Chapter 6 Example Connections For Various Applications; Connecting External Video Monitors - Sony PMW-EX30 Operating Instructions Manual

Example Connections
for Various Applications
Connecting
External Video
Monitors
To connect a video monitor to this unit, you
can use any of the video output connectors:
COMPOSITE, S-VIDEO, COMPONENT,
HDMI, and HD/SD SDI OUTPUT.
Signals output from each connector can
contain superimposed text information,
including timecode, menu settings, and
alarm messages. You can supply an
external video monitor with any of these
signals to view the same text information on
the external video monitor as that displayed
on the LCD display of this unit.
For details, see "Superimposed Text Information"
(page 45).
Note
This unit is equipped with no HDMI input
connector. The HDMI connector can be
used only for output to an external video
monitor.
To select the output mode (aspect
ratio) for SD signal
When using an SD signal down-converted
for output from the COMPONENT, HDMI
and HD/SD SDI OUTPUT connectors, you
can select the output mode in "Down
Converter" (see page 88) of the VIDEO
SET menu.
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Connecting External Video Monitors

Chapter
Squeeze: To horizontally reduce a 16:9
picture to output a 4:3 picture
Letterbox: To mask the upper and lower
areas of a 4:3 picture to display a 16:9
picture in the center of the screen
Edge Crop: To cut the both sides of a 16:9
picture to output a 4:3 picture
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