Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal; Recording Color Bars; Recording An Audio Reference Signal - Canon XF205 Instruction Manual

Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal

You can have the camcorder generate and record color bars and a 1 kHz audio reference signal and output
them from the 3G/HD-SDI terminal
2
terminal .
1
only.
2
Outputs audio reference signal only.
Operating modes:

Recording Color Bars

You can choose between SMPTE standard-definition color bars and ARIB
multi-format HDTV color bars.
1 Open the color bars [Type] submenu.
[~ Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Type]
2 Select the type of color bars and then press SET.
3 Open the [Enable] submenu to activate the color bars.
[~ Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Enable]
4 Select [On] and then press SET.
• The selected color bars appear on the screen and will be recorded
when you press the START/STOP button.
• Turning the camcorder off or changing the operating mode to
mode will deactivate the color bars.
NOTES
• When you want to display the color bars, set the custom picture file to
[Off] (A 132) or set the [Other Functions] > [Over 100%] setting in the
custom picture file to [Through] (A 140).
• If you set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (A 129), you can press the button turn the color bars on/off.

Recording an Audio Reference Signal

The camcorder can output a 1 kHz audio reference signal with the color
bars.
1 Open the [1 kHz Tone] submenu.
[¡ Audio Setup] > [Audio Input] > [1 kHz Tone]
2 Select the desired level and then press SET.
• Available levels are -12 dB, -18 dB and -20 dB.
• Select [Off] to turn off the signal.
• The signal is output at the selected level and will be recorded when you press the START/STOP button.
1 1
, HDMI OUT terminal, AV OUT terminal and × (headphone)
, MON. terminal
Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
[~ Camera Setup]
[ Color Bars]
[Type]
[SMPTE]
[~ Camera Setup]
Color Bars]
[
[Enable]
[Off]
[¡ Audio Setup]
Audio Input]
[
[1 kHz Tone]
[Off]
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