External flash would not synchronize with my D80.

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mhambar

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Hi everybody.
Not sure if the question is appropriate in my case, but I have recently bought a used D80 from Ebay, and a Chinese flash for it. It is Yinyan BY-24ZP.

Before that I had a minor problem with my camera - non working built-in flash, which was repaired here in my home town in Armenia. Now it works just fine.

However, when I got this external flash a problem occurred. It would not synchronize with the camera in modes other than M, S, A, P.

I though it is because of the flash (well, you know, it's Chinese...), but I checked it on my friends Canon, and it worked just perfectly in all modes.

So, the question is: what could be the problem with the flash/camera? And how to solve it?
Please do not advise official repair shops, since there do not exist in my country and the closest is in Moscow... I would send it for repair there only as the last chance...
Thanks in advance for advice and support...
 
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mhambar

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The camera would not allow changes for any flash settings in Auto mode... however, it has the following unchangeable settings:
Buil-in-flash - TTL
Flash warning - ON
Flash sutter speed - 1/60
Auto FP - OFF
Modelling flash - OFF
 
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Dave_W

The Dude
That looks right. So when you're in A or S mode, what do you see when you press the shutter release button and what does the resulting image look like?
 
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mhambar

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S mode
ISO Auto
200 Lo +|||||||0||||||- 2 steps towards - or full in that direction

A mode

Depending on what is set, the viewfinder shows smth like 1.6 F7.1
 
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