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
If there is moisture inside the camcorder, the beep sounds and the {indicator flashes. If this happens, none of the functions except cassette ejection will work. Open the cassette compartment, turn off the camcorder, and leave it about 1 hour. When 6 indicator flashes at the same time, the cassette is inserted in the camcorder. Eject the cassette, turn off the camcorder, and leave also the cassette about 1 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).
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Video head cleaning
To ensure normal recording and clear pictures, clean the video heads. When the
vindicator and “ 
CLEANING CASSETTE” message appear one after another or playback pictures are “noisy” or hardly visible, the video heads may be dirty.
[a] 
[b]
[a] Slightly dirty [b] Very dirty
If this happens, clean the video heads with the Sony
Caution
Do not use a commercially available
Note
If the Sony
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