Sony DCR-TRV38 - Manual (Page 179)

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Troubleshooting
Types of trouble and how to correct trouble
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
• If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to
CAMERA or DEMO MODE is set to ON in the menu
settings without a cassette and the “Memory Stick”
inserted, your camcorder automatically starts the
demonstration.
c Insert a cassette/the “Memory Stick” or press the LCD
screen. The demonstration stops. You can also set
DEMO MODE to OFF in the menu settings (p. 175).
• NIGHTSHOT is slid to ON.
c Slide it to OFF (p. 33).
• NIGHTSHOT is slid to ON in a bright place.
c Slide it to OFF (p. 33).
• The back light function is active.
c Set it off (p. 33).
• BEEP is set to OFF in the menu settings.
c Set it to MELODY or NORMAL (p. 176).
c Set STEADYSHOT to OFF in the menu settings (p. 169).
• The power of the external flash (optional) is off or the
power source is not installed.
c Turn on the external flash (optional) or install the power
source.
• Two or more external flashes (optional) are attached.
c Only one external flash (optional) can be attached.
• Phenomena that appear when recording in the PORTRAIT
or SPORTS mode of PROGRAM AE in light from a
discharge tube such as a fluorescent lamp, sodium lamp or
mercury lamp are not due to a malfunction.
c Set PROGRAM AE to AUTO in the menu settings.
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An unknown picture appears on the
screen.
The picture is recorded in incorrect or
unnatural colors.
Picture appears too bright, and the
subject does not appear on the
screen.
The click of the shutter does not
sound.
Black bands appear when you record
a TV screen or computer screen.
An external flash (optional) does not
work.
Flickering or changes in color occurs.