Sony DSR 450

Neil Corbett · July 9th, 2009, 04:26 AM

Hi,

I'm using a Sony DSR 450 and noticed that it doesn't give out a tone when I record coloured bars. Is this not a feature on this camera? There's probably a setting I'm missing, any help finding it would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Neil

Ben Longden · July 9th, 2009, 04:37 AM

I use the 570, the 450's immediate predecessor... If you go into the menus, you have the choice of tone or no tone with the bars.

Ben

Neil Corbett · July 9th, 2009, 04:53 AM

Yeah, i've been through the menus and the manual, and its just not as obvious as it should be. I can change the type of bars but seemingly nothing about the tone. it must be there somewhere...

Shaun Roemich · July 9th, 2009, 08:00 AM

Have you switched the Channel Selector to Internal (or whatever the "nose" mic is called)?

Neil Corbett · July 9th, 2009, 09:05 AM

not sure what or where that would be.

i've tried flicking between rear and front mics, which afected tone on our DSR 500, but that doesn't help on this model.

Shaun Roemich · July 15th, 2009, 05:49 PM

All right. Downloaded the owners manual PDF. It's a menu item.

Under AUDIO

AU SG(1KHz) is what you want to turn on. See attached.

Page 86 of the owners manual.

Ben Longden · July 16th, 2009, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun Roemich

AU SG(1KHz)

Like you said... its NOT that obvious.

Ben

Neil Corbett · July 17th, 2009, 07:02 AM

That worked!

Thank you very much for going out of your way to find that. I appreciate it.

Shaun Roemich · July 22nd, 2009, 04:11 PM

Neil: you're welcome!

July 9th, 2009, 04:26 AM	#1
Neil Corbett Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London,UK Posts: 64	Sony DSR 450 - no tone? Hi, I'm using a Sony DSR 450 and noticed that it doesn't give out a tone when I record coloured bars. Is this not a feature on this camera? There's probably a setting I'm missing, any help finding it would be appreciated. Thanks. Neil

July 9th, 2009, 08:00 AM	#4
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	Have you switched the Channel Selector to Internal (or whatever the "nose" mic is called)? __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

July 15th, 2009, 05:49 PM	#6
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	All right. Downloaded the owners manual PDF. It's a menu item. Under AUDIO AU SG(1KHz) is what you want to turn on. See attached. Page 86 of the owners manual. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

July 22nd, 2009, 04:11 PM	#9
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	Neil: you're welcome! __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

July 9th, 2009, 04:37 AM	#2
Ben Longden Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Echuca, Victoria, Australiamate Posts: 179	I use the 570, the 450's immediate predecessor... If you go into the menus, you have the choice of tone or no tone with the bars. Ben

July 9th, 2009, 04:53 AM	#3
Neil Corbett Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London,UK Posts: 64	Yeah, i've been through the menus and the manual, and its just not as obvious as it should be. I can change the type of bars but seemingly nothing about the tone. it must be there somewhere...

July 9th, 2009, 09:05 AM	#5
Neil Corbett Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London,UK Posts: 64	not sure what or where that would be. i've tried flicking between rear and front mics, which afected tone on our DSR 500, but that doesn't help on this model.

July 17th, 2009, 07:02 AM	#8
Neil Corbett Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London,UK Posts: 64	That worked! Thank you very much for going out of your way to find that. I appreciate it.