TROUBLESHOOTING
lf you think you have a problem, double-check before calling the serviceman.
You may have overlooked something relatively simple!
Cause (Trouble indicator).
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Procedure
The START/STOP button
The tape is affixed to the drum.
Remove the cassette with the EJECT
does not operate.
button.
The tape is at its end.
TAPE END | Rewind the tape or use a new one.
The POWER switch is set to PLAYER. | Set it to CAMERA.
The tab on the casstte is out
_ |
Use a new casssette or slide the tab.
(red).
CASSETTE
The power turns off.
While being operated in the CAMERA | Slide down the STANDBY switch, and
mode, the recorder has been in the
slide it up again.
pause mode for more than 7 minutes.
The battery is exhausted.
BATTERY | Use a charged battery.
A vertical band appears
The contrast between the subject and
when a subject such as
background is too high; the camera is
lights or a candle flame is | not malfunctioning.
shot against a dark
background.
The battery pack is quickly | The ambient temperature is too low.
discharged.
The battery pack has not been
Charge the battery pack again.
charged fully.
The auto focusing function | The FOCUS switch is not set to
Set the FOCUS switch to AUTO.
does not work.
AUTO.
Shooting conditions are not suitable
Set the FOCUS switch to MAN and
for auto focusing operation. (See page|
focus manually.
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The linear auto white
The white balance sensor is covered. | Clear the sensor.
eal function does not
Shooting conditions are not suitable
Set the WHITE BAL selector to :#: or
wets
for the linear auto white balance
A
operation. (See page 34.)
The image on the
The viewfinder lens is not adjusted.
Adjust the viewfinder lens.
viewfinder screen is not
Clear.
The playback picture is not]
The EDIT switch is set to the "EDIT"
Set the EDIT switch to the left
clear.
position.
position.
The playback picture is too | The BACK LIGHT button was not
released during recording.
BACK LIGHT
The picture is noisy.
The video heads may be
Clean the heads using the Sony
contaminated.
V8-25CL video head cleaning cassette.
For details on cleaning, refer to the
instructions furnished with the
cleaning cassette. If the V8-25CL
cleaning casette is not available in
your area, have the heads cleaned at
the nearest Sony service facility.
No function except for
Moisture condensation has occurred.
| Remove the cassette and leave the
cassette ejection works.
(See page 52.)
DEW | unit for at least an hour.
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