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Creating an image with side flags – Sony Multi Interface Shoe Adapter User Manual

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Side Flags

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The Misc >Enable >Side Flags menu appears.
The status area shows the buttons for Bkgd A and Bkgd B for each of the
M/E-1 to M/E-3, and PGM/PST (P/P) banks.

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In the group, press [Bkgd B].

Each time you press the button toggles between Enable and Disable.

To display a menu for the aspect ratio 4:3, auto side flags, and auto
crop settings

In the Misc >Enable >Side Flags menu, press [Setup >SWER >Side Flags].

To display a menu for assigning the side flags on/off function to a
cross-point button

In the Misc >Enable >Side Flags menu, press [Side Flags Button Assign].

Enabling and disabling side flags with a button operation

For example, to enable side flags for the background B row of the M/E-1 bank,
use the following procedure.

1

First, in the Setup menu assign the rightmost cross-point button to the
[SIDE FLAG] button.

For details of the assignment operation, see “Cross-Point Settings (Xpt
Assign Menu)” in Chapter 19 (Volume 3).

2

Press the [SIDE FLAG] button at the right end of the background B row of
the M/E-1 bank.

The button you pressed lights amber, and this enables the side flags.

Notes

• The operations of enabling or disabling the side flags by menu operation

and by control panel button operation are linked.

• When the auto side flags are on, selecting a 4:3 video material

automatically lights the [SIDE FLAG] button, but if you press this
button, turning it off, the side flags are temporarily disabled.
However, when you select a different 4:3 video material, the [SIDE
FLAG] button automatically lights once again, enabling the side flags.

Creating an image with side flags

For example, to create an image with side flags in the background B row of the
M/E-1 bank, use the following procedure.