Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
A vertical band appears when you shoot a subject such as lights or a candle flame against a dark background.
•The contrast between the subject and background is too high. Your camcorder is not a malfunction.
A vertical band appears when you shoot a very bright subject.
• Your camcorder is not a malfunction.
Some tiny white spots appear in the • Slow shutter, low lux or NightShot +Slow shutter mode is
viewfinder or on the LCD screen. | activated. This is not a malfunction. |
An unknown picture is displayed in • If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to | |
the viewfinder or on the LCD screen. | CAMERA or DEMO MODE is set to ON in the MENU settings |
| without a cassette inserted, your camcorder automatically |
| starts the demonstration. |
| c Insert a cassette and the demonstration stops. |
| You can also cancel DEMO MODE. (p. 98) |
The picture is recorded in incorrect | • NIGHTSHOT is set to ON. |
or unnatural colours. | c Set it to OFF. (p. 28) |
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. 28) |
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. 93) |
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Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
The tape does not move when a video control button is pressed.
•The POWER switch is set to CAMERA or OFF. c Set it to VTR. (p. 33)
•The tape has run out.
cRewind the tape. (p. 33)
The playback picture is not clear or | • The television’s video channel is not adjusted correctly. |
does not appear. | c Adjust it. (p. 38) |
There are nine horizontal lines on | • The video head may be dirty. |
the picture or the playback picture | c Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL cleaning cassette |
is not clear or does not appear. | (not supplied). (p. 159) |
No sound or only a low sound is | • The volume is turned to minimum. |
heard when playing back a tape. | c Open the LCD panel and press VOLUME +. (p. 33) |
| • AUDIO MIX is set to ST2 in the MENU settings. |
| c Adjust AUDIO MIX. (p. 93) |
Displaying the recorded date, date search function does not work.
• The tape has no cassette memory.
cUse a tape with cassette memory. (p. 66, 138)
•CM SEARCH is set to OFF in the MENU settings.
cSet it to ON. (p. 93)
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