Sony Handycam HDR-HC3 Operating Manual page 119

• Keep the Remole Commander and buuon-type
battery out
of children's reactl. If the
battel T
is
accidentally swallowed, consult a doctor
immediately.
• It the
battery
electrolytic liquid has leaked,
consult your local authorized
Sony
selvice
liJcility.
wash oil any liquid that may have contacted
your skin.
if any liquid gets in your eyes, wash whh
plenty of water and consult a doctor.
@ When not using your camcorderfor a
long time
• PcriodicaUy 1111"11 (in lhe c_ltllcorder _lnd play
it
casseUetot about 3minules.
• U_ up the battery pack completely betore
storing il,
Moisture condensation
If your camcorder is brought directly from a
cold place to a warm place, moisture may
condense inside your camcorder, on tile
surface of tile tape. or on the lens. In this
state, the tape may stick to tile head drum
and be damaged or your camcorder may not
operate correctly. If there is moisture inside
your camcorder. [rltA Moisture
condensation. Eject tile cassette] or [rlt
Moisture condensation. Turn off for IH.]
appears. The indicator will not appear when
tile moisture condenses ou tile lens.
@ If moisturecondensationhas occurred
Nolle of tile f/lnctious except cassette
qjection will work. Eject tile cassette, turn
off your camcorder, and leave it for about
one hour with the cassette lid open. Your
camcorder can be used again when both of
the lk)ll()witlg conditions are met:
• The warning message does not appear when lhe
power is lllrned on.
• Neither [] or A flash when a cg_sseue is inserted
and video operation buttons are louched.
If moisture starts to condense, your
camcorder sometimes cannot detect
condensation. If this happens, the cassette is
sometimes not ejected for 10 seconds alter
the cassette lid is opened. This is not a
malfunction. Do not close tile cassette lid
until the cassette is ejected.
M Note on moisture condensation
Moisture tua_ condense when you bring
your camcorder from a cold place into a
warm place (or vice versa) or when you use
your camcorder in a humid place as shown
below.
• When you bring your camcorder hom a ski
slope into a place warmed up by a beating
device.
• When you bring your canlcorder from an air
condilioned car or room into a hoI place oulside,
•
When you use your cglt/lcorderafter
a
squaUor a
shower.
• Whell you use yollr camcorder ill a hot and
bumkl place.
@ Now to avoid moisturecondensation
When you bring _ottr c:uncoMer from :,
cold place into a warm place, put your
camcorder in a plastic bag attd seal it
tightly. Remove the bag when the air
temperature inside the plastic bag has
reached the surrounding temperature/after
about one hour).
Videohead
If you play back a tape recorded in HDV
format, tile image and sound may freeze for
a while (about 0.5 seconds).
This occurs if the HDV signals cannot be
recorded or played back correctly because
of dirt on tile tape or video head. Depending -"
on tile cassette, this f:urly infrequently
occurs even
if
the cassette is
braud uew or
is not used a lot. N"
If this freezing point is created while
playing back, you can solve this problem =
and see tile piclures by, rewinding after
slightly forwarding. Such a lheezing point
cannot be recovered if it was created while
recording.
To prevent such a problem, use tile Sony
mini DV cassette.
• If the lollowing problem occurs, clegmthe video
heg_ds t ot l0 seconds with the Sony DVM-
12CLDcleaning cg_ssette ( optional).
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