Showing The Status Screens; Status Displays; Audio Status Screen; Video Status Screen - Sony PMW-RX50 Operating Instructions Manual

Status Displays

Showing the Status Screens

Press the STATUS button (page 6) to display
status screens on the LCD monitor/external video
monitor.
Use the up/down buttons (page 6) 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 65.

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
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.
[Input Source]: Input source setting
The audio signal input sources set in [CH1 Input
Source] to [CH4 Input Source] in the [AUDIO
SET] menu are displayed for each channel.
[Audio Level]: Audio level adjustment method
The audio level adjustment methods set in [Audio
Level CH1] and [Audio Level CH2] in the
[AUDIO SET] menu are displayed for each
channel.

Video Status Screen

[Video Format]: Video format setting
The number of vertical lines, frame rate, and scan
format (i/P) of the video format set in [Rec
Format] in [System] in the [OTHERS] menu are
displayed.
[Rec Mode]: Recording bit rate
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.
[SDI Out1 Mode]: Output mode of SDI OUT 1
connector
The output mode of the SDI OUT 1 connector set
in [SDI OUT1 Mode Select] in the [VIDEO SET]
menu is displayed.
[SDI Out2 Select]: Output signal of SDI OUT 2
connector
The output signal of the SDI OUT 2 connector set
in [SDI OUT2 OUTPUT Select] in the [VIDEO
SET] menu is displayed.
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