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, HDMI OUT terminal, SYNC OUT terminal1 and × (headphone) terminal2.
1 Outputs color bars only.
2 Outputs audio reference signal only.
Recording Color Bars
You can choose between SMPTE standard-definition color bars, EBU color bars and ARIB multi-format HDTV color bars.
1 Open the color bars [Type] submenu.
[
] > [Color Bars] > [Type]2 Select the type of color bars and then press SET.
3 Open the [Enable] submenu to activate the color bars.
[
] > [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 MEDIA mode will deactivate the color bars.
Alternatively, if you set an assignable button to [Color Bars],you can press the button 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.
[
] > [Audio Input] > [1 kHz Tone]2 Select the desired level and then press SET.