Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal; Color Bars; Audio Reference Signal - Canon EOS C300 Mark II Instruction Manual

Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal

Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
You can have the camera generate color bars and a 1 kHz audio reference signal and output them from the
REC OUT terminal*, MON. terminal, HDMI OUT terminal and × (headphone) terminal*. The color bars can also
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be displayed on the LCD screen and viewfinder.
* Audio reference signal only.
Operating modes:

Color Bars

The camera offers 3 types of color bars.
1 Open the [Activate] submenu to activate the color bars.
[v Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Activate]
2 Select [On] and then press SET.
• The selected color bars appear on the screen.
• Pressing the START/STOP button, turning off the camera or
changing the operating mode to
color bars.
3 Open the color bars [Type] submenu.
[v Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Type]
4 Select the type of color bars and then press SET.
NOTES NOTES
• If you set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (A 131), you can press the button to turn the color bars on/off.
• When [3 Recording/Media Setup] > [Rec Command] is set to [On], the color bars will not be output from
the MON. terminal or HDMI OUT terminal (except during record standby mode).

Audio Reference Signal

The camera 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.
mode will deactivate the
[v Camera Setup]
[ Color Bars]
[Type] ..... [SMPTE] or [EBU]*
[Activate] ..... [Off]
* Depending on the country/region
of purchase.
[¡ Audio Setup]
Audio Input]
[
[1 kHz Tone]
[Off]