Maintenance information and precautions
Moisture condensation
If the camcorder is brought directly from a cold place to a warm place, moisture may condense inside the camcorder, on the surface of the tape, or on the lens. In this condition, the tape may stick to the head drum and be damaged or the unit may not operate correctly. To prevent possible damage under these circumstances, the camcorder is furnished with moisture sensors. Please take the following precautions.
Inside the camcorder
When the { and 6indicators flash in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen, moisture has condensed inside the camcorder. If this happens, no other functions except for tape ejection will work.
Eject the tape, turn off the camcorder and leave it with the cassette compartment open for at least one hour. The camcorder can be used again if the {indicator does not appear when the power is turned on again.
On the lens
If moisture condenses on the lens, no indicator appears, but the picture becomes dim. Turn off the power and do not use the camcorder for about 1 hour.
How to prevent moisture condensation
When bringing the camcorder from a cold place to a warm place, put the camcorder in a plastic bag and allow it to adapt to room conditions over a period of time.
(1)Be sure to tightly seal the plastic bag containing the camcorder.
(2)Remove the bag when the air temperature inside it has reached the temperature surrounding it (after about 1 hour).
Video head cleaning
To ensure normal recording and clear pictures, clean the video heads. When vappears in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen in CAMERA mode or playback pictures are “noisy” or hardly visible, the video heads may be dirty.
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[a]Slight dirty
[b]Dirty
If this happens, clean the video heads with the Sony
Caution
Do not use a commercially available
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