Maintenance information and precautions
Cleaning the video head
To ensure normal rerording and rlear pirtures, rlean tile video heads. Tile video bead
may be dirty when:
• mosaic pattern noise appears on the playback picture.
• playback pictures do not move.
• playback pictures do not appear.
• tile O indicator and "_ CLEANING CASSETTE" message appear one after another
or tile O indicator flashes on tile LCD screen or in the viewfinder.
If the above problen-l, [a] or [b] occurs, clean tile video heads %r 10 seconds with the
Sony DVM 12CLD cleaning cassette (not snpplied). Check tile pictnre and if the above
problem persists, repeat cleaning.
[a] [b]
or
Cleaning the LCD screen
If fingerprints or dust make the LCD srreen dirty, we recommend using a LCD
Cleaning Kit (not supplied) to clean the LCD screen.
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Your camcorder is supplied with amanganese lithium battery installed so as to retain
the date and time, etc., regardless of the setting of the POWER switch. Tile manganese
lithium battery is always chmged as long as you are using your camcorder. The batte_T,
however, will get discharged gradually if you do not use yore camcorder. It will be
completely discharged in about 3months if you do not use yore camcorder at all. Even
if the manganese lithium batte W is not charged, it will not aft)ct the camcorder
operation. To retain the date and time, etc., charge the batte_T if the battery is
discharged.
Charging the manganese-lithium battery:
• Connect your camcorder to bouse current using tile AC power adaptor supplied with
your camcorder, and leave your camcorder with the POWER switch turned offfbr
more than 24 hours.
• Or install the frilly charged batte W pack in your camcorder, and leave yore camcorder
with tile POWER switch turned offfor more than 24 hours.
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