Sony MVC-FD97 Troubleshooting

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modelname1[MVC-F D97]

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Troubleshooting

Ifyou experience trouble with yourcamera, first check the following items.Should

yourcamera still not operateproperly after you have made these checks,consult your

Sonydealer or loca la uthorized Sony service facility. If code displays (C:ss

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ss:ss

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ss)

appearon the L CD screen or on the finder,the self-diagnosis displ ay function is

working(page 87).

Symptom Cause and/or Solution

Yourcamera doesnot

work. •Youare not using an “InfoLI THIUM”battery pack.

tUsean “InfoLITHIUM”battery pack (pag e 9).

•Thefloppy disk is not inserted properly.

tEjectthe disk, and ins ert it again (page 16).

•Thebattery level is too low. (The indicator

appears.)

tChargethe battery pack fully (page 10).

•TheAC power adaptor i s not connected securely.

tConnectit securel y tot he DC IN jack and a wall

outlet(m ains) (page 10, 13).

•Themalfu nction occurs inside the camera.

tTurnoff the power, and turn on after on e

minute,then check that the camera works

properly.

Yourcamera cannot

recordi mages. •ThePLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector is set to PLAY.

tSetit to STILL or M OVIE(pages 18, 25).

•Noflo ppy disk is inserted into your camera .

tInserta fl oppy disk (page 16).

•Thetab on the disk is set to the unrecordable

position.

tSetit to the recording position (page 16).

•No“Memory Stick”is inserted into your camera.

tInserta “Memory Stick” (page 17).

•Thewrite-protect switch on the “Memory Stick”is

setto LOCK.

tSetit to the recording position.

Thepicture is out of foc us. •Yourcamera is not inmacro recording mode when

youshoot a s ubject that is about 3 to 25 cm

(13/16 to 9 7/ 8 inches) away from the lens.

tSetthe mac rorec ording mode (page 54).

tMovethe zoom lever to the W side.

Theresizing function does

notwork. •Youcannot resize moving images, text images, Cli p

Motionimages, and uncompressed images.

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Contents

Main Digital Still Camera Operating Instructions OwnersRecord MVC-FD97 filename[D:\WORKS\Mavicakaihan\3066743121\3066743121MVCFD97UC\02GB- MVCFD97UC\02war.fm] WARNING Forthe Customers in the U.S.A. Page Besure to read the following beforeusing your camera Table of contents B Recording Additional information B Playback B Various recording Introduction Getting started Identifying the parts Page Preparing the power supply Installing the battery pack 3 To remove the battery pack 1 Charging the battery pack After charging the battery pack Battery remaining indicator 1 2 3 Page Page Using the AC power adaptor Using a car battery Using your camera abroad When using the AC power adaptor 1 Setting the date and time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Inserting a floppy disk 1 2 Inserting a Memory Stick 1 2 3 1 2 3 Recording still images zz 1 2 3 z 4 Page Page Theindicators on the LCD screen or on the finder during recording Page Notes BRecording Recording moving images 1 2 3 Playing back still images 1 2 3 4 Playing back moving images 1 2 3 4 5 Viewing images using a computer For Windows 98 users 1 2 3 filename[D:\WORKS\Mavica\3rd\3066743111\3066743111MVCFD97UC\02GB- MVCFD97UC\04bas.fm] xRecommended computer environment Recommended Windows environment Recommended Macintosh environment Notes xInstalling the USB driver For Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000 Professional users 1 2 3 4 5 6 Page xViewing images For Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000 Professional users 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 6 Page Image file storage destinations and image file names sss f For Windows 98 users (The drive recognizing the floppy disk i s [A].) Page Page Folder File Meaning Advanced operations Before performing advanced operations How to use the PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector How to use the control button Beforeperforming advanced operations 1 2 How to change the menu settings 1 Page Item Setting Description PLAY/STILL/ MOVIE x selector x Page Page Page Various recording Setting the image size (IMAGE SIZE) 3 Creating Clip Motion Files 2 3 4, 5 To stop Clip Motion creation 4 5 Recording still images for e-mail (E- MAIL) Adding audio files to still images (VOICE) 2 To return to normal recording mode Recording text documents (TEXT) Image size Number of images* 2 Image size Number of images* Recording still images as uncompressed files (TIFF) 2 3 4 Recording images in macro To return to normal 2 3 Focusing manually To reactivate auto focusing 2 3 Using the PROGRAM AE function To cancel PROGRAM AE 2 Using the Spot light- metering function Adjusting the exposure (EXPOSURE) 3 Adjusting the white balance (WHITE BALANCE) To shoot in one-push white balance mode 1 2 3 2 Recording the date and time on the still image (DATE/TIME) Enjoying picture effects (PICTURE EFFECT) To cancel picture effect 3 4 2 3 BVariousplayback Various playback Playing back six images at once (INDEX) To display the next (previous) index screen 2 - Enlarging a part of the still image (Zoom and trimming) 2, 4 To return to the normal size 3 4 v b B BVariousplayback 2 3 Viewing images on a TV screen 1 2 Editing Preventing accidental erasure (PROTECT) 2 Deleting images (DELETE) To cancel deleting 2 In INDEX mode 3 Changing the recorded still image size (RESIZE) To cancel changing the size 2 3 Copying images (COPY) 5 To continue copying the image to other floppy disks or Memory Sticks 1 2 3 3, 4 4 1 6 3, 4, 5 2 3 1 2 3 To continue copying to other floppy disks To cancel copying partway 4 2, 3, 4 2 InINDEX mode 3 4 1 2 3 BAs anexternal drive 1 2 3 4 Additional information Precautions Onmoisture condensation On floppy disks On cleaning Onoperating temperature OnAC power adaptor On battery pack On thebuilt-in rechargeable lithiumbattery On Memory Sticks Using your camera abroad About InfoLITHIUM battery pack Page Troubleshooting Page Page t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Batterypacks t Warning and notice messages Message Meaning - Message Meaning E Self-diagnosis display Code Cause and/or Corrective Acti on t filename[D:\WORKS\Mavica\3rd\3066743111\3066743111MVCFD97UC\02GB- MVCFD97UC\09add.fm] Specifications System Inputand Output connector LCDscreen Finder LCD screen/finder indicators Page masterpage:Right filename[D:\WORKS\Mavica\3rd\3066743111\3066743111MVCFD97UC\02GB- MVCFD97UC\01covIX.fm] modelname1[MVC-F D97] Index A B C D