Trouble check
Picture
Symptom | Cause and/or corrective actions |
The playback picture is not clear.
•EDIT is set to ON in the menu system. mSet it to OFF. (p. 21)
The picture is “noisy". | • The video heads may be dirty. |
| mClean the heads using the Sony |
| cassette. (p. 33) |
The picture is too dark.
•The LCD BRIGHT button is set to the minimum. mPress + to obtain the brightness you want. (p. 8)
The picture does not appear on the LCD | • Incorporated fluorescent tube is worn out. |
screen. | mPlease contact your nearest Sony dealer. |
The picture jitters. | • A tape where video game pictures are recorded is played |
| back with TBC set to ON in the menu system. |
| mSet TBC to OFF. (p. 21) |
| • A tape in a poor condition, such as a tape recorded |
| repeatedly, is played back with TBC set to ON in the |
| menu system. |
| mSet TBC to OFF. (p. 21) |
Others
Symptom | Cause and/or corrective actions |
No function works though the power is on.
•Disconnect the connecting plug on the AC power adaptor or the battery pack , then reconnect it in about 1 minute. Turn the power on. If the functions still do not work, press the RESET button at the bottom of the VCR using a
AC power adaptor
Symptom | Corrective actions |
The VTR/CAMERA or CHARGE lamp | • Disconnect the mains lead. After about 1 minute, |
does not light. | reconnect the mains lead. (p. 26) |
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The CHARGE lamp flashes. | • See the chart on the next page. |
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