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Maintenance information and precautions
Moisture condensation
If the digital camcorder is brought directly from a cold place to a warm place, moisture
may condense inside the digital camcorder, on the surface of the tape, or on the lens. In
this condition, the tape may stick to the head drum and be damaged or the unit may not
operate correctly. To prevent possible damage under these circumstances, the digital
camcorder is furnished with moisture sensors. Please, take the following precautions.
Inside the digital camcorder
If there is moisture inside the digital camcorder, the beep sounds and the { indicator
flashes. If this happens, none of the functions except cassette ejection will work. Open
the cassette compartment, turn off the digital camcorder, and leave it about 1 hour.
When 6 indicator flashes at the same time, the cassette is inserted in the digital
camcorder. Eject the cassette, turn off the digital camcorder, and leave also the cassette
about 1 hour. You can continue use of digital camcorder when the { indicator does not
appear when the power is turned on again.
On the lens
If moisture condenses on the lens, no indicator appears, but the picture becomes dim.
Turn off the power and do not use the digital camcorder for about 1 hour.
How to prevent moisture condensation
When bringing the digital camcorder from a cold place to a warm place, put the digital
camcorder in a plastic bag and allow it to adapt to room conditions over a period of
time.
(1) Be sure to tightly seal the plastic bag containing the digital camcorder.
(2) Remove the bag when the air temperature inside it has reached the temperature
surrounding it (after about 1 hour).
Video head cleaning
To ensure normal recording and clear pictures, clean the video heads.
The video heads may be dirty when:
• mosaic-pattern noise appears on the playback picture
• playback pictures do not move
• playback pictures are hardly visible
• the playback picture does not appear
• the v indicator flashes in the viewfinder.
[a][b]
or
If the picture becomes like [a] or [b], clean the video heads with the Sony DV-12CL
cleaning cassette (not supplied). After checking the picture, if it is still “noisy”, repeat
the cleaning. (Do not repeat cleaning more than 5 times.)
Note
If the Sony DV-12CL cleaning cassette (not supplied) is not available in your area,
consult your nearest Sony dealer.