Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual page 115

OPERATION
Menu items Sub-item
Down Converter
Input/Output
Makes settings
related to I/O signals.
Wide ID
Wide
Mode(EXT)
Setup
Remove(EXT)
Super(VF Display) On/Off
Super Impose
Makes settings Super(Menu)
related to
Super(Timecode)
superimposed text
and markers.
Super(Marker)
LCD Color
LCD
LCD
Marker&Zebra
Settings
Crop/Letter/Squeeze
Through/Auto
Auto/16:9
a)
7.5%/0.0%
a)
On/Off
On/Off
On/Off
–99 to ±0 to +99
On/Off
Description
Selects the signal conversion mode for
output of SD signals.
Crop: Crop the edges of the 16:9
picture and output as a 4:3 picture.
Letter: Mask the top and bottom of the
4:3 picture and display in the center
of the screen as a 16:9 picture.
Squeeze: Squeeze the 16:9 picture
horizontally and output as a 4:3
picture.
Selects whether to add a wide ID signal
to the SD output signal.
Through: Output without adding a
wide ID signal.
Auto: Add and output a wide ID signal
when the Down Converter setting is
Squeeze.
When the input signal is SD, select the
method that determines whether the
signal is treated as a wide signal.
Auto: When wide a ID signal is
detected in the input signal, treat
the signal as a wide signal and set
the up-converter operating mode to
squeeze mode. When a wide ID
signal is not detected, set the
upconverter operating mode to
edge crop mode and do not record a
wide ID signal.
16:9: Always treat the signal as a wide
signal and set the upconverter
operating mode to squeeze mode.
When the Country setting is other than
[PAL Area], selects whether to remove
the setup level of analog input video
signals.
7.5%: Remove the setup.
0.0%: Do not remove the setup.
When the setting of Input/Output >SDI
Out Super or Video Out Super is On,
superimpose text information on the
output from the HD/SD SDI OUT
connector, and VIDEO OUT connector,
as specified (On or Off) for each item.
When the setting of Input/Output
>Video Out Super is On, specifies
whether to superimpose markers on the
output from the VIDEO OUT
connector.
Adjusts the LCD color.
Turns the marker and zebra display in
the LCD monitor on or off.
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