Color Bars/Audio Reference Signal

Color Bars/Audio Reference Signal

You can have the camcorder generate and record color bars and a 1 kHz audio reference signal and output them from the HDMI OUT terminal, AV OUT terminal and ×(headphone) terminal (audio reference signal only).

Operating modes:

Recording Color Bars

The types of color bars available depend on the camcorder's system frequency setting. When [System Frequency] is set to [59.94 Hz], you can choose between SMPTE standard-definition color bars and ARIB multi- format HDTV color bars. When [System Frequency] is set to [50.00 Hz], you can choose between EBU color bars and SMPTE standard-definition color bars.

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[~Camera Setup]

[Color Bars]

[Type]

1 Open the color bars [Type] submenu.

[SMPTE] or [EBU]*

[~Camera Setup] >[Color Bars] >[Type]

2 Select the type of color bars and then press the joystick. 3 Open the [Enable] submenu to activate the color bars.

[~Camera Setup] >[Color Bars] >[Enable]

4 Select [On] and then press the joystick.

•The selected color bars appear on the screen and will be recorded when you press the START/STOP button.

•Turning the camcorder off or changing the operating mode to mode will deactivate the color bars.

NOTES

*Depending on the country/region of purchase.

[~Camera Setup]

[Color Bars]

[Enable]

[Off]

•If you set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (A85), you can press the button to activate and deactivate the color bars.

Recording an Audio Reference Signal

The camcorder can output a 1 kHz audio reference signal with the color bars.

1 Open the [1 kHz Tone] submenu.

[¡Audio Setup] >[Audio Input] >[1 kHz Tone]

2 Select the desired level and then press the joystick.

•Available levels are -12 dB, -18 dB and -20 dB.

•Select [Off] to turn off the signal.

[¡Audio Setup]

[Audio Input]

[1 kHz Tone]

[Off]

• The signal is output at the selected level and will be recorded when you press the START/STOP button.