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Sony HDR-FX7 User Manual

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Horizontal lines appear on the picture. The displayed pictures are not clear or
do not appear.

• Video head is dirty. Clean the head using the cleaning cassette (optional) (p. 112).

You cannot hear the sound recorded with 4CH MIC REC on another camcorder.

• Set [DV AUDIO MIX] (p. 64).

No sound or only a low sound is heard.

• Turn up the volume (p. 32).
• Set [MULTI-SOUND] to [STEREO] (p. 64).
• Set [DV AUDIO MIX] (p. 64).
• Pictures recorded using [SMTH SLW REC] do not have sounds.

The picture or sound breaks off.

• The tape was recorded in both of the HDV and DV formats. This is not a malfunction.

The movies freeze for a while, or the sound breaks off.

• This occurs if the tape or video head is dirty (p. 112).
• Use the Sony mini DV cassette.

“---” is displayed on the screen.

• The tape you are playing was recorded without setting the date and time.
• A blank section on the tape is being played.
• The data code on a tape with a scratch or noise cannot be read.

Noises appear and

or

is displayed on the screen.

• The tape was recorded in a TV color system other than that of your camcorder (NTSC). This

is not a malfunction.

Date Search does not work correctly.

• Be sure to record more than 2 minutes after the date changed. If one day’s recording is too

short, your camcorder may not accurately find the point where the recording date changes.

• There is a blank section between recorded sections of the tape. This is not a malfunction.

No picture appears during End search or Rec review.

• The tape was recorded in both HDV and DV formats. This is not a malfunction.

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