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Trouble check, Camcorder – Sony DCR-VX1000E User Manual

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If you run into any problem using the camcorder, use the following table to troubleshoot the problem.

Camcorder

English

Trouble Check

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

• Insert the battery pack. (p. 9)
• The battery is dead.

m Use a charged battery pack. (p. 7)

• Connect the AC power adaptor to a mains. (p. 24)

• While being operated in CAMERA mode, the camcorder has

been in the Standby mode for more than 5 minutes.
m Turn STANDBY down once and turn it up again. (p. 13)

• The battery is dead.

m Use a charged battery pack. (p. 7)

• The ambient temperature is too low. (p. 83)
• Charge the battery pack again. (p. 7)
• The battery pack is completely dead and cannot be

recharged.
m Use another battery pack. (p. 85)

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

• The tape is stuck to the drum.

m Eject the tape. (p. 11)

• Rewind the tape or use a new one. (p. 21)
• Set the POWER switch to CAMERA. (p. 12)
• The tab on the cassette is out (red).

m Use a new tape or slide the tab. (p. 11)

• Set the Standby switch to STANDBY. (p. 12)

• Insert the battery pack. (p. 9)
• The battery is dead.

m Use a charged battery pack or the AC power adaptor. (p.

7, 24)

• Moisture condensation has occurred.

m Remove the cassette and leave the camcorder for at least

an hour. (p. 87)

• Set the POWER switch to PLAYER. (p. 21)
• Rewind the tape or use a new one. (p. 21)
• The camcorder is updating the cassette memory

data (The cassette memory mounted mini-DV
cassette only).
m Eject the cassette after C MEMORY indicator disappears.

(p. 11)

• Set the STEADY SHOT to ON. (p. 68)

• Set the FOCUS switch to AUTO. (p. 48)
• Shooting condition is not good enough to focus

automatically.
m Focus manually. (p. 47)

Power

Symptom

The power is not on.

The power goes off.

The battery pack is quickly
discharged.

Operation

Symptom

START/STOP does not operate.

The cassette cannot be removed from the
holder.

No function except for cassette ejection
works.

The tape does not move when a tape
transport button is pressed.

The STEADY SHOT function does not
active.

The autofocus function does not active.