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TROUBLESHOOTING: UNWANTED CAMERA MOVEMENT
1-
TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA’S OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER (OIS) WHILE IT IS MOUNTED TO THE PAN/TILT
HEAD. OIS DOES NOT REACT WELL TO PAN/TILT SYSTEMS.
2-TURN THE SPEED DIALS UP
3-MAKE SURE
your camera is perfectly balanced by disengaging your motors and tilting the camera at various angles
– it
should not move at all if the camera is in balance (if necessary, re-balance
– see Page 1).
4- IF SOLUTIONS 1-
3 DON’T WORK,
you may have
motor drift
-
do not worry!
To find out if you have motor drift, do the
following: ***
turn the speed dials all the way up for both pan and tilt
, and with all of the power and control cables
connected (a mounted camera is not necessary), disengage the motors so that the brass gears on the motors can spin
freely. If the brass gears turn on their own, without your command, the motor control joystick needs to be calibrated (
if
they don’t move, the drifting must be attributed to bad balance
).
If Motors Drift:
With
both speed dials turned all the way
up
and the motors disengaged from the head
so they can spin freely, remove the large
black threaded plug on the side of the control
box (A.1.) and you will see two dials for
calibrating the pan and tilt (A.2). Carefully
use a small tip Phillips or flat screwdriver to
turn the dials until the motors stop moving.
Try to center the dials between the points
where the motors begin moving in each direction. *
Do not press hard on these dials or damage may result. *
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– MOTORS DON’T MOVE –
Make sure the direction switches for pan and tilt are not set to “OFF”. Make sure power is
plugged in and the motors are plugged into the connecting cables on the head. Make sure the gears are fully engaged
and locked to the head. If all of this fails, you may have a damaged cable, power supply or control box
– contact VariZoom
TROUBLESHOOTING: ERRATIC CONTROL UNIT
Erratic control unit behavior may result from damaged cables or bad power connection.
MAINTENANCE:
The MC100 should not require much maintenance, but over time wear and tear may take its toll. The most common wear
and tear issue is damaged cables, which are relatively easily replaced. After much use, the bearings in the base may
need light lubrication. These bearing are the two sets of thin triple washer-like assemblies above and below the base
block (where the rotating shaft fits). If you lubricate these bearings, just use light
oil and don’t add very much or you will
simply attract more dust. As long as the unit pans smoothly, you shouldn’t worry about this. Most other maintenance
should be performed by the factory.
REMINDER: KEEP FINGERS, LOOSE CLOTHING, AND
HAIR AWAY FROM MOVING PARTS AND GEARS! ALWAYS UNPLUG MC100
PAN AND TILT HEAD WHEN NOT IN USE!
WHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT SAFETY,
ASK QUESTIONS FIRST!!!
512-219-7722 / www.varizoom.com
A.1.
A.2.
