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 V8-25CLH cleaning

 

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 sharp-pointed object. (If you press the RESET button, all the settings return to the default.) (p. 47)

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)

 

 

The CHARGE lamp flashes.

• See the chart on the next page.

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