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Additional Information
Maintenance information and precautions
Notes
•Store your camcorder with
the cassette removed
from it when you do not use it for
an extended period of time.
•Clean the heads with an optional head cleaner (cleaning cassette) before important
recording or when playback image or sound is distorted.
•When the playback pictures still contain noise even if you have cleaned the video
heads with a cleaning cassette, the video heads may have worn down due to long use.
If this is the case, they must be replaced with new heads. Contact your Sony dealer or
local authorized Sony service facility.
Charging the built-in rechargeable battery
Your camcorder is supplied with a built-in rechargeable battery installed to retain the
date and time, etc., regardless of the setting of the POWER switch. The built-in
rechargeable battery is always charged as long as you are using your camcorder. The
battery, however, will become discharged gradually if you do not use your camcorder.
It will be completely discharged in
about three months
if you do not use your
camcorder at all. Even if the built-in rechargeable battery is not charged, it will not
affect camcorder operation. To retain the date, time, and other information, charge the
battery if the battery is discharged.
Charging the built-in rechargeable battery:
– Connect your camcorder to wall outlet using the AC Adaptor supplied with your
camcorder, and leave your camcorder with the POWER switch turned off for more
than 24 hours.
– Or, install a fully charged battery pack in your camcorder, and leave your camcorder
with the POWER switch set to OFF (CHG) for more than 24 hours.
Precautions
Camcorder operation
•Operate your camcorder on 7.2 V (battery pack) or 8.4 V (AC Adaptor).
•For DC or AC operation, use the accessories recommended in these operating
instructions.
•If any solid object or liquid gets inside the casing, unplug your camcorder and have it
checked by a Sony dealer before operating it any further.
•Avoid rough handling or mechanical shock. Be particularly careful of the lens.
•Keep the POWER switch set to OFF (CHG) when you are not using your camcorder.
•Do not wrap your camcorder with a towel, for example, and operate it. Doing so
might cause heat to build up inside.
•Keep your camcorder away from strong magnetic fields or mechanical vibration.
•Do not touch the LCD screen with your fingers or a sharp-pointed object.
•If your camcorder is used in a cold place, a residual image may appear on the screen.
This is not a malfunction.
•While using your camcorder, the back of the LCD screen may heat up. This is not a
malfunction.
