Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal

Colors 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 HD/SD SDI terminal, HDMI OUT terminal, SYNC OUT terminal1 and ×(headphone) terminal2.

1

Outputs color bars only.

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2

Outputs audio reference signal only.

 

 

 

Operating modes:

Recording Color Bars

[~Camera Setup]

You can choose between SMPTE standard-definition color bars, EBU color bars and ARIB multi-format HDTV color bars.

[Color Bars]

1 Open the color bars [Type] submenu.

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

2 Select the type of color bars and then press SET.

3 Open the [Enable] submenu to activate the color bars.

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

4 Select [On] and then press SET.

•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.

•Alternatively, if you set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (A99), you can press the button to activate the color bars.

[Type]

[SMPTE]

[~Camera Setup]

[Color Bars]

[Enable]

[Off]

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 SET.

•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.