Playback Preparations And Operations; Selecting The Conversion Mode Of The Downconverter; Making Audio Monitor Signal Settings; Adjusting Playback Audio Levels - Sony SRW-1 Operation Manual

5-3 Playback
Preparations and
Operations
This section describes preparations for playback.
About connections for playback, see page 29.
5-3-1 Selecting the Conversion Mode
of the Downconverter
The following three modes are available for the internal
HD-SD downconverter.
• Letterbox mode
HD
Convert while maintaining the 16:9 aspect ratio.
• Edge crop mode
HD
1
Crop / from both the left and right sides of the HD picture.
4
• Squeeze mode
HD
Convert the 16:9 picture to a full 4:3 picture.
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5-3 Playback Preparations and Operations

To select the conversion mode
In the VIDEO Setup menu (see page 47), set DC >TYPE
to one of the following.
LB: Letterbox mode
EC: Edge crop mode
When this is selected, you can use DC > POS(EC) to
adjust the H crop (horizontal position of the cropped
sections).
SQ: Squeeze mode
5-3-2 Making Audio Monitor Signal
The AUDIO Setup menu (see page 48) allows you to make
various settings related to audio monitor signals for
playback.
The procedures are basically the same as those for making
settings related to audio monitor signals for recording.
To adjust the level of audio output to the
EARPHONES jack
SD
Rotate the LEVEL knob.
5-3-3 Adjusting Playback Audio
The PB LEVEL item in the AUDIO Setup menu (see page
48) allows you to adjust audio levels separately for each
channel.
Note
SD Playback audio levels cannot be adjusted during recording.
The PB LEVEL settings window appears when you select
the PB LEVEL item. The subsequent procedure is the
same as steps 1 to 5 in "To set recording audio levels"
(page 60).
To set the display range of the audio level
meters
See page 60.
SD
5-3-4 Selecting Time Data to Display
Proceed as follows to select the type of time data to display
during playback.
1
Display the TC Setup menu. (See "To display the TC
Setup menu" (page 61).)
2
Select TIMER SEL.
Settings
Levels
During Playback