Sony DCR-IP5E User Manual

If indicators and messages appear on the screen, check the following:
See the page in parentheses “( )” for more information.

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IP7E only)
Slow flashing:
•The file is corrupted.
•The file is unreadable.
•You are trying to carry out the MEMORY MIX

function on a moving picture.

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Self-diagnosis display (p. 217).

E

Slow flashing:
•The battery is nearly dead.

Depending on the operating conditions,
environment and battery condition, the E
indicator may flash, even if there are
approximately 5 to 10 minutes remaining.

Fast flashing:
•The battery is dead (p. 25).

%

Fast flashing:
•Eject the cassette, turn off your camcorder, and

leave it for about 1 hour with the cassette
compartment open (p. 236).

(DCR-IP7E only)*
Slow flashing:
•No “Memory Stick” is inserted.

Fast flashing:
•The “Memory Stick” inserted is not readable

with your camcorder (p. 136).

•The image cannot be recorded on “Memory

Stick” (p. 159, 165).

formatting (DCR-IP7E only)*
Fast flashing:
•The “Memory Stick” data is corrupted.
•The “Memory Stick” is not formatted correctly

(p. 128).

Q

Slow flashing:
•The tape is near the end.
•No tape is inserted.*
•The write-protect tab on the cassette is out (red)
(p. 37).*

Fast flashing:
•The tape has run out.*

Z

Slow flashing:
•The write-protect tab on the cassette is out (red)

(p. 37).

Fast flashing:
•Moisture condensation has occurred (p. 236).
•The tape has run out.
•The self-diagnosis display function is activated

(p. 217).

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Slow flashing:
•The image is protected (p. 190).

Memory*
Slow flashing:
•Eject the cassette, and insert it again. If even

then the indicator flashes, the Micro Cassette
Memory of the cassette may be faulty.

Fast flashing:
•The Micro Cassette Memory of the camcorder

may be faulty.

* You hear the melody or beep sound.

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100–0001