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Chapter 5 Adjusting and Setting Through Menus 73
Chapter 5 Adjusting and Setting Through Menus
IN/OUT
REC
COLOR BAR Selects whether to display color bars or not. Also, you may select color bars with or without
tone signals (1 kHz full bit –20 dB at 60i, 1 kHz full bit –18 dB at 50i).
BOFF : Does not display color bars and no tone signals.
ON : Displays color bars without tone signals.
ON[TONE] : Displays color bars with tone signals.
• Color bars and tone signals are output from the HDMI OUT jack, HDV/DV jack,
COMPONENT OUT jacks, and analog output jacks.
• Color bars and tone signals cannot be output when the tape is in playback mode.
• The color bars output to i.LINK/the color bars and tone signals recorded on tapes/the
format of tone signals can be set by [HDV/DV SEL] and [ REC MODE].
– When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [AUTO], the format of the color bar and tone signals will be
output/recorded according to the video format displayed in “1 Format indicator” (page
23) of the text data display on a monitor.
– When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [HDV], color bars and tone signals are output/recorded in
HDV format.
– When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [DV] and [ REC MODE] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu is
set to [DVCAM], color bars and tone signals will be output/recorded in DVCAM format.
– When [HDV/DV SEL] is set to [DV] and [ REC MODE] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu is
set to [DV SP], color bars will be output/recorded in DV (SP) format.
• Color bar outputs cannot be recorded in progressive but are recorded in 1080/60i or 1080/
50i format according to the setting of [60i/50i SEL] in the [OTHERS] menu (page 82).
• When the unit is turned off and on again, [COLOR BAR] is automatically set to [OFF].
BARS TYPE Selects the type of color bars.
TYPE 1 : Outputs TYPE 1 color bars.
BTYPE 2 : Outputs TYPE 2 color bars.
TYPE 3 : Outputs TYPE 3 color bars.
• When color bars are output in NTSC (60i) mode on the unit, no-setup (0 IRE) signals are
output.
• Even when the unit’s screen aspect ratio displays at 4:3, the color bars are generated as
16:9.
When an edge cropped (4:3) picture of a color bar is output in HDV format, or when [DV
BARS] is set to [4:3] in DV format, select [TYPE 2].
• Color bars on the unit are generated in HDV (1080i) resolution. When a resolution other
than HDV (1080i) is output, the color bars are down converted and output. The transition
edges between the color bars are distorted.
• You cannot change the current setting during recording.
DV BARS Selects the aspect ratio of color bars set in [BARS TYPE] (DVCAM/DV (SP) format only).
B16:9 : Sets the aspect ratio of color bars to 16:9.
4:3 : Sets the aspect ratio of color bars to 4:3.
You cannot change the current setting during recording.
Icon/Menu Submenu Setting
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