Sony CCD-F301 - Manual (Page 30)

Trouble Check
H any dillicully should arise during operation, go through the following table Should the ditficuHy persist,
unplug the unii and coniact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony facility.
Warning
beep
Symptom Indication in the
viewfinder
Warning
beep Cause and corrective actions
Tlie START STOP
operate
. The POWER switch is not set to CAMERA
• The tape is aftwed to the drum. Remove the
tape with the cassette e|ect button ipage 20)
4. battery lamp
last blinking B«,ps
• The tape is at its end
stow blinking Beeps • The red mark on thè cassette is exposed
(red) (page 20)
W. slow blinking - • No cassette • Inserì a cassette.
('-‘M. battery lamp
-
• The tape is near its end
® blinking • The video head may be contaminated
Clean the heads using me Sony V8-25CLH
cleaning cassette (page 55)
automatically
• The camcorder has been m the recording
pause mode lor more than 5 minutes
(page 23)
The image on the _ ♦ The viewfinder Inns IS not adjusted (page2i)
The autolncu'ing . The AUTO LOCK cover IS not closed
completely, (page 28)
• Shoofirig conditions are not suilade lor
acjiolncusmg operation Adjust the locus
manually (page 29)
- tip blinking
• The lithium battery IS not
installed
• the lithium battery IS
--
• The POWER switch IS not sp to VTR
appears when a
subiect Such as lights
• The contrast between Ihe subiect and
background is loo high the camera is not
slid ag,tinsi a dark
background
playback IS 1101
appropriate
. the AUTO LOCK cover IS not closed
cornptetely. (page 28)
♦ Shooting conditions are not suitable lor auto
while balance operation Adjust the white
balance manually (page3i)
When both the
VIDEO*AUDIO lacks
and the AC power
adaptor are used to
conned signals, the
picture on the TV is not
The tape cannoi
removed from tk
compartment.
blinking
blinking
Cause and corrective actions
« The channel or input for ihe camcorder is
noi selected on the TV (page 4!ii
• The EDIT switch IS set m the direction of the
arrow (page 48)_____________
> The video heads may be contaminated
Clean the I'eads usirrg the Sony VS 25CLH
cleaning cassette (page 55)
■ The IN OUT selector is set to OUT
> The battery is used up
• The battery is weak
— Attach a
' ► charged
battery
« The AC power adaptor is not connected to a
1 The CHARGE VTR selector on the AC
power adaptor is noi set to VTR (DC OUT)
' The ambient temperature is too low
■ The battery pack hjs not been charged fully
■ The capacity oi the battery pack iiseti is
shortened (page'7)
• Moisture condensation has
(page 54)
• Other trouble may have oc
your nearest Sony dealer
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