Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
The picture is recorded in incorrect | • NIGHTSHOT is set to ON. |
or unnatural colours. | c Set it to OFF. (p. 27) |
Picture appears too bright, and the | • NIGHTSHOT is set to ON in a bright place. |
subject does not appear in the | c Set it to OFF, or use the NightShot function in a dark place. |
viewfinder or on the LCD screen. | (p. 27) |
The click of the shutter does not | • BEEP is set to OFF in the menu settings. |
sound. | c Set it to MELODY or NORMAL. (p. 86) |
The picture does not appear in the | • The LCD panel is open. |
viewfinder. | c Close the LCD panel. (p. 22) |
| • The viewfinder is not fully pulled out. |
| c Pull it out until it clicks. (p. 22) |
A horizontal band appears when shooting a TV screen or computer screen
• Set STEADYSHOT to OFF in the menu settings. (p. 86)
The picture does not appear on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.
•The picture disappears when you insert or eject a cassette. (The power lamp flashes.) This is not a malfunction.
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
The tape does not move when a | • The tape has run out. |
video control button is pressed. | c Rewind the tape. (p. 30) |
The playback picture is not clear or | • The television’s video channel is not adjusted correctly. |
does not appear. | c Adjust it. (p. 35) |
There are nine horizontal lines on the | • The video head may be dirty. |
picture or the playback picture is not | c Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL cleaning cassette |
clear or does not appear. | (not supplied). (p. 152) |
No sound or only a low sound is | • The volume is turned to minimum. |
heard when playing back a tape. | c Turn up the volume. (p. 30) |
| • AUDIO MIX is set to ST2 in the menu settings. |
| c Adjust AUDIO MIX. (p. 86) |
Displaying the recorded date, date | • The tape has no cassette memory. |
search function does not work. | c Use a tape with cassette memory. (p. 58, 131) |
| • CM SEARCH is set to OFF in the menu settings. |
| c Set it to ON. (p. 86) |
| • The tape has a blank portion in the recorded portion. |
| (p. 59) |
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The title search function does not work.
•The tape has no cassette memory.
c Use a tape with cassette memory. (p. 131)
•CM SEARCH is set to OFF in the menu settings. c Set it to ON. (p. 86)
•There is no title in the tape.
c Superimpose the titles. (p. 79)
•The tape has a blank portion in the recorded portion. (p. 60)
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