Please help! Sony HDR-SR12 camera, data not displaying on the monitor back of Stingray HD

Hi everyone. Total Noob here. I just picked up a Stingray HD with an SR12. Leaving for my first offshore trip with it and I can't figure out how to get the text on the camera to display on the monitor back of the housing. The picture shows on the back, but none of the information displayed on the camera shows up on the back. For instance, I can't tell if it is recording or on standby, battery life, etc. Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Ryan

Hi everyone. Total Noob here. I just picked up a Stingray HD with an SR12. Leaving for my first offshore trip with it and I can't figure out how to get the text on the camera to display on the monitor back of the housing. The picture shows on the back, but none of the information displayed on the camera shows up on the back. For instance, I can't tell if it is recording or on standby, battery life, etc. Does anybody have any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance!

Ryan

Display Icons on Monitor Back

Monitor Screen:

In order to see the camera display information on the

monitor screen, you will need to set the camera to V-OUT/PANEL on the

menu screen.

Go to the menu, select DISPLAY and set to V-OUT/PANEL

(see Fig. 10 and 11.

Refer to your Sony camcorder instruction manual). If done

correctly, the external monitor back will now display all of the camcorder’s

viewfinder information.

If the picture on the Stingray HD monitor appears “squished”, then a setting

needs to be changed on the camcorder to display the video correctly.

Enter the camcorder’s menu; enter the STANDARD SET submenu then scroll

down and select TV TYPE. Change the TV TYPE setting to 4:3. Exact steps

may vary depending on your camcorder model (Refer Fig. 12).

If you get really stuck you can get the manual here

Stingray HD Manual

Thanks, pmooney! Got it working now. I owe you one

Display Icons on Monitor Back

 

Monitor Screen:

 

In order to see the camera display information on the

monitor screen, you will need to set the camera to V-OUT/PANEL on the

menu screen.

Go to the menu, select DISPLAY and set to V-OUT/PANEL

(see Fig. 10 and 11.

 

Refer to your Sony camcorder instruction manual). If done

correctly, the external monitor back will now display all of the camcorder's

viewfinder information.

 

 

If the picture on the Stingray HD monitor appears "squished", then a setting

needs to be changed on the camcorder to display the video correctly.

Enter the camcorder's menu; enter the STANDARD SET submenu then scroll

down and select TV TYPE. Change the TV TYPE setting to 4:3. Exact steps

may vary depending on your camcorder model (Refer Fig. 12).

 

If you get really stuck you can get the manual here

Stingray HD Manual