Sony GV-A500 - Manual (Page 38)

Trouble check
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Picture
Symptom Cause and/or corrective actions
The playback picture is not clear. • EDIT is set to ON in the menu system.
-> Set it to OFF. (p. 21)
The picture is "noisy". • The video heads may be dirty.
Clean the heads using the Sony V8-25CLH cleaning
cassette, (p. 33)
The picture is too dark. • The LCD BRIGHT button is set to the minimum.
Press + to obtain the brightness you want. (p. 8)
The picture does not appear on the LCD
screen. • Incorporated fluorescent tube is worn out.
-> Please contact your nearest Sony dealer.
The picture jitters. • A tape where video game pictures are recorded is played
back with TBC set to ON in the menu system.
Sot TBC to OFF. (p. 21)
• A tape in a poor condition, such as a tape recorded
repeatedly, is played back with TBC set to ON in the
menu system.
-> Set TBC to OFF. {p. 21)
others
Symptom Cause and/or corrective actions
No function works though the power is
on. • Disconnect the connecting plug on the AC power
adaptor or the battery pack , then reconnect it in about
1 minute. Turn the power on. If the functions still do
not work, press the RESET button at the bottom of the
VCR using a sharp-pointed object. (If you press the
RESET button, all the settings return to the default.)
(p. 47)
AC power adaptor
Symptom Corrective actions
The VTR/CAMERA or CHARGE lamp
does not light. • Disconnect the power cord. After about 1 minute,
reconnect the power cord. (p. 26)
The CHARGE lamp flashes. • See the chart on the next page.
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