Sony DCR-PC115 Operating Instructions Manual page 160

Types of trouble and their solutions
Others
Symptom
The title is not recorded.
The cassette label is not recorded.
Digital program editing to a tape
does not function.
Digital program editing to a
"Memory Stick" does not function.
The Remote Commander supplied
with your camcorder does not work.
The picture from a TV or VCR does
not appear even when your
camcorder is connected to output on
the TV or VCR.
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Cause and/or Corrective Actions
• The tape has no cassette memory.
c Use a tape with cassette memory (p. 90).
• The cassette memory is full.
c Erase unnecessary titles (p. 92).
• The tape is set to prevent accidental erasure.
c Slide the write-protect tab so that red portion is not
visible (p. 19).
• The tape has a blank portion in the recorded portion.
c Superimpose the title to the recorded position (p. 91).
• The tape has no cassette memory.
c Use a tape with cassette memory (p. 94).
• The cassette memory is full.
c Erase unnecessary data (p. 92).
• The tape is set to prevent accidental erasure.
c Slide the write-protect tab so that red portion is not
visible (p. 19).
• The input selector on the VCR is not set correctly.
c Check the connection and set the input selector on the
VCR again (p. 69)
• The camcorder is connected to DV equipment of other
than Sony using the i.LINK cable (DV connecting cable).
c Set it to IR (p. 70).
• Setting program on a blank portion of the tape is
attempted.
c Set the program again on a recorded portion (p. 78).
• The camcorder and the VCR are not synchronized.
c Adjust the synchronization (p. 75).
• The IR SETUP code is incorrect.
c Set the correct code (p. 71).
• Setting program on a blank portion of the tape is
attempted.
c Set the program again on a recorded portion (p. 133).
• COMMANDER is set to OFF in the menu settings.
c Set it to ON (p. 96).
• Something is blocking the infrared rays.
c Remove the obstacle.
• The batteries are inserted in the battery holder with the + –
polarities incorrectly matching the + – marks.
c Insert the batteries with the correct polarity (p. 185).
• The batteries are dead.
c Insert new ones (p. 185).
• DISPLAY is set to V-OUT/LCD in the menu settings.
c Set it to LCD (p. 96).