Sony Handycam DCR-PC101E Operating Instructions Manual page 292

Maintenance information and
precautions
Maintenance information
Cleaning the video head
To ensure normal recording and clear pictures,
clean the video head. The video head may be
dirty when:
– mosaic-pattern noise appears on the playback
picture.
– playback pictures do not move.
– playback pictures do not appear.
– the x indicator and "
CASSETTE" message appear one after another
or the x indicator flashes on the screen during
recording.
If the above problem, [a], [b] or [c] occurs, clean
the video heads for 10 seconds with the Sony
DVM-12CLD cleaning cassette (optional). Check
the picture and if the above problem persists,
repeat cleaning.
[a]
If the video heads get dirtier, the entire screen
becomes blue [c].
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CLEANING
x
x
[b]
[a] [b] [C]
[c]
[c]