors, contrast and brightness. Colour video monitor 1. Connect a color video monitor to the MONITOR OUT connector of the GY-DV500. DV CAMCORDER 1. GY-DV500 2. Set the OUTPUT switch to BARS to output the color bar signal (SMTPE type color bars). 3. Set the monitor's BLUE CHECK function to ON so that the LINE Y/C OUT MONITOR OUT CH-1 OUT CH-2 VTR REMOTE MIC IN SYNC IN TEST OUTPUT screen turns entirely blue. LENS 3. ~8. Adjust the CHROMA control of the monitor so that there is no difference in brightness between the color bars 1 and 8, 7 and D. 5. With the BLUE CHECK function ON, adjust the PHASE control of the monitor so that there is no difference in brightness between the color bars 3 and 0, 5 and B. PRST A B VTR GAIN NG ON SMTPE type color bars White Yellow Cyan Green Magenta 1 Blue 2 9 White 3 0 F 4 A Black Black Magenta Black 8 Black E G OFF BARS CAM AUTO KNEE ON HML T. BAL OUTPUT WH 6. If the phase control adjustment above causes a difference in brightness between the color bars 1 and 8, 7 and D, start again from the CHROMA control adjustment in step 4. SAVE STBY POWER OFF 7. Set the monitor's BLUE CHECK function to OFF to switch the monitor back to the standard screen (R, G and B will all appear). 8. Use the monitor's brightness control to adjust so that the color bars H and I disappear but J is visible. Red Blue 5 Cyan 6 Black 7 White B C D H IJ K 43 6. SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING 6-4 Back Focus Adjustment 3. [. . . ] · When a tape recorded on another unit is played back or used for recording, this phenomenon may occur due to tracking errors. Noise appears when playing back a tape recorded on another unit. The transient section between scenes recorded on other units and those recorded on this unit may appear disturbed. The front section's recording level control doesn't change the recording level of the sound input to CH2. Recording operation stopped. · Is the VCR Setup Menu item No. [. . . ]