topic Re: Grey bars in Camcorders https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/grey-bars/m-p/345701#M987 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi usurper1, welcome to the Sony Forums <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /></P><P></P><P>There's a chance the tape heads are dirty and need a head cleaning tape running over them.</P><P></P><P>If this has no effect I'm afraid it could signal a component failure, in which case you would have to take it to a service centre for repair. Some guidance for Sony's official repair procedure is outlined in <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.sony.at/message/651957#651957">this sticky</A>, or you could shop around locally.</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P>Mick</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:09:31 GMT Mick2011 2012-07-24T11:09:31Z Grey bars https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/grey-bars/m-p/345700#M986 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Suddenly grey bars appear over the image where there were none before. (playing back.)</P><P>I'm using a handycam DCR-HC24.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:36:26 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/grey-bars/m-p/345700#M986 usurper1 2012-07-23T11:36:26Z Re: Grey bars https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/grey-bars/m-p/345701#M987 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi usurper1, welcome to the Sony Forums <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /></P><P></P><P>There's a chance the tape heads are dirty and need a head cleaning tape running over them.</P><P></P><P>If this has no effect I'm afraid it could signal a component failure, in which case you would have to take it to a service centre for repair. Some guidance for Sony's official repair procedure is outlined in <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.sony.at/message/651957#651957">this sticky</A>, or you could shop around locally.</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P>Mick</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:09:31 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/grey-bars/m-p/345701#M987 Mick2011 2012-07-24T11:09:31Z