Sekonic LITEMASTER PRO L-478 Series - 11 Troubleshooting

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11 Troubleshooting
Ifyourmeterisnotoperatingproperly,asyouexpect,pleaseconsultthefollowingconditionsandattemptthe
suggestedsolutionsbeforecontactingSekonic.Non-operationcanbeduetoincorrect,mis-settingofthemeter
orbatterycondition.Shouldyourmeterbemalfunctioning,pleasecontactplacewheremeterwaspurchasedor
Sekonicforserviceandrepair.
Condition Possiblereasons What to do
The power
doesn’tturn
on.
(Nodisplay)
Wasthepowerbuttonpressedandheldinfor
morethanonesecond?
Holdthepowersupplybuttondownformore
than one second.
Batteriesinstalledproperly( )? Checkthedisplay( ). (Refer to page 9.)
Batteriesdead? Replacethebatteries.(Refertopage9.)
Batteryterminalsdirty? Wipethemwithadrycloth.
Correctbatteriesbeingused? Checkthebatteries.(Refertopage9.)
TheLCD
screendoesn’t
respond.
Isthescreenlocked? HolddowntheMenubuttontoreleasethe
screenlock.(Refertopage14.)
Can’t
measure.
IsitconnectedtoaPCwiththeUSBcable? RemovetheUSBcable.(Refertopage16.)
Havemeasuringbuttonandmemorybutton
functionsbeenswitched?
Checkthecustomsettingfunction(referto
page51)andswitchthebuttonsifnecessary.
Measured
value does not
lookcorrect.
Isthelumisphereretractingringatan
intermediateposition?
Rotatethelumisphereretractingringuntilit
clicksintoplace.(Refertopage23.)
+/-valuesinADJ(ExposureCompensation)or
FilterareaofInformationScreeninuse?
TouchInfoicontochecktheexposure
compensation(refertopage48)orlter
compensation(refertopage44)areset
correctly.
ExposureProleinuse? Checkifcorrectexposureproleisselected
inToolBox,orproperlycreated(referto
page 52).
Isanusercalibrationsetwiththehardware
settingfunction?
Checktheusercalibration(refertopage59),
andcheckwhetherthesetvalueiscorrect
or not.
Measuringmodesetfortypeoflightbeing
measured?
CheckmeasuringmodeIcon.Tochange,
touch Icon to go to Measuring Mode
Selection screen.
Flashbeingmeasuredincordlessmodeset
forTTLorAuto?
(Preashbeingmeasuredinsteadofexposure
ash.)
Selectmanualmodesforashinuse.
ExposuremeterscannotmeasureTTLash.
InHDCine
mode,cannot
set lower
shutter speed.
Normalfunction.Shutterspeedscannotbe
setlowerthantheselectedframerate.(For
example,iftheframerateissetto15f/s,the
shutterspeedcanonlybesetupto1/15s.)
Selectlowerframerate.Increasebrightness
togetdesiredF-number.
Displayed
shutter speed
and aperture
values do
notlooklike
camera’s
settings.
Aredisplaystepssetforfullor1/2or1/3
equaltoyourcamera?
PressMENUbutton.Select3.Custom
Setting.SelectIncrementsofT+Ftoset
displayproperly.