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Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal

Article ID: ART133275 | Date published: 05/12/2015 | Date last updated: 10/22/2015
 

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Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal

Solution

 

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.

  • 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.


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