Sony DCR-PC1000 Manual

DCR-PC1000 2-591-678-11(1)

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•  Keep the Remote Commander and button-type 

battery out of children’s reach. If the battery 
is accidentally swallowed, consult a doctor 
immediately.

•  If the battery electrolytic liquid has leaked,

–  consult your local authorized Sony service 

facility.

–  wash off any liquid that may have contacted 

your skin

–  if any liquid gets in your eyes, wash with 

plenty of water and consult a doctor.

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•  Occasionally turn it on and let it run such as by 

playing back tapes for about 3 minutes.

•  Use up the battery pack completely before 

storing it. 

If your camcorder is brought directly from 
a cold place to a warm place, moisture may 
condense inside your camcorder, on the 
surface of the tape, or on the lens. In this 
state, the tape may stick to the head drum 
and be damaged or your camcorder may 
not operate correctly. If there is moisture 
inside your camcorder, [

 Moisture 

condensation. Eject the cassette.] or [

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Moisture condensation. Turn off for 1H.] 
appears. The indicator will not appear when 
the moisture condenses on the lens.

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None of the functions except cassette 
ejection will work. Eject the cassette, turn 
off your camcorder, and leave it for about 
one hour with the cassette lid open. Your 
camcorder can be used again if 

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does not appear when the power is turned 
on again.
If moisture starts to condense, your 
camcorder sometimes cannot detect 
condensation. If this happens, the cassette 
is sometimes not ejected for 10 seconds 
after the cassette lid is opened. This is not 
a malfunction. Do not close the cassette lid 
until the cassette is ejected.

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Moisture may condense when you bring 
your camcorder from a cold place into a 
warm place (or vice versa) or when you use 
your camcorder in a humid place as shown 
below.

•  When you bring your camcorder from a ski 

slope into a place warmed up by a heating 
device.

•  When you bring your camcorder from an 

air conditioned car or room into a hot place 
outside.

•  When you use your camcorder after a squall or 

a shower.

•  When you use your camcorder in a hot and 

humid place.

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When you bring your camcorder from a 
cold place into a warm place, put your 
camcorder in a plastic bag and seal it 
tightly. Remove the bag when the air 
temperature inside the plastic bag has 
reached the surrounding temperature (after 
about one hour).

•  When the video head becomes dirty, you cannot 

record pictures normally, or distorted picture or 
sound is played back.

•  If the following problem occurs, clean the video 

heads for 10 seconds with the Sony DVM-
12CLD cleaning cassette (optional).
–  Mosaic-pattern noise appears on the playback 

picture or the screen is displayed in blue.

–  Playback pictures do not move.
–  Playback pictures do not appear or the sound 

breaks off.

–  [

  Dirty video head. Use a cleaning 

cassette.] appears on the screen during 
recording.

–  [

  Dirty video head. Use a cleaning 

cassette.] appears on the screen during 
playback.

•  The video head suffers from wear after long 

use. If you cannot obtain a clear image even