Sony 510P User Manual

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2-8 Warnings and Indications

Besides the viewfinder, speaker and earphones, the 
indicators and displays described in this section also 

provide you with information such as the operating state of 
the camcorder and warnings.

Warning and indication functions

a Tally indicator
Setting the TALLY switch on the viewfinder to HIGH or 
LOW enables this indicator. It lights when the VDR starts 
recording. Like the REC indicator in the viewfinder, it also 
flashes to provide warnings. The brightness of this 
indicator when it is lit can be switched with the TALLY 
switch.

b DISPLAY switch
This switches the indications on the viewfinder screen on 
or off.
ON: The indications appear on the viewfinder screen.
OFF: The indications do not appear on the viewfinder 

screen.

Setting the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON displays the 
menu on the viewfinder screen even if the DISPLAY 
switch is set to OFF.

c TALLY switch
This switch controls the tally indicator as follows.
HIGH: The tally indicator brightness is high.
OFF: The tally indicator is disabled.
LOW: The tally indicator brightness is low.

d Back tally indicator
When the back tally switch is set to ON, this indicator has 
the same function as the tally indicator.

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 Tally indicator

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 DISPLAY switch

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 TALLY switch

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 Back tally indicator

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 Back tally switch

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 LCD switch

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 WARNING indicator

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 Color LCD

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 Rear tally indicator

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 ACCESS indicator

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 DISP SEL switch

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  Monochrome LCD