Sony HVR-V1U Operating Manual page 104

Troubleshooting (Continued)
The shutter sound is not heard when you record a still image.
• Set [BEEP] to [ON] (p. 84).
• There is no shutter sound while during movie shooting.
End search does not work.
• Do not eject the cassette after recording (p. 45).
• There is nothing recorded on the cassette.
• There is a blank section between recorded sections of the tape. This is not a malfunction.
Auto focus does not function.
• Press the FOCUS button to set to auto focus (p. 32).
• If auto focus is difficult to use, focus manually (p. 32).
Menu items are grayed out or does not work.
• You cannot select gray out display items in the current recording/playback situation.
• There are some functions you cannot activate simultaneously. The following list shows
examples of unworkable combinations of functions and menu items.
Cannot use
[BACK LIGHT]
[SPOT LIGHT]
[AE SHIFT]
[REC CTL MODE] under
[EXT REC CTRL]
[CNTRST ENHCR]
[D.EXTENDER]
[SMTH SLW REC]
[INTERVAL REC]
[HISTOGRAM]
[MARKER]
[CAMERA PROF.]
[ALLSCAN MODE]
[DATE REC]
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Situation
During manual adjustment of [EXPOSURE1] or
[EXPOSURE2].
Two or more of iris, gain, and shutter speed are set manually.
During manual adjustment of [EXPOSURE1] or
[EXPOSURE2].
Two or more of iris, gain, and shutter speed are set manually.
During manual adjustment of [EXPOSURE1] or
[EXPOSURE2].
Iris, gain, and shutter speed are all set manually.
One of [SMTH SLW REC], [INTERVAL REC] and [DV
FRAME REC] is set to [ON].
During [BACK LIGHT].
During [SMTH SLW REC].
[PROG. SCAN] is set to [24] or [30].
[COLOR BAR] is set to [ON].
[PROG. SCAN] is set to [24] or [30].
[PROG. SCAN] is set to [24] or [30].
During [DATE REC].
[COLOR BAR] is set to [ON].
During [DATE REC].
During recording, playback, tape forwarding/rewinding.
[DATE REC] is set to [ON].
[ALLSCAN MODE] is set to [ON].