Sony Handycam CCD-TR86 Operating Instructions Manual page 58

Trouble check
Picture
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
The image on the viewfinder screen
is not clear.
• The viewfinder lens is not adjusted.
Adjust the viewfinder lens. (p. 12)
A vertical band appears when a
subject such as lights or a candle
flame is shot against a dark
background.
• The contrast between the subject and background is
too high. The camcorder is not malfunctioning.
-> Change locations.
The picture is "noisy".
• The video heads may be dirty.
■> Clean the heads using the Sony V8-25CLH cleaning
cassette.(p. 52)
A vertical band appears when
shooting a very bright subject.
• The camcorder is not malfunctioning.
An unknown picture is displayed in
the viewfinder.
• If 10 minutes elapsed after you set the POWER switch to
CAMERA without inserting a cassette, the camcorder
automatically starts the demonstration.
Insert the cassette, and the demonstration stops. You can
make the demonstration not appear, (p. 24)
Others
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
The supplied Remote Commander
does not work.
• COMMANDER is set to OFF.
-> Set it to ON. (p. 23)
• Something is blocking the infrared rays.
Remove the obstacle.
• The battery is not inserted with the correct polarity.
-> Insert the battery with the correct polarity, (p. 66)
• The batteries are dead.
■* Insert new ones. (p. 66)
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