Trouble check

Picture

Symptom

Cause and/or corrective actions

The picture is “noisy” or does not appear.

•The video heads may be dirty.

m Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL (not supplied) cleaning cassette. (p. 66)

vindicator flashes on the LCD screen.

•The video heads may be dirty.

m Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL (not supplied) cleaning cassette. (p. 66)

The picture is too bright or too dark.

•LCD BRIGHT is not adjusted properly.

m Press + or – to obtain the brightness you want. (p. 9)

The picture does not appear on the LCD screen.

•Incorporated fluorescent tube is worn out. m Please contact your nearest Sony dealer.

Others

Symptom

Cause and/or corrective actions

While editing using the DV connecting cable, recording picture cannot be monitored.

•Remove the DV connecting cable, and connect it again.

The VCR becomes warm.

• If the power of the VCR is on for a long time, it

 

becomes warm, which is not malfunction.

No function works though the power is on.

•Disconnect the connecting plug on the AC adaptor/ charger or the battery pack, then reconnect it in about one 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 including the date and time return to the factory setting.) (p. 82)

The numbers or letters of 5 characters is displayed as a counter.

•Self-diagnosis function was activated.

m See the table in page 74 and treat the VCR apropriately.

AC adaptor/charger

Symptom

Corrective actions

The VCR/CAMERA or CHARGE lamp

• Disconnect the mains lead. After about one minute,

does not light.

reconnect the mains lead. (p. 7)

 

 

The CHARGE lamp flashes.

• See the chart on the next page.

 

 

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