Operating the Menus

Menus Through Setting and Adjusting 5 Chapter

Icon/Menu

Submenu

Setting

 

IN/OUT REC

COLOR BAR

Selects whether to display color bars or not. Also, you may select color bars with or without

 

 

tone signals (1 kHz full bit –20 dB at 60i, 1 kHz full bit –18 dB at 50i).

 

 

 

OFF

:

Does not display color bars and no tone signals.

 

 

 

ON :

 

Displays color bars without tone signals.

 

 

 

ON [TONE] :

Displays color bars with tone signals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

• Color bars and tone signals are output from HDMI OUT jack, HDV/DV jack, and analog

 

 

 

output jacks.

 

•Color bars and tone signals cannot be output when the tape is in playback mode.

•The color bars output to i.LINK/the color bars and tone signals recorded on tapes/the

format of tone signals can be set by [HDV/DV SEL] and [ REC MODE].

–When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [AUTO], the format of the color bar and tone signals will be output/recorded according to the video format displayed in “1 Format indicator” (page 25) of text data display on a monitor.

–When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [HDV], color bars and tone signals are output/recorded in HDV format.

 

 

– When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [DV] and [

REC MODE] in [IN/OUT REC] menu is set

 

 

to [DVCAM], color bars and tone signals will be output/recorded in DVCAM format.

 

 

– When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [DV] and [

 

REC MODE] in [IN/OUT REC] menu is set

 

 

 

 

to [DV SP], color bars will be output/recorded in DV (SP) format.

 

• When the unit turns off and on again, [COLOR BAR] is automatically set to [OFF].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BARS TYPE

Selects the type of color bars.

 

 

 

TYPE 1

:

Outputs TYPE 1 color bars.

 

 

 

TYPE 2

:

Outputs TYPE 2 color bars.

 

 

 

TYPE 3 :

Outputs TYPE 3 color bars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

• When color bars are output in NTSC (60i) mode on the unit, no-setup (0 IRE) signals are

 

 

output.

 

 

 

 

• Even when the unit’s screen aspect ratio displays 4:3, the color bars are generated as

 

 

16:9. To output the edge crop (4:3) in HDV format, select [TYPE 1].

 

• Color bars on the unit are generated in HDV (1080i) resolution. When a resolution other

 

 

than HDV (1080i) is output, the color bars are down converted and output. The transition

 

 

edges between the color bars are distorted.

 

 

• You cannot change the current setting during recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DV BARS

Selects the aspect ratio of color bars set in [BARS TYPE] (DVCAM/DV (SP) format only).

 

 

16:9

:

 

Sets the aspect ratio of color bars to 16:9.

 

 

4:3 :

 

 

 

Sets the aspect ratio of color bars to 4:3.

Note

You cannot change the current setting during recording.

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