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Maintenance information and precautions
Moisture condensation
If the camcorder is brought directly from a cold place to a warm place, moisture may
condense inside the camcorder, on the surface of the tape, or on the lens. In this
condition, the tape may stick to the head drum and be damaged or the camcorder may
not operate correctly. To prevent possible damage under these circumstances, the
camcorder is furnished with moisture sensors. Take the following precautions.
Inside the camcorder
If there is moisture inside the camcorder, the beep sounds and the { indicator flashes. If
this happens, none of the function except cassette ejection will work. Open the cassette
compartment, turn off the camcorder, and leave it about 1 hour. When 6 indicator
flashes at the same time, the cassette is inserted in the camcorder. Eject the cassette, turn
off the camcorder, and leave also the cassette about 1 hour.
On the lens
If moisture condenses on the lens, no indicator appears, but the picture becomes dim.
Turn off the power and do not use the camcorder for about 1 hour.
How to prevent moisture condensation
When bringing the camcorder from a cold place to a warm place, put the camcorder in a
plastic bag and allow it to adapt to room conditions over a period of time.
(1)Be sure to tightly seal the plastic bag containing the camcorder.
(2)Remove the bag when the air temperature inside it has reached the temperature
surrounding it (after about 1 hour).
Video head cleaning
To ensure normal recording and clear pictures, clean the video heads.
The video heads may be dirty when:
• mosaic-pattern noise appears on the playback picture
• playback pictures do not move
• playback pictures are hardly visible
• playback pictures do not appear
• the v indicator and “Ò CLEANING CASSETTE” message appear one after another
or the v indicator flashes on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder
If [a] or [b] happens, clean the video heads with the Sony DVM12CL cleaning cassette
(not supplied). Check the picture and if the above problem persists, repeat the cleaning.
(Do not repeat cleaning more than 5 times in one session.)
[a] [b]
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