Maintenance information and precautions

Maintenance information

Cleaning the video head

Toensurenormalrecordingandclearpictures,cleanthevideoheads.Thevideohead maybedirtywhen:

•The x indicator and “ CLEANING CASSETTE” message appear one after another orthe xindicatorflashesintheviewfinder.

•Playbackpicturescontainnoise. •Playbackpicturesarehardlyvisible. •Playbackpicturesdonotappear.

Ifthishappens,cleanthevideoheadswiththeSonyV8-25CLDcleaningcassette(not supplied).

[a] [b]

[a] Slightly dirty [b] Very dirty

Note on video heads

Whentheplaybackpicturesarestillcontainnoiseevenifyouhavecleanedthevideo headswithacleaningcassette,thevideoheadsmayhaveworndownduetolonguse.If thisisthecase,theymustbereplacedwithnewheads.ContactyourSonydealeror localauthorizedSonyservicefacility.

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