The following menu items return to the default settings when you set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) for more than 12 hours.

[FOCUS]

[SPOT FOCUS]

[EXPOSURE]

[SPOT METER]

[SCENE SELECTION]

[WHITE BAL.]

[MICREF LEVEL]

[BLT-IN ZOOM MIC]

[DROP SENSOR]

[COLOR SLOW SHTR]

[S. NIGHTSHOT PLS]

Even if you press EASY, menu settings do not switch to their defaults automatically.

During Easy Handycam operation, settings for the following menu items are maintained the ones before Easy Handycam operation.

[MOVIE MEDIA SET]

[PHOTO MEDIA SET]

[FILE NO.]

[VOLUME]

[TV TYPE]

[DISPLAY]

[BEEP]

[INDEX SET]

[CLOCK SET]

[AREA SET]

[DST SET]/[SUMMERTIME]

[WIDE SELECT]

[IMAGE SIZE]

[DEMO MODE]

[LANGUAGE SET]

[FLASH MODE]*1

*1 DCR-SR65/SR85

Your camcorder gets warm.

This is because the power has been turned on for a long time. This is not a malfunction.

The supplied Remote Commander does not function (DCR-SR65/SR85).

Set [REMOTE CTRL] to [ON] (p. 67).

Insert a battery into the battery holder with the +/– polarities correctly matching the +/– marks (p. 100).

Remove any obstructions between the Remote Commander and the remote sensor.

Point the remote sensor away from strong light sources such as direct sunlight or overhead lighting. Otherwise, the Remote Commander may not function properly.

Another DVD device malfunctions when you use the supplied Remote Commander (DCR-SR65/SR85).

Select a commander mode other than DVD 2 for your DVD device, or cover the sensor of your DVD device with black paper.

Batteries/Power sources

The power abruptly turns off.

Troubleshooting

turned off (A.SHUT OFF). Change the

When approximately 5 minutes have

 

elapsed while you do not operate your

 

camcorder, the camcorder is automatically

 

setting of [A.SHUT OFF] (p. 67), or turn

 

on the power again, or use the AC Adaptor.

 

The power turns off automatically if the

 

time you set in [QUICK ON STBY] passes

 

during sleep mode. In this case, turn on the

 

power again.

 

Charge the battery pack (p. 13).

 

 

 

 

The CHG (charge) lamp does not

 

light while the battery pack is being

 

charged.

 

Turn the POWER switch to OFF (CHG)

 

(p. 13).

 

Attach the battery pack to the camcorder

 

correctly (p. 13).

 

Connect the power cord (mains lead) to

 

the wall outlet (wall socket) properly.

 

The battery charge is completed (p. 13).

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Sony DCR-SR65 manual Batteries/Power sources, Your camcorder gets warm, Power abruptly turns off, CHG charge lamp does not