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 (XF305 only), HDMI terminal, HD/SD Component terminal
1, AV terminal, VIDEO 2 terminal
1, and headphones
2 terminal.
1 Video only
2 Audio only
Recording Color Bars
You can choose between SMPTE standard definition color bars [Type 1] and ARIB multi-format HDTV color bars [Type 2].
- Open the color bars [Type] submenu.
[Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Type]
- Select [Type 1] (SMPTE) or [Type 2] (ARIB) and then press <SET>.
- Open the [Enable] submenu to activate the color bars.
[Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Enable]
- Select [On] and 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 will deactive the color bars.
Recording an Audio Reference Signal
The camcorder can output a 1 kHz audio reference signal with the color bars.
- Open the [1 kHz Tone] submenu.
[Audio Setup] > [Audio Input] > [1 kHz Tone]
- 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.