Sony handycam DCR-HC28 Operating Manual page 69

• If the battery electrolytic liquid has leaked.
consult your local authorized Sony smvice
I_cility.
wash oll any liquidtbzd may have conlacted
your skin
if any liquid gets in your eyes. wash with
plenly of water and consu]l a doctor.
N When not using your camcorderfor a
longtime
• Pcriodicidly turn on tile camcorder and play a
casseUe for aboul 3//linules.
• U_ up tile battely pack conq?letely beft)rc
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 tile lens. In this
state, tile tape may stick to the head drum
and be damaged or your camcorder may not
operate correctly. If there is moisture inside
your camcorder. [[!tA Moisture
condensation. Eject the cassette] or [[1[t
Moisture condensation. Turn off for IH.]
appears. The indicator will not appear when
tile moisture coudeuses on the lens.
N If moisture condensation has occurred
None of the fmtctions except cassette
ejection will work. lEject the cassette, turn
off your camcorder, attd leave it for about
one hour with the cassette lid open. Your
camcorder can be used again when both of
the following conditions are umt:
• Tile warning message does not appear when the
power is Iurned on.
• Neither [] or A flash when a cassette is inserted
and video operatkm buttons are touched.
If moisture starts to condense, your
camcorder soumtiu/es cauuot
detect
condensation. If this happens, tile cassette is
sometimes not ejected for 10 seconds after
the cassette lid is opened. This is not a
malfimction. Do not close tile cassette lid
until tile cassette is ejected.
N Note on moisture condensation
Moisture may condense when you bring
your camcorder from a cold place into a
warm place lot vice versa) or when you use
your camcorder in a humid place as shown
behtw.
• When you bring your camcorder trom a ski
slope into a place warmed up by a heaUng
device.
• When you bring your camcorder lrom an air
conditioned car or roonl illlO a hot place oulside.
• When you use your calncorder after a squaU or a
shower.
•
When yoll use yollr camcorder in a hot ;1110
bumkl place.
N Now to avoid moisture condensation
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).
Videohead
• It tile _ideo heads m'e dirty, _ideo or sound
distortionmay beapparent.
• lithe
following
problenl occurs, clean the xideo
beads tor l0 seconds with the Sony DVM-
12CLD cleaning cassette (optional).
Mosaic-patternnoi_ appears on the playback
picture or the semen is displayed in blue.
Playback pictures
do not move.
Playback pictures do not appeal; or tile sound
breaks off.
[_li_ Dirty video head. Use a cleaning
cassette.] appears on tile screen during
recording/playback.
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