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\f any difficulty should arise during operation, go through the following table. Should the difficulty
persist, unplug the unit and contact your Sony dealer or local authorized facility.
Symptom
Cause
Procedure
The power will not turn on.
¢ The battery is not attached.
* The battery is exhausted.
* The AC power adaptor is not
connected to a wall outlet.
* Attach the battery.
e Use a new battery.
* Connect the adaptor to a wall
outlet.
The power turns off.
¢ While being operated in the
* Turn STANDBY to LOCK once
g
CAMERA
mode, the camcorder
and turn it to STANDBY again.
&
has been in the pause mode for
|* Use a charged battery.
more than 5 minutes.
¢ The battery is exhausted.
The battery pack is quickly
* The ambient temperature is too
|
discharged.
low.
« The battery pack has not been
Charge the battery pack again.
charged fully.
START/STOP does not
¢ The tape is affixed to the drum.
| ¢ Remove the cassette.
operate.
* The tape is at its end.
« Rewind the tape or use a new
* POWER
is set to VTR.
one.
* The tab on the cassette is out
* Set it to CAMERA.
(red).
* Use a new cassette or slide the
tab.
c
|The cassette cannot be
The battery is exhausted.
Use the charged battery or the AC
| removed from the
power adaptor.
s
compartment.
&
No function except for
Moisture condensation has
Remove the cassette and do not
cassette ejection works.
occurred. (See page 44.)
use the unit for at least an hour.
The tape does not move when|* POWER is set to CAMERA or
¢ Set it to VTR.
a tape transport button is
OFF.
« Rewind the tape or use a new
pressed.
¢ The tape is at its end.
one.
The autofocusing function
Shooting conditon is not suitable
| Press FOCUS so that the
does not work.
for autofocusing operation. (See
autofocus frame disappears and
page 26.)
adjust the focus manually.
The image on the viewfinder
| The viewfinder lens is not
Adjust the viewfinder lens.
screen is not clear.
adjusted.
A vertical band appears when | The contrast between the subject
a subject such as lights or
and background is too high; the
os
candie flame is shot against al camcorder is not malfunctioning.
dark background.
The playback picture is not
¢ EDIT is set in the direction of
* Set EDIT in the reverse direction
§ | clear.
the arrow.
of the arrow.
S
© The channel for the VCR is not
| Adjust the TV.
a
adjusted on the TV.
The picture is noisy.
The video heads may be
Clean the heads using the Sony
contaminated.
V8-25CLH video head cleaning
cassette. See page 45. If the
V8-25CLH cleaning cassette is not
available in your area, have the
heads cleaned at the nearest Sony
service facility.
* Recording onto another
« The INPUT/OUTPUT selector is
* Set to OUTPUT.
tape is impossible.
set to INPUT.
* Set to INPUT.
* Recording a TV program or |} * The INPUT/OUTPUT selector is
8 | recording from another
set to OUTPUT.
3
tape is impossible.
There is dust inside the
viewfinder.
Pull out the viewfinder and clean
the viewfinder screen cover or
viewfinder lens. (See page 9.)
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