Troubleshooting

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

Some tiny white spots appear on

• When the shutter speed is too low or the low lux mode is selected.

the LCD screen or in the

 

viewfinder.

 

 

 

Unknown pictures or messages

• If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to CAMERA or

are displayed on the LCD screen

DEMO MODE is set to ON in the menu settings without a cassette

or in the viewfinder.

inserted, your camcorder automatically starts the demonstration.

 

c Insert a cassette. The demonstration stops.

 

You can also cancel DEMO MODE. (p. 160)

 

 

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. 154)

 

 

The image is not bright even if

• The ND FILTER selector is set to 1 or 2.

you use the video flash light.

c Set it to OFF. (p. 66)

 

• 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. 61)

 

 

In the playback mode

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

 

 

The tape does not move when a

• The POWER switch is not set to VCR.

video control button is pressed.

c Set it to VCR. (p. 38)

 

 

The playback button does not

• The tape has run out.

function.

c Rewind the tape. (p. 42)

 

 

There are horizontal lines on the

• The video head may be dirty.

picture or the playback picture is

c Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL cleaning cassette (not

not clear or does not appear.

supplied). (p. 235)

 

 

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. 38)

 

• AUDIO MIX is set to the ST2 side in the menu settings.

 

c Adjust AUDIO MIX. (p. 154)

/ Information Additional

The title search function does not work.

The tape has no cassette memory.

c Use a tape with cassette memory. (p. 95, 210)

CM SEARCH is set to OFF in the menu settings. c Set it to ON. (p. 154)

There is no title in the tape.

c Superimpose the titles. (p. 141)

The tape has a blank portion in the recorded portion. (p. 95)

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