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Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
• The viewfinder lens is not adjusted.
m Adjust the viewfinder lens. (p. 27)
• The contrast between the subject and background is too
high. The digital camcorder is not malfunctioning.
m Change locations.
• The digital camcorder is not malfunctioning.
• The video heads may be dirty.
m Clean the heads using the Sony DV-12CL cleaning
cassette (not supplied). (p. 86)
• The video heads may be dirty.
m Clean the heads using the Sony DV-12CL cleaning
cassette (not supplied). (p. 86)
• The ambient temperature is too low.
• The battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be
recharged.
m Use another battery pack. (p. 85)
• Remove the DV connecting cable, and connect it again.
• The player or the cassette are not DVCAM format.
• VF DISPLAY is set to OFF.
m Set it to ON. (p. 28)
Others
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
• COMMANDER is set to OFF in the menu system.
m Set it to VTR4 or ID. (p. 40)
• VTR4/ID/VTR2 on the Remote Commander is set to ID.
m Register the ID of the Remote Commander to the digital
camcorder. (p. 13)
• Something is blocking the infrared rays.
m Remove the obstacle.
• The batteries are not inserted with the correct polarity.
m Insert the batteries with the correct polarity. (p. 12)
• The batteries are dead.
m Insert new ones. (p. 12)
• To lift the viewfinder press PUSH and while holding, open
the viewfinder. Clean the viewfinder surface. (p. 87)
Trouble check
The supplied Remote
Commander does not work.
There is dust in the viewfinder.
The image on the viewfinder
screen is not clear.
A vertical band appears when a
subject such as lights or a candle
flame is shot against a dark
background.
A vertical band appears when
shooting a very bright subject.
The picture is “noisy” or hardly
visible.
v indicator flashes in the
viewfinder.
Battery remaining indicator does
not indicate full ı when you
insert a charged battery pack.
While editing using the DV
connecting cable, recording
picture cannot be monitored.
The indicators in the viewfinder
do not appear.