User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Usage Instructions
- Highlights of the XC10
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preparations
- 3. Recording
- Recording Video and Taking Photos
- Video Configuration: Movie Format (MXF/MP4), Resolution (4K/HD), Frame Rate and Bit Rate
- Shooting Modes
- Automatic Gain and ISO Limits
- Exposure
- Light Metering Mode
- White Balance
- Using Looks
- Zooming
- Adjusting the Focus
- Image Stabilizer
- Onscreen Markers and Zebra Patterns
- Setting the Time Code
- User Bit
- Recording Audio
- Using Commercially Available Microphones
- Audio Scenes (Built-in Microphone)
- Audio Recording Level
- Wind Screen (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Attenuator (Built-in Microphone)
- Audio Equalizer (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Directionality (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Attenuator (External Microphone)
- Low Cut Filter (External Microphone)
- Switching the Input
- Audio Limiter
- Audio Compressor
- Monitoring the Audio with Headphones
- Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
- Recording GPS Information (Geotagging)
- Slow & Fast Motion Mode
- Pre-recording Mode
- Interval Recording Mode
- Self Timer
- Orientation Detection
- Using an Optional Speedlite Flash
- 4. Customization
- 5. Playback
- Playback
- Playing Back Recordings
- Changing the Index Screen
- Onscreen Icons and Displays during Playback
- Playback Controls during Clip Playback
- Playback Controls during Photo Playback
- Adjusting the Volume
- Displaying Clip Information
- Playing an HD-sized Clip from a 4K Clip
- Capturing Photos from 4K Clips (4K Frame Grab) and HD Clips
- Magnifying Photos during Playback
- Deleting Recordings
- Playback
- 6. External Connections
- 7. Wi-Fi Functions
- 8. Additional Information
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Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
Menus
Table of Contents Index
Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
You can have the camcorder generate and record color bars and a 1 kHz audio reference signal. The color bars
can be output from the HDMI OUT terminal while the audio reference signal can be output from the HDMI OUT
and × (headphone) terminals.
Recording Color Bars
You can choose between SMPTE color bars and ARIB multi-format color
bars. For 4K clips, the color bars will be recorded in 4K (3840x2160) but
will be output from the HDMI OUT terminal in HD (1920x1080).
1 Press the MENU button.
2 Open the [Color Bars] submenu.
[3 Recording Setup] > [3] > [Color Bars]
3 Select the type of color bars and then touch [X].
• The selected color bars appear on the screen and will be recorded when you press the START/STOP
button.
•Select [j Off] to turn off the color bars.
• Turning the camcorder off or changing the operating mode to playback mode will deactivate the color bars.
Recording an Audio Reference Signal
The camcorder can output a 1 kHz audio reference signal.
1 Press the MENU button.
2 Open the [1 kHz Tone] submenu.
[3 Recording Setup] > [3] > [1 kHz Tone]
3 Select the desired level and then touch [X].
• Available levels are -12 dB, -18 dB and -20 dB.
•Select [j Off] to turn off the signal.
• The signal is output at the selected level and will be recorded when you press the START/STOP button.
Operating modes:
[3 Recording Setup]
[3]
[Color Bars]
[j Off]
[3 Recording Setup]
[3]
[1 kHz Tone]
[j Off]