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Dsmc2 helium operation guide, Cannot use touchscreen, Tighten dc in connector – RED DIGITAL CINEMA DSMC2 BRAIN with HELIUM 8K S35 Sensor (2018 Unified DSMC2 Lineup) User Manual

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CANNOT USE TOUCHSCREEN

SYMPTOM

Cannot control the camera via the touchscreen or the DSMC2

®

SIDEKICK™.

POTENTIAL RESOLUTIONS

Perform a Hard Restore. For more information, go to

"Perform a Hard Restore" on the next page

.

If you are using an external monitor, enable menus on the monitors and control the camera via the DSMC2
SIDEKICK:

Connect an SSD (RED MINI-MAG

®

) to your computer.

On the SSD, create a new folder, and name it

force_preset

.

Download the

DSMC Toolkit

from

www.red.com/downloads

.

Open the

Preset_Files

folder.

Open the folder that corresponds to the firmware version you are using.

Save the appropriate

enable_menus

file to the

force_preset

folder on your SSD.

Eject or unmount the SSD, and then remove the SSD.

Ensure that the camera is turned off.

Insert the SSD into your camera.

Turn on the camera. The camera automatically applies the preset.

NOTE:

On Mac

®

computers with REDCINE-X PRO

®

installed, RED

®

Watchdog mounts the SSD as Read-Only by

default, which means that you are unable to write files (including firmware upgrade files) to the SSD. Change the

Mount

preference to

Read-Write

before attempting to copy firmware to the SSD.

TIGHTEN DC IN CONNECTOR

SYMPTOM

The DC IN connector nut is loose.

POTENTIAL RESOLUTIONS

Tighten the loose DC IN connector nut using a pair of heavy duty strong point tweezers.

WARNING:

DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN.

Optional

: Add a small amount of Loctite

®

222 (low strength thread locker) to the threads of the DC IN connector

nut to prevent the connector from becoming loose again.

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