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Troubleshooting (continued) – Sony 4-157-878-12(1) User Manual

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Troubleshooting (Continued)

• There are some functions you cannot activate simultaneously. The following list shows

examples of unworkable combinations of functions and menu items.

Iris, gain, shutter speed, or white balance cannot be adjusted manually.

• Set the AUTO/MANUAL switch to MANUAL.

Tiny spots in white, red, blue, or green appear on the screen.

• This phenomenon appears when using a slow shutter speed (p. 29). This is not a malfunction.

Cannot use

Situation

[BACK LIGHT],
[SPOTLIGHT], [ON/
OFF] of [AE SHIFT]

All of iris, gain, and shutter speed are set manually.
[HYPER GAIN] is set to [ON].

[FADER]

The record button and the handle record button are set to
different recording media.
The camcorder is unable to record images.
The recording media has less than 1 minute of remaining
capacity.
[COLOR BAR] is set to [ON].

[ZEBRA], [PEAKING],
[CAMERA DATA
DISPLAY]

[COLOR BAR] is set to [ON].

[ON/OFF] of [MARKER] [EXPANDED FOCUS] is set to [ON].

While the date and time are displayed when the power is turned
on.

[LCD BACKLIGHT
LEVEL],
[VF BACKLIGHT]

AC power source is being used.

[TC PRESET]

[TC MAKE] is set to [REGENERATE].
When inputting time code, [TC RUN] is set to [FREE RUN]
and [TC MAKE] is set to [PRESET].

[UB TIME REC]

Date and time are not set.

[AREA SET],
[DATE REC],
[SUMMERTIME]

Date and time are not set.

[x.v.Color]

[

/

SET] is set to [HD-SD] or [SD-HD].

[COLOR BAR]

Movies are being recorded.
[FADER] is selected.
[EXPANDED FOCUS] is set to [ON].

[D.EXTENDER]

[REC FORMAT] is set to [HD 720/50p FX] or [HD 720/50p
FH].