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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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In the playback mode
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
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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) |
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The playback button does not | • The tape has run out. |
function. | c Rewind the tape. (p. 42) |
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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) |
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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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