Panasonic KX-HCM280A User Manual

Operating Instructions

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Focus button adjusts the focus. Network Camera has Automatic and Manual 
Focusing features. AF (Automatic Focus) button automatically allows the lens to 
focus on objects. Manual focusing starts by pressing Near or Far button. Near 
button enables the lens to shorten the focal distance, and Far button lengthens it, 
manually. Manual focusing feature has 40 steps.

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Some objects are difficult to focus on by auto focusing. In the objects 
shown below, it may take a while to focus on, or may not focus on them. 
Press the AF button and put it into operation again. When the objects are 
still out of focus, adjust the focus using manual focusing, or change the 
objects using Pan/Tilt operation or Zooming features. Manual focusing 
starts by pressing Near or Far button. Press AF button for turning it into 
Automatic Focusing.

Near button

Far button

AF (Automatic Focus) button

Objects without contrast

(e.g., White wall)

Horizontally striped 

objects

High-luminance objects
(e.g., fluorescent lights)

Light-dotted object in 

the dark (e.g., night view)

Objects viewed 

through glass

Objects moving fast