Sony HVR-M15AU - Professional Video Cassete recorder/player Operating Instructions Manual page 61

Symptom
Horizontal lines are displayed on an image.
An image has block noise.
An image is blurred or not displayed.
A picture input via the HDV/DV jack is
not displayed.
EE picture and EE sound are not output.
The audio breaks up.
Cannot perform a date search or index
search.
The time code is not reset to "00:00:00:00"
after rewinding a tape to the recording
starting point.
"– – – – – –" appears on the date display
(page 32).
Although the component video cable is
connected properly to a television set or
monitor to play back a tape, no image or
audio is output.
When you connect the unit to a 4:3
television set, the displayed image
appears flattened.
Cause/Remedy
• The video heads are dirty.
t Clean the video heads using the supplied cleaning cassette.
• A damaged tape is loaded.
t Remove the cassette and insert another one.
• You have tried to make the unit play back a tape recorded in LP mode of the DV
format.
t The unit can play back only tapes recorded in the HDV, DVCAM format or in
SP mode of the DV format. A tape recorded in LP mode of the DV format
cannot be played back on the unit (page 23).
t Reconnect the i.LINK cable (not supplied).
• The INPUT SELECT switch is set to a position other than HDV/DV.
t Set the switch to HDV/DV (page 6).
t Set [HDV/DV SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu correctly (page 50).
• [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu is set to [PB].
t Set [EE/PB SEL] to [EE] (page 52).
• The setting of the INPUT SELECT switch does not match the signal input.
t Set the switch according to the signal input (page 6).
• A damaged tape is loaded.
t Remove the cassette and insert another one.
• The video heads are dirty.
t Clean the video heads using the supplied cleaning cassette.
• You have tried to make the unit play back a tape recorded in LP mode of the DV
format.
t The unit can play back only tapes recorded in the HDV, DVCAM or DV (SP)
formats. A tape recorded in LP mode of the DV format cannot be played back
on the unit (page 23).
• There is a portion with no recording at the beginning or in the middle of a tape.
This is not a malfunction.
• The time code is not displayed correctly at the starting point of recording. This
condition, however, is not a malfunction. When you restart playback, the time
code and images are displayed correctly from the starting point.
• The tape has been played back without setting the date and time.
t Set the date and time (page 58).
• The tape portion being played back has no recording.
• If there is a scratch or noise on the tape, the data code cannot be read.
t Use the correct setting for [COMPONENT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT
REC] menu depending on the equipment connected (page 27, 51).
• No audio is output from the COMPONENT OUT jacks.
t Connect an audio cable.
t When you output from the COMPONENT OUT jacks, set [COMPONENT] and
[DOWN CONVERT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu correctly
before playback (page 27, 51).
When you output from the
[DOWN CONVERT] of [i.LINK SET] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu correctly
before playback (page 28, 51).
When you output from the S VIDEO jack and VIDEO jack, set [DOWN
CONVERT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu correctly before
playback.
t DVCAM/DV tape images recorded in the wide mode are not displayed
properly. Use a widescreen-compatible monitor.
HDV/DV jack, set [HDV t DV CONV] and
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