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Viewfinder Normal Indications

Voltage/error indication

The current voltage is displayed whenever the camera head’s power supply voltage dips below 11.0 V DC. However, you can also display the current voltage at any time by pressing and holding the MENU/STATUS switch in the upward position (the display is shown for as long as you hold the switch upward).

An error message is displayed when an abnormality has been detected by the auto diagnostic function (page 51). If there is a voltage drop below 11.0 V DC and an error has been detected, the low voltage indication alternates at one-second intervals with the error indication.

If an error message appears, contact your Sony dealer.

If using a VTR and an Anton Bauer Intelligent Battery System

The remaining battery capacity is shown as a percentage.

Shutter setting indication

When the SHUTTER switch has been set to ON, the shutter speed or CLS frequency set in basic menu page 2 is displayed here.

Status Indications

If you set the MENU/STATUS switch to STATUS while a menu is being displayed, the camera head’s current setting status will be shown in this display area.

W H I T E : A U T O / A

A . I R I S : S T D

F I L E : S T D

D C C + : O F F a)

S S : O F F

B A T T : 1 3 . 0 V

a)When both the DCC+ and DynaLatitude functions are set to OFF

Display

Description

WHITE

White balance adjustment method

 

selection (PRE/A/B) and color

 

temperature during auto white

 

balance adjustment

A.IRIS

Iris adjustment method selection

 

(STD/SPOT L/BACK L)

FILE

STD (when not using the setup files),

 

or a selected file name (when using

 

the setup files)

DCC+ or DL

For DCC+ indication: ON with the

 

OUTPUT/DL/DCC+ switch set to

 

CAM/DCC+ (DCC+ ON), and OFF

 

with the switch set to CAM/DL and DL

 

in advanced menu page 2 (page 57)

 

set to OFF (both DCC+ and

 

DynaLatitude OFF).

 

For DL indication: When setting the

 

OUTPUT/DL/DCC+ switch to DL and

 

DL in advanced menu page 2 to OFF

 

(DynaLatitude OFF), LOW, STD or

 

HIGH is displayed according to DL

 

LVL setting in basic menu page 3

 

(page 52).

Viewfinder Basic Menu

To display the basic menu pages, press the MENU/ STATUS switch downward while the normal indications are being shown in the viewfinder. The basic menu configuration can include up to nine pages (the configuration depends on the switch settings and the type of connected VTR).

Basic Menu Operations

The common operations on all basic menu pages are described below.

To change the page or item

The cursor is moved downward each time you press the MENU/STATUS switch down. Once the cursor has reached the last item on a page, press down the MENU/STATUS switch to go to the next page. When the last page is being displayed, pressing down the MENU/STATUS switch returns the display to the normal indications.

The cursor is moved upward each time you press up the MENU/STATUS switch. Once the cursor has reached the first item on a page, pressing up the MENU/STATUS switch returns the display to the normal indications.

To change settings

After using the MENU/STATUS switch to move the cursor to the item on which you will change the setting, press either the UP/ON button or the DOWN/ OFF button to select the desired value.

To reset any item to its shipped settings, press the UP/ ON button and the DOWN/OFF button at the same time.

Contents and Settings of Each Page

Each page’s contents and settings are described below.

Basic menu page 1

This displays the self diagnostic results when the self diagnostic function has detected an abnormality.

Note

The “CHECK DIAG” indication appears in the status display area whenever the camera head’s automatic self diagnostic function detects an abnormality. Be sure to access this page and perform error checking.

mCHECK DIAG (YESm4)

To perform error checking

Press the UP/ON button.

The error checking performs on the digital signal processing (DSP) and memory circuits and the results are displayed.

Example: If an abnormality is detected in the DSP circuit.

DIAGNOSIS

DSP :ERROR

MEMORY:OK

This error message “DISP ERROR” appears when the normal indications are displayed. If this message appears, contact your Sony dealer.

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