Status Displays; Showing The Status Screens; Audio Status Screen; Video Status Screen - Sony PMW-50 Operating Instructions Manual

Status Displays

Showing the Status Screens

Press the STATUS button (page 7) to display
status screens on the LCD monitor/external video
monitor.
Use the up/down buttons (page 7) to perform
operations and switch the screens in sequence.
When you press the STATUS button again, the
status screen display is canceled.
For connections of an external monitor, see
"Connecting External Monitors and Camcorders"
on page 55.

Audio Status Screen

Output CH: External output/headphone output
Depending on the setting of "Output CH" in
"Audio Output" in the AUDIO SET menu and the
setting of "Monitor CH," the audio channel(s)
external output and headphones output is
displayed as follows.
• CH-1: When left/right are CH-1
• CH-2: When left/right are CH-2
• CH-3: When left/right are CH-3
• CH-4: When left/right are CH-4
• CH-1/CH-2: When left is CH-1 and right is CH-
2 (stereo)
• CH-3/CH-4: When left is CH-3 and right is CH-
4 (stereo)
• CH-1+CH-2: When both left and right are CH-
1 and CH-2 (monaural)
• CH-3+CH-4: When both left and right are CH-
3 and CH-4 (monaural)
Speaker: Speaker output
The audio channel(s) output to the internal
speaker is displayed.
As the speaker is monaural, CH-1+CH2 or CH-
3+CH-4 is displayed when "Monitor CH" is set to
stereo. With non-stereo settings, the setting of
"Monitor CH" in "Audio Output" in the AUDIO
SET menu is displayed as it is.
CH-1/CH-2/CH-3/CH-4: Audio level meters
The 4-channel audio level meters (2 meters when
using 2-channel settings) are displayed.
While recording or in standby mode, the level of
the audio inputs (EE audio levels) are displayed.
During playback, the audio playback level is
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displayed according to the setting of "Output CH"
in "Audio Output" in the AUDIO SET menu.
If audio is input from the i.LINK connector while
displaying thumbnails, while playback is stopped,
or while recording an external signal, the audio
input level is displayed. In this case, the leftmost
channels that are displayed are CH-1 and CH-2,
regardless of the setting of "Output CH" in
"Audio Output" in the AUDIO SET menu.

Video Status Screen

Video Format: Video format setting
The number of vertical lines, frame rate, scan
format (i/P), and file system (UDF/FAT) of the
video format set in "Rec Format" in "System" in
the OTHERS menu are displayed.
Rec Mode: Recording bit rate (HD Mode only)
The recording bit rate of the video format set in
"Rec Format" in "System" in the OTHERS menu
is displayed.
SDI Output: Output for SDI
The "SDI" setting in "SDI/HDMI/i.LINK I/O
Select" in the VIDEO SET menu is displayed.
HDMI Output: Output for HDMI
The "HDMI" setting in "SDI/HDMI/i.LINK I/O
Select" in the VIDEO SET menu is displayed.
i.LINK I/O: Input and output for i.LINK
The "i.LINK" setting in "SDI/HDMI/i.LINK I/O
Select" in the VIDEO SET menu is displayed.
Input Setting: Recording source
The input source or SG output setting in "Input
Source Select" in the VIDEO SET menu is
displayed.
Down Converter: SD output down-converter
setting
The "Down Converter" setting (Squeeze,
Letterbox, Edge Crop) in the VIDEO SET menu
is displayed.
23.98P Output: 23.98P output mode
The "23.98P Output" setting (23.98PsF, 59.94i
(2-3 Pull Down)) in the VIDEO SET menu is
displayed.