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 HD/SD SDI terminal (bonly), HDMI OUT terminal, HD/SD COMPONENT OUT terminal1, AV

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terminal and W(headphone) terminal2.

1Outputs color bars only.

2Outputs audio reference signal only.

Operating modes:

Recording Color Bars

You can choose between SMPTE standard-definition color bars ([Type 1]) and ARIB multi-format HDTV color bars ([Type 2]).

1 Open the color bars [Type] submenu.

[lCamera Setup] [Color Bars] [Type]

2 Select [Type 1] (SMPTE) or [Type 2] (ARIB) and then press SET. 3 Open the [Enable] submenu to activate the color bars.

[lCamera 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, you can set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (097) to activate the color bars.

[lCamera Setup]

[Color Bars]

[Type]

[Type 1]

[lCamera 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.

[mAudio 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.

[mAudio 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.