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. |
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A vertical band appears when | • The camcorder is not malfunctioning. |
shooting a very bright subject. |
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The playback picture is not clear. | • EDIT is set to ON in the menu system. |
| mSet it to OFF. (p. 38) |
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The picture is “noisy”. | • The video heads may be dirty. |
| mClean the heads using the Sony |
| (not supplied). (p. 98) |
The picture does not appear in the • The LCD panel is open. | |
viewfinder. | mClose the LCD panel. (p. 19) |
| • If VF |
| automatically when you turn your face away from the |
| viewfinder. |
| mBring your face close to the viewfinder within 1 cm (1/2 inch). |
| Or set VF |
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. |
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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. 37) |
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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 |
| mCheck the code and solve the problem. (p. 106) |
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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. 35) |
| • 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. 119) |
| • The batteries are dead. |
| mInsert new ones. (p. 119) |
The picture from a TV or VCR | • DISPLAY is set to |
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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