06-16-2020 02:33 PM
how do I get rid of solid white box on the screen on my Canon XA40/ This is not the focus box, it is small solid white square dead center almost at the very top of the screen. I have everything else turned off on the screen. It transmits this box to the live video which is not good.
06-17-2020 04:48 AM
That is the recording/stop indicator. It is normal to show this on the screen even when you have disabled the other display items. Anything on the cameras screen will be output on the HDMI output unless you disable it in the settings menu.
If the XA40 is like my G40, you disable it here.
06-21-2020 09:15 AM
Onscreen displays is off and the box is still there.
11-03-2020 04:08 PM
I have the same problem on my Vixia HF G50 but I can't find right setting, partly because your full reply is only partly showing and I can't figure out how to read the full message. If you know how my camcorder works can you tell me where to look?
11-04-2020 07:11 AM - edited 11-04-2020 07:13 AM
You need to look in the G50 pdf manual which you should find on the Canon website. This is the whole page of the manual that applies to my G40.
11-05-2020 10:03 PM
Thanks for your quick reply. I read that section of the manual but nothing seems to work. I guess I'll have to live with it.
12-21-2020 03:55 PM
I've tried every single possible option unless there is a hidden menu the solid white box remains it turns red when recording so is the recording status . There has to be away to turn it off but how
12-21-2020 04:10 PM
I have
@IamintheUK wrote:That is the recording/stop indicator. It is normal to show this on the screen even when you have disabled the other display items. Anything on the cameras screen will be output on the HDMI output unless you disable it in the settings menu.
If the XA40 is like my G40, you disable it here.
tried every single possible option unless there is a hidden menu the solid white box remains it turns red when recording so is the recording status . There has to be away to turn it off but how
06-18-2020 02:57 PM
To have nothing shown on an external screen, go to onscreen displays and select off.
06-21-2020 01:17 PM
Thank you! Not sure what I did, but figured it out.
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