Trouble check

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

A vertical band appears when a

• The contrast between the subject and background is too high.

subject such as lights or a candle

The camcorder is not malfunctioning.

flame is shot against a dark

mChange locations.

background.

 

A vertical band appears when

• The camcorder is not malfunctioning.

shooting a very bright subject.

 

 

 

The playback picture is not clear.

• EDIT is set to ON in the menu system.

 

mSet it to OFF. (p. 36)

 

 

The picture is “noisy”.

• The video heads may be dirty.

 

mClean the heads using the Sony V8-25CLH cleaning cassette

 

(not supplied). (p. 100)

 

The picture does not appear in the • The LCD panel is open.

viewfinder.

mClose the LCD panel. (p. 19)

 

• 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 cm. Or set VF

 

PW-SAVE to OFF. (p. 35)

The picture in the viewfinder does • Sunlight or an incandescent lamp may prevent the viewfinder

not disappear even if VF PW-

sensor from working correctly. This is not a malfunction.

SAVE is set to ON.

 

An unknown picture is displayed

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

in the viewfinder or on the LCD

CAMERA without inserting a cassette, the camcorder

screen.

automatically starts the demonstration.

 

mInsert the cassette and the demonstration stops.

 

You can deactivate the demonstration. (p. 36)

The picture does not appear on the • Incorporated fluorescent tube is worn out.

LCD screen.

mPlease contact your nearest Sony dealer.

The five digit code appears.

• The self-diagnosis function is activated.

 

mCheck the code and solve the problem. (p. 108)

 

 

Others

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

The supplied Remote Commander • COMMANDER is set to OFF in the menu system.

does not work.

mSet it to ON. (p. 34)

 

 

• 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. 121)

 

 

• The batteries are dead.

 

 

mInsert new ones. (p. 121)

 

 

 

The picture from a TV or VCR

• DISPLAY is set to V-OUT/LCD in the menu system.

does not appear even when the

mSet it to LCD. (p. 35)

camcorder is connected to outputs on the TV or VCR.

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