Grundig GCA-B3323V User manual

GCA-B3323V.42.1.09.02.2012
Owner's Manual
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© ASP AG
Cameras & Domes
GCA-B3323V 1/3" CCD Col/B&W Fixed Dome Camera
GCA-B3326V 1/3" CCD Col/B&W Fixed Dome Camera w/ IR LED

Content:
1. Available Versions 2
2. Important Safety Instructions 2
3. Package Contents 3
4. Installation 3
1. Part Names 4
2. Base Installation 5
3. Mounting Housings to Electrical Junction Boxes 6
4. Connections 7
5. 3-Axis Gimbal Adjustment 7
6. Zoom & Focus Adjustment 8
7. IR-LED On/Off Switch 8
8. Fan &Heater (optional) 9
5. OSD Control Keys 9
6. OSD Menu 10
1. LENS 11
2. SHUTTER/ AGC 12
3. WHITE BAL (White Balance) 13
4. PICT ADJUST (Picture Adjustment) 15
5. NR (Noise Reduction) 16
6. ATR (Adaptive Tone-Curve Reproduction) 16
7. BACKLIGHT 16
8. CAMERA ID 17
9. DAY/NIGHT 17
10. MOTION DET (Motion Detection) 18
11. PRIVACY 19
12. SYNC 20

13. LANGUAGE 20
14. CAMERA RESET 20
15. NEXT / BACK 20
16. EXIT 20
17. SAVE ALL 20
1. Available Versions
These instructions apply to the following products. For the different properties of the
products please refer to the table.
2. Important Safety Instructions
Be sure to use only the standard adapter that is specified in the specification sheet.
Using any other adapter could cause fire, electrical shock, or damage to the product.
Incorrectly connecting the power supply or replacing battery may cause explosion, fire,
electric shock, or damage to the product. Do not connect multiple products to one single
adapter. Exceeding the capacity may cause abnormal heat generation or fire.
Do not place conductive objects (e.g. screwdrivers, coins or any metal items) or
containers filled with water on top of the product. Doing so may cause personal injury
due to fire, electric shock, or falling objects.
If any unusual smells or smoke comes out of the unit, stop using the product. In this
case, immediately disconnect the power source and contact the service center.
Continued use in such a condition may cause fire or electric shock.
If this product fails to operate normally, contact the nearest service center. Never
disassemble or modify this product in any way. (GRUNDIG is not liable for problems
caused by unauthorised modifications or attempted repair.)
To prevent fire or electric shock, do not expose the inside of this device to rain or
moisture.
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3. Package Contents
These parts are included:
- Torx Wrench: Length 90mm (1pc)
- Dowel: Length 30mm, Thickness 6mm (4pcs)
- Assembly Screws: FH M4x14 (4pcs)
- Mounting Screws: ST4x38 (4pcs)
These screws are used to mount both surface mount plate or flush mount base to a
sturdy surface. If necessary, use the dowels included.
- Pipe Cap Driver: (1pc)
This is used to open/close the pipe cap of the surface mount plate.
- Service monitor and control cable:
It is possible to set up the camera through a portable monitor and adjust the OSD menu
of the camera externally.
4. Installation
Do not install the product in a location subject to high temperature (over 50°C), low
temperature (below -10°C), or high humidity. Doing so may cause fire or electric shock.
Keep out of direct sunlight and heat radiation sources. This may cause fire. Avoid aiming
the camera directly towards extremely bright objects such as the sun, as this may
damage the image sensor.
Do not install the unit in humid, dusty or sooty locations. Doing so may cause fire or
electric shock. Install it in a place with good ventilation.
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When installing the unit, fasten it securely and firmly. A falling unit may cause personal
injury.
If you want to relocate the already installed product, be sure to turn the power off and
then move or reinstall it.
4.1. Part Names
1. Bubble
2. Dome Cover Ring
3. Lens
4. Safety Wire
5. Service Monitor Output Port
6. Flush Mount Base
7. Surface Mount Plate
8. Assembly Screws (Torx M4x8)
9. Assembly Screws (Philips M4x14)
10. Gimbal Bracket
11. Mounting Screws (St4x38)
12. Video/Power Cable
Caution:
To avoid smear, do not expose the camera directly to a strong light source such as the
sun or spot light.
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4.2. Base Installation
1. Remove the dome cover by loosening the 3 screws. Use the Torx wrench supplied.
2. Surface Mount :
Using the four ST4x38 screws, mount the surface plate to a sturdy surface.
Using the four M4x14 screws, affix the flush mount base to a surface plate.
(For flush mount application, disregard section 2.)
3. Flush Mount :
Using the four ST4x38screws, affix the flush mount base to a sturdy surface.
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4.3. Mounting Housings to Electrical Junction Boxes
This unit can be either flush mounted or surface mounted with Electrical Junction Boxes
using the pre-drilled mounting holes. The dome housing accommodates various
electrical junction boxes, making the installation easy and less time consuming.
NOTE:
The screws required for electrical junction boxes are not supplied with the Dome. These
screws are readily available at local electrical supply stores.
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4.4. Connections
- Power connection: Requires a DC 12V or AC 24V input depending on the camera
model.
- All camera models are supplied with a service monitor output on the camera module. A
control cable is included in the package.
Note:
To set up the OSD menu externally, a control cable is required.
4.5. 3-Axis Gimbal Adjustment
1. Pan: Adjust the first pan angle by turning
the gimbal 360° degrees (see figure No.1).
2. Tilt: Adjust the tilt angle by moving the
gimbal up and down (see figure No.2).
3. Rotation: Loosen the pan screw (No.3) to
adjust the pan to a desired angle (see figure
No.4) and fix the screw.
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4.6. Zoom & Focus Adjustment
If you need to make viewing angle/focus
adjustments, loosen the lever bolts and
make the necessary adjustments as shown.
- Field of View: Telephoto (T) to Wide (W)
- Focus: Near (N) to Infinity (oo)
After the adjustments are completed,
tighten the Zoom/Focus levers.
Caution:
Focus and Zoom Lever Bolts MUST be pushed back in properly. If they touch the inside
of the dome bubble, they will cause scratches. This may effect the view of the camera.
4.7. IR-LED On/Off Switch
For the cameras with IR-LEDs, it is possible to switch off the LEDs. Please turn the
switch to ON or OFF according to your needs.
- OFF: Select OFF if the subject in the picture has an extreme IR-LED refelction.
- ON: Select ON if the subject has no IR-LED reflection.
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4.8. Fan &Heater (optional)
For Fan & Heater operation, AC24V power is required. Cameras that operate with 12V
cannot support the Fan & Heater function.
5. OSD Control Keys
- SET key: Accesses the menu mode or
confirms the setting.
- UP (/\) / DOWN (\/): Chooses the desired
menu.
- LEFT (<) / RIGHT (>): Sets up the value of
the selected menu.
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6. OSD Menu
1. Press the SET key and hold it for a while to access the menu mode.
2. Select the desired feature by using the UP/DOWN keys (/\ \/) on the control.
3. If there is a setting for this feature on the the right side of the screen, use the
LEFT/RIGHT keys to switch between the settings and confirm your choice by pressing
the SET key. If an ENTER arrow (↵) is displayed, press SET to access the according
submenu.
4. When the settings are completed, go to SAVE ALL and press the SET key to save the
settings. If you have not done this and the power is turned off, the changes in the
settings will not be kept.
5. In the sub-menus, please press with the SET key on RETURN to return to the
previous menu.
6. To exit the menu, please press with the SET key on EXIT in the main menu.
LENS: Here you can configure the lens
setting.
SHUTTER/AGC: This function is used to
control the light exposure.
WHITE BAL: You can control the white
balance under different lighting conditions
here.
PICT ADJUST: You can set different picture
related settings like mirroring, brightness,
contrast, hue and gain.
NR: This noise reduction function is to decrease the noise which can be generated
under low light conditions.
ATR: This function is used to improve the contrast of the image (similar to WDR).
BACKLIGHT: You can control the backlight compensation here.
NEXT: Choose this option to view the second menu page.
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CAMERA ID: Here you can assign a unique
name or title to the camera.
MOTION DET: This function is used to
detect moving objects in the monitoring
area.
PRIVACY: You can mask specific areas in
the monitoring area here.
SYNC: This function refers to the Internal
Syncronisation.
LANGUAGE: Here you can choose your preferred language.
CAMERA RESET: This function is for resetting the camera to factory default.
BACK: Choose this option to view the first menu page again.
EXIT: Here you can exit the menu.
SAVE ALL: Choose this option to save all changes in the settings.
6.1. LENS
You can select MANUAL or AUTO mode for this function, depending on the lens type.
AUTO:
Here you can set the operation mode of the
lens and adjust the iris speed.
- TYPE [DC, VIDEO] : Please do not select
VIDEO mode. This camera has a built-in
DC Auto iris lens.
- MODE [AUTO, OPEN, CLOSE] : Choose
whether the lens iris should be controlled
automatically or be fixed to open or close.
- SPEED [000~255] : Sets the
convergence speed of the lens iris. If the
value is too high, the iris might operate
improperly.
MANUAL:
Select this item for the manual iris lens or the fixed iris lens.
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6.2. SHUTTER/ AGC
This function is used to control the light exposure. You can either select AUTO for the
auto iris lens (here you can set the shutter value and the brightness level depending on
the lighting conditions) or you can choose MANUAL for the manual iris lens (here you
can set up the electronic shutter speed and the AGC value manually).
AUTO:
Here you can set the auto exposure mode
in two different lighting conditions (HIGH
LUMINANCE for middle/high-bright lighting
conditions and LOW LUMINANCE for low-
bright lighting conditions).
HIGH LUMINANCE
- MODE [AUTO IRIS, SHUT+AUTO IRIS] :
When choosing AUTO IRIS, the electronic shutter is fixed, and the exposure is
controlled using the mechanical iris. When choosing SHUT+AUTO IRIS, the auto
exposure is controlled by using the electronic shutter in middle-bright light conditions,
and using the mechanical iris in high-bright conditions.
- BRIGHTNESS [000~255] :
Sets the value of auto exposure operations. As the value increases, the screen gets
brighter.
LOW LUMINANCE
- MODE [AGC, OFF] :
When choosing AGC, the auto exposure is controlled by using AGC.
- BRIGHTNESS [x0.25, x0.50, x0.75, x1.00] :
Sets the value of auto exposure operations. As the value increases, the screen gets
brighter.
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MANUAL:
Here you can set the SHUTTER value and
the AGC value.
- MODE [SHUTTER+AGC] : The mode is
fixed to SHUTTER+AGC.
- SHUTTER [NTSC: 1/60, 1/100, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000, 1/4000, 1/1000;
PAL: 1/50, 1/120, 1/250 ~ 1/10000] :
Choose the desired value.
- AGC [6.00, 12.00, 18.00, 24.00, 30.00,
36.00, 42.00, 44.80] : As the AGC value
increases, the overall screen gets brighter
but the level of noise is also increasing.
6.3. WHITE BAL (White Balance)
This function is used to control the white balance under different lighting conditions.
Adjusting the setting calibrates the camera for correct and natural colour rendering.
Adjust the functions PUSH, ANTI CR, PUSH LOCK or select a submenu (MANUAL,
ATW, USER1, USER2).
ATW:
In this mode, the camera automatically
tracks changes in the colour temperature,
and adjusts the white balance according to
the ambient conditions.
- SPEED [000~255] : Sets the speed of searching for White Balance when the colour
temperature changed.
- DELAY CNT [00~255] : This sets the delay time of searching for White Balance, when
the colour temperature changed.
- ATW FRAME [x0.5, x1.0, x1,5, x2.0] : Adjust ATW by increasing or decreasing the
colour temperature is possible.
- ENVIRONMENT [INDOOR, OUTDOOR] : Choose INDOOR when the camera is
installed indoors (this is mainly for sodium vapor lamps or indoor lighting conditions, it
means ATW is set to Low Colour Temperature/warm) or choose OUTDOOR when the
camera is installed outdoors (this is mainly for sunlight conditions, it means ATW is set
to High Colour Temperature/cool).
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PUSH:
Adjusts the white balance regardless of the conditions.
USER1:
This mode is the fixed outdoor gain mode
and is fitted for outdoor lighting conditions.
- B-GAIN: Adjusts the White Balance for the
colour Blue.
- R-GAIN: Adjusts the White Balance for the
colour Red.
USER2:
This mode is the fixed fluorescent light gain
mode and is fitted for indoor lighting
conditions.
- B-GAIN: Adjusts the White Balance for the
colour Blue.
- R-GAIN: Adjusts the White Balance for the
colour Red.
ANTI CR:
With this function you can minimise the problems related to colour rolling caused by the
flickering of fluorescent lights.
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MANUAL:
This function allows the white balance to be
adjusted manually. An increased level
produces a strong blue tone on the screen
and a decreased level produces a strong
red tone on the screen.
PUSH LOCK:
This mode is set to the current white balance conditions and keeps its value. Select this
mode and then press the SET key. If there is a change in location or light source, please
repeat this procedure.
6.4. PICT ADJUST (Picture Adjustment)
MIRROR [ON, OFF] :
This function is used to inverse the camera
picture.
BRIGHTNESS [000~255] :
This function is used to adjust the
brightness of the camera picture.
CONTRAST [000~255] :
This function is used to adjust the contrast
of the image (the difference between light
and dark areas on the screen).
SHARPNESS [000~255] :
This function is used to adjust the sharpness of the displayed image.
HUE [000~255] :
This function is used to adjust the colour tone of the displayed image.
GAIN [000~255] :
This function is used to adjust the saturation of the displayed image.
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6.5. NR (Noise Reduction)
NR MODE [OFF, Y, C, Y/C] :
This function is used to improve the picture
quality by filtering the noise which is
generated under low bright light conditions.
You can set up Y (luminance), C (chroma)
and Y/C mode as well as adjust the the
filtering level/s for each mode.
6.6. ATR (Adaptive Tone-Curve Reproduction)
When both low-luminance and high-luminance areas exist in the same picture, this
function can improve the visibility of the entire picture by providing a tone-curve
correction (similar to WDR). When selecting ON, the following submenu will appear.
LUMINANCE [LOW, MID, HIGH] :
This improves the visibility of bright areas.
CONTRAST [LOW, MIDLOW, MID,
MIDHIGH, HIGH] :
This improves the visibilty of dark areas.
6.7. BACKLIGHT
This function is used for backlight compensation. Please choose from OFF, BLC and
HLC.
BLC (Back Light Compensation):
This function is used to counterbalance the screen image by increasing the brightness
so that a subject which appears dark due to a strong backlight can be displayed in more
detail.
HLC (High Light Compensation):
This function is used to surpress or mask a strong light source (for example, headlights
of cars during night-time) so that other subjects can be seen in more detail.
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6.8. CAMERA ID
This menu is used to assign a unique name
to a camera. You can enter up to 52
alphanumeric or special characters for the
CAMERA ID. Select POS and press the
SET key to be able to move the display
position of the CAMERA ID.
Programming the Camera ID:
1. Turn on the CAMERA ID mode and enter the submenu.
2. Using the four direction keys, switch between the characters. Press the SET key to
make a desired figure.
3. Press CLR if you need to delete letters.
6.9. DAY/NIGHT
This function is used to improve the camera's sensitivity at night or when the brigthness
level of the ambient environment is low.
AUTO [BURST, DELAY CNT,
DAY→NIGHT, NIGHT→DAY] :
This mode automatically switches the video
signals between COLOR and B/W when the
according ambient illumination/brightness is
reached.
- BURST: Set this option to ON to output a burst signal in B/W mode.
- DELAY CNT: Sets the delay time for switching between COLOR and B/W mode.
- DAY→NIGHT: Sets the brightness level for switching from COLOR to B/W mode.
- NIGHT→DAY: Sets the brightness level for switching from B/W to COLOR mode.
COLOR:
If set to COLOR, the camera will be fixed to COLOR mode regardless of the ambient
conditions.
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B/W [BURST, IR OPTIMIZER, MODE,
LEVEL] :
If set to B/W, the camera will be fixed to
B/W mode regardless of the ambient
conditions.
- BURST: Set this option to ON to output a burst signal in B/W mode.
- IR OPTIMIZER: Set the IR OPTIMIZER to ON to control the screen overexposure
caused by the camera's bright LED light in dark ambient conditions.
- MODE: Choose CENTER if the subjects which can cause overexposure are located
near the centre of the monitored area. Choose AUTO if the subjects which can cause
overexposure are scattered on the monitored area.
- LEVEL: Sets the reference level of the IR OPTIMIZER. If the value is too high, the
screen may be overexposed.
EXT1:
This option enables auto switching between COLOR and B/W mode using the
brightness level detected by the photocell.
NOTE: Setting the EXT1 option in DAY/NIGHT mode is highly recommended.
EXT2:
Not available.
6.10. MOTION DET (Motion Detection)
This function is used to detect moving objects in the monitored area. There are 4
predefined boxes representing the areas that can be monitored for motion.
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