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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. 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]
