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[Automatic Adjustment Program execution items and
sequence]
1. Data Setting during Camera Adj.
2. F No. & ND Light Quality Standard Data Input
3. Mechanical Shutter Adj.
4. Linear Matrix Adj.
5. Picture Frame Setting (Color Reproduction Adjustment Frame)
6. Picture Frame Setting (All White Frame)
7. AWB Standard Data Input
8. LV Standard Data Input
9. AWB Adj.
10. AWB Check
11. Color Reproduction Adj. & Check (Indoor HD)
12. Color Reproduction Check (Indoor SD)
13. Color Reproduction Check (Outdoor HD, Outdoor SD)
14. Picture Frame Setting (Center Frame)
15. MAX GAIN Adj.
16. Release of Data Setting during Camera Adj.

[Adjusting method]
1) Click the [Start] button of the CAMERA Adjustment 4.
2) The Automatic Adjustment Program executes “1. Data Setting

during Camera Adj.”.

3) If “1. Data Setting during Camera Adj.” completed success-

fully, and the items from “2. F No. & ND Light Quality Stan-
dard Data Input” to “4. Linear Matrix Adj.” will be executed.

4) Upon successful completion of the “4. Linear Matrix Adj.”,

the following screen is displayed during the execution of “5.
Picture Frame Setting (Color Reproduction Adjustment
Frame)”. Set the subject in accordance with the message.

5) If the [OK] button is clicked, the following screen will appear,

and then adjust the zoom and the camera direction to set the
picture frame. After the setting finished, click the [End] but-
ton.

The buttons on this screen provide the following functions:
[Save the position] button

Saves the camera zoom and focus position data.

[Load the position] button

Reads the camera zoom and focus position data saved last and
moves the camera zoom and focus to that position.

The zoom and focus position data are saved with
“HDR_SR7_ZoomFocusData.txt” file name in the same
holder as the Automatic Adjustment Program.

No position data can be read if this file is moved or de-

leted.

Only the latest position data can be saved. If the [Save
the position] button is clicked, the latest data are saved
over writing the previous data.

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6) After setting the picture frame, if the [End] button is clicked,

“6. Picture Frame Setting (All White Frame)” is executed. The
following messages are displayed in the order given below
during the execution. Then, set the picture frame in accordance
with the messages.

7) After the setting, if the [OK] button is clicked, the adjustment

items from “7. AWB Standard Data Input” to “10. AWB Check”
are executed. During the execution, the following messages
are displayed in the order given below. Place or remove the
filters on the lens in accordance with the messages.

8) Upon successful completion of the “10. AWB Check”, the fol-

lowing message is displayed. Then, change the chart in accor-
dance with the message.

9) If the [OK] button is clicked, the adjustment items “11. Color

Reproduction Adj. & Check (Indoor HD)” and “12. Color Re-
production Check (Indoor SD)” are executed. The following
messages are displayed in order, and then operate the
vectorscope to make a check with the color reproduction frame
in accordance with the message.

NTSC model
Burst position

PAL model
Burst position

NTSC model
Burst position

PAL model
Burst position

R-Y

B-Y

R

G

B

M

G

C

Y

Y

E

R-Y

B-Y

R

G

B

M

G

C

Y

Y

E

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11) Upon successful completion of the “13. Color Reproduction

Check (Outdoor HD, Outdoor SD)”, the following message is
displayed. Then, change the chart in accordance with the mes-
sage.

12) After the setting, if the [OK] button is clicked, the following

message is displayed during the execution of “14. Picture Frame
Setting (Center Frame)”. Set the subject in accordance with
the message, and then check the size of clear chart shot on the
monitor screen.

13) After the checking, if the [OK] button in the message window

is clicked, “15. MAX GAIN Adj.” is executed.

14) Upon successful completion of the “15. MAX GAIN Adj.”,

“16. Release of Data Setting during Camera Adj.” is executed.

15) Upon successful completion of all items of the CAMERA

Adjustment 4, the following message is displayed. Click the
[OK] button.

10) After the checking of the Indoor SD mode, “13. Color Repro-

duction Check (Outdoor HD, Outdoor SD)” is executed. The
following messages are displayed in order, and then operate
the vectorscope to make a check with the color reproduction
frame in accordance with the message.

NTSC model
Burst position

PAL model
Burst position

NTSC model
Burst position

PAL model
Burst position

R-Y

B-Y

R

G

B

M

G

C

Y

Y

E

R-Y

B-Y

R

G

B

M

G

C

Y

Y

E

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Before performing the defect adjustment, make sure that
the lens temperature of the camcorder exceeds 39 ºC.

[Preparation (Temperature Check)]
1) Click the [Preparation] button of the CAMERA Adjustment 5

to display the Preparation screen.

2) Click the [Temperature Check] button of the Preparation screen,

the following screen will appear.

[Checking method]
Click the [Start]  button of the Temperature Check, and the
camcorder will go in the Temperature Check mode and the tem-
perature check result will be displayed on the LCD screen. Per-
form the aging if the check result is NG (below 39 ºC). To exit the
Temperature Check mode, click the [Stop] button.

[Aging method]
Set the camcorder to the Movie mode, and place the LCD screen
in the “reverse-closed” state. (In this state, the temperature rises
more quickly than that in other states.)
Set the camcorder to the Temperature Check mode, and wait until
the LCD screen display changes from NG (grid pattern) to OK
(color bars).

[Automatic Adjustment Program execution items and
sequence]
1. Data Setting during Camera Adj.
2. HS White Defect Adj.
3. White Defect Adj.
4. White Defect Adj. (FD white point)
5. White Defect Check
6. Black Defect Adj.
7. Release of Data Setting during Camera Adj.

[Adjusting method]
1) Click the [Start] button of the CAMERA Adjustment 5.
2) The Automatic Adjustment Program executes “1. Data Setting

during Camera Adj.”.

3) If “1. Data Setting during Camera Adj.” completed success-

fully, and the items from “2. HS White Defect Adj.” to “5.
White Defect Check” will be executed.

4) If “5. White Defect Check” completed successfully, the fol-

lowing message is displayed. Set the subject in accordance
with the message.

5) Click the [OK] button, and the “6. Black Defect Adj.” will be

executed.

6) Upon completion of “6. Black Defect Adj.”, “7. Release of

Data Setting during Camera Adj.” is executed.

7) Upon successful completion of all items of the CAMERA Ad-

justment 5, the following message is displayed. Click the [OK]
button.