Using Color Bars/Audio Reference Signal on an EOS C700 model
Article ID: ART174787
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Date published: 06/20/2019
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Date last updated: 06/20/2019
Description
You can have the camera generate color bars and a 1 kHz audio reference signal and output them from the VIDEO terminal (optional viewfinder, color bars only), SDI OUT terminals, MON. terminals, HDMI OUT terminal and (headphone) terminal (audio reference signal only). If the main recording format is set to [XF-AVC (CFast)], the color bars and audio reference signal are recorded on clips recorded on a CFast card or SD card.
Solution
Color Bars/Audio Reference Signal
Color Bars
The camera offers 3 types of color bars (SMPTE, EBU or ARIB).
Open the [Activate] submenu to activate the color bars. MENU/EVF [Camera Setup] () [Color Bars] [Activate]
Alternatively, you can press an assignable button set to [Color Bars].
Select [On] and then press SET.
The selected color bars appear on the monitoring screen.
From the same submenu select [Type] and then press SET.
Select the type of color bars and then press SET.
Turning off the camera or pressing the PLAY button (switching to playback mode) will deactivate the color bars.
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When the main recording format is set to one of the ProRes or RAW options, color bars will not be displayed or output.
Audio Reference Signal
The camera can output a 1 kHz audio reference signal with the color bars.
Open the [1 kHz Tone] submenu.
Setup screen: ALT [AUDIO] [OPTIONS] [Audio Input] [1 kHz Tone]
Monitoring menu: EVF [Audio Setup] () [Audio Input] [1 kHz Tone]
Select the desired level (-12 dB, -18 dB or -20 dB) and then press SET.
(headphone) terminal (audio reference signal only). If the main recording format is set to [XF-AVC (CFast)], the color bars and audio reference signal are recorded on clips recorded on a CFast card or SD card.
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[Color Bars] 
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