Sony HVR-V1U Service Manual page 427

The cassette is noisier during rewinding or fast-forwarding.
• When using the AC Adaptor, rewind/fast forward speed increases (compared with battery
operation) and therefore increases noise. This is not a malfunction.
You cannot delete pictures or format the "Memory Stick Duo."
• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the "Memory Stick Duo" if there is one (p. 118).
• The pictures are protected. Release the protect function on your computer, etc.
Recording
The recording does not start when you press the REC START/STOP button.
• Slide the POWER switch to CAMERA (p. 26).
• The tape has reached the end. Rewind it, or insert a new cassette.
• Set the write-protect tab of the cassette to REC or insert a new cassette (p. 114).
• The tape is stuck to the drum due to moisture condensation. Remove the cassette and leave
your camcorder for at least 1 hour, then re-insert the cassette (p. 123).
The handle zoom does not work.
• Set the handle zoom switch to H or L (p. 31).
You cannot record on the "Memory Stick Duo."
• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the "Memory Stick Duo" if there is one (p. 118).
• The "Memory Stick Duo" is full. Delete unnecessary pictures recorded on the "Memory Stick
Duo" (p. 92).
• Format the "Memory Stick Duo" on your camcorder (p. 81) or insert another "Memory Stick
Duo" (p. 24).
• You cannot record still images on the "Memory Stick Duo" with:
– While executing [FADER]
– [SMTH SLW REC]
– When the shutter speed is set to slower than 1/60
– While checking/executing shot transition
– When [PROG. SCAN] is set to [24] or [30]
• Set [PHOTO/EXP.FOCUS] to [PHOTO](p. 83).
You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene
to the next.
• Perform End search (p. 45).
• Do not remove the cassette (the picture will be recorded continuously without a break even
when you turn the power off).
• Do not record pictures in the HDV and DVCAM (DV) formats on the same tape.
• Do not record pictures in DVCAM mode and DV SP mode on the same tape.
• When [QUICK REC] is set to [ON], you cannot record a smooth transition (p. 83).
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