Sony CCD-TRV62 - Manual (Page 70)

Trouble check 1
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Action
A vertical band appears when
shooting a very bright subject. • The camcorder is not malfunctioning.
The playback picture is not
clear. • EDIT is set to ON in the menu system.
-» Set it to OFF. (p. 31)
The picture is “noisy". • The video heads may be dirty.
4 Clean the heads using the Sony V8-25CLH cleaning
cassette (not supplied), (p. 63)
The picture does not appear
in the viewfinder.
• The LCD panel is open.
Close the LCD panel, (p. 18)
• If VF PW-SAVE is set to ON, the picture disappears
automatically when you turn your face away from the
viewfinder (CCD-TRV72/TRV82 only).
Bring your face close to the viewfinder within 1/2 inch
(1 cm). Or set VF PW-SAVE to OFF. (p. 29)
The picture in the viewfinder
does not disappear even if VF
PW-SAVE is set to ON (CCD-
TRV72/TRV82 only).
• Sunlight or an incandescent lamp may prevent the
viewfinder sensor from working correctly. This is not a
malfunction.
An unknown picture is
displayed in the viewfinder or
on the LCD screen. • If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to
CAMERA without inserting a cassette, the camcorder
automatically starts the demonstration.
Insert the cassette and the demonstration stops.
You can deactivate the demonstration, (p. 30)
The picture does not appear
on the LCD screen. • Incorporated fluorescent tube is worn out.
Please contact your nearest Sony dealer.
The five digit code appears. • The self-diagnosis function is activated.
Check the code and solve the problem, (p. 72)
Others
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Action
The supplied Remote
Commander does not work. • COMMANDER is set to OFF in the menu system.
Set it to ON. (p. 29)
• Something is blocking the infrared rays.
■> Remove the obstacle.
• The batteries are not inserted with the correct polarity.
■> Insert the batteries with the correct polarity, (p. 78)
• The batteries are dead.
4 Insert new ones. (p. 78)
There is dust in the
viewfinder (CCD-TRV62
only). • Detach the eyecup and clean the viewfinder lens. (p. 64)
The picture from a TV or VCR
does not appear even when
the camcorder is connected to
outputs on the TV or VCR. • DISPLAY is set to V-OUT/LCD in the menu system.
Set it to LCD. (p. 29)
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