Sony DSR-200 operating instructions Maintenance information and precautions, Video head cleaning

Maintenance information and precautions

Video head cleaning

To ensure normal recording and clear pictures, clean the video heads.

The video heads may be dirty when:

•mosaic-pattern noise appears on the playback picture

•playback pictures do not move

•playback pictures are hardly visible

•the playback picture does not appear

•the vindicator flashes in the viewfinder.

[a] [b]

or

If the picture becomes like [a] or [b], clean the video heads with the Sony DV-12CL cleaning cassette (not supplied). After checking the picture, if it is still “noisy”, repeat the cleaning. (Do not repeat cleaning more than 5 times.)

Note

If the DV-12CL cleaning cassette (not supplied) is not available in your area, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

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