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Scott Howard · February 9th, 2009, 03:35 PM

I have a EX-1 that I got about 4 months ago, a demo unit. I just noticed that the card slots seen to be reversed somehow. When the recording slot is indicated in the viewfinder and in the format>execute menu, it shows opposite of what the external slot lights show on the camera. Same with one or two cards loaded.
Anyone else here of this problem? I don't think it was that way when I recieved it, but I can't say for certain, it might have been. I've always had two cards in it and haven't shot a lot of footage with it yet, so I didn't look for something this strange.
I'm guessing it's going back to Sony, for that and a general tune up as well.

Jason Bodnar · February 9th, 2009, 04:53 PM

Scott, did you buy it used? I heard of someone else who had this issue and it turned out that when he sent the camra back to Sony for the board replacement to fix the Battery drain a tech must have swapped the wires on the card slots so A was B and B was A when puting the unit back together.... Not sure if that user ended up living with it or sending the camera back to them again.

Rob Fiedler · February 9th, 2009, 07:06 PM

Yes, this happened to my EX1 after leaving it at Sony in Burbank for Firmware upgrade. I took it back and they corrected it.

Craig Seeman · February 9th, 2009, 11:53 PM

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Peter Kraft · February 10th, 2009, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig Seeman

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haha, good one, Craig :-) :-) :-)

Ted OMalley · February 10th, 2009, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig Seeman

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Please use standard English in this forum. Some of us don't read backwards very well.

;-)

February 9th, 2009, 03:35 PM	#1
Scott Howard New Boot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pierre, South Dakota Posts: 12	Slots reversed I have a EX-1 that I got about 4 months ago, a demo unit. I just noticed that the card slots seen to be reversed somehow. When the recording slot is indicated in the viewfinder and in the format>execute menu, it shows opposite of what the external slot lights show on the camera. Same with one or two cards loaded. Anyone else here of this problem? I don't think it was that way when I recieved it, but I can't say for certain, it might have been. I've always had two cards in it and haven't shot a lot of footage with it yet, so I didn't look for something this strange. I'm guessing it's going back to Sony, for that and a general tune up as well.

February 9th, 2009, 07:06 PM	#3
Rob Fiedler New Boot Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Pedro, CA Posts: 7	Switched Slots Yes, this happened to my EX1 after leaving it at Sony in Burbank for Firmware upgrade. I took it back and they corrected it.

February 9th, 2009, 04:53 PM	#2
Jason Bodnar Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 376	Scott, did you buy it used? I heard of someone else who had this issue and it turned out that when he sent the camra back to Sony for the board replacement to fix the Battery drain a tech must have swapped the wires on the card slots so A was B and B was A when puting the unit back together.... Not sure if that user ended up living with it or sending the camera back to them again.

February 9th, 2009, 11:53 PM	#4
Craig Seeman Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,841	?ecivreS ynoS fo ytilibailer eht tuoba syas siht tahw rednow I