Owner's Manual

Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
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Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
You can have the camcorder generate color bars and a 1 kHz audio reference signal and output them from the
SDI terminal, HDMI OUT terminal and × (headphone) terminal*.
* Audio reference signal only.
Color Bars
The camcorder offers 3 types of color bars (SMPTE, EBU or ARIB).
1 Select [Color Bar Type].
> [ v ' Camera Setup] > [Color Bar Type]
2 Select the type of color bars and then press SET.
3 To activate the color bars, select [Color Bars].
> [ v ' Camera Setup] > [Color Bars]
4 Select [On] and then press SET.
• The selected color bars appear on the screen and will be recorded when you press the REC button.
• Turning off the camcorder or changing the operating mode to mode will deactivate the color bars.
NOTES
NOTES
• You cannot change the type of color bars while recording or when pre-recording is activated.
• You cannot turn the color bars on and off while recording.
• If you set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (A 117), you can press the button to turn the color bars on/off.
Audio Reference Signal
The camcorder can output a 1 kHz audio reference signal with the color bars.
1 Select [1 kHz Tone].
> [ ¡ % Audio Setup] > [1 kHz Tone]
2 Select the desired level and then press SET.
• You can select one of three audio levels (–12 dB, –18 dB, –20 dB) or [Off] to turn off the signal.
• The reference signal will be output at the selected level when you display the color bars, and will be recorded
when you press the REC button.
Operating modes: