Canon XF400, Instruction Manual

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Connecting to an External Monitor or Recorder
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NOTES
•
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The camcorder cannot output signals to the SDI OUT terminal and HDMI OUT terminals
simultaneously.
• Depending on the external recorder used, you may not be able to record on the external recorder using the
selected output video configuration.
• After connecting the camcorder to an external recorder, make test recordings using the video configuration(s)
you plan to use and check the recordings made by the external recorder.
• You can set [
3
Recording Setup]
>
[Rec Command] to [
i
On] to use the camcorder’s REC button to
control also the recording operation of external recorders compatible with recording commands.
• About the time code during external recording-only mode:
- The time code mode is automatically set to [ Preset].
- When the camcorder is set back to internal recording-priority mode, the time code mode will return to its
previous setting.
Connecting an External Monitor
The digital signal that is output from the SDI OUT terminal (
m
only) includes the video signal, audio signal
(up to 4 channels), time code and recording command. You can output also the onscreen displays (
A
138).
The HDMI OUT terminal also offers a digital connection and outputs both the video and audio signals. You can
output also the time code signal and onscreen displays (
A
138). The audio output signal will be 2-channel
linear PCM audio (16-bit, 48 kHz sampling). When recording with 4-channel audio, you can select the audio
channels that are output (
A
110).
1 S elect [Output Terminal].
>
[
£ !
Display Setup]
>
[Output Terminal]
2 Activate the output terminal and then touch [
X
].
•
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Touch [
ø
SDI] (SDI OUT terminal) or [
ù
HDMI] (HDMI OUT terminal), depending on the
connection you wish to use. When using the HDMI OUT terminal, you can continue the procedure to select
other options for the terminal.
n
Touch [
ù
HDMI].
3 S elect [HDMI Max Re s olution].
>
[
£ !
Display Setup]
>
[HDMI Max Resolution]
4 Touch the de s ired maximum re s olution and then touch [
X
].
• For details, refer to the Video Output Configuration table (
A
105).
5 mode only: If nece ss ary, output al s o the time code s ignal.
>
[
3
"
Recording Setup]
>
[HDMI Time Code]
>
[
i
On]
>
[
X
]
Operating modes: