Sony LMD-A240 Operating Instructions Manual page 30

[On Screen Tally Setting]
Submenu Setting
[Tally Bckgnd The tally is displayed on the screen of
Display] this unit.
When [Tally Bckgnd Display] is set to
[On], the mat is displayed on the tally
display area. When [Off], the tally is
displayed directly on the video signal.
[Position] Sets the display position of tally. Select
[Top] or [Bottom].
[In-Monitor Display Setting]
The monitor supports "TSL UMD Protocol - V5.00"
provided by Television System Ltd.
[Position], [Transparency], [Text Color], [Text
Intensity], [Left Tally Color], [Right Tally Color] can be
set in the setting menu.
Left tally
Notes
Set values to "0x0000" in SCREEN and INDEX of TSL

protocol setting before displaying IMD.
 The monitor displays English alphabet, numbers,
symbolic codes and Japanese letters (i.e. Hiragana and
Katakana). Certain symbols cannot be displayed.
Up to 16 characters can be displayed in English and

Japanese syllabary characters (Hiragana and
Katakana).
 Does not function when PC signal format is input.
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Adjustment Using the Menus
Text Right tally
Submenu Setting
[IMD] Selects [On] to activate IMD and [Off]
to turn it off.
Note
Setting [IMD] to [On] turns off the
following function:
[Camera Metadata]
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[Position] Sets the position of IMD. Select [Top]
or [Bottom].
LMD-A240
[Top]
When the IMD position is set to [Top], the video image is
shifted downward. When the IMD position is set to [Bottom],
the video image is shifted upward.
LMD-A220/A170
The IMD is displayed inside of the effective screen area.
[Transparency] Selects [Black] or [Half] for the
background of IMD.
[Black]: The background is black.
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Displayed image is hidden
behind the background.
[Half]: The background is
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transparent. Displayed image
can be seen indistinctly behind
the IMD display.
[Text Color] Selects the color of text displayed in
IMD.
Selecting [Remote Specified] sets the
same color as set in TSL command.
Selecting from other than [Remote
Specified] sets the following colors,
regardless of the command setting.
[Remote Specified]
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[White]
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[Red]
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[Green]
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[Blue]
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[Yellow]
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[Cyan]
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[Magenta]
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[Amber]
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[Bottom]
[Top]
[Bottom]