User Guide
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Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
• Moisture condensation has occurred.
c Remove the cassette and leave your camcorder for at least
one hour to acclimatize. (p. 212)
• Some troubles has occurred in your camcorder.
c Remove the cassette and insert it again, then operate your
camcorder.
• Charging is completed. (p. 13)
• The battery pack is not properly installed.
c Install it properly.
• Something is wrong with the battery pack.
c Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service
facility.
• The POWER switch is not set to OFF (CHG).
c Set it to OFF (CHG).
• The battery pack is not properly installed.
c Install it properly.
• Something is wrong with the battery pack.
c Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service
facility.
• Charge the battery pack fully again so that the indication on the
battery remaining indicator is correct.
• Disconnect the power cord of the AC power adaptor or remove
the battery, then reconnect it in about one minute. Turn the
power on. If the functions still do not work, open the LCD
panel and press the RESET button under S VIDEO jack using a
sharp-pointed object. (If you press the RESET button, all the
settings including the date and time return to the default.)
(p. 224)
• Your camcorder is not a malfunction.
The melody or beep sounds for 5
seconds.
Troubleshooting
When you set the POWER switch to
VCR or OFF (CHG), if you move
your camcorder, you may hear a
clatter sound from inside your
camcorder.
While charging the battery pack, the
CHARGE lamp doesn’t flash.
The power goes off although the
battery remaining indicator indicates
that the battery pack has enough
power to operate.
No function works though the power
is on.
You cannot charge the battery pack.
While charging the battery pack, the
CHARGE lamp flashes.










