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3.6 Calibration Mode
The camera can conduct the operations like black balancing, downgrading the firmware under this mode.
Please reboot the camera after the foregoing operations are done.
3.6.1 Black Balancing
Every Kine camera has been calibrated in black balancing under Calibration Mode before shipping. After a
long period of usage, please do the balancing again, and then reset to the factory. Factory reset would not
change the balancing data. Please do as following:
1.
Enter into Calibration Mode:
hold the [MENU] button for three
seconds while turn on the camera, then release the [MENU] button;
2.
Calibration:
put on the lens cover or mount cover to make sure a
total black display, then choose [Black Balancing] in the menu, and
wait about 5 mins until the cablibration is done;
3.
Factory Reset:
by [MENU
System
Factory Reset], then reboot the camera.
NOTICE
After black balancing, there is no dead pixel in the normal ISO range, but there might be a few
red/green/blue spots when ISO is extremely high.
NOTICE
If there are white dots in some frames, it may be due to the cosmic rays, not the malfunction of
the CMOS imaging sensor.
3.6.2 Update/Downgrade the Firmware
If the camera is powered down during the firmware update, it may be not powered on because of damaged
system. Please try to turn on the camera under Calibration Mode before send it to factory:
1.
Enter the Calibration Mode:
hold the MENU button when press and release
power button, after three seconds, release the [MENU] button;
2.
Update:
In the System menu, select Update Firmware, and then confirm to
update. When the successful message appears on the display, it means the
update is completed (approx. 30 mins);
3.
Reboot:
Power down the camera, and remove USB flash drive. Power on the
camera, and then the new firmware takes effect.
NOTICE
After the update is done, please perform the factory reset.
Menu Operation
Black Balancing
[MENU
System
Black Balancing]
Menu Operation
Update Firmware
[MENU
System
Update
Firmware]