Canon ME20F-SHN User manual

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Network Camera
Button Operation Guide
This User Manual should be read before using the network camera.

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Trademark Acknowledgements
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HDMI Licensing LLC in the United States and other countries.
• Other names and products not mentioned above may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.

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About This Manual 4
Conventions Used in this Manual 4
1. Shooting Video and Shooting Func-
tions 5
Using the Menu 5
Selecting an Option from the Menu 5
Showing Onscreen Displays 7
Video Configuration: System Frequency,
Frame Rate and Resolution 9
Selecting the System Frequency 9
Selecting the Frame Rate 9
Selecting the Resolution 10
Setting the Camera Mode 11
Adjusting Main Camera Functions with the
Joystick 12
Adjusting the Aperture 13
Manual Aperture 13
Momentary Automatic Aperture - Push Auto
Iris 14
Exposure Compensation - AE Shift 14
Light Metering Mode 15
Gain 16
Manual Adjustment 16
Auto Gain Control (AGC) Limit 16
Shutter Speed 17
ND Filter 18
White Balance 19
Auto White Balance (AWB) 19
Custom White Balance 20
Color Temperature/Preset White
Balance 20
Adjusting the Focus 21
Manual Focus 21
One-Shot AF 22
Aspect Markers 25
Infrared Mode 26
2. Customization 27
Assignable Buttons 27
Changing the Assigned Function 27
Using an Assignable Button 28
Custom Picture Settings 29
Selecting Custom Picture Files 29
Editing a Custom Picture File’s Settings 30
Available Custom Picture Settings 31
Customizing Onscreen Displays 34
3. Additional Information 35
Menu Options 35
4. Others 42
Troubleshooting 42
Onscreen Warning Displays and
Messages 42
Index 43
Table of Contents

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About This Manual
This Button Operation Guide gives instructions on the operation of buttons and a joystick provided on the rear
side of the camera. Before reading this manual, please refer to Setup Guide to complete the setup of the
camera.
Conventions Used in this Manual
• IMPORTANT: Precautions related to the camera’s operation.
• NOTES: Additional topics that complement the basic operating procedures.
•A: Reference page number or guide.
• The following terms are used in this manual.
“Screen” refers to the screen of an external monitor connected to the camera.
"Shooting screen" refers to the screen in which the shooting image and onscreen displays appear.
• Some screenshots have been altered to make them easier to read.
• Illustrations in the manual show the camera with a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens or Canon
CN7x17 KAS S/E1 lens attached.

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Using the Menu
Many of the camera's functions can be adjusted from the menu that opens after pressing the MENU button.
For details about the available menu options and settings, refer to Menu Options (A35).
Selecting an Option from the Menu
The following is a step-by-step explanation of how to select an option from the menu. In the procedures
throughout the rest of this manual, opening and closing the menu is assumed and not included in the
procedure.
1 Press the MENU button.
• The menu opens with the orange selection frame indicating the menu item that was selected the
previous time the menu was closed (unless the camera was turned off ).
2 Push the joystick up/down to select the desired submenu.
3 Push the joystick right or press SET.
• The selection frame will appear on a menu item in the submenu.
• Press the CANCEL button or push the joystick left to return to the previous submenu. For some
submenus, you can alternatively select [<].
4 Push the joystick up/down to select the desired menu item.
• If a submenu contains many items, push the joystick up/down to scroll up/down and see other menu
items.
• A [>] next to a menu item indicates another submenu. Repeat steps 3 and 4.
5 Push the joystick right or press SET.
• The selection frame will appear on a setting option.
• Press the CANCEL button to return to the previous submenu.
Shooting Video and Shooting Functions
MENU button
Press to open/close the menu.
Joystick
Push the joystick up/down/left/right to move the selection frame in the menu. Then,
press the joystick itself (in the manual, "press SET") to select the menu item indicated
by the selection frame.
CANCEL button
Press to return to the previous menu/submenu
level or to stop some operations that are in
progress. On the shooting screen, press to hide
all onscreen displays; press again to show all
onscreen displays again.

Using the Menu
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6 Push the joystick up/down to select the desired setting option and then press SET.
• Depending on the menu item, additional selections may be necessary.
7 Press the MENU button to close the menu.
• Alternatively, if the top-level of the menu (with [Camera Setup], [Custom Picture], etc.) is displayed, you
can select [CLOSE].
NOTES
• Unavailable items may appear grayed out.
• Pressing the MENU button at any time closes the menu (except for the [Other Functions] >[Camera
Name] setting screen).
• When an optional RC-V100 Remote Controller is connected to the camera, you can use the remote
controller’s up/down/left/right/SET buttons in the same way as the camera’s joystick. Pressing the SET
button is equivalent to pressing the joystick on the camera. Similarly, pressing the MENU or CANCEL button
is equivalent to pressing the MENU or CANCEL button on the camera, respectively.

Showing Onscreen Displays
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Showing Onscreen Displays
Refer to this section for an explanation of the various screen displays that appear on the shooting screen when
an external monitor is connected to the camera's 3G/HD-SDI terminal or HDMI OUT terminal. You can use the
custom display function (A34) to turn off most individual onscreen displays if they are not required. The
"Custom Display" column indicates the setting in [Other Functions] >[Custom Display] used to turn the
display on/off. If "–" appears in that column for a display, it cannot be turned off.
The screen display layout will differ depending on the camera mode.
(An example of onscreen display in manual mode)

Showing Onscreen Displays
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Left side and center of the screen
Right side of the screen
NOTES
• Press the CANCEL button to stop showing the camera's onscreen displays on the shooting screen; press the
button again to show all onscreen displays again.
• For external monitors that support only 480P or 576P input, connect the camera using the HDMI OUT
teminal.
• When the output signal is 480P or 576P, onscreen displays will not be superimposed on the video signal.
Display Description Custom Display
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Camera name (A40). [Camera Name]
AF Autofocus operation (one-shot AF, A22). –
CP1 to CP4, EOS, WDR, C.Log, Blue,
Green, Crisp
Currently selected custom picture file (A29). [Custom Picture]
Temp. (in red) Temperature warning (A42). [Temperature Warning]
Fan (in red) Fan warning (A42). –
Lens (in red) Lens error warning (A42). [Lens Error]
AWB, WB-A, WB-B, Dylt, Tung, Kelv
00000K, ±0
White balance (A19). [White Balance]
Auto, Tv, Av, AGC, Manual Camera mode (A11). [Camera Mode]
F0.0, Clsd Aperture value (A13).
• Grayed out when the camera mode is set to [Tv]; not displayed when it is
set to [Auto].
• [Clsd] (fully closed iris) appears only when a compatible EF Cinema lens
(ASetup Guide) is attached to the camera.
[Iris]
00.0dB Gain value (A16).
• Grayed out when the camera mode is set to [Tv], [Av] or [AGC]; not
displayed when it is set to [Auto].
[Gain]
Display Description Custom Display
Date/time Date and time. [Date/Time]
Rec Recording command being output to an external recorder
(ASetup Guide).
–
1/0000 Shutter speed (A17).
• Grayed out when the camera mode is set to [Av]; not displayed when it
is set to [Auto].
[Shutter Speed]
ND Off, ND 1/8, ND 1/64 ND filter setting (A18).
• Grayed out when the camera mode is set to a mode other than [Manual]
and the ND mode is set to [Automatic]. Not displayed when the camera
mode is set to [Auto] and the ND mode is set to [Automatic].
[ND Filter/Infrared]
IR Infrared mode (A26). [ND Filter/Infrared]

Video Configuration: System Frequency, Frame Rate and Resolution
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Video Configuration: System Frequency, Frame Rate and Resolution
You can set the video configuration by selecting the resolution (frame size) and frame rate. Available frame
rate options will depend on the selected system frequency and resolution. See the table following the
procedures for a summary.
NOTES
• Only the following combination is available for video output via a network.
System frequency: 59.94 Hz
Frame rate: 29.97P
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Available video configuration settings
Selecting the System Frequency
Perform the following procedure to change the system frequency
to either 59.94 Hz or 50.00 Hz.
1 Open the [System Frequency] submenu.
[Other Functions] >[System Frequency]
2 Select the desired option and then press SET.
• If you changed the system frequency from the current setting,
the camera will restart in the selected system frequency.
• If the image from the camera stopped being displayed on the
external monitor, refer to the Troubleshooting section (A42).
Selecting the Frame Rate
1 Open the [Frame Rate] submenu.
[Other Functions] >[Frame Rate]
2 Select the desired option and then press SET.
Resolution
System frequency / Frame rate
59.94 Hz 50.00 Hz
59.94P 59.94i 29.97P 23.98P 50.00P 50.00i 25.00P 25.00PsF
1920x1080 ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ
1280x720 Ü–ÜÜÜ –Ü–
[Other Functions]
[System Frequency]
[59.94Hz]
[Other Functions]
[Frame Rate]
[29.97P]

Video Configuration: System Frequency, Frame Rate and Resolution
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Selecting the Resolution
1 Open the [Resolution] submenu.
[Other Functions] >[Resolution]
2 Select the desired option and then press SET.
NOTES
• Depending on the selected resolution, the frame rate setting may be changed automatically. Set the frame
rate again.
[Other Functions]
[Resolution]
[1920x1080]