Trouble check
Picture
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
The image on the viewfinder | • The viewfinder lens is not adjusted. |
screen is not clear. | mAdjust the viewfinder lens. (p. 27) |
A vertical band appears when a | • The contrast between the subject and background is too |
subject such as lights or a candle | high. The digital camcorder is not malfunctioning. |
flame is shot against a dark | mChange locations. |
background. |
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A vertical band appears when shooting a very bright subject.
• The digital camcorder is not malfunctioning.
The picture is “noisy” or hardly visible.
• The video heads may be dirty.
mClean the heads using the Sony
vindicator flashes in the | • The video heads may be dirty. |
viewfinder. | mClean the heads using the Sony |
| cassette (not supplied). (p. 86) |
Battery remaining indicator does not indicate full ıwhen you insert a charged battery pack.
•The ambient temperature is too low.
•The battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be
recharged.
mUse another battery pack. (p. 85)
While editing using the DV connecting cable, recording picture cannot be monitored.
•Remove the DV connecting cable, and connect it again.
•The player or the cassette are not DVCAM format.
The indicators in the viewfinder do not appear.
•VF DISPLAY is set to OFF. mSet it to ON. (p. 28)
Others
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
The supplied Remote | • COMMANDER is set to OFF in the menu system. |
Commander does not work. | mSet it to VTR4 or ID. (p. 40) |
•VTR4/ID/VTR2 on the Remote Commander is set to ID. mRegister the ID of the Remote Commander to the digital
camcorder. (p. 13)
•Something is blocking the infrared rays.
mRemove the obstacle.
•The batteries are not inserted with the correct polarity.
mInsert the batteries with the correct polarity. (p. 12)
•The batteries are dead.
mInsert new ones. (p. 12)
There is dust in the viewfinder.
•To lift the viewfinder press PUSH and while holding, open the viewfinder. Clean the viewfinder surface. (p. 87)
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