
Troubleshooting
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
Some tiny white spots | •When the shutter speed is too low or the low lux mode is |
appear on the LCD screen or | selected. |
in the viewfinder. |
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Unknown pictures or | •If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to |
messages are displayed on | CAMERA or DEMO MODE is set to ON in the menu settings |
the LCD screen or in the | without a cassette inserted, your camcorder automatically |
viewfinder. | starts the demonstration. |
| c Insert a cassette. The demonstration stops. |
| You can also cancel DEMO MODE. (p. 112) |
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The click of the shutter does | •BEEP is set to OFF in the menu settings. |
not sound. | c Set it to MELODY or NORMAL. (p. 107) |
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The image is not bright even | •The ND FILTER selector is set to 1 or 2. |
if you use the video flash | c Set it to OFF. (p. 46) |
light. | •The manual adjustment is not suitable for the situations. |
| (The indicator flashes.) |
| c Set the AUTO LOCK selector to AUTO LOCK, or cancel |
| the manual adjustment. (p. 43) |
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In the playback mode
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
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The tape does not move | •The POWER switch is not set to VCR. | |
when a video control button | c Set it to VCR. (p. 26) | |
is pressed. |
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The playback button does | •The tape has run out. |
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not function. | c Rewind the tape. (p. 29) | |
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There are horizontal lines on | •The video head may be dirty. |
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the picture or the playback | c Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL cleaning | |
picture is not clear or does | cassette (not supplied). (p. 157) | |
not appear. |
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No sound or only a low | •The volume is turned to minimum. | |
sound is heard when | c Turn up the volume. (p. 26) | |
playing back a tape. | •AUDIO MIX is set to the ST2 side in the menu settings. | |
| c Adjust AUDIO MIX. (p. 107) | |
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The title search function | •The tape has no cassette memory. | |
does not work. | c Use a tape with cassette memory. (p. 66, 143) | |
| •CM SEARCH is set to OFF in the menu settings. | |
| c Set it to ON. (p. 107) | |
| •There is no title in the tape. | |
| c Superimpose the titles. (p. 97) | |
| •The tape has a blank portion in the recorded portion. (p. 66) | |
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