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. This is not a malfunction.
A vertical band appears when you shoot a very bright subject.
• This is not a malfunction.
Some tiny white spots appear on the • Slow shutter, low lux or Super NightShot mode is activated.
screen. | This is not a malfunction. |
An unknown picture is displayed on • If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to | |
the 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. 90) |
The picture is recorded in incorrect or | • NIGHTSHOT is set to ON. |
unnatural colours. | c Set it to OFF. (p. 32) |
The picture appears too bright, and | • NIGHTSHOT is set to ON in a bright place. |
the subject does not appear on the | c Set it to OFF, or use the NightShot function in a dark place. |
screen. | (p. 32) |
• The backlight function is working. c Cancel it. (p. 31)
A horizontal black band appears when shooting a TV screen or computer screen.
• Set STEADYSHOT to OFF in the menu setting. (P. 87)
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
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The picture does not appear on the | • The tape is recorded in the Hi8 |
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screen when playing back a tape | system. |
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The tape does not move when a | • The POWER switch is set to CAMERA or OFF (CHARGE). | ||
video control button is pressed. | c Set it to PLAYER. (p. 35) |
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The playback button does not work. | • The tape has run out. |
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cRewind the tape. (p. 35)
There are horizontal lines on the | • The video head may be dirty. |
picture or the playback picture is not | c Clean the heads using the Sony |
clear or does not appear. | (optional). (p. 119) |
No sound or only a low sound is | • The stereo tape is played back with HiFi SOUND set to 2 in the |
heard when playing back a tape. | menu settings. |
| c Set it to STEREO. (p. 88) |
| • The volume is turned to minimum. |
| c Open the LCD panel and press VOLUME +. (p. 35) |
| • AUDIO MIX is set to ST2 side in the menu settings. |
| c Adjust AUDIO MIX. (p. 88) |
The date search does not work correctly.
•The tape has a blank portion in the recorded portion (p. 77)
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