3BATT (battery) indicator

This indicator starts to flash when the voltage of the battery connected to the camcorder has fallen. This indicator stays on for a few minutes when the battery is dead.

To prevent any interruption in operation, change the battery as soon as it gets low.

For more information, see Section 5-1-4 “Avoiding Breaks in Operation Due to Dead Batteries” (page 5-7).

4 4 (operation status warning) indicator

This indicator lights when the camcorder is used under one or more of the following conditions and if the corresponding items have been set to ON in the ‘!’ LED page of the setup menu.

•The gain is set to anything but 0 dB.

•The SHUTTER selector is ON.

•The WHITE BAL switch is at PRST.

•ATW is being used.

•The lens extender is in use.

•The FILTER selector is set to anything but 1.

•The reference value of the automatic iris adjustment is anything but the standard value.

See Section 4-7-2 “Setting the Indicator” (page 4-47) for more information

about selecting the items that will cause the indicator to operate.

5Spare indicator

This is a spare indicator. A setup menu operation makes it possible to use this as a REC TALLY indicator.

For more information about the use of this spare indicator, refer to the

Maintenance Manual.

6VTR SAVE indicator

This indicator lights when the VTR SAVE/STBY switch is set to SAVE. This indicator goes off during recording.

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