Sony PMW-500 Camcorder User Manual


 
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Chapter 6 Menu and Detailed Settings
Input/Output
Makes settings
related to I/O signals.
Down Converter Crop/Letter/Squeeze Selects the signal conversion mode for
output of SD signals.
Crop: Crop the edges of the 16:9
picture and output as a 4:3 picture.
Letter: Mask the top and bottom of the
4:3 picture and display in the center
of the screen as a 16:9 picture.
Squeeze: Squeeze the 16:9 picture
horizontally and output as a 4:3
picture.
Wide ID Through/Auto Selects whether to add a wide ID signal
to the SD output signal.
Through: Output without adding a
wide ID signal.
Auto: Add and output a wide ID signal
when the Down Converter setting is
Squeeze.
Wide
Mode(EXT)
a)
Auto/16:9 When the input signal is SD, select the
method that determines whether the
signal is treated as a wide signal.
Auto: When wide a ID signal is
detected in the input signal, treat
the signal as a wide signal and set
the up-converter operating mode to
squeeze mode. When a wide ID
signal is not detected, set the
upconverter operating mode to
edge crop mode and do not record a
wide ID signal.
16:9: Always treat the signal as a wide
signal and set the upconverter
operating mode to squeeze mode.
Setup
Remove(EXT)
a)
7.5%/0.0% When the Country setting is other than
[PAL Area], selects whether to remove
the setup level of analog input video
signals.
7.5%: Remove the setup.
0.0%: Do not remove the setup.
Super Impose
Makes settings
related to
superimposed text
and markers.
Super(VF Display) On/Off When the setting of Input/Output >SDI
Out Super or Video Out Super is On,
superimpose text information on the
output from the HD/SD SDI OUT
connector, and VIDEO OUT connector,
as specified (On or Off) for each item.
Super(Menu) On/Off
Super(Timecode) On/Off
Super(Marker) On/Off When the setting of Input/Output
>Video Out Super is On, specifies
whether to superimpose markers on the
output from the VIDEO OUT
connector.
LCD LCD Color –99 to ±0 to +99 Adjusts the LCD color.
LCD
Marker&Zebra
On/Off Turns the marker and zebra display in
the LCD monitor on or off.
OPERATION
Menu items Sub-item Settings Description