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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 (
b
only), HDMI OUT terminal, HD/SD COMPONENT OUT terminal
1
, AV
terminal and
W
(headphone) terminal
2
.
1
Outputs color bars only.
2
Outputs audio reference signal only.
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.
[
l
Camera 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.
[
l
Camera 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] (
0
to activate the color bars.
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.
[
m
Audio 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.
• The signal is output at the selected level and will be recorded when you press the START/STOP button.
Operating modes:
[
l
Camera Setup]
[
Color Bars]
[Type]
[Type 1]
[
l
Camera Setup]
[
Color Bars]
[Enable]
[Off]
[
m
Audio Setup]
[
Audio Input]
[1 kHz Tone]
[Off]
