Canon 7428B002 User Manual

Color 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 HDMI OUT terminal, AV OUT terminal and × (headphone) terminal (audio reference signal only).

Recording Color Bars

The types of color bars available depend on the camcorder's system
frequency setting. When [System Frequency] is set to [59.94 Hz], you can
choose between SMPTE standard-definition color bars and ARIB multi-
format HDTV color bars. When [System Frequency] is set to [50.00 Hz],
you can choose between EBU color bars and SMPTE standard-definition
color bars.

1 Open the color bars [Type] submenu.

[~ Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Type]

2 Select the type of color bars and then press the joystick.

3 Open the [Enable] submenu to activate the color bars.

[~ Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [Enable]

4 Select [On] and then press the joystick.

• 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

• If you set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (A 89), you can press the button to activate and deactivate the

color bars.

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 the joystick.

• 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.

Operating modes:

[~ Camera Setup]

[

Color Bars]

[Type]

[SMPTE] or [EBU]*

* Depending on the country/region of

purchase.

[~ Camera Setup]

[

Color Bars]

[Enable]

[Off]

[¡ Audio Setup]

[

Audio Input]

[1 kHz Tone]

[Off]

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