I leave tomorrow morning on my first real trip with an AV7RV, but can't get the strobes to fire. My camera has manual shutter, silent off, wireless flash on, flash mode fill, tried various shutter speeds between 1/50 and 1/150. I get a small red light from my 11071-HSS, but my strobes don't fire. I've tried both TTL and Manual on the strobes. I've used both strobes with the same cords on another camera.

Hi - don't have this set up but quickly looked at the manual for 11071-HSS - just wondering if the rotary dial is set to 6 for inon Z0330. Is it possible the battery needs replacing if there i only a small red light? In a case you don't have it - manual attached. Good luck solving and have great trip!!

#11071-HSS-SONY-A7-November2025.pdf

I think the 11075 is the one recommended for the A7RV - not sure of the actual difference though, if they're both Sony then maybe they are interchangeable.

@Pavel Kolpakov may have some insight on the differences 🙂

Have you tried the "0" setting on the trigger so it's not doing anything too fancy and is just in manual mode? And are you using multicore fibre optics?

Also maybe check the flash compensation setting in the camera, if you are in manual mode for the trigger, or if you have WL on in the camera settings, then setting that compensation to a + number might make the led brighter.

Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Yorkie88

First thing to try is a new battery in your trigger. Double check the dial on the trigger is set to the right number. Definitely try it with manual position.

Next see if you can trigger your strobes through the cables. Point a TV remote sensor into the cable and press any of the buttons. point the IR emitter into the fibre end. You might need to move it around. If this doesn't work point it into the sensor on the strobe. The IR remote should readily trigger most strobes.

Thanks everyone! I wish I found this sooner so I had time to troubleshoot.

The remote control trick works on the strobe itself - not every time, I think I needed to position the remote and try a button a dozen times. I couldn't get it to work with the cable, but am guessing this is an alignment issue and not a cable issue.

I did find my 11071-HSS knob set to 7 and not 6. Scuba divers over age 30 need larger numbers. Setting it to 6 did not help.

I noticed an Amber light on the Nauticam body near the power button before I take a picture. This is labeled 'AF illuminator/Visible light sensor' in the Nauticam manual.

I did buy new batteries but won't have time to change them until my flight arrives.