Picture

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

The image on the viewfinder

•The viewfinder lens is not adjusted.

screen is not clear.

mAdjust the viewfinder lens. (p.14)

 

 

A vertical band appears when a

•The contrast between the subject and background is too high. The

subject such as lights or a candle

camcorder is not malfunctioning.

flame is shot against a dark

mChange locations.

background.

 

 

 

A vertical band appears when

•The camcorder is not malfunctioning.

shooting a very bright subject.

 

 

 

The menu is not displayed on the

•DISPLAY on the Remote Commander has not been pressed.

TV.

mPress DISPLAY on the Remote Commander. (p.24)

 

 

The playback picture is not clear. •EDIT is set to ON in the menu system.

mSet it to OFF. (p.34)

The picture is “noisy”.

•The video heads may be dirty.

 

mClean the heads using the Sony V8-25CLH cleaning cassette

 

(not supplied). (p.100)

 

 

The picture is too bright or too

•AE SHIFT is set in the menu system.

dark.

mSet it ot the centre position. (p.74)

 

•VF BRIGHT is set in the menu system. (CCD-TR3300E only)

 

mSet it ot the centre position. (p.32)

 

 

The colours of the playback picture •AUTO LOCK/HOLD is set to the centre position and a white

is strange.

balance indicator appears in the viewfinder.

 

mSet it to AUTO LOCK. (p.76)

 

•Shooting conditions were not suitable for automatic white

 

balance operation.

 

mAdjust the white balance manually. (p.77)

 

 

White dots appear in the

•Slow shutter function works.

viewfinder.

mThe camcorder is not malfunctioning.

A vertical band appears when

•The camcorder is not malfunctioning.

shooting a very bright subject.

 

An unknown picture is displayed. •The camcorder is operating in Demo mode.

mExit Demo mode. (p.119)

Additional Information / Información complementaria

Others

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

The supplied Remote Commander

•COMMANDER is set to OFF in the menu system.

does not work.

mSet it to ON. (p.32)

 

•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.121) •The batteries are dead.

mInsert new ones. (p.121)

(to be continued)

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