Sd Output; Superimposing Onscreen Displays To Appear On An External Monitor - Canon EOS C300 Instruction Manual

Connecting to an External Monitor
• If necessary, you can superimpose the onscreen displays on the video displayed on the external monitor
(A 142).
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SD Output

When HD video with a 16:9 aspect ratio is converted and output from the
HD/SD SDI terminal, HDMI OUT terminal or SYNC OUT terminal as SD
video with a 4:3 aspect ratio, you can choose how it appears on the
external monitor.
1 Open the [SD Output] submenu.
[¢ Video Setup] > [SD Output]
2 Select the desired option and then press SET.
Options
[Squeeze]: The image is squeezed from the left and right so that the entire image fits within the screen. The image
will appear normal if the external monitor also has a 16:9 aspect ratio.
[Letterbox]: The 16:9 aspect ratio is maintained but black letterbox bars are added to the top and bottom of the
image.
[Side Crop]: The left and right sides of the image are cropped so that the central part of the image fits within the
screen.
Original image (16:9)
Superimposing Onscreen Displays to Appear on an
External Monitor
You can choose to superimpose onscreen displays on the video output
from the HD/SD SDI terminal, HDMI OUT terminal or SYNC OUT terminal.
Doing so will display the onscreen displays on an external monitor. You
can set this function separately for HD and SD output. This setting will not
affect your recordings.
1 Open the [HD Onscreen Disp.] or [SD Onscreen Disp.] submenu.
[¢ Video Setup] > [HD Onscreen Disp.] or [SD Onscreen Disp.]
2 Select [On] and then press SET.
• T appears on the upper right of the screen (when [£ LCD/VF Setup] > [Custom Display 2] >
[Output Display] is set to [On]).
NOTES
• Onscreen displays will not appear on an external monitor for SD output if [¢ Video Setup] > [SD Output] is
set to [Side Crop].
• If you set an assignable button to [Onscreen Display] (A 111), you can press the button to turn on and off the
superimposing of onscreen displays on video output from the camcorder's terminals (simultaneously for HD
and SD video).
[Squeeze] setting
[¢ Video Setup]
[Letterbox] setting
[¢ Video Setup]
[HD Onscreen Disp.]
[SD Onscreen Disp.]
[SD Output]
[Letterbox]
[Side Crop] setting
[Off]