Using The Color Bar - Sony DCR-TRV940 Service Manual

Using the color bar

If you press COLOR BAR, the color bar is displayed on the screen.
Use the color bar in the following cases:
– At the beginning of the recording, the recorded images may be unstable. To avoid
this, record the color bar first and start recording the desired images when the
captured images become clear.
– To adjust screen color.
Press COLOR BAR while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA.
If you press COLOR BAR again the color bar disappears.
When you adjust color on the screen
Connect your camcorder to the TV (p. 45) and adjust image color on the TV screen.
While the color bar is displayed
The following functions do not work. However, the settings before the color bar is
displayed are retained.
– BACK LIGHT
– SPOT LIGHT
– Picture effect
– Digital effect
– PROGRAM AE
– Shutter speed adjustment
– White balance adjustment
– Exposure
– MEMORY MIX
While the color bar is displayed during Picture effect, Digital effect or MEMORY
MIX
These effects cannot be added on the color bar.
While using the fader
The color bar cannot be displayed.
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