Sony DSR-PD175P/PD177P Operating Manual page 106

Maintenance and precautions (Continued)
– wash off any liquid that may have contacted
your skin.
– if any liquid gets in your eyes, wash with
plenty of water and consult a doctor.
x When not using your camcorder for a
long time
• Periodically turn on the camcorder and play a
cassette for about 3 minutes.
• Use up the battery pack completely before
storing it.
Moisture condensation
If your camcorder is brought directly from a
cold place to a warm place, moisture may
condense inside your camcorder, on the
surface of the tape, or on the lens. In this
state, the tape may stick to the head drum
and be damaged, or your camcorder may
not operate correctly. If there is moisture
inside your camcorder, [Moisture
condensation. Eject the cassette] or
[Moisture condensation. Turn off for 1H.]
appears. The indicator will not appear if the
moisture condenses on the lens only.
x If moisture condensation has occurred
None of the functions except cassette
ejection will work. Eject the 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 following conditions are met:
• The warning message does not appear when the
power is turned on.
• Neither % nor Z flashes when a cassette is
inserted and the video operation buttons are
pressed.
If moisture starts to condense, your
camcorder sometimes cannot detect
condensation. If this happens, the cassette is
sometimes not ejected for 10 seconds after
the cassette lid is opened. This is not a
malfunction. Do not close the cassette lid
until the cassette is ejected.
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x Note on moisture condensation
Moisture may 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 from a ski
slope into a place warmed up by a heating
device.
• When you bring your camcorder from an air
conditioned car or room into a hot place outside.
• When you use your camcorder after a squall or a
shower.
• When you use your camcorder in a hot and
humid place.
How to avoid moisture condensation
x
When you bring your camcorder from a
cold place into a warm place, put your
camcorder in a plastic bag and seal it
tightly. Remove the bag when the air
temperature inside the plastic bag has
reached the surrounding temperature (after
about one hour).
Video head
• If the following problem occurs, clean the video
heads for 10 seconds with a Sony cleaning
cassette (optional).
– Playback pictures do not move.
– Playback pictures do not appear.
– The sound breaks off.
– [x Dirty video head. Use a cleaning
cassette.] appears on the screen during
recording.
– The following phenomenon occurs.
Block-noise
appears.
The playback screen goes blank.
(Solid blue screen)