Originally Posted by After Shock Media

If you understood about camera specially sony's you would know that when it is sitting idle it will switch to demo mode. That shows the low battery logo then some other crap, then the camera cycles off. Does not matter if it has a batter in it or if your using the outlet plug.
Camera guy just needs to pop a tape in it and shut the camera door, that ussually stops it on sony's. Otherwise it is the other way around, no tape and door open (older models).
Some do have a setting inside of the menu to dissabled demo though but that does not stop the cycle off.