Sony DCR-HC42 manual Maintenance and precautions, Moisture condensation, Video head

Maintenance and precautions (continued)

•Keep the Remote Commander and button-type battery out of children’s reach. If the battery is accidentally swallowed, consult a doctor immediately.

•If the battery electrolytic liquid has leaked,

–consult your local authorized Sony service facility.

–wash off any liquid that may have contacted your skin

–if any liquid gets in your eyes, wash with plenty of water and consult a doctor.

When not using your camcorder for a long time

• Occasionally turn it on and let it run such as by playing back tapes for about 3 minutes.

• Use up the battery pack completely before storing it.

Moisture condensation

If your camcorder is brought directly from a cold place to a warm place, moisture may condense inside your camcorder, on the surface of the tape, or on the lens. In this state, the tape may stick to the head drum and be damaged or your camcorder may not operate correctly. If there is moisture inside your camcorder, [ Moisture condensation. Eject the cassette.] or [ Moisture condensation. Turn off for 1H.] appears. The indicator will not appear when the moisture condenses on the lens.

If moisture condensation has occurred

None of the functions except cassette ejection will work. Eject the cassette, turn off your camcorder, and leave it for about

one hour with the cassette lid open. Your camcorder can be used again if  or  does not appear when the power is turned on again.

If moisture starts to condense, your camcorder sometimes cannot detect condensation. If this happens, the cassette is sometimes not ejected for 10 seconds after the cassette lid is opened. This is not a malfunction. Do not close the cassette lid until the cassette is ejected.

Note on moisture condensation

Moisture may condense when you bring your camcorder from a cold place into a warm place (or vice versa) or when you use your camcorder in a humid place as shown below.

• When you bring your camcorder from a ski slope into a place warmed up by a heating device.

• When you bring your camcorder from an air conditioned car or room into a hot place outside.

• When you use your camcorder after a squall or a shower.

• When you use your camcorder in a hot and humid place.

How to prevent moisture condensation

When you bring your camcorder from a cold place into a warm place, put your camcorder in a plastic bag and seal it tightly. Remove the bag when the air temperature inside the plastic bag has reached the surrounding temperature (after about one hour).

Video head

•When the video head becomes dirty, you cannot record pictures normally, or distorted picture or sound is played back.

•If the following problem occurs, clean the video heads for 10 seconds with the Sony DVM- 12CLD cleaning cassette (optional).

–Mosaic-pattern noise appears on the playback picture or the screen is displayed in blue.

–Playback pictures do not move.

–Playback pictures do not appear or the sound breaks off.

–[ Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette.] appears on the screen during recording.

–[ Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette.] appears on the screen during playback.

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