Im using an HVX200 with the FS-100 hard drive.

The problem is that when I record the display from the camera is output to firewire and is thus recorded to the final footage.(battery meter, focus distance, shutter speed, safety area, everything.

I think I messed up a simple setting.
How do I stop this from happening?

-Steve Hoffman

This only happens in standard-def, IINM. What you want to do is go into the menus and turn the VIDEO OUT OSD menu item to "OFF". I think that'll fix it.