Troubleshooting

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

Some tiny white spots

•When the shutter speed is too low.

appear on the LCD screen or

 

in the viewfinder.

 

 

 

The click of the shutter does

•BEEP is set to OFF in the menu settings.

not sound.

c Set it to MELODY or NORMAL. (p. 104)

 

 

The image is not bright even

•The ND FILTER selector is set to 1 or 2.

if you use the video flash

c Set it to OFF. (p. 46)

light.

•The manual adjustment is not suitable for the situations.

 

(The indicator flashes.)

 

c Set the AUTO LOCK selector to AUTO LOCK, or cancel

 

the manual adjustment. (p. 42)

 

 

In the playback mode

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

The tape does not move

•The POWER switch is not set to VCR.

when a video control button

c Set it to VCR. (p. 26)

is pressed.

 

 

 

The playback button does

•The tape has run out.

not function.

c Rewind the tape. (p. 29)

There are horizontal lines on

•The video head may be dirty.

the picture or the playback

c Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL cleaning

picture is not clear or does

cassette (not supplied). (p. 156)

not appear.

 

No sound or only a low sound is heard when playing back a tape.

•The volume is turned to minimum. c Turn up the volume. (p. 26)

•AUDIO MIX is set to the CH3/4 side in the menu settings. c Adjust AUDIO MIX. (p. 104)

The title search function does not work.

•The tape has no cassette memory.

c Use a tape with cassette memory. (p. 66, 142)

•CM SEARCH is set to OFF in the menu settings. c Set it to ON. (p. 104)

•There is no title in the tape.

c Superimpose the titles. (p. 94)

•The tape has a blank portion in the recorded portion. (p. 66)

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