Trouble check

Picture

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

The image on the viewfinder

• The viewfinder lens is not adjusted.

screen is not clear.

mAdjust the viewfinder lens. (p. 12)

 

 

A vertical band appears when

• The contrast between the subject and background is too

a subject such as lights or a

high. The camcorder is not malfunctioning.

candle flame is shot against a

mChange locations.

dark background.

 

A vertical band appears when shooting a very bright subject.

• The camcorder is not malfunctioning.

The playback picture is not

• EDIT is set to ON in the menu system.

clear.

mSet it to OFF. (p. 26)

 

 

The picture is “noisy”.

• The video heads may be dirty.

 

mClean the heads using the Sony V8-25CLH cleaning

 

cassette (not supplied). (p. 53)

The picture does not appear in the viewfinder.

If VF PW-SAVE is set to ON, the picture disappears automatically when you turn your face away from the

viewfinder.

mBring your face close to the viewfinder within 1/2 inch (1 cm). Or set VF PW-SAVE to OFF. (p. 25)

The picture in the viewfinder

• Sunlight or an incandescent lamp may prevent the

does not disappear even if VF

viewfinder sensor from working correctly. This is not a

PW-SAVE is set to ON.

malfunction.

 

 

An unknown picture is

• If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to

displayed in the viewfinder.

CAMERA without inserting a cassette, the camcorder

 

automatically starts the demonstration or DEMO is set to

 

ON in the menu system.

 

mInsert the cassette and the demonstration stops. You can

 

make the demonstration not appear. (p. 26)

The five digit code appears.

The self-diagnosis function is activated.

mCheck the code and solve the problem. (p. 60)

Others

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

The supplied Remote Commander does not work.

COMMANDER is set to OFF in the menu system. mSet it to ON. (p. 67)

Something is blocking the infrared rays. mRemove the obstacle.

The batteries are not inserted with the correct polarity. mInsert the batteries with the correct polarity. (p. 67)

The batteries are dead. mInsert new ones. (p. 67)

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