Sony MVC-FD51 - Manual (Page 40)

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Symptom Cause and/or Solution
• You are shooting a subject with the light source
behind the subject or light is insufficient.
n Adjust brightness of the image. (p. 20)
• The LCD screen is adjusted too dark.
n Adjust brightness. (p. 19, 22)
• The date and time are not set.
n Set the date and time. (p. 12)
• The smear phenomenon.
n The camera is not malfunctioning.
• The ambient temperature is too low.
• Charging of the battery pack is not enough.
n Charge the battery pack fully.
• The battery pack has served its time.
n Replace the battery pack with a new one.
• PLAY/CAMERA is not set to PLAY.
n Set it to PLAY. (p. 21)
• The battery is dead.
n Use a charged battery pack.
• The image is protected.
n Cancel the protection of the image. (p. 25)
• If you leave the camera inactive in CAMERA
mode for about 3 minutes while the power is
on,it turns off automatically to prevent wearing
down the battery.
n Turn the power on.
÷ Troubleshooting
The picture is too dark.
Incorrect date and time
are recorded.
Vertical streaks appear
when shooting a very
bright subject.
The battery life
deteriorates too fast.
You cannot play back the
images.
You cannot delete an
image.
The power turns off
automatically.