Sony Digital Handycam DCR-TRV60E Mode D'emploi page 246

Types of trouble and how to correct trouble
Symptom
A vertical band appears when you
shoot a very bright subject.
Some tiny spots in white, red, blue or
green appear on the screen.
An unknown picture appears on the
screen.
The picture is recorded in incorrect or
unnatural colours.
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 colour
occurs.
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Cause and/or Corrective Actions
• This is not a malfunction.
• SLOW SHTR, Super NightShot or Colour Slow Shutter is
activated. This is not a malfunction.
• If about 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 or a "Memory Stick" inserted, your
camcorder automatically starts the demonstration.
c Insert a cassette or a "Memory Stick" or press the LCD
screen. The demonstration stops. You can also set DEMO
MODE to OFF in the menu settings (p. 232).
• NIGHTSHOT is slid to ON.
c Slide it to OFF (p. 48).
• NIGHTSHOT is slid to ON in a bright place.
c Slide it to OFF (p. 48).
• The back light function is active.
c Set it off (p. 47).
• BEEP in is set to OFF in the menu settings.
c Set it to MELODY or NORMAL (p. 233).
c Set STEADYSHOT in
(p. 226).
• 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.
• These phenomena appear if you are recording in the soft
portrait or sports lesson mode of PROGRAM AE under a
discharge tube such as a fluorescent lamp, sodium lamp or
mercury lamp. This is not a malfunction.
c Set PROGRAM AE to AUTO in the menu settings.
to OFF in the menu settings