Turning on the power to the flash unit (hvl-f46rm) – Sony ECM-M1 Compact Camera-Mount Digital Shotgun Microphone User Manual

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Help Guide

Flash

HVL-F60RM/HVL-F60RM2/HVL-F46RM

Turning on the power to the flash unit (HVL-F46RM)

To turn off the power to the flash unit

Turn the power switch to OFF.

Flash charge-up

When you turn on the power to this flash unit, the flash unit starts charging up itself.
When the flash unit is fully charged up, the TEST button on the back of the flash unit lights in orange.

Power-saving mode

If the flash unit is left unused for 3 minutes or longer while it is used alone or connected to the camera in a power-saving state, the LCD panel
will automatically turn off to conserve the battery power.

During wireless flash photography with the flash unit used as an off-camera flash unit, the flash unit goes into power-saving mode in 60
minutes.

Turning off the power switch on the connected camera (except for DSLR-A100) automatically places the flash unit in power-saving mode.

You can press the MENU button and select [POWER SAVE] to specify the power-saving timer or select [WL POWER SAVE] to specify the
power-saving timer for wireless flash photography.

Checking the remaining battery power

When the batteries are running out of power, the low-battery indicator is displayed on the LCD panel as a warning.

When

is blinking:

The batteries are running out of power. It is recommended that you replace the batteries. The flash unit, however, is still capable of
firing in this state.

When nothing but

is on the LCD panel:

The flash unit is not capable of firing. Replace the batteries.

When the batteries are running out of power, not only does a warning for the battery power appear on the LCD panel, but the TEST button
on the back of this flash unit flashes in orange.

Turn the power switch to ON.

When the flash unit is powered, on-screen indicators are displayed on the LCD panel.

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