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Notice to Owners of Sony Digital Still Camera and Camcorder

October 3, 2005

Thank you for your support and patronage of Sony products.

It has recently come to our attention that a limited number of Sony products that incorporate an image sensor device, or CCD, manufactured from October 2002 through March 2004 may exhibit the following condition:

When the product is used in camera mode, the LCD panel and/or electronic viewfinder exhibits either a distorted image or no image.
We have determined that this condition only occurs to a limited number of units, but may be accelerated if the units are exposed to high temperature and humidity environment.

In our efforts to ensure customer satisfaction, Sony will offer free out of warranty repair to the owners of applicable products exhibiting the above-mentioned condition caused by the image sensor device.

For further information on the applicable products and the repair service, please click on the following links to the respective product categories:

Digital Still Camera
DSC-F717
DSC-P10
DSC-P2
DSC-P32
DSC-P72
DSC-P8
DSC-P92
DSC-U10
DSC-U20
DSC-U60
DSC-V1
MVC-FD200


Camcorder
CCD-TRV228
CCD-TRV318
CCD-TRV418
DCR-DVD200
DCR-HC15
DCR-HC30
DCR-IP45
DCR-IP5
DCR-PC101
DCR-PC105
DCR-PC108
DCR-PC115
DCR-TRV16
DCR-TRV18
DCR-TRV19
DCR-TRV22
DCR-TRV25
DCR-TRV250
DCR-TRV265
DCR-TRV33
DCR-TRV340
DCR-TRV40
DCR-TRV460
DCR-TRV740
DCR-TRV840
DCR-VX2000
DCR-VX2100


Customers who have previously paid for service for CCD replacement (as outlined above), may contact our service centre for further information: 02-878-7600