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Cause and/or corrective actions
• Remove the DV connecting cable, and connect it
again.
• If the power of the VCR is on for a long time, it
becomes warm, which is not malfunction.
• Disconnect the connecting plug on the AC adaptor/
charger or the battery pack, then reconnect it in about
one minute. Turn the power on. If the functions still
do not work, press the RESET button at the bottom of
the VCR using a sharp-pointed object. (If you press
the RESET button, all the settings including the date
and time return to the factory setting.) (p. 82)
• Self-diagnosis function was activated.
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See the table in page 74 and treat the VCR
apropriately.
Corrective actions
• Disconnect the mains lead. After about one minute,
reconnect the mains lead. (p. 7)
• See the chart on the next page.
Cause and/or corrective actions
• The video heads may be dirty.
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Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL (not
supplied) cleaning cassette. (p. 66)
• The video heads may be dirty.
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Clean the heads using the Sony DVM12CL (not
supplied) cleaning cassette. (p. 66)
• LCD BRIGHT is not adjusted properly.
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Press + or – to obtain the brightness you want. (p. 9)
• Incorporated fluorescent tube is worn out.
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Please contact your nearest Sony dealer.
Picture
Symptom
The picture is “noisy” or does not appear.
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indicator flashes on the LCD screen.
The picture is too bright or too dark.
The picture does not appear on the LCD
screen.
Trouble check
Others
Symptom
While editing using the DV connecting
cable, recording picture cannot be
monitored.
The VCR becomes warm.
No function works though the power is
on.
The numbers or letters of 5 characters is
displayed as a counter.
AC adaptor/charger
Symptom
The VCR/CAMERA or CHARGE lamp
does not light.
The CHARGE lamp flashes.
