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SENTINEL
OUTDOOR PROFESSIONAL
PAN/TILT/ZOOM
CAMERA SYSTEM
MODEL VK79A
INCLUDES SENTINEL PAN/TILT/ZOOM CAMERA (XC24A)
AND DOME WITH REMOTE CONTROL (CR15A)
OWNER’S MANUAL
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INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Congratulations! You have purchased X10’s premier video Introduction ........................................................................ 2 surveillance solution. The Sentinel Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera Basic Camera Setup ............................................................ 4 has superior image quality, a high powered zoom, and pan Basic Camera Operation ................................................... 12 and tilt motion. You can operate the camera through walls
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Basic Camera Setup BASIC CAMERA SETUP First you’ll set up and test the camera before you install the camera Your Sentinel Camera is ready to go out of the box! Follow these into the dome. Make sure you read this entire manual first in case steps for a quick setup of your new camera. you want to change a setting on the base of the camera before installing it in the dome. Unpack these items. Connect the camera to power. You should have: the camera and its power supply; the camera Plug the camera’
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Basic Camera Setup Basic Camera Setup Insert batteries into the remote. Connect the wireless video receiver to power. Remove the battery cover and put four (4) AAA batteries into the Put your video receiver in a convenient place near or on your TV. camera remote. Make sure to match the batteries to the + and – marks Plug its power supply into a standard wall outlet and the other end inside the battery case. into the video receiver. 6 7
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Basic Camera Setup Basic Camera Setup Connect the video receiver to your TV. Turn on the video receiver. Connect the video cable into the video-out jack on the video receiver Make sure the power switch on the video receiver is set to “ON.” and into the video-in jack on your TV. 8 9
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Basic Camera Setup Basic Camera Setup Turn on your TV. Fine tune the antennas. Turn on your TV and select its video input. Use the Video or Select Once the camera and receiver are in place, adjust their antennas so buttons on your TV remote control, or try channel 0 and then that they face each other. The side of the camera’s antenna with the Channel Down. The camera’s picture should appear. Note, the dot on it should face the side of the receiver’s antenna marked with picture will be upside dow
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BASIC CAMERA OPERATION SECURE VIDEO CONNECTION SETUP If you prefer a secure video connection, you can use a video cable to Once you have the camera set up, you’re ready to start using it. It’s connect the camera directly to your TV. This setup does not use the easy to get started. Here’s how you use the remote to control the wireless video receiver. camera: 1. Turn off the camera’s wireless transmitter: Locate the transmission switch on the bottom of the camera (see picture below). Select Transm
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Secure Video Connection Setup REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 3. Connect the video cable: Plug one end of a video cable into the camera. Your Sentinel Camera includes many versatile and powerful features. This Run the rest of the cable to your TV. section will show you how to get the most from your camera. 4. Connect the other end of the cable to the video-in jack on your TV. Stored Positions Your Sentinel Camera can remember nine locations, including vertical/ horizontal positions, and zoom settings. S
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Remote Control Features Mounting the Camera You can install the Sentinel Camera into the supplied dome and mount it on Clearing Stored Positions a ceiling, or you can use the supplied mounting bracket to mount the You can delete all stored positions. Here’s how: complete assembly on a wall. In either case make sure the ABCD channel 1. Press and release C1. switch, and Transmit Enable/Disable switch on the base of the camera are set as you desire before installing the camera in the dome. 2. Press
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Mounting the Camera, cont. Mounting the Camera, cont. Camera should be installed into the base of the dome after knocking out the 4. Attach the camera to the base of the holes, knock out 3 holes for mounting on a ceiling or 1 hole for the wall dome using the brass screw on the mounting bracket: outside of the dome’s base. Mounting the camera on a ceiling 1. Knock out the three holes on the base of the dome using a screwdriver and hammer. 5. Plug the power and video cables into the camera. 2. Ins
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Mounting the Camera, cont. Mounting the Camera, cont. 5. Plug the power and video Mounting the camera on a wall cables into the camera. using the bracket provided 1. Knock out the ONE hole shown here on the base of the dome using 6. Remove the lens cap a screwdriver and hammer. (Don’t touch the lens). 7. Pass the cables through the hole in 2. Put a black rubber washer on the the mounting bracket and attach the inside of base of the dome and bracket to a wall. then insert a brass screw into the h
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Additional Setup Options MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEMS The Sentinel Camera System is designed so that you can use up to four Picture Orientation cameras together. Follow the steps in this section to set up and use your Vertical Orientation: If you choose not to mount the camera upside down. additional cameras. Here’s how to flip the picture vertically in the camera so that the display on the TV is the right way up: 1. Press and release C1. Setting Up Multiple Cameras 2. Press and hold Setup on the remote
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Multi-Camera Systems ADVANCED SETUP OPTIONS Changing the House Code for the Remote Controlling Multiple Cameras The Camera and Remote come set to House Code A by default. To change Pressing any camera button (C1, C2, C3 or C4) turns on that camera and the House Code on the remote follow steps 1 through 4 below: turns the other cameras off. When you press a camera button, all of the camera controls on the remote– moving the camera, zooming, storing 1. Press and release the 3. Use the number posit
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Advanced Setup Options ADVANCED ONSCREEN MENU OPTIONS The onscreen menus change the low-level, technical operation of the Recording with a VCR Sentinel camera. In most cases you do not need to change any of these Whether you have set up your camera to use the wireless receiver or the settings. secure video connection, you can configure your Sentinel Camera so that you can record its video signal on your VCR. It’s easy: 3. Press the Right 1. Make sure your VCR is connected to play back on your T
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Iris Settings Backlight Compensation Iris settings control the amount of light let into the Sentinel camera. Backlight compensation settings affect how the camera adjusts for light Changing these settings affect how bright your picture will be, and how the sources behind the camera’s view or focus. You can use this to adjust for camera reacts to changes in lighting conditions. Your options are: the silhouette effect you might get when
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Freeze, Automatic Gain Control & Sensitivity Color Settings The settings for Automatic Gain Control (AGC) affect the brightness and The options in the color settings menu control the appearance of the video picture levels of the video produced by the camera. AGC amplifies existing picture you get from the camera. video to help the camera reproduce a video signal at low light levels. · ATW: Adjusts the settings for Auto Trace White Bal
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Automatic Picture Control Lens Settings Automatic Picture Control (APC) changes the geometry of the picture These settings control how the lens in the Sentinel Camera behaves during normal use. produced by the camera. These changes are slight and it can be hard to notice how the picture is different. · Digital ZOOM: The camera uses digital zoom (10X) after reaching the maximum optical zoom level (22X). Digital zoom produces a slightly
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Picture Reversal Alarm Position You can set the Sentinel Camera to reverse, either horizontally, vertically the picture it produces. Or you can do both. The Sentinel Camera does not use this feature. · H. REV: Reverses the picture horizontally, or from left to right. Set this to “ON” if you want to use the camera like a mirror for viewing objects behind you. · V. REV: When set to “ON” this settings mirrors the picture vertically, allo
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Advanced Onscreen Menu Options Onscreen Camera Label (ID) Restore Presets (defaults) The Sentinel Camera can display a title or label for the camera on screen. The settings in the PRESET menu work to set the camera back to its This can be useful when you have more than one camera and want to default configuration. This will discard any changes you made in any of the identify them easily. other video settings menus. · PRESET: When you select this option and change i
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Advanced Onscreen Menu Options TROUBLESHOOTING · MARK: Selecting Mark ON puts a cross-hairs mark on the screen. If there’s no camera picture on your TV (wireless connection): 1. Make sure your Wireless Video Receiver is connected to power and turned On. 2. Select the appropriate video input on your TV. Usually you can select the input mode by pressing the VIDEO or INPUT button on the remote control. Or you might have to change the TV to Channel 0 or 2, and then use Channel Down to change video
