Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual page 103

OPERATION
Menu items Sub-item
Input/Output Down Converter
Makes settings
related to I/O signals.
Wide ID
Wide Mode
Setup Remove
Super Impose Super(VF Display) On/Off
Makes settings Super(Menu)
related to
Super(Timecode)
superimposed text
and markers.
Super(Marker)
LCD LCD Color
LCD
Marker&Zebra
Settings
Crop/Letter/Squeeze
Through/Auto
a)
Auto/16:9
a)
7.5%/0.0%
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 wide picture
information to the SD output signal.
Through: Output without adding wide
picture information.
Auto: Add and output wide picture
information 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 picture information is
detected in the input signal, treat
the signal as a wide signal and set
the up-converter operating mode to
squeeze mode. When wide picture
information is not detected, set the
upconverter operating mode to
edge crop mode and do not record
wide picture information.
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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