Maintenance information and precautions

Video head cleaning

To ensure normal recording and clear pictures, clean the video heads.

The video heads may be dirty when:

mosaic-pattern noise appears on the playback picture

playback pictures do not move

playback pictures are hardly visible

the playback picture does not appear

the vindicator flashes in the viewfinder.

[a]

[b]

or

If the picture becomes like [a] or [b], clean the video heads with the Sony DV-12CL cleaning cassette (not supplied). After checking the picture, if it is still “noisy”, repeat the cleaning. (Do not repeat cleaning more than 5 times.)

Note

If the DV-12CL cleaning cassette (not supplied) is not available in your area, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

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